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Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 4th November 2018, 07:09 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 11,554
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Convicts backing the present official story of 911 using pseudonyms

I have come to understand that a lot of those who back the present official story on 911 are actually former convicts who were given amnesty in exchange for their support and that this is the major...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 13th October 2018, 10:21 AM
Replies: 1,175
Views: 121,801
Posted By Tony Szamboti
It is Italian originally. The original spelling...

It is Italian originally. The original spelling of the name on my grandmother's marriage license to my grandfather was Sgambati. They did not stay together and somehow the small "g" got turned into a...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th January 2018, 04:08 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 31,049
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Dave, Alex Weinberg offered to provide a...

Dave,

Alex Weinberg offered to provide a statement from me to his editor. I think a full article explaining the other side, and without Alex acting as an intermediary, is what is appropriate and...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th January 2018, 08:34 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 31,049
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Dave, what Alex did was hardly acceptable. I told...

Dave, what Alex did was hardly acceptable. I told him that the ethical thing to do would be to have ensured he had contacted me before making the disparaging inference he did. Linked In is the last...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th January 2018, 07:46 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 31,049
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Coming here among the ignorant is like walking...

Coming here among the ignorant is like walking into a sewer. This place is like one continuous bowel movement.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th January 2018, 03:30 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 31,049
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Dave, I spoke to Alex by e-mail this afternoon,...

Dave, I spoke to Alex by e-mail this afternoon, as you gave me his address. If you want to see what we said send me your current e-mail by private message.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th January 2018, 12:52 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 31,049
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Yeah, using Linked In to send a message to...

Yeah, using Linked In to send a message to someone for comment on an article to which you will then claim they didn't respond is the first thing that would come to anyone's mind.

This guy Alex...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th January 2018, 12:31 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 31,049
Posted By Tony Szamboti
I could care less what you believe. <SNIP> ...

I could care less what you believe.
<SNIP>
Edited for rule 0 and rule 12.
The guy is apparently not showing the majority of the comments he received to the general public.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th January 2018, 12:06 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 31,049
Posted By Tony Szamboti
I originally clicked on the "more comments"...

I originally clicked on the "more comments" button and nothing showed. That is generally the way to see all of the comments.

However, with your comment above I went and tried clicking on the word...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 19th January 2018, 11:48 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 31,049
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Don't worry, he is going to get a call from me....

Don't worry, he is going to get a call from me. He never contacted me and yet made a false statement that he did.

The guy (Alex Weinberg) is apparently heavily moderating the comments. He is only...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 19th January 2018, 09:16 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 31,049
Posted By Tony Szamboti
I can tell you one way that author beats me and...

I can tell you one way that author beats me and it is in lying.

He never contacted me yet had the nerve I did not respond to a request for comment on his article. This is the first I even heard...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th October 2017, 05:18 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 25,452
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Study of people who use the terms toofer, troofer, or twoofer

I am doing a study of people who use the terms toofer, troofer, or twoofer relative to those who question the events of 911.

If you do use those terms it would be interesting if you could just...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 12th September 2017, 08:38 PM
Replies: 3,283
Views: 741,648
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Oystein seems to say whatever he wants and...

Oystein seems to say whatever he wants and doesn't feel the need to prove it. Below was my answer to him on Metabunk when I saw him make this claim and I am repeating it here.

I most certainly did...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 11th February 2017, 02:29 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
You want to have the molten iron in question also...

You want to have the molten iron in question also be the source for heating the insulation and that is not necessarily required.

You don't know how much molten iron there would have been to begin...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 11th February 2017, 02:27 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Apparently, you must think people at both the WTC...

Apparently, you must think people at both the WTC and Pasco building collapses must have been mistaken when they said they observed molten iron in the rubble.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10th February 2017, 06:11 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
I did a transient analysis last week and it...

I did a transient analysis last week and it showed the molten iron would stay in a liquid state for about a day and a half if it were in a small cavity with its bottom side intimately in contact with...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 5th February 2017, 05:28 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
It is very likely heat weakening, to allow use of...

It is very likely heat weakening, to allow use of smaller and less noisy kicker charges, was the method employed in the WTC and Plasco demolitions. It would explain the combination of focused...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 5th February 2017, 05:52 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
I wasn't lying, as the evolved gases from grain...

I wasn't lying, as the evolved gases from grain storage are combustible. See https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/grainhandling/

However, the explosions in grain elevators are most often due to dust being...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 5th February 2017, 05:30 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
It is 840 J/kg-K. By the way, I did an FEA...

It is 840 J/kg-K.

By the way, I did an FEA transient thermal analysis this week with the 100 kg slug of molten iron starting at 2,482 degrees C in a small cavity and sitting in intimate contact on...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 4th February 2017, 11:05 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
It would also be interesting to hear the...

It would also be interesting to hear the reasoning of others who don't believe the ejections observed in the northeast corner of the Plasco building moments before and after its collapse are due to...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 4th February 2017, 11:00 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
It sounds like you are proclaiming yourself an...

It sounds like you are proclaiming yourself an expert, so please tell us why you think you can say the ejections from the Plasco building had nothing to do with explosives.

I am speaking...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 4th February 2017, 07:09 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Grain elevator explosions occur due to the...

Grain elevator explosions occur due to the building trapping gas and heat which evolved from fermentation in the grain. This takes time and you need the grain in the building.

The Plasco building...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 4th February 2017, 06:17 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
The Plasco building was not a grain elevator, but...

The Plasco building was not a grain elevator, but you can keep telling yourself that, along with the moon is made of green cheese.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 4th February 2017, 05:15 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
No Dave, I am not simplifying. This time there...

No Dave, I am not simplifying. This time there are ejections below first and above after, which are very close to each other horizontally. That cannot be explained by collapsing and impacting floors.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 4th February 2017, 12:11 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
The Plasco building starts collapsing on the...

The Plasco building starts collapsing on the northeast corner. So at first it was a partial collapse. There was plenty of space within the rest of the tower for air pressure to move and equalize...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st February 2017, 12:00 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
I enlarged the emitting surface area to 144 sq....

I enlarged the emitting surface area to 144 sq. inches from 85 and increased the thermal conductivity, so there was no factor of ten.

Although I mentioned it in an earlier post, you apparently did...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st February 2017, 07:12 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
No, I started reading what he/she was saying and...

No, I started reading what he/she was saying and my nonsense meter got pegged. I try not to respond to total drivel like that.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st February 2017, 03:57 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
The collapses were not due to fires. Fire was...

The collapses were not due to fires. Fire was used as a cover for deceptive controlled demolitions of the WTC buildings in NYC on Sept. 11, 2001 and now the Plasco building in Iran on Jan. 19, 2017....
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st February 2017, 03:19 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
It sold because it is true. The buildings were...

It sold because it is true. The buildings were deceptively demolished with an attempt to use fire as a cover and say it was caused naturally.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st February 2017, 03:17 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Why do you hide your head in the proverbial sand?

Why do you hide your head in the proverbial sand?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st February 2017, 02:13 AM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
I answered the comments here collectively with an...

I answered the comments here collectively with an updated analysis which has a more refined thermal conductivity for the rubble, a one square foot emitting surface area, and was done in a stepwise...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 08:56 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
There are others here who are actually insidious....

There are others here who are actually insidious. Nobody is sure about you.

From all your ranting everyone thinks you have just flown the coup and don't like to pick on you, whether we know your...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 08:53 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
It sounds like you have to be counted as one of...

It sounds like you have to be counted as one of the ISF molten iron in the rubble deniers.

What a shame as you seemed so rational at first.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 08:49 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
The Iranian news agencies said they were quoting...

The Iranian news agencies said they were quoting people on the scene at the Plasco site.

Are you and your brethren here (and certainly not on the site) who don't believe them a better source?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 08:47 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
I believe Pgimeno was implying modern furnaces,...

I believe Pgimeno was implying modern furnaces, which increase the percentage of oxygen to produce the higher temperatures needed for smelting iron and making steel.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 08:44 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Ask the Iranians. That is what their news...

Ask the Iranians. That is what their news agencies reported being told by those on the scene. I would like to know also.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 08:43 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
The flame from a Propane torch is a lot hotter...

The flame from a Propane torch is a lot hotter than office fires. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propane_torch
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 08:21 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
No, they add oxygen to get above 1,000 C.

No, they add oxygen to get above 1,000 C.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 08:20 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Fine, show us how charcoal could have been...

Fine, show us how charcoal could have been involved in the four building collapses we are discussing. It isn't happening, so your point is moot.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 08:11 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
It doesn't look like you and others of similar...

It doesn't look like you and others of similar mindsets here would know proof if it bit you. The videos showing construction equipment buckets full of red hot and igniting material is all one needs...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 07:51 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Can you walk and chew gum? It is likely that...

Can you walk and chew gum?

It is likely that he wasn't near the intense heat at first, as he did call. That is on record. However, it is also likely that the heat spread and that is why the...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 07:47 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
I heard on the news that a firefighter called...

I heard on the news that a firefighter called from the basement on a cell phone that he survived the collapse and was still alive. I later I heard that heat was the reason they couldn't save him...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 07:43 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
It is a safe bet that the heat from the...

It is a safe bet that the heat from the incendiaries is why they couldn't save the firefighter(s) who called from the basement of the Plasco building after the collapse with a cell phone.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 07:31 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
And here we have yet another denier on this forum...

And here we have yet another denier on this forum of the reality that molten iron was found in the WTC rubble piles.

I should start counting how many there are.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 07:26 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Thermite produces molten iron when activated and...

Thermite produces molten iron when activated and I am saying the rubble will insulate it enough to keep it molten for days and long enough for clean up crews to observe it.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 07:24 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Oh, yeah there was. A lot of people saw it in the...

Oh, yeah there was. A lot of people saw it in the WTC rubble and a lot of people saw it in the Plasco building's rubble also.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 07:21 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
I think you might need new cotton for your...

I think you might need new cotton for your drawers now that you (a fire did it guy) realize how viable it was for the rubble to insulate and keep the iron from the thermite molten long enough for the...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 07:18 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
Fire in air (78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen) cannot get...

Fire in air (78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen) cannot get hot enough to cause molten iron in this universe, so you are wasting your breath with that comment.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 07:16 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
I agree that it is a best guess approximation....

I agree that it is a best guess approximation. Cotton, wool, and other fabrics have very low thermal conductivities and I did think about including them. Cotton is quite low at 0.04 W/m-C. Since they...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2017, 06:42 PM
Replies: 3,301
Views: 439,598
Posted By Tony Szamboti
It doesn't matter to the point, as even with the...

It doesn't matter to the point, as even with the pile at room temp (20 C) the insulation would only need to be about 16 inches thick to keep the iron molten for 96 hours (4 days).

The reality is...
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