Everything You Should Know About 9/11 in 5 Minutes

I’ve mentioned Brett, my barber, in previous issues. I’ve told you that one of the reasons I enjoy patronizing him is that he provides, along with an excellent haircut and relaxing shave, an in-depth monthly update on all the hottest conspiracy theories currently in discussion on what I presume is the Dark Web.

This morning, he was giving me the lowdown on 9/11, with which I thought my knowledge was au courant. But no. As usual, he explained to me that the truth is much stranger and scarier than all the strange and scary facts I knew. I didn’t know, for example, that the film footage we had of two planes crashing into the buildings was obviously doctored. And that, in fact, the planes were flown to an undisclosed place in the wilderness where the occupants were gassed. And that the buildings collapsed from bombs that had been planted there days before.

I make it a practice to consider Brett’s theories with the greatest respect, because I don’t want him to think I’m another one of those people that don’t understand how the world really works, which could very well result in being denied access to the astonishing facts I’d be learning during my next appointment.

In this case, I just said, “I always found it difficult to believe that a single plane crashing into each of those buildings could bring both of them down to their foundations.” And that was true.

I won’t tell you the rest of what I learned from Brett because it’s confidential and he’d probably have to kill me if I did.

But when I came across this video from The Corbett Report this afternoon – which promised to explain 9/11 in five minutes – I watched it. It was well and wittily written, so it was fun. But it also made me consider again how many highly unlikely “facts” surrounded that “highly improbable” event.

Now, let’s get to the book I’ve just read and am recommending…