List of conspiracy theories

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**ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) for communications and possibly mind control
 
**ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) for communications and possibly mind control
 
**[http://www.haarp.net/ HAARP] (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) for possible use in "weather control" as a weapon.
 
**[http://www.haarp.net/ HAARP] (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) for possible use in "weather control" as a weapon.
* Green M&Ms contain aphrodisiacs<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/risque/aphrodisiacs/mandms.asp Urban Legends Reference Pages]</ref>
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==Political conspiracy theories==
 
==Political conspiracy theories==

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A conspiracy theory is an attempt to explain a perceived real-world occurrence through the actions of a secretive, usually evil group. Not all conspiracy theories are wrong, but if the theory requires greater suspension of disbelief than random chance would to explain the occurrence, it should be examined skeptically.

Contents

Scientific conspiracy theories

  • The Moon Landing was a hoax.
  • All scientists are trying to foist the false theory of Evolution on the public at the behest of Satan.
  • Global warming, ditto.
  • AIDS was created by the CIA.
  • All scientists and politicians are trying to cover up cold fusion.
  • The United States is hiding UFO wreckage at Area 51.
  • The United States Department of Defense (DOD) is experimenting with
    • ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) for communications and possibly mind control
    • HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) for possible use in "weather control" as a weapon.
  • Green M&Ms (or in Canada, Smarties) contain aphrodisiacs[1]

Political conspiracy theories

  • Dick "Dick" Cheney ordered Scooter Libby to expose Valerie Plame as an undercover CIA officer.
  • JFK was not killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone.
  • RFK was not killed by Sirhan Sirhan, acting alone.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. was not killed by a Lone Gunman, either.[2]
  • John Hinckley, Jr. had been brainwashed into trying to assassinate Ronald Reagan, at the behest of George Herbert Walker Bush.
  • 9/11 was staged by the US Government.
  • 9/11 was staged by the Israeli government.
  • Bush deliberately lied to get the US to invade Iraq.
  • JFK jet fuel and other maladroit "terrorism" attempts conspiracies
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allen Dulles and Earl Warren were all Communist agents[3]
  • The Reagan campaign made a deal with the Iranian government not to release the hostages until after Reagan was elected President.
  • Roosevelt intentionally goaded Japan into war pursuant to a strategy outlined in the McCollum Memo.[4]
  • Roosevelt knew about the Pearl Harbor attack in advance, and let it happen.
  • Bush et al knew about the 9/11 attacks in advance. and let them happen.
  • Gary Webb was suicided by the CIA and/or drug interests. Gary Webb wrote about the CIA and the Crack epidemic, and his death by multiple gunshots to the head was ruled a suicide.[5]

Economic conspiracy theories

  • Oil companies are deliberately suppressing better car technology.
  • Shortly before 9/11, many individuals or institutions with prior knowledge shorted airline stocks and made a fortune.
  • The Federal Reserve deliberately causes recessions.

Religious conspiracy theories

  • There is a huge, organized conspiracy to commit the Satanic Ritual Abuse and murder of small children.
  • Jesus was actually married to Mary Magdalene...
  • ...and they had kids...
  • ...and the Templars are still around and trying to prevent people from finding out.
  • The Jews secretly run everything.
  • Israel was behind the 9/11 attacks.

Just plain whacko conspiracy theories

  • The Royal Family of England, along with the Bushes, the Clintons, and many other rich, prestigious families, are actually man-eating shapeshifting lizard-people from the fourth dimension.[6]
  • The Royal Family of England, along with the Bushes, the Clintons, and many other rich, presitigious families, are part of a massive multi-generational conspiracy to...well, it's not clear, but it involved switching from a 432 hz "A" to a 440 hz "A".[7]
  • Water Flouridation is part of an insidious Communist plot to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids.
  • There Is A Cabal

References

  1. Urban Legends Reference Pages
  2. Speaking of the Lone Gunman, 9/11 was predicted in an X-files spin-off pilot "The Lone Gunman" in March of 2001. Sounds strange, but I have the episode somewhere, and it is eerily similar...those Hollywood writers were thinking further ahead than the Whitehouse. But then agian, in the episode from March of 2001, evil doers in the Military Industrial Complex attempted to carry out a plot to take over a jet airliner by remote control and fly it into the WTC, and "blame it on the Muslims." In this case, a work of fiction portraying a conspiracy predated the event that resulted in a conspiracy theory.
  3. http://www.answers.com/topic/john-birch-society
  4. See Day of Deceit
  5. Gary Webb
  6. Betcha thought I made this one up, didn't you?
  7. Betcha thought that one was made up too, didn't you?
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