I think so, Brain … but which came first, the theory or the conspiracy?
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Tag Archives: Conspiracy Theories
Some Theories Turn Out To Be True
If you had suggested back in 2020 that the defendants in the Whitmer kidnapping case might be the victims of FBI entrapment, you would have been branded a conspiracy theorist.
Today, a jury acquitted two of the four defendants and was unable to reach a verdict on the other two.
Fake Remake of a Fake
I was scrolling through the Twitterz this morning and found that someone had sent me a link to a story that ran last year in our online paper of record—NASA Announces All-Female Remake Of Staged Moon Landings.
There’s an interesting story about why the first “videos from the Moon” were black and white when all the later “landings” were shown in color. Color cameras were available, but there was a dust control problem. The sound stage had been built in a very remote location to prevent it from being discovered, but the filters initially used in the HVAC system weren’t adequate, so monochrome cameras were used to keep viewers from noticing the red Martian dust.
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I think so, Brain … but what if the room full of monkeys randomly generating the text of Hamlet have had their keyboards connected to Biden’s teleprompter instead?
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I think so, Brain … but have you ever suspected that Acme is actually owned by the Roadrunner?
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I think so, Brain … but if they’re keeping the aliens in Area 51, are they storing the ketchup in Area 57?
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I think so, Brain … of course America was “discovered” before Columbus, but they hushed it up.
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I think so, Brain … but why do the Illuminati try to keep everyone else in the dark?
When the Revolution Comes …
I’m a bit of a gun nut, and I’m generally encouraged by the broadening demographics of gun ownership in America. However, not every trend that I see appears healthy. I’m beginning to see more and more stuff about folks preparing for some sort of disruption centered around the election. Elizabeth Scalia has a post at Patheos that deals with her neighbors arming themselves because of a fear that Barack Obama will suspend the upcoming election.
Sigh.
As one of her commenters points out, the President would have trouble getting the Secretaries of State in all 57 50 states to go along.
And don’t get started on martial law. Please. The idiot fringe brings it up from time to time, but it’s simply impractical on a nationwide scale. Allow me to explain by way of an example.
Back in the days of Watergate, an acquaintance was sitting at my kitchen table ranting about how Nixon was going to declare martial law. After a while I got tired of listening, so I got up, went to a closet, and returned to the kitchen with a revolver and a shotgun. “No,” I said. “It won’t happen.” He replied, “Now I understand why you’re a member of the NRA.”
A coup via martial law in the United States would be doomed. As some believe Admiral Yamamoto said, “There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.”
Will there be chaos in the streets? Maybe. Someday. But I doubt that the coming election will cause any such problem. Take a deep breath and get on with living.
And don’t buy a gun for the wrong reason.
UPDATE–In answer to an email: No and yes. No, I sold the Ruger .357 about 30 years ago. Yes, I still have the Mossberg shotgun. It was my mother’s, and I intend to hand it down to my son one day.