To be frank, I find it easier to believe that the world is painted on the inside of a massive cosmic eggshell than that, once upon a time, a bunch of devious authorities got together and decided “Let’s tell them the world is a slightly flattened sphere and see how long we can fakeContinue reading “If It Sells, It Doesn’t Need To Make Sense”
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Footnotes Afoot
Dealing with postcards of other days and ways can bring me to the occasional “Huh?” moment. While this can be entertaining to onlookers, it DOES leave me with the problem of providing footnotes to my wares. Take this entertaining cartoon, in which our hero, from out of town, asks a policeman, “So, Mr. Watchman,Continue reading “Footnotes Afoot”
PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES XII
So we move on into the twentieth century in ou quest for presidential conspiracy theories dealing with every President of the United States. To be considered for our list, the theory in question should be about as old as the administration in question, or at least nothing something somebody came up with on theContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES XII”
PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES XI
As noted, the ground is getting treacherous underfoot as we sally forth in search of conspiracy theories about the U.S. Presidents. Ideally, you will recall, we are looking for stories more or less contemporary with the Chief Executive which have since been dismissed by most “mainstream historians”. We hit quicksand hunting for anything aboutContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES XI”
PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES X (with trees)
Listen, I am NOT giving up on my countdown of presidential conspiracy theories, false tales of conspiracies, preferably contemporary with the man himself, but I MAY have to skip Teddy Roosevelt. This would make me unhappy, as Teddy seems to me the sort of person who would ATTRACT conspiracy theories. But the InterwebsContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES X (with trees)”
PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES IX
We continue to pore through history to find good solid conspiracies involving each of the Presidents of the United States. To recap, we need a story about a president which involves him in some deep plot, or one that seemed deep at the time. We prefer theories which are more or less contemporary withContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES IX”
PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES VII
We continue to hunt for conspiracy theories involving each President of the United States. To qualify, the story must be more or less contemporary with the President involved, and must be discounted by a majority of Mainstream Historians. I was expecting the boring Presidents of the late nineteenth century to be fairly free ofContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES VII”
PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES VI
We continue our quest to find a conspiracy theory for each President of the United States. To reiterate the rules, we need something that was not just made up yesterday on the Interwebs: a conspiracy theory is best if it is contemporary with the president, or arose shortly thereafter. And to be a REALContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES VI”
PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES V
This is a series where we seek out at least one good solid conspiracy theory about each President of the United States. We prefer those which were active at the time the President in question was, and the theory should be considered, by a majority of Mainstream Historians (as any good Conspiracy Theorist knowsContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES V”
PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES iv
You will recall our mission in the search for a conspiracy theory about each President of the United States: we are looking for old theories, not something somebody on the Interwebs made up last week, and we seek accusations which turned out to be untrue, or at least unproven. The mid nineteenth century wasContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES iv”
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