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3.02.2010

Are conspiracy theorists infiltrating the media? [Finally!]

· Suspicious minds question what's behind Torontonians' fascination with late-night radio rebels.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/are-conspiracy-theorists-infiltrating-the-media/article1475414/
Are conspiracy theorists infiltrating the media? - www.theglobeandmail.com
by Michael Posner
Ever heard of a Haarpicane? How about a Haarpiquake?

According to conspiracy theorist Nelson Thall, the recent tragedy visited upon Haiti was no mere earthquake. It was something more sinister. In his view, High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) technology destroyed the island. Why? Because it's a pawn in the ongoing battle between what he calls the Old World Order (loosely, the Anglo-American Empire) and the New World Order (loosely, the European Union and the Vatican).

George Freund, a colleague in the city's booming conspiracy brotherhood, stops short of attributing the Haitian quake to tectonic weaponry. But he notes that the country's "potential oil and mineral wealth make [it] plum for the picking," and that a bright plasma ball (doubtless caused by a HAARP weapon) was photographed on the eve of the quake in the skies over Haiti.

Mr. Thall, a.k.a. Lenny Bloom, and Mr. Freund are just two of a growing group of Torontonians who reject the "facts" they say we're spoon-fed, in favour of more unsettling truths.

They're not alone. As British writer David Aaronovitch observes in his new book, Voodoo Histories, the Western world now lives in an age of "fashionable conspiracism," its garments feverishly promoted via Internet forums, blogs and, increasingly, mainstream media. C oast-to-Coast - a late-night radio talk show - is syndicated on more than 500 North American stations. Conspiracy culture has even infiltrated TV prime time with Conspiracy Theory, courtesy of former Minnesota governor and professional wrestler Jesse Ventura, and The Conspiracy Files from the BBC, erstwhile bastion of establishment thinking.
But conspiracy theory seems to be nowhere more fashionable than in Toronto.
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Are conspiracy theorists infiltrating the media? - www.theglobeandmail.com

If Toronto is, in fact, the urban hotbed of conspiracy theory, it may be explained by the same theory that accounts for why so many Canadian comedians were able to find success in the United States: We live close enough to the empire to understand it and critique it, but are never really part of it.
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"Fire couldn't demolish WTC in 11 seconds"

Architects for 9/11 Truth inquiry.
The question isn't who, or why anymore, so much as how. How could 200 thousand tonnes of steel have dropped to the ground -in under 11 seconds- because of a fire? Over a thousand engineers and architects say it simlpy couldn't, not the way it happened on September 11, and now they want a new investigation. Tim King has been following this issue for quite some time.



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- 9/11 Conspirators Are Right

When using open source makes you an enemy of the state

· The US copyright lobby has long argued against open source software - now Indonesia's in the firing line for encouraging the idea in government departments.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/feb/23/opensource-intellectual-property
Open Source - www.guardian.co.uk

It's only Tuesday and already it's been an interesting week for the world of digital rights. Not only did the British government changed the wording around its controversial 'three strikes' proposals, but the secretive anti-counterfeiting treaty, Acta, was back in the headlines. Meanwhile, a US judge is still deliberating over the Google book settlement.

As if all that wasn't enough, here's another brick to add to the teetering tower of news, courtesy of Andres Guadamuz, a lecturer in law at the University of Edinburgh.

Guadamuz has done some digging and discovered that an influential lobby group is asking the US government to basically consider open source as the equivalent of piracy - or even worse.
What?
It turns out that the International Intellectual Property Alliance, an umbrella group for organisations including the MPAA and RIAA, has requested with the US Trade Representative to consider countries like Indonesia, Brazil and India for its "Special 301 watchlist" because they use open source software.

What's Special 301? It's a report that examines the "adequacy and effectiveness of intellectual property rights" around the planet - effectively the list of countries that the US government considers enemies of capitalism. It often gets wheeled out as a form of trading pressure - often around pharmaceuticals and counterfeited goods - to try and force governments to change their behaviours.

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"Who Are You, Mr. Van Rompuy?" (Spa Subs)

EU Parliament, Rue Wiertz B-1047, Brussels
02.24.2010
Nigel Farage asks Herman Van Rompuy: "Who are you?" ...