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METRO | Scalia Files: The truth is out there
Too bad Agatha Christie was not a fellow guest, because there has to be foul play. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | February 21, 2016 AUSTIN — An obese 79-year-old man in a sedentary occupation goes to bed … Continue reading
Posted in Metro, RagBlog
Tagged Alex Jones, Alpine Texas, Antonin Scalia, Brewster County, Conspiracy Theories, Glenn Beck, Jade Helm 15, Metro, Michael Savage, Rag Bloggers, Steve Russell
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Ed Felien : A Good [Angry White] Man With a Gun
Image from The L Magazine. Pissed-off patriot: ‘A good man with a gun’ These angry white men are doing their best to bring back an idealized past that never really existed By Ed Felien | The Rag Blog | December … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : Unholy Ground
UNHOLY GROUND By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 11, 2010 Here it is 9/11 again, and the world is all caught up in a debate on whether our “attackers” are being “insensitive” in demanding a presence at … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged 9/11, Conspiracy Theories, Fiction, Ground Zero, Marc Estrin
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Conspiracy Theories : Exhaust Fumes from the Angry
Photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Conspiracies:Exhaust fumes from the angry What better way to divert attention from the catastrophic eight years of the Bush-Cheney administration than to fan the flames of discontent with renewed conspiracy theories and … Continue reading
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Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Larry Ray, Racism, Religious Fanaticism, Right Wing Extremists
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BOOKS / Speak English! by Mike Palecek
Sci-fi, conspiracy theories and politics merge:Speak English! is a wild journey By Joan Wile / The Rag Blog / October 10, 2009 [Speak English! by Mike Palecek. Trade paperback, 322 pp. Published by CWG Press; to be released November, 2009.] … Continue reading
Security Tapes Shoot Blanks : Oklahoma City Bombing Revisited
Screen grab from security video after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995 shows people moving through nearby building. Photo from the FBI via The Oklahoman / AP.Gaps in security tapes:Revisiting the Oklahoma … Continue reading
Lockerbie : A ‘Conspiracy Theory’ Worth Pursuing
Top, Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, holding release papers, at Glasgow International Airport, after his release Thursday, August 20, 2009. Photo by Danny Lawson / Pool / AP. Below, wreckage of Pan Am 103, Lockerbie, Scotland, Dec. 21, 1988.Unlocking … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged CIA, Conspiracy Theories, Middle East, Terrorism, US Intelligence
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Conspiracism, Right Wing Populism and Alex Jones
Art by Andy B. Clarkson / Kenny’s Sideshow The following column by John Zorabedian on the mushrooming and quite frightening growth of “conspiracism” was passed along to us by Carl Davidson. It was first published on Examiner.com on April 11, … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Populism, Racism, Right Wing, Right Wing Media, Talk Radio
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Pittsburgh Cop Killer Egged on by Alex Jones, Right Wing Conspiracy Media
Alex Jones broadcasting from Austin’s KLBJ.Richard Poplawski’s photo from MySpace. Poplawski was a neo-Nazi wannabe who railed against blacks, Jews, ‘Zionists,’ and gun control. And like many members of the far-right fringe, he allegedly visited Jones’ Web sites and posted … Continue reading
















