Conspiracy theories arise in part from our penchant for seeking patterns in random events and in part from our need to feel in control - to be able to explain the inexplicable. Some conspiracy theories are amusing, some will fool even skeptics, and some are dangerous.

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Quick Hits

Minimum Wage

https://reports.nlihc.org/sites/default/files/oor/OOR_BOOK_2020.pdf

https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2018/pdf/home.pdf

Goya

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-goya-beans/

Foolishness of the Week

Masks and Rights

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/1/forced-face-masking-civil-rights-offense/

Topic of the Week: Conspiracy Theories

Elders of Zion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion

The Clinton Hit List

https://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2016/08/10/the-list-of-clinton-associates-whove-died-mysteriously-check-it-out/

Flat Earthers

https://flatearthfacts.com/flat-earth-model/proof-the-earth-is-flat/

Petroleum Company

https://ask.metafilter.com/322588/Conspiracy-Theory-Petroleum-Company-Edition-Innovative-Technology

Reptilian Overlords

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilian_conspiracy_theory

Stonehenge

http://www.theunexplainedvault.com/stonehenge-ancient-alien-theory/ancient-aliens/

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