here<\/a> and one hopes that will be a satisfying explanation and you can move on to other issues.<\/p>\nThe story did remarkably well in terms of readership numbers, because a lot of people are wondering what\u2019s the deal with all the ships that can be seen easily from Ocean Boulevard. But the readership noticeably spiked again on Monday and Tuesday, boosted by the fact that a few conspiracy-theory or ultra-conservative websites, such as the Conservative Treehouse and Above Top Secret, have picked it up and their fans have been batting it around like a kitten with a catnip-laced stuffed mouse.<\/p>\n
Right off the bat, there was this, on a site called Godlike Productions: \u201cOf course that\u2019s the \u2018official story,\u2019 but is it the truth?\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, not if you\u2019re referring to the fact that the Post omitted noting that the whole issue of ships moored off the coast brings to mind immediately chapter 18, verses 17-19 of Revelation, which predicts all hell breaking loose and a burning city and something about ships. Someone, too, wrote that, and another responded with \u201cWow. That came to my mind as well when I saw the picture\u201d of the ships. Well, who wouldn’t think of that immediately upon seeing a couple dozen container ships bobbing off the coast?<\/p>\n
Long Beach and South Bay locals tended to respond to these posts that ships lined up at our local ports isn\u2019t an uncommon sight, though lately it\u2019s a bit heavier than usual, but, yeah, we see this all the time around the ports. Relax.<\/p>\n
Finding nothing to relax about, another conspiracy buff with below-average ship-identification skills, typed, \u201cThose aren\u2019t freighters. They are cruisers and destroyers.\u201d A: No, they’re not. There is no B.<\/p>\n
A long post laid out exactly what is about to happen, as long as you\u2019re willing to go along with the theory that the ships aren\u2019t container ships but perhaps cleverly disguised Chinese warships and now is the time for \u201ca textbook start for China to make its first war strike on the US.\u201d Destroying, or severely crippling the ports would shut down import-export business between the US and the rest of the world and render us unable to counter-attack, the commenter noted. \u201cThis is the World War 3 scenario with China,\u201d is their inevitable conclusion.<\/p>\n
There was some agreement with this assessment. \u201cNot to mention, it keeps America off guard with the official story\u2026. Now is the time for action.\u201d<\/p>\n
This kind of stuff used to be hilarious until it became so popular that it\u2019s become the kind of stuff embraced by millions of people\u2014perhaps as many as 74 million people.<\/p>\n
Conspiracies about elections, conspiracies about the Deep State, Yellowstone volcano conspiracies, chem-trail conspiracies, Clinton body count conspiracies, pizzeria conspiracies, fake media conspiracies.<\/p>\n
Occam\u2019s Razor has been dulled to the point where you can\u2019t cut butter with it. Instead, the Illuminati or Hunter Biden or China warships are the preferred explanations for things that people can\u2019t wrap their heads around, such as why there\u2019s a long line of ships waiting to get into the ports.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re not there to destroy America. They\u2019re bringing you that stuff you ordered from Amazon in perhaps a martini-tinged shopping spree. Be patient, your things will be on your porch soon, unless they’re stolen by aliens. Seriously. They do that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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