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Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 3rd March 2024, 08:32 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,909
Posted By Oystein
Since Hulsey was doing this on UAF's premises,...

Since Hulsey was doing this on UAF's premises, with UAF resource, using UAF's web presence and two graduate assistants on UAF's engineering department, I am pretty convinced the finances were handled...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 24th February 2024, 05:56 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,015
Posted By Oystein
I had my first MS Flight Sim experience probably...

I had my first MS Flight Sim experience probably in the 1986-1988 frame - v. 2.x.
Hills and mountains outside the detailed airport sceneries were modelled as flat, slanted cardboard triangles that...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 14th February 2024, 02:04 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,015
Posted By Oystein
Well thanks! Excellent resources! Bookmarked! ...

Well thanks! Excellent resources! Bookmarked!

Brings back to memory this Chinese teaching assistant who was to help us with a software that felt really outdated in 1989. The most important action...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 13th February 2024, 04:26 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,015
Posted By Oystein
I swear to Hir Noodliness I read FSM there! :eek:...

I swear to Hir Noodliness I read FSM there! :eek:


Well done - clearly SOUTH of Citgo, you bloody disinfo prop! :thumbsup:
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 13th February 2024, 04:18 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,015
Posted By Oystein
I have no idea what TO/GA is. Isn't there...

I have no idea what TO/GA is. Isn't there anything else that you could press? (Just trying to help)
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 11th February 2024, 07:13 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,015
Posted By Oystein
Why not a 757?

Why not a 757?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 6th February 2024, 03:28 AM
Replies: 363
Views: 34,359
Posted By Oystein
Why? No doubt the link was fine when you posted...

Why?
No doubt the link was fine when you posted it, or at least security software that was current at the time gave no warnings, so you did nothing wrong.
It is entirely possible that the content...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 2nd February 2024, 09:21 PM
Replies: 363
Views: 34,359
Posted By Oystein
All links work :rolleyes: (And if any didn't,...

All links work :rolleyes:
(And if any didn't, that in itself would not be suspicious at all, as there is exactly ZERO expectations that all URLs will work on the internet for all eternity to come)
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2024, 12:23 PM
Replies: 363
Views: 34,359
Posted By Oystein
Once again? Got an example of when this happened...

Once again? Got an example of when this happened before?

Funny thing is: Until recently, and for a few months, I got such "unsafe" and "virus" alerts from my anti-virus SW when I attempted to open...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 28th January 2024, 02:10 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,909
Posted By Oystein
Ok - 9/11 isn't on my mind a lot anymore. But...

Ok - 9/11 isn't on my mind a lot anymore.
But it's a good thing I waited with a detailed post (which I won't write until February), because I just found a detail-rich post about the most recent...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 7th January 2024, 08:07 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,909
Posted By Oystein
It's complicated I just logged in to my...

It's complicated
I just logged in to my guidestar.org account for the first time in a long time. It has IRS forms 990 for years 2020 to 2022 now.
In 2021, Kelly David was the only one compensated,...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 7th January 2024, 04:36 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,909
Posted By Oystein
The amount transfered to UAF / Hulsey's study was...

The amount transfered to UAF / Hulsey's study was $316,000.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 27th December 2023, 05:49 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,086
Posted By Oystein
I don't know, nor do I need to know in order to...

I don't know, nor do I need to know in order to be justified in rejecting your bare assertion as such.

Do you recall Dave Roger's "Unevaluated Inequality Fallacy"?
It states that a claim of the...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 19th December 2023, 04:29 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,086
Posted By Oystein
Bare assertion. Rejected.

Bare assertion.
Rejected.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 17th December 2023, 01:21 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,086
Posted By Oystein
Some people still debate Jesus Christ. 2000 years...

Some people still debate Jesus Christ. 2000 years ago!

(There still exists a hard core of unreformable truthers who can't let go. They don't come here any longer. They are sheltering in closely...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 17th December 2023, 01:17 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,086
Posted By Oystein
What makes you think there is a higher...

What makes you think there is a higher concentration that expected?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 16th December 2023, 03:40 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,086
Posted By Oystein
You burn houshold trash - you get magnetic...

You burn houshold trash - you get magnetic microspheres in the ash.
Same is true when you burn assorted human possessions - like, you know, contents of an office building.
Some researchers years...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 16th December 2023, 07:39 AM
Replies: 697
Views: 48,510
Posted By Oystein
A lengthy article summarizes the status quo of...

A lengthy article summarizes the status quo of various ideas, theories and investigations, while the official investigators (in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, elsewhere) keep their lips tightly shut:
...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 31st October 2023, 01:55 PM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Oystein
Shani Louk was of double German and Israeli...

Shani Louk was of double German and Israeli citizenship, having been born (in Germany, I believe) to a German mother and Israeli father.

Not her skull, only a fragment thereof was found at the...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 31st October 2023, 01:48 PM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Oystein
And now that they have said these things, and...

And now that they have said these things, and have started going in, there is no way to stop short of these goals without looking weak or conceding at least partial defeat. Two things no Israeli...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 31st October 2023, 01:37 PM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Oystein
Why then did majorities of Israelis quite...

Why then did majorities of Israelis quite consistently vote for parties that put Netanyahu in power - again, and again, and again?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 27th October 2023, 06:29 AM
Replies: 363
Views: 34,359
Posted By Oystein
We are best advised now to consider in the future...

We are best advised now to consider in the future that EVERY bit of what you claim to be "evidece", "quotes", "facts" is likewise "corrupted" by you - i.e. made up from whole cloth with a clear...
Forum: USA Politics 8th October 2023, 04:05 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 3,035
Posted By Oystein
My knowledge about civil wars in history is...

My knowledge about civil wars in history is rather shallow and limited. However, I would suggest we take a look at civil wars in other countries that were fought over ideological divides. The first...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 03:52 PM
Replies: 3,919
Views: 294,599
Posted By Oystein
The crusaders, Constantine, Joan and even ISIS...

The crusaders, Constantine, Joan and even ISIS all had objectives and made their military planning accordingly, generally considering chances of succeeding vs failing.

I asked about such...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 03:48 PM
Replies: 3,919
Views: 294,599
Posted By Oystein
it may surprise you, but Palestine, and...

it may surprise you, but Palestine, and particularly the Gaza strip, is one of the seven countries/regions in the world with the LOWEST death rates.
The USA's mortality rate is about 8.4/1,000 per...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 03:32 PM
Replies: 2,182
Views: 102,641
Posted By Oystein
Are you claiming Serbia had plans to attack any...

Are you claiming Serbia had plans to attack any NATO member - the one and only case that would invoke NATO Article 5 for common defense?
Could you point out which NATO member was seen by reasonable...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 03:02 PM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Oystein
The article does not support your claim of "no...

The article does not support your claim of "no mitigating circumstances whatsoever".
I thought you were talking about a current event.
Forum: USA Politics 8th October 2023, 10:19 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 2,086
Posted By Oystein
Yeah, and I am missing the annual College...

Yeah, and I am missing the annual College Football model.
Checking https://www.natesilver.net/ and seeing there is nothing on the current season except for an article about the coming implosion of...
Forum: USA Politics 8th October 2023, 09:16 AM
Replies: 427
Views: 12,519
Posted By Oystein
But isn't Hakeem Jeffries very clearly a Muslim,...

But isn't Hakeem Jeffries very clearly a Muslim, just like Barack Hussein Obama?!? :eek:
No god-fearing Rep ain't ever vote for someone who sounds vaguely like a scarf-wearing, dagger-yielding...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 8th October 2023, 09:00 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,404
Posted By Oystein
Why are you responding to yourself, Fonebone? Do...

Why are you responding to yourself, Fonebone? Do you find fault with your previous response? Well, then, kudos to you!



Nope. Nonsense.
Many people with zero interest in 9/11 Truth (or JFK...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 06:02 AM
Replies: 3,919
Views: 294,599
Posted By Oystein
Don't be silly. They brought guns, didn't they?...

Don't be silly.
They brought guns, didn't they?
So obviously they did not, in fact, think that there is, in fact, an all-powerful god on their side.
Recent experience in the last, oh, 75 years or...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 05:52 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Oystein
Claimed with no supporting context or sources...

Claimed with no supporting context or sources whatsoever.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 05:48 AM
Replies: 2,182
Views: 102,641
Posted By Oystein
That's correct. Indeed, even the UN, weak,...

That's correct.

Indeed, even the UN, weak, disunited and inefficient as it often may be, can be described as a defensive alliance and acted in that role when it tasked NATO to monitor and defend...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 05:04 AM
Replies: 3,919
Views: 294,599
Posted By Oystein
If you were the leader of Hamas, dedicated to the...

If you were the leader of Hamas, dedicated to the goals and objectives of Hamas, would YOU have prepared for, and executed at this time, this sort of attack?

What would be your tactical and...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 04:57 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Oystein
Israel routinely employs a practice called...

Israel routinely employs a practice called "knocking on the roof", whereby they warn people inside a target (say, a highrise building) via radio, leaflets, even drone-assisted PA, telling them to...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 04:49 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Oystein
Last I read was Hamas sources claiming 313. A...

Last I read was Hamas sources claiming 313. A curiously precise number.
Is that the extent of your "personal knowledge"?
Do you know who or what those 313 are?
Hamas already admitted that one of...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 04:41 AM
Replies: 3,919
Views: 294,599
Posted By Oystein
Saudi Arabia - the state, the government - is not...

Saudi Arabia - the state, the government - is not aiding Hamas.
Therefore, the KSA needs not make any such commitment, or if they do, it changes nothing.
No doubt some non-government players out of...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 04:31 AM
Replies: 3,919
Views: 294,599
Posted By Oystein
There is so much money slushing around in KSA,...

There is so much money slushing around in KSA, there surely is someone there who is funding Hamas handsomely. They've got thousands of princes in the House of Saud.

I'd guess that some of the old...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 04:18 AM
Replies: 2,182
Views: 102,641
Posted By Oystein
I picture it not entirely unlike the early 1990s:...

I picture it not entirely unlike the early 1990s:
Somebody will emerge as president for a while, but that won't prevent from lots of **** hitting many fans and everyone rushing and struggling to...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 04:05 AM
Replies: 2,182
Views: 102,641
Posted By Oystein
By demonstrating through years of hardship, in...

By demonstrating through years of hardship, in the face of continued Russian intervention in her Eastern oblasts, their commitment to Western values, including democracy, good governance and even...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th October 2023, 04:00 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,654
Posted By Oystein
As the Hamas terror attack was, and continues to...

As the Hamas terror attack was, and continues to be, exceedingly brutal (what with the targeted attacks, abuse and killing of civilians), I agree we can expect Israel's response to be very violent,...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 7th October 2023, 11:20 AM
Replies: 2,182
Views: 102,641
Posted By Oystein
Yugoslavia and the 1990s were a complicated mess,...

Yugoslavia and the 1990s were a complicated mess, and I don't remember all the details of who what when where, nor am I inclined to look it up now.
But.
At some time, and for some purposes, NATO,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th September 2023, 04:48 AM
Replies: 310
Views: 10,036
Posted By Oystein
Few things can irk me as much as vandalism does....

Few things can irk me as much as vandalism does. I can spend tens of minutes on end making up punishments that will teach vandals and all their fellow vandals, and they tend to be brutal, sadistic...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 28th September 2023, 04:37 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,404
Posted By Oystein
All this doesn't ring as very plausible, to be...

All this doesn't ring as very plausible, to be honest.
Islamic terrorism was very much a thing in 2001, with high-profile, multiple-deaths attacks on US target having occurred very very recently....
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 28th September 2023, 04:07 AM
Replies: 86
Views: 5,197
Posted By Oystein
I did sign up for their newsletter some 20 years...

I did sign up for their newsletter some 20 years ago - and I may still be getting it, although this thread reminded me that I haven't checked the email account it goes to in ages :o

This...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th September 2023, 09:28 AM
Replies: 98
Views: 2,717
Posted By Oystein
I don't.

I don't.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 24th September 2023, 09:23 AM
Replies: 2,182
Views: 102,641
Posted By Oystein
So there are issues internal to Ukraine that are...

So there are issues internal to Ukraine that are NOT for the Ukrainian people to consider and answer for?

The point I am trying for you to come to terms to is that, on the spectrum of "bad"...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th September 2023, 08:31 AM
Replies: 98
Views: 2,717
Posted By Oystein
Summary points: Cocaine has very limited...

Summary points:

Cocaine has very limited legitimate medical uses
Due to its side effects, these tend to be one-off uses (e.g. during an operation on mucuous tissues, to control bleeding
Side...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 24th September 2023, 07:32 AM
Replies: 2,182
Views: 102,641
Posted By Oystein
Is there anything at all that Ukraine could...

Is there anything at all that Ukraine could possibly do that would make even you end your support?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 24th September 2023, 07:30 AM
Replies: 2,182
Views: 102,641
Posted By Oystein
What if the war "never" ends? Or freezes...

What if the war "never" ends?
Or freezes indefinitely, flaring up every now and then?
By what criteria should a decision be made to finally go to polls?
(I have no answers to these questions)
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