-Caveat Lector- POSSIBLE SANTA CONSPIRACY UNCOVERED ----------------------------------- (CNNS, 12/05/98) -- Sherman Skolnick III, grandson of Chicago-area researcher Sherman Skolnick, has issued a press release in which the 7-year-old investigator insists that there is no Santa Claus. "It's all a plot by adults. They are all lying to us. There is no Santa Claus," said the young Skolnick. Asked to explain the various TV appearances by Santa, in which the kindly North Pole entrepreneur is clearly seen as in fact existing, young Master Skolnick elaborated: "Those guys are all fakes. They all disguise themselves as 'Santa,' but they're really just regular people." CNNS (Conspiracy Nation News Service) contacted Chip Berlet, Jr., son of noted conspiracy debunker Chip Berlet, and asked for his thoughts on a possible "Santa conspiracy," where 'Santa' supposedly does not exist and adults are all lying about it. Young Master Berlet waxed philosophical as he stared out the window and voiced his thoughts: "Is he [Master Skolnick] saying that THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of adults are ALL somehow keeping this a secret? I find that hard to believe." Young Master Berlet added that he feared there could be anti-Semitism involved in Master Skolnick's "Santa doesn't exist" conspiracy theory. "How long will it be before young Skolnick somehow blames it on the Jews?" he wondered. Also contacted by CNNS was Gerald Posner III, grandson of conspiracy debunker Gerald Posner. When asked for his opinion on the matter, young Master Posner raised the question as to why, if Santa Claus did not exist, no major journalist had yet broken the story. "This would be one heck of a story," said young Posner. "It would sell a lot of newspapers and make the career of any reporter who uncovered it. So how could it be that NOT ONE credible journalist has reported on this?" Master Posner also found it hard to believe that so many adults could keep such a secret to themselves. "A football stadium full of adults, all tacitly agreeing to lie about Santa Claus?" asked young Posner. "Hey. It's hard enough for just two people to keep a secret and here we're talking about thousands of people. Not possible." But Sherman Skolnick III is sticking by his story, insisting again and again that there is no Santa Claus. Too bad for young Master Skolnick: unlike good boys Chip Berlet, Jr., and Gerald Posner III, it looks like there'll be no toys for Master Skolnick this Christmas. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + INFORMATION PLEASE: Conspiracy Nation News Service (CNNS) is a co-operative effort. Without the hints/rumors provided by many excellent sources, we could not exist. Have YOU heard anything lately that might be important? Pass it along to us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anonymity is guaranteed. If you prefer, send your news tip or clues on same to: Brian Redman, 310 S. Prairie (#202), Champaign, IL 61820. Or you can go to a pay phone and call in your news tip: 217-356-4418. THEY will never tell us the whole truth about what is going on. But we, the People, working together, can find out what is REALLY happening. Brian Redman | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.shout.net/~bigred/cn.html Editor-in-Chief | ---------------Phone: 217-356-4418---------------- Conspiracy Nation | "The perfect slave thinks he's free." DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
