Truth can be stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense.

New Years saw one asshole murder a bunch of people and another one try. I can’t imagine the pain and grief of the survivors and the families of all the victims. I can only offer my heartfelt sympathies.

First, in New Orleans, some asshole strapped an ISIS flag to a rented pickup before plowing into a group of revelers. Then he decided to get out and get into a gunfight with cops that he lost. Fourteen people lost their lives to this asshole’s rampage and dozens more were injured.

Then, some asshole decided to IED Trump Tower in Vegas using a bunch of fireworks and assorted other explosive material in the back of a Cybertruck. At least this asshole only managed to kill himself.

I know I shouldn’t be surprised, but damn the conspiracies shot off around the interwebz. The timing of the attacks and the identities of the assholes were fertile grounds. Not to mention that for the last five years, too many in leadership of our institutions have not only been caught lying to the public, but actively using the power of their position to not only discredit, but destroy their opponents’ lives.

I’m highly skeptical that either asshole planned their attack with the other asshole. Their motives are too different. The style of attack is too different. Plus the evidence of them knowing each other seems to be they were on the same military base at the same time. Sorry, but unless they were in the same unit at the same time, that’s kind of like saying they were in the same mall at the same time.

I’m highly skeptical that Las Vegas asshole was framed. Yes, bits of evidence can escape damage in a fiery explosion. Look at the bits that escaped the airplanes that crashed into the towers on 9/11. As to the fact that a Green Beret had a Desert Eagle in .50? Let me relate a small bit of my life. I have a good friend who spent time among the Green Beanies. He knows the weapons he was issued up, down, back, and forth. Anything outside those? He asks me because I know more. The idea that even a Green Beret would be seduced by image of a .50 cal Deagle is completely believable to me.

I know a single blog post is not going to convince those who don’t want to be convinced. And I won’t be able to address all the myriad streams of conspiracy that arise from these events.

All I ask is that you use the same skeptical eye that you would against those you don’t trust.