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Shawn Andrews’ Twitter Account is a Conspiracy Theory Rabbit Hole of Insanity
By Jim Adair
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The TPP, or Trans-Pacific Partnership, is a trade partnership seen by conspiracy theorists as a way for Obama to stop the import of guns into the U.S., limit internet privacy or, worse, it “constitute[s] an all-out assault on, and an existential threat to, America’s sovereignty and independence.”
Jade Helm, an admittedly shady military training exercise, is happening in the American Southwest. The off-base exercise “to maintain a high level of readiness” which the government says is taking place in the Southwest because it “possesses a ‘unique terrain’ that soldiers might find themselves operating in overseas.” But to the tinfoil hat crowd it is “part of a secret plan to impose martial law, take away people’s guns, arrest political undesirables, launch an Obama-led hostile takeover of red-state Texas, or do some combination thereof.”
Jade Helm and the TPP are both the kind of shady, slightly secret op the government goes through with on a regular basis– but they spawn conspiracy theories from the more creative-minded among us. And to former Eagle Shawn Andrews, they’re worth a conspiracy-laden Twitter rant for the ages:
It’s worth noting that the TPP hasn’t technically passed yet, and “vastly approaching” makes no sense. I liked him better when he was getting his Michael Phelps on. In fact, maybe he did that a bit too much.
H/T to (@DaveEWilliams)
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.