Some links to Q-related items today…
Q patriots puzzle out Trump’s statements because everything, including Covid, has been part of the plan.
Pillows by parachute!
After getting his Tuesday shipment of pillows denied entry into Canada for truckers, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he now intends to airdrop the pillows via helicopter into the country utilizing "little parachutes." https://t.co/6D1P7oA9xT
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) February 17, 2022
So much for civilization.
This is dying empire stuff, echoes of Austria-Hungary. Unbelievably bleak.
Unwinding one of the greatest achievements of human civilization to feel at home with your FB friends.
Madness. https://t.co/wUEuvHI9Ho
— Eric L. Robinson (@UticaEric) February 16, 2022
That’s not how any of this works.
There is this very strange and frankly worrying concept of the modern internet, especially in crypto, that you can start a billion dollar company that's legally incorporated and soliciting venture capital money, and expect complete anonymity. That's just not how anything works. https://t.co/25h1QeMl2N
— Scott Nover (@ScottNover) February 16, 2022
Be careful what you wish for, shitposters.
I know that 99.999% of the people asking for a revolution are just talking shit, but I swear that pop culture has planted this idea that in a revolution, it's all badass shooting at bad guys and not starvation, infections, and millions of children shitting themselves to death.
— Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc (@JohnDiesattheEn) February 16, 2022
The Freedom Convoy, they call it.
Two of the three men arrested in Coutts and charged with conspiracy to commit murder are connected to a shit-posting, far-right, anti-government community.
My latest on the arrests and "Diagalon." https://t.co/moEha792Y8
— Mack Lamoureux (@MackLamoureux) February 16, 2022
This guy again.
QAnon-connected figure Patrick Byrne — a major figure regarding false voter fraud claims & the biggest funder of the Arizona "audit" — in a new video stream directly invoked the false Seth Rich conspiracy theory as supposed evidence for his false voter fraud claims. https://t.co/DfPBl01Yel pic.twitter.com/qtNJnRiSpx
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) February 16, 2022
Disinfo pays.
I wrote a little more about Zero Hedge, its long history as a vessel for pro-Russia conspiracy theories, and how its coverage of the financial market has been overtaken by antivax hysteria and antisemitism.https://t.co/iJeKc1HNVp
— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) February 16, 2022
Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on February 17, 2022 at 08:00
