Tsunami Bombs Are Real And Possibly Deadly
A tsunami bomb may sound like a trashy cocktail but, as it turns out, it’s actually exactly what its name implies.
According to newly-disclosed documents, the United States government eyed using a real tsunami-causing explosive during WWII. In collaboration with New Zealand, the U.S. carried out secret tests to develop a bomb that was capable of creating 33-foot tidal waves. Conspiracy theories that such a bomb was used to cause the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami no longer seem so ludicrous.
The idea of using a weapon to create tidal waves has long been the stuff of paranoid folklore, but archives dug up by filmmaker Ray Waru prove that the idea belongs in the annals of history. A scary, disheartening history…
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Nothing Can Stop Drone Strikes On U.S. Citizens
In 2011, three American citizens with alleged connections to terrorist organizations were killed by drone strikes while traveling abroad. And there’s nothing to be done about it.
The first thing that makes this so uncomfortable is the fact that two men and a teenage boy were killed by their government, most likely without warning. Regardless of whether or not they had actually committed a crime, their extrajudicial killing was, at best, vigilante justice and, at worst, outright murder.
The second scary thought is that this could also happen to you. It starts with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was just renewed for 2013. In this act, the government reserves that right of “indefinite detention of American citizens without due process at the discretion of the President.” This sentence, in Section 1021, effectively discredits the Fifth Amendment’s right of due process and a fair trial. So, if the government suspects you of being a terrorist, associating with terrorists, or supporting an organization with links to terrorism, you could be arrested and held without trial, or, worse yet, executed without warning.
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Hillary Clinton’s Health Scare Causes Conspiracy Bonanza
Man, some people will do anything to avoid a Congressional hearing about Benghazi.
Hillary Clinton gets a concussion and right-wing conspiracy theorists accuse her of “faking it”. Now, amid reports that she was suffering from a blood clot, rumors are spreading that the Secretary of State was actually severely injured in a secret trip to Iran and President Obama is preparing for her death… even though she’s been released from the hospital.
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Best of the Conspiratorium 2012
It was the year of Superstorm Sandy, the Aurora shootings, and the presidential elections. It was also a year of secrets, lies, and misdirection. What were some of the top conspiracies of 2012?
10. 16 Conspiracy Theory Tattoos
Ink is in and these conspiracy-inspired tats were hotter than ever in 2012.
9. 12 Disasters and the People Who Got Rich from Them
Though ever cloud has a silver lining, some corporations think that the same clouds that brought Hurricane Sandy and other natural disasters can line their pockets with gold.
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The violence across our southern border is heating up. Who’s to blame? The cartels, the Mexican government, or the CIA?
Don’t Look Down! America’s Fiscal Cliff
The economy, it seems, may finally be looking up. Consumer spending is rising, unemployment is down (or at least holding steady), and there are more new home buyers now than any time in the past two years. But don’t hold your breath for an economic boost. This is just a temporary respite before the country dives headfirst over the fiscal cliff.
Chances are you’ve heard of this Fiscal Cliff, and chances are even greater that you aren’t entirely sure what the hell everyone’s talking about. Here’s the Reader’s Digest version: the U.S. government has a debt problem. The debt to GDP ratio is approximately 1:1, which means that it would take all the money the entire country earns in a year to pay off the debt the government holds.
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“Alien” Skulls Found in Mexico
Thirteen otherworldly skulls have been unearthed from the Mexican desert. The bones are old – they have been in the ground for about 1000 years. They were discovered in 1999 when crews were digging an irrigation ditch in the Sonora Desert in northwestern Mexico. The ancient cemetery held twenty-five skulls in all – twelve looked human and thirteen had a distinctly alien cast to them.
The thirteen elongated skulls have been the topic of much discussion in the archeological world for the past decade, and last month researchers finally completed their analysis of the remains. Disappointing to some, it turns out that even the most elongated skulls are definitely human. But there were still some strange things about them.
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Ho Ho No! Santa’s Secret Workshop Exposed!
The world was shocked to learn earlier today that an ongoing labor dispute between Santa and his elves has led to this year’s batch of Christmas toys begin manufactured not at the North Pole, but rather in several secret factories in Guangdong, China. Apparently, working relations between the man in red and his happy helpers have been deteriorating since St. Patrick’s Day. By Easter, the elves were on strike and Santa was forced to outsource his magic workshop to China.
“It all started on St. Patrick’s Day,” said Twinklebottom, the head of the elves’ union, “The big guy had a few too many eggnogs and called us leprechauns. We didn’t mind at the time, but then he never apologized.” Relations got worse after an inter-office memo came to light in which Santa contemplated cost-cutting by adopting the Easter Bunny business model. Allegedly, the inflammatory message noted that “Santa’s workshop could save up to 3 million tons of magic per year if only a skeleton crew of elves were retained for ‘cosmetic purposes.’”
That is when the elves went on strike.
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End of the World Doesn’t Hit
If you’re one of the many checking your stockpiles of canned food, saying a prayer or two, or holding your shotgun a little bit tighter, you can relax: the world hasn’t ended. In New Zealand, the clock has struck 12:00 am, bringing about the dreaded December 21, 2012 date, with no signs of doom anywhere to be seen.
Though many still are not convinced that the world will not end on Dec. 21, as the Mayans predicted, until the date hits their own backdoors, this isn’t the first time an end-of-the-world prediction has turned out to be a flop (or the last).
In 1910, The New York Times warned that everyone on the planet might die from toxic gas hitting the Earth from the tail of Halley’s Comet. Later in 1999, people turned to Nostradamus who had written, “The year 1999, seventh month / From the sky will come great king of terror,” to indicate our end of days. But yet here we are, still spending more time than is healthy on the Internet.
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Air Force Prepares For Star Wars
We’re one step closer to star wars, and not the Disney redux that has movie geeks clutching their Death Star plush toys in fear. A real space battle is coming, and it’s the kind that involves lasers, warp-speed dogfights, and perhaps, just maybe, a real life Death Star.
This is according to media outlets and industry analysts who believe that the Air Force launched a military weapon into space this week. The Pentagon swears it’s a “test bed” for emerging technologies, but most, including superpowers Russia and China, aren’t convinced. Many believe that the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is a secret military weapon.
Only the size of a school bus, and built by Boeing, the mini-shuttle will be circling the Earth without a stated purpose for 270 days, or about nine months. What comes after, no ones knows. The X-37B is a drone, so it has no pilot, which makes it all the more mysterious.
Air Force officials swear it’s just a “new way to test new technologies in space, such as satellite sensors,” as the Los Angeles Times suggests. But the lack of details and intended mission makes the claim a little fishy. After all, if your intentions were innocent, why go through so much work to hide them?
The first X-37 B launched back in 2010, with no lasers shooting from that one during its orbit, but the suspicion still remains that the military might be up to something questionable. Some fear that it might be a space bomber, capable of dropping nuclear weapons on our enemies, or even of destroying other satellites. Considering the military’s track record, the Empire might be knocking on our door soon enough.
Rumored U.S. Bribes Accelerate Climate Change
The U.S. has actively bribed other members of the international community to gain support for the Copenhagen Accords, a non-binding climate change treaty that allows each country to set its own emissions targets, according to secret diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks.
Environmentalists criticize the accord for being toothless and lulling the world into a false sense of security over the real danger of climate change. So, if the Copenhagen Accords are not robust legal documents, why would the U.S. so wholeheartedly back it? Follow the money.
The creation of a low emissions economy means that billions, if not trillions, of dollars are going to be redirected to “green energy” in the coming decades. Any country that is seen as an environmental leader will have the moral authority to direct the flows of those funds. It is possible that, at Copenhagen, America was motivated by two types of green – environmentalism and the almighty dollar.
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