This! My coworker believes all of this. That ish about Obama and the martial law too. But what you said here stood out:

"He says my husband and I are sheep who will believe anything because we watch mainstream news sources to get information about the world. Meanwhile, he tries to prove to us that conspiracy theories are right by showing us articles from random, unverified sites online."

I just don't get it. People who complain about the "mainstream media" yet go to the entrails of the Internet to find sources, that have no checks or balances to ensure they publish a scintilla of truth, yet they cling to the reliability of these websites, simply because they spew what they want to hear.