A great way to start the year: For those of you who enjoy a good conspiracy theory, see #1 below.  And for those of you who just know there’s nothing to all the goofy conspiracy theories going around, check out #2.

#1

First there are those Bizarre Chinese forum posts predicting the AirAsia Flight disaster here

… then we hear that AirAsia CEO Dumped Shares Days Before Flight Disappeared here

… next someone points out that the Boeing Uninterruptible Autopilot (BUAP) system allows an aircraft to be remotely controlled from the ground here

… and someone else points out that one of the most secretive U.S. military installations outside the US is on the island of Diego Garcia … in the Indian Ocean  here

…then someone puts a wrap on it by suggesting all of these disasters for Malaysian airlines because …  Malaysia War Tribunal Finds Bush, Cheney Guilty of War Crimes  here

Jeez, that was exhausting! And now #2, because there are no real conspiracies, right?

#2

2.1: How mega-bank HSBC hooked up with drug traffickers and terrorists. And got away with it.  here

2.2: How JPMorgan, British Petroleum, and Bank Of England Were Caught Rigging International Currency Markets here or summary here

There, now let’s all go back to sleep.