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Where dat snitch at?37017 Posts
January 26 2018 01:49 GMT
#195621
The conspiracy talks stop right now. Anyone who continues the conversation after this post will receive a temp ban. We do not condone that shit here on TL. Either drop it or go somewhere else.
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GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States23162 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-26 01:52:52
January 26 2018 01:50 GMT
#195622
On January 26 2018 10:45 Adreme wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2018 10:28 GreenHorizons wrote:
On January 26 2018 10:21 Adreme wrote:
On January 26 2018 10:03 GreenHorizons wrote:
On January 26 2018 09:59 Plansix wrote:
On January 26 2018 09:54 Adreme wrote:
Okay was day at work a little too long or did this thread devolve into that deranged 9/11 conspiracy nonsense where people try to argue that 2 massive planes hitting the buildings did not bring them down all evidence to the contrary and then it descends into inside jobs and coverups and all this other equally crazy stuff.

Am I just misreading these pages or is this seriously being talked about?

The argument has shifted to the third building that was on fire for 7 hours and then fell over. Apparently some people think that it shouldn't have because 7 hour fires shouldn't have been enough to knock it over, or something.


It literally never happened before or since despite far worse fires but don't let that interrupt your feelings of superiority.

Look, I get that you guys don't know what you don't know (like protocol [pretty sure they were cited]), or that saying "there were no accelerants used" without testing for accelerants should be a basic red flag, but I don't feel like were going to get anywhere. Aqua, you can pm if you want since your inquiries were mostly fair although based in self-admitted ignorance.



Oh I love the conspiracy theorists sources. You claim access to the super secret information that is somehow being buried which again is just stupid. Do you really think any real journalist would not jump at chance to become a legend in the field. They would be the modern day Woodward and Bernstein.

However, you believe that there is some massive cover-up that has kept this "secret" from being reported. That so many could be involved and no one would say a word in this modern day where everything leaks. That no serious reporter would find any evidence whatsoever. That none of the hundreds of people who would have had to be involved in the event itself plus several hundred more in the coverup not to mention basically the entire media itself would somehow be able to keep this massive secret for so long.

This belief is delusional. I cannot be kind about this. Everything you have said about this is laughable and taints everything else you say about any other topic. None of your other posts hold any credibility because you have exposed yourself as the kind of person who can believe in this sort of nonsense.

Conspiracy theories are nice. I get the appeal. They try to make sense of things that are hard to explain and make there own boogeyman and they give you this feeling of comfort that you understand the "truth" and others do not. Just because they have that appeal though does not make them based in reality. 9/11 was not an inside job. Obama was born in Hawaii. Sandy Hook was not staged. That Mexican gun operation from the Obama era was not a secret plot to inspire gun violence just to enact gun control laws. There was no grand conspiracy for the government to take control of the Afghan Opioid fields. Oh and also the moon landing did happen. All of these theories that say otherwise are nonsense. There is no kind way to put it. They are nonsensical solutions to much more complicated issues that work by presenting half-truths and false dichotomies in order to fool people into thinking they are true and believable and that the evidence is merely being surpressed


It's nothing super secret, it's that no matter how you present it you get this reaction.

The people I'm citing aren't a bunch of random crackpots that want to bring down the US government and the Global Cabal, I'm sure there's plenty of them mixed in because it's not easy taking all this "you're crazy!' shit, but a lot of them some I've spoken to personally, are just in the industry and despite making it a shit ton harder to get jobs (if their public skepticism is passed on to employers) they're the type of meticulous nerds that just need to have a satisfactory scientific answer for their understandings of the physical forces and stressors operating on the structures.


The reason you get this reaction is that not a single credible news outlet is willing to put there name to this nonsense. The best you get is Alex Jones. Every other serious news outlet I guarantee investigated it, saw what a 7 hour uncontrolled fire could do to a building and said "yes the fire could do the damage needed to bring a building down" even though buildings of that size do not have 7 hour uncontrolled fires which is why it is so unprecedented. However unusual does not mean impossible.

Hypothetically both that building and both world trade centers COULD have possibly stayed up if the fires had burned differently or gotten under control faster or the planes had hit at a slightly different angle. However just because something CAN happen does not make it the most likely outcome.

You see things like this in academic fields as well where something that is hypothetically possible but unlikely is posed as the solution and most often times its because the researcher is using facts to back up there theory instead of making the theory fit the facts. That at its core is how a conspiracy starts. They have a theory and they dig thru and try to find facts that make it possible.

Again you have people who say it could have been done this way, but not a single person involved and no chain of evidence that makes this anything other than the same of level of deranged conspiracy as all of the other ones I listed. By the way when you share an opinion with Alex Jones that should give you pause to check your opinion.


Believe me, it would be a lot easier to just accept the official story and move on. The only reason I don't is because when I started looking I couldn't get satisfactory explanations.

Hell I bought the whole understanding Serm mentioned and Danglars corrected before I started wondering.

EDIT: Literally just read the post above after I posted, but I know yall are looking for a reason so I'll let you end it there.
"People like to look at history and think 'If that was me back then, I would have...' We're living through history, and the truth is, whatever you are doing now is probably what you would have done then" "Scratch a Liberal..."
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-26 01:57:28
January 26 2018 01:55 GMT
#195623
So trump ordered Mueller to be fired last June but White Counsel threatened to quit and he backed off.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/us/politics/trump-mueller-special-counsel-russia.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Which begs the question who here actrually thinks the GOP would consider this the last straw. They will go down with this ship.
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
NewSunshine
Profile Joined July 2011
United States5938 Posts
January 26 2018 01:59 GMT
#195624
If it's substantive, I'm confident Mueller's got it filed away for later. Another nail for the used gold coffin.
"If you find yourself feeling lost, take pride in the accuracy of your feelings." - Night Vale
FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
Netherlands30548 Posts
January 26 2018 02:00 GMT
#195625
On January 26 2018 10:18 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:

lol

Last year there was a tape of Kevin McCarthy saying he thinks Trump is paid by Putin, and Paul Ryan saying 'no leaks, we keep this in the family'. Isn't that a more interesting 'secret family society' for this enlightened fellow to dig into?

But I guess that was just a joke and not something serious like this text message
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NewSunshine
Profile Joined July 2011
United States5938 Posts
January 26 2018 02:03 GMT
#195626
Well he also unironically mentioned "the memo" as though it's gonna have jack shit in it, so I think we can safely disregard anything that leaves his mouth.
"If you find yourself feeling lost, take pride in the accuracy of your feelings." - Night Vale
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
January 26 2018 02:08 GMT
#195627
Jesus fucking christ...

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Mohdoo
Profile Joined August 2007
United States15654 Posts
January 26 2018 02:19 GMT
#195628
This story about Trump's attempted firing of Mueller is huge. Biggest thing is that it shows his cabinet is trying to keep the investigation going and actively lying to prevent Trump from going nuclear.
FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
Netherlands30548 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-26 02:22:51
January 26 2018 02:22 GMT
#195629
I'm going to say white house will deny it

and then Trump will tweet

' Failing New York Times spreads more fake news, McGahn never threatened to quit, it was ME who threatened to fire him when he didn't listen!'

and thereby accidentally confirming the story and throwing another bus at his spokespeople
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{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
January 26 2018 02:23 GMT
#195630
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Leporello
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2845 Posts
January 26 2018 02:29 GMT
#195631
Obstruction of Justice much.

Then again, our President already told the world he fired the director of the FBI over the "Russiar thing".

The difference between actual conspiracy, and theory, couldn't be clearer. And with Trump, it is actual conspiracy, and probably to a very treasonous extent.
Big water
m4ini
Profile Joined February 2014
4215 Posts
January 26 2018 02:29 GMT
#195632
In one phone conversation during 2017, Trump complained to May over the criticism he’d been getting in British newspapers. Amid warnings that Trump would face protests in the streets when he arrived, he told the prime minister he would not be coming to the U.K. until she could promise him a warm welcome.

May responded to say such treatment was simply the way the British press operate, and there wasn’t much she could do. In the secure bunker underneath the prime minister’s office, her advisers listened in to the call in astonishment at Trump’s demand.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-24/inside-the-dysfunctional-relationship-of-donald-trump-and-theresa-may

Guess touting how you could've fucked the still very beloved Diana, including taking an HIV test, months after she died isn't as forgotten as he thinks.

I actually could understand if the british have a special kind of hatred towards trump. Not just the usual one.

Disclaimer: sorry if it was mentioned somewhere earlier, i just couldn't be arsed to go through the conspiracy shit.
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Leporello
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2845 Posts
January 26 2018 02:31 GMT
#195633
Trump won't be impeached tomorrow because Republicans.
Big water
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-26 02:34:51
January 26 2018 02:34 GMT
#195634
On January 26 2018 11:31 Leporello wrote:
Trump won't be impeached tomorrow because Republicans.

Impeachment is serious. They need to wait for the investigation to end and make the case to the public. And also be democrats, not tea party clowns.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Leporello
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2845 Posts
January 26 2018 02:35 GMT
#195635
On January 26 2018 11:34 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2018 11:31 Leporello wrote:
Trump won't be impeached tomorrow because Republicans.

Impeachment is serious. They need to wait for the investigation to end and make the case to the public. And also be democrats, not tea party clowns.

The entire investigation will span years.
But I have a feeling an Obstruction of Justice referral is coming sooner than later.
Big water
NewSunshine
Profile Joined July 2011
United States5938 Posts
January 26 2018 02:35 GMT
#195636
On January 26 2018 11:31 Leporello wrote:
Trump won't be impeached tomorrow because Republicans.

"The party of family values" takes a rather due turn.
"If you find yourself feeling lost, take pride in the accuracy of your feelings." - Night Vale
m4ini
Profile Joined February 2014
4215 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-26 02:38:46
January 26 2018 02:36 GMT
#195637
On January 26 2018 11:34 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2018 11:31 Leporello wrote:
Trump won't be impeached tomorrow because Republicans.

Impeachment is serious. They need to wait for the investigation to end and make the case to the public. And also be democrats, not tea party clowns.


That would assume that you could trust in the integrity of republican politicians. Which makes even republicans chuckle.

Lets be real. Trump gets impeached if he gets caught while being handed a yuge stash of cash by putin himself in the Kremlin. Maybe.

Not over any of this. For that, you'd need to have country over party, not the other way around.

edit: without the toxicity, i actually do think it's not in the realm of possibility that trump gets impeached over this, considering many republicans called for it anyway.
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-26 02:40:29
January 26 2018 02:39 GMT
#195638
On January 26 2018 11:36 m4ini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2018 11:34 Plansix wrote:
On January 26 2018 11:31 Leporello wrote:
Trump won't be impeached tomorrow because Republicans.

Impeachment is serious. They need to wait for the investigation to end and make the case to the public. And also be democrats, not tea party clowns.


That would assume that you could trust in the integrity of republican politicians. Which makes even republicans chuckle.

Lets be real. Trump gets impeached if he gets caught while being handed a yuge stash of cash by putin himself in the Kremlin. Maybe.

Not over any of this. For that, you'd need to have country over party, not the other way around.

Nixon was impeached for firing the special counsel. It might happen here, but not until 2019.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Introvert
Profile Joined April 2011
United States4727 Posts
January 26 2018 02:42 GMT
#195639
Trump won't be impeached because you can't convince the American public to impeach a president for not firing someone investigating a conspiracy that didn't happen.

Even if he wanted to fire someone he had the authority to fire.
"It is therefore only at the birth of a society that one can be completely logical in the laws. When you see a people enjoying this advantage, do not hasten to conclude that it is wise; think rather that it is young." -Alexis de Tocqueville
m4ini
Profile Joined February 2014
4215 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-26 02:46:05
January 26 2018 02:44 GMT
#195640
On January 26 2018 11:39 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2018 11:36 m4ini wrote:
On January 26 2018 11:34 Plansix wrote:
On January 26 2018 11:31 Leporello wrote:
Trump won't be impeached tomorrow because Republicans.

Impeachment is serious. They need to wait for the investigation to end and make the case to the public. And also be democrats, not tea party clowns.


That would assume that you could trust in the integrity of republican politicians. Which makes even republicans chuckle.

Lets be real. Trump gets impeached if he gets caught while being handed a yuge stash of cash by putin himself in the Kremlin. Maybe.

Not over any of this. For that, you'd need to have country over party, not the other way around.

Nixon was impeached for firing the special counsel. It might happen here, but not until 2019.


Unarguably i'm not as versed in "politicians 101" of the 60s and 70s, but my gut tells me that men back then had a shred more incentive to "do the right thing". Maybe it's just me, or nostalgia for "better times" - i don't think the situation is comparable.

Again, there's republicans calling for firing Mueller. I don't know enough about nixons situation, if republicans back then did ask for the counsel to be fired?

because you can't convince the American public


That isn't a requirement.
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