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@pbeisel @Brent_Hobbs It’s the difference between feeling smart and actually being smart.

For all you highly moronic moon conspiracy theorists... The moon landings happened. Here are four bulletproof reasons why the hoax theory collapses under its own weight. 1. We brought back 842 pounds of moon rocks and geologists worldwide have been slicing them open for 55 years Apollo 11–17 crews hauled back samples that scream "lunar origin" in every isotope, crystal structure, and chemical signature. These rocks have zero water content (Earth rocks almost always have some), solar wind particles embedded from billions of years of unfiltered space exposure, and microscopic glass beads formed by ancient meteorite impacts— stuff impossible to replicate with 1960s tech. Independent labs in the Soviet Union, Europe, Japan, and China analyzed them and confirmed: same age (3.7–4.5 billion years), same exotic minerals like armalcolite, same lack of oxidation. If NASA faked it, they'd have needed a secret lunar rock factory decades ahead of its time. Conspiracy theorists never explain how we pulled that off while simultaneously "faking" the tech to get there. These samples are still studied today in museums and universities— you can touch (protected) pieces yourself. 2. Laser reflectors are still on the Moon, and anyone with the right equipment can ping them right now Apollo 11, 14, and 15 crews placed corner-cube retroreflectors on the lunar surface. These are passive mirrors (no batteries, no moving parts) that bounce laser beams straight back to Earth. Observatories like McDonald in Texas, Apache Point in New Mexico, and facilities in France, Italy, and Australia have been firing lasers at them daily since 1969 and measuring the round-trip time to millimeter precision. The data proves the distance to the Moon (about 384,400 km) and how it's slowly receding (3.8 cm/year). China’s Chang’e missions and India’s Chandrayaan have imaged the exact landing sites, including the hardware and tracks. If it was faked, the hoaxers would have needed to secretly land mirrors on the Moon— or convince every laser-ranging scientist on Earth to lie for half a century. Spoiler: they didn’t. 3. Modern orbiters from multiple countries have photographed the landing sites in high resolution—footprints and all NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has snapped razor-sharp images of every Apollo site since 2009. You can see the descent stages, rover tracks, astronaut footprints, and even the exact paths they walked. Japan’s SELENE, India’s Chandrayaan-2, and China’s Chang’e-2 and Chang’e-3 orbiters independently confirmed the same shadows, hardware, and disturbance patterns. These aren’t blurry NASA photos from 1969, they’re crisp, multi-spectral images taken decades later by rival space agencies. The geometry matches perfectly: the flag is still there (Apollo 11’s fell over during liftoff), the rover is parked where they left it, and the blast craters under the landers are exactly as predicted. A studio set on Earth couldn’t survive that level of global scrutiny from space. 4. The conspiracy would have been bigger, dumber, and leakier than the actual mission Over 400,000 people worked on Apollo. That’s engineers, technicians, contractors, secretaries, and janitors across dozens of companies and universities. Not one deathbed confession, not one leaked memo, not one whistleblower with hard proof in 55+ years? That’s statistically insane. The Soviets were tracking every second of the missions in real time with their own radar and radio telescopes— they hated America’s guts and would have screamed "fake" at the first glitch if they could. Instead, they congratulated the U.S. and kept quiet. Faking it would have required inventing better special effects, vacuum chambers, and propulsion tech than what actually existed while hiding it from the very people who built the real rockets. Occam’s razor doesn’t just cut here; it eviscerates the hoax. The footage, the rocks, the reflectors, the photos, the tracking data— they all line up perfectly because the landings were real. The moon is still up there, waiting for the next crew. The evidence isn’t "believable", it’s undeniable. If you’re still on the fence, go look at an LRO image of Tranquility Base or bounce a laser off those reflectors yourself. Remember: conspiracy theory is the sophistication of the ignorant.

@NewReaganCaucus Disappointing to see Principles First and The Bulwark types are content to see Iranians c”be mudered en masse because Trump is in office. I wish Trump went in charge, but letting the Islamist regime gun down innocent protesters and continue to murder Americans is better?

When you think about how reluctant this generation is about saving Iranians from a totalitarian regime, it really highlights how much the Greatest Generation was built different. They followed the Depression and WWII with 36k soldiers laying down their lives to save half Korea.

@Bezner Anything is better without bananas, though.

#Easter hot takes: 1. “Death in vain forbids him rise,” is the supreme line in Easter hymnody. 2. The term “Easter” isn’t pagan. That’s urban legend. 3. Chessman cookies are superior to vanilla wafers in your banana pudding. 4. Easter should get as much love as Christmas.

@MarshallLocke Yes

"The entire geopolitical shape of the Middle East is now at issue, whether or not that was originally intended by President Trump and whether or not he realizes it even now. . .Mr. Trump started the job; now he needs to finish it." nytimes.com/2026/04/04/opi…

@BamaStephen @sikorskiradek @ninah_medic Like Trump, they talk about God but obviously have no fear of Him.

@sikorskiradek @ninah_medic Putin is anti-Christ; an emissary of Satan. The flames and misery he has inflicted on the world are a small foreshadowing of his own eternal residence.

Putin’s Christianity for Easter.

@RobGeorge Sadly accurate

The dress is formal; the diplomacy is casual.

@SouthernKeeks @pursueliberty Even worse: the anti-vaccine “pureblood” types

I have zero patience for flat-earthers and the “space photos are staged” crowd. They treat ignorance like it’s a personality trait worth broadcasting.

@greggnunziata Don’t care to see trumps in any context but leaving.

This is really a lovely tradition

@CountryFirstRep This is Trumpvangelicals’ “man of God.”

Uh....happy Easter to you too, Mr. President...

@HeathMayo The alternative is the murder of tens of thousands of more Iranians. You support that? That Trump is unfortunately in office does not make allowing murderers of inranians to be the right position.

The guy truly thinks he’s living out some psycho Godfather motif. Shame on every person who continues to insist we should carry on this war with someone this unstable calling the shots. Such a blow to the dignity and credibility of the United States.

@JohnDalyBooks Vance is in charge of fraud.

Didn't he do that weeks ago?

@MarshallLocke My favorite response right now.

"If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died." - 1 Corinthians 15:19-20 He is risen indeed!

I shared this before, but I love this story about my wife: She became a Christian in college, but didn’t know much about church. So at her first Easter service, when people would say the traditional greeting of “He is risen!” she’d respond with an enthusiastic “Heck yeah, baby!”

@JakeAuch It sounds like you’re cheering for the dictators.

Donald Trump is going to be the only president in American history to single-handedly start and lose a war.

@HaikuJonah Well, we’ve been kind of distracted by what’s going on around here.

I have been so invested in this for so long that it’s just bonkers to me that this took so many people by surprise.

@DavidAFrench It’s possible to be angry at both.

The anger at our NATO for not joining Trump's war is totally misplaced. Be angry at the man who can't seem to decide on war aims, launches conflicts in violation of our Constitution, threatens allies with invasion, and is liable to turn on a dime against anyone who offends him.

@BamaStephen @TerryMoran @DehavDriver It is a necessary war, but Trump unfortunately lacks the character and intelligence to properly conduct it.

@TerryMoran @DehavDriver Trump and Hegseth have blundered into an unnecessary war that America may not be able to win, nor can we cleanly escape. This catastrophe will stay with us for a long time. A major concern is how this affects American citizens in the Homeland and abroad. Terrorists won’t forget.

Two US warplanes shot down. Two Black Hawk helicopters hit. Iran still firing off missiles and repairing missile bunkers. The Ayatollahs and IRGC still rule. The US has not "won." This isn't "regime change." Words still have meaning. We're in a war. Trump is flailing.

@jbarro Well, I hope she gets some intelligence, whatever the method.

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