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Title: Was It NanoTech-Thermite Or Phasers That Took Down TRhe WTC?
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URL Source: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Wa ... John-R-Moffett-090415-784.html
Published: Apr 15, 2009
Author: John R. Moffett
Post Date: 2009-04-22 15:22:05 by war
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A recently published article in an online science journal has come to the conclusion that minute flakes of thermite have been identified in particle samples collected at the site of the World Trade Center collapse. The article entitled “Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe” was recently published in “The Open Chemical Physics Journal,” which is part of the Bentham Open Science Publishers group of journals. Researchers from Denmark, the United States and Australia reported that dust samples collected near the collapsed World Trade Center complex contained iron oxide and aluminum flakes whose chemical composition was consistent with unburned thermite. The researchers used a number of techniques to analyze the chips including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (XEDS), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The researchers used supposed samples of the dust that spread over lower Manhattan after the WTC buildings collapsed. Several samples that had been kept by residents for years as “souvenirs” of the disaster were given to the researchers between 2006 and 2008, many years after the disaster. This raises serious “chain of custody” issues for the evidence which would almost certainly preclude the samples from being used in a court of law. But assuming the samples were valid, there are many more serious issues with the work of this research group. First, with regard to the idea that this work was published in a “peer reviewed scientific journal”, it should be noted that the Open Chemical Physics Journal is a pay-to-publish online-only journal that has published a total of 12 articles in its history. They have no track record, and no impact factor in the field. In essence, they are a vanity publisher for scientists who can’t get their work published anywhere else. To call them a peer-reviewed science journal is a real stretch. Before I get into details about why this work is so poorly done, and why the interpretations of the researchers are so suspect, it is important to state that the thermite argument was put forward by these same researchers years ago, and the idea was fully debunked years ago. See for example here: http://www.911myths.com/WTCTHERM.pdf. The researchers found unusual looking “red/grey chips” that could be collected with magnets in all of the WTC dust samples given to them. One particularly unusual finding in this research article was that the percentage of "red/gray chips" of supposedly "unreacted thermite" amounted to approximately 0.1% of the total mass of the collected dust. Assuming that most of the "thermite" would have burned when set off, and only a fraction remained unreacted, then the amount of 0.1% of the total dust is astounding. It translates to tens or even hundreds of thousands of tons (assuming many millions of tons of building materials total, see page 23, para 3 of the article). It is no small coincidence that the major components that the researchers detected in the red and grey chips include iron, aluminum, oxygen, silica, and carbon, since these relate to the primary building materials that the WTC was constructed from. The girders were steel, which rusts to iron oxide, the façade was aluminum, and the floors were concrete. The traces of calcium and sulfur could easily be from wallboard (calcium sulfate), as the authors themselves conclude. The chips that they analyzed were thin flakes, often only microns thick (a micron is 1/1000 of a millimeter). They all had a grey layer, and a red layer. The grey layers were said to be composed of iron oxide based on the X-ray dispersive spectroscopy, which seems somewhat unusual, since most iron oxide is red in color, not grey (one form of naturally occurring hematite is metallic grey). The red layer of the chips was said to be composed of carbon, with added iron, aluminum, silicon and oxygen, and lesser amounts of sodium, calcium, and potassium. This is not the composition of thermite. X-ray dispersive spectroscopy can tell you what elements are in a sample, but not what molecules those elements are incorporated into. Any sample of dust from the WTC collapse would contain similar amounts of these elements because those are the primary elements that made up the steel superstructure, concrete flooring, aluminum facade and other building materials (not to mention the aluminum fuselage of the aircraft). There is no thermite product on earth that is made up of thin sheets of grey layers of iron oxide and red layers of carbon with iron and aluminum oxides. In fact, to burn at high temperatures, thermite must contain large amounts of unoxidized aluminum, rather than aluminum oxide. The researchers did not determine if the aluminum present in their samples was oxidized aluminum, or unoxidized aluminum. The researchers get around the fact that their samples did not look like thermite under the microscope by suggesting that is was a form of "nanotechnology enhanced super-thermite". How could there have been tens of thousands of tons of "nanotechnology enhanced super-thermite" in these buildings? The researchers also showed that the chips could be ignited, and that they burned at a lower temperature than normal thermite. This is of course not surprising since metals such as aluminum do burn if they are complexed with oxidizing agents, and are heated enough. Rust is an oxidizing agent if heated high enough, and is the oxidizing constituent of many types of thermite. It is also important to note that thermite is not explosive, and it is difficult to ignite. It also often burns relatively slowly, and not uniformly, making it a very poor choice for building demolition. In building demolition, you need high explosive cutting charges that usually are carefully placed in holes drilled deep into the structures to be severed. Putting a thin coat of thermite onto a structural element, as suggested by the fact that all of the red/grey chips found in the dust samples were very thin flakes, would not result in the reliable cutting of support structures that would be required to bring the WTC down. It is also interesting that when the red layer of the chips was analyzed by backscattered electron imaging, that the signals for iron and oxygen did not overlap well. If the material was thermite, the iron would be present almost exclusively as iron oxide, and the images for the iron atoms and oxygen atoms should have overlapped very well. The two things that most Americans can agree on about 9/11 is that the official story is not credible, and that the Bush administration was hiding something. But that’s where agreement ends. Some people believe that explosive cutting charges were planted in the buildings, and detonated in sequence to bring the buildings down in their own footprints. Others believe that nanotechnology enhanced thermite was packed into the buildings, and that it was ignited to weaken the structures until they fell. Still others, like Dr. Judy Wood, believe that the US used directed energy weapons to destabilize the molecular structure of the buildings, thus causing them to collapse into atomic dust.
Poster Comment: Assuming that most of the "thermite" would have burned when set off, and only a fraction remained unreacted, then the amount of 0.1% of the total dust is astounding. It translates to tens or even hundreds of thousands of tons (assuming many millions of tons of building materials total, see page 23, para 3 of the article).
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#1. To: war (#0)
I agree. The thermite story is bullshit. So are the DE weapons. There were explosions heard inside and outside the towers, and thermite does not explode, its an incendiary. There is too much crap in the "truther" movement. Some of it might be intentional disinfo, some of it is just from stupid people, and some of it is honest mistakes. JMO. This is what happens when we dont have the complete story. It's putting a puzzle together without having all the pieces. then trying to figure out what that puzzle looks like. It's just safe to say that the 911 commission report is a total fraud. Beyond that, who knows. .
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First, debunk the notion of belittling the area of publication: Reply: Peer Review and Bentham Open As far as Bentham being some cheesy pay for peer fly by night outfit...let's get our facts straight. If you want to go through this. I can post a full list of scientist who are not only renowned, but are Nobel Laureates in there fields. "Free open access to information is vital to scientific and socio-economic progress." H. W. Kroto (Nobel Laureate) "Bentham's open access journals offer a creative avenue towards the goal of rapid publication and dissemination of relevant science results." Richard R. Ernst (Nobel Laureate) "The advantage of the Open Journal series is that it is just that: open, and accessible to anyone with a PC at no charge I appeal to scholars across the disciplines to consider the Open Journal series as a forum for their work." J.C. Jones (University of Aberdeen, Scotland)
Debunking Mr. Moffet: Dr. Moffett says: "In fact, to burn at high temperatures, thermite must contain large amounts of unoxidized aluminum, rather than aluminum oxide. The researchers did not determine if the aluminum present in their samples was oxidized aluminum, or unoxidized aluminum." However the paper does exactly that on page 13: "The next XEDS spectrum (Fig. 17) was acquired from a region that showed a high concentration of aluminum. Using a conventional quantification routine, it was found that the aluminum significantly exceeded the oxygen present (approximately a 3:1 ratio). Thus, while some of the aluminum may be oxidized, there is insufficient oxygen present to account for all of the aluminum; some of the aluminum must therefore exist in elemental form in the red material. This is an important result. Aluminum particles are covered with a layer of aluminum oxide irrespective of size, thus it is reasonable to find a significant oxygen content with the aluminum, given the very high surface area to volume ratio of these very fine particles." He also states: "The researchers also showed that the chips could be ignited, and that they burned at a lower temperature than normal thermite." But in fact the article indicates that the chips were actually more exothermic than standard thermite. The mere fact that a building contains both rusted steel and aluminum cladding does not account for the creation of macroscopic flakes made of well mixed, very fine particles of aluminum and iron oxide in just the right ratio. As a former boy scientist who used to make thermite and other burning/exploding mixtures of powdered metals with oxidizers, I can tell you that it is tricky to get the ratio exactly right, and thorough mixing without ignition is not a simple thing to accomplish. It is certainly not something that would happen in the collapse of a building. (Jeffrey King commentary)
~ the reports of explosions do not make claims of thermite bullshit ~ controlled, well timed explosions would be needed once the steel was cut ~ ~ regardless of what happened on 911, this is how a building 'can' be brought down, the thermite cuts the steel in all the right places and the explosives knock it all down
Actually, the paper did NOT do that on page 13 and had you actually read what you posted you'd realize this. What it DID do was take some information and then attempt to draw a congruent conclusion.
Nano-thermite more than likely. But it doesn't matter what took it down, it is more important to know WHO took it down and WHY they did it. The fact that it was done is indisputable by anyone with a functioning brain. It's too bad that yours doesn't function very well war. Maybe you should lay off the drugs.
God is always good!
If they cut the steel in "all the right places" they don;t need no steenkin' 'splosions...
~ and all the dis-info keeps us distracted from our mutual agreement, 'they' worked overtime on the dis-info *VBS* the holographic planes theory really had me rolling ~ how did ya like that 'expert asshole' in the street who explained it all for us to a teevee reporter while the dust was still settling? ... that was neat trick *s ~ Bush stating in a speach that he saw the first plane hit mighta just been him being stupid and trying to adlib a lil .... hearing him assert that we should 'not succumb to outrageous conspiracy theories' was a riot ... the official story is the most outragious one of em all (IMO)
~ the explosives control the fall and help create a workable pile of debris after the fall ... it's a skill, a craft, a science so precise that computer models can blow a building up a 100 ways for ya on a video screen afore you commit to the job ...
But thermite is not used in demolition, shaped charges are. Why use thermite? That makes no sense. .
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~ did some expert already claim that it couldn't be used? or wouldn't be? it's a tool (period) just like a shaped charge is a tool ... the tonnage that this latest expert claims was in the buildings sounds a bit 'out there' to me yet not impossible ... That's why the theory is a bunch of crap. I made thermite as a kid. It consists of rust and aluminum powder, doesn't explode, and burns like hell. I never saw any residue. In a collapse like the WTC, there would be rust and aluminum powder all over, and it would notbing to do with thermite.
You're right about that. I dont know that we will ever have the answers. Not in this life anyway. I would like to waterboard Smirk and Darth and ask them some pointed questions though. I'd like to know what caused that pool of molten metal that lasted for weeks. I was in Jersey after 9/11 and it was still smoking for some time afterwards.
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~ that's a great question ... it sure as hell wasn't jet fuel or paper from the copying machine *LOL* the BBC reporting it as an event 20 minutes before it happened is kinda hard to explain as well... I'm fairly certain they wanted this fight over the truth to happen, they counted on it (imo) I don't think so. The elite are extremely over confident in their abilities to do whatever they want at anytime and get away with it. They have no competition at their level and they have deceived themselves into believing they are like gods and cannot fail at whatever they do to trick the unwashed masses to serve them. They openly laugh at us, as seen at the Bush press conference with Bush pretending to look for WMD under the podium and tables. They truly think they are superior to the unwashed masses in every way. Their overconfidence is what led to the many foul ups of the planned day of terror on 9/11/2001. The reporting of WTC7 collapsing early was not part of their plan. It could have been the demolition was delayed for some reason and it was not reported to the media contact guy. Or, possibly the person responsible for reporting it wanted to publicly show the world the media was in on this so they would take the blame as well. Or, it could have just been another foul up, like the dancing Israelis and the untouched Pentagon lawn. These people are not that bright. They are just extremely powerful. Intelligent people aren't fighting over the truth of 9/11, they know the USA/Israel governments, and their spy agencies, planned and carried out operation terror on 9/11. The only question is what is going to be done about it? Waking the sheeple up is very hard, as seen with war's postings here. It can't be done easily since they have been brainwashed since birth that their government is only trying to help them and that those nice people they "know" on their TV screens wouldn't lie to them. Mass media makes it much easier for them to control the masses. They are hypnotized. Breaking them out of their trance will require a miracle.
God is always good!
Their whole Moonbat theory makes no sense...
They didn't "report" the event a reporter nisspoke...FDNY had long evacuated the area around 7 because they feared that it was going to collapse and this information was hardly kept private...that 7 was going to collapse had been reprted several times prior to the BBC...
The crux of the Moonbat bisucit... Blame da Joos...
I've seen thermite in action too...there is no way that it would have been the product of choice...
The debunkers do a better job of debunking the official fairy tale than they do on the demolition hypothesis. Here he openly admits that high explosive cutting charges would be required to take out the WTC:
#2. To: war (#0)
#3. To: abraxas, war (#2)
#4. To: war (#0)
#5. To: PSUSA (#1)
There were explosions heard inside and outside the towers, and thermite does not explode, its an incendiary.
~ tis better to live as your own man, than as a fool in someone elses dream ~
#6. To: abraxas (#4)
However the paper does exactly that on page 13:
#7. To: war (#0)
Was It NanoTech-Thermite Or Phasers That Took Down TRhe WTC?
#8. To: Amandil (#5)
the thermite cuts the steel in all the right places and the explosives knock it all down
#9. To: war (#0)
The two things that most Americans can agree on about 9/11 is that the official story is not credible, and that the Bush administration was hiding something.
~ tis better to live as your own man, than as a fool in someone elses dream ~
#10. To: war (#8)
If they cut the steel in "all the right places" they don;t need no steenkin' 'splosions
~ tis better to live as your own man, than as a fool in someone elses dream ~
#11. To: Amandil (#5)
#12. To: PSUSA (#11)
But thermite is not used in demolition, shaped charges are. Why use thermite? That makes no sense.
I'm only mildy curious as to all the details on 'how' they pulled it off .... it was a controlled event, the 'official' story is bullshit and no amount of dis-info or ridicule will change that fact ....
~ tis better to live as your own man, than as a fool in someone elses dream ~
#13. To: war (#0)
hundreds of thousands of tons
Dancing Turtles and Bouncing Boobs
...that's Turtle Island.
#14. To: Amandil (#12)
I'm only mildy curious as to all the details on 'how' they pulled it off .... it was a controlled event, the 'official' story is bullshit and no amount of dis-info or ridicule will change that fact ....
#15. To: PSUSA (#14)
I'd like to know what caused that pool of molten metal that lasted for weeks.
the first one falling had me cussing at the teevee cause I knew it was a hoax right from about 4.5 seconds into the fall ... the second one falling had me cussing the assholes in guberment who must have let it happen ...when building #7 fell exactly the same way I was confused .... 'if' they wanted us to believe the lie about 1 & 2 collapsing due to stress or some shit, they never shoulda let #7 fall exactly the same way ...
the BBC reporting it as an event 20 minutes before it happened is kinda hard to explain as well... I'm fairly certain they wanted this fight over the truth to happen, they counted on it (imo)
~ tis better to live as your own man, than as a fool in someone elses dream ~
#16. To: Amandil (#15)
#17. To: PSUSA (#11)
Why use thermite? That makes no sense.
#18. To: Amandil (#15)
the BBC reporting it as an event 20 minutes before it happened is kinda hard to explain as well...
#19. To: RickyJ (#16)
Intelligent people aren't fighting over the truth of 9/11, they know the USA/Israel governments, and their spy agencies, planned and carried out operation terror on 9/11.
#20. To: Turtle (#13)
#21. To: war (#0)
In building demolition, you need high explosive cutting charges that usually are carefully placed in holes drilled deep into the structures to be severed. Putting a thin coat of thermite onto a structural element, as suggested by the fact that all of the red/grey chips found in the dust samples were very thin flakes, would not result in the reliable cutting of support structures that would be required to bring the WTC down.
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#22. To: war (#17)
No, the thermite theory makes no sense. You cant extend that into "it's all nonsense" by picking and choosing a particular theory and trashing it. It's not the only theory out there. That's like saying the "holographic plane" or "directed energy weapons" idiocy disproves a conspiracy exists. There's a lot of disinfo to sift through and even then we dont get a complete picture, just a more truthful picture than was spoonfed to us by the 9/11 Commission. .
Their whole Moonbat theory makes no sense...
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#23. To: PSUSA (#22)
The government theory, or what they want people to believe, is the most ridiculous one of all.
No, the thermite theory makes no sense. You cant extend that into "it's all nonsense" by picking and choosing a particular theory and trashing it. It's not the only theory out there.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
#24. To: James Deffenbach (#23) (Edited)
Yeah. It just goes to show how dumbed down 'muricans are if they believe it. Even if we dont know it all we recognize bullshit when we smell it. And that report smells like a Texas feedlot on a hot muggy August day. (For those that have never been to The Great State Of Texas, it smells BAD!) .
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#25. To: war (#19)
Blame da Joos... USA/Israel is translated by you as "Jews"? hmm...
The crux of the Moonbat bisucit...
God is always good!
#26. To: war (#19)
Automatic bozo.
Blame da Joos...
TRAITORS TO AMERICA AND BRAINWASHED IDIOTS SUPPORT AND DEFEND ISRAEL. TO HELL WITH ZIONISTS AND THIER AMERICAN FRONTS: AIPAC/PNAC/ADL/NAACP/CFR/FEDERAL RESERVE/SPLC/JINSA/ACLU/FPI/CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS/AEI/FEDERAL MEDIA/HOLLYWOOD, et. al.
#27. To: Critter (#21)
Someone already posted that up was down...but thanks...
#28. To: RickyJ (#25)
I should have said, "Mohichans"?
USA/Israel is translated by you as "Jews"?
#29. To: wbales (#26)
Thanks for watching!!!
#30. To: war (#27) (Edited)
Thank yourself. You post that all day every day.
Someone already posted that up was down...but thanks...
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#31. To: war (#18)
~ the BBC lady clearly 'reports' that Building 7 had fallen down due to damage from the planes .... now you say they 'mis-spoke' ~ I've never heard that report before of them 'mis-speaking' ... the anchor man clearly says "indeed it has" (fallen) - then the reporter goes into her speel stating with certainty, the building was down ... 20 minutes before it fell, you can see it over her left shoulder, standing tall They didn't "report" the event a reporter nisspoke...
~ tis better to live as your own man, than as a fool in someone elses dream ~
#32. To: PSUSA (#14)
There is really only one source of energy of which I am aware which could cause the observed phenomena i.e., still molten steel after 6 weeks: Radioactivity. That of course begs the question as to where the radioactivity came from? That would be speculation but two possibilities are: 1. An unlicensed nuclear pile in one of the sub-basements used to generate electricity. 2. Mini-nukes used to undercut the building's foundation. Those are speculations and clearly labeled as such. However, either one would account for enough radioactive material let loose to keep metal molten. There are unproved and unsubstantiated accounts of radioactivity in the air at ground zero. A couple of intriguing articles exploring the idea: 9/11 WTC ""Ground Zero"" Energy Surplus, Analysis and Discussion I'd like to know what caused that pool of molten metal that lasted for weeks.
"I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology...It's importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda...Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated." Bertrand Russel, Eugenicist and Logician
#33. To: Original_Intent (#32)
I never considered that one. But I can see it being possible. I wouldn't say it's unlicensed, but could have been kept secret. Imagine the stink generated if people knew there was a nuclear reactor in there, safe as it might have been. It could have been done under so-called national security. Again, more conjecture on my part too. I remember the following story from a while back. I dont know if it made it into the law books or not, but I find it rather suspicious they wanted to "license" owning NBC detectors. Individuals and companies have increasingly expressed interest in buying detectors to warn them in case of a biological, chemical or radiological attack. But now a City Council committee is considering a proposal that would require New Yorkers to get a permit from the Police Department to buy or use such detectors. /snip/ 1. An unlicensed nuclear pile in one of the sub-basements used to generate electricity.
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#34. To: PSUSA, Disgusted, TwentyTwelve, Rotara, litus, christine, Jethro Tull, Critter, all (#33)
I never considered that one. But I can see it being possible. I wouldn't say it's unlicensed, but could have been kept secret. Imagine the stink generated if people knew there was a nuclear reactor in there, safe as it might have been. It could have been done under so-called national security. Again, more conjecture on my part too. I remember the following story from a while back. I dont know if it made it into the law books or not, but I find it rather suspicious they wanted to "license" owning NBC detectors. Individuals and companies have increasingly expressed interest in buying detectors to warn them in case of a biological, chemical or radiological attack. But now a City Council committee is considering a proposal that would require New Yorkers to get a permit from the Police Department to buy or use such detectors. /snip/ This is a possibility that does have "legs" if you'll pardon the pun. I first became aware of the possibility of such devices from the late Sherman Skolnick. Here's an excerpt from one of his articles: So, the idea that there were hidden mini-nuke generators in the sub-basements is technically feasible. Whether that is the case is an unknown. I had heard about the attempt to outlaw detectors in NYC. That was, to say the least, a suspect proposal. The question of course is why would they want to do that i.e., outlaw private ownership and posession of detection equipment. The only reasonable conclusion is that there was something that someone does not want people to detect of nuclear nature. There is no other sane reason.
1. An unlicensed nuclear pile in one of the sub-basements used to generate electricity.
" One of the great secrets of Chicago, if not the nation, is that 8 downtown buildings do not need Edison. In their sub-basement, carefully hidden by secret entrances from office workers, are atomic "pigs".Called that because the compact mechanisms seem to stand on feet like such an animal and operate much like in a nuclear-powered submarine. Using such cheap, efficient power, such buildings leave their lights on all night. Why? Turning the fluorescent bulbs and electronic devices on and off too much make them "pop". ..."
Source: The Electric Scandal
"I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology...It's importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda...Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated." Bertrand Russel, Eugenicist and Logician
#35. To: Original_Intent (#34)
" One of the great secrets of Chicago, if not the nation, is that 8 downtown buildings do not need Edison. In their sub-basement, carefully hidden by secret entrances from office workers, are atomic "pigs".Called that because the compact mechanisms seem to stand on feet like such an animal and operate much like in a nuclear-powered submarine. Using such cheap, efficient power, such buildings leave their lights on all night. Why? Turning the fluorescent bulbs and electronic devices on and off too much make them "pop". ..." A "pig" is a lead containment device for radioactive material. Such material is typically used in hospitals or testing laboratories. It is not capable of generating electricity, it is not a reactor, and doesn't have water flowing through it which could be used to power turbines. Anything I've ever seen from Skolnick has been BS. I'm pretty certain that he's a certified disinformation source, or was. I first became aware of the possibility of such devices from the late Sherman Skolnick. Here's an excerpt from one of his articles:
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#36. To: Original_Intent (#32)
That is a much more likely scenario.
2. Mini-nukes used to undercut the building's foundation.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#37. To: PSUSA (#24)
Yeah, don't you just hate for government shills and sycophants to piss on your leg and tell you it's raining?
Yeah. It just goes to show how dumbed down 'muricans are if they believe it. Even if we dont know it all we recognize bullshit when we smell it. And that report smells like a Texas feedlot on a hot muggy August day. (For those that have never been to The Great State Of Texas, it smells BAD!)
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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#38. To: FormerLurker (#35)
I would have to say my experience has been contrary. While Sherman relied on a lot of inside contacts, and thus a lot of his material was unsourced and he could have been fed some disinfo, he was generally in the ballpark. I have never relied on his material but where I can get another data point or two from other sources he generally checks out. In particular his data on Court corruption has checked out to the point of putting at least one Judge behind bars. As well a lot of his reporting on financial shenanigans has corroborating reports from other sources - particularly as goes the CBOE and the Commodities Exchange. As for the terminology on atomic pigs - very often English words and terms have more than one valid meaning. So, one definition does not automatically preclude another valid usage. However, while I have technical training it is not in the Nuclear Field so I make no pretensions to expert knowledge.
Anything I've ever seen from Skolnick has been BS. I'm pretty certain that he's a certified disinformation source, or was.
"I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology...It's importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda...Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated." Bertrand Russel, Eugenicist and Logician
#39. To: Original_Intent, PSUSA, Disgusted, TwentyTwelve, Rotara, christine, Jethro Tull, Critter (#34)
Interesting. Do we know what types of cancers and illness-related deaths have happened to which those brave policemen and women, firemen and women, emergency personnel have succumbed?
the idea that there were hidden mini-nuke generators in the sub-basements is technically feasible. Whether that is the case is an unknown.
~ Robert the Brus - "The Declaration of Arbroath"
#40. To: litus (#39)
Insufficient data. I'd have to do some research. Just anecdotally - I know that a lot have been dying from respiratory problems. That would be congruent with exposure to radiation - particularly in the form of airborne particulates.
"I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology...It's importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda...Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated." Bertrand Russel, Eugenicist and Logician
#41. To: Original_Intent (#40)
Very possible; OTOH....there was so much white crap that you couldn't see in front of your feet. Let's say, for argument's sake, there was no radiation from this other speculation....wouldn't that amount of thick dust being inhaled also cause as much respiratory problems (and death)?
I know that a lot have been dying from respiratory problems. That would be congruent with exposure to radiation
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