Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Ok... It's not "all" true. But a lot of it is!
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, the Men in Black appear at Bubble Man’s funeral. Bob frantically alerts the crew, but Ron dismisses it as a conspiracy theory. However, Ron soon learns that not every conspiracy is merely theory — some smack of facts.
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— Operation Northwoods —
abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92662&page=1#.TxsGQG_Ox2B
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/news/20010430/index.html
groups.google.com/g/aus.tv.x-files/c/OJxpReU11cg?pli=1
groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/vGNN91e_HvM/m/Z3x64dHrCa4J
— Operation Mongoose —
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cuba/2019-10-03/kennedy-cuba-operation-mongoose
pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/rfk-operation-mongoose
history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/bay-of-pigs
— CIA in Nicaragua (Contra Affair) —
https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/documents.php
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-documents-archive-guidebook/proclamations-washington-1789-present
https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/documents/d-nic-24.pdf
web.archive.org/web/20121012185850/http://bailey83221.livejournal.com/77479.html
cnn.com/US/9811/03/cia.drugs
pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/special/cia.html
— Phoenix Program (Vietnam War) —
nytimes.com/2017/12/29/opinion/behind-the-phoenix-program.html
rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP258.html
web.archive.org/web/20070711065505/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol51no2/a-retrospective-on-counterinsurgency-operations.html
— Operation Condor —
youtu.be/C8nZIOMi0C4
theguardian.com/news/2020/sep/03/operation-condor-the-illegal-state-network-that-terrorised-south-america
http://www.cels.org.ar/especiales/plancondor/en/
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB125/index.htm
— MKUltra —
history.com/topics/us-government/history-of-mk-ultra
cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/p/Project_MKULTRA.htm
books.google.com/books?id=TEqhqtrF3XEC&pg=PA70#v=onepage&q&f=false
todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/09/one-shocking-cia-programs-time-project-mkultra
npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief
— Operation Midnight Climax —
history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-experiments
medium.com/war-is-boring/the-cias-operation-midnight-climax-was-exactly-what-it-sounded-like-fa63f84ad015
— Project Sunshine —
washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/05/03/stillborn-babies-used-in-50s-radiation-test/f5eb76c0-ad55-4ed5-96a3-5dc5f1ca88fa
nytimes.com/1995/06/21/us/in-1950-s-us-collected-human-tissue-to-monitor-atomic-tests.html
sehd.scot.nhs.uk/scotorgrev/documents/project%20sunshine%20%20slippery%20slope.pdf
https://news.wsu.edu/news/2021/06/03/secret-government-investigation-radioactive-fallout-focus-historians-research/
rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/reports/2008/R251.pdf
abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=80970&page=1
— Prohibition Alcohol Poisoning —
slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-of-how-the-u-s-government-poisoned-alcohol-during-prohibition.html
vox.com/2014/8/8/5975605/alcohol-prohibition-poison
time.com/3665643/deadly-drinking
CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin & Sean W. Malone
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
Ok... It's not "all" true. But a lot of it is!
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, the Men in Black appear at Bubble Man’s funeral. Bob frantically alerts the crew, but Ron dismisses it as a conspiracy theory. However, Ron soon learns that not every conspiracy is merely theory — some smack of facts.
________________________
— Operation Northwoods —
abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92662&page=1#.TxsGQG_Ox2B
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/news/20010430/index.html
groups.google.com/g/aus.tv.x-files/c/OJxpReU11cg?pli=1
groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/vGNN91e_HvM/m/Z3x64dHrCa4J
— Operation Mongoose —
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cuba/2019-10-03/kennedy-cuba-operation-mongoose
pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/rfk-operation-mongoose
history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/bay-of-pigs
— CIA in Nicaragua (Contra Affair) —
https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/documents.php
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-documents-archive-guidebook/proclamations-washington-1789-present
https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/documents/d-nic-24.pdf
web.archive.org/web/20121012185850/http://bailey83221.livejournal.com/77479.html
cnn.com/US/9811/03/cia.drugs
pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/special/cia.html
— Phoenix Program (Vietnam War) —
nytimes.com/2017/12/29/opinion/behind-the-phoenix-program.html
rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP258.html
web.archive.org/web/20070711065505/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol51no2/a-retrospective-on-counterinsurgency-operations.html
— Operation Condor —
youtu.be/C8nZIOMi0C4
theguardian.com/news/2020/sep/03/operation-condor-the-illegal-state-network-that-terrorised-south-america
http://www.cels.org.ar/especiales/plancondor/en/
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB125/index.htm
— MKUltra —
history.com/topics/us-government/history-of-mk-ultra
cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/p/Project_MKULTRA.htm
books.google.com/books?id=TEqhqtrF3XEC&pg=PA70#v=onepage&q&f=false
todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/09/one-shocking-cia-programs-time-project-mkultra
npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief
— Operation Midnight Climax —
history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-experiments
medium.com/war-is-boring/the-cias-operation-midnight-climax-was-exactly-what-it-sounded-like-fa63f84ad015
— Project Sunshine —
washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/05/03/stillborn-babies-used-in-50s-radiation-test/f5eb76c0-ad55-4ed5-96a3-5dc5f1ca88fa
nytimes.com/1995/06/21/us/in-1950-s-us-collected-human-tissue-to-monitor-atomic-tests.html
sehd.scot.nhs.uk/scotorgrev/documents/project%20sunshine%20%20slippery%20slope.pdf
https://news.wsu.edu/news/2021/06/03/secret-government-investigation-radioactive-fallout-focus-historians-research/
rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/reports/2008/R251.pdf
abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=80970&page=1
— Prohibition Alcohol Poisoning —
slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-of-how-the-u-s-government-poisoned-alcohol-during-prohibition.html
vox.com/2014/8/8/5975605/alcohol-prohibition-poison
time.com/3665643/deadly-drinking
CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin & Sean W. Malone
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
