Conspiracies of Culture – Why Is The World Playing North Korea’s Game?

Conspiracies of Culture Last year, in an article about the stock markets, I wrote about something which I called 'conspiracies of culture'. This is the idea that something which looks very much like a conspiracy to an outside observer can arise without the need for sinister groups to be ...

Experts at Propping Up Earnings? 70% of S&P 500 Firms Buy Back Stock in 2012

Are publicly listed companies using stock buy backs to artificially prop up what would otherwise be disappointing earnings?

Beat the Banksters with Crowdbanking – Stop Feeding the Leech

By Market Curator Bankster: A portmanteau or blend word derived from combining "banker" and "gangster." Usually referred to in the plural form "banksters" to refer to a predatory element within the financial services industry - Urban Dictionary From The Advocate (click to visit) The Global Financial Crisis ...

Doomsday Theories 2013

We conducted a poll to establish the most popular doomsday prepping theories of 2013. The Infographic is based on 200 votes gained by engaging with the prepper community via Forums, Twitter & Facebook. The poll has been left open so we can identify any shifts in ...

Venezuelan President Calls on Obama to Halt Assassination and Coup Plot

Nicolas Maduro (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The acting President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has called on United States President Barack Obama to halt what he described as an American government plot to kill his main opposition rival and trigger a coup. Elections are due to take place in ...

Election of First Jesuit Pope Feeds Conspiracy Theories

When Benedict XVI become the first pope to resign from office in hundreds of years, and only the second in history, I wrote about some of the conspiracy theories surrounding his departure. Now that his replacement has been named I felt that it was time ...

Propaganda and Mystery in Russia’s Browder-Magnitsky Case

Conspiracies are the stuff of Russian politics, and the anarchy of online political discourse makes the RuNet an especially exciting place to watch conspiracy theories unfold. Consider Bill Browder and the late Sergei Magnitsky, the two key figures in a multimillion-dollar tax fraud scam. For years, Russian federal investigators and Browder’s firm have traded accusations about who’s to blame for the theft of 230 million dollars.

U.S. Conspiring with Taliban Claims Afghan President

President Hamid Karzai has claimed that the United States is conspiring with the Taliban in order to justify its continuing military presence in Afghanistan. Karzai made the extraordinary claim during an already difficult visit by the new US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Referring to a set of ...

Propaganda Wars – BBC Radio Blocked in China

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) claimed on Monday that its English language World Service radio channel is being jammed in China. The BBC, Britain's state media organisation, suggested that Chinese authorities were responsible for the disruption. "The BBC has received reports that World Service English shortwave ...

RuNet Skeptical About Chelyabinsk Meteorite

The tendency of the RuNet to amplify conspiracy theory explanations of any given event cannot be overestimated.

The Pope’s Resignation: Conspiracy Theories

Pope Benedict XVI's announcement yesterday that he plans to retire at the end of the month came as a shock to many. After all, he will only be the second pope in history not to die in office. The first and only other pope to ...

Blaming Hezbollah for Bulgarian Bus Bomb ‘Unjustified’

Earlier this week the Bulgarian government made news headlines around the world after announcing that the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah were behind a bus bombing which killed Israeli tourists in Bulgaria six months ago. But now three of Bulgaria's main opposition parties have joined together to ...