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Conspiracy Riff: JFK, 9/11, and the Anthony Bourdain-Kennedy Connection

from The Coming Collapse · #103

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3 min

Tim runs through his list of unsatisfying official explanations (JFK, Watergate, 9/11, FBI ties to mass shooters) before landing on a joking-not-joking bit that Hillary Clinton killed Anthony Bourdain, tied to a Kennedy family business connection to Trump.

In this bit7 moments
  • 20:13Tim lists his dissatisfactions: JFK, Watergate, 9/11 explanations, and the inability to prevent attacks going forward.
  • 20:32Intelligence agencies, the FBI's repeated failures with the Boston bombers, and the pattern of mass shooters having FBI connections.
  • 21:03Annapolis, Maryland held a live shooting drill a week before an actual shooting happened there.
  • 21:24Tim jokingly claims Hillary Clinton killed Anthony Bourdain, then immediately disclaims it as an Alex Jones impression.
  • 21:37Tim explains the show tries to avoid jumping headfirst into conspiracy narratives like the Vegas shooting.
  • 22:04Kennedy's son apparently lent money to Trump at some point in a business capacity, but it's not an inherently big coincidence.
  • 22:20People are trapped in a moral panic where anything advancing a memorial service becomes suspicious.
Mentioned here

Anthony BourdainHillary ClintonAlex JonesWatergateAnnapolis, MarylandJohn F. KennedyCarlyle GroupFBI9-11 attacksVegas shootingCitizens UnitedBoston Bombersmass shootersDonald TrumpKennedy

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