We should have seen this coming. If we know one thing about the ultra right, it's that they will always use anything, absolutely anything, to validate their perverted fantasias.
Think not? According to country and western singer, John Rich the arrest of murder suspect Bryan Kohberger proves the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump.
On January 5th of this year, Rich, one half of the C&W duo, Rich and Big, tweeted, "They caught the Idaho killer using cell phone ping data, the exact same method used to track the #2000 mules." Brother Rich's frustration was evidenced when he added, "One's praised as brilliant detective work, the other has been vilified as not credible. See how this works? We live in a mirrored fun house where every image is bent."
For those unaware of arcane Trumpista mythology, "2000 Mules," is a film released last spring purportedly proving how the democrats stole the election. It was co-written and directed by Dinesh D'Souza a prominent purveyor of conspiracy theories. According to the film, a network of leftwing nonprofits paid 2,000 individuals, the mules, spread out over five swing states to stuff ballot drop boxes with fraudulent Biden votes. The film's major proof this nefarious plot took place is based on cell phone tower pings--the same type of technology and data used to track Kohberger's movements before and after the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students in November.
Well, sort of. John Rich fails to mention a few fairly important details
First and foremost cell phone tracking doesn't prove you've done anything wrong. It can only say your phone was in a certain area, a fairly large one at that, at a certain time. In other words it doesn't prove you were stuffing ballot boxes, or stabbing multiple people to death.
Secondly, the critics of, "2000 Mules," which are legion, have never said the technology used is wrong. what they see is a deeply prejudiced methodology which is purposely flawed to show results the audience and producers desperately want to believe.
Authorities first identified Kohberger as the owner of a car which was similar to one seen several times in the area of the murders. It was only then they began looking at him and his cell phone foot prints. They were completely focused on tracking him and him alone. Even then he wasn't arrested on that evidence alone. Something called, DNA helped. Without it he would probably still be running around without a clue the cops were on his trail. Get it? Cell phone tower pings by themselves aren't enough, there has to be more.
In, "2000 Mules," the, investigators are looking at a bunch of anonymous phone numbers with no idea who they belong to, their jobs, residences, or habits. In other words, The Mules, might have pinged on cell towers near ballot drop boxes a few times daily, or weekly simply because they live, or work nearby, or stop in at a bar a half mile away for a nightly martini. In short the film provides not verifiable evidence of illegal ballot drop box fraud at all.
Wikipedia states, "2000 Mules," did $1.5 million at the box office. It also reports, Salem Media, which was an executive producer of the film claimed it earned over $10 million during the first week of streaming and was viewed over one million times.
Of course it was.
The conspiracy business is big. The TV show, X-files proved it. Luckily most of us knew the series was fiction. That would be unlike, "2000 Mules," which was billed as a documentary and fits right in with the cracked quasi religion of warblers like John Rich.
Can you say, Yee-haw?
Yeah, I'd rather not either.
Ladies and gentlemen, the bar is open.
1-22-23
For once, I have no comment. I just don't know what to say.
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