NYMAG: Who is QAnon? The Storm Conspiracy, Explained

[youngestson]

23 hours ago, Chachie said:

 

 

 

 

She's not quitting anything. She just needs a few days to cool down. She's waaaaay too far down the rabbit hole to walk away.

 

For most of these people, the conspiracies are an addiction and the participation is the reward, or the "high." The drug gives them the feeling that they're "in the know" and can "make a difference." It's a fantasy role-playing game that to them is real life. We tend to lump them in with the mentally ill but it's much more akin to drug dependency. The Q club is her gang that she communes with to shoot up and that's a family you can't disown because the one thing conspiracy addicts CANNOT do is enjoy the drug by themselves. 

 

 

And, just like a drug addict, they need stronger and stronger doses to experience that high. They jumps in logic and mind-boggling absurdities are just part of the spiral. 

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2 minutes ago, Ball Security said:

C‘mon.  I hate to be the thread police guy, but this should go into the one about 2023 status symbols with its virtues of homeschooling. 😱

Maybe if she expressed her views on farmers

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you all make me sick.... not one of you seems to respect people that just want the truth, don't trust the media elites, and are willing to do their OWN research  😠

 

 

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On 1/5/2023 at 9:52 PM, Cooked Crack said:

That's my hometown 😞

[China]

What Can You Do When Someone in Your Family Goes All QAnon?

 

There comes a moment in every new Q follower’s life when the person closest to them realizes that they aren’t joking. The Facebook binges and the sudden adoration for Donald Trump have been waved off until now. The stray remarks about missing children and experimental vaccines have been chalked up to eccentricities. But eventually there’s no more denying it: your wife, or your son, or your father now believes in QAnon, and they want you to join them.

 

For the person outside QAnon, there’s a scramble to the internet that mirrors the Q believer’s own frantic online searching weeks or months earlier. Adrenochrome? Underground bases? What-Anon?

 

For David, a blue-collar union tradesman in his fifties, that moment came one month into the pandemic when his son Nathan walked into their family home in suburban Chicago with an announcement. In his late twenties and looking uncharacteristically grave, Nathan said he wanted to prepare his parents for some big news before they saw it on TV.

 

“Hey, I just want you guys to know that there are a bunch of Hollywood people that are going to be arrested,” Nathan said.

 

Nathan listed the names of celebrities who would soon be arrested for pedophilia: Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey. David thought his son was kidding.

 

“Well, I hope it’s not Tom Selleck,” David said. “Because I like Tom Selleck.”

 

Nathan wasn’t joking. He laid out how the arrests would take place, like he was letting his parents in on a secret mission. David started taking notes. The phrases and code words all seemed to center on an idea David had never heard before: a global cabal runs the world, and Trump is about to take it down. A journey that began on Nathan’s laptop weeks earlier was finally manifesting itself into the offline world, right in David’s living room. His son believed in QAnon. Their family would never be the same.

 

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There's an unhealthy-looking bunch of half a dozen guys who protest every Thursday outside the local council offices that the covid vaccine makes men impotent. I started a conversation with one of them to explain that the so-called Chinese spy balloons were actually built by Bill Gates to spread the virus. I think the protestor was a little worried that someone might be crazier than he was.

[China]

Took me a minute to remember who these people who want high traffic neighborhoods are

[China]

‘I Know Who Q Is’: Alex Jones Claims US Intelligence Begged Him Not To Disclose Origins Of QAnon

 

Conspiracy peddler and InfoWars host Alex Jones, who was ordered to pay $1.5bn in damages to relatives of the victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting after he insisted the December 2012 massacre was all a “hoax”, is now claiming to know who is the mysterious “Q” behind the QAnon conspiracy.

 

In a clip from InfoWars posted on Twitter by criminal defense attorney Ron Filipkowski, Jones alleged that the anonymous internet figure known as “Q” was actually created by US Intelligence to discredit conspiracy theorists like himself he also claimed to have been approached by US intelligence officers, who begged him not to reveal the truth about the origins of QAnon.

 

The QAnon conspiracy theory claims that Donald Trump was undermined by a secret cabal of Democrats and other global figures who are also pedophiles and Satan worshippers who dring the blood of children.

 

Jones said that the theory was created to “cartoonize” people like him, while also claiming that he knows “Q”.

 

“They created a fake thing that was cartoonized to make all of us that were serious look stupid,” he said.

 

Jones then claimed that he was visited by Intel agents who told him not to disclose it.

 

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[China]

The Mysterious ‘Sisterhood’ Tearing Families Apart

 

Jason and Jennifer Veras had been together since high school. “We were a loving family. We were a happy family. We barely had any issues throughout our 23 years in a relationship,” Jason said. “Until she brought Liana Shanti into our family.”

 

Everything changed soon after Jennifer started following a mysterious online guru who has built a following of women around the world, teaching them to cut ties with their “family cult” and to save their children from a ruling class of evil reptilian creatures who created the COVID-19 “scamdemic”—a Luciferian plot to harvest innocent souls.

 

First, Jason said, Jennifer changed her diet—raw vegan and juice cleanses. Then she started spending hours every day meditating alone in the backyard and listening to her spiritual teacher’s audio classes.

 

Over the next few months, he claimed, Jennifer became increasingly paranoid and started espousing conspiracy theories. The COVID vaccine changes people’s DNA, she told him. And people who got the shot could shed the vaccine on others. She insisted they had to cut ties with anyone who had been vaccinated. Jason said she kept telling him they needed to leave California; soon the government would force every unvaccinated adult and child into concentration camps; they had to move to Florida where they would be safe.

 

At Jason’s birthday dinner in May 2021, his mother shared that she’d been vaccinated. His wife was furious. Jason, 41, said Jennifer, 41, accused him of knowingly exposing their children to vaccine “shedding.”

 

A week later Jason returned to their home in Modesto, California, to find their sons, ages 7 and 10, alone. According to Jason, the boys said they were hungry and that their mom had gone with their 15-year-old sister to the family lake house, a 45-minute drive away. Jason called and texted Jennifer several times. He accused her of neglecting and endangering the kids and questioned her mental state, based on what he believed to be strange changes in her behavior.

 

Jennifer came home, took the boys, and left. Jason said Jennifer didn’t tell him where they were going or how long they would be gone. He soon found out that Jennifer had sent a letter to her mother saying she no longer wanted a relationship, and that she had filed a restraining order against Jason—citing his angry text messages—and obtained full custody of their children.

 

Jason was shocked by how quickly his family had imploded. His sister, Beverly Veras, suggested it may have something to do with the online spiritual community Jennifer had told her about months earlier. Beverly told him to look up Liana Shanti.

 

Jason started researching Liana online. He read her websites and looked up her Instagram account and Facebook group. He saw Liana had thousands of followers, and many of those women were posting about the same spiritual and health beliefs that his wife had recently adopted. As Jason learned more about Liana, he grew more worried about his kids.

 

“I was like, man, this doesn’t look good. This doesn’t look good at all. This seems like some hypnotized, brainwashing, manipulation website,” he said. “That’s when I got really scared because she has our children.”

 

Eventually, Jason would connect with other parents like him who were trying to save their children from Liana’s group.

 

“These women were taking their children from their fathers and leaving—across state lines, border lines, from Canada, from Mexico, from other countries—and all going to Florida,” Jason said. “Liana Shanti’s cult has convinced my wife to kidnap my kids and keep them away from me.”

 

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[Ball Security]

1 hour ago, China said:

The Mysterious ‘Sisterhood’ Tearing Families Apart

 

Jason and Jennifer Veras had been together since high school. “We were a loving family. We were a happy family. We barely had any issues throughout our 23 years in a relationship,” Jason said. “Until she brought Liana Shanti into our family.”

 

Everything changed soon after Jennifer started following a mysterious online guru who has built a following of women around the world, teaching them to cut ties with their “family cult” and to save their children from a ruling class of evil reptilian creatures who created the COVID-19 “scamdemic”—a Luciferian plot to harvest innocent souls.

 

First, Jason said, Jennifer changed her diet—raw vegan and juice cleanses. Then she started spending hours every day meditating alone in the backyard and listening to her spiritual teacher’s audio classes.

 

Over the next few months, he claimed, Jennifer became increasingly paranoid and started espousing conspiracy theories. The COVID vaccine changes people’s DNA, she told him. And people who got the shot could shed the vaccine on others. She insisted they had to cut ties with anyone who had been vaccinated. Jason said she kept telling him they needed to leave California; soon the government would force every unvaccinated adult and child into concentration camps; they had to move to Florida where they would be safe.

 

At Jason’s birthday dinner in May 2021, his mother shared that she’d been vaccinated. His wife was furious. Jason, 41, said Jennifer, 41, accused him of knowingly exposing their children to vaccine “shedding.”

 

A week later Jason returned to their home in Modesto, California, to find their sons, ages 7 and 10, alone. According to Jason, the boys said they were hungry and that their mom had gone with their 15-year-old sister to the family lake house, a 45-minute drive away. Jason called and texted Jennifer several times. He accused her of neglecting and endangering the kids and questioned her mental state, based on what he believed to be strange changes in her behavior.

 

Jennifer came home, took the boys, and left. Jason said Jennifer didn’t tell him where they were going or how long they would be gone. He soon found out that Jennifer had sent a letter to her mother saying she no longer wanted a relationship, and that she had filed a restraining order against Jason—citing his angry text messages—and obtained full custody of their children.

 

Jason was shocked by how quickly his family had imploded. His sister, Beverly Veras, suggested it may have something to do with the online spiritual community Jennifer had told her about months earlier. Beverly told him to look up Liana Shanti.

 

Jason started researching Liana online. He read her websites and looked up her Instagram account and Facebook group. He saw Liana had thousands of followers, and many of those women were posting about the same spiritual and health beliefs that his wife had recently adopted. As Jason learned more about Liana, he grew more worried about his kids.

 

“I was like, man, this doesn’t look good. This doesn’t look good at all. This seems like some hypnotized, brainwashing, manipulation website,” he said. “That’s when I got really scared because she has our children.”

 

Eventually, Jason would connect with other parents like him who were trying to save their children from Liana’s group.

 

“These women were taking their children from their fathers and leaving—across state lines, border lines, from Canada, from Mexico, from other countries—and all going to Florida,” Jason said. “Liana Shanti’s cult has convinced my wife to kidnap my kids and keep them away from me.”

 

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****es be crazy.

[PleaseBlitz]

That link is worth the click, it gets WAY further down the rabbit hole. 

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[China]

Arizona sheriff spirals deeper into QAnon as he ramps up run for Senate seat

 

An Arizona sheriff who made a name for himself by refusing to enforce Covid-19 protocols is throwing his hat in the ring for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) by moving even farther to the right and embracing QAnon conspiracy theories.

 

Sheriff Mark Lamb of Pinal County has been hitting the QAnon podcast shows circuit as he attempts to elevate his profile for a run at the seat that may see him running against failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake who is already catering to the conspiracy-minded fringe.

 

According to a report from Salon's Areeba Shah, Lamb "has appeared on at least five QAnon-friendly shows, including the podcasts 'X22 Report' and 'Uncensored Abe' as well as shows hosted by John Michael Chambers and Sean Morgan, both prominent figures in the QAnon movement who have pushed a variety of conspiracy theories to their audiences."

 

During one appearance Lamb boasted "I follow the show, so this is a treat for me."

 

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Volume up.

 

 

[Destino]

On 3/6/2023 at 6:03 PM, China said:

The Mysterious ‘Sisterhood’ Tearing Families Apart

 

Jason and Jennifer Veras had been together since high school. “We were a loving family. We were a happy family. We barely had any issues throughout our 23 years in a relationship,” Jason said. “Until she brought Liana Shanti into our family.”

 

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that article was so stupid I read it out loud to my wife, just to hear her laugh.  It not only reads like bad fiction, it reads like bad fiction that doesn’t take it self too seriously.  How can people fall for this ridiculous nonsense?  

[China]

6 hours ago, EmirOfShmo said:

 

 

How can these people live, they don't seem to have enough brainpower to reflexively breathe, let alone think.

 

Why should we vote for Trump or another Republican if Trump is already running things through a shadow presidency?  And if you don't like how the country is being run, but believe Trump is running it, why vote for him again?  The whole Q nonsense makes my brain hurt.

[China]

A mom influencer with QAnon leanings was convicted of lying about an attempted kidnapping of her kids

 

Katie Sorensen, a 31-year-old mom influencer, was convicted on one count of making a false report of a crime after she claimed a couple tried to kidnap her children at a Michael's store in Petaluma, California, in December 2020.

 

On December 7, Sorensen took her kids to Michael's, made a purchase, got into her car with her children, and left the parking lot, according to the Sonoma County District Attorney's press release. Shortly after, she called and reported to the Petaluma Police Department that a couple had tried to kidnap her kids. A week later, she posted a video to Instagram, which subsequently went viral, discussing the attempted kidnapping "in an effort to raise awareness" and gave viewers more detail than she'd originally given to police, according to the press release. (Sorensen's Instagram account is currently private, but snippets of the video have been reposted across social media). Sorensen also appeared on local news, reiterating the false claim that a couple had tried to abduct her children and describing the perpetrators as not "necessarily clean cut."

 

When police followed up with Sorensen, she identified a local couple from the craft store's footage as the perpetrators.

 

Following an investigation, however, Sorensen was charged with three misdemeanor counts of making a false crime report —  to a police dispatcher, to a police officer, and to a police detective.

 

During her trial, Sonoma County prosecutors successfully argued that Sorenson's story was false, and the jury returned a guilty verdict on one count of reporting a false crime. (She was acquitted on two other related charges).

 

"This verdict will enable us to hold Ms. Sorensen accountable for her crime, while at the same time helping to exonerate the couple that was falsely accused of having attempted to kidnap two young children," District Attorney Rodriguez said. "The case is also important in that it illustrates the importance of using social media responsibly."

 

Months before Sorenson's false claims, she began posting about anti-trafficking awareness. She posted a 20-slide highlight reel to her Instagram (@motherhoodessentials) and a photo to her grid of herself holding what appeared to be a hand-drawn anti-trafficking sign, Elle reported, using the hashtag #savethechildren, a hashtag associated with the QAnon conspiracy movement. The magazine noted that many "overly online moms hopped on the anti-trafficking train" around that time, sometimes (intentionally or not) disseminating QAnon conspiracy theories in their posts and leading to misinformation that complicated real-life anti-trafficking work.

 

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Closest thing we have to a cult thread

 

Cults really strict on toilet paper placement