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A paper published last year found that around half of the American public consistently endorses at least one conspiracy theory, and that many popular conspiracy theories are differentiated along ideological dimensions. Having said that, their research was pre-Snowden revelations, so many of the conspiracy theories may have been well founded.
Even so, the hysteria surrounding Operation Jade Helm 15 seems unusually shrill, with Chuck Norris (ex fake Texas Ranger) urging Texans not to believe government reassurances that it is just an exercise, and Governor Greg Abbott ordering the National Guard to monitor the US military's activities.
So what do Soylentils think? Will conservative Texas, in the words of Freedom Fighter 2127 on YouTube be, "The first state, according to our military source, these are not just drills. Texas will be the first state to be under martial law"?
There are plenty of people willing to point out the lunacy of the conspiracy theorists. Of course, Jon Stewart is one:
"There is no Texas takeover," Stewart said. "The United States government already controls Texas — since like the 1840s. And you left and then you came back. Just borrow a textbook from a neighboring state. It's all in there.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 09 2015, @07:04PM
I was so disappointed that a (previously unnoticed by me) soylentil would submit an item yesterday that I couldn't verify.
Rejected submission by Liberty or Death [soylentnews.org]
Door-to-Door Confiscation of Civilian Firearms!!!
I checked what Google had for the previous 24 hours, once early in the day and again several hours later.
All I could find was 2 losers wandering around Louisiana State University, one with an M-16 and one with an Enfield 303.
(Arrested by campus cops for possession in a no-guns zone.)
Oh, and there's the Texas legislator who has been busted multiple times for carrying a gun into an airport who wants to relax gun laws so that what he does isn't a crime any more.
No Feds doing anything interesting in any stories.
Maybe this place needs a Fiction section.
-- gewg_
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 09 2015, @07:40PM
Μορον Λαβία Τεξάς
(Score: 2) by Geotti on Saturday May 09 2015, @11:41PM
WTF is that supposed to mean, ρε μαλάκα?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @01:22AM
It's American! From the movie "300".
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday May 10 2015, @06:52AM
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:04AM
So am I expected to watch the entire movie to find out what it means?
Probably wouldn't help. And the movie is just gay fascists porn, anyway. But one phrase has been adopted by American gun nuts: "Moron Labia!" Which means something about the government taking away your guns and putting you into a Walmart whose gun section has been removed, so the Chinese can use Jade Helmets and Crystal Skulls to control your mind.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday May 10 2015, @09:22AM
(Score: 2) by mrchew1982 on Monday May 11 2015, @12:27AM
Sorry, my sarcasm detector is on the fritz. In case you're being genuine, He's making fun of the gun nut's catchphrase "molon labe" (come and take them, google it...) By changing it to words that rhyme.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:14AM
"Μορον" is "Moron" written in Greek letters.
"Τεξάς" is "Texas" written in Greek letters.
I have no idea what "Λαβία" is (in latin letters is would be "Labia" which isn't an English word I know, thus I suspect this one is an actual Greek word).
BTW, what does "ρε μαλάκα" mean?
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by Geotti on Sunday May 10 2015, @08:47AM
what does "ρε μαλάκα" mean?
ρε is an interjection, and is short for μωρέ, which literally means baby [translatum.gr] (or unintelligent, depending on how far you go) [wikipedia.org] , but is used more like "dude" or the Canadian "eh"; while μαλάκα means wanker, but can be quite affectionate too.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday May 12 2015, @05:48AM
So, "Wanker baby", presumably an intimate term of endearment? Hmmmm . . .
(Score: 2) by Geotti on Tuesday May 12 2015, @08:37AM
"Wanker, babe/kiddo" would be more correct, but it can be as innocuous as "eh, dude," an insult, or, as you said, an intimate term of endearment. Greek is quite flexible and context plays a big role ;)
(Score: 5, Funny) by FatPhil on Sunday May 10 2015, @10:03AM
Stop propagating the stereotype.
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