Elon Musk and the Drake Maye Conspiracy

Conspiracy theories rarely begin with malice. More often, they begin with coincidence—improbable patterns repeating themselves, money moving in ways that defy common sense. I have had a view friends who are very attuned to these kinds of controversies, and once they grab hold of something it's like a mongoose fastened to the neck of a cobra.

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Drake Maye*

As soon as the Patriots won the AFC Championship I saw it in a flash, but like most level-headed theorists I had verify what I intuited. There was something fishy about the loss to the Broncos Sunday. It prompted me to go back and look at the game tapes--not the Pats & Broncs but the previous week. Was there something nefarious in the manner in which Bo Wix had his ankle broken? A second-by-second breakdown of the incident revealed something I hadn't noticed before.

Let's face it, the New England Patriots, a team most analysts had written off early, are headed to the Super Bowl. In the playoffs the Patriots have been widely regarded by analysts as outmatched, improbable finalists, but if you go back through the season, look how many games were decided by one or two bad calls by officials.

By way of contrast their opponent, the Seattle Seahawks, entered the playoffs with superior metrics across nearly every category that sports analysts love to cite: overall efficiency, defensive depth, injury management, and point differential. You would think the NFL would simply hand the Lombardi Trophy to the Seahawks while fans clustered around the halftime show.

What caught the attention of conspiracy-minded observers wasn’t just the wins, but the name Drake Maye, quarterback for the Patriots. On its face, the name means nothing. Until one notices Maye Musk, the mother of Elon Musk. At this point, responsible people stop. Conspiracy theorists, however, lean in.

From there, the questions begin—not as accusations, but as curiosities. What are the odds?

According to whispers circulating in betting circles, unusually heavy money began flowing toward the Patriots late in the season—money that didn’t align with conventional wisdom. Some gamblers described it as “confident” money rather than emotional fandom. Lines adjusted, not dramatically, but persistently, as if markets were responding to something they couldn’t quite articulate.

This is where the theory takes shape. Elon Musk, after all, is not a man associated with randomness. His public persona is built on systems, optimization, pattern recognition, and an open disdain for chaos. He has spoken often about simulations, probabilities, and the illusion of chance. To the conspiratorial imagination, that makes him the ideal unseen hand—not fixing games outright (too crude), but influencing outcomes through subtler, more deniable means.

Not bribery. Not rigging. Something more elegant.

The theory proposes that Musk, motivated by filial devotion, sought to honor his mother by orchestrating the perfect tribute: a Super Bowl victory bearing her name. The NFL, always sensitive to narrative and symbolism, would hardly resist such a storyline. A mother honored. A dynasty reborn. America loves a clean arc. 

 

Conspiracy theories thrive not because they are true, but because they are narratively satisfying. They impose intention where chance feels intolerable. Whether the Patriots’ run is destiny, coincidence, or simply good football is almost beside the point. What matters is how quickly we reach for hidden hands when outcomes refuse to behave. 

This kind of speculation has been going on for years. The controversial Drake Maye Conspiracy ultimately tells us less about football than about ourselves. It reveals how quickly coincidence becomes intention, how easily admiration for systems morphs into suspicion of control, and how stories rush in to fill the gaps where uncertainty lives.

The Patriots may win the Super Bowl. They may lose. Either way, the season will end as it always does—with explanations that feel insufficient to those who crave design. Conspiracy theories offer something comforting: the assurance that someone, somewhere, is in charge. That's why I am putting my money on Elon. I mean, the Patriots.

If reality refuses to cooperate, so be it.

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THIS STORY IS A WORK OF FICTION. It was conceived when I randomly noticed Elon's mom's name in a Wikipedia listing yesterday.

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JFK -- Murder Most Foul and the Debate Goes On

Is the JFK assassination the most controversial event of the past century? It certainly ranks high on the list of unresolved mysteries. I once read that more than 80% of Americans disbelieved the Warren Commission report, and to this day the event appears to be an incubator of more conspiracies than any other event in history.

The question of whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone is just one aspect of the controversy. Once one accepts the possibility that he did not act alone, you open the much larger can of worms as regards who was really behind it all. 

The official investigation, led by the Warren Commission, concluded in 1964 that Oswald acted as the sole gunman in the assassination and that there was no evidence of a conspiracy. Unfortunately, there are plenty of noteworthy unexplained riddles surroundinng this tragedy. Questions about regarding how many shots were fired, the gunman on the grassy knoll, the "magic bullet" theory and unexplained deaths of people who may have expose the truth had they lived.

Here are some stories I shared a few years back:

Why the Public Stopped Believing the Government Narrative
How the CIA Came to Doubt the Official Story (Politico)

And this one, which dropped during Covid, unexpectedly. Dylan delivers a wild ride of an ode called Murder Most Foul (lyrics). And yes, it is original and not like anything I can recall ever hearing. 

It begins....

‘Twas a dark day in Dallas - November ‘63
The day that will live on in infamy
President Kennedy was riding high
A good day to be living and a good day to die
Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb

Say wait a minute boys, do you know who I am?

Here's the video from YouTube.

You can listen in full or listen in part, 

and you'll see how he sees it while seeing his art.

The amazing part of Dylan's version is how he switches point of view, including a segment where we're inside JFK's head... 

Learn Something New Every Day: Plum Island and the James Webb Telescope

Learn Something New Every Day Dept.

Here are two items that crossed my path this week. The first is about a tiny island three miles long and a mile wide at its widest point. Like Bigfoot mysteries, it's generated its own share of buzz. The second story is as big as our universe... It appears that the James Webb Telescope has put a nail in the coffin of the Big Bang Theory. To me, that is a "Wow" level news story. Here are links.

1. How much do you know about Plum Island? 
This tiny little island off the coast of Long Island has a long and storied history. It's also a focal point for conspiracy theorists, in large part because of secrecy surrounding some of its activities. 
https://www.longisland.com/news/03-13-20/crazy-facts-about-plum-island.html

2. Big Bang Theory: R.I.P.
Science is in the business of questioning everything. Honest skepticism is healthy, so it is not surprising that there have been critics of the Big Bang Theory. Now, however, a stream of images has been flowing in from the James Webb Space Telescope with evidence that is most unsettling to scientists who believed the Big Bang Theory was settled. Interesting stories are now emerging as regards the implications of what these new images are tell us. 

Here's one that asks "Does the James Webb Space Telescope Show that the Big Bang Didn't Happen?"
Here's another titled, The Big Bang Theory Debunked

But the one you will want to most explore is the Webb Telescope website itself, with images like you've never seen and explanations of what we're seeing projected.

A star in formation!

Photos courtesy NASA and STScl

Tech Tuesday: The 5G Conspiracy

Back in the 90s, Minnesota Power was seeking to shore up its power resources by adding a backup connection to the grid that comes out of Chicago. What this meant was the addition of a corridor of high tension wires across Wisconsin.

As you might expect, there were plenty of people opposed to this. "Not in my back yard" applies to all kinds of matters, and having wires strung across the back 40 doesn't always have a lot of appeal for most people.

Well, one day a full page ad appeared in the newspaper paid for by these opponents. The ad included a quote from a friend of mine who was the PR spokesperson for the power company. The ad declared how evil he personally and the power company were for placing deadly power lines across the land. The ad informed readers that 60 children and infants had purportedly died from the low-frequency magnetic fields that were generated when strung across a reservation in Canada.

60 children died? This is quite an indictment. Was it true? Are power lines this unsafe? (The answer is no, though it will kill you if you illegally trespass, climb a tower and touch the wires.)

That story came to mind when I read Kaitlyn Tiffany's article in the May issue of The Atlantic, Something's in the Air. The article is about conspiracy theories related to technology in general, and with regards to 5G specifically. 

She opens with by noting that cancer caused by power lines was a major conviction of many people back in the 70s. Televisions and microwave ovens were believed to be human health risks. More recently, the notion of having cell phones next to our brains was leading to brain damage. (That is why I always put you on speaker phone. JK)

In short, Tiffany begins her article by citing the manner in which our paranoia can be fed when we do not understand technologies. 

I once wrote an article about how we are constantly bombarded with radio waves and sound waves and other kinds of wavs, that if we could see it all, we'd see that we are sitting in a solid mass of waves. What looks like empty space is not empty at all.

The article's intro is designed to remind us that in the light of history (and I am surprised the Luddites didn't get noted at this point) the current resistance to 5G shouldn't surprise us. What is surprising, however, is its vehemence. She writes:

A wildly disorienting pandemic coming at the same time as the global rollout of 5G—the newest technology standard for wireless networks—has only made matters worse. “5G launched in CHINA. Nov 1, 2019. People dropped dead,” the singer Keri Hilson wrote in a now-deleted tweet to her 4.2 million followers in March. As the coronavirus spread throughout Europe, fears about 5G appear to have animated a rash of vandalism and arson of mobile infrastructure, including more than 30 incidents in the U.K. in just the first 10 days of April. In the case of one arson attack in the Netherlands, the words “Fuck 5G” were reportedly found scrawled at the scene.

The article is well researched and quotes people from different points of view. David Savitz, an epidemiologist, notes how cell phones went from nowhere to everywhere in about a decade. Simultaneously, wifi and cell towers became ubiquitous.  "Now nearly every public urban place has Wi-Fi," he said, "and we will soon have small cell towers every few blocks. Whether or not you believe this will give you brain cancer, you didn’t have a chance to opt out."

Further on in the article Tiffany writes about businesses that have emerged to protect us from the adverse effects of all this technology, both products and services. Would you like your new home inspected to make sure it's not killing you? For $150 an hour, this can be done. If you know who to call. (A 21st century version of Ghostbusters, I suppose.)

Everything above is only scratching the surface as to why the 5G rollout has encountered resistance. There's that whole other aspect of a techno-culture with wraparound surveillance. They can be watching and listening to us everywhere we go. They track us by our cell phones. Why not all the other sensors in our Internet-of-Things world?

BOTTOM LINE: It's an informative deep dive into a complex issue. Wherever you stand on this issue, I believe Kaitlyn Tiffany brings a fair and thorough overview of what's happening in our age of disruptions.

Here's the link:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/05/great-5g-conspiracy/611317/

A Day in the Life: Robert Lookup

Monday, June 4, 2001
The Raid 570 6:46 am - 7:57 am
Lee Marvin ~ Van Heflin ~ James Best

Five Fingers 575 8:10 - 8:30 am

James Mason ~ Walter Hampton

Conspiracy 500 9:50 - 10:35 am

Pete Sullivan ~ Owen Teale

Five Fingers 595 10:46 am - 12:02 pm

Michael Rennie ~ Danielle Darrieux

The Domino Principle 605 3:03 - 4:07 pm

Gene Hackman ~ Eli Wallach

House of Games 400 4:20 5:12 pm

Lindsay Crouse ~ Joe Mantegna

Opposite Sex/How to Live 565 5:18 - 6:32

Aryle Gross ~ Courtney Cox ~ Kevin Pollak

Conspiracy 500 7:51 - 8:36 pm

Barnaby Kay ~ Jonathan Coy

Nixon 565 8:45 - 10:24 pm

Tony Plana ~ Bob Hoskins

The Boss' Wife 555 4:03 - 4:55 a.m.

Robert Costanzo ~ Daniel Stern

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from the Journal of Robert Lookup