# There was a common thread to the Lincoln,Garfield,McKinley and Kennedy assasinations **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516 "2012-08-24T19:08:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/161 "2012-08-26T17:40:02Z")
I think chappy has deserted us again. If you look at the threads s/he has started they come in clumps. chappy has been a member for almost three years, but comes out, like a cicada, every so often to start a spate of posts, then goes back to sleep for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/162 "2012-08-26T19:46:07Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I think chappy has deserted us again. If you look at the threads s/he has started they come in clumps. chappy has been a member for almost three years, but comes out, like a cicada, every so often to start a spate of posts, then goes back to sleep for a while. People keep throwing things like “facts” and “logic” at him, which forces him to scurry back into hiding until they go away and he can come back out and try again. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/163 "2012-08-26T20:06:08Z")
If anyone else has the inclination (I don’t) it might be amusing to browse through those other sky-is-falling threads to see if there are any deadlines given for all hell breaking loose. I would guess if there are, they have already passed, and only the normal amount of hell has come loose since. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/164 "2012-08-26T20:21:42Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I think chappy has deserted us again. If you look at the threads s/he has started they come in clumps. chappy has been a member for almost three years, but comes out, like a cicada, every so often to start a spate of posts, then goes back to sleep for a while. It would be nice to think chappy’s gone off to get some much needed rest. But the likelihood is he’s out there doing “research” - i.e. reading conspiracy sites - and when he returns he’ll have new truths to reveal to us. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/165 "2012-08-26T21:27:26Z")
Just for giggles I googled “conspiracy theories” and got about eleven bazillion hits. Are some sites more fun than others? One could spend a rainy day being amused by the idiocies of strangers. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/166 "2012-08-26T23:29:52Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Just for giggles I googled “conspiracy theories” and got about eleven bazillion hits. Are some sites more fun than others? One could spend a rainy day being amused by the idiocies of strangers. You can find some [very interesting research here](http://berkeley.intel-research.net/arahimi/helmet/). This issue has been bothering me for a while. They always speak of “tinfoil hats”, but where in the world can you actually get _tin_foil? It is all _aluminum_ foil, which the above study shows is the polar opposite of effective. It’s a conspiracy, I tells ya! The government is out to dupe these people into thinking they are protecting themselves when in fact they are becoming hapless pawns controlled by the government’s own projection equipment. What the government is trying to accomplish with this is far too subtle for me to grasp. I only know that I love Big Brother. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/167 "2012-08-26T23:46:42Z")
> [@For You](#): > > You can find some [very interesting research here](http://berkeley.intel-research.net/arahimi/helmet/). This issue has been bothering me for a while. They always speak of “tinfoil hats”, but where in the world can you actually get _tin_foil? It is all _aluminum_ foil, which the above study shows is the polar opposite of effective. It’s a conspiracy, I tells ya! The government is out to dupe these people into thinking they are protecting themselves when in fact they are becoming hapless pawns controlled by the government’s own projection equipment. > > What the government is trying to accomplish with this is far too subtle for me to grasp. I only know that I love Big Brother. No! The government is out to convince people that tinfoil hats are worthless so they don’t shield themselves! It’s a conspiracy, I tells ya! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/168 "2012-08-26T23:59:46Z")
> [@chappy](#): > > What would it take for you to see this has merit? News stories all over NBC? Yes. Or is the lamestream media in on the conspiracy? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/169 "2012-08-27T00:00:49Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > No! The government is out to convince people that tinfoil hats are worthless so they don’t shield themselves! It’s a conspiracy, I tells ya! But the country went off the tin standard years ago. The Illuminati made darn sure the average citizen can only find \*aluminum \*foil, while they sit on the post-war tin stockpile. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/170 "2012-08-27T06:37:24Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Did the same gunman kill them all? With a single magic bullet ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/171 "2012-08-27T09:38:41Z")
Chappy would save himself a lot of time if he would stop writing these long posts and replace it with “it’s the Jews!” ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/172 "2012-08-27T09:51:45Z")
> [@chappy](#): > > What did these 4 presidents have in common? They wanted to remove all outside banking interests and have the government print it’s own money without interest, loaned to business without interest unlike the international banking cartels that control our government. > > Lincoln, McKinley and Kennedy all wanted to eliminate the central bank. Lincoln printed greenbacks to finance the Civil war, Kennedy printed silver certificates to pull the government away from international banking interests. All were assassinated. > > The international banking stranglehold is the one untouchable. Any president that fights banking risks his own life. ? Am I not seeing any particular reference to Garfield going on here? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/173 "2012-08-27T10:40:17Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > ? Am I not seeing any particular reference to Garfield going on here? They all loved lasagna. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/174 "2012-08-27T17:32:45Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > They all loved lasagna. I thought Lincoln preferred mayonnaise. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/175 "2012-08-27T20:41:20Z")
Well hell. I came in here expecting to see some new and insightful information about the names of the Presidents’ secretaries and how they’re not coincidental. I’m awfully disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![gunnergoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@gunnergoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gunnergoz)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/176 "2012-08-28T16:14:35Z")
No doubt Jimmy Hoffa disappeared because he discovered the truth about all this. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/177 "2012-08-28T16:27:47Z")
DOH! Now it all makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/178 "2012-08-28T16:39:48Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Just for giggles I googled “conspiracy theories” and got about eleven bazillion hits. Are some sites more fun than others? One could spend a rainy day being amused by the idiocies of strangers. I’m amused by the various claims that have grown around the Denver Airport. Possibly because conspiracies go better with a [huge blue horse with glowing red eyes.](http://www.google.com/search?q=denver%20airport%20horse&rls=com.microsoft:*&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&rlz=1I7RNQN_enUS495&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi) Public Art committees - ya gotta love 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516/179 "2012-08-29T16:46:18Z")
The OP is now banned, so this piece of CT claptrap is also closed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516.md?page=8)