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Mike Knittel's avatar

Great piece. I was certain this balloon shit was all theatre too. But you've offered me a few more reasons than I initially thought of. I've heard a few, ranging from the mundane to the fake alien invasion hypothesis:), but nothing presented nearly as lucidly and detailed as your info here. As usual I've walked away a little wiser having read you Riordan

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Scott Whitehead's avatar

I am with you on almost all of this, except that train derailment being intentional, a bridge too far for me. I think that was largely due to profit over safety and perhaps there is something about the rail line in that area that makes it particularly susceptible to this kind of accident. OTOH, here is a snippet from an article by Charles Hugh Smith (https://www.oftwominds.com) where he talks about spectacle as a deception:

Because spectacle replaces real life with a mere mediated representation of life that cannot be experienced directly, it provides a framework where mass deceptions and lies can consistently and convincingly appear as true.

Yup.

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