Conspiracy Theories

[ToomuchStuff]

Ah, the old days of project Bluebook on tv. I remember as a kid making tapes of those type of things.

Then in elementary school, we played some thing based on Star Trek, I can still remember the paper communicators we made. (girls one way, boys another)
Nasa, and Scifi had us so interested in space, Elon has brought just a tiny portion of that interest back.

[LDAHL]

In the mid 70's my primary duty at Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage was as the Law Enforcement Desk Sergeant. During my two years there I can recall taking maybe a dozen or so calls, always after hours, reporting UFO sightings in the vicinity. Most of those calls were actually from surrounding area police departments passing along information from concerned residents in their jurisdiction. We had no set policy for that sort of thing either so I would simply dispatch a patrol unit to the base perimeter in whatever direction the report came from to see if they could spot anything unusual, which they never did. I'd then make a blotter entry detailing the initial notification and our followup observations and send it along to the brass. I don't recall ever receiving feedback on those entries.

I remember being in front of the Division Commander on a different matter, and he recognized my name from my shift reports. He made some comment about future generations of crackpots poring over my reports. He said something like “congratulations kid, you’re part of history now”.

[happystuff]

Biggest conspiracy I'm personally aware of.....

The whole world is out to get me!!!


(Not really - just a joke. )

[catherine]

Biggest conspiracy I'm personally aware of.....

The whole world is out to get me!!!


(Not really - just a joke. )

Haha! A lot of people believe that conspiracy about themselves. I call that the "Whiner's Conspiracy Theory." Sometimes DH will pull something, "Why do these things happen to me?" and I tell him those things happen to everybody--he's not singled out. He's not special that way. I tell him "quitcher whining."

[iris lilies]

I’ve now seen two mentions in forums of the conspiracy theory that Elon Musk stole the 2024 presidential election. Somehow he worked digital magic through Starlink. Someone mentioned it here on this forum earlier.


I guess it’s another Big Lie.

[bae]

I’ve now seen two mentions in forums of the conspiracy theory that Elon Musk stole the 2024 presidential election. Somehow he worked digital magic through Starlink.

That seems like an absurd claim. Right up there with the whole "Jewish Space Lasers" nonsense.

[iris lilies]

That seems like an absurd claim. Right up there with the whole "Jewish Space Lasers" nonsense.

NBC is reporting it. The conspiracy theory, not any substantive allegation that Starlink stole the election.

Old Lady Legacy news sources are having to up their game on junk news.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...win-rcna179797

[catherine]

I just read about that from one of my favorite political/culture wars Substack writers, who simply goes by the name of Lyz

https://open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/...utm_medium=web

[iris lilies]

I just read about that from one of my favorite political/culture wars Substack writers, who simply goes by the name of Lyz

https://open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/...utm_medium=web

I don’t think much of her based on this article, but I poked around the Internet and I see that she’s written some books that might be OK and worthwhile reading. She lives in Iowa.

[catherine]

I don’t think much of her based on this article, but I poked around the Internet and I see that she’s written some books that might be OK and worthwhile reading. She lives in Iowa.

I don't like all of her articles, either, but she's a great writer--funny and smart.