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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 8th September 2016, 07:53 PM
Replies: 166
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Posted By jammonius
Although sea ice extent is the most often cited...

Although sea ice extent is the most often cited metric for commenting on the decline of the polar ice caps, especially that of the Arctic sea ice, there are other ways of looking at this dire...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th May 2016, 07:36 AM
Replies: 166
Views: 33,499
Posted By jammonius
Because NSIDC and Cryosphere Today are having...

Because NSIDC and Cryosphere Today are having acknowledged problems that they say will require a couple of months to resolve, the best available reliable data for Sea Ice Extent is the Japanese group...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st May 2016, 07:51 AM
Replies: 166
Views: 33,499
Posted By jammonius
SIE is at a record low for this date. Looking...

SIE is at a record low for this date. Looking ahead, the average daily loss in May is +/-50k km2/day. As of 4/30/16, SIE was well under 12.5m, for the earliest breach of that level in the satellite...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th April 2016, 08:00 AM
Replies: 166
Views: 33,499
Posted By jammonius
As reported by IJIS, Arctic sea ice extent is...

As reported by IJIS, Arctic sea ice extent is below 12.5m km2 before the end of April for the first time in the satellite era. By contrast, the average date for reaching that level of extent from...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th April 2016, 05:06 AM
Replies: 166
Views: 33,499
Posted By jammonius
SIE reported on 24 April is 12,681,673km2. At...

SIE reported on 24 April is 12,681,673km2. At current rate of decline and with projected high temperature anomalies in most Arctic peripheral regions and the Arctic basin, there is a chance SIE may...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd April 2016, 05:53 AM
Replies: 166
Views: 33,499
Posted By jammonius
I believe this is a current (as of 4/21/16) graph...

I believe this is a current (as of 4/21/16) graph of SIE based on jaxa/ijis.

2012 was the record setting year for annual sea ice minimum extent. At this moment, 2016 is well below (nearly 1million...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 22nd April 2016, 12:22 PM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
Here are the observations I can make: For...

Here are the observations I can make:

For the third and final time, I am not a truther. That does not mean I expect not to be referred to as such. Some posters enjoy using that and other...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 22nd April 2016, 10:20 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
No, Beachnut, your reply is not accurate, not...

No, Beachnut, your reply is not accurate, not even close.

While you may have implicitly acknowledged '19 hijackers w/box cutters' is a conspiracy theory, it being pointless and futile to do...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 22nd April 2016, 06:23 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
Good query. If rhetorical, they are only...

Good query. If rhetorical, they are only borderline. That said, I prolly would have been truer to my own preference for statement not rhetoric by saying:

1-coincidence is just as arbitrary as...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 22nd April 2016, 06:01 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
Let me elaborate. I will walk back a bit and...

Let me elaborate. I will walk back a bit and clarify a bit.

1-rhetorical questioning:

I usually don't answer questions of that nature. By definition, they are intended to make a statement more...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 06:06 PM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
I'm guessing the best way forward is for each of...

I'm guessing the best way forward is for each of us to make our own claims, rather than question each other.

I've made some claims here in this thread, so I'll let it go at that.

I note your...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 05:26 PM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
Beachnut Perhaps you should have given it a...

Beachnut

Perhaps you should have given it a rest when the opportunity to do so was given to you. Your incessant need to be right about something, as expressed in the above post, re-raising radar...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 04:49 PM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
Hank My posts appear to have come to your...

Hank

My posts appear to have come to your attention rather late. That said, I appreciate that you have read them and that they sparked enough interest to prompt your multiple replies.

Did you...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 12:55 PM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
I don't think Stephen Gregory is one of the first...

I don't think Stephen Gregory is one of the first responders I contacted, iirc. Certainly, any such contact, necessarily occurring sometime after 2005 at a minimum would have been difficult as he...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 09:15 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
One cannot reasonably conclude whether personal...

One cannot reasonably conclude whether personal stuff or damaging (to the common storyline) stuff was redacted from witness statements, can one?

Here's an example of redaction
...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 08:58 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
Hi Oystein I've addressed Praimnath as much...

Hi Oystein

I've addressed Praimnath as much as I deem necessary. I'm not inclined to convince you of any particular interpretation. It's fine with me if you consider his claim of standing in front...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 08:53 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
The OP raises an interesting query--why was there...

The OP raises an interesting query--why was there secrecy with respect to the first responder statements, why has information been withheld. I will here conclude with an example of secrecy within...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 08:21 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
Your replies in this thread appear to me to be...

Your replies in this thread appear to me to be strident. They are not user friendly for a variety of reasons. First, you cite radar (reconstructions?) without sourcing or links. You name witnesses...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 07:56 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
Yes, I agree. Do you agree that it is...

Yes, I agree.

Do you agree that it is equally arbitrary to consign controversial events to coincidence as it is to consign them to conspiracy?

Do you agree the "19 hijackers with box...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 07:45 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
I agree. That is why it is useful to critically...

I agree. That is why it is useful to critically review all available data and attempt to make considered, reasoned assessments before jumping to conclusions. The 503 first responder, on site witness...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 07:28 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
It's not "my dustification." It's the...

It's not "my dustification." It's the dustification of the WTC complex. This is a thread on the long delay in the publication of the 503 first responder witness statements. I have raised the issue of...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 06:09 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
The use of pejorative descriptors, usually...

The use of pejorative descriptors, usually followed by declarations sounding as though the poster has a supernatural gift of knowing the truth and the right to declare who has virtue and who does...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 05:36 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
Your use of the pejorative "dishonesty" signals...

Your use of the pejorative "dishonesty" signals an unacceptable escalation. I'm sorry you found it necessary to do that. In so doing you elevate your own claim of cherry picking and keep hammering...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 05:09 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
I've already said I am not a truther once. It...

I've already said I am not a truther once. It should be considered that I have here reiterated that there is nothing I have posted that may be used to justify use of that label. Moments ago, I...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st April 2016, 04:51 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
"Prove you wrong," you ask? No, I will not do...

"Prove you wrong," you ask? No, I will not do that. Your assertion is a clear, undeniable, text-book variety conspiracy theory. In my experience, it is better to leave it up to conspiracy theorists...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th April 2016, 07:33 PM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
Should you not ask whether I am a truther rather...

Should you not ask whether I am a truther rather than jump to that conclusion?

And, if a truther, then a truther as to what?

Do you hold or claim a certain perspective on what happened on 9/11;...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th April 2016, 07:25 PM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
The thread asks, in substance, why was...

The thread asks, in substance, why was publication of the first responder witness statements withheld until release was mandated by legal challenge, correct?

I think the correct use of skepticism...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th April 2016, 06:24 PM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
I think luck is a possibility; but I think the...

I think luck is a possibility; but I think the luck extends to his having suffered no more than being concussed to the point of delirium and injured by debris from a rather moderate explosion from a...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th April 2016, 05:54 PM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
I would here observe that both the quoted post...

I would here observe that both the quoted post and your responding post prior to this one go to considerable lengths to avoid any hint of skeptical analysis of the actual content of what was said in...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th April 2016, 05:29 PM
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Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
Your friend's experience might be similar to that...

Your friend's experience might be similar to that of the miraculous Stanley Praimnath, who, like your friend was in the south tower 'when the jetliner hit it.'

But not only was Praimnath in the...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th April 2016, 04:52 PM
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Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
That is interesting. Can you please reference...

That is interesting. Can you please reference sources or links providing details of the history to which you are referring?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th April 2016, 04:43 PM
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Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
I am here responding to whether posting actual...

I am here responding to whether posting actual first responder witness content is consistent with the OP. My first response in this thread addressed post #441, by axxman300. That post was interpreted...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th April 2016, 03:43 PM
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Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
Greetings Dave First, let me double check...

Greetings Dave

First, let me double check for accuracy, you did mean to apply the same specific criteria to first responder witnesses who claim jetliner-crash-into-wtc as you are to those...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th April 2016, 08:20 AM
Replies: 677
Views: 98,025
Posted By jammonius
Hello, again After a long absence, I've...

Hello, again

After a long absence, I've decided this thread and the quoted comment should be addressed. I do so as follows.

The claim "...most of the oral accounts mirrored those recorded by...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st June 2012, 07:06 PM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
I'm inclined to stop posting in this thread :mad:

I'm inclined to stop posting in this thread :mad:
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st June 2012, 06:27 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,133
Posted By jammonius
BCR, I need time to go over the cspan panel...

BCR,

I need time to go over the cspan panel discussion video. Meanwhile, the following disclosure is rather important:

"A simulated call came in from Boston Center,..."

The acknowledgment of...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st June 2012, 06:03 PM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
If one were to "hack" one, the other or both...

If one were to "hack" one, the other or both systems, couldn't the hacking be done via the transmitter/receiver?

Or, more specifically, I think the issue boils down to this: Could the military,...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st June 2012, 05:31 PM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
I would prefer that you not engage in...

I would prefer that you not engage in misrepresentation. You do not have to do as I do, namely, "double check for accuracy of understanding" when you perceive a contradiction, but, you might consider...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st June 2012, 02:32 PM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
Separate and apart from the matter of...

Separate and apart from the matter of perspective, where posters can interpret threads in different ways, I think the problem here is that posters have been too quick to declare themselves right and...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st May 2012, 05:52 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
BCR, If I have not done so in a prior...

BCR,


If I have not done so in a prior post (and I might have), I want to (again) thank you for the below quoted post as it adds greatly to the information base of this thread. It is worthwhile...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 30th May 2012, 11:14 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
BCR is quite capable of defending himself without...

BCR is quite capable of defending himself without your help, I would think. It is too bad you do not have anything to add that is independent of BCR's posts.



No we won't.



I do not know...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 30th May 2012, 10:51 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
No, Dave, it is not factually correct to claim...

No, Dave, it is not factually correct to claim the two datasets are entirely consistent. They are not only inconsistent, they are inconclusive. The margins of error render them that way.



I...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 30th May 2012, 07:29 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
BCR Perhaps the problem at this point...

BCR



Perhaps the problem at this point is that there are too many posts to keep track of. However, for whatever the reason might be, your quoted attempt at a summary is wide of the mark by a...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th May 2012, 07:34 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
You have not fairly interpreted the information...

You have not fairly interpreted the information that Lynn Spencer provided. It is not a question of a general being "omniscient", rather it is that Gen. Arnold was not privy to all that was to take...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th May 2012, 07:20 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
BCR, IMHO, you are taking too narrow a view...

BCR,

IMHO, you are taking too narrow a view of this thread. RDHall's video offers the suggestion (but not specific claim) that the second RADES path marked out a stealth aircraft that was used to...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th May 2012, 05:53 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
Linchpin of entire hijack saga is "unknown source"

Greetings everyone,

Firstly, an aside to the lurkers and the others: It will be noticed that one faction in this discussion finds it necessary to make victory taunts in just about every other...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 28th May 2012, 06:18 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
BCR Thank you for your post that you claim...

BCR

Thank you for your post that you claim is intended to clarify your portion of the discussion. Well, if that is your example of clarity, I'd rather not see your version of confusion.

Here,...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th May 2012, 11:59 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
BCR, Just noticed your post. I didn't want...

BCR,

Just noticed your post. I didn't want to leave this hanging, but I can only post this once on this issue until after the weekend.

The ambiguity is set out in the text of the Flight Path...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th May 2012, 11:54 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
True dat Now, go look at some debunker...

True dat

Now, go look at some debunker websites...:D

Have a nice weekend one and all.

Bye for now
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th May 2012, 11:50 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,675
Posted By jammonius
AW, Give it a rest. "NTSB...

AW,

Give it a rest.

"NTSB Identification: DCA01MA060.
The docket is stored in the Docket Management System (DMS). Please contact Records Management Division
Scheduled 14 CFR operation of...
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