It’s the BB, but they are right. A year ago you would have been considered a nutter if
You thought the virus had escaped from a lab
Whitty and Hancock weren’t going to get rich on the back of the crisis
Ferguson was a fool
simple treatments (vit D, Ivermectin, etc) would be effective
Vaccines might not be the sovereign remedy for everything
Masks were not only useless but bad for your health
Lockdown would make no difference
The virus only kills the old and the sick
Western governments thought in the same way as the Chinese Communist Party
Vaccine passports are a way of getting ID cards through the back door
The NHS is a crock of shite
Mr Ecks
The MSM now exist to kiss the arse of tyranny as they are staffed–at the end of the Long March –by uni-trained Marxist scum.
So called “conspiracy theorists” are trying to get at the truth. Some have filters too thick to make it. Many carry filters much thinner and less invasive that the MSM’s Marxist bullshite. Thus greater accuracy.
AndyF
Would reporting that “Dr. Scooter Buggleputt” doesn’t exist, count as journalism or conspiracy theory?
Grikath
Isn’t this one of those cases where satire is more accurate than reality?
Roué le Jour
Wasn’t it a wonderful coincidence that SARS2 escaped from the Fauci funded Wuhan lab at the start of Trump’s reelection year!
Rowdy
Andy:
‘Would reporting that “Dr. Scooter Buggleputt” doesn’t exist, count as journalism or conspiracy theory?’
I think we need to ask Snopes.
Dennis, Legend of the Parish
Actually, with the election of Donald Trump, ‘Merican corporate media – with the exception of Fox – became conspiracy theorists.
Andrew Carey
How does the analysis break if a conspiracy theorist is also a journalist – e.g. a pro-Scottish currency writer for the National.
Bloke in North Dorset
Good point Dennis.
Which prompted me to think of the erstwhile US contributor, Gamecock. I hope he’s OK? It’s been sometime since we heard from him.
Tractor Gent
BiND: yes, and I haven’t seen our Learned Friend for a while either. Hope he wasn’t Malry’d.
Boganboy
I suppose my favourite conspiracy theory is that the murderous Mahometans and the wicked Commies have provided the financial backing to stab nukes, coal and now fracking in the back in order to make us dependent on their gas exports.
Only a white haired old bastard like me would even bother to be paranoid about that one anymore.
Ottokring
Well we know now that CND was a Soviet front and that the Rote Armee Faction were paid for by East Germany, it would not surprise me to learn that Scargill was a Russian agent.
Ljh
Was it Aristotle who commented that entertaining an idea without committing to it was the mark of an educated mind? This is the same as modelling an explanation and then looking for evidence that either supports or dismisses it except the current crop of modellers have gone full conspiracy eg loosening criteria to boost the magic flu or altering historic records to make the past chillier then accuse anyone who questions such practices of being a denier in order to warn off others from independent thinking. Their actions all seem to trend in one direction pointed by the WEF andUN Agenda 21 and 2030 but heck I know powerful supranational organisations have our interests at heart, no matter what they publish on their official websites..
Penseivat
@Ottokring,
I understand that, after the fall of the Heath government following the miners strike which led to the 3 day week, Scargill, as leader of the NUM, was considered a valuable tool by the Soviet authorities. When the second miners strike failed, he took his wife to live in East Germany “rather than live under a Thatcher government”. I think he lasted about a month before returning to the UK, having learned what life was really like in a communist state, especially as he was no longer considered valuable to their cause, having failed to topple Margaret Thatcher. While continuing to proclaim himself as a true socialist, he eventually became a property owner. Under the circumstances, I think “tool” was the correct description. Sadly, Scargill is still considered a hero to some, exemplified by Durham miners union holding a street party when learning of Thatcher’s death.
Tim Worstall
Oh, it’s better than that, property owner etc. The NUM rented him a flat in The Barbican. Which he then tried to buy, personally, under the Right to Buy legislation…..
Bloke in Wales
Well we know now that CND was a Soviet front and that the Rote Armee Faction were paid for by East Germany, it would not surprise me to learn that Scargill was a Russian agent.
They were presumably also very happy he was doing quite enough damage to British industry on his own without needing their help.
Ottokring
Actually Soviet spies were literally everywhere. Helmut Zilk, late mayor of Vienna had been unearthed as a Czech agent after his death in 2008 ( although it was well known in intelligence circles long before).
asiaseen
it would not surprise me to learn that Scargill was a Russian agent
And that Len McCluskey is not just an ugly fucker
John77
@ Ottokring
I don’t think CND *started* as a communist front but it was always obvious to anyone who thought for three nanoseconds that it was supported and funded by the USSR from as soon as the Party’s bureaucracy could process approval of the plan. I used to say that I should have been *really* worried if Russia didn’t do so as it would have meant that Brezhnev etc were insane.
qopiejrpqierj
Remember when the whole “Jeffrey Epstein private pedophile island” thing was just a crazy, right-wing internet conspiracy?
It’s the BB, but they are right. A year ago you would have been considered a nutter if
You thought the virus had escaped from a lab
Whitty and Hancock weren’t going to get rich on the back of the crisis
Ferguson was a fool
simple treatments (vit D, Ivermectin, etc) would be effective
Vaccines might not be the sovereign remedy for everything
Masks were not only useless but bad for your health
Lockdown would make no difference
The virus only kills the old and the sick
Western governments thought in the same way as the Chinese Communist Party
Vaccine passports are a way of getting ID cards through the back door
The NHS is a crock of shite
The MSM now exist to kiss the arse of tyranny as they are staffed–at the end of the Long March –by uni-trained Marxist scum.
So called “conspiracy theorists” are trying to get at the truth. Some have filters too thick to make it. Many carry filters much thinner and less invasive that the MSM’s Marxist bullshite. Thus greater accuracy.
Would reporting that “Dr. Scooter Buggleputt” doesn’t exist, count as journalism or conspiracy theory?
Isn’t this one of those cases where satire is more accurate than reality?
Wasn’t it a wonderful coincidence that SARS2 escaped from the Fauci funded Wuhan lab at the start of Trump’s reelection year!
Andy:
‘Would reporting that “Dr. Scooter Buggleputt” doesn’t exist, count as journalism or conspiracy theory?’
I think we need to ask Snopes.
Actually, with the election of Donald Trump, ‘Merican corporate media – with the exception of Fox – became conspiracy theorists.
How does the analysis break if a conspiracy theorist is also a journalist – e.g. a pro-Scottish currency writer for the National.
Good point Dennis.
Which prompted me to think of the erstwhile US contributor, Gamecock. I hope he’s OK? It’s been sometime since we heard from him.
BiND: yes, and I haven’t seen our Learned Friend for a while either. Hope he wasn’t Malry’d.
I suppose my favourite conspiracy theory is that the murderous Mahometans and the wicked Commies have provided the financial backing to stab nukes, coal and now fracking in the back in order to make us dependent on their gas exports.
Only a white haired old bastard like me would even bother to be paranoid about that one anymore.
Well we know now that CND was a Soviet front and that the Rote Armee Faction were paid for by East Germany, it would not surprise me to learn that Scargill was a Russian agent.
Was it Aristotle who commented that entertaining an idea without committing to it was the mark of an educated mind? This is the same as modelling an explanation and then looking for evidence that either supports or dismisses it except the current crop of modellers have gone full conspiracy eg loosening criteria to boost the magic flu or altering historic records to make the past chillier then accuse anyone who questions such practices of being a denier in order to warn off others from independent thinking. Their actions all seem to trend in one direction pointed by the WEF andUN Agenda 21 and 2030 but heck I know powerful supranational organisations have our interests at heart, no matter what they publish on their official websites..
@Ottokring,
I understand that, after the fall of the Heath government following the miners strike which led to the 3 day week, Scargill, as leader of the NUM, was considered a valuable tool by the Soviet authorities. When the second miners strike failed, he took his wife to live in East Germany “rather than live under a Thatcher government”. I think he lasted about a month before returning to the UK, having learned what life was really like in a communist state, especially as he was no longer considered valuable to their cause, having failed to topple Margaret Thatcher. While continuing to proclaim himself as a true socialist, he eventually became a property owner. Under the circumstances, I think “tool” was the correct description. Sadly, Scargill is still considered a hero to some, exemplified by Durham miners union holding a street party when learning of Thatcher’s death.
Oh, it’s better than that, property owner etc. The NUM rented him a flat in The Barbican. Which he then tried to buy, personally, under the Right to Buy legislation…..
We know that the soviets thought the 2nd Viscount Stansgate too stupid to be worth recruiting as an agent ( https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2887573/An-unnecessary-simpleton-stupid-recruit-KGB-thought-former-Labour-cabinet-minister-Tony-Benn-according-one-former-spy.html )
They were presumably also very happy he was doing quite enough damage to British industry on his own without needing their help.
Actually Soviet spies were literally everywhere. Helmut Zilk, late mayor of Vienna had been unearthed as a Czech agent after his death in 2008 ( although it was well known in intelligence circles long before).
it would not surprise me to learn that Scargill was a Russian agent
And that Len McCluskey is not just an ugly fucker
@ Ottokring
I don’t think CND *started* as a communist front but it was always obvious to anyone who thought for three nanoseconds that it was supported and funded by the USSR from as soon as the Party’s bureaucracy could process approval of the plan. I used to say that I should have been *really* worried if Russia didn’t do so as it would have meant that Brezhnev etc were insane.
Remember when the whole “Jeffrey Epstein private pedophile island” thing was just a crazy, right-wing internet conspiracy?