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Forum: USA Politics 22nd January 2017, 04:31 PM
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Posted By Sunstealer
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st December 2016, 12:51 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,529
Posted By Sunstealer
BBC were caught out lying by using old footage...

BBC were caught out lying by using old footage from 2014, specifically Yarmouk Camp in Damascus, claiming it was from Madaya and spinning the message that civilians were starving in October 2015.
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th December 2016, 09:46 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,529
Posted By Sunstealer
You can add PressTV, Debkafile, CNN, BBC, Sky...

You can add PressTV, Debkafile, CNN, BBC, Sky News, Channel 4 news, just about every British newspaper to that list as well. (I don't access US news stations or papers regularly, but I expect it's...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 19th December 2016, 05:50 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 5,794
Posted By Sunstealer
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b6a3239ee7559...

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b6a3239ee75595e4fd478a0420ce1bbe755767a36ac5db21eed6dcbc88988686.gif
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th December 2016, 02:05 PM
Replies: 169
Views: 24,554
Posted By Sunstealer
Aleppo has been liberated. Ceasefire agreement...

Aleppo has been liberated. Ceasefire agreement headed to and all rebels in the remaining pocket along with their families will be bussed to Idlib starting later on the 13th or 5am on the 14th.
...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 10th December 2016, 09:01 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 10,605
Posted By Sunstealer
No it won't be Trump doing this it will be Putin,...

No it won't be Trump doing this it will be Putin, who as we know is all powerful. He can do anything, anything I tell you; even persuade tens of millions to vote a certain way. I suspect he's got...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 20th November 2016, 08:36 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 12,340
Posted By Sunstealer
Remember, anyone posting on the internet that...

Remember, anyone posting on the internet that disagrees with you is a Putin troll. ;)
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 20th November 2016, 08:33 AM
Replies: 130
Views: 10,739
Posted By Sunstealer
Stop it, stop it right now. You are not allowed...

Stop it, stop it right now. You are not allowed to state facts for the ignorant bigots who want to have a pop at the Queen and a building they have no idea about.

This is why the politics and...
Forum: USA Politics 17th November 2016, 03:21 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,702
Posted By Sunstealer
Oh there's absolutely no doubt that Alex Jones is...

Oh there's absolutely no doubt that Alex Jones is able to get to at least 500m Americans using an obscure website and turn an election with a little help from Breitbart. No media company was...
Forum: USA Politics 14th November 2016, 11:35 AM
Replies: 202
Views: 18,905
Posted By Sunstealer
You are ignoring one vital piece of reasoning. ...

You are ignoring one vital piece of reasoning. You aren't alone in this, anyone who's arguing that "so and so won the popular vote therefore..." is missing the point. I'll show you how it works:
...
Forum: USA Politics 12th November 2016, 01:09 PM
Replies: 202
Views: 18,905
Posted By Sunstealer
They are the same electorate that gave Obama two...

They are the same electorate that gave Obama two terms.

http://www.cnbc.com/heres-a-map-of-the-us-counties-that-flipped-to-trump-from-democrats/
...
Forum: USA Politics 12th November 2016, 08:28 AM
Replies: 153
Views: 17,350
Posted By Sunstealer
Still not learning I see. Still can't see you...

Still not learning I see. Still can't see you are part of the problem. People are telling you directly the reason for your political failure and instead of listening you are merely shouting ever...
Forum: USA Politics 12th November 2016, 08:24 AM
Replies: 202
Views: 18,905
Posted By Sunstealer
Travis - you are part of the problem and the...

Travis - you are part of the problem and the reason why Trump won in the first place. Go on, double down, you are only going to get the reverse of what you want.

Oh and it's giving us more...
Forum: USA Politics 12th November 2016, 08:21 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 19,790
Posted By Sunstealer
https://i.sli.mg/mInJEy.jpg Edited to...

https://i.sli.mg/mInJEy.jpg

Edited to remove hotlink to copyrighted image. Please see rule 4.
Forum: USA Politics 12th November 2016, 05:00 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 19,790
Posted By Sunstealer
In the UK the Christmas adverts for all the big...

In the UK the Christmas adverts for all the big department stores are coming out on TV. People like to make their own versions....

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Forum: USA Politics 10th November 2016, 05:41 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 4,935
Posted By Sunstealer
God damn it, democracy is not democracy unless...

God damn it, democracy is not democracy unless the vote agrees with my position!

We've got the same nonsense over here regarding the referendum to remain or leave the political construct that is...
Forum: USA Politics 10th November 2016, 11:13 AM
Replies: 153
Views: 17,350
Posted By Sunstealer
You won't realise it or understand why, but most...

You won't realise it or understand why, but most of you here are a large part of the problem. I won't say anymore on the subject because it will be akin to dealing with 9/11 truthers, but here you...
Forum: USA Politics 9th November 2016, 04:33 AM
Replies: 3,940
Views: 391,361
Posted By Sunstealer
What about the Mexican one?

What about the Mexican one?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th October 2016, 03:56 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 6,049
Posted By Sunstealer
That was the name that stood out for me because...

That was the name that stood out for me because I've seen her many times on television and knew about her and her views. She always comes across as very knowledgeable and articulate. She's also not...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 21st October 2016, 05:24 AM
Replies: 169
Views: 24,554
Posted By Sunstealer
People really don't understand that once upon a...

People really don't understand that once upon a time it was west Aleppo that was besieged.

http://yallasouriya.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/aleppo-map-june-13.jpg

Western governments didn't give...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 15th October 2016, 02:50 PM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
I'm not interested in the chaff and nonsense, I'm...

I'm not interested in the chaff and nonsense, I'm interested in your criteria. You have defined that criteria, yet you refuse to answer simple questions using that very same criteria.

This shows...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 15th October 2016, 01:28 PM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
Again, I don't speak for anyone else but myself. ...

Again, I don't speak for anyone else but myself. The fact that you refuse to answer the simplest of questions shows that you are more interested in scoring points in your own head than you are in...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 15th October 2016, 12:08 PM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
I speak for myself and no-one else. I'm not...

I speak for myself and no-one else. I'm not going to get into a ridiculous quoting and re-quoting war with additional highlighting - it's pointless. All you have to do is answer my simple...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 13th October 2016, 01:31 PM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
I'm taking it that your refusal to use your own...

I'm taking it that your refusal to use your own criteria, even when asked to apply it chips a-d in the paper you champion, is a statement saying that you disagree with the paper's conclusion that...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 13th October 2016, 12:50 PM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
This is ludicrous. You on the one hand have...

This is ludicrous.

You on the one hand have agreed an important step, that is the comparison of composition and morphology of two samples, with regard to whether two samples are the same material...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 13th October 2016, 11:25 AM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
Good. So I'll repeat the question: Do you...

Good. So I'll repeat the question:

Do you agree that the particles described above appear in both SEM photos? If the answer is no, then please give your reasons.

Here are the two photos...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 13th October 2016, 10:24 AM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
I'm not sure what you are getting at or what you...

I'm not sure what you are getting at or what you are trying to show.

I'm going to show that Millette isolated (and tested) the same two types of red/gray chips as were shown in Harrit et al. I'm...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 13th October 2016, 09:11 AM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
I'll ignore your reversal and strawman and...

I'll ignore your reversal and strawman and concentrate on the questions. We'll take it one at a time. You said:



Lets do that part first - prove they are the same composition and morphology. ...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 13th October 2016, 06:52 AM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
Kaolin has the chemical formula: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 ...

Kaolin has the chemical formula: Al2Si2O5(OH)4

SEM EDX will obviously pick up the Al in the red layer. The problem for Ziggi and the other truthers is we know that the Al in chips a-d is bound...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th October 2016, 05:37 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,266
Posted By Sunstealer
Yes we frequently use lots of hardened steel to...

Yes we frequently use lots of hardened steel to make missiles, fighter jets etc. The other good materials to use are lead and uranium. It's all about the heat signature you see. ;)

The US would...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10th October 2016, 06:44 AM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
Ziggi, you are saying that Millette had no...

Ziggi, you are saying that Millette had no problems understanding the criteria for selection of chips of interest.

Do you agree that the following, taken from Millete's progress report is correct...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 8th October 2016, 02:47 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 14,088
Posted By Sunstealer
Good luck with that. As far as I'm aware Win 10...

Good luck with that. As far as I'm aware Win 10 Home does not allow you to stop automatic updates. I believe you can defer them, but not stop them.

It's one of the reasons why many of us are...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 28th September 2016, 11:05 AM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
This isn't true: and ...

This isn't true:

and



http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=181&pictureid=868

Which is a heavy indication this material is oxidised steel (it is because these...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 28th September 2016, 02:03 AM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
One thing is for sure: Mark Basile is only...

One thing is for sure: Mark Basile is only finding "non-candidate chips" and no thermite ones. Funny when the chips are down (pun intended) and proper testing is to be performed by an independent...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 27th September 2016, 09:02 AM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
There's no such thing as active or inactive...

There's no such thing as active or inactive thermite. Anyone with any chemistry knowledge understands this. It's one of the many failings of Harrit et al. They assumed every chip that had a red...
Forum: USA Politics 26th September 2016, 06:31 PM
Replies: 975
Views: 56,272
Posted By Sunstealer
**** me - you colonials have reduced debating to...

**** me - you colonials have reduced debating to a pantomime. It makes our Prime Minister's Question Time look like a masterclass in contrast.

There are 350 million of you and yet you have come...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 23rd September 2016, 06:11 AM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
Not finding paint chips in the dust is one of the...

Not finding paint chips in the dust is one of the biggest problems with the Harrit et al paper. Every chip is thermite according to them, even though, by their own admittance, they show that this...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 16th September 2016, 09:50 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 8,446
Posted By Sunstealer
So does his punctuation. It's bizarre, I've...

So does his punctuation. It's bizarre, I've never seen anyone uses space and then a comma or full-stop.

My 6 year old nephew has a better grasp of how to write.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 16th September 2016, 09:38 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 5,641
Posted By Sunstealer
My brother took George Harrison's passport...

My brother took George Harrison's passport photograph. He was too professional to ask for an autograph. It was only a small camera shop in the town where George Harrison lived.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th September 2016, 10:50 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,948
Posted By Sunstealer
Here are 2 short videos showing the GMAW (stick),...

Here are 2 short videos showing the GMAW (stick), TIG is similar.

Short explanation, you can see the weld pool and spatter too:

/TeBX6cKKHWY

Slow motion of arc, metal deposition and weld...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 12th September 2016, 03:45 PM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
Of course not. Criteria won't dare answer to...

Of course not. Criteria won't dare answer to those of us who have a grasp of the subject.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 11th September 2016, 01:27 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 6,393
Posted By Sunstealer
I think it's partly to do with the way in which...

I think it's partly to do with the way in which younger people garner information. My niece and nephew who are 9 and 6 respectively are quite adept at using Youtube to find information. They will...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 9th September 2016, 12:58 PM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
Harrit et al were incompetent or fraudulent or...

Harrit et al were incompetent or fraudulent or perhaps both.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 9th September 2016, 11:36 AM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
It's quite laughable. Criteria says that the...

It's quite laughable. Criteria says that the dust will contain paint chips yet the "scientists" he champions never found a single one. When they wanted a sample of paint they got it from a memorial...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 9th September 2016, 11:23 AM
Replies: 137
Views: 36,286
Posted By Sunstealer
What you consider to be very is considered cold...

What you consider to be very is considered cold as far as a metallurgist is concerned when talking about steel. I suspect you think aircraft behave like coke cans because they are made of aluminium....
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 5th September 2016, 06:11 AM
Replies: 2,597
Views: 543,287
Posted By Sunstealer
Nonsense. The chips are not red, they are red...

Nonsense. The chips are not red, they are red and gray (layers):

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=845&pictureid=8546

The gray layers are oxidised iron...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 27th August 2016, 04:17 AM
Replies: 978
Views: 418,539
Posted By Sunstealer
Then why hasn't done so? The very first thing a...

Then why hasn't done so? The very first thing a lab would need to do in order to duplicate the Harrit et al paper is to draw a magnet across a sample of the dust to separate out red/gray chips of...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th August 2016, 01:40 PM
Replies: 978
Views: 418,539
Posted By Sunstealer
The fact of the matter is a dust sample sent to...

The fact of the matter is a dust sample sent to an independent lab who then separated red chips using a magnet and then having a look at them using optical and electron microscopy would take less...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 3rd August 2016, 12:48 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 10,986
Posted By Sunstealer
It's old news that the US were supplying Syrian...

It's old news that the US were supplying Syrian rebels with arms including those from Gaddafi's stores in Libya. They were routing them through the Balkans and into Turkey.

However, there is no...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th July 2016, 10:45 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,583
Posted By Sunstealer
The river Tyburn runs below part of Buckingham...

The river Tyburn runs below part of Buckingham Palace. There have always been rumours about tunnels including silly things like the Queens personal tube train tunnel, but there's no evidence of it...
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