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8. My check from the CIA and the Bank of Nigeria bounced.

Sat Jul 12, 2014, 11:44 AM

Jul 2014

I have no idea why...

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Why do we (and I include DU,) embrace eagerly conspiracy theories? [View all] Archae Jul 2014 OP

So why do we have to fiction-ize truth? Archae Jul 2014 #7

5 years ago someone saying that the government is spying on pipoman Jul 2014 #17

I did JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #18

You know, there ARE people who conspire to do things. The_Commonist Jul 2014 #3

When folks get lied to over and over and the official line doesn't KarenS Jul 2014 #4

You are right that the reason we believe in CT is that we iemitsu Jul 2014 #23

Okay, who put you up to this? pinboy3niner Jul 2014 #5

My check from the CIA and the Bank of Nigeria bounced. Archae Jul 2014 #8

Oops! The first rule of conspiracy is you do not talk about conspiracy. pinboy3niner Jul 2014 #12

Too bad Cass Sunstein's plan fell through. conservaphobe Jul 2014 #6

Reality is not too boring, just too nuanced frazzled Jul 2014 #11

"we"? G_j Jul 2014 #13

I've noticed. Archae Jul 2014 #16

And there's no reason for the left... daleanime Jul 2014 #26

You sound like the "Democrats" who went after the anti Iraq war protesters. ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2014 #27

Hunt the Boeing! nt onehandle Jul 2014 #15

It is funny PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #22

anti-science conspiracy theories wyldwolf Jul 2014 #20

Irrational conspiracy theories, you mean. DirkGently Jul 2014 #24

stop making sense.. G_j Jul 2014 #29

Better question: why is the truth labelled a "conspiracy theory" so often? McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #25