If We Can't Have APCs We Want Drones!

Remember back in June when I said that Berkeley, Albany, and the University of California police departments all wanted those heavily armored Bearcats, made by Lenco Industries, but the Coalition for a Safe Berkeley stopped them?
Well never fear!
If we can't go at you from the ground, we'll come at you from the air!

"Better known as drones, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles piloted by military in the U.S. hunt and kill suspected enemy combatants abroad. Now the drones are coming home to beef up local law enforcement.
But people across the U.S. are pushing back, contending that domestic drones could invade personal privacy or chill free speech by monitoring political activities.
“They want to use it for intelligence gathering – that’s spying,” Linda Lye of the Northern California American Civil Liberties Union told media at a hastily called press conference Dec. 4 outside the Alameda County administration building in downtown Oakland."

http://www.nationofchange.org/drones-come-home-us-privacy-activists-dismay-1354982443

Yep...that's Alameda County, home of Berkeley, Albany and the University of California, Berkeley.

Hey...I wonder if those bad boys can be programmed to home in on RFID chips.....?

Letter to the Ruling Class - Jesse Ventura?

Something that has spurred a lot of talk in Conspiracy circles this last week is a letter supposedly written by Jesse Ventura titled "Letter to the Ruling Class", posted on what may be his website http://weaintgottimetobleed.com/.
I say allegedly and maybe because I haven't seen any type of verification that he wrote this letter or that We Ain't Got Time To Bleed is even his website.
Here is the letter in full....

You control our world. You’ve poisoned the air we breathe, contaminated the water we drink, and copyrighted the food we eat. We fight in your wars, die for your causes, and sacrifice our freedoms to protect you. You’ve liquidated our savings, destroyed our middle class, and used our tax dollars to bailout your unending greed. We are slaves to your corporations, zombies to your airwaves, servants to your decadence. You’ve stolen our elections, assassinated our leaders, and abolished our basic rights as human beings. You own our property, shipped away our jobs, and shredded our unions. You’ve profited off of disaster, destabilized our currencies, and raised our cost of living. You’ve monopolized our freedom, stripped away our education, and have almost extinguished our flame. We are hit… we are bleeding… but we ain’t got time to bleed. We will bring the giants to their knees and you will witness our revolution!


Sincerely,


The Serfs.

I love the spirit of the letter, but did Jesse actually write it?
He's been doing a lot of promoting here lately and I haven't heard one word about it from him.
Neither a Yea or a Nay.

Of course a lot of conspiracy theorists are looking at this as a call to arms.
Well about half of them.
The other half is saying what a misinformation tool Jesse is for TPTB, he's a sell-out, shill etc.
The unity in that community is amazing.

Anyway, I would love for Jesse to come out and say if he actually wrote this or not.
I'm basically just curious at this point.

By the way.
Notice the date on the post is April 1st?

Conspiracy News - Chemtrails, Government Conspiracy?

It looks like the most popular subject here on this blog in the last little bit is chemtrails.
In case you don’t know what chemtrails are...

“The chemtrail conspiracy theory holds that some contrails are actually chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes for a purpose undisclosed to the general public. Versions of the chemtrail conspiracy theory circulating on the internet and radio talk shows theorize that the activity is directed by government officials. As a result, federal agencies have received thousands of complaints from people who have demanded an explanation. The existence of chemtrails has been repeatedly denied by government agencies and scientists around the world."

- Wikipedia

Despite chemtrails being played down in modern culture, references have slipped into the mainstream.

We have the song "Chemtrails" on Beck's 2008 album, Modern Guilt.

Australian television aired a Canadian film entitled Toxic Skies on March 3, 2009 that starred Anne Heche as a doctor that investigated the link between mysterious illnesses and toxic chemicals dispersed over the population by jet exhaust.
AKA: Chemtrails.

In an interview with PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley on April 27th, 2009, Prince referenced chemtrails.
He said that an increase in contrails coincided with an increase in "fighting and arguing" in his neighborhood.



What really makes this odd is that I find this video clip the day after I read this rumor that Prince may be turning on his Illuminati "Masters" because he saw what happened to Micheal Jackson.

In 2007, on the documentary television series "Best Evidence" on the Discovery Channel, they ran an episode about chemtrails...



As you know, I always like to present both sides of the story, and there are a lot of sites out there where chemtrails are debunked.
One such website is this one, from the New Mexicans for Science and Reason.
http://www.nmsr.org/chemtrls.htm

Snopes.com (the Urban Legends Reference Pages) has a whole forum devoted to the discussion of chemtrails.

Starting with a mention of them back in 2000 by a retired Lt. Colonel from the USAF and PA Air National Guard member, chemtrails over the skies of Pittsburgh seem to be getting a lot of press, as you can see in this video shot in 2009...



That concerns me because we just moved to Pa....

Of course since chemtrails are popular in conspiracy theory, and HAARP is as well, there are gonna be links between the two as you can see in this article posted on Coastal Post Online and reprinted on Bariumblues.com...
http://www.bariumblues.com/haarp_dangers.htm

Conclusions?
I have none.
Yeah, personally I think there are a lot more contrails in the air now than there were when I was a kid.
But I imagine there is more air travel as well.
And yeah I do think the contrails hang around a lot longer than they used to.
Now that I don’t have an answer for that unless the wind doesn’t blow as much now as it did when I was young.
Is that possible?



Conspiracy News - Chemtrails, Government Conspiracy?, posted to http://conspiracycom.blogspot.com/ on July 10th, 2010.

Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation - America.gov

Well everyone can rest easy now.
America.gov, (the public relations arm of the State Department), has created a webpage called “Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation”.

From the site:
"Conspiracy theories exist in the realm of myth, where imaginations run wild, fears trump facts, and evidence is ignored. As a superpower, the United States is often cast as a villain in these dramas."

Now ladies and gentlemen, you can put your mind at ease as our State Department puts your fears to rest!
Here you can get the truth behind....
The JFK assassination
Depleted uranium
The North American Union
The 9/11 attacks

They have a blog called "Rumors, Myths, and Fabrications" that has titles like : Reflections on September 11 Conspiracy Theories, The Obama Birth Controversy and Lee Harvey Oswald, Lone Assassin.
Don't worry about commenting there, that function has been disabled.

They also have a slide show debunking the "It wasn't a plane that hit the Pentagon" theory.

The site also has videos with titles like Conspiracy Theories: Debunking, Conspiracy Theories: What, Why and How and Conspiracy Theories: Consequences

You can visit this "doubleplusgood" site here:
http://www.america.gov/conspiracy_theories.html


And remember....

"The mind should develop a blind spot whenever a dangerous thought presented itself. The process should be automatic, instinctive. Crimestop, they called it in Newspeak."
- George Orwell

"...loyal willingness to say black is white when party discipline demands this. It also means the ability to believe that black is white, and more, to know black is white, and forget that one has ever believed the contrary."
- George Orwell

The Top Twenty Conspiracy Theories

As you can probably guess, I love to read about and investigate conspiracy theories.
A long time ago, I did a list of the most popular ones, but time changes things and new conspiracies have moved into the forefront, others have faded, and some old ones have been revived.
Really, I was kind of amazed at how some had dropped and others have come up.
So let's take a quick look at the most searched for conspiracy theories as of right now.....

1. Area 51
Yep, the good old standby Area 51 is at the top of the list of government conspiracy theories.
This despite the fact that Roadrunners Internationale has gone public with what they know....
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/01/area-51-vets-speak-1.html

2. Da Vinci Code Conspiracy
There are quite a few out there that believe Dan Brown's book is more fact than fiction.
I preferred Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum myself.

3. New World Order Conspiracy
Yes this one has been around for years, but is still very popular.
One reason may be that if you take a look around you, it doesn't seem like that much of a theory anymore.

4. Vaccines Conspiracy Theories
Like several of the others, this theory seems to get juiced now and then.
And it get mentioned in main stream media a lot.

5. Aspartame Dangers
This one I have to go along with.
I cant see any way this stuff couldn't hurt you, and I personally refer to it as "poison" in conversations.
Usually in grocery stores...really loudly...in front of people.

6. Denver International Airport Conspiracy
Yes, this one gets a lot of press too.
I saw the episode of Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura when he went there.
The paintings are creepy.

7. JFK Assassination Conspiracy
This one has gone on forever.
Well since 1963 at least.
Funny thing is, I recall people in the late 60s saying they thought it was a conspiracy.

8. Reptilian Conspiracy
I'm surprised this one has dropped like it has.
It still seems to be pretty popular on this blog.

9. Skull and Bones Society
Probably the worst secret society in the world, because everyone knows about them!

10. 9 11 Conspiracy Theories
I am REALLY shocked this one has dropped down this far.
I mean, I hear something about this almost everyday in the news.
Has apathy set in?

11. Pearl Harbor Attack
Another one of the government conspiracies that has hung on for years.
Funny thing is, I remember my uncle (who fought in the Pacific in WW2) saying back in the 60s (he died in the 70s) that FDR knew the attack was coming.

12. Fluoride in Water
And here's another I have heard conspiracies theories about since the 60s.
By the way, in case you were wondering, my whole family was Southern Baptist, Republican and came from farming stock.
They didn't consider conspiracies like this to be liberal thinking.

13. Genetically-Modified Foods
Another "The Government is trying to kill us / control us" through food theory.

14. The Freemasons Conspiracy
Another constant favorite that I am surprised ranked this low.
Just one of the many groups bent on world domination.

15. Black Helicopters Conspiracy
This one is down to 15, and I expect to see it drop further with the advent of military drones and more advanced electronic surveillance techniques.
Why use clunky choppers when you can spy on someone from way up in the air?

16. Roswell UFO Incident
Again, I really don't see how these rumors will ever go away.
There is too much folklore built up around the incident.
I personally think "something" happened there, I just don't know for sure what.

17. Martin Luther King Assassination Conspiracy
Like JFK, I don't see this one ever really going away.
Even Jesse Jackson (who was with King at the time of his death) doesn't believe James Earl Ray acted alone.

18. Moon Landing Conspiracy
What can I say about this one?
Even when NASA released low-resolution engineering test photographs of the Apollo 11, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 landing sites, the conspiracy theories didnt end.
After all, they came from NASA right?
Of course if we didn't land on the moon, that busts up some of the "Astronauts saw alien ships on the moon" theories.

19. The Bilderberg Group Conspiracy
I have the same problem with the Bilderberg Group Conspiracy as I do many others.
If one is right, the others are wrong.
One one hand we have them dedicated to taking over the world, but on the other hand we have The Freemasons, The United Nations, The Skull and Bones Society, The Council on Foreign Relations, The Trilateral Commission, The Vatican and/or The Jesuits and the Reptilians with the same goal in mind.
Isn't that kinda like having the Legion of Doom from the old Super Friends cartoon fighting each other?

20. The Jesuits
Well since I just mentioned them, here they are rounding out the top twenty.
Although usually portrayed as bad guys, they have themselves been criticized by the Church for deviating from official Church teaching and papal directives.
In light of current news...is that a bad thing?
And also, over one hundred Jesuit priests gave their lives during the Holocaust to rescue or give refuge to Jews.

Now I hope this article didn't sound too light-hearted.
As far as conspiracies go, I tend to look at all sides, and there are some that yes, I do give a grain of truth too.
And a few, WAY more than a grain.
But I look at conspiracy theories like any other theory.
It's just that...a theory.

You should always do your own research and find out about these things yourself.
Don't be spoon fed info by ANYONE!

Reptilian Humanoids, V and the Underground City

The most popular subject on this blog is almost always Reptilian Humanoids conspiracy theories.
I have done several entries on them here, and I even created a Hub about it on Hub Pages that is pretty popular.
So what is it about reptilians that seems to get so much attention?

Well if it is a conspiracy, it's pretty far reaching.

You have reptilians in mythology like Quetzalcoatl (the "feathered serpent" of the Aztecs), the Dragon Kings (from Chinese mythology), The Serpent (from the Bible) and Boreas (or Aquilon to the Romans) the god of the cold north wind.

Cryptozoology is full of reptilian beings like the Loveland Frog and the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp.

Of course reptilians figure in heavily in some ufology and conspiracy theories, especially those of David Icke.

And Sci-Fi, comic books, TV and movies, video games and fiction in general is full of strange reptilian beings, both in space and here on the Earth like "The Race" from Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series, The Visitors from the 1983 and 2009 "V" TV series, Bowser (aka King Koopa) from Nintendo's Mario series, The Lizard (from Spider Man) and Killer Croc from Batman.

So what is it that makes reptilians so popular, especially as villains?

We like Godzilla (okay he's a huge monster, but he's kinda humanoid, just really big) we like The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but those are the only two cases where reptilian creatures are heroes that I can think of.

Is it the primal fear some people have of snakes?
Is it the Bible story that shows a reptilian tricking the human race?

Did the 1983 TV series "V" really kick all this off?
I mean it was popular, but the series only lasted one season.
But it all fairness, "V" must have touched a nerve because since 1984, eighteen novels have been released, an 18-issue V comic book series by DC comics was done, a manga series was produced in Japan and even a PC video game was made.

Well V wasn't the main stream media's first run in with reptilians.

Brian Dunning has suggested that a 1934 Los Angeles Times article may have actually been the origin of the modern day reptilian theory.
The article said that a geophysical mining engineer named G.Warren Shufelt had found subterranean labyrinths beneath Los Angeles that led to an underground city.
The city had been built by an advanced race of “Lizard People” to escape surface catastrophes some 5000 years ago.

You can see the article reprinted here at Reptoids.com:
http://reptoids.com/Vault/Schufeltsearch.htm
They even have the original map there.

It's noteworthy that Shufelt convinced the City of Los Angeles to allow him to dig a tunnel straight down to find the underground city.
The shaft hit 250 feet, but nothing was ever found.

So was there no underground city?
Did they not dig deep enough?

The City of Los Angeles must have gotten tired of it, because on March 5th 1934, the tunnel was filled in and the contract with L.A was canceled.

But the city never came out and said the theory was hog-wash.
As a matter of fact, in December of 1947, Mr. Arche Dunning of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce made a statement that would suggest no cover up or government conspiracy was at work here.
He said:

"It is quite possible, of course, that the supposed labyrinth really exists. But in view of the fact that the overlaying area is the immediate Civic Center area where an important building program is to be carried out, including federal, state, county and city building, there is little probability of any further excavations."

Geronimo and the Skull and Bones Society

It seems the Skull and Bones Society is at it once again.
On January 22nd, the famed Christie's auction house will auction off a human skull that once belonged to Yale's shadowy group.

Is it the skull of Geronimo?

Well the skull in question is said to be older than the skull of the famous Apache Leader, but it's also rumored that the skull of Geromino is in the possession of the Society.

Back in early 2009, Geronimo's great-grandson Harlyn Geronimo filed a lawsuit against the Society claiming that they had possession of the skull.

This stems from an old Society legend that says Connecticut senator Prescott S. Bush father of you-know-who and grandfather of you-know-who, broke into the grave site back in 1909 with some fellow class mates and stole the skull.

The legend got some validity in 2005 when Yale historian Marc Wortman found a letter written in 1918 by Skull and Bones Society member Winter Mead, that he had sent to F. Trubee Davison, who was the Director of Personnel for the Central Intelligence Agency.
The letter states...
"The skull of the worthy Geronimo the Terrible, exhumed from its tomb at Fort Sill by your club... is now safe inside the tomb and bone together with his well worn femurs, bit and saddle horn."
The "tomb" is the building at Yale University's Skull and Bones.

That's a real good pass time for future leaders...robbing graves.

Alexandra Robbins, author of a book on the society, "Secrets of the Tomb," said last year that "Of all the items rumored to be in the Skull and Bones's possession, Geronimo's skull is one of the more plausible ones,"

And before the 2005 incident, back in 1986, former San Carlos Apache Chairman Ned Anderson anonymously received a photo and copy of a log book claiming that the Skull and bones had the skull, an allegation that was denied by the group's attorney, Endicott P. Davidson.
Well what did they expect him to say..." Okay..yeah they have it. You caught us."?

As a peace offering (I guess), the group offered Anderson a glass case with the skull of a ten year old boy inside.

Okay...

In all fairness, investigative journalist Kitty Kelley and the "World's Smartest Human," Cecil Adams have said they think the story is a hoax.

And in all fairness to the other side, Kitty Kelley's credibility and sources have been called into question many times and Cecil Adams is probably a pseudonym for Ed Zotti who is the alledged "editor and confidant" of Adams.

So why are these two considered experts?

A much more reliable (to me at least) spokesman is Jeff Houser, chairman of the Fort Sill Apache tribe of Oklahoma, who calls the story a hoax.

Even if this skull is not Geronimo's, the skull is expected to bring $10,000 to $20,000.

"V" Versus Barack Obama?

Is the new series "V" an assault on Obama?
It seems a lot of people in the media seem to think so......

"V" Relaunch Intended As Good TV, Not "Frenetic Political Code-Mangling"
"Now, this new series is set to launch, and with it comes the enormous fear that somehow, ABC intends it as covert anti-Obama propaganda. YES, THIS IS A TRUE THING, HAPPENING IN OUR LIVES."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/03/ivi-relaunch-intended-as_n_344288.html

V as an Alien Allegory Attack Against Barack Obama
"ABC's new sci-fi series V kicks off tonight. It concerns a charismatic leader who comes out of nowhere promising a bright future and a better life for all Americans. Is that leader Barack Obama or is it a space lizard?"
http://gawker.com/5396265/v-as-an-alien-allegory-attack-against-barack-obama

'V' aims at Obamamania
Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-tc-tvcolumn-v-1102-1103nov03,0,7062976.story

To my knowledge, David Icke is NOT working for ABC.
It doesn't really matter, because V had the best rating for any new series premiere this season.
V downed one of my favorite shows NCIS, (yes I love that show) with just over thirteen million viewers.

And speaking of reptilian shape-shifters.....

Balloon Boy Just Wanted to Warn Us about the Lizard People "According to Balloon boy dad Richard Heene, Hillary Clinton is a shape-shifting reptilian humanoid. You may be surprised to learn that he is not the only one who believes this!"
http://gawker.com/5385015/balloon-boy-just-wanted-to-warn-us-about-the-lizard-people

So because of V are we looking at a new run on Reptilian conspiracy theories?