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I don't see how one could reasonably say a thing that has happened before and a thing that hasn't happened before are equally plausible explanations for a thing that is currently happening.

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I don't know about in the US, but in Canada in recent weeks there have been conspiracy theories floating around that the wildfires in Alberta were started by The Libs™ in order to make the provincial Conservative government look bad in the lead-up to an election.

So, uh, keep in mind that some commenters might be Just Asking Questions.

I don't wanna be too cynical but I did look at the accounts of the two people in this thread who seem to find the idea plausible and found...pretty much exactly what I expected to find. So, yeah, I agree with you, lotta JAQing off.

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