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Old 7th June 2019, 07:05 PM   #961
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Originally Posted by bknight View Post
FTFY, There are many who still believe that some nefarious organization pulled off the demolition of W7, perhaps a dwindling number. The facts are clear, Damage from W1 and unchecked fires brought the house down, really simple.

It's surprising how many claim "nothing" hit WTC7 , focused on planes. Many don't know hundreds of tons of steel and concrete rained down on WTC7.

But that's conspiracy theorists.
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Old 7th June 2019, 08:10 PM   #962
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Originally Posted by cantonear1968 View Post
It's surprising how many claim "nothing" hit WTC7 , focused on planes. Many don't know hundreds of tons of steel and concrete rained down on WTC7.

But that's conspiracy theorists.
Most seem unaware of the basics - possibly genuinely. Steel frames are vulnerable to fire and their design - esp high rise - is an economic compromise - risk managed and relying on active fire fighting. Hence the 'fire rating' expressed in hours - which gives time for occupant escape and commencement of necessary active fire fighting.

And the occupants had escaped WTC7 - primary objective met.
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Old 8th June 2019, 02:47 AM   #963
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Originally Posted by ozeco41 View Post
Most seem unaware of the basics - possibly genuinely. Steel frames are vulnerable to fire and their design - esp high rise - is an economic compromise - risk managed and relying on active fire fighting. Hence the 'fire rating' expressed in hours - which gives time for occupant escape and commencement of necessary active fire fighting.

And the occupants had escaped WTC7 - primary objective met.
Of course the objective to save the building and prevent damage to neighboring properties is an objective as well and shouldn't be ignored.
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Old 8th June 2019, 11:53 AM   #964
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Originally Posted by JSanderO View Post
Of course the objective to save the building and prevent damage to neighboring properties is an objective as well and shouldn't be ignored.
Since I'm not a fire fighter, I suppose that is a second creed, behind saving lives.
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Old 9th July 2019, 01:50 AM   #965
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Basile and his money have been disappeared 63 months ago.

Benthamitemetric has been missing for ther 2nd month in a row.
Yah, sorry. I’ll let the shill bosses know that you should get the entirety of my 2Q disinfo bonus this year.
And now, huh??

64 months now!
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Old 9th July 2019, 07:37 AM   #966
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Originally Posted by Oystein View Post
And now, huh??

64 months now!

.......and counting.
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Old 9th July 2019, 07:42 AM   #967
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Originally Posted by cantonear1968 View Post
.......and counting.
I wonder where he is hiding?
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Old 9th July 2019, 07:53 AM   #968
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Originally Posted by bknight View Post
I wonder where he is hiding?
Under a big old pile of dust?
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Old 9th July 2019, 08:31 AM   #969
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Originally Posted by Spektator View Post
Under a big old pile of dust?
It's too bad he isn't under WTC ground zero
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Old 9th July 2019, 04:28 PM   #970
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I wonder where he is hiding?
I doubt he's "hiding" or even thinking about this phase of his life. Outside of this site........no one seems to care.
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Old 9th July 2019, 05:42 PM   #971
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I doubt he's "hiding" or even thinking about this phase of his life. Outside of this site........no one seems to care.

Seconded. Mark Basile has most likely forgotten about this long ago.

The people he scammed took money from.......

....another story.
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Old 6th September 2019, 05:20 AM   #972
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We skipped August.

66 months now.
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Old 7th December 2020, 07:00 PM   #973
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Bump...81 months, now!
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Old 8th December 2020, 07:50 AM   #974
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Why not skip the counting, as it looks to me that a "new" report will never occur. JAQ.
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Old 8th December 2020, 09:52 PM   #975
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Why is anyone still focused on this? The study clearly won't be released. Get over it.

In other news, there is a study that was just released. I wonder why the reality deniers don't want to talk about that.

Come on reality deniers. Come out of the woodwork again. It's time to expose you all for the frauds that you are.
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Old 9th December 2020, 12:43 AM   #976
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Why is anyone still focused on this? The study clearly won't be released. Get over it.
9/11 was solved on 9/11, Get over it. Your fantasy version of 9/11, which you can't explain, failed. Get over it.

It takes a few seconds to add up the months Mark's Study is late.
It appears you know the "real" story of 9/11, but can't prove it, and you took a year off and failed to make progress, the same as Mark's study of woo.

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In other news, there is a study that was just released. I wonder why the reality deniers don't want to talk about that.
Again you like to project. You are the reality denier, and you don't have a clue you are the reality denier, as you blindly believe the fantasy claims of CD from Gage and his scam of CD.

You can't name who did 9/11, you can't prove CD, projecting your reality denial on others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection

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Come on reality deniers. Come out of the woodwork again. It's time to expose you all for the frauds that you are.
Oops, double projection.

You can't present evidence for CD, that is fraud.

Is this another 7 day presentation of BS, and then you go away for a year after failing to present reality based evidence.

How much hearsay do you have this time? 7 days worth, or what? A lot of "or what".
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Old 12th December 2020, 04:55 PM   #977
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Why is anyone still focused on this? The study clearly won't be released. Get over it. ...
We are quite comfortable with Basile failing to back up the Harrit/Steven Jones hoax.

Basile isn't all that bad.
He presented a bit of data more than 10 years ago, when he showed how a particular red/gray chip from the same WTC dust source that Steven Jones originally used, burned "vigorously" upon being heated to an undefined temperature.
And THEN he also showed data, for the very self-same red/gray chip, which proved it contains less than 1.7% aluminium. This result alone means that the "vigorous" burning, the observed heat release, cannot possibly be the result of a thermite reaction.

Basile debunked "nanothermite" 10 years ago. He just didn't understand it.

I personally believe he finally came around to understanding that the chips are really just paint, and was too ashamed to admit it, so he quietly disappeared.

Anyway, the thermite hoax is debunked. Has been debunked for many many years.

Get over it.
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Old 12th December 2020, 08:56 PM   #978
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Basile debunked "nanothermite" 10 years ago. He just didn't understand it.

I personally believe he finally came around to understanding that the chips are really just paint, and was too ashamed to admit it, so he quietly disappeared.

Anyway, the thermite hoax is debunked. Has been debunked for many many years.

Get over it.
Fully agreed. ThermXte is comprehensively debunked and there is no purpose served by trying to resurect it.

And my favourite observation. The topic of thermXte (any variant) is only of interest in the context of CD. And there was no CD. So even if there had been 100 tonne stockpiles of thermXte at Ground Zero the issue is moot - irrelevant - until and unless someone proves CD. Which ain't gunna happen anytime soon .
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Old 2nd July 2021, 10:14 PM   #979
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Absolutely right. 9/11 bedunkers are obsessed with truther fundraising.

Few/slow donations = "pathetic", "lack of support", "fringe cause"

Increased/fast donations = "gullible truthers", "Dicky Gage's vacation fund", "SCAM!!1!"

That's the level of "analysis" we find here.
It looks like the analysis was correct.
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