[Lucika]

Oh wait, some people believe that EU is Germany's way to dominate Europe.

 

There is actually a (IMHO not really good) novel about this, entitled Budapest Protocol.

[Nemesis6]

Oh, there's no disputing that. But 9/11 is a distinctively american conspiracy theory, I think. Not the sort of more localized stuff GB's looking for here.

I've run into truthers here in Denmark. They had a big "9/11 is bigger than watergate" poster. Similarly, there has been a constant presence of far-left protesters infront of Amalienborg Palace. Every day they have like two or three people in there with signs, placards, etc. They have a lot of stuff, for example revealing the corruption of the leaders we're propping up in Afghanistan, but amongst all their newspaper clippings, I noticed some 911 truther nonsense: The good old "the towers were blown up with thermite"; "impossible rubble" as they call it. I think this MIGHT be due to the fact that the idiot who's championing this argument, Niels Harrit, is Danish.

[Mars]

I'm trying to think of some bat-**** insane Canadian nonsense, and everything I think up has to do with our connection to the United States.

Seriously... I'm at a loss.

EDIT:  Aha!  The myth that the Conservative government wants to ban abortions.  Not near as high-profile as the Obama=Muslim nonsense, but it rears its ugly head from time to time.

There was that time that the Canadians and the United States had attack plans against each other in the middle of WWII

[karajorma]

With the exception of the one about Britain always losing the Eurovision Song Contest cause everyone else in Europe hates us

Actually, we always lose Eurovision because if we won, we'd have to host it the next year.

That would cost far too much, so we always choose acts that are utter **** to make sure that we never win it again.
The hosts then act surprised to try to cover it up.

- There is definitely some truth to this theory, as RTE was nearly bankrupted when Ireland won Eurovision three times in a row.

Ah, the Father Ted conspiracy.

[newman]

It appears that the best way to get as much as possible American conspiracy political myths out in a thread is to start a thread saying that's exactly not what you need. Jeez, guys..

Anyway.
There was a local conspiracy theory saying that former Yugoslavia's life long boss-man, Josip Broz Tito, was eliminated (I think) while visiting the Soviet Union, and replaced with a Soviet agent who looked identical to him. As "proof" the conspiracy theorists claim that Tito lost one of his fingers as a child but the man who claimed to be the illustrious Marshall had all of his fingers. There was a variation of this theory that only varied in the place where Tito was supposedly murdered and replaced.
At some point there was a bit of talk about that in Croatia, but I haven't heard anything on it in years and I doubt many people believed in it in the first place.
You can find a bit more about it here, under 4) just below the mandatory faked moon landing idiocy
For a bit more hilarity, check out number 7) on the same link.. big fan of "V", I take it?

[Mongoose]

Man, that's right up there with "Paul is dead."

[Grizzly]

Oh. Here's some: Some dutch believe that Geert Wilder's loyalty is to Israel, and not to Holland. He apperently recieves orders from the Isreali goverment to advance their interests and oppose anyone opposed to zionism.

[Mars]

Uh. . . how deeply could the Netherlands foreign policy to Israel possibly be?

[Nemesis6]

Oh. Here's some: Some dutch believe that Geert Wilder's loyalty is to Israel, and not to Holland. He apperently recieves orders from the Isreali goverment to advance their interests and oppose anyone opposed to zionism.

A funny thing to do when someone brings up stuff like "X is a Zionist agent", is to agree, and then say that Jews run the world, the banks, etc, just to see if they'll roll with it! 

[Grizzly]

Uh. . . how deeply could the Netherlands foreign policy to Israel possibly be?

Not much.
It's a conspiracy theory. He apperently visits the Israel embassy often. To me it actually seems like what all ultra nationalists are doeing: We hate muslims. Israel hates muslims. So we love Israel because they bomb them. We hate muslims because they bomb Israel and it's innocent jews. You know. The usual.

[Nemesis6]

Uh. . . how deeply could the Netherlands foreign policy to Israel possibly be?

Not much.
It's a conspiracy theory. He apperently visits the Israel embassy often. To me it actually seems like what all ultra nationalists are doeing: We hate muslims. Israel hates muslims. So we love Israel because they bomb them. We hate muslims because they bomb Israel and it's innocent jews. You know. The usual.

The American fundagelicals are a bit different: They support Israel because the bible says that when Israel becomes a nation again(something very much to that effect), armageddon will come and Jesus will return. That's why they support Israel, and it's not even a lie! That's the basis for the Christian right-wing's support for Israel.

[Mars]

The American fundagelicals are a bit different: They support Israel because the bible says that when Israel becomes a nation again(something very much to that effect), armageddon will come and Jesus will return. That's why they support Israel, and it's not even a lie! That's the basis for the Christian right-wing's support for Israel.

It's pretty funny I think, with all our ideals of separation of church and state, our foreign policy in an entire region is dictated by an inference from a religious text.

[SpardaSon21]

So if we stop supporting Israel, who should we support over there instead?

[Mars]

So if we stop supporting Israel, who should we support over there instead?

No one?

[karajorma]

So if we stop supporting Israel, who should we support over there instead?

Given that the Republican position is that the government shouldn't support people from it's own country because that's socialism you really have to wonder what is their justification for supporting other countries that don't even pay taxes!

[Nuclear1]

So if we stop supporting Israel, who should we support over there instead?

No one?

This.

[Det. Bullock]

Here in Italy there are many "truthers" convinced that the contrails of the aeroplanes are really chemicals used by the government/NWO/Masonry/reptilians/CIA etc. to control/kill people/alter the Weather/diffuse vaccines (sic), in the conspiration are also included aeroplane pilots and metereologists as well as the members of the CICAP (our local sceptical society) often accused of being agents of the above mentioned organizations.
There are some politicians here who truly believe this crap and some mayors declared their towns and cities "chemtrail free zones" (whatevere that is supposed to mean) and a couple of deputies proposed laws against "chemtrails".

[Kolgena]

Man, if we could diffuse vaccines thru jet exhaust, that'd be pretty awesome.

One can only hope.

[Det. Bullock]

Man, if we could diffuse vaccines thru jet exhaust, that'd be pretty awesome.

One can only hope.

The problem is that the people who sustain that theory are also convinced that vaccines are deadly poisons.   

[newman]

The problem is that the people who sustain that theory are also convinced that vaccines are deadly poisons.  

Sounds to me like that theory will die off by itself