Monthly Archives: May 2011

Getting the joke: transparency

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Dr. Conspiracy

It’s fun to be fooled with a really good April Fool joke, although it’s not quite as fun to admit that one has been really suckered in by one of those jokes. Well, I must admit that for a while … Continue reading →

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“Expert” claims: birth certificate fake

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Dr. Conspiracy

A letter has appeared on Srcibd (pronounced “scribbed”) that purports to be by a Mr. Douglas Vogt, president of Archive Index Systems, a wholesale dealer of scanning hardware and software. He claims that he is an expert in scanning hardware … Continue reading →

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Corsi: “I have his license”

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Dr. Conspiracy

Jerome Corsi, author of Where’s the Birth Certificate?, a crank investigation of Barack Obama’s place of birth, relied on a so-called Hawaiian private investigator. Questions were raised here by a commenter and discussed in my article Bogus WND Detective raises … Continue reading →

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Corsi’s book ghost written?

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Dr. Conspiracy

Hey, I saw this in a book review on Amazon.com: You can have crazy beliefs and make up facts and deny reality all by yourself without buying a book. This book was actually written by Obama’s father, who, despite being … Continue reading →

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Whatever

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Dr. Conspiracy

I’ve never dwelt on the slang usage of the word “whatever.” My oldest son used it a lot. The Wikipedia describes it: Whatever is a slang term meaning “whatever you say” or “I don’t care what you say”. The term … Continue reading →

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Taking jokes too seriously

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Dr. Conspiracy

In this Obama business there have been a handful of jokes that were taken seriously. The fake Obama military oath comes to mind as well as an April Fool story of Obama and Occidental College. Some commenters today pointed to … Continue reading →

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