So why did the bridge collapse?  Some say it was due to structural deficiencies, or a lack of proper maintenance, or trucks parked on the bridge deck.  Or, just possibly, it was due to a test of an ultra-low-frequency weapon at Augsburg College.

That’s the theory of Sorcha Faal, a conspiracy theorist that even the conspiracy theorists think might be a bit nutty, who said that, “Russia’s Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics detected an ultra-low-frequency blast emitted from Augsburg College, located only a mile from the bridge.”

Of course, the Institute denied that, but they would, wouldn’t they?

(UPDATE: A reader of Minnesota Monitor writes to say that Faal’s story may be a spoof.  Maybe.  Or maybe that’s just what they want you to believe.)

If you don’t believe that the U.S. government, the illuminati, and the trilateral commission are aiming secret weapons at our nation’s bridges, you could instead cling to the more reasonable idea that this is just further evidence that the Mothman Prophecies are true. 

And if that’s not bizarre enough for you, you could simply blame it on NAFTA.  That’s what Jerome Corsi (of Swift Boat fame) has done, saying that I-35W’s status as a “NAFTA Superhighway” caused the collapse.  Of course, as Luis Miranda reports that it’s all just part of the eventual plan to merge America, Mexico, and Canada into a big supercountry. 

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As Eric Black reported yesterday, Fred Phelps is coming to town.  The question on everyone’s mind is whether Phelps will lead his flock in a rousing rendition of “God Hates the World,” which includes beautiful lyrics like:

You’ll eat your kids
(yeah you’ll eat `em)
You hateful people
(the seige is coming)
You every one face a fiery day
For your proud sinning

It’s not quite “Onward Christian Soldiers,” but it’ll do in a pinch.