Archive for Conspiracy

European Conspiracy Bask

Attention all European readers: Can you please describe the big-picture processes by which Berlusconi, Papandreou, and Zapatero were replaced? In particular, I want to know if there was a regularly scheduled election, or if there was a challenge to their party (which could happen at any time) and then their replacements weren’t elected. For example, […]

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Ron Paul the Only Antiwar Candidate

I realize I make jokes a lot here, but this stuff is really serious. It is horrifying that every Republican candidate except Ron Paul is talking about “getting tough” with Iran. Can you imagine on September 10, 2001, if you’d told a group of 100 Americans: “Guess what? In a few years we will have […]

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Bashing Dana

OK watch the beginning of this video clip: Now people on Facebook were going nuts when this first came out, because the correspondent seems to be openly admitting on national TV that she is worried about Ron Paul doing well. But something about it didn’t sit right with me. Don’t get me wrong, I full […]

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Iowa Is Very Important, Unless Ron Paul Wins

This is funny. You don’t even have to be a conspiratorial Paulbot (or -tard, or whatever) to make this leap: They are actually saying it themselves. In that respect, the clips from 2008 are superfluous.

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The Fed and Big Bank Nexus

A reader sends me this interesting Bloomberg piece. It is a familiar story, but armed with some FOIA data, it spells out just how much the Fed bailed out the major banks and kept it all from Congress.

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Vote for the Most Astounding Statement I Heard This Week

Once again, it’s time for one of the more popular features on Free Advice, where you the reader get to vote on The Most Astounding Statement I Heard This Week. Our first contestant is documentary maker Ken Burns, who said the following in a Reason interview with libertarian bad boy Nick Gillespie: [M]y politics are […]

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Spreading the Love: Wenzel and Gordon Edition

I loved the first Cars movie because I could really identify with Lightning McQueen’s narcissism. In an effort to combat that, let me point you to two other people’s ventures to spread the word on the dangers of the State: ==> Robert Wenzel’s first podcast is up. He’s got a funky beat and a professional […]

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The Demonic Twist to “Anonymous”

For a while now this “Anonymous” hacker group has given me the creeps. But this recent video release has sealed the deal for me: I don’t know what the deal is with the new message placed on the screen, calling off the operation. Someone can explain it in the comments. Anyway, this creeps me out […]

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