Impossible Knowledge, and, The Stigmatization of Conspiracy Theory since the 1950s

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[…] Paranoid Style in American Politics’ in 1964 is rather interesting. Things go off the rails when she tries to deal with the world after the assassination of JFK. This happens because, like other academics I have read in this particular field,1 she has no interest in the content of what she sees as conspiracy […]

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[…] consciousness. 31 7 two,32 which has the CIA head of station in London accusing the FBI of being involved in the cover-up that followed the assassination of JFK. This was broadcast on mainstream British media in the early 1980s – when there wasn’t really much ‘alternative’ to the mainstream – and it was pretty […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 80 (Winter 2020)

[PDF file]: […] about Platoon – Stone’s Vietnam War movie, based on his experiences there as an infantry private. Then they moved to the Kennedy assassination, the subject of Stone’s JFK. Rogan is a hunter and knows about rifles. Like other shooters who have looked at the case, Rogan focused on CE399, the so-called ‘magic bullet’. Rogan […]

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[…] Russian operations, my guess would be that the US will produce similar devices and begin attacking Russian officials overseas. Both sides might then stop using them. More JFK nonsense History Extra is a BBC website. In early February it put up Danny Bird’s ‘Who was behind JFK’s assassination? The real history that challenges the […]

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[…] Russian operations, my guess would be that the US will produce similar devices and begin attacking Russian officials overseas. Both sides might then stop using them. More JFK nonsense History Extra is a BBC website. In early February it put up Danny Bird’s ‘Who was behind JFK’s assassination? The real history that challenges the […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 92 (2026)

[PDF file]: […] something interesting might just appear. In this case, nothing did. I also asked Google AI about Holt and got this. While Holt’s claims are often cited in JFK conspiracy literature, they were largely undermined in 1992 when the Dallas Police Department released records identifying the “three tramps” as Harold Doyle, John Gedney, and Gus […]

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[…] part, explains the reluctant support for the NUM by the TUC, most individual member unions and the Labour Party. The Ridley Plan is Lauria’s second omission. More JFK nonsense History Extra is a BBC website. In early February it put up Danny Bird’s ‘Who was behind JFK’s assassination? The real history that challenges the […]

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[…] explains the reluctant support for the NUM by the TUC, most individual member unions and the Labour Party. The Ridley Plan is Lauria’s second omission. *new* More JFK nonsense History Extra is a BBC website. In early February it put up Danny Bird’s ‘Who was behind JFK’s assassination? The real history that challenges the […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 88 (2024)

[PDF file]: […] Russian operations, my guess would be that the US will produce similar devices and begin attacking Russian officials overseas. Both sides might then stop using them. More JFK nonsense History Extra is a BBC website. In early February it put up Danny Bird’s ‘Who was behind JFK’s assassination? The real history that challenges the […]

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