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[Fake Messiah]

YouTuber Ryan Upchurch to pay $17.5M over Kiely Rodni conspiracy videos

A Nashville YouTuber has been ordered to pay the family of Kiely Rodni $17.5 million after a defamation trial about videos he made on the teen’s death.

Rodni’s father and grandfather filed a lawsuit against Ryan Upchurch after he uploaded videos to his YouTube account where he questioned whether the case was real and suggested the family was involved in a scam to raise money through GoFundMe.

Rodni, 16 at the time of her death, disappeared in early August of 2022 after she reportedly attended a party near the Prosser Family Campgrounds in California. Later that month, her body was found in her car in Prosser Lake.

The attorneys for Rodni’s family said the videos spread false claims during a time of intense grief and caused damage to the family’s reputation and emotional distress.

“They felt powerless and victimized. There was nothing they could do to stop these videos,” Chris Smith, one of the Rodni family’s attorneys, said. “These videos were going viral, getting hundreds of thousands of views on a platform that has 3 million followers.”

https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainm...gment/amp/

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

YouTuber Ryan Upchurch to pay $17.5M over Kiely Rodni conspiracy videos

A Nashville YouTuber has been ordered to pay the family of Kiely Rodni $17.5 million after a defamation trial about videos he made on the teen’s death.

Rodni’s father and grandfather filed a lawsuit against Ryan Upchurch after he uploaded videos to his YouTube account where he questioned whether the case was real and suggested the family was involved in a scam to raise money through GoFundMe.

Rodni, 16 at the time of her death, disappeared in early August of 2022 after she reportedly attended a party near the Prosser Family Campgrounds in California. Later that month, her body was found in her car in Prosser Lake.

The attorneys for Rodni’s family said the videos spread false claims during a time of intense grief and caused damage to the family’s reputation and emotional distress.

“They felt powerless and victimized. There was nothing they could do to stop these videos,” Chris Smith, one of the Rodni family’s attorneys, said. “These videos were going viral, getting hundreds of thousands of views on a platform that has 3 million followers.”

https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainm...gment/amp/

That’s more defamatory than conspiratorial, I think. You know, more Alex Jones than Uri Geller. 

Sadly, I doubt very much whether a YouTuber has that kind of scratch.

Boru

Edit: Apparently, he doesn’t - several sources estimate his net worth as $4-5 million. Oh, well. That’s what bankruptcy courts are for.

[Fake Messiah]

Alright then, here's a real conspiracy:

Mysterious circular structure spotted near Area 51 sparks theories of UFO landing site

A strange circular formation just miles from the highly classified Area 51 base has fueled speculations that it could be a secret UFO landing site.

Spotted on Google Earth, the structure sits just four miles northeast of the base, lying in the desert landscape of Nevada.

It appears as a large, nearly perfect circle carved into the barren Nevada desert, with pale dirt sharply contrasting against the darker surrounding terrain.

At the center sits a smaller raised structure or mound, casting a shadow that makes the site resemble a giant target or landing marker when viewed from above.

A narrow dirt road leads directly to the circular clearing before abruptly ending at the structure, adding to the site’s isolated and mysterious appearance.

An image of the formation, found at its coordinates 37°16'34.5"N 115°45'18.6"W, has flooded social media, where users suggested it looks like an 'alien crash site.'

While the discovery has sparked wild theories, other social media users have shared a more realistic take, saying that the structure appears to be a bomb target located on the Weapons Test Range east of Groom Lake.

These kinds of targets were commonly used during Cold War-era weapons testing and pilot training exercises across the Nevada desert.

https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/ar...evada.html

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Leftover mushroom lasagna, garlic bread, tea.

Boru

[Paraselene]

Leftover mushroom lasagna, garlic bread, tea.

Boru

Juiciest conspiracy yet.

[awty]

Leftover mushroom lasagna, garlic bread, tea.

Boru

Juiciest conspiracy yet.

Must.break.the.code.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Aw, dammit. 

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

'You never went to space': The awkward moment a conspiracy theorist confronts NASA Artemis II crew

A viral video has captured the painfully awkward moment a conspiracy theorist accosted the astronauts on Capitol Hill.

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen were confronted by an aggressive man who accused them of faking the moon mission.

'Stop lying! Stop acting! You all never went to space,' the man shouted as he filmed himself approaching the crew.

The befuddled crew simply stood in uncomfortable silence as the man berated them, apparently trying their best to pretend he wasn't there.

The man continued: 'Follow Jesus! God's watching you all!'

As Glover smiled and gave an uneasy wave, he went on: 'Stop lying to the public! Your psyop isn't working on millions of us! NASA's a joke!'

The Artemis II crew were hastily ushered away, yet the pursuing conspiracy theorist continued to hurl abuse, adding: 'Repent before God, y'all! I see through your lies! I know you never went to space! God's watching you all!'

https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/ar...temis.html

[AFTT47]

In the 1960s, dozens of outraged people wrote letters to their representatives and to the US Coast Guard demanding that something be done to help the castaways on Gilligan's Island. When I lived in Florida, a friend told me that a family member on her husband's side went searching for the obituary for a soap opera character who had died.

In a population of 300+ million people, there are going to be some epic morons out there.

[awty]

In the 1960s, dozens of outraged people wrote letters to their representatives and to the US Coast Guard demanding that something be done to help the castaways on Gilligan's Island. When I lived in Florida, a friend told me that a family member on her husband's side went searching for the obituary for a soap opera character who had died.

In a population of 300+ million people, there are going to be some epic morons out there.

When my parents were quite young and I was a toddler/preschooler, my paternal grandmother wrote letters to my mom.  She talked about people and their lives as though they were neighbors of hers though they lived on a farm in Iowa near a small town and had nowhere near the glamorous lives she described.  My mother just thought they were people she didn't know as she wasn't from there.  

Finally, mom asked dad who various people were and it turns out they were characters on As the World Turns that grandma and grandpa watched every day after lunch.

I chalked it up to grandma not knowing what to write to mom about and was doing the best she could.