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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 21st July 2013, 05:11 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 3,489
Posted By peteweaver
If the origins of the human race was from an...

If the origins of the human race was from an extra terrestrial space faring race, it stands to reason there'd be evidence of the technology that brought this race to Earth and of where this race came...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th July 2011, 09:17 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 5,181
Posted By peteweaver
Ever considered a career in stand up comedy ?

Ever considered a career in stand up comedy ?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th July 2011, 09:12 AM
Replies: 530
Views: 62,119
Posted By peteweaver
Consider your claim about the 28th floor to be...

Consider your claim about the 28th floor to be incorrect and start again.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 25th February 2011, 08:59 AM
Replies: 121
Views: 9,403
Posted By peteweaver
Never watched two and a half men, but his life...

Never watched two and a half men, but his life has been slowly disintegrating for a number of years. Liked Full Metal Jacket and Wall Street, but the man is a victim of his own success. He doesn't...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 17th February 2011, 05:28 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 22,982
Posted By peteweaver
The Klingons did it. I know, their ships can be...

The Klingons did it. I know, their ships can be cloaked you see....
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 17th February 2011, 05:25 AM
Replies: 5,110
Views: 292,585
Posted By peteweaver
WW1 was the knock on effect of the assassination...

WW1 was the knock on effect of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austro Hungary by Gavrilo Princip.

Various nations had defence treaties with each other. Austro Hungary declared war on...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th August 2010, 12:12 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,178
Posted By peteweaver
If a glider can do it so can a 757

Gliders don't have jet engines keeping them in the air, but they can fly very low and reasonably fast (obviously not as fast due to the aformentioned lack of engines).
...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 31st May 2010, 09:06 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 6,964
Posted By peteweaver
All his relatives with the exception of his...

All his relatives with the exception of his parents themselves who survived.

One of my great uncles was one of the first allied soldiers to reach Belsen. What he saw haunted him for the rest of...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 17th May 2010, 12:22 PM
Replies: 347
Views: 40,530
Posted By peteweaver
No, they had isotopes and a research programme...

No, they had isotopes and a research programme that's all.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 17th May 2010, 12:20 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 4,787
Posted By peteweaver
RIP Ronnie James Dio.

RIP Ronnie James Dio.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th May 2010, 04:38 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 6,087
Posted By peteweaver
Lib Dem Conservative Coalition policies.

Have you read the Conservative - Lib Dem Coalition agreement ?
...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th May 2010, 04:33 AM
Replies: 923
Views: 51,144
Posted By peteweaver
I cannot stand George Galloway. Even more so...

I cannot stand George Galloway. Even more so after he said suicide bombings were justified.
I am ashamed to be from the same island as him.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 11th May 2010, 10:19 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 3,512
Posted By peteweaver
They've been trying to make themselves more...

They've been trying to make themselves more electable since the days of Tyndall. Didn't help him that photographs of him in a full nazi uniform leaked into the public domain.

They're as racist as...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th January 2010, 03:09 AM
Replies: 150
Views: 8,643
Posted By peteweaver
Each frame of CGI in the film avatar takes 52...

Each frame of CGI in the film avatar takes 52 hours to render. Rendering technology in 2001 was even slower.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 25th January 2010, 03:05 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,709
Posted By peteweaver
If I needed any more proof to know that Chavez is...

If I needed any more proof to know that Chavez is a nut, this is it.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th January 2010, 03:01 AM
Replies: 1,693
Views: 167,724
Posted By peteweaver
Greenpeace wasn't about vietnam, it was about...

Greenpeace wasn't about vietnam, it was about nuclear testing in the sea, and other environmental issues.
The French government were complicit in the sinking of The Rainbow Warrior ...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th January 2010, 02:49 AM
Replies: 1,693
Views: 167,724
Posted By peteweaver
Silly question, as there was no vapourisation of...

Silly question, as there was no vapourisation of steel.

There was oxidisation of steel, extreme corrosion (rust) because of the on going fires in the debris, but no vapourisation of steel.
The...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th January 2010, 02:36 AM
Replies: 1,693
Views: 167,724
Posted By peteweaver
Have you never seen metal that has been in a fire...

Have you never seen metal that has been in a fire ?
How corroded it can be ?

Fire can and does cause accellerated oxidisation of steel (rusting).
Forum: USA Politics 5th November 2009, 12:29 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 2,316
Posted By peteweaver
I'm not sure as to how Cameron can do anything...

I'm not sure as to how Cameron can do anything about the Lisbon treaty now.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 2nd November 2009, 08:24 AM
Replies: 5,509
Views: 518,624
Posted By peteweaver
Not only that it helps the revisionists to excuse...

Not only that it helps the revisionists to excuse their political heroes, or at the very least, portray them in a more favourable light.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 14th October 2009, 09:31 AM
Replies: 196
Views: 14,443
Posted By peteweaver
Exactly, Charles Darwin went to uni to train to...

Exactly, Charles Darwin went to uni to train to be a priest.

He discovered an interest in biology, and jacked in theology.
Over time he became an agnostic, but he began his studies as a Christian.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 25th September 2009, 04:00 AM
Replies: 810
Views: 57,643
Posted By peteweaver
Derren Brown is an illusionist, nothing more. He...

Derren Brown is an illusionist, nothing more. He doesn't claim to have psychic powers.
He uses psychological tricks.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 2nd September 2009, 03:35 AM
Replies: 608
Views: 21,211
Posted By peteweaver
There is no 'official story'. How do...

There is no 'official story'.



How do the people who couldn't pull off watergate, enter a fully working office building, and rig it for a controlled demolition and pull off something even more...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 1st September 2009, 08:19 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,751
Posted By peteweaver
Over millions of years oil reserves will be...

Over millions of years oil reserves will be renewed. But nothing of the sort could happen in our lifetime.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st September 2009, 08:07 AM
Replies: 608
Views: 21,211
Posted By peteweaver
Looking like something, does not mean the same as...

Looking like something, does not mean the same as something. For instance, if you saw a bloke who looked like Michael Jackson in the supermarket, it would not be evidence of Michael Jackson having...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 1st September 2009, 07:49 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,197
Posted By peteweaver
Funny :) I quite like the onion's satire stories.

Funny :) I quite like the onion's satire stories.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st September 2009, 03:23 AM
Replies: 1,242
Views: 71,372
Posted By peteweaver
I have not seen the particular film you talk...

I have not seen the particular film you talk about, but a steel I beam in the horizontal position, has an expected failiure temp of 620 degrees C, as opposed to 550 degrees C for a column, this is...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st September 2009, 01:34 AM
Replies: 377
Views: 25,917
Posted By peteweaver
Bollyn's theories are bonkers.

Bollyn's theories are bonkers.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 28th August 2009, 06:56 AM
Replies: 201
Views: 15,641
Posted By peteweaver
And carried out without explosives. Interesting.

And carried out without explosives. Interesting.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 28th August 2009, 05:24 AM
Replies: 608
Views: 21,211
Posted By peteweaver
Looking like something, and being the something...

Looking like something, and being the something it looks like are two different things.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 28th August 2009, 04:57 AM
Replies: 136
Views: 11,388
Posted By peteweaver
Welcome to the JREF boards.

Welcome to the JREF boards.
Forum: USA Politics 28th August 2009, 01:52 AM
Replies: 231
Views: 9,780
Posted By peteweaver
Parky, you are aware that there are Arabs in the...

Parky, you are aware that there are Arabs in the Israeli Knesset, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had an Arab minister in his cabinet, and that Arabs even serve in the IDF, aren't you ?

This man...
Forum: USA Politics 27th August 2009, 02:17 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 2,680
Posted By peteweaver
Healthcare

What are your opinions on healthcare ?
Do you think countries should have nationalised healthcare providers like Britains NHS, to support those who cannot afford private health insurance ?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 15th August 2009, 03:51 PM
Replies: 108
Views: 6,416
Posted By peteweaver
The murder of innocents by terrorists bothers me....

The murder of innocents by terrorists bothers me.
The failiure of Counter terrorism agencies, and airport security in preventing armed men from getting onto planes to hijack them bothers me.
The...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 11th August 2009, 01:57 AM
Replies: 338
Views: 44,836
Posted By peteweaver
Fraud though he is, certain gullible people with...

Fraud though he is, certain gullible people with littler or no understanding of the physics involved do listen to the man, because he has a PhD.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 3rd August 2009, 02:54 PM
Replies: 765
Views: 86,393
Posted By peteweaver
So not only does he not understand the meaning of...

So not only does he not understand the meaning of the words truth, investigate, fact, expert, or engineer, now it appears that he doesn't understand the meaning of the word "Final", as in Loose...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 3rd August 2009, 03:46 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,935
Posted By peteweaver
Whatever Shayler may have said in the past is now...

Whatever Shayler may have said in the past is now totally undermined by the fact that he looks a complete idiot.

If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would be alleging that he has been forced to act...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 28th July 2009, 05:37 AM
Replies: 1,342
Views: 82,593
Posted By peteweaver
It was the Chilean Military Junta backed by the...

It was the Chilean Military Junta backed by the CIA.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 27th July 2009, 07:35 AM
Replies: 179
Views: 14,512
Posted By peteweaver
Moronic former NUCLEAR Physics Professors who...

Moronic former NUCLEAR Physics Professors who have no evidence FAKE it.
This video is of the same scene, its obvious that the glow was from an electric light, not molten metal.
...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 22nd July 2009, 06:51 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,660
Posted By peteweaver
I always found myself wary of the man, and the...

I always found myself wary of the man, and the longer he remained in charge the less I trusted him. Never been a fan of Brown either. I think John Smith would have been a good PM though.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 20th July 2009, 04:45 AM
Replies: 5,509
Views: 518,624
Posted By peteweaver
My Great Uncle was one of the first allied...

My Great Uncle was one of the first allied soldiers involved in the liberation of Belsen. You're lucky that its me reading your ignorant comment, and not him.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th July 2009, 03:06 AM
Replies: 219
Views: 13,053
Posted By peteweaver
I'm British. I couldn't be patriotic to the USA...

I'm British. I couldn't be patriotic to the USA if I tried, I've never even set foot on American soil.

But to debunk blatant lies is not unpatriotic. The 'truth' movement has doctored video's of...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 19th July 2009, 04:42 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,630
Posted By peteweaver
Michael Meacher, to the best of my knowledge does...

Michael Meacher, to the best of my knowledge does not support the controlled demolition theories, what he has said, is that the US Government used the political situation after the attacks, to follow...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 10th July 2009, 07:11 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,141
Posted By peteweaver
Or D) Immigrants taking everything.

Or D) Immigrants taking everything.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 10th July 2009, 07:10 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,703
Posted By peteweaver
Who is Nick Kollerstrom, and what does he do.

I've heard of Nick Kollerstrom, and his involvement with conspiracy theories, and frankly what I've heard about him so far leads me to thinking that this is a dangerously dangerously deluded man.
...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10th July 2009, 05:18 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 11,701
Posted By peteweaver
He's scraping the bottom of the silly barrel.

He's scraping the bottom of the silly barrel.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10th July 2009, 01:48 AM
Replies: 699
Views: 31,177
Posted By peteweaver
Did they strip away walls, remove fireproofing,...

Did they strip away walls, remove fireproofing, and place thousands of very heavy explosive charges to the steelwork with nobody noticing ? No.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 8th July 2009, 02:48 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,113
Posted By peteweaver
The conspiracy files 7/7

Anyone seen the conspiracy files 7/7 and does anyone have a link for it ?

And if anyone has seen it, what did you think ?
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 8th July 2009, 02:46 AM
Replies: 459
Views: 25,521
Posted By peteweaver
Brian May Steve Morse Ritchie Sambora ...

Brian May
Steve Morse
Ritchie Sambora
Ritchie Blackmore
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 7th July 2009, 03:38 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 3,637
Posted By peteweaver
How 'incompetent' does one have to be to...

How 'incompetent' does one have to be to deliberately crash a plane into a huge massive building ?

Kamikaze pilots are very hard to stop, their 'job' is very easy.
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