Conspiracy Theories

Room 237: Unlocking the Conspiracies Within Kubrick's The Shining

Birther Lawyer Fighting Joe Arpaio Recall Was Found to Have "Inappropriately Touched" Kids

What are the chances that a lawyer who was found by a court to have "inappropriately touched" children would try to stop the recall of a county sheriff whose agency failed to properly investigate more than 400 sex crimes?This is quite the, um, coincidence, as we stumbled across a judgment from an Oh ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Birther Buddies Say They'll Take Recall Effort to Court to Shut It Down

The people behind Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "birther" investigation are now trying to tell the Arpaio recall effort that they'll go to court to shut it down if they don't do it themselves.Spoiler alert: Fat chance, for Arpaio's friends.See also:-Why Sheriff Joe Actually Is Nervous About the Recall Effort ... More >>

The Best and Worst Beatles Conspiracies (NSFW)

Conspiracy theories are my comfort food. After all, all a conspiracy is "the action of plotting or conspiring," and not just about tin-foil hats and Reptillians. When Reagan's cronies illegally sold weapons to Iran in the Iran-Contra Scandal, that was a conspiracy. When the CIA sold crack to kids in ... More >>

Judy Burges, Republican State Senator, Claims Agenda 21 Will Turn Arizona Into Commie-Land

Do you hear that? That's the sound of a black helicopter landing at the state capitol for the Senate Government and Environment Committee' hearing on a conspiracy theory bill about the United Nations' "Agenda 21."Yes, Republican state Senator Judy Burges is still trying to warn everyone that the Uni ... More >>

Valley Fever's 12 Most Popular Arizona News Stories of 2012

It seems like every year there's one local story that defines the news more than others. Last year, it was the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson (which we got a horrific reminder of with the recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary). This year, as far as actual readership g ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Birther Bud Tom Morrissey Punks Out of GOP Chair Race; Russell Pearce Could Still Play Spoiler to Bob Graham

GOP blogging badass Jeff Vath of PolitocoMafioso fame was the first to report the news that Arizona Republican Party Chair Tom Morrissey is punking out on his bid for re-election at the party's January 26 state committee meeting, where new officers will be elected. Morrissey has since issued a st ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Wackadoodle Supporters Freak Out

The above video posted in early October by YouTuber BlessedONE333returnz is freaking hi-larious, and offers a window into the cracked minds of these human PayDay bars who think Joe Arpaio walks on water. This crazy lady is kvetching off-camera about an anti-Arpaio mailer in the form of a faux newsp ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Targeted in Prank Involving Obama Kenyan Birth Video, Which He Never Even Saw

A hoax video of President Obama's birth in a Kenyan hospital, intended to make asses out of "birthers" like Sheriff Joe Arpaio once they bought into its legitimacy, failed miserably.The New York Observer, um, exposed the video as fake -- a video we hadn't even heard of until they called B.S. on it - ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Entertains "Birther" Over Joe Arpaio's Probe of Obama's Birth Certificate

As evidenced by Secretary of State Ken Bennett's dabbling in the "birther" theories, elected officials around the state have probably received a decent amount of phone calls and emails asking them to help further the embarrassment of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "investigation" into President Obama.One such ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's BirtherFest Canceled Due to Crappy Ticket Sales

See also: Joe Arpaio, Pat Boone and Teabaggers Galore Hold BirtherFest September 22BirtherFest 2012, featuring Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio as headliner, has been canceled.The Greater Phoenix Tea Party Patriots group admits it just couldn't sell enough of the $10 tickets to hold the event, whi ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Favorability Rating "Falls" to (Sigh) 53 Percent

See also: Victims Wonder Why Arpaio Let Sex-Abuse Cases Languish See also: Mike Stauffer's Third-Wheel Bid for Sheriff May Keep Arpaio in Office See also: Joe Arpaio's Scooby Doo Gang Nails Obama on Alleged Damning Phone Interview With 95-year-old Woman, Presents Zero Real Evidence The good news? S ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Birther Friends Helping Fund Awful Pro-Arpaio TV Ads

Remember those awful pro-Sheriff Joe Arpaio TV ads running on Fox News?Well, Arpaio's conspiracy-theorist friends from "WorldNetDaily" are helping raise the money to purchase the "next phase" of horrendous ads to air on local channels.There's a pretty solid connection between Sheriff Joe Arpaio and ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Birther Investigation Blasted by Randy Parraz

See Also: Joe Arpaio Denied Birther Donations, Randy Parraz Blasts Andy Kunasek See Also: Joe Arpaio Hides as Randy Parraz and CBAers Pizza Party It Up Randy Parraz and his posse of activists from Citizens for a Better Arizona want Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to come clean on using taxpaye ... More >>

Rolling Stone Recaps the "Really Crazy Stuff" Going on in Arizona Politics

Rolling Stone did a wrap up about Arizona's "really crazy" political climate -- not that we needed a reminder. But, yeah, this is why the rest of the country is laughing at us. Bennett the Birther? Gould the Gunman? Kelly and his M-16s? Yee-ha! Read the Rolling Stone recap below:

Ken Bennett Apparently Making Up Rules as He Goes Along, Won't Verify Romney's Documents

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett has officially become that kid no one wanted to play with because he just made up the rules to games as he went along.Bennett, as you may recall, decided to play ball with the "birther" crowd, taking the "extra step" to verify President Barack Obama's birth cer ... More >>

Mitt Romney: Is He a Unicorn? More Than 17,000 People Want Ken Bennett to Find Out

Is GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney a businessman? Or is he really a unicorn? At the time of this post, more than 17,000 people would like Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett to find out.In response to the 1,200 "birthers" who asked Bennett to verify with the state of Hawaii -- yet again -- ... More >>

Chuck Norris Just Loves Joe Arpaio

Chuck Norris -- the actor who rose to fame after getting his ass kicked by Bruce Lee in Way of the Dragon -- just loves Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.So much, in fact, that Norris recently penned a column praising the sheriff and condemning the typical members of the far-right-wing conspiracy-t ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Investigation Slammed by Ex-Sheriff's Posse Member

We've previously mentioned some of the stranger aspects of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "birther" investigation -- parts not related to Arpaio and company thinking President Obama's from Africa -- including tidbits of information that would lead a reasonable person to believe the "investigat ... More >>

Best Reader Caption for Joe Arpaio Bringing the "Birther" Brigade to Church?

On Friday, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio rounding up the "birther" brigade at church for another explanation of why he believes President Obama is from Africa.That expedition took the sheriff's "Cold Case Posse" to a church in Sun Ci ... More >>

Internet Trolls Can Breathe Easy for a Minute -- HB 2549 Has Been Stopped

Arizona's House Bill 2549, which was labeled by one critic as a "bill to censor electronic speech," has been stopped, according to one of the bill's sponsors.As we've already mentioned twice before, the bill was never transferred to the governor, contrary to the numerous media reports saying it has. ... More >>

Could Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Investigation Get Any More Loony?

Well, wouldn't you know it -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "birther" investigation has gotten worse.Mailman Allen Hulton -- who was only identified as a "retired government employee" at the "birther" press conference -- has taken an oath swearing that Ayers' mother told him about a "foreig ... More >>

National Review: Sheriff Joe Arpaio "Will Not Win and (Does) Not Deserve To"

An unsigned opinion article in the conservative magazine National Review today states that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio doesn't deserve to win re-election.The magazine has previously run articles that defended Arpaio, but the sheriff's recent "birther" madness pushed it over the edge.That's un ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Set to Deliver "Birther" Christmas Today, Rumor Mill Claims Evidence of "Criminal Offenses"

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's playing Santa Claus for the "birther" crowd today, as he's delivering the "preliminary findings" of his Cold Case Posse's "investigation" into President Obama's eligibility.MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong says it's unknown how many media members will be in attendance ... More >>

Arizona's "Birther Bill" is Back (Sans Penis Provision)

​It's baaaaack!Remember last year when the Arizona Legislature passed the infamous "Birther Bill?" And then Governor Jan Brewer -- in a rare moment of sanity -- vetoed it? Well, an amended version of the bill is heading to the Legislature -- compliments of Republican state Representative Carl Seel ... More >>

Is Joe Arpaio Beatable?

​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is 79 years old. He's also running for a sixth term as sheriff, as he announced yesterday."For all those critics that demonstrate in front of my office for three years, calling me every name in the book, I'm going to announce right now on your show, on your sh ... More >>

What Was the Most Humiliating Joe Arpaio Moment of 2011?

​There probably aren't too many people as happy to see 2011 come to an end as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- the 79-year-old sheriff had a particularly rough year in the PR department.Sadly, the sheriff's actions (and in some cases his inaction) often reflect poorly on Arizona and the peopl ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Investigation Wages On as Outrage Over Sheriff's Bungling of Hundreds of Sex Crime Investigation Grows

(Sigh)​As the outrage over Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's mishandling of several hundred sex crimes continues to spread, the sheriff's crusade to prove that President Barack Obama is a Kenyan version of the Manchurian Candidate wages on.Arpaio, as we've reported, agreed to investigate the pr ... More >>

Arizona Dems on Steve Pierce, Russell Pearce's Replacement as Senate President: Nothing Will Change "Other Than One Vowel"

Senator Russell...er, we mean Steve Pierce.​State Senator Steve Pierce was pegged by his Republican Senate colleagues to replace ousted former Senator Russell Pearce as the president of the Senate -- and Arizona Democrats aren't thrilled with the GOP's pick.We commented yesterday that Pierce's tak ... More >>

Will Joe Arpaio Prove Once and For All That Barack Obama is the Kenyan Manchurian Candidate?

www.ronbosoldier.comJoe Arpaio to the rescue.​As we reported yesterday, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio claims to have some "shocking" information about whether President Barack Obama is eligible to be president.As we also reported yesterday, we don't believe it for a friggin' second.As you pro ... More >>

Captain Squeegee Member Contributes Vocals to Chemtrails' "9/11 Dubstep Song"

Danny Torgersen of Captain Squeegee​ Today, electronic project Chemtrails released a conspiracy-theory addled dubstep jam called "Inside Job" on YouTube, featuring vocals from Captain Squeegee's Danny Torgersen. Some people don't like dubstep. Some people aren't particularly fond of watchi ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Favorite Scribe Linda Bentley Repeats Smear of Mesa Woman

lindabentley.blogspot.comFor Bentley "responsible journalism" means sliming an innocent person, over and over againI'm getting pretty annoyed at having to berate Sonoran News' nutjob newshound Linda Bentley over her myriad stupidities, but I can't let this one go.As I noted in a recent column, neith ... More >>

Osama bin Laden Dead: Debbie Schlussel Calls for Killing 1.8 Billion Muslims; Let the Crackpot Raving Begin!

Who do the wingnuts hate more, Osama or Obama? That's easy, Obama!In the wake of President Barack Obama's announcement that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden has been killed by American forces during a firefight in Pakistan, I have a few predictions.The first is a given: traitorous right-wing nut ... More >>

Birther Bill: an Explanation for KPHO and the Associated Press

KPHO: Telling it like it isn't.​It's no secret that state Representative Judy Burgess is hell-bent on making Arizona the laughing stock of the entire country with her "Birther Bill" currently making its way through the state legislature...again. That said, we'd like to take this opportunity to exp ... More >>

KFYI's Barry Markson Eats Birthers for Breakfast, and Orly Taitz's Online Law Degree

from the OC Weekly J.D. Hayworth pal Orly Taitz: Dentist, lawyer and nutbar supreme​ With KFYI being the home of conservatard puddin' head and "birfer" (yeah, I'm spellin' it right) J.D. Hayworth, whodathunk it that KFYI would also prove to be the voice of reason in the birther debate? At l ... More >>

Angels & Demons Has a Need for Speed

Dec. 18 In Blogs: Chemtrails, The Medic Droid, American Ale and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Chemtrails: Strong Competitor for Dumbest Conspiracy Theory Ever Arpai ... More >>

Black Crowes Canceled

Jesse Ventura Packs Mesa Convention Center for Political Gabfest, on 9/11, Immigration and Legalizing Pot.

Terri Ouellette, "Craft Queen," Pitches Book For Crafty Ex-con Kevin Trudeau

9/11 troofers take to the skies; an anti-troofer's genius video punking Blair Gadsby; the New York D.A.'s criminal complaint against German Talis; and a response to Enrique.

Half-assed troofer death threat against me offers further reason why John McCain should not meet with hunger striker Blair Gadsby.

John Birch-ers, Ron Paul-ites and loads of white folk at Gilbert's Constitution Week Fair.

Yoda (aka, PHX's Pat Curley of Screw Loose Change) on Rob Breakenridge's The World Tonight

9/11 hero William Rodriguez and Charles Lindbergh

Moon Walk

Arizona Republic publishes puff piece on Chandler 9/11 Conference

Ripley's Believe It or Not: East Valley Tribune Endorses 9/11 Conspiranuts

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, September 21, 2006

Palace of Perversion

The Scully and Mulder of PHX-Files fame discover Goth/Industrial vamps and tramps at Area 51