Tabloid Birtherism

Tabloid Birtherism Well, at least they’re consistent. The Birthers want proof that Mitt Romney was born in America, and have sued California’s Secretary of State to provide it. Without a single side to make the looming Presidential election a Manichean battle of good vs. evil for certain segments of the country (since Romney isn’t exactly [...]

The Lunatic Ravings of Birther Crackpot Sheriff Joe Arpaio

There’s Something in the Water in Maricopa County Breaking news on the batshit crazy front Wingnuts Via Charles Johnson Here’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County, where there must be something in the water, explaining that the birth certificate for Barack Obama released by the White House was forged, and pledging to bring the [...]

Conspiracy Thinking Like God Belief | Undeterred By Facts or Internal Contradictions

Conspiracy theorists not deterred by contradictions The notion that authorities are engaged in massive deceptions supports any individual theory, thus allowing conspiracy theorists to endorse different ideas. By Wynne Parry, LiveScience   Photo: Alexey Stiop/Shutterstock Did Princess Diana fake her own death to escape the public eye? Or was she killed by a rogue element [...]

Search Engines vs. Conspiracy Theorists?

Via:- Greg Fish If you’ve ever read anything by Evgeny Morozov, you know that his views of the web tend to be rather mixed. In his best known work, The Net Delusion, he argues against the idea that the web could liberate authoritarian regimes by giving its oppressed subjects information and a means to organize [...]

Strong Evidence That Ron Paul Really Did Write Those Racist Newsletters

Strong Evidence That Ron Paul Really Did Write Those Racist Newsletters Far right dishonesty, in your face  Charles Johnson In New Hampshire today, Ron Paul denied that he had anything to do with the blatantly racist newsletters sent out by his organization in the 1990s, despite undeniable evidence to the contrary: Ron Paul Denies Writing [...]

Alleged White House Shooter Inspired by Alex Jones

The deranged far right inspires another violent nut Imagine our surprise (NOT!) that the accused White House shooter Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez drew some of his inspiration from the crazed conspiracy ravings of Uber Nut Alex Jones! Jake Chapman is also scheduled to make the trip to Washington. The AK-47 that Mr. Ortega is accused of using to fire [...]

Obama, Assassination, and the Antichrist Conspiracy

Obama, Assassination, and the Antichrist Conspiracy Chip Berlet on the connections Randall Gross Nov 19, 2011 [Link: http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/11/19/153758/35/Front_Page/Obama_Assassination_and_the_Antichrist_Conspiracy] Even if the shooter is a thorough crackpot his delusions did not form in a vacuum. Hate sites like Prison Planet, Atlas Shrugs, and Farrah’s World Net Daily all do most of the heavy lifting for these [...]

Crackpot Rabbi Daniel Lapin Babbles Kooky 9/11 Conspiracy Lunacies With Co-Crazy Pat Robertson

[As previously blogged, conspiracism or conspiracy thinking and religious fundamentalism go hand in hand. Both are irrational world views. Conspiracism, like religion, provides a false sense of enlightenment and "... a thread of insistence exists that only certain, truly enlightened people can see the truth behind the secret plots. Most conspiracies are, so the thinking goes, [...]