Yes, the dumbing down of society is a major piece of the pie, people will believe just about anything if it's repeated to them over and over and over again. The Russia Hack story is a perfect case in point, there's nothing there beyond the usual BS and to think that pounding that story into the minds of the public for over a year now - the public seems to have accepted it.

I like the that word _contrails_, I haven't heard that before.
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