WEBVTT - McAfee, Ghost Ezra, and BAnon

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<v Speaker 1>Q and On is now the most prolific online conspiracy

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<v Speaker 1>theory of the twenty one century. None of their predictions

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<v Speaker 1>came true. Q has vanished and the storm never came,

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<v Speaker 1>but Q and On is still alive. I'm Jake Hanrahan,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is series two of Q Clearance, a podcast

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<v Speaker 1>shedding light on the ongoing Q and On conspiracy theory.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a production of Kudatar Media and I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Today we're going to be doing an update of sorts. Basically,

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<v Speaker 1>whilst Q is no longer hitting headlines across the world anymore,

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<v Speaker 1>there are still significant stirrings within the Q and On

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<v Speaker 1>universe that you need to know about. So in this

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<v Speaker 1>episode of Q Clearance will be going over them. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the role of Q in regards to the

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<v Speaker 1>death of John McAfee, the further fascist radicalization of Q

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<v Speaker 1>and on, and the b drop. So firstly, cast your

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<v Speaker 1>mind back to episode two of this series, when we

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<v Speaker 1>were looking into how Q and On has become increasingly

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<v Speaker 1>more extreme and its political worldview now that it's been

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<v Speaker 1>forced underground onto apps like Telegram. Since recording that episode,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the largest Q and On channels has begun

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<v Speaker 1>sharing increasingly more anti Semitic and outright neo Nazi content.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the worst is ghost Ezra. Ghost Ezra is

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<v Speaker 1>a Q and On personality with a Telegram channel that

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<v Speaker 1>is more than three hundred thousand subscribers in it. He's

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<v Speaker 1>begun posting photo lists of Jewish people in the media

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<v Speaker 1>that are all marked with small stars of David and

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<v Speaker 1>he's been accusing them all of being members of the

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<v Speaker 1>Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. He's also been promoting the far

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<v Speaker 1>right film Europa the Last Battle, which claims Jewish people

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<v Speaker 1>deliberately started both World War One and World War Two

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<v Speaker 1>as a plot to form Israel. It's outright neo Nazi propaganda.

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<v Speaker 1>Many many people in the channel, all of them supposedly

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<v Speaker 1>Q and On followers, and now cheering on this Nazi

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<v Speaker 1>vein within Q and On. When you think about it,

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<v Speaker 1>it's quite bizarre that Q and On is evolving like

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<v Speaker 1>this when you consider that they all actually worshiped Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>and Trump did more for Israel than many previous US presidents.

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<v Speaker 1>He's the one that even okayed the move of the

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<v Speaker 1>embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, effectively recognizing Jerusalem as

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<v Speaker 1>the capital of israel I don't want to get into

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<v Speaker 1>their deeper politics of Palestine versus Israel, but that is

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<v Speaker 1>a very big win for Israel. Still, this Nazi vein

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<v Speaker 1>within Q and On is the way it seems to

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<v Speaker 1>be going now, with the sheer number of Q and

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<v Speaker 1>on's becoming indoctor trinated by all this, it's a very

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<v Speaker 1>big worry. There are hundreds of thousands of people, all

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<v Speaker 1>Q supporters, in these underground telegram network channels, and now

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<v Speaker 1>many of them lapping up neo Nazi propaganda, whereas only

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<v Speaker 1>a few months ago they were died in the world

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<v Speaker 1>hardcore conservatives. Now, whether you hate conservatives or are a conservative,

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<v Speaker 1>that is irrelevant. There is no denying that the jump

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<v Speaker 1>from conservative center right politics to far right neo Nazism

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<v Speaker 1>is quite vast and very troubling. Now what's interesting is

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<v Speaker 1>Ghost Ezra himself. Whoever it is, we don't know, but

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<v Speaker 1>this guy hasn't been on the scene within Q and

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<v Speaker 1>On for that long. There are some researchers that think

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<v Speaker 1>Ghost Ezra is possibly a plant, as in, he was

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<v Speaker 1>never a Q and On fan that somehow started turning Nazi.

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<v Speaker 1>He was possibly a Nazi. The whole time and infiltrated

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<v Speaker 1>Q and On. As we spoke about in episode two,

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<v Speaker 1>the way he's going, the way he's pushing all this

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<v Speaker 1>Nazi propaganda. I think that's quite possible to anyway, moving

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<v Speaker 1>on to the next update, let me just say this

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<v Speaker 1>queue is back, or maybe sort of or maybe not.

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<v Speaker 1>Just just better with me. Listen to this. We're going

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about the new que drop or what you

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<v Speaker 1>could call the B drop. Now. Remember Q hasn't posted

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<v Speaker 1>a single que drop since December, but something new happened. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to get everybody's hopes up, but it

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<v Speaker 1>felt like Q was back for a second. So let

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<v Speaker 1>me just explain. So last month in May, there was

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<v Speaker 1>a big Q and On conference in Dallas, Texas. It

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<v Speaker 1>was absolutely mental. We will be talking about that next

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<v Speaker 1>episode in detail, talking to someone that basically infiltrated it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all very strange. But what you need to know

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<v Speaker 1>now is that one day into the conference, on May nine,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a message put onto a coun posted directly

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<v Speaker 1>to the Q and on Board, the exclusive Q and

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<v Speaker 1>on Board. For Q to explain further, his researcher Sarah

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<v Speaker 1>hi Tower, Remember hires Tower helps out with research and

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<v Speaker 1>fact checking on this podcast. She's one of the very

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<v Speaker 1>best researchers out there. She knows what she's on about.

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<v Speaker 1>Have a listen. So, like a day into the the

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<v Speaker 1>Yeehab God's Guns and Gravy Patriot Rodeo or whatever it

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<v Speaker 1>was called, somebody posted to eight CON's que post board.

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<v Speaker 1>And when I say that it's the Q post board,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean like it's literally the board set up for

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<v Speaker 1>a que to post. The que drops too, so I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's the projected calms board. It literally only exists

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<v Speaker 1>for the express purpose like que drops. Okay, regular users

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<v Speaker 1>like they can't even post the or to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to post to this board. You have to have the key,

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<v Speaker 1>so you'd have to be like side owner or an

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<v Speaker 1>admin or just someone who was given the keys to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to post basically all right, So, as Sarah says,

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<v Speaker 1>if something pops up on the qeboard on a coun

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<v Speaker 1>it's not just somebody messing around. As far as Q

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<v Speaker 1>and on's were concerned, this had come from HQ, from

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<v Speaker 1>General Command, from the White House, from Q. So, as

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<v Speaker 1>you can imagine, everybody got quite excited. But just have

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<v Speaker 1>I listen to what happen next. So this post, it

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<v Speaker 1>just appeared out of nowhere, but instead of Q, the

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<v Speaker 1>post author was B, and B didn't have the Q

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<v Speaker 1>trip code. Now, the Q trip code was already like

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<v Speaker 1>explained it on the show, like at least once just

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<v Speaker 1>to refresh your memory if you've forgotten. The trip code

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<v Speaker 1>was essentially a signature attached to Q. So whenever someone

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<v Speaker 1>posted claiming to be QUE, posting a Q drop whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>Q and ons could confirm that it was actually Q

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<v Speaker 1>using this trip code, the signature if you like, if

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<v Speaker 1>you've forgotten all about it, maybe go back and listen

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<v Speaker 1>to the episode on it in series one. But essentially

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<v Speaker 1>the trip code would confirm that Q was Q. As

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<v Speaker 1>we know, it got hijacked the trip code changed hands.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway, this new user turned up and it was

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<v Speaker 1>a B drop, not a Q drop. So this B

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<v Speaker 1>person they post this short drop and it sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>somebody is trying to copy cues. Posting style accutes rhetorical style,

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<v Speaker 1>but it just comes across is like I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if you've ever read like an Instagram influencer or like

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<v Speaker 1>a TikToker who decides to like publish their poetry. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's like that and it says fact versus fiction. We

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<v Speaker 1>will not tell you which is which. The choice is yours.

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<v Speaker 1>Who gave you the playbooks? Who helps you answer questions?

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what the post hands And it's pretty short

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<v Speaker 1>and interestingly enough, this b person they didn't sign their

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<v Speaker 1>post at the bottom the way cue a sleeve signs

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<v Speaker 1>the Q drops, So everybody on all sides of the

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<v Speaker 1>Q and on thing, like they got all worked up,

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<v Speaker 1>so like watchers and researchers started like immediately speculating, like,

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<v Speaker 1>is this a troll who managed to hack the board?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it like Jim and Ron engaging interest during the

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<v Speaker 1>Patriot roundup thingy that? When was that? Or like, was

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<v Speaker 1>it Ron trying to work shop the next phase of

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<v Speaker 1>the Q grift or get people interested in his alien

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<v Speaker 1>themed wiki leaks rip off? Yeah, Sarah did just say

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<v Speaker 1>alien theme that wiki leagues rip off. That's basically what

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<v Speaker 1>Ron Watkins is doing. Now. We think Jim and Ron

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<v Speaker 1>Watkins were behind Q and On. If you've heard series one,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's quite clear that they were. But now

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<v Speaker 1>Ron has moved on to this strange UFO situation. It's

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<v Speaker 1>quite interesting. We're going to be doing a whole episode

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<v Speaker 1>soon about what Jim and Ron Watkins did next. But

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<v Speaker 1>just no is another Internet based grift that Ron is

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<v Speaker 1>trying to create a community around. So Sarah said, there

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<v Speaker 1>was a lot of speculation from Q and ons, from researchers.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody was wondering, who is this be, why is there

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<v Speaker 1>a drop in the cue boards and what does it

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<v Speaker 1>all mean? Well, it's possible that actually the b drop

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<v Speaker 1>was just a disgruntled eight coon employee putting up some

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<v Speaker 1>nonsense on the cue board before dropping out and saying

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<v Speaker 1>fuck you Jim, fuck you Ron, see you later. This

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<v Speaker 1>is what Jim Watkins had to say about it. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Watkins comes out and he said that an admin

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<v Speaker 1>or a global volunteer who goes by the user name

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<v Speaker 1>the Laughing Man posted it, which is like, it's Jim Watkins,

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<v Speaker 1>so like take it with a grain of salt or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>But there actually is record of someone in his orbit

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<v Speaker 1>in that orbit who went by the name like the

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<v Speaker 1>Laughing Man. Now you might think, well, why would you

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<v Speaker 1>trust what Jim Watkins has to say about Q and on. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>because it's very clear to me, to a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people that him and his son Ron were behind it.

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<v Speaker 1>So if he says, well, actually this isn't about Q,

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<v Speaker 1>it's kind of true because he's the one that dictates

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<v Speaker 1>what is about Q, because he's making it all up

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<v Speaker 1>as he goes along. So Jim said that he fired

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<v Speaker 1>the admin and that he cut the volunteer team over

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<v Speaker 1>on eight coon and like half. So I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if any or all that last bit is true. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>B hasn't posted, sense, and it kind of seems unlikely

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<v Speaker 1>that we're ever going to hear from them again. So

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<v Speaker 1>do with that what you will do with that, what

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<v Speaker 1>you will Q and On's certainly did. Some are still

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<v Speaker 1>considering this bee drop a genuine return of Q. Well others,

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<v Speaker 1>mostly scenes who have sort of decided to ignore it.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever it was. The most interesting part of the B

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<v Speaker 1>drop is what it shows in the plane light of

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<v Speaker 1>day that anyone that's part of the admin team on

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<v Speaker 1>a coun could post on Que's exclusive board. We all

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<v Speaker 1>knew that anyway, but now it's been confirmed with the

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<v Speaker 1>B drop. Jim Watkins basically said, yeah, this board is

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<v Speaker 1>nowhere near as secure as we made out, and he

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<v Speaker 1>has effectively backed up a lot of what we said

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<v Speaker 1>in series one. That is it's not that difficult to

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<v Speaker 1>commander or steer Q on the chan boards. Personally, I

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<v Speaker 1>think the B drop is more relevant when it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to exposing who is behind Q and on than it

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<v Speaker 1>is of any evidence of a return anyway. Next final update,

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<v Speaker 1>let's talk about the John McAfee drama. So if you're unaware,

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<v Speaker 1>John mccafee was the entrepreneurial creator of the world famous

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<v Speaker 1>anti computer virus software McAfee Virus Scan. This was the

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<v Speaker 1>first commercial anti virus software. It was released in the

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<v Speaker 1>eighties and eventually made McAfee a billionaire. Now, McAfee was

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<v Speaker 1>not your average rich guy. To put it frankly, he

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<v Speaker 1>was absolutely fucking nuts. Maybe all rich guys are like that,

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<v Speaker 1>but they're not usually posting about on social media and

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<v Speaker 1>having documentaries made about themselves. So, among many other bizarre

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<v Speaker 1>twists and turns in his life story, McAfee was accused

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<v Speaker 1>of allegedly murdering his neighbor, manufacturing his own bath salts, drugs,

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<v Speaker 1>abusing women he paid to have sex with, and forming

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<v Speaker 1>what was basically an armed gang or militia in Belize.

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<v Speaker 1>It was somewhat of an Internet anti hero for some

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<v Speaker 1>due to his antiques and open challenges to the US

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<v Speaker 1>government on social media. Lots of found him funny, and

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<v Speaker 1>in some ways he was. Ultimately though, McAfee was a

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<v Speaker 1>compulsive liar, a fraud, and was once sexually involved with

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<v Speaker 1>a sixteen year old girl in Belize. In twelve, McAfee

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<v Speaker 1>died on at June one. He was seventy five years old.

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<v Speaker 1>He died by what is very likely suicide in a

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<v Speaker 1>Spanish prison cell. He was incarcerated on charges levied at

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<v Speaker 1>him by the US government. The police in Barcelona agreed

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<v Speaker 1>to arrest him for the US. The US claims he'd

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<v Speaker 1>been evading tax by having his income paid into bank

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<v Speaker 1>accounts and cryptocurrency exchange accounts in the names of other nominees.

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<v Speaker 1>He was said to be extradited to the US when

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<v Speaker 1>he was found dead. Now, what the hell does all

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<v Speaker 1>this have to do with tu and on. We'll get

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<v Speaker 1>to that, but for context, let's explain the suicide slash

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<v Speaker 1>murder conspiracy that's brewing. So before mccafee died, he posted

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<v Speaker 1>the following message on Twitter quote getting subtle messages from

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<v Speaker 1>US officials saying, in effect, we're coming for you, McAfee.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to kill yourself. I got a tattoo today

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<v Speaker 1>just in case if I suicide myself. I didn't. I

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<v Speaker 1>was whacked. Check my right arm shacked available only at

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<v Speaker 1>mccafee dex dot com smiley face end quote. This message

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<v Speaker 1>was posted with an image of a new tattoo he'd

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<v Speaker 1>gotten on his right arm that said shacked with the

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<v Speaker 1>S as a dollar sign shwacked or whacked, meaning he

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<v Speaker 1>had been killed. As you can imagine, this has caused

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<v Speaker 1>a sensational conspiracy theory now that he's dead, especially on

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<v Speaker 1>the internet. Now, I am definitely not saying that I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's beyond the scope of the US government to

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<v Speaker 1>assassinate people that could cast them in a bad light.

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<v Speaker 1>But McAfee's claims in his life of knowing about shadowy

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<v Speaker 1>government plots against him were all very over the top

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<v Speaker 1>without any substance, and they were ultimately used as an

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<v Speaker 1>excuse for his reckless, drug fueled behavior. I do not

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<v Speaker 1>believe McAfee was murdered by the US government. It's my

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<v Speaker 1>belief that he was plotting the ultimate post death mystery

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<v Speaker 1>about himself, knowing that he'd soon take his life if extradited.

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<v Speaker 1>After all, he was seventy five years old. He'd lived

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<v Speaker 1>a mad life and was probably going to spend the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of it in prison once sent back to the US.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, as in life as in death, he wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to court further contra versy around the legend of John

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<v Speaker 1>mccafee after he was dead and gone to throw a

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<v Speaker 1>fuel on this fire of his. There was even a

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<v Speaker 1>big nod to Q and on. On June twenty three,

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<v Speaker 1>roughly an hour after McAfee's death was announced in the media,

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<v Speaker 1>there was an image posted to John mccafee's official, verified

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<v Speaker 1>Instagram account. The image was the letter Q black in

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<v Speaker 1>caps with a white background. I could not fucking believe it.

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<v Speaker 1>McAfee briefly dabbled in Q and on talk whilst alive,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was never a hardcore proponent of it, even

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<v Speaker 1>when he campaigned to be US president on a batshit

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<v Speaker 1>in saying quasi libertarian ticket Q and on was even

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<v Speaker 1>two nuts for him. Really, what I'm saying is McAfee

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<v Speaker 1>was not a Q and on guy. I think this

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<v Speaker 1>post was done by someone close to him who had

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<v Speaker 1>his logins to Instagram. I think McAfee told them to

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<v Speaker 1>do this. I think he wanted to cause chaos, confusion,

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<v Speaker 1>and further conspiracy even after he died. I do not

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<v Speaker 1>think McAfee was at all linked to Q and on.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no evidence to suggest this was happening behind the

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<v Speaker 1>scenes or otherwise. McAfee's Instagram account has now been completely

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<v Speaker 1>removed and the post is obviously gone, but the immediate

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<v Speaker 1>reaction from Q and On's was as you can probably imagine,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a frenzy one Q and on Telegram account

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<v Speaker 1>with almost forty thousand subscribers that I checked quickly after

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<v Speaker 1>this happened, when berserk one user posted the following with

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<v Speaker 1>the image of the McAfee q Instagram post. Quote rumor

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<v Speaker 1>confirmed McAfee cupic has a crypto graphic key in caps

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<v Speaker 1>embedded in the image file. I was able to view

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<v Speaker 1>this in photo shop instructions fb M D two three

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<v Speaker 1>zero zero nine six zero one zero zero s and

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<v Speaker 1>you know it goes on like that, A lot of numbers,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of zeros, some letters, dead man switch activated

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<v Speaker 1>end quote. The alleged code that this user dug out

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<v Speaker 1>from the image that the Q and On's immediately ran

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<v Speaker 1>with without checking the code that they said means some

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<v Speaker 1>kind of dead man switch has been activated. The alleged

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<v Speaker 1>code that got them all riled up from this John

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<v Speaker 1>McAfee Instagram Q post is actually an automatic International Press

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<v Speaker 1>Telecommunications Council SLASH Information Interchange Model code that Facebook, who

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<v Speaker 1>owns Instagram, bakes into uploaded images to essentially keep track

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<v Speaker 1>of content uploaded to their sites is being shared elsewhere.

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<v Speaker 1>The f b m D code that the Q follow

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<v Speaker 1>up posted is just a Facebook member data code f

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<v Speaker 1>B M D McAfee's plan to baselessly it's so further

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<v Speaker 1>conspiracy and misinformation worked even after death, all thanks to

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