Showing posts with label popular conspiracy theories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label popular conspiracy theories. Show all posts

Sunday, July 8, 2012

No BearCats for Berkeley

Remember back in April I mentioned that Keene, New Hampshire had accepted a $285,933 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to purchase an eight-ton armored personnel vehicle called a Bearcat, made by Lenco Industries?


Well...the Berkeley, Albany, and the University of California police departments tried the same thing...but the Coalition for a Safe Berkeley gathered enough signatures on a petition to stop them.
Even Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates insisted the city reject police militarization!
For some strange reason, university spokeswoman Janet Gilmore said that "In a university setting, it’s not really appropriate" for police to operate an APC.
What's wrong with her?
What campus doesn't need their cops cruising around in a vehicle equipped with ballistic glass capable of withstanding multi-hits, blast-resistant floors, specially designed gunports, roof hatches/turret and agency specific equipment and/or modifications such as lights/sirens/battering ram/winches/thermal cameras and spot lights?
I mean it's not like Berkeley ever had any riots right?

Full story

 BTW, the citizens of Keene are also fighting against their cops getting one too.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Keene, New Hampshire NEEDS A Police Tank!

And DHS is right there to help them!

"It's not quite a tank. But the quaint town of 23,000 -- scene of just two murders since 1999 -- had just accepted a $285,933 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to purchase a Bearcat, an eight-ton armored personnel vehicle made by Lenco Industries Inc. "



Read more here

Homeland Security's New Ride


Pretty sweet huh?
I especially like "Rescue" painted on it.
What did Reagan say?
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Conspiracy Theories in the News

There are several conspiracy theories in the headlines today.

First up, an article at the Christian Science Monitor about why there may be so many conspiracy theories in the news today.
(Nice segue huh?)
In an article titled "Freemasons to ‘Birthers’: rise of D.C. conspiracy theories" writer Alexandra Marks gives a brief summary of the most popular conspiracy theories today, and why they got into the maun stream media....
"Political conspiracy theories – like the so-called “birther” allegation that President Obama is not a legitimate US citizen – are as old as the nation.
In the late 1700s, it was rumored that the Freemasons were actually a Satanic cult and George Washington was a member who was elevated to the presidency so they could control the country. Such views were generally held by a few fringe groups and were viewed by the mainstream culture as a bit nutty."
You can read the full article here

Next, an article at the Telegraph UK called "Lockerbie and the conspiracy theories" that hits the highlights of the conspiracy theories tied to that event.
"Long standing theories about who was behind the bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie in 1988 have now been joined by a batch of new claims about the reasons behind the moves to release Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi."
You can read that article here

The Gawker has an article titled "Former Bush Admin Official Verifies Crazy Lefty Conspiracy Theory" that addresses some of the points brought up in former head of Homeland Security Tom Ridge's book, "The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege...and How We Can Be Safe Again".
The books not out till September 1st, but I wonder how it's release will affect public opinion.
You can read that article here

And Finally, C21Media has an article up about the upcoming National Geographic documentary on the conspiracy theories around the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
It includes air times and you can see it here

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Dulce Base, part 2


Since Paul Bennewitz introduced the story of the Dulce Base, the conspiracy theories have grown, and have flourished on the World Wide Web.

According to some UFO conspiracy theories, a joint alien/U.S. military underground base exists, perhaps devoted to genetics. The theories regarding Dulce sometimes state that alien technology was traded for permission to engage in human and animal mutilations. A battle was said to have taken place there between aliens and humans, though the time of this alleged encounter varies from the 1970s to the 1980s. Some sources allege that horrific genetic experiments are conducted in lower levels of the facility (usually level 6 or 7, depending on the source); these levels are sometimes referred to as "Nightmare Hall."

According to the legend, Project Aquarius (1966) was a plan for investigation of UFOs, carried out and funded by the CIA. Bishop (Bishop, 2005) notes that Bennewitz is the earliest source for the Project Aquarius tale. This project was slated to begin after December 1969 when Project Grudge and Project Blue Book were closed. In 1969, the base was built northwest of Dulce in joint agreement between CIA and aliens from space. The base is allegedly located on the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation. The entrance is on Mount Archuleta (or Archuleta Mesa). The base gets water and electricity from the Navajo River, and dumps waste water back into the same river. The U.S. government occupies the upper levels of the underground base, while the aliens control the lower levels.

Vibrations from the ground near the town of Dulce have allegedly caused speculations of an underground facility; however, these are more likely minor earthquakes, which are known to occur in the area. Military helicopters have also been said to be "unusually milling" around the deserted area, although these claims are, at present, unproven.

There is a claim that the area was partially scanned with ground-penetrating radar, producing 'interesting' results, but these results are not currently available.

Some less substantial evidence includes supposed 'leaked documents', videos and witness reports. Allegedly, a collection of security camera tapes and technical documents were stolen from the base by a disgruntled security officer. These were stored in an unknown location along with the officer's 'flash', a weapon, resembling a flashlight, which is claimed to emit some form of directed radiation. The actual documents which were stolen have not been revealed to the public, however a collection of drawings based on the documents and surveillance footage is available. Sometime in the 1990's a Japanese documentary producer had a 1-minute animation produced, based on the alleged contents of the stolen information. This animation is available on the internet and was never claimed by its creators to be actual footage. There are also a small number of black-and-white photographs available, which are signed "TAL". It has been suggested that these photographs are actually from the Cheyenne Mountain facility.

Many people have supposedly witnessed UFOs in the area.

Many details of the lore surrounding the Dulce base—vast underground bases with many subterranean levels, battles with alien or underground creatures, etc.—resemble those of the alleged Montauk Project.

In popular media, the computer video game Half-Life appears to be based on the Dulce base lore.


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