Category Archives: conspiracy theory

A Map of Global Oligarchy

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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 help make it more stable. By finding the … Continue reading →

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Video Games are Tools of Satan

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Matt Osborne

These 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 of Leviticus — books, movies, games, whatever — … Continue reading →

Posted in Kulturkampf, conspiracy theory, games | 3 Comments

Heckuva Job Brownie’s New Conspiracy Theory

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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 from the world of Infowars and Alex Jones. The … Continue reading →

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Called It

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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 be joined by Alex Jones. … Continue reading →

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Nonviolent Reform

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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 ‘sphere with their truthfulness, invoked … Continue reading →

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

Anatomy of a Nontroversy

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Matt Osborne

First, 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 high-profile the administration is giving the … Continue reading →

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

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

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Matt Osborne

It 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 hours later, I found a comment on another blog (I won’t link … Continue reading →

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"Ted" the Comment Troll

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Matt Osborne

I’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 “Ted” who thinks Obama’s middle name … Continue reading →

Posted in Asshat, Ted, comment trolling, comment trolls, conspiracy theory | 2 Comments

Blue Shift

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Matt Osborne

The universe is in a state of explosion. We know it’s expanding because of the red shift in visible light. And not only is almost everything in the universe going away from us, it’s actually getting faster over time. But … Continue reading →

Posted in conspiracy theory, election results, globalization | 2 Comments