The stories of strangely mutilated cattle are developed and disseminated during each severe economic recession. ...more publications about UFOs during such times, too.
When certain individuals with more power than they should have become afraid, they smother certain truths with lots of lies (wilder conspiracy stories). That tactic tends to have the effect of making those truths untouchable. Well, it has in the past.
Become more self-sufficient, and don’t buy anything that you don’t need. Show disgust and contempt toward corrupt politics. Become anti-political in general, until you see some honest, pro-American candidates with voting records in favor of pro-American trade.
More seriously, the distraction thesis may sound far-fetched, but upon reflection has some plausibility.
Would like to follow the newswriter around for a bit, just to see if I could figure out what she's made of. Or if she exists at all. The article did come through AP after all.