So far in this election campaign we've heard candidates crack crude jokes about listeriosis victims, spout wacky conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11 attacks and accuse Tim McLean's fellow Greyhound passengers of being "effeminate" cowards for not defending him from the crazed, knife-wielding attacker who took his life. The current Conservative campaign in Canada is far from identical - it doesn't rely on hot-button social issues like gay marriage and abortion to drive people apart - but it bears some definite similarities to the Republican style of divide and conquer.
[Gary Doer] recalled the course taken by former minister Tim Sale, who announced his retirement in 2006, well in advance of the spring 2007 provincial election. Sale stepped down from his health portfolio to allow Theresa Oswald, a rising star in Doer's caucus, to step into a front-bench portfolio. It also allowed Doer to promote Kerri Irvin-Ross, who holds the strategically important Fort Garry seat, to take on the junior healthy-living post. It could be that [Greg Selinger] isn't prepared to wait for Doer to make up his mind about whether to seek a fourth mandate. Doer hasn't tipped his hand yet, leading to all manner of conspiracy theories about if and when he will retire. (One persistent rumour among the well-heeled Lake Winnipeg martini crowd has Doer becoming Canada's next ambassa...
Though his book isn't written to refute the conspiracy theories that attribute Shakespeare's work to [Christopher Marlowe], Francis Bacon, Edward de Vere or others, Shakespeare & Co. also provides considerable evidence that a glover's son from Stratford really did write all those plays. [Stanley Wells] provides enough contemporary references to Shakespeare from other writers to dash those silly X-Files- meets-English 101 theories. More important, he demonstrates influences on Shakespeare from writers like the brilliant and doomed Marlowe, whose most famous line ("Is this the face that launched a thousand ships?") from his play Doctor Faustus is echoed in Shakespeare's Richard II and All's Well That Ends Well. Sampling and collaboration aren't unique to Shakespeare. They are essentia...
* That "the possibility of liquidity problems at Crocus is very real" and that legislative changes requested by Crocus "may only push the problems into the future when they could be even larger. This is because Crocus has not done what its Prospectus says it will do, which is to arrange its investment portfolio so that funds are made available through liquidation of investments to fulfill requests for redemptions". We also remind you that your Finance minister attacked Opposition Members in the House in November and December 2006 with accusations that they were putting forward "fiction." "fantasy" and "conspiracy theories," and were in "fantasy land" when they said that the government must have been aware of problems. He stated that one member was suffering from "paranoia" and was putti...
[Bree]'s popularity has been steeped in mystery almost since her first blog appeared in June, and many fans now believe her saga is nothing more than a viral marketing scheme or film promotion along the lines of The Blair Witch Project. A California lawyer filed a patent for "Lonelygirl15" in late August, and the Los Angeles Times reported that fans had traced activity on Bree's MySpace page to a computer at the Creative Artists Agency in Hollywood. Weirdly perfect scripts and tantalizing clues in the 30 videos Bree has posted have fuelled countless blogger conspiracy theories, but a message posted on a Lonelygirl15 discussion board recently seemed to provide an explanation. Ostensibly from some independent filmmakers, the post thanked fans for "enjoying our show," and promised an ongoi...
The Internet has changed the entire paradigm," says Austin, Texas radio broadcaster Alex Jones, one of the leading proponents of the theory 9/11 was an inside job. "It is the greatest development since the Gutenberg press. "I don't claim to know the truth," says Jones, 32. "People have to come to their own conclusions. I lie awake at night thinking how I can disprove all the information I have. All conspiracy theories come from real roots, real events." "They are very traditional Americans who have minds of their own," [Arthur Kroker] says. "They want to gather evidence -- not shill. That's a good tradition of American thought."
Bedell was diagnosed as bipolar, or manic depressive, and had been in and out of treatment programs for years. His psychiatrist, J. Michael Nelson, said Bedell tried to self-medicate with marijuana, inadvertently making his symptoms more pronounced. The 36-year-old Bedell returned to his parent's home Jan. 18, telling them "not to ask any questions" about where he had been. But he left after that. Investigators were trying to unravel a bizarre series of Internet postings that suggested Bedell was fascinated with conspiracy theories and the science of warfare. Curiously, Bedell also proposed in 2004 the Pentagon fund his own research on smart weapons. The proposal outlined his idea for DNA nanotechnology research that might "provide significant new capabilities for the Department of Defe...
She was a beautiful woman ridden with scandal. There was a lot of money at stake, paternity questions at stake, the tragedy of her son's death -- this was the formula for a story that just wouldn't quit," said [Elaine Lui], who also documents celebrity news on her own blog, Lainey's Entertainment Update (www.laineygossip.com). "Death, in fact, seemed to be almost the only way this story could have ended. "We all know why she married the oil guy, but it also seemed to be for security; it didn't seem manipulative on her part as much as it seemed needy," she says. "This is a girl who was born poor. She really needed to be taken care of. And [Howard K. Stern], he certainly stepped into that role." "It's ugly, and it's the kind of celebrity gossip that isn't fun to do," Lui said. "It's not...
..."It's not going to end, either -- the conspiracy theories are already floating around about what re...
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