Be surprised no more, there's an apparent garbage shute for lots of "journalists" and pundits where something unspoken about modern times bothers them enough that they just flip into being total nutjobs, riding on their previous respectability to keep eyes on them. Silver is part of a long tradition including Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi, heck even the Dilbert guy of people who used to make sense, saw "something" that REALLY bugged them and they just threw it all away to become unintelligible cranks. Makes ya think.