[FreeAtlanta]

much of what I thought was real was shattered over the last three months, so what do I know.

This is where I am at. I never thought so many states could be clearly and brazenly stolen and the courts would refuse to hear any of the cases. Looking across the country, I now doubt many of the elections and many past ones. Those coordinated late night vote drops was the start of my reality check.

[Widget Jr]

A lot of us are questioning reality (since 2008). My problem becomes separating the real from the conspiracy con-artists out for a buck or just playing sick jokes. So when I see stories like this, I ask how does each piece make sense on its own and how do they fit together.

I see a pattern with conspiracy theories lately. Wait until a event has passed. Start with a few bits of truth, then appeal to right wing biases and prejudices and build a ever increasing unlikely story. Get people emotionally triggered so they do not question if what is being told makes sense. Then when they get emotionally invested, they get defensive over every part of the story.

Another way, is to change the story over time. The SCYTL server story is a example. It started out as a raid on a CIA server farm. Then it became a battle between U.S. Spec. ops and the CIA, with the CIA flying in reinforcements from Afghanistan and five spec ops kill. This took place around Frankfurt, the 5th largest in Germany, and no one in Frankfurt, the German government, news media, military paid any attention to it. Now this is being attached to a Italian computer wiz arrested for corporate espionage, and being tied into past resignations of Italian intelligence. The fact the White Knight of the original story did not appear is forgotten.

I hope this explains my skepticism and why I treat stories like this the way I do.