When Sinatra Sang for His Life
The Kennedys, the Mob, and the FBI — the Rat Pack’s legendary 1962 residency at the Villa Venice brought the secret power structure of postwar America under one roof.
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CONSPIRACY
Pasolini once wrote that conspiracies make us think crazy thoughts because they free us from the burden of having to face the truth.... In fact, if you are convinced that the history of the world is directed by secret societies — be they the Illuminati or the Bilderberg group — that are about to establish a new world order, what do you do? You give up, and you fret and fume. So every conspiracy theory directs the public imagination toward nonexistent dangers and away from genuine threats. As Chomsky once suggested, imagining what was almost a conspiracy of conspiracy theories, those who get the greatest advantage from fantasies about a supposed plot are the very institutions that the conspiracy theory aims to strike.
“Not every deathbed story about Joe Kennedy and the mob is true, but it’s hard to believe each one is false.”
Features
The Conspiracy of the Algorithm
People aren’t wrong to feel like their lives are increasingly out of their control. Twenty-first-century technology guarantees it.
The Jonestown Massacre and the Left
Over 900 died at Jonestown in 1978 in a murder-suicide that shook the world. How did Peoples Temple go from emancipatory project to disaster?
“QAnoners are awaiting a Blanquist revolution helmed by none other than Donald Trump.”
Front Matters
The Soapbox
The Internet Speaks
“Remove any members of the group who show signs of developing musical ability. . . . Replace them with gimmicks designed purely to upset people.”
Cultural Capital
Reading Materiel
The Manson Murders May Have Something to Do With CIA Mind-Control Experiments
The Family That Slays Together Stays Together
The Best Books Are Full of It
The QAnon Shaman Speaks!
“Even though most attacks are carried out by unarmed men, nearly two-thirds of incidents reported in Asia resulted in successful thefts.”
“All conspiracy theories have been consolidated into a single grand conformist mood of resentment and panic.”
The Tumbrel
Girondins
Havana Syndrome Can’t Be Cured
Rachel Maddow’s Moscow Madness
On Being a Brilliant, Blessed, and Well-Branded Nightmare
Thermidor
How Lyndon LaRouche Said Goodbye to Marxism and Hello to Crazy
Confession Is Good for the Soul
On Great Food, Great Service, and Great Values Going into WWIII
“Hoffa was never heard from or seen again — except, perhaps, in the back seat of a maroon 1975 Mercury Marquis Brougham, heading to a destination unknown.”
