conspiracies

Bill Ayers Again 'Admits' He Wrote Barack Obama's Memoir

Jim Newell · 03/28/11 02:40PM

One of the all-time Top Five, or really Top One, Barack Obama conspiracy theories is back in the news! Did you know that Barack Obama's terrorist friend, former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers, secretly ghostwrote the president's memoir, Dreams From My Father? This story has been around for several years and still comically emerges from time to time, like right now. The wingnuts have caught Ayers "admitting" that he wrote Barack Obama's book, again, when he was clearly making fun of them for ever believing something so stupid.

Did a 'Supermoon' Cause Japan's Earthquake?

Adrian Chen · 03/11/11 01:31PM

People are struggling to understand what caused the hugely destructive earthquake and tsunami in Japan. For some, "plate tectonics" and "random chance" isn't good enough. And this month, the moon will be closer to the Earth than it has been since 1993. So now there's a dumb "supermoon" conspiracy theory gaining steam.

Take the Male Eyebrow Pledge and Save American Masculinity

Hamilton Nolan · 03/10/11 02:39PM

Say it with me, men: "I am proud of my eyebrows. There are many like them, but these eyebrows are mine. I pledge not to pay money to somebody in what is basically a salon (no matter what ridiculous name they may give it) to fuck with my eyebrows. If they get really out of control, well, that's what clippers are for."

No, Michelle Obama Is Not Killing Cap'n Crunch

Hamilton Nolan · 03/10/11 10:20AM

Whether you're a child, an adult desperately trying to cling to the bygone symbols of childhood, or simply have a poorly developed palate, the fact is, you love Cap'n Crunch™ brand breakfast cereal, despite all of the good reasons not too. Well, good news, corn syrup fetishists: contrary to published reports, your beloved cartoon-clad corn byproduct nuggets are not disappearing.

Julian Assange: My Enemies Are All Jews and Sissies

John Cook · 03/01/11 02:55PM

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has—reportedly—told the British satirical and current affairs magazine Private Eye that there is a conspiracy of Jewish reporters out to get him, and that they're a bunch of little girls. He did this in response to charges that he associates with anti-Semites. Touche!

Dead Animals Are Not Signs of End-Times, Claims 'Science'

Adrian Chen · 01/06/11 09:17PM

All these scary bird, crab and fish die-offs have prompted many to wonder if the world was coming to an end, a whole year before it's officially supposed to. But so-called "scientists" say these massive die-offs happen all the time.

How Usher Ripped Off Homer Simpson with "OMG"

Christopher Han · 12/27/10 10:30AM

There is an uncanny resemblance between Usher's 2010 hit "OMG" and Homer Simpson's Christmas carol from the season 14 episode "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" See for yourself, if only to hear a Usher / Homer duet.

Is This Woman As Obsessed with Puppets As She Says She Is?

Adrian Chen · 12/22/10 11:53PM

As a star of the TLC reality series My Strange Addictions, April Brucker claims to be so addicted to ventriloquism that her fiance made her choose to between him and her puppets. But not all is as it seems!

Ed Asner, 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist

Christopher Han · 11/12/10 05:10PM

Ed Asner, best known for his role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and as the voice of Carl in Up, recently outed himself on a podcast as a 9/11 conspiracy theorist. Here it is lip synced for amusement.

Candidate's Name Misspelled as 'Rich Whitey' on Black-District Ballots

Jim Newell · 10/14/10 02:07PM

Poor Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney, the victim of an extremely cartoonish "error:" His name has been misspelled as "Rich Whitey" on voting machines in nearly two dozen Chicago wards, half of them "predominantly African-American."

Twittergate: How Internet Jerks Pranked the Tea Party

Adrian Chen · 10/09/10 01:16PM

The best way to deal with jerks online is to ignore them. But when prominent Tea Partiers on Twitter started being harassed by a group of Internet trolls, they launched a twitter militia and concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory.