part of the global conspiracy to deprive Americans of their money and liberty

Oh, I love a goodly conspiracy theory. They just grow exponentially as they borg more cacomamy factoids. Maybe we could get the grays and the academicians in here, too. And, Scientific American? Please. It's the Internet, that's the ticket; it's the biggest of all governmental mind-controlling conspiracies that's really at the bottom of global warming and fluoridation of our precious bodily fluids.

astroturfing

Maybe we could discuss FUD (link), too.

Ceci n'est pas un seing.