[Eugene Volokh, September 23, 2005 at 4:50pm] Trackbacks
Katrina Conspiracy Theory:

Professor Bainbridge points to one; but, creative as it may be, I can't be impressed unless it also involves Jews helping the Queen of England smuggle drugs to the Trilateral Commission.

Medis:
Does this count?

http://www.grasstopsusa.com/091405.html
9.23.2005 5:55pm
Pete Freans (mail):
Apparently this meterologist has recently quit an Idaho NBC affiliate to pursue his "research" after nine years on the job. I think what's most surprising is not his theories but that his superiors failed to notice in nine years that their weatherman was a lunatic.
9.23.2005 6:39pm
Clayton E. Cramer (mail) (www):
They noticed, but as long as he didn't say on the air, they didn't mind--which I suppose is commendable. They only looked at his performance for them. It sounds from the news coverage like all the attention opened up some new opportunities for him.
9.23.2005 7:28pm
Igglephan:
I though people already knew about the role of the Yakuza in causing the weather to change, but maybe you DO need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

As for his status with the "News Team," People probably liked him because he was always polite and rarely late . . . years later, doctors will tell him he has an IQ of 48.
9.23.2005 7:52pm
Brisbane:
Most people want to blame "God, etc." for hurricanes. This man is looking for a much more organic explanation. Who is mad?
9.24.2005 3:07am
M. Simon (mail) (www):
People still make fun of Lyndon Larouche's study of the Queen of England and her involvement in the opiate trade. The book was based on some true facts coupled with Lyndon's propaganda.

The true fact is that the East India Company was owned (at least in part) by the Queen and did deal in opium. The Brits wanted to enforce their monopoly on the opium trade in China. This led to the Opium Wars.

East India Company

Opium War
9.24.2005 4:39am
M. Simon (mail) (www):
For a somewhat more conspiracy minded view (which supports some of LaRouche's wilder theories) laced with facts and quotes from among others Marx and Adam Smith try:

THE CHINESE OPIUM WARS: The Queen of England Pushes Dope
9.24.2005 4:48am
=0= (mail):
The Trilateral Commission uses PROMIS software to track drug trade profits. The queen only gets summary statements. The NSA is building a plug-in to tie Eschelon into PROMIS in order to audit their dealers, so that they can send Ollie North out to enforce the franchise rules.

God bless Robert Anton Wilson.
9.24.2005 1:37pm
Robin Roberts (mail) (www):
The best conspiracy theories are always produced on a mimeograph with a worn typewriter and glued to traffic light control system boxes on the corner.
9.24.2005 8:26pm
Dell Adams (mail):
Actually, the very best ones are sealed into the street itself by an unknown process...
9.26.2005 2:37am
Juheimbu (mail) (www):
Hehe. I heard that there was a theory involving Russia, but not anything about the Yakuza. I Let my imagination go a bit with it...
9.26.2005 1:00pm