<![CDATA[Gawker: legatus]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: legatus]]> http://gawker.com/tag/legatus http://gawker.com/tag/legatus <![CDATA[America's Most Correct Internet Conspiracy Theorist Calls Next Market Crash]]> Wacky—and maybe financially beneficial—blast from the past: one anonymous nut on a Google Finance message board correctly predicted the day of the crash of 2008. Now that dude has another prediction, exclusively for you!

This guy nailed the September 15, 2008 market crash way back in July. Of course, he also attributed it all to a shady Catholic group called Legatus that controls the world, but that's a small matter. Money is money. Now he has identified himself, and he emails us this news:

February 09 2009

100% sure thing

market begins huge downfall

Do not say we didn't warn you. [Previously]

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<![CDATA[How 'Legatus' Brought Down Wall Street]]> Some people believe that Nostradamus predicted the Wall Street crash of 1929. But a modern age requires modern prophets. On a Google Finance message board last July, one lone nut predicted a market crash. "The negative news that will move the market downward should occur September 15," he wrote. That would be today. This oracle may be raving, but he did predict the future correctly. "This organization below," he went on, "runs the show..."

The Group's Name: Legatus
Its Mission: " To study, live and spread the Faith in our business, professional and personal lives."
What is it?: Legatus—Latin for "ambassador" (and the term for a general in the Roman army)—is a worldwide networking group "designed exclusively for top-ranking Catholic business leaders." Its main stated duty is to bring such leaders together for closed monthly networking meetings. The group calls itself "the conduit connecting two powerful realities, the challenge of top-tier business leadership and a religious tradition second to none."
History: The group was founded in 1987 by Tom Monaghan, the devout Catholic who founded Domino's Pizza. It now boasts "thousands" of members throughout America and in Europe.

It's somewhat reminiscent of Opus Dei, the shadowy Catholic group that starred in The Da Vinci Code. The Google Nostradamus went by the name of reinhardt (though his account has now been banned). He ID'd himself as the author of this conspiracy site as well. Here are some salient portions of his very extensive posts on the connection between Legatus and our current financial blowup:




Read the entire conspiracy thread here, complete with lots of dates of things that happened in the past. And Legatus itself? Well, it's not really a secret group. It's apparently actively soliciting members. But there's no doubt that it has powerful connections, and, like all religiously enthusiastic organizations, is a bit creepy:



So, just a conspiracy-spewing crackpot? Yes, "reinhardt" surely is. Now, someone please explain how he called the date.

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