ABOUT THIS BLOG

WHAT DOES CONSPIRACY MEAN?

Today the word conspiracy has attained an unofficial yet persistent meaning associated with those who are mentally ill. However the definition of the word is:

"a secret plan made by two or more people to do something bad, illegal, or against someone’s wishes"
Cambridge University Press 2017

It seems there is some effort to remove the actual meaning of the word and replace it with one which is a denial of the existence of conspiracies. With this blog, I would like to dispel the connotation that conspiracies are only the ramblings of the insane. In truth and in fact, conspiracies are the building blocks of today's world. 

The attempts to squelch any hint of true conspiracies belies the fact that there are laws by which to prosecute them. 

An agreement between two or more people to commit an illegal act, along with an intent to achieve the agreement's goal.  Most U.S. jurisdictions also require an overt act toward furthering the agreement.  An overt act is a statutory requirement, not a constitutional one. See Whitfield v. United States, 453 U.S. 209 (2005). The illegal act is the conspiracy's "target offense."

The Legal Information Institute

CONSPIRACY ON TRIAL

 Conspiracy is a fact of life and occurs every day. In the case Krulewitch v. United States:

Brief Fact Summary. A federal district court indictment charged in three counts that the Petitioner, Krulewitch (Petitioner) and a woman defendant had (1) induced and persuaded another woman to go on October 20, 1941, from New York City to Miami, Florida, for the purpose of prostitution; (2) transported or caused her to be transported from New York to Miami for that purpose and (3) conspired to commit those offenses. Tried alone, the Petitioner was convicted on all three counts of the indictment. The Court of Appeals affirmed.

Other cases of conspiracy include:

Zacarias Moussaoui pleaded guilty to conspiracy in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks. Jose Padilla the Brooklyn-born convert to Islam whom the government once accused of plotting to detonate a “dirty bomb” in the United States, was sentenced to 17 years and 4 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to help Islamic jihadist fighters abroad. Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, the legendary trial lawyer who made Big Business tremble every time he set foot in court, pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe a judge. 

Alok Kailashnath Jaiswal, 32, of Azangarh, India, and Rahil Parvez Mir, 25, of Mumbai, India made cold calls to the United States for the purpose of selling versions of pharmaceutical drugs illegal in the United States, including controlled substances, were sentenced in the United States District Court in Abingdon to federal conspiracy charges.

Clearly, conspiracies are common place in the courts. This flies in the face of new definition of the word. Since we know conspiracies are commonplace and are litigated frequently, why are they considered theories? It may be due to the lack of knowledge the average person has about the reality of conspiracies. It is my goal to educate everyone in that case.

WHY I CREATED THIS BLOG

This blog is designed to explore conspiracies. I will supply the best sources for conspiracy claims I make. In most cases they will be government documents, scientific or medical journals. I welcome intellectual discussions of any claims I put forth. On the other hand, I will delete ad hominem attacks and other arguments that lack any supporting information and rely solely on nonsense. 

My reasons for creating this blog are exclusively based on my life. I live a conspiracy theory every day. The details of my experience will be rolled out in the pages of this blog one article at a time. If your life places you in the middle of a conspiracy that you never wanted to be a part of, read on. We may have something in common.