Conspiracy

D.M. Levine

Goldman Sachs Looms As Rajat Gupta Fraud Trial Begins

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Insider Trading, Video, Rajat Gupta, Raj Rajaratnam, Gupta-Trial, McKinsey & Company, Conspiracy, Galleon Group, Securities Fraud, Business News

Goldman Sachs haunts the insider trading case against one of the Wall Street bank's former directors, Rajat K. Gupta. As Gupta's federal fraud trial o...

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Are These Strange Sounds Heard In The Sky A Hoax?

TheFW.com | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Bizarre Sounds From Nowhere, Ufos, Video, Hoaxes, Humming Noises, Haarp, Conspiracy, Strange Sounds, Weird News News

We're only a month into 2012 and already there are a mass amount of YouTube videos capturing bizarre sounds that are being heard around the globe. ...

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Conspiracy Wingnuts Hail 'News of the Obama World'

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Conspiracy, Space Invasion, Obama, Humor, Comedy News
Jeffrey Shaffer

"The secret is finally out! Mitt Romney has confirmed what many of us already knew -- Barack Obama is not of this Earth!" Niles Bledsoe feels vindic...

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Case Reveals Potential Tax Evasion Links At Swiss Banks

Reuters | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Wolfsberg Group, Video, Switzerland, Irs, Credit Suisse, Internal Revenue Service, Reuters, Swiss Banks, Conspiracy, Wegelin, Basler Kantonalbank, Tax Evasion, Justice Department, Offshore, UBS AG, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Business News

* Indictment of 3 Wegelin bankers highlights ties * Inter-bank links key to U.S. tax evasion crackdown * Authorities eye...

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To Herman Cain: I Am the "Democrat Machine"

John Blumenthal | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Godfather's Pizza, Trader Joe's, Tea Party, Pellegrino, Michele Bachmann, Pinot Grigio, Thick Crust, Ann Coulter, Donald Trump, Sink Campaign, Herman Cain, Democrat Machine, Conspiracy, Democrats, Herman Cain Sex Scandal, Leprechauns, Cnn, Elections 2012, Comedy News
John Blumenthal

The details of the scheme were contrived by me and two other grassroots activists including my wife (who bakes cookies for our local Democratic club fundraisers), and a guy named Tim who I met at Lenscrafters.

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Was Van Gogh Murdered?

latimes.com | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Van Gogh Murdered, Art History, Vincent Van Gogh, Conspiracy, Naifeh, Smith, Van Gogh, Van Goghs Death, Arts News

Having won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for biography for "Jackson Pollock: An American Saga," Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith will be back in bookst...

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Radley Balko

House Bill Would Apply U.S. Drug Policy Globally

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: US Drug War, Amsterdam, Lamar Smith Drugs, Drug-War, Lamar Smith, Federal Law, Marijuana, Drug War, Rep. Lamar Smith, Conspiracy, United States Drug Policy, War on Drugs, House Judiciary Committee, US Drug Policy, Lamar Smith Drug Law, Politics News

The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill yesterday that would make it a federal crime for U.S. residents to discuss or plan activities on foreign s...

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'Whitey' Bulger's Girlfriend Granted Delay In Conspiracy Trial

AP | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Boston, Whitey Bulger Trial, Mobsters, Conspiracy, Whitey Bulger, Boston Crime, Whitey Bulger Case, Catherine Greig, Catherine Greig Trial, Crime News

BOSTON -- A federal judge has granted a request from the longtime girlfriend of former Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger to delay the start of h...

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Cops: Mother Tried To Sell Newborn For Trip To Disney World

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Video, Bridget Wismer, Baby Sold, Conspiracy, Delaware, Delaware Crime, John Gavaghan, Crime News

Police say a Delaware mother of three attempted to sell her newborn baby for $15,000 so she could take her other two children to Disney World. Brid...

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Former GOP Lawmaker Pleads Guilty To Corruption

AP | MARK SCOLFORO | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Corruption, Conflict of Interest, Politics News, John Perzel Corruption, Pennsylvania, Crime, Gop, Conspiracy, Rep. John Perzel, John Perzel, Pennsylvania House Speaker, John Perzel Guilty, Politics News

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The onetime speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives pleaded guilty Wednesday to eight criminal charges stemming f...

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HBO Actress Will Plead Guilty To Drug Conspiracy

AP | By SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: The Wire, Heroin Addiction, Baltimore, Drug Gangs, Operation Usual Suspects, Baltimore Crime, Hbo, Conspiracy, Crime News

BALTIMORE -- An actress who played a Baltimore drug gang assassin in HBO's "The Wire" pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to distribute heroin, caught...

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Living Off The Grid And Growing Organic

Daniel Klein | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Daniel Klein, Solar, Off the Grid, Wild, Perennial Plate, Conspiracy, Sustainable, Utah, Food News
Daniel Klein

We weren't sure what to expect when we drove 12 miles into a Canyon in Utah to meet 70 year old twins, living off the grid, growing organic vegetables...

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Diana Conspiracy Documentary To Premier At Cannes

The Independent | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Royalty, Dodi Al Fayed, Politics, Mohamed Al Fayed, Princess Diana, Tony Blair, Independent UK, Conspiracy, British Royal Family, Documentary, Unlawful Killing, Film, Cannes Film Festival, Arts News

Brad Pitt, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Robert De Niro will walk down the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, which opens this week. But the latest add...

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Glenn Beck: Art Critic?

ARTINFO | Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: Conspiracy, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Conservatives, Artinfo, Art Criticism, Arts News
ARTINFO

To the dismay of survivalists everywhere, Glenn Beck announced last week that his screechy, preachy Fox news show would close up shop before the end o...

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The Truth Just Might Be in Here

Marc Hershon | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: The Truth Is Out There, Conspiracy Theory, Review, Documentary, Conspiracy, Theories, Phil Leirness, Movie, Dean Haglund, Marc Hershon, Entertainment News
Marc Hershon

Full disclosure: I'm a huge conspiracy buff. Not in the sense that I believe in UFOs, hybrid alien-human star babies, FEMA death camps or many of the...

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Super Bowl Ad to Tackle 'Conspiracy'

Alyssa Jung | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Super Bowl Ads, Alyssa Jung, compactconspiracy.com, Conspiracy, Compact Car Conspiracy, Super Bowl, Chicks-in-the-Huddle, Hyundai, Superbowl 2011 Ads, Sports News
Alyssa Jung

If there's one thing Americans like just as much as football, it's a good conspiracy.

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The Fed Works... for Chinese Workers

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Unemployment, Bill Greider, Economy, Chinese Imports, Jobs, Conspiracy, Richard Fisher, China, Wall Street Journal, Federal Open Market Committee, Business News
Dylan Ratigan

It is the committee of American central bankers who decide who gets money, and who doesn't. And it's been quite a long time since they decided in favor of American workers instead of Wall Street and China.

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My Day in Dealey Plaza: Why JFK Was Killed by a Lone Assassin

Michael Shermer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Depository Building, John F. Kennedy, Dealey Plaza, Conspiracy Theory, Conspiracy, Pearl Harbor, Jfk, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lee Harvey Oswald, Politics News
Michael Shermer

Is it really necessary to invent additional assassins of John F. Kennedy when it is obvious that one could have done the job? No. Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. QED.

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Understanding Conspiracy: The Political Philosophy of Julian Assange

Urizenus Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Philosophy, Conspiracy, Julian Assange, Newt Gingrich, Wikileaks, Networks, Politics News
Urizenus Sklar

One of the core goals of Assange's project is to dismantle what he calls conspiracies, but he doesn't mean 'conspiracy' in the usual sense of people sitting around in a room plotting some crime or deception.

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In Defense of the Conspiracy Theory

Yvette Carnell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Conspiracy Theories, Conspiracy, Media News
Yvette Carnell

It would be a net positive if schools offered classes in conspiratorial thinking where students would be required to create as many scenarios as possible to explain how a particular event could've unfolded.

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Alleged Al Qaeda Terrorist Trial Begins This Week in NYC Courtroom

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Courts, Military Commissions, Rudy Giuliani, Ghailani, Embassy Bombings, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, Africa, Guantanamo, Conspiracy, Tanzania, Obama, George Bush, Gitmo, John Boehner, Republicans, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani remains the only detainee from Guantanamo Bay to be brought to the United States. He's scheduled to go on trial starting this week in lower Manhattan.

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Anti-Christmas Conspiracy Theory Finally Coming to Theaters

Paul Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christmas With a Capital C, Conspiracy Theories, Michelle Obama, Christmas, 9/11, Christianity, Conspiracy, 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists, Vince Foster, White House Decorations, Alaska, Loose Change, Tea Party, Jfk, Tom Tancredo, Politics News
Paul Snyder

What is it about conspiracy theories -- the Kennedy assassination, Vince Foster, 9-11, the atheist conspiracy to destroy Christmas -- that transforms paranoia into legend? The following is not a fake trailer.

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UFOs 'On The Record'

Posted 08.18.2011

Read More: Area 51, Leslie Kean, Ufo, Aliens, Conspiracy, Pilots, Alien, Generals, Unidentified-Flying-Objects, Bestsellers, Government, Unidentified-Flying-Object, Aircraft, Government Officials, Space, Leslie Keen, Slidepollajax, Ufos, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial, Books News

Last month, journalist Leslie Kean revealed shocking testimonials from government officials about unexplained behavior by unknown objects in the sky o...

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Is the Obama Administration Guilty of a War Crime?

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War Crimes, Military Commissions, Afghanistan, Counterterrorism, Material Support, Terrorism, President Obama, Obama Administration, Conspiracy, Rules of Engagement, Omar Khadr, Crimes Against Humanity, Torture, World News
Daphne Eviatar

A new paper published today by an expert on international law and the laws of armed conflict, argues that the military commission trial of Omar Khadr is itself a war crime.

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Ninety Years On - Will the Feds Finally Break Up the Meat Monopoly?

Regina Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Vilsack, Packers and Stockyards Act, Farmers, Monopoly, Hogs, Antitrust, Conspiracy, Food, Cattle, Ranchers, Meat, Meat Industry, Food Monnopoly, Eric Holder, Food Industry, Green News
Regina Weiss

In 1919 the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported to President Woodrow Wilson on a months-long investigation that produced seven volumes of evide...

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