David Icke: The Lizards and the Jews

I have just seen one of the most bizarre documentaries ever. It is called The Lizards and the Jews. It is about a man named David Icke who believes that the world is being control by a group of elite reptiles who drink human children's blood. People like George Bush, the Queen, and Al Gore are all reptiles who have the ability to morph or shapeshift into humans.

Many people accuse him of being a racist. They claim that when David Icke talks about reptiles, he is actually talking about Jews. Whether this is true or not is a mystery. Icke claims it's not true, and given that he goes into detail about how similar humans and reptiles are, it leads me to believe that Icke is talking about actual lizards.

It's fine if Icke claims that people are lizards, but where is the evidence for this? Has he collected blood samples from elite bankers and measured genetic relatedness between their DNA and lizard DNA?

In an attempt to humiliate David Icke, a group of young people decide to try throw pie at Icke's face. I personally think this is very immature. If they want to attack him, they should attack his arguments. They should ask him whether he has any evidence for his claims, e.g. whether he has analyzed DNA.

Conspiracy Files: Oklahoma City Bombings

The official story says that Timothy McVeigh worked alone to blow up a government building, killing hundreds of people including children who were in a nearby daycare center. Some people, however, believe that although the government didn't actually blow up the building (as conspiracy theorists say they did for the 9/11 incident) they knew that McVeigh and his neo-Nazi friends were up to something but didn't do enough to stop the bombings, and so there was a coverup. The video is below. It's about one hour long.

The 9/11 Conspiracy Theories

Below is a documentary from BBC about the 9/11 conspiracies. It it interesting because it gives us a glimpse into the psychology of conspiracy theories. People like to believe that someone else is to blame especially when the explanation given doesn't please them. News reports can be spun and then once it spreads it takes on a new form. What really surprised me was how a simple news report from the Jerusalem Post that 4000 Israelis were around the area at the time led to a story that 4000 Jews (not all Israelis are Jews) took the day off because they were tipped off by Mossad. This idea spread very quickly in the Middle East. In fact, nine percent of those who died when the towers fell were Jewish, which is in line with the proportion of Jews who commute to New York City.

Diana Conspiracy Theory

Below is part one of a documentary from the BBC about how Diana died. I am always skeptical of conspiracy theories simply because an elaborate story that seems to fit doesn't make it true. Anyone can construct a model for why it happens and rig it so that it explains everything that has happened, but that doesn't mean it's true. Some believe there was a plot by the Royal Family to kill Diana. These conspiracy theories remind me of some of the 9/11 conspiracy theories popular in the Middle East, such as the idea that the Bush Administration was responsible for the collapse of the World Trade Center or that the Jews were behind it.