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Can you imagine a future where everyone is wearing their smart phone? It will look more like an accessory than a personal tech device – where jewelry meets tech so to speak. I know it is somewhat hard to believe because it seems no one wears a watch anymore. In fact, the prices for a nice Swiss Watch, authentic version, have come down substantially on Craigslist, check it out in case you've ever wanted one of those exquisite time pieces. Okay, but what else will your future smart phone wrist watch be able to do? Let's talk shall we?

Now then, Coast-to-Coast AM had an interesting guest, Tyrel Ventura of Buzzsaw, sign on for an interview on the night of September 27-28, 2013 who was quite the conspiracy theorist indeed, especially when he stated in so many words , while discussing a recent Lost Episode of Conspiracy Theory; "on the future of the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) and some frightening taser wristbands they are ready to deploy."

Well, these devices may prevent prisons, for instance, instead of going to prison, the courts might merely assign you with a clamp on smart phone device, one that you cannot take off and one which is water proof, yes, we have those technologies already. It would monitor your drug or alcohol intake, every word you ask and watch to make sure you don't do anything illegal. You are being watched. If you so something wrong, it will shock you just like a dog-shocker collar preventing the dog from leaving the yard.

You might say "yes, I get it," I saw that Science Fiction Movie too. Right, and now all the technology is available. At night you'd be expected to plug into the wall while you sleep to recharge the device, and make sure there was enough power for taser pulses in case you do something wrong. When your prison term is up, you could remove the device, and put on a regular personal tech wrist device like everyone else has. Maybe, the authorities are already seeing this future – I mean what a great way to control all you humans out in society to serve their will – perfect right?

Yes, so be sure to buy a smart phone wrist watch with all the latest features, and wear it wherever you go, so our authorities will always know. Ouch! Please consider all this and think on how the future of this technology might go very wrong in the future.

Many people think that the air traffic controllers who are falling asleep, are either lazy, overworked, or incompetent, but that’s not true. There’s a lot more to this story, and you’re probably not going to believe it when I tell you. Yes, this is a conspiracy theory of epic proportions, and one I just made up on the spot, 15 minutes before I wrote this article for you. Now then, let me explain the details.

There was a very interesting article in the Wall Street Journal on April 23, 2011 written by Langhorne Bond and Robert W Poole Junior titled “Why Air Traffic Controllers Fall Asleep on the Job,” and it was amazing the number of excuses that were listed. One excuse was that there was a shortage of air traffic controllers which is actually true, and that many air traffic controllers were running multiple shifts without enough sleep in between.

The Federal Aviation Administration has put forth new rules that would require at least nine hours of sleep between shifts. Since there are three shifts a day of eight hours totaling 24 hours for each day, that would mean that no air traffic controller could work back-to-back shifts, or every other shift. Some air traffic controllers don’t like this idea because working overtime means they make quite a bit more money, and many of them sign up for additional hours to collect overtime pay. Now that will stop.

However, these ATC employees are quite used to working multiple shifts, therefore, they are conditioned not to fall asleep. So why are they falling asleep? Well, I’d like to enlighten you of a conspiracy theory that I just made up the other day to explain this.

You see, when alien spaceships are taking off from their underground facilities and flying through US airspace, they don’t want to be seen by our air traffic controllers, therefore they Institute brainwaves which change the resonance of the computer screens that the air traffic controllers are looking at, and these brain waves cause the air traffic controllers to fall sleep, thus they will not see the alien spacecraft streaking across their radar screen.

The United States Air Force and DARPA have discovered this, but they don’t dare tell the public, instead they are trying to figure out how the aliens are doing this with their electronic gadgetry because our military believes this might be a good technique to help our stealth aircraft get in and out of the battlespace without being seen, even with the new radar systems being developed, which can almost see stealth aircraft now.

Please don’t tell anybody else this little secret because this is classified information. Indeed, I hope you have enjoyed today’s conspiracy theory, and I hope you will tune in again the next time I just make one up out of the blue. If you have any good conspiracy theories, or have made up any yourself, please shoot me an e-mail.

Skepticism is the act of refusing to believe a claim without proof (unlike climate-change ‘skeptics’, who refuse to believe claims with very credible proof). Environmental news is filled with extremism or conspiracy theories, with people unscientifically predicting the end of world. Health news is similar, with snake oil salesmen and miracle cures being sold by almost every site that claims to provide health news.

The biggest problem in environmental news by far the amount of conspiracy theorists, with sites like ENEnews telling of a world-wide cover-up of the Fukushima “disaster” despite the lack of a realistic disaster scenario. The second largest problem is both the Global Warming and Climate Change deniers and extremists. The deniers help to spread the lies that Climate Change or Global Warming isn’t real, using non-arguments like “global cooling” (which never had any following among the scientific community) or that a few degrees in temperature change isn’t really that bad. Extremists are unscientific as well, promoting conspiracy theories that predict the end of the earth, and while I agree pollution and global warming are both awful, and they should be one of our priorities, they aren’t the most important thing.

The field of health news is by far worse, with hugely popular sites promoting pseudoscience of the miracle cures of homeopathy, faith healing, or chiropractic medicine. People who go against their manufactured grain in this area are beaten down by the promoters of quackery, mainly because emotions are far easier and faster to use as a source than actual data. These promoters of quackery will call anyone who doesn’t believe in alternative medicine a paid shill, someone who promotes the pharmaceutical industry in their writing, despite big business’ being behind much of alternative medicine as well, especially homeopathy. Another problem in this field is the co-opting of issues like organic food, which is now an awful industry that exists solely to make a profit on people who think they’re actually eating good foods, the local food movement is far better if you want to have a healthy meal. Modern day organic is simply a re-branding done by big-business, with a few changes in how they operate, yet it is still the same corporations doing all the farming.

There are a few sources of skeptical information, mainly sites run by people who are already far too busy to debate with every person with an illogical point of view. The skeptics are by far less numerous than the promoters of quackery or “woo”, which is why we need more sources of skepticism.

I am a huge fan of Mr. Shakur’s work, but the notion of him not really being dead hadn’t really occurred to me until recently when a few of my friends were talking about it. I looked into a few of the conspiracy theories, and this is what I found – some of the stuff is actually pretty convincing…

1. Makaveli: Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory – This is the title of the album 2Pac released right after his death. What stands out in this title is the name Makaveli, obviously referring to Niccol Machiavelli, the 16th century Italian philosopher. Mr. Machiavelli believed that faking one’s own death was the best way to allude one’s enemies. In fact, Machiavelli published two books after his death.

2. 2Pac’s Greatest Hits – 2Pac’s greatest hits album carried several tracks which had never been released. People of course will say that this is because he had the tracks recorded before his death. However, lyrics in several of these songs mention events that happened well after his passing, such as the Bronco’s winning the Super Bowl.

3. The Number of Albums 2Pac Has Released – 2Pac has released more albums since his death than many big name artists release while alive.

4. The Album “Better Dayz” – This album contains tracks that reference the attacks on the World Trade Center

I’m sure if you scoured the internet, you could find a bunch of material that supports both cases. I just think conspiracy theories are interesting. Plus, it’s cool to think that 2Pac may still be alive. I wonder where he’d be hiding…

The world – as we know it – is going to be destroyed on 21 December 2012.

Take note that I am not saying maybe or it is said or anything like that, I am saying it straight and very clear: The world WILL be destroyed on 21 December 2012.

Doesn’t that prove that I am a profit…er, I mean prophet, straight from the portal of er…straight from…wherever prophets come from?

Haha…no, it doesn’t. I am NOT a prophet. I am a conspiracy theorist and I call myself Conspiracy Man.

I became Conspiracy Man when the Big Booming Voice suddenly appeared in my head one day and…ere…ok, that is a completely different story. This article is not about that, but about what is going to happen on 21 December 2012.

Let me give you the real facts and not the usual speculation you read on all these other websites.

I, Conspiracy Man (loud echo), is the only one who knows the truth.

People think that only one thing is going to happen on 21 December 2012 that will destroy the world as we know it. That is simply not true. There is basically no single event that can destroy our world. No, sisters and brothers, you have to get up very early in the morning to destroy the whole world. Out earth is one tough cookie.

But…

On 1 December 2012 such a lot of disasters are going to struck earth all at the same time, that we have no chance of survival. No, chance at all. When all those disasters strike at the same time, namely 10:00 on 21 December 2012, the earth will crack like an egg.

OK, some of us will survive, because some of us – namely me, Conspiracy Man (loud echo),- is building a titanium underground hiding place, where I am going to sit out the cataclysm while drinking Coke and playing Need For Speed on my Xbox 360. (And by the way, watching and laughing at people who are laughing and scoffing at articles like this, through my video-wall, built into my titanium underground hiding place.)

Others will survive, because they will be safe in giant arks – being built in the Himalayas by the Chinese even as you read this – when disaster struck. For you who now want to rush to get their names on the list, hold on; you are going to need to pay one billion euros up front before your name will be listed. (By the way, this was not stolen from the plot of the movie 2012. 2012 was made to portray the real building of the giant arks in the Himalayas, so that any conspiracy theorist who writes about it, will be called a fool, because people will say it comes from the plot of a movie. Can you see how clever the Illuminati is?)

After these disasters about 8 percent of the world’s population will be left alive. We will have to rebuild the world from less than scratch.

Not a pretty picture…not a pretty picture at all…

I have done a lot of studying and collecting of information about the 2012 cataclysm:

I laid my sticky fingers on highly classified, secret photos that the powers ruling this world don’t want you to see.

Why is 2012 going to happen?

Who predicted 2012 the first time and how did they know it to be true?

What exactly is going to happen on 21 December 2012? It is more than one disaster, but what exactly are those disasters?

Is there anything you can do to protect yourself and your loved ones on that faithful day?

How is the current recession connected to 21 December 2012?

How is the current crisis in the Middle East and in other Arabic speaking nations connected to 21 December 2012?

Why is Muamar Gadhafi a key figure in the 21 December 2012 cataclysm? Just think about it for a second, he has always been living in a tent, no matter where he went. I have found out why.

Watch this space as the clock keeps on ticking…

It is a great mistake of modern life to wait for pharmaceutical companies to find and patent a cure for cancer. We already have available to us, if we seek it out, the knowledge of how to live in a way that will prevent the disease. Isn’t that preferable?

Dr. Otto Warburg explained the basic biological process by which we “get” cancer in 1931, for which he received a Nobel Prize. It is a shame that — for a variety of reasons — his insights have not been translated to the general public so we might protect ourselves by correcting our diet and lifestyle, rather than waiting for some pharmaceutical giant to find a way to make huge profits by patenting a drug or therapy that “cures” cancer.

Boiled frogs come into the picture as the perfect analogy of how we humans get so involved and distracted by our jobs and the petty pleasures we are permitted that we forget the true purpose of life — learning how to successfully live it.

Instead, we let the experts do our thinking for us, while we go about the chores of living in such a way that now, slightly more than half of our deaths in the USA are caused by cancer.

Obviously, We Are Doing Something Wrong

You see, the so-called experts are more concerned with finding and patenting a cure for cancer (which would be immensely profitable!) than they are at educating us on how, by changing our diet and lifestyle, we can generally avoid ever having the disease!

We have donated billions of dollars over the decades since the “War On Cancer” was declared, but the average person, like the proverbial frog in a pot of simmering water, has not heard the recipe for cancer prevention.

He is too busy watching the Super Bowl with friends and eating foods that couldn’t be better for causing cancer. The only exercise many of the most likely cancer victims get will be jumping up and down cheering on their team from the couch.

While most Americans ignore the cautiously worded warnings to eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes, our withered willpower is busily being subverted by advertising. Eating healthy foods — “rabbit food” — is no fun, we are told by innuendo at every commercial break.

This is the Boiled Frog Conspiracy. We have paid billions for scientists to find us the answer why we get cancer, but the secret is drowned out in commercial messages that urge us to keep doing the things that are causing the disease. Meanwhile, our health watchdog agencies like the USDA and FDA are too busy protecting the profits of the cancer drug cartel and the food industry to tell us the simple truth of how to prevent the disease.

Is It a Conspiracy? You Decide!

Face it, fellow frogs, there is too much money being made by feeding us a diet that favors the growth of cancer — while collecting money to fund research for the cure — to ever be told that the way to prevent cancer has already been found.

Constantine and the Catholic Church

After he presented the image of Jesus Christ as the prophet of his religion, the Roman Catholic Church, Constantine inaugurated a committee to oversee the workings of the organization. He built the Vatican over the temple of Jupiter and tricks were employed to endorse this highly respected Roman god as the one upon whom the new prophet bestowed the right of ascent. The other thing he had to do was to find a place for the highly venerated Mother God, or the sun, as the next most valuable asset to appease the masses.

Mary and Mother God

This was not such a big issue as it might at first appear. As a descendant of the Amors he knew all about the power of the sun in religious worship. The Capital city of the Amorites in Assyria was Mari before it was destroyed during the 1st Century Before Caesar (BC). As 'ma-ri' it translates as 'mother's powerful eye' and that is a direct reference to the sun. In English it is 'Mary' and this was easily converted to the Mother of God instead of Mother God.

The Virgin Sun

The sun was always considered a virgin as no man could mate with her although the act of crucifixion had been going on for centuries in an attempt to send them to her. Rock art from pre-Christian times reflect this with men holding onto the circle / cross image as a kite by which they elevated upwards. These mates with huge erect penises and head of birds were also depicted with wings and a sword by their side. Such were found in Scandinavian regions and a similar depiction at Stonehenge in England.

Crucifixion and the Circle and Cross

The idea of ​​crucifixion as a means of elevation to the heavens has its roots in the symbolism of sun worship. The circle and cross was one of the earliest icons in the archaeological record dating back to almost 400,000 years. While the secrets of procreation and conception were not known before domestication of animals the idea of ​​rising with the sun at dawn, particularly at Equinox, had its followers among entire communities.

Virgin Mother God

The sun 'verged on' the edge of the horizon at dawn and this is the possible origin of 'virgin'. So she was always the 'Virgin Mother God'. It is only at that time that the right angled cross appears in the center of the perpetually moving rainbow colored circles. They acquired the symols of 'OX' for the 'circle / cross' while the symbol for Mother God was the horse, or 'equin' from 'eye-queen'. The time of the marriage was 'equin-ox' or equinox. 'Marriage' is from 'mary-age' or the time of the return of the sun in Spring.

Virgin Mary – Mother of God

So Mother God became 'Virgin Mother Mary, Mother of God'. Constantine moved the time of the traditional crucifixion of god-men from the equinox to the first full moon afterwards. He likewise changed the time of 'noon', when they were traditionally killed, to midday to further hide the fact that this is where the tradition of Easter (eye-star) arose. He conspired, therefore, to bring about a new god with a new form of the Mother God to cement the credibility of his new religion in tradition while hiding the facts.

There is much talk of this conspiracy in the now Old Testament and many are confused by its meaning. The New Testament appears to supercede the Old while it represents a new form of the Divine. It compounds understanding of what the prophecies really mean. The theology of priests and leaders of religious sects, cults, and groups only adds to the problem. This is the quote in full:

“There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls, they have taken the treasure and precious things, they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.” Ezekiel 22:25

The points to take from it are that:

1. It speaks of a woman’s church.
2. Her prophets are like roaring lions
3. They are ravening the prey
4. They devour souls (not bodies)
5. They are stealing the treasure and precious things
6. They are making ‘her’ many widows

It would be difficult for anyone to understand this were it not for the information given to me. Firstly my memory of reincarnation and knowledge that there is no heaven or hell but that people pass from one life to the next gave me insight into what religions are about. Between lives a vision showed me that 45 would be the age when something special would happen.

At that age the Spirit commissioned me with great power to “tear down the wall of churches and to bring back the young.” It was followed by a huge learning curve and many miracles as people were healed. Visions came thick and fast to show me the ones responsible for changing the nature of God and for fooling those who are caught in the deception.

Once all the information was available then prophecies were easy to decipher. The woman in the above is the Mother God of Babylon, whose name is Mary. It is her prophets, which are those of all religions that are part of the conspiracy.

Ever since Osama Bin Laden’s assassination, the western media has been wondering why Pakistanis refuse to accept the truth and believe in wild conspiracy theories. As one particularly scathing article puts it, “This is the salve that now comforts millions of Pakistanis at a time of fundamental crisis. They choose the magical world of conspiracy.” As an expatriate Pakistani, I’ve also been asked by confused Britons, Arabs and Indians: “Why don’t you guys admit that things are out of control? Why is everything that goes wrong in Pakistan always a CIA conspiracy?”.

Let me explain.

In the 1980s, every 5 year old in Pakistan wanted to become a commando or a pilot. Nobody wanted to become an accountant or an architect or a civil engineer. Ever wonder why? I’ll tell you why.

It’s because the army was awesome.

One of my earliest memories was waking up early in the morning on 6th September to watch the Defense Day Parade on TV. It was amazing. There were planes, commandos and missiles: everything that makes up the fantasy toy world of a young boy. As we watched the tanks roll by, my mom told me that 6th September is celebrated to commemorate the valiant defence of the country against an Indian attack in 1965. The Pakistan Studies book in school later taught me that India attacked Lahore in the dead of the night, without any provocation or formal declaration of war. It as a “cowardly attack” it was absurd how an Indian General wanted to have dinner at Lahore Gymkhana the next day. We won the war and caused major losses to the Indian military machine. Maj. Shaheed Aziz Bhatti was my hero.

The next chapter talked about 1971. We learned that India created a terrorist group called the “Makti Bahni”, which terrorized the population in Bangladesh. While a massive conspiracy engineered by the Indians misled the East Pakistan population and eventually led to partition, our army still won the war and the Indian army was left licking its wounds. Shaheed Rashid Minhas was the hero this time.

School books told us that India never accepted the creation of Pakistan and their army would invade Pakistan the first chance they got; we would then be forced to lead terrible lives, just like Muslims in India lived a life of servitude and backwardness.

We were awed by the army. We were indebted to the army. They were, after all, the defenders of Pakistan. The army was awesome.

A career in the army was a dream. Regardless of economic background, if a young man made it into the Pakistan Army as an officer, it was guaranteed that he would have a nice house, a decent car and access to the prestigious Services Club. His children would study in good schools and he would be eligible for discounts on everything from grocery to airline tickets. Never again would the police harass him and petty burglars would think twice before trying to break into his house in the military Cantonment. He would get to play golf and polo. A career in the army meant a lifetime of stability, respect and security. When he retired, he would end up with a couple of plots of land in prime neighborhoods, allowing him to grow old in peace. Whenever it came up that the perks enjoyed by army officers were excessive, the conversation would be dismissed by saying, “Come on yaar, they spend their career risking their life for the country, the least we can do is let them retire in comfort.”

Over the years, we realized that everything that was good, pure and reliable in the country was associated with the army. All government departments – everything from the police to utility companies to the national highway authority – were corrupt. The army was not. The state infrastructure was inefficient and lazy, while the army was disciplined and efficient. Policemen in the street were overweight, unshaven, and unkempt – they traveled in banged up pickups. Soldiers, on the other hand, were lean, well groomed and smartly dressed. They drove around in Land Cruisers and big shiny army trucks. Army officers wore Ray Bans. Girls dreamed of getting married to dashing young lieutenants. The army was awesome.

Everything the army did was of top notch quality, better than anyone else. If they built a neighborhood, it was well planned and well maintained. If they built a road, it had proper drainage and would last longer than any road built by the government. During the 90s, scenes of soldiers rescuing people from ravaging floods and patrolling the troubled streets of Karachi were portrayed daily in the Khabarnama (daily new bulletin on state TV) and are engraved in the nation’s memory. The army was a symbol of righteousness in a society riddled with corruption and nepotism.

The army was also obviously successful in the pursuit of Pakistan’s strategic interests. In addition to the fending off the Indians, the army had now also saved us from the wrath of the Soviet juggernaut. The creation of the Taliban and a pro-Pakistan government was a success in our effort to achieve “strategic depth” in Afghanistan. We had a highly skilled, extremely powerful and deadly efficient military. We were a nuclear armed nation which basked in the glory of our military strength – we were the world’s most powerful defenders of Islam. Allah-o-Akbar.

The nation was enamored by the army. Instead of protesting, we breathed a sigh of relief whenever the army threw politicians out and took over control of the country. The army was here, which meant that we could return to what the army stood for: security, stability and quality. It was agreed that a country as crazy as Pakistan can only be governed by the strong arm of the army. Thank God for the army. The army was awesome!

Then the 21st century happened and things started going wrong. Information that was locked up in books that nobody read was suddenly available on TV and in people’s email boxes. Internet articles told us that Pakistan started the 1965 war on 5th August by sending soldiers into Kashmir (and that the 6th Sep attack from India was a retaliation). Wikipedia showed us a news item from the LA Times that referred to our beloved Gen. Tikka Khan (the martial law administrator for East Pakistan) as “The Butcher of Bengal”. Googling “Operation Searchlight” gave gory details of the mass atrocities committed by the Pakistan army in Bangladesh during 1971, including mass murder and rape. The media started complaining about how 80% of our budget was consumed by the army with no accountability to the public. Journalists wrote openly about how Gen. Zia manipulated the judicial process to hang Z.A. Bhutto, left the country with the infamous Hudood Ordinance and a Kalashnikov culture. Investigative journalists unearthed evidence that the ISI was involved in the rigging of elections to keep Benazir Bhutto out of power. Musharraf was blamed in 2001 for hastily jumping into bed with the US after 9/11. Books were written on the multi-billion dollar businesses owned by the army. Bomb blasts started happening. Was the army still awesome?

Fast forward 35,000 dead Pakistanis later to 2011. The Pakistani nation finds itself in a situation where Swat has been taken over for a few days by Taliban. For a brief moment of brilliance, the GHQ has been overrun by terrorists. Osama bin Laden has been found and killed by a covert US raid which our airforce couldn’t detect. The airforce has admitted that the UAE actually controls an airbase in Balochistan. The ISI exhibited a massive intelligence failure on OBL’s existence in Abottabad. Wikileaks has proven that our top General secretly asked for drone strikes and lied in public. Last but not least, one of our largest naval installations (PNS Mehran) has been held taken over by 5 terrorists and it took hundreds of commandos 16 hours to regain control. The media, emboldened and angered, started highlighting the complete lack of accountability of the army on a range of failures including the 1971 debacle, Bhutto’s hanging, Ojhri Camp, Kargil, Red Mosque, Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, PNS Mehran and GHQ attacks.

Suddenly, 180 million people are forced to come to terms with the possibility that their armed forces might not be as awesome as they thought. The incidents imply that the army is ineffective, incapable and inefficient. The army is not infallible and is not top notch. In a world where the army is the only thing in Pakistan that is reliable and true, this is a fundamental shock to the nation’s value system.

Jokes ridiculing the ability of the armed forces are going viral on the internet – peoples’ statuses on Facebook are anti army like never before. Suddenly, the army is not awesome anymore.

Denial is a natural reaction when everything that you believed in is suddenly taken away from you. That’s why most Pakistanis prefer to hide in the safety of a conspiracy theory. It’s a plan by the CIA to malign our armed forces and take over our nuclear assets. Maybe it’s an effort by RAW to hurt our defense capabilities. In fact, it’s probably an evil scheme by Mossad to destroy the world’s most powerful Muslim army. Any conspiracy is better than having to face the grim reality that the Pakistan army might, just might, suck.

It’s never us, it’s them. The army does not suck… the army is still awesome.