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Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st February 2023, 05:17 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,539
Posted By Scott Sommers
Thanks, but that's not what I meant. After some...

Thanks, but that's not what I meant. After some time, it became clear that claims about thermite were problematic because there was no way you could cut through steel beams in a manner that would...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st January 2023, 02:31 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,539
Posted By Scott Sommers
I tried. That's why I cam here. I'll have to keep...

I tried. That's why I cam here. I'll have to keep looking. It was a long time ago.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th January 2023, 03:42 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,539
Posted By Scott Sommers
Video about Thermite Charges

A long, long time ago, someone posted a video about thermite charges they developed to destroy steel bolts. Does anyone know where this is?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 9th June 2022, 04:38 PM
Replies: 3,385
Views: 310,743
Posted By Scott Sommers
Not a technical problem with the voter fraud...

Not a technical problem with the voter fraud claim, but the organization Truth the Vote appears riddled with corruption....
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 13th May 2022, 03:47 PM
Replies: 3,385
Views: 310,743
Posted By Scott Sommers
I belong to the Mike Huckabee mailing list. He's...

I belong to the Mike Huckabee mailing list. He's sending around this claim. Does anyone know anything about it?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 11th May 2022, 05:44 PM
Replies: 3,385
Views: 310,743
Posted By Scott Sommers
It's a kind of trickle down effect. The mentally...

It's a kind of trickle down effect. The mentally impaired need an income just as much as the rest of us.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 19th March 2022, 04:45 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,063
Posted By Scott Sommers
Gullible Skeptics

A friend of mine wrote this here...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th July 2018, 07:23 AM
Replies: 122
Views: 16,679
Posted By Scott Sommers
You surprise me. You do know who they are. Then...

You surprise me. You do know who they are. Then you'll know that both of them are opportunists and will run for nomination with any party that they think will have them.

And you'll also know that...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th July 2018, 12:19 AM
Replies: 122
Views: 16,679
Posted By Scott Sommers
But you aren't addressing my point. Name me one...

But you aren't addressing my point. Name me one Democrat politician at any level of government who has incorporated any conspiracy theory into their platform. Like I've said, there are a few, but I...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 19th July 2018, 03:54 AM
Replies: 122
Views: 16,679
Posted By Scott Sommers
The point I am trying to make can be summed up by...

The point I am trying to make can be summed up by asking, give one name of a Democrat politician who used a conspiracy theory - any conspiracy - as part of their platform. There are a couple, but the...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 18th July 2018, 05:11 AM
Replies: 122
Views: 16,679
Posted By Scott Sommers
I don't hate to say this,....I have been saying...

I don't hate to say this,....I have been saying since 2010 that politically, Truthers are right-wing Republicans. The hard-core producers of Truther ideology may think that Trump is just as likely to...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 18th June 2018, 05:53 AM
Replies: 105
Views: 22,414
Posted By Scott Sommers
This is where you start sounding like all the...

This is where you start sounding like all the other Truthers. Could it have been been thermite that brought down Building 7? What about dustifying technology in orbit around the Earth? Is it possible...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 13th June 2018, 12:43 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 9,676
Posted By Scott Sommers
There are still Truthers hanging around on the...

There are still Truthers hanging around on the edges. I'd really like to know what they think happened to these super weapons.

For 'us', as opposed to 'them', the existence of an even mild version...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 11th June 2018, 05:46 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 9,676
Posted By Scott Sommers
what Happened to the Super Weapons?

I was waiting for my friend today, and then it hit...what happened to the super weapons? This is a serious question. In the 20 or so years since 9/11, you would have expected that the 9/11 super...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th May 2018, 11:20 PM
Replies: 3,283
Views: 741,557
Posted By Scott Sommers
According to his Facebook, Oleg Kis studied at...

According to his Facebook, Oleg Kis studied at Villanova University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villanova_University). That's where Tony Szamboti studied engineering.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 10th May 2018, 02:47 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,514
Posted By Scott Sommers
It all depends on what you mean by a crisis...

It all depends on what you mean by a crisis actor. The term actually has a meaning that refers to real people. So there are real crisis actors (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_actor).

The...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st May 2018, 10:28 PM
Replies: 3,283
Views: 741,557
Posted By Scott Sommers
Hulsey is not the only university faculty member...

Hulsey is not the only university faculty member to promote 9/11 Truth. I have recently discovered that some of the Truthers posting here earlier are university faculty. Hulsey might be the only...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 30th April 2018, 07:31 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,394
Posted By Scott Sommers
Christina Tobin interviews Richard Gage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txbJ8elggqE

Who is Christina Tobin?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Tobin
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 9th April 2018, 05:55 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,398
Posted By Scott Sommers
Vice TV video on the harassment of victims of the...

Vice TV video on the harassment of victims of the First Baptist Church shooting.
https://www.facebook.com/VICEselects/videos/845144652340193/UzpfSTEwMDAwMDE2NzEyNjY5OToyMDUzMDg0MjE0NzA3MTI5/
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 9th April 2018, 05:11 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 13,769
Posted By Scott Sommers
DISCLAIMER: I'm not claiming there were any...

DISCLAIMER: I'm not claiming there were any crises actors or anything like that. I am only reproducing the argument of someone I know.

Nobody except nutbars believes there are lizards running the...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th March 2018, 03:15 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 11,930
Posted By Scott Sommers
One of the friends of We Are Change that I used...

One of the friends of We Are Change that I used to talk with, Harry Link, has been banned from Facebook for posting that the Parkland shooting never happened.

I guess Youtube and Facebook have...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 27th March 2018, 10:52 PM
Replies: 3,283
Views: 741,557
Posted By Scott Sommers
This was just posted on the Facebook group for...

This was just posted on the Facebook group for AE9/11T (https://www.facebook.com/ae911truth/?hc_ref=ARQPsQG6fTaZuGpHPMrhguIfeBFyNg-OCfvca4BijHKzOPkDbnhXtN0P-0ianpHydmc&fref=nf)
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 27th March 2018, 10:29 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 11,930
Posted By Scott Sommers
Simon Shack says that Youtube has shut him down

This was posted on the September Clues Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/September-Clues-112087375501007/)group.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th February 2018, 06:06 PM
Replies: 88
Views: 20,241
Posted By Scott Sommers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_explosion ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_explosion

Grain elevator explosion and fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDLkMDJXl_0
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th January 2018, 07:04 AM
Replies: 330
Views: 44,657
Posted By Scott Sommers
I bet you this goes on for 100 pages. I've seen...

I bet you this goes on for 100 pages. I've seen no-planers argue endlessly with Tracey Postart and that other guy about how there were no planes. Paranoid schizophrenics have a way of producing...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 23rd January 2018, 01:15 AM
Replies: 330
Views: 44,657
Posted By Scott Sommers
What are you doing about that poor man, Khalid...

What are you doing about that poor man, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is being framed for masterminding the 9/11 attacks?
A horrifying look into the mind of 9/11’s mastermind, in his own words...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 22nd January 2018, 11:29 PM
Replies: 330
Views: 44,657
Posted By Scott Sommers
This is amazing. Just imagine if you had spent...

This is amazing. Just imagine if you had spent all that time and energy starting a business. You'd be rich by now, instead of the brunt of endless jokes and laughter.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 7th January 2018, 09:47 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 14,616
Posted By Scott Sommers
Are Iranians brown? ...

Are Iranians brown?
https://media.gadventures.com/media-server/dynamic/blogs/posts/mark-elliott/2016/10/smiling_ladies.jpg


IMG changed to URL to avoid hotlinking
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 6th January 2018, 09:46 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 25,662
Posted By Scott Sommers
The video apparently comes from this Youtube...

The video apparently comes from this Youtube account
Our Third Life (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/our-third-life)
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 6th January 2018, 08:13 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 14,616
Posted By Scott Sommers
I think it's because he's a patsy for the US...

I think it's because he's a patsy for the US government. Right? He's just some guy with a Middle Eastern name who was picked at random to take the fall for Dick Cheney and George Bush blowing up the...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 2nd January 2018, 01:55 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 6,292
Posted By Scott Sommers
Has Anyone Read Mark Fuhrman's Book about JFK?

I understand that Detective Mark Fuhrman from the OJ murder case wrote a book about JFK. Has anyone read it? Is it a conspiracy theory book?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 26th December 2017, 05:17 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 7,846
Posted By Scott Sommers
You're missing the point of all this. It was a...

You're missing the point of all this. It was a test of the HAARP system's ability to cause a fire. That it was in California proves all that. 'They' were using the problem of brush fires in the state...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 26th December 2017, 02:00 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 8,285
Posted By Scott Sommers
The point I'm trying to get at is that much of...

The point I'm trying to get at is that much of the conspiracy theory movement originates in pathology. It's not normal thinking gone wild. Some of it originates in hallucinations and psychotic...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 25th December 2017, 03:46 AM
Replies: 692
Views: 113,614
Posted By Scott Sommers
Yes. Much better. Thank you.

Yes. Much better. Thank you.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 25th December 2017, 02:22 AM
Replies: 692
Views: 113,614
Posted By Scott Sommers
This is a good point. Canada is also on the list...

This is a good point. Canada is also on the list and there are all sorts of stories about UFOs floating around Canada.
GOVERNMENT CHIEF'S DEATH BED CONFESSION: 'I was shown inside alien UFO at Area...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 24th December 2017, 10:28 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 8,285
Posted By Scott Sommers
Merry Xmas everyone. It's hard to get a...

Merry Xmas everyone.

It's hard to get a feeling for this paranoia on the forum that was previously known as the JREF. Perhaps it's the way things are set up here, that conspiracy theorists are...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 22nd December 2017, 06:30 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 8,285
Posted By Scott Sommers
If I not mistaken, this would be his Facebook...

If I not mistaken, this would be his Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/patrick.alaggio
He looks a little unbalanced, even for the usual crowd.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 16th December 2017, 11:41 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 12,561
Posted By Scott Sommers
I thought we were talking about conspiracy...

I thought we were talking about conspiracy theory. When does a conspiracy become a conspiracy theory? When it's covered up? Does that make the NY Police ticket fixing scandal...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 12th December 2017, 07:16 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 7,846
Posted By Scott Sommers
I tried to read the whole thing, but I just...

I tried to read the whole thing, but I just couldn't. Reading this is like pulling teeth. Put all these people into a shipping container and throw it into the ocean.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 10th December 2017, 06:59 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 19,904
Posted By Scott Sommers
The answer to this question depends on what you...

The answer to this question depends on what you mean by "conspiracy theorists" and "common trait". The term "conspiracy theorist" gets used on this forum in many different ways without clarification....
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 8th December 2017, 12:27 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 9,218
Posted By Scott Sommers
It's as if there is a war being waged against...

It's as if there is a war being waged against knowledge.

nuclear scientists...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 7th December 2017, 03:54 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 9,218
Posted By Scott Sommers
Big Pharma is Killing Holistic Doctors

This is very serious, I am told. It is news that the MSM is ignoring completely. It makes you wonder what other terrible things are being done by Big Corporations!

Unintended Holistic Doctor Death...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 3rd December 2017, 10:30 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,461
Posted By Scott Sommers
I think a lot of Truthers don't actually know...

I think a lot of Truthers don't actually know much about the mechanism of the 9/11 attacks, other than what happened that day. Being this way makes it much easier to imagine that the perpetrators,...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st December 2017, 09:31 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 17,306
Posted By Scott Sommers
You're so right. But I feel compelled to address...

You're so right. But I feel compelled to address his pain. Just think how painful it must be to believe that you live in country where the government slaughters thousands in the streets. Just...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st December 2017, 09:10 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 17,306
Posted By Scott Sommers
Come on you guys, it can't be all that bad. At...

Come on you guys, it can't be all that bad. At least he's only a Truther and not one of those paranoid schizophrenics that the Internet has convinced are victim of God-knows-what that plant...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st December 2017, 08:49 AM
Replies: 979
Views: 354,787
Posted By Scott Sommers
I can't really answer you. All I can say is the...

I can't really answer you. All I can say is the that other day, I signed up and said I was a veteran. The next day, they sent me this e-mail,



And a screen shot of my request.

I think of...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th November 2017, 07:11 PM
Replies: 979
Views: 354,787
Posted By Scott Sommers
These are really nice websites. I just joined...

These are really nice websites. I just joined Firefighters for 9/11 Truth as a military veteran. Let's see what they do with me.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th November 2017, 07:05 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,546
Posted By Scott Sommers
Ya, Tony's just been better at hiding it than...

Ya, Tony's just been better at hiding it than Josh. By the way, Josh is now busy rewriting the Pacific Ocean theater of WWII. Apparently the Japanese weren't so bad after all....
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th November 2017, 04:57 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,411
Posted By Scott Sommers
I think that's a good thing. I still read your...

I think that's a good thing. I still read your posts about AE9/11 membership. I know how hard it is to stay interested in documenting these guys for a long time. I've lost interest in watching these...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th November 2017, 02:46 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,411
Posted By Scott Sommers
Thanks Dave. You confirm my impression of things....

Thanks Dave. You confirm my impression of things. There's been talk about closing the 9/11 forum for a long time, but there's always been the fear that Truthers will flood the place like maggots on...
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