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> Don't you think it's weird that our children come home from the school
> cafeteria caring more about poverty than about the real hazards that plague
> their daily lives? In this case, poverty is, quite literally, the “opiate”
> of the masses.
> 

Via Hacker News [1], “Verified Facts About Poverty [2]”

The people who know me well know that I tend to enjoy the occasional
conspriacy theory or two [3] (or twenty- three [4]) and the Verified Facts
[5] website is a hoot!

Yes, the “facts” there are made up (probably based off a Marko v Chain [6])
but I still find the results entertaining. I mean, how can I not love this?

> Do you know about the shocking connection between The Boston Diaries and
> fluoride? No? Well, your innocence is about to be destroyed.
> 
> Gun control advocates use fluoride at rates almost 300% higher than other
> citizens.
> 

“Verifie d Facts About The Boston Diaries and Flouride [7]”

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5168401
[2] http://www.verifiedfacts.org/i/poverty/MTA5MzQw
[3] http://www.cracked.com/article_19884_6-insane-conspiracy-theories-that-
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_enigma
[5] http://www.verifiedfacts.org/
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain#Markov_text_generators
[7] http://www.verifiedfacts.org/i/The%20Boston%20Diaries/MTE0MjM3

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