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US Military's Planned invasion of Texas - Jade Helm

posted by CoolHand on Saturday May 09 2015, @06:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the paranoid-much? dept.

sigma writes:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-07/jade-helm-15-prompts-texas-takeover-conspiracy/6452810

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.

 
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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by aristarchus on Saturday May 09 2015, @07:35PM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday May 09 2015, @07:35PM (#180842) Journal

    "Chuck Norris doesn’t engage in critical thinking. When Chuck Norris ponders an issue, it’s the thinking that’s going to be in critical condition."

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Saturday May 09 2015, @08:38PM

    by Jeremiah Cornelius (2785) on Saturday May 09 2015, @08:38PM (#180858) Journal

    Nothin' in Texas but steers and queers - and I don't hear you sayin' "moo".

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    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 09 2015, @11:51PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 09 2015, @11:51PM (#180910)

      You're connected to a global information network and you couldn't even get the quote right? Stupid nigger.

  • (Score: 2) by rts008 on Sunday May 10 2015, @03:29PM

    by rts008 (3001) on Sunday May 10 2015, @03:29PM (#181096)

    Yeah, it looks like the age old paradox of 'can Chuck Norris roundhouse kick himself silly?' has been finally answered, and was found to not be a paradox afterall. He most assuredly can, and apparently did so.

    I'm glad I never became an 'actor'. It seems so many of them have been going batshit-insane as they get old. It seems to be all over the news, all the time. As it is, I can quietly continue going batshit-insane as I get old without bothering/affecting anyone else, and nobody notices any of it, or has to care! :-)