Category Archives: conspiracy theory

The Brett Kimberlin Free Association Game

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Brett Kimberlin Free Association Game”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAs I keep saying, last June a gang of Breitbart goons came into my Twitter timeline trying to push an absurd story about Brett Kimberlin into a story I was telling about … Continue reading →

Posted in conspiracy theory, Piltdown politics, Shoq Abuse | Tagged #stoprush, Aaron Walker, Bill Schmalfeldt, Brett Kimberlin, Lee Stranahan | 10 Comments

How Lee Stranahan Beat Brett Kimberlin At His Own Game

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “How Lee Stranahan Beat Brett Kimberlin At His Own Game”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBill Schmalfeldt aka @LiberalGrouch was served with legal documents last Saturday morning. His wife was at the store, so Bill was alone with his Parkinsons disease when the officers … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, conspiracy theory, Piltdown politics | Tagged Bill Schmalfeldt, Lee Stranahan | 11 Comments

I Demand to be Included in Legal Insurrection’s Sinister StopRush Conspiracy Theory

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “I Demand to be Included in Legal Insurrection’s Sinister StopRush Conspiracy Theory”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I had forgotten about Legal Insurrection and its author, William Jacobson, an Ivy League law professor who’s nuttier than a pecan-pistachio-peanut butter sandwich. He last … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Action, conspiracy theory, Dijongate, Netroots Nation, rush limbaugh | 6 Comments

A Map of Global Oligarchy

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “A Map of Global Oligarchy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Having mapped the global oligarchy (above, with the biggest ownership companies in red), this New Scientist article was doing fine when: Crucially, by identifying the architecture of global economic power, the analysis could … Continue reading →

Posted in conspiracy theory, Economics, Producerism | Tagged oligarchy | Leave a comment

Video Games are Tools of Satan

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Video Games are Tools of Satan”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThese people are exactly like Taliban fundies banning music and television. They would protest the comparison, but they would protest it too much. Anything that expands a child’s imagination beyond the limits … Continue reading →

Posted in conspiracy theory, games, Kulturkampf | 3 Comments

Heckuva Job Brownie’s New Conspiracy Theory

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Heckuva Job Brownie’s New Conspiracy Theory”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I was expecting this silly meme to spread and form new rationalizations. First we have the president sabotaging oil rigs, per Rush Limbaugh — your classic “false flag” nonsense borrowed straight … Continue reading →

Posted in conspiracy theory, Obama Derangement Syndrome | 1 Comment

Called It

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Called It”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail It was inevitable. The timing is too good. Rush Limbaugh is now a full-fledged conspiracy theorist, and it was predicted here. He’s trying to spread a paranoid meme in full-fledged denial of evidence. He will … Continue reading →

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Nonviolent Reform

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Nonviolent Reform”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail A few months ago, Booman noted the difficulties and complexities of getting health care reform passed. In doing so, he pointed out some inconvenient truths about the process — truths that, upon annoying the lefty … Continue reading →

Posted in 11-Dimensional Chess, Consensus, conspiracy theory, health care reform, nonviolence, Obama Conspiracy Theory, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Obama White House, President Barack Obama, Psychological Projection, public option, Republican tinfoil hattery | Leave a comment

Anatomy of a Nontroversy

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Anatomy of a Nontroversy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFirst, the video; in which Huffington Post’s Nico Pitney asks Obama a rather tough question at the press conference today: Politico’s Ben Smith posted the following paragraph on his blog after the presser: The … Continue reading →

Posted in conspiracy theory, Piltdown politics, Print is Dead | 5 Comments

A New (Old) Smear and the Three Laws of Paranoia

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “A New (Old) Smear and the Three Laws of Paranoia”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIt took all of about five minutes for the cyberspace tinfoil-hat brigade to mutter the names of David Kellerman and Vince Foster in the same breath. Just twelve … Continue reading →

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"Ted" the Comment Troll

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “"Ted" the Comment Troll”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI’ve had to enable comment moderation. I was hoping to avoid that for as long as possible, but as of this morning I discovered yet another batshit insane comment from a Blogspot spammer named … Continue reading →