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I’m just going to call it now, that this was more than likely an MK Ultra type of operation, conducted by CIA/Gladio to get more ‘support’ for the cause.

— QAnon John (@TPVJohn)

I think what's interesting is the "false flag" folks spout off things that are shown to be former Soviet disinformation. Like the whole Gladio false flag is old ass disinformation that was spread around to elicit this very thing. Like good example of how these folks eat up bullshit can be seen here with Matt Gaetz entering into the record actual Chinese disinformation and then having an actual expert shut him down.

It's like none of them stopped for a second to think, "You know what? It could be that someone is lying to you about someone lying to you." And that's the thing about them, they conflate being a contrarian with critical thinking. Like there is a distinct difference between being a cynic and being a critic and the really important differences are completely lost on them.

Of the examples the article gives, every single one of them fails at "Considering alternative systems of thought" or as some call it "playing devil's advocate for your own point." Which is an important aspect of critical thinking. All of them just launch into their speculation and the "evidentiary support" for that speculation not stopping to think about things like:

• The shooter was reporting as having mental issues and was express as a concern as far back as July of this year.
• Before that others around him already had concerns.
• There is an entire list of events that lead up to this shooting.
• The State of Maine is leading the investigation, manhunt, and ideally the prosecution of this person.
• An independent body such as The State of Maine would represent an issue with any attempt keep a false flag operation hidden.

All of the body of evidence for these folks is mostly boiled down to "oh isn't it a coincidence…" and then the event that's coincidental varies from person to person, but it all boils down to them thinking various things somehow align with each other. And, I cannot stress this enough, IS NOT EVIDENCE. Not to yank out the old meme but "correlation is not causation" and every single tweet given as example in the linked article massively fails at applying this adage.

Like this guy (@MichaelJaco9) who writes:

Maine mass shooting has markings of a false flag, gun grab and targeting of gun owners

And then links to an hour long rambling on why he thinks that. (and I watched that whole thing and I highly recommend no one else does, you will lose brain cells) And it basically boils down to "it must be a false flag because it'll stir animosity towards conservatives".

And just as an aside, I'm sorry that I am about to rant on this, but that dude is fucking idiot and I just need to vent for a second, bear with me.

And NO. It's because 18 fucking innocent people (some which were kids) were just murdered and things like "we shouldn't give guns to mentally unsound folks" is something some of you Conservatives want to argue against. Yes, that will stir passions, not because you are a Conservative but because of your fucking trivializing of this loss of life due to a lobby that wants to maintain an industry. That's what stirs the animosity, no Hillary Clinton required. Shockingly, some folks actually value life that is not their own. Who fucking knew?! Excuse myself, but that dude is a fucking waste of skin and I really dislike myself for having wasted one hour on his dumb shit. I would have been more entertained going to visit my methed up Aunt in Chattanooga and talking philosophy (and it would have been more informed by massive orders of magnitude) than listening to whatever the fuck that drivel was on his Bumble account.

Deep breath

So, many of these "eyes wide open" folks are actually quite the opposite. And the thing is, there's a danger in linking false flag to conspiracy theorist. Because there is indeed history of actual false flags, like say during World War II and what not, but there's an actual evidentiary standing upon which those are built. Lots of people have critically reviewed the related information. And what these people are doing are just acting the cynic and basically sucking each other's ego dick to inflate their own importance, aka an echo chamber. And what these people do is a massive disservice to people who ACTUALLY STUDY HISTORY.

I just want to buy some of these people a giant hardcover history book and toss it (metaphorically) at their heads. But that would just be a waste of a good history book.

I AM SORRY! I CANNOT HEAR YOUR BUG REPORTS OVER THE MONEY PRINTER THAT IS IPHONE HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT! WHAT WAS IT THAT YOU NEEDED AGAIN?! PUT RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE TITANIUM IN THE IPHONE?! WE WILL HAVE IT DONE YESTERDAY!!

9 to 5, for service and devotion. You would think that I would deserve a fair promotion. Want to move ahead but the boss won't seem to let me. I swear sometimes that man is out to get me.

Yeap, best sang by Dolly.

See OP is trying to do a Simpson's reference, but Riker is trying to indicate to Troi that he's coming for her like a Caitian.

Break down of what's being said:

Under cross-examination, Cohen denied that Trump had ever asked him to inflate numbers on his personal statement—standing by his 2019 congressional testimony

Cohen who was Trump's personal attorney indicated when being asked by Trump's lawyers (cross-examined as Cohen was called by prosecutor), that he never was asked directly to inflate the numbers.

Trump and one of his lawyers, Alina Habba, “threw up their arms” at this, according to CNN. Another Trump attorney then asked Judge Arthur Engoron for a directed verdict on the case, given Cohen’s status as a key witness.

Trump's attorney on this revelation, requested a directed verdict. A directed verdict is asked for when there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis that a jury could reasonable find some other verdict. Basically, Trump's lawyers asked to have a ruling in Trump's favor because they felt that given Cohen's testimony, there's no other way a jury could find any other verdict than one in favor of Trump.

“Absolutely denied,” Engoron replied, citing evidence “all over the place” supporting New York Attorney General Letitia James’ case against Trump

The Judge, Hon. Engoron, here denies the directed verdict pretty emphatically.

The former president was “visibly angry” as he immediately stood up and stormed out, CNBC reported, eliciting gasps from the room

And on the news of the Judge so strongly denying that idea from his Lawyers, Trump stands up and leaves.

Cohen later clarified on the stand that Trump didn’t directly order him to inflate numbers. “He speaks like a mob boss,” Cohen said.

And this has been a consistent thing for Cohen. Where Trump did not explicitly indicate things, but did so implicitly. With Cohen being an attorney, the difference between explicit and implicit is pretty important, so he would absolutely make that distinction in his testimony, as he has before.

The diva moment wasn’t Trump’s first headline-making headache of the day. Less than an hour earlier, Engoron had slapped him with a $10,000 penalty for violating an order not to talk about court staff

LOL. Judges are fun like that. However, the limited gag order Trump is under is actually being questioned by the ACLU. Which they make a good point. The Judge used very broad terms in the "limited" aspect of the gag order and the ACLU has standing to ask the Judge to clarify those terms. That said, the $10,000 fine will likely be part of that challenge form the ACLU. So he may not have to pay it ultimately or maybe he will, we just have to see.

The decision came after the judge put Trump on the witness stand for about a minute, asking him under oath to explain comments he’d made to reporters earlier that day, complaining about a “very partisan judge with a person who’s very partisan sitting alongside him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is.”

I can tell this Judge doesn't really like Trump as a person in their court.

Trump insisted he had been referring to Cohen, who’d already been on the stand—on Engoron’s other side—at that point in the day

LOL. No your Honor! MY hand was absolutely NOT in the cookie jar, I had a cookie for breakfast and I put some leftover cookie in my pocket. WTF?! C'mon, you telling me that was the best he could lie?

The judge said he didn’t find this explanation “credible,” and handed down the fine.

I tell you. Those damn cookies get you every time.

She should have gotten it off Amazon. They had a 10% off coupon the other week on it.

I think the point they’re missing is, The King of England was ordained by God to rule his nation and impose his beliefs on his subjects. We kind of fought a whole war way back to get away from that system.

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As a Gen X I welcome our Gen Z overlords. I am looking forward to these bright minded individuals to creating the kind of retirement I always dreamed of.

Conservative podcast host Breanna Morello wrote on X that Ellis had “raised $216,431 on GiveSendGo by promising the American people she would fight for the truth,” and then “folded in just a few weeks.”

“Will she refund her donors?” Morello asked. “Likely not. A grifter has to grift.”

It's astounding that they can be self-aware wolves and members of the face eating leopards at the same time. It's like they all are just playing this game of Russian roulette hoping that they'll be the last one standing, even though the six shooter has six bullets in it. "Surely it'll get jammed or something this time!" splatters brains onto wall

It reminds me of the COVID days where they would be like "surely I won't get COVID and if I do this horse paste will save me" dies from fluid filling their lungs

It has to be absolutely astounding in horrific ways to be a Republican these days. They just keep getting grifted and every time they're like "surely this one won't try to grift me!" has all money taken from them

Just Wow.

Dumb ass says dumb ass thing. News at 11.

The NBI on Tuesday said they had established that the NewNew Polar Bear was in fact missing one of its front anchors

That’s a Chinese ship for anyone wondering.

So a ship that passed over the pipeline at roughly the point where they found a broken anchor. And that ship having a small chunk of itself missing and a dangling bit of metal chain where an anchor ought to be.

Those are all good clues as to who might have done it.

The afterlife, paradise, and damnation: The OG copium.

In unrelated disciplinary proceedings in Colorado, where Ellis is a practicing attorney, Ellis admitted that many of her post-election public statements were false, including her claim that the race was “stolen” from Trump. She was censured by a judge and agreed to pay $224

Holy shit, she got off easy on that. They were looking to disbar her. I would hope that this is a teaching moment for her, but fuck with these MAGA idiots I don't really hold much hope. Like she may never know how close to absolutely destabilizing her entire life she came.

Mustn't forget this gem.

Risky click of the day.

Question: How does one fuck Healthcare? I was under the impression by experience that it fucked you and not the other way around.

"The mature and responsible thing to do would have been to add a content security policy to the page", he wrote. "I am not mature so instead what I decided to do was render the early 2000s internet shock image Goatse with a nice message superimposed over it in place of the app if Sqword detects that it is in an iFrame."

I submit the Internet axiom of: there's times and places for a measured and reasonable response, and the other times are funny af.

Let this be a lesson to you—if you are using an iFrame to display a site that isn't yours, even for legitimate purposes, you have no control over that content—it can change at any time. One day instead of looking into an iFrame, you might be looking at an entirely different kind of portal.

Bravo.

That's how some of us define that word.