Conspiracy Theories

(Me reflecting back on when I was stupid) So there is this phase that awakened beings go through on their path. It often starts out at the place where they start taking their questions seriously; the questions that they feel that society has forced on them. It could be religion…

Extremist candidates support conspiracy theories, white nationalism — I’ve always said that the rise of former President Donald Trump was like the tale of Frankenstein. Instead of rejecting the monstrous Trump, the GOP thought they could control him. But just like in the Mary Shelley story, the monster got out of control and now Trumpism runs the GOP. …

Why all the prevaricating? — Last weekend, at a supermarket in a Black Neighbourhood in Buffalo, New York a young man with ideas and a gunshot killed 10 people, all of them African American. More were injured. That’s all it took. Ideas and a gun. As events like this are not uncommon in the United…

And nothing has changed. — So, I am a tad bit disappointed with the Congressional hearing on UFOs yesterday. I talked myself down from being angry. I don’t know enough about hearing and how things go, or should go. It felt like a joke. I will be telling some jokes here at the end. There…

I was afraid as soon as I saw the first false equivalency. — We have probably all seen the “my body, my choice” chant being usurped by the anti-mask movement. As usual, it kills all the nuance to serve as a “gotcha!” moment. Far-right propaganda is filled with such moments. From menimists taking the Johnny Depp trial as “proof” that all women are…

A House committee will hold a public hearing on unexplained aerial sightings — This week on Capitol Hill, Congress has a full slate of budget hearings planned, but most of that focus will be diverted by UFOs on Tuesday. According to defense sources, the enigmatic aircraft are most likely not extraterrestrial visitors, but rather undiscovered new technology…