Promises of continuing financial support versus the prospect of political ruin were key factors for at least two of the three county supervisors who approved a controversial $102 million settlement with developer Colonies Partners LP in 2006, according to testimony before the county's Grand Jury earlier this year. The county's attorneys refused to ratify the settlement, warning then-Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Postmus that the settlement was "a gift of public funds" and a breach of the government's fiduciary responsibility to taxpayers, according to testimony in the Grand Jury transcripts released Friday.
In Roland Emmerich's new film, "Anonymous," the authorship of Shakespeare's plays becomes more than a dry academic question: The future of a kingdom and even the whole of Western culture is at stake. Would you expect anything less from the German filmmaker who has put the world at peril in such apocalyptic big-budget visions as "Independence Day," "The Patriot," "Godzilla," "The Day After Tomorrow" and "2012"?
John Tortorella's bizarre, yet presumed tongue-in-cheek, conspiracy theory about collusion between the NHL and broadcast partner NBC during Monday's Winter Classic is expected to earn the Rangers coach a chat with league Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell today. The NHL will likely discipline Tortorella in the wake of the Rangers' 3-2 outdoor win over the Flyers at Citizens Bank Park. Tortorella, reflecting the emotions of the Rangers' organization as a whole, was upset with the late-game officiating, particularly when the Flyers' Daniel Briere was awarded an ultimately unsuccessful penalty shot against Henrik Lundqvist with 19.6 seconds left in regulation.
The week-old trial of Rancho Cucamonga Councilman Rex Gutierrez marks the first jury test of the theory by prosecutors that developer Jeff Burum engaged in a broad conspiracy to influence San Bernardino County officials and enrich themselves at the expense of taxpayers. Gutierrez, 50, is charged with felony grand theft, misappropriation of public funds and filing a false claim for allegedly performing political or city business while collecting a salary as an intergovernmental liaison in the county Assessor's Office.
As the economy worsened, Blacks once again became the Boogeymen, serving as scapegoats for all of the country's ills. The following fallacies became fodder for political campaigns: "Whites would fare better in the working world if not for Affirmative Action." "They would have more educational opportunities as well." "Welfare would not be such a burden on the nation if not for those Welfare dependent Blacks. It also became fodder for the tales from the hood over beats popularized among young Whites in the late eighties. Platinum status was regularly reached in Rap music when white youth began to embrace the "ghetto lifestyle" that has become à staple in the music.The stories of the ghetto lifestyle were plentiful, because by the 1980's, the times they were a' changin'. It's not as simpl...
Fifty-five years ago a coup d'état ended Prime Minister Muhammad Mosaddeq's government in Iran on August 19, 1953. Numerous books and articles have analyzed the event but often have overlooked Iran's domestic dynamics. What is presented is nearly always a conspiracy theory that suggests American and British masters of intrigue subverted Iran entirely through their shady operators. The picture portrays Iranians as little more than inanimate objects - a nation of potted plants. Even now over half a century later, and three decades after the fall of Iran's monarchy, misperceptions persist. A review of the coup and what precipitated it may offer some needed clarity.
MORGANTOWN - I've never considered myself much of a conspiracy theorist. Perhaps it's because the role models for such an avocation these days range from the sublime to the ridiculous. I mean, really, do you want to be compared to Oliver Stone on one end (sublime) or Glenn Beck on the other (ridiculous)?
By Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot
THE PRESIDENT of the United States on Wednesday released his long- form birth certificate, another humiliating attempt to put to rest an absurd and lingering conspiracy that Barack Obama was ineligible by birth for election to the highest office in the land. Sadly, it probably won't make much difference to the minority who look at the president and see a man who can't possibly be a real American. As conspiracy theorists will, these folks will find something in this latest document to dispute, even in the face of indisputable evidence.
You might be surprised to learn that the effort to destroy private property rights in Roanoke County dates all the way back to a meeting in California's woods in the spring of 1945. That was one of the arguments made before the county's board of supervisors Tuesday night.
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