Monthly Archives: May 2014

New FOIA about Obama’s social-security number

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Dr. Conspiracy

Here is the text of a FOIA request I filed online with the Social Security Administration today: I am requesting relevant sections from SSA regulations and/or policies relating to the following questions: 1) Are SSA database inquiries through consumer-facing systems … Continue reading →

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Obama smear film maker pleads guilty

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Dr. Conspiracy

Filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza pled guilty to campaign law violations last Tuesday. D’Souza violated the law by getting friends to contribute to a political campaign (straw contributors) and then reimbursing them. It’s an explicitly illegal scam to evade campaign donation limits. … Continue reading →

Posted in Birthers Behaving Badly, Crimes | Tagged | 13 Comments

California Primary, June 3

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Dr. Conspiracy

Interesting true story. I was talking to one of the anti-birthers at the Fogbow meetup Saturday. It appears that she had attended a meeting, not suspecting that there would be one of those “patriotic presentations” from the Orly Taitz Super … Continue reading →

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Birtherism as MMORPG

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Dr. Conspiracy

I’ve tried different models to understand birtherism: brain physiology, conspiracy theories, psychology, but there are some characteristics that evade those categories, characteristics  more like a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). An MMORPG is an online game presenting a fantasy … Continue reading →

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Paige and Vogt fail at the Supreme Court

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Dr. Conspiracy

Folks reading comments here already know that the Supreme Court published decisions today: H. Brooke Paige and Douglas Vogt came up losers. The Supreme Court will not take up their cases. If you want to read more, check out RC’s … Continue reading →

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Privacy and the birthers

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Dr. Conspiracy

This site has an editorial policy, and I will reiterate part of it here: Posting personal information about private individuals is prohibited. There are two phrases in the policy that I want to talk about in this article: “personal information” … Continue reading →

Posted in Birther Report, Mike Zullo | Tagged | 244 Comments