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The "Weather Modification Operations and Research Board"?

October 5th, 2005
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Say what now? On March 3, 2005, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) introduced "S. 517: A bill to establish a Weather Modification Operations and Research Board, and for other purposes":
The term "weather modification" means changing or controlling, or attempting to change or control, by artificial methods the natural development of atmospheric cloud forms or […]

"Schemes to Control the Weather Clouded by Failure"

October 4th, 2005
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All your conspiracy theory questions are completely answered by this article. There really is nothing to worry about after all.

Pravda: Weatherman wrong, Katrina was not man-made

October 1st, 2005
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Da, Gospodin. Pravda provides us with the good news that while both the Americans and the Russians have weather-modification equipment, it has not yet reached the level necessary to cause megastorms. From "USA and Russia supposedly develop secret meteorological weapons":
…some Russian politicians say the experiments have been conducted and still conducted on either side of […]

Did a barge cause the Industrial Canal breach?

September 30th, 2005
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Here are some links. Please summarize:
thread: "The story from those that lived in the area is that the 17th street levee was breached because the construction company working on the old Hammond bridge left a big barge in the canal and the hurricane tossed it around and it busted out a section of the wall."
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Did HAARP cause Katrina?

September 29th, 2005
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I've resisted it until now, but let's snug down our tinfoil and consider whether Katrina was intentionally made or diverted in order to make money. One of the possible culprits is HAARP, or "High-frequency Active Aural Research Program".
There are several links about this here: Was Katrina A 'Man-Made Storm' For Profits?

Levee explosion theory, long version

September 28th, 2005
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On the 10th, I linked to a ConspiracyPlanet post written by Hal Turner that claimed that the levee had been breached using military explosives: "Loonies: 17th Street Canal breach was intentional".
Turner's site contains an augmented version: "EXPLOSIVE RESIDUE FOUND ON FAILED LEVEE DEBRIS!" One of the augmented portions includes this sub-Clancy bit of dialogue:
When he […]

Ray Nagin meets with Louis Farrakhan, discusses conspiracy theories

September 28th, 2005
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"Mayor Nagin in Secret Sitdown with Farrakhan" says that the latter great leader says he met with the former great leader and the two discussed various things, including:
"Mayor Nagin told us there was a 25-foot crater under the levee," Farrakhan explained, before cautioning that the New Orleans Democrat "didn't say there was a bomb. He […]

Yakuza used Russian electromagnetic generator to cause Katrina?

September 21st, 2005
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Scott Stevens is a meteorologist at KPVI-TV in Pocatello, Idaho, and he's got weird, wild, and wacky ideas, USA Today reports:
An Idaho weatherman says Japan's Yakuza mafia used a Russian-made electromagnetic generator to cause Hurricane Katrina in a bid to avenge itself for the Hiroshima atom bomb attack - and that this technology will soon […]

"Reasonable" blacks in NO believe Calypso Lou's insane conspiracy theory

September 19th, 2005
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On Sunday, WaPo columnist Eugene Robinson informed us that "reasonable" and "sober" African-Americans in New Orleans are starting to warm up to Louis Farrakhan's conspiracy theory. According to that theory, the levee breaks were an intentional attempt to flood black neighborhoods and leave the White D.. neighborhoods high and dry. Reportedly there was a 25' […]

Tinfoil hatters completely wrong about FEMA

September 18th, 2005
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I'm sure you've all seen the infamous July 5, 1987 Miami Herald article entitled "Reagan aides and the 'secret' government". (Also here or here in case the first link is disappeared) :
FEMA's clash with [Atty Gen. William French Smith] occurred over a secret contingency plan that called for suspension of the Constitution, turning control of […]