I get a number of readers who like what I post, a few who allow themselves to be categorised as conspiracy theorists.

Me, I have no conspiracies.  Either the facts tell it like it is or there is no “is” worth writing about.

However, sometimes I skim over user comments and user forums to gauge the mood of people after major news events.

In other words, how does an event act like a pebble in a pond.

Take the following news item, for instance — DEA agents apparently admit laundering money to see how cartels launder money.

Well, the user comments and forum entries filled up quickly about that one.

My favourite:

The government finally admits laundering money to Mexican cartels! Haven’t we said that all along?  The gov’t launders money to the gangs in exchange for the cartels murdering potential immigrants trying to enter the U.S., serving as an unofficial deterrent method because the U.S. can’t get caught murdering people crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S. and the border fence, as we all know, is a joke!  Those are the kind of death squads, not nat’l health insurance committees, that the gov’t is keeping us from knowing about.

Interesting idea, I guess.  We don’t need missile defense shields against a country that is barely under the control of a central government, let alone capable of launching missiles across the southern border of the U.S.  Save the missile defense systems for real threats elsewhere.

Enough about conspiracy theories, readers.  Let’s move on to a different view of the future, one where facts are projections, not conjectures.