You got rick-rolled and you know it.
Who you kidding?
I grifted you, bro.
🤪
#MadSquabbles
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Posted on 04/10/2019 10:11:03 AM PDT by romanesq
During the 2018 Midterms in the United States, strange signs started appearing at political rallies. Held up by non-descript attendees, the signs read simply, “We are Q.” For those Trekkers out there, you might be confused: no, these rallygoers were not making an oblique reference to the infamous Star Trek: The Next Generation character portrayed by John de Lancie. The group appeared from the fringes of internet chat rooms, such as on the website of 4Chan, a peculiar mixture of cyberpunks and various online misfits.
“Q” is derived from an anonymous poster on the internet forum, a source claiming to have a top secret clearance with the U.S. intelligence community. This person (or group of people) spun an intricate conspiracy theory that many Far Right activists on gonzo internet forums picked up and began disseminating to wider audiences online and in their communities.
The conspiracy goes like this: the real purpose of the Robert Mueller special counsel investigation was not to investigate Donald Trump, but instead to investigate Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and people like former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman, John Podesta. The QAnon conspiracy theory is far-reaching, with new pieces added with regularity, in the form of what Q supporters refer to as “breadcrumbs.” One such addition to the conspiracy theory last year was that the Mueller probe was also looking into the now-deceased Senator John McCain (R-AZ) for his illegal activities.
What is the ultimate end of the QAnon conspiracy; what does Mueller hope to achieve, according to them?
That part, like most conspiracy theories, is conveniently not knowable. The Mueller investigation, having ended in a whimper rather than the bang the Trump-hating Fake News was hoping for, should have been the end of the QAnon conspiracy theory. QAnon conspiracy theorists have simultaneously argued that the ultimate target of the Mueller investigation is either the “Deep State” of nefarious anti-American, globalist actors, or the aim is to pursue high-profile pedophiles in the United States government and in other powerful circles related to the government.
QAnon’s Pernicious Connections to “Pizzagate”
Now for the most pernicious aspect of the QAnon conspiracy theory. In 2016, conspiracists on 4Chan and other similar fringe messaging boards claimed that the emails stolen from Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s (and subsequently made public by WikiLeaks) contained secret messages referring to a powerful ring of pedophiles who were using a local Washington, D.C. pizzeria as a base of operations to conduct their crimes. None of these claims were true. But, what ended up happening was that the highly irresponsible conspiracy theory triggered a mentally unstable man, who in turn took a gun to a D.C. pizzeria with intent to use it.
The source material for these theories is the vile, uber-fringe 4Chan and 8Chan. 4Chan was launched in 2003 as a place to share images and discuss Japanese anime. In fact, it was modeled on the Japanese anime internet boards, such as Futaba Channel. Over time, though, the already eclectic group of online personalities that 4Chan attracted devolved into something darker. It became a haven for crazed conspiracy theorists from both sides of the political divide. 4Chan also became popular among the white nationalist community, and also became a place for hackers and other criminals–including child pornographers. If there was a Hell on the internet, 4Chan was Hell.
Meanwhile, a similar website, created by gonzo software developer, Frederick Brennan, 8Chan was launched in 2013 as a response to what Brennan believed was the rise in authoritarianism, censorship, and surveillance on 4Chan. Despite the fact that 8Chan has become the 3,857th most viewed website in the world, with an average of 35,000 unique visitors per day and 400,000 original posts per day, it too has become mired in controversy. 8Chan, which has been billed as the more libertarian (though, perhaps libertine would be better) 4Chan, has apparently become a hub of international child pornography postings. This became such a problem that, in 2015, 8Chan was blacklisted by Google search. It is a profound understatement to claim that anything positive or good comes from these boards. Yet, it is precisely from sites like these that the “Pizzagate” and now the QAnon conspiracy theories emanate.
Alternative media figures, such as Mike Cernovich, have also furthered the “Pizzagate” and QAnon conspiracy theories. Some of these individuals have massive social media followings. With big internet names furthering the conspiracies, it was only a matter of time before disaster struck. In 2016, when the pizzeria shooting happened, several media outlets attempted to lay the blame at the feet of people like Cernovich. This only gave the Fake News Industrial Complex more fuel in their ongoing war against President Trump and the Right.
The very same group of internet Alt-Right activists and online forums that furthered the “Pizzagate” conspiracy have also spread the QAnon conspiracy theory.
Here are some of the other bizarre, totally inaccurate predictions that QAnon has made:
01/21/18 – A flood was alleged to be coming. A flood consisting of various forms of media that I imagine were supposed to implicate somebody in something nefarious. Sadly, this flood never came.
01/21/18 – Q makes some very certain claims about the Nunes Memo, which of course do not come remotely true when the memo is released a couple weeks later.
01/22/18 – Q posts a confirmed fake Podesta email, then promptly deletes it. But not before his followers have time to notice. 02/09/18 – Next week [Next week] was declared ‘suicide weekend‘. Nothing came to pass.
02/21/18 – Q predicts that the founder of Twitter is removing accounts because he and his Deep State friends are in deep trouble. Nothing came to pass.
03/15/18 – Q declares ‘March Madness’ and that ‘the public will soon know’. Nothing came to pass.
04/02/18 – April was supposed to be a “BIG month“, full of happenings including but not limited to arrests, the release of the IG report, the wall, “military start”, and unsealed indictments. Nothing came to pass.
Where Does QAnon Go From Here?
Things have gotten even stranger for the QAnon conspiracists now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has submitted his final report. While the report has not yet been made public, Attorney General William Barr has seen it, and he has issued a summary of the report.
AG Barr explains that Mueller has not proven any collusion or coordination between President Donald Trump, his top 2016 campaign staffers, and Russian intelligence. The focus of the investigation was Donald Trump and his 2016 presidential campaign. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Podesta, or even John McCain were not targets of the Mueller probe in any way as Q promised.
The fact that the QAnon conspiracy theory is tied in with the “Pizzagate” fiasco is bad enough. The more damaging part is that these cult-like actors link themselves to the Trump movement, despite the fact that no member of the Trump movement has anything to do with these insane theories. They are the outgrowth of a pathetic group who exist online, in the dark corners of the worldwide web. That they have attached their delusions to the Trump movement is unfortunate.
But, they do not represent and are not affiliated with President Trump, his supporters, or those who work for the president.
Recently, some Q supporters have insisted that certain pictures of President Trump and key advisers in the White House “prove” that they are, in fact, members of the Q conspiracy because their positioning makes it appear as though they are displaying subliminal messages about Q. These internet personalities claim to be supporting the President. Yet, consistently, their actions have shown that they are not allies of the President. They damage and besmirch the Trump movement with their irresponsible actions.
In that their actions, both directly and indirectly, aid those who would do damage to the Make America Great Again Agenda and see it fail. Whoever Q or QAnon may be, they are most decidedly not close to the President, they are not Conservatives, and with every post they make, they subvert the MAGA Agenda.
I self identify as a DeQlorable Deployable, but I think we're on the same team.
You got rick-rolled and you know it.
Who you kidding?
I grifted you, bro.
#MadSquabbles
Fake!
Just like the Air Force One “photos.”
Fake, fake, fake!
US Attorney Huber doesn't work for the Inspector General, which is an independent office...by design!
US Attorney Huber worked for the fired AG Jeff Sessions, and it should come as no surprise to anyone with an IQ above room temperature that he'd be at a meeting of US Attorneys welcoming the new AG Bill Barr.
Also, US Attorney Huber has never filed a report on his secret "investigation" for Sessions and his only scheduled appearance before the House Oversight Committee was cancelled.
-btw even the notion that the Inspector General's office is going to generate a slew of criminal indictments is absurd.
The Inspector General's Midterm report cited clear evidence that fired Deputy Attorney General McCabe lied under oath and obstructed on at least two occasions.
That report was issued two years ago and McCabe has never been indicted.
Yeah man, I gave up Scientology when L. Ron Hubbard went on a drinking bender, passed out drunk on the sidewalk and awoke issuing orders to an imaginary submarine to launch missiles.
Yeah, you’re the king of not answering a single question, not addressing a single fact in Seb Gorka’s story and falling for one of the biggest internet con jobs in world history by a bunch of grifters who don’t have as much connection to the US military, let alone US military intel as L. Ron Hubbard had to nuclear subs.
Hey, have a nice day and enjoy the fat bald preying insect instruct you on how to ignore reality. Because anyone pointing out facts not helping him get loot is a shill.
LMAO!
Now it all makes sense.
Those guys are such grifters.
The grifter got grifted.
Ahahahahahahaha.
* should be fired Deputy FBI Director McCabe
“US Attorney Huber has never filed a report on his secret “investigation” for Sessions...”
You’re dead on accurate here mac_truck. In addition, whatever file in any investigation, limited as it appears with nary much by way of interviews was turned over to AG Barr per order.
There’s a new sheriff in town.
There are no 1,000,000 unsealed indictments, there is no suspending the US Constitution with martial law on tap and no planeloads with thousands of seditionists and pedophiles heading to GITMO.
There have been no indictments. Not Hillary, Huma, Podesta, Comey, Strzok, Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Sally Yates, James Clapper, John Brennan.
No one.
Julian Assange did not escape and leave the UK to any beach, is not drinking Pina Coladas. But even holed up in a corner for almost seven years, he can’t stand these QAnon scammers saying he’s walking around free a year ago. His mom renounced those blithering grifters too!
Hey “Trust the Plan!” Send us your money Baby Boomers and we’ll rewrite everything that you’ve been disappointed in with the GOPe. Jeff Sessions is on it, he’s slow-walking tens of thousands of indictments written up by Santa and his elves.
When any action is finally taken and someone, well, anyone is finally indicted with AG Barr and Cong. Devin Nunes & co. doing all the heavy lifting who do you think these people conned will hand all the credit over to?
Not the people doing the heavy lifting but to their Q Qult false idol.
Sad!
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Andrew George McCabe (born March 18, 1968[5]) is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent and attorney who served as the Deputy Director of the FBI from February 2016 to January 2018.
Ooopsie.
Gee, Mickety. You seem to be lacking in basic knowledge. Therefore your credibility has gone from zero to negative numbers.
I don't think romanesq wants you on his shill team no more.
Huber is not only a US Attorney, he’s one of 17 on the selected ‘Advisory Committee of US Attorneys’ (AGAC) that closely advises the AG. Barr’s first meeting after the DAG would be with the AGAC.
Yeah, Dr. Gorka has you angry. We get it. He trashed the QAnon fraud. Gorka is real, someone who actually is a White House insider, works for the President and a close advisor who gets things done in the last election and the next.
You can’t speak let alone address a single fact he outlined in his article to this point. You can’t answer a question posed to you about why President Trump’s son went on his show immediately after the stupid QAnon attacks on Gorka and his family.
You’re left with nothing but doing Alinsky style character assassination graphics.
That’s no way to go through life son.
When the Feds come dragging away that fat, bald fake Christian preying insect for dodging taxes and trying to call his seven-figure grift “decoding” Q his church ministry, maybe then you’ll realize you’ve been had.
In the interim, people are stepping up to help those and stop the exploitation of Trump supporters. It’s disgraceful.
Have a nice weekend.
Your basic knowledge is lacking as well, shill.
Last I heard it was around 80k SEALED indictments.
And yes, they are documented. You can internet them.
What do you gain by denying such a verifiable fact?
Lying is bad, mkay?
Remember when Q told us that rogue elements of the US Navy launched a missile from a submarine in the middle of Puget Sound?
Lolz...
Oooops. You got another one wrong.
He's not an insider. He's an outsider. He got fired, remember?
And why is that, ya think?
Shady connections to derp state entities, maybe? Taking money from derpy PACS makes him, whate. A grifter?
If you love him so much, maybe you should marry him?
Do you still claim it wasn't a missile but a helicopter shining a spotlight down through the clouds?
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
That was a bad example, dude. And proves that you'll believe just about anything you're spoonfed by the masters.
Laws, laws.
Yer something else, bro.
"We"?
Ya got a mouse in yer pocket?
Thanks jjotto, that is most likely the meeting this photo was taken from.
The helicopter isn't visible because it's hidden in the clouds, you see.
Hahahaha.
Trying to explain the effect of light on time lapsed imagery to a dum-dum isn’t worth the effort.
It wasn’t a missile from a submarine though...
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