This is it: Welcome to Teh 28th Diurnal Stundie Awards for 2007!!!

Mobyseven · 19th January 2008, 01:00 AM

Ciao, konnichiwa, ni hao, servus, marhaba, shalom, saluton, yia sou, aloha, namaste, nuqneH?, ahn nyeong, salve, kia ora, salaam, cześć, pree-vyet, hoezit, adaab, shwmai, sawubona, and of course, hello! Welcome to Teh 28th Diurnal Stundie Awards for 2007, otherwise known as the Best of The Stundies for 2007!

It's been one hell of a year: From the inception of the award that would become Teh Stundies in early January, through the naming process and creation of the award, to the creation of the rules that currently govern the rules for nomination and onto the William Rea Wars, the launch of the Final Failure and the Kirkman Saga, the Stundies have survived to become the monthly delicacy of stupid that we all know and love.

There are obviously a large number of people I would like to thank - a number so large that to name all of you would be, essentially, to name the entire membership of regular CT posters. To name but a few: I'd like to thank Oliver for designing the monthly award, and Steve S for the design of the yearly award (to be presented to the winner of this poll!), and I'd especially like to thank Qarnos and Gravy, who staged a coup and organised the awards during my mysterious two month absence (the time of which was most definitely not spent at Bohemian Grove!)

To make the nominees anonymous this month would be an exercise in futility - after all, these finalists are the cream of a particularly bizarre crop, and you voted them into these finals! So, without further delay, may I present the finalists for 2007, in order of month won!

NOMINEES FOR 2007:

***JANUARY***

Originally Posted by Lyte Trip

My see-saw analogy renders any need for "calculations" moot.

***FEBRUARY***

Originally Posted by pdoherty76

Killtown...How could the perps make 9-11 appear in the smoke? How could they even know that the media would call the event 9-11?

Originally Posted by Killtown

Same way they did the evil faces.

***MARCH***

Originally Posted by Roscoe

Try this.

Stack four eggs one on top of the other. Glue them together and make a tower out of them. Ensure the structure is stable and will not topple.

Now break the top egg. Hit it with your spoon and similate an aircraft hitting it.

Will the three eggs below the top egg break all the way to the floor?

No because the mass of the top egg will be difused and free to deflect around the shells of the lower eggs.

Exactly like the towers.

***APRIL***

Originally Posted by imstellar28

All properly designed building implosions fall faster than gravity because they are "pulled" downward by vacuum. You don't think things can fall faster than gravity? Throw a ball into the ground.

***MAY***

Originally Posted by Louder Than Words

Like Rosa Parks, Simon Wiesenthal, Winston Churchill, and Nelson Mandela, we will not veer from our course and we will not shut up.

***JUNE***

Originally Posted by Craig Ranke CIT

It's circular logic to suggest that strong evidence proving there was a serious deception that took place during this operation of deception is null and void because of the physical evidence which the evidence that contradicts it proves is the deception the first place.

***JULY***

Originally Posted by Malcolm Kirkman

24 carat nonsense. In order for gravity to work, you need a source of GRAVITY.

[...]

Originally Posted by Ivor the Engineer

What are viable sources of gravity?

Originally Posted by Malcolm Kirkman

Air pressure.

***AUGUST***

Originally Posted by Alex Jones

When Galileo said that the world was round and not flat, he was locked up for the last few years of his life for saying it. But a few years after his death, it went from being widely accepted it was flat to being widely accepted it was round. And so I'm saying the world is round and I'm saying 9/11 is an inside job and I'm showing that the official story is a fraud, a flat Earth theory, and I know I'm going to be vindicated.

***SEPTEMBER***

Originally Posted by Terral

***OCTOBER***

Originally Posted by FadetooBlack

Passenger jets huh? Yep, they are more powerful than a comet, which the building are supposed to be able to withstand.

***NOVEMBER***

Originally Posted by c1ph4

you suck and your comment too. [Zeitgeist] is one of the best alternative independent documentations you will ever see. even when 100% of the information therein would be a lie, you would still find a lot of truth in it.

***DECEMBER***

Originally Posted by Edward Mitchell

Steel at higher temperatures may bend, but it NEVER melts or turns to dust. Never. No, not ever.

So that's it for 2007...it's been some ride but for better or worse, it doesn't look like the ride is over yet. Remember to keep the nominations coming, or else Moloch will sacrifice me to his Master (Karl Rove)!

Mobyseven

Democratically Elected Tyrant

Gravy · 19th January 2008, 01:09 AM

Huzzah! This is going to be a tough choice.

All right: I went with Lyte's (Craig Ranke) see saw. Pithy language, delusions of superiority, disrespect for physics, and plain old idiocy wrapped up in one nice package. The quote marks around "calculations" sealed the deal. And the phrase has practically become a meme.

Second choice was the comet-resistant towers.

That was quite a year.

uk_dave · 19th January 2008, 01:29 AM

Originally Posted by Gravy

That was quite a year.

It certainly was.

It feels kinda cruel to vote for Kirkman or Terral. There are some serious psychological problems at play with those two.........

........

....so I think I'll go with the Zeitgeist. It's a nice, concise summation of the 'truther' philosophy.

tuc0 · 19th January 2008, 01:55 AM

You forgot "vítejte" in your welcome...

Damien Evans · 19th January 2008, 05:41 AM

Craigs see saw analogy renders any need for "voting" moot.

CptColumbo · 19th January 2008, 06:53 AM

In September, what did that make the height of the Pentagon in the end?

Horatius · 19th January 2008, 07:13 AM

Yep, it's got to be the see-saw. Even after a year of competitors trying, it still stands as a monument to arrogant ignorance. Coupled with their recent resurgence in the face of opposition even from their "own" side, it shows a resiliency of spirit that is actually quite depressing, when you consider what it's directed towards.

Dave Rogers · 19th January 2008, 07:21 AM

I had to go for Craig Ranke's circular logic not just for the apparent stupidity of what he appears to be trying to say but for the flamboyant way in which his sentence construction and careful avoidance of helpful punctuation makes it impossible to tell what it is that he was trying to say in the first place.

Dave

Mobyseven · 19th January 2008, 07:34 AM

Question: I know I should remember this, but was Lyte Trip Craig Ranke or Aldo? I forget if he was a double winner last year or not. Either way, it's the most attention CIT will get outside of a tin-foil conference.

Horatius · 19th January 2008, 07:38 AM

I'm pretty sure Lyte was Craig. Aldo is the less-intelligent, more offensive half of the pair. As hard as that is to believe....

negativ · 19th January 2008, 07:51 AM

This is like trying to choose between Enid and Rebecca from Ghost World. No one can eat just one.

negativ · 19th January 2008, 08:00 AM

Ultimately, I had to go with May's entry. "We will not veer from our course and we will not shut up" sounds all the more breathtakingly stupid when plopped on top of the rest of the year's entries, sort of like the cherry on top of your sundae.

calebprime · 19th January 2008, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by Dave Rogers

I had to go for Craig Ranke's circular logic not just for the apparent stupidity of what he appears to be trying to say but for the flamboyant way in which his sentence construction and careful avoidance of helpful punctuation makes it impossible to tell what it is that he was trying to say in the first place.

Dave

trying to work with this sentence. First, chunk it and make a few changes:

It's circular logic to suggest that
strong evidence proving there was a serious deception
that took place during this operation of deception
is null and void because (...)
the physical evidence
which the evidence that contradicts it proves
is the deception (in) the first place.

hmm, not much help. ok, simplify:

Strong evidence for deception is not nullified, because: government-planted "evidence" is the deception in the first place.

remove double negatives and meaningless connectors:

Evidence of deception (by the government) exists. The government's planted evidence was the original deception.

hmm, "evidence" is doing double duty. simplify further and embellish:

The government attempted to deceive us by planting evidence. But I, for one, am not fooled. No siree.

Hyperviolet · 19th January 2008, 09:10 AM

100% Lies - Twoof.

Elizabeth I · 19th January 2008, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by tuc0

You forgot "vítejte" in your welcome...

Also "hola" or "buenos días."

ETA: It has to be the seesaw. I voted for that one over my own nomination that month, and see no reason to change now.

CptColumbo · 19th January 2008, 09:26 AM

I voted for Alex, because besides being incredibly egotistical (comparing himself to Galileo), he didn't even get the historical analogy right.

SpitfireIX · 19th January 2008, 10:41 AM

It was close between Malcolm and Lyte, but I had to go with Malcolm, for the Stundie-like combination of arrogance and ignorance.

OldTigerCub · 19th January 2008, 11:13 AM

My goodness! SO much stupid...and only one vote! "Faster than gravity"...throwing a ball to the ground example made me laugh the hardest, though...

332nd · 19th January 2008, 12:07 PM

I... I can't... vote... The stu...Stupid made me... f-forget the... ummm... county thingys....

SpitfireIX · 19th January 2008, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by Gravy

Second choice was the comet-resistant towers.

This must have been one of the months when I was too busy to vote.

The original thread is apparently no longer available, but I'm wondering: is it possible that this person meant to refer to the de Havilland Comet^WP, a contemporary of the 707? If so this wouldn't even be a nomination-worthy gaffe.

332nd · 19th January 2008, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by SpitfireIX

This must have been one of the months when I was too busy to vote.

The original thread is apparently no longer available, but I'm wondering: is it possible that this person meant to refer to the de Havilland Comet^WP, a contemporary of the 707? If so this wouldn't even be a nomination-worthy gaffe.

Well he said "passenger jets" and the comets were that too it seems.

Jonnyclueless · 19th January 2008, 12:16 PM

I kinda like Peter Pan circular logic one.

332nd · 19th January 2008, 12:20 PM

Ok in the end I had to go with Killtown because P-freakin-Doherty was the voice of reason.

Mr.D · 19th January 2008, 02:06 PM

imstellar28 for actually "proving" using "science" that "faster than gravity" falling buildings not only has some resemblance to what actually happened, but was to be expected, because all imploded buildings demonstrate this by design!

And he then tops it off by providing an "example" to the poor addle-brained, science-challenged debunkers out there that might be confused by all the science-y talk.

I gotta wonder what the egg-drop contests are like over at Troofer-U's engineering department.

gumboot · 19th January 2008, 02:16 PM

I had to go with the see-saw. It was pure genius, especially in context. I don't think you can truly appreciate his comment without seeing his accompanying art work.

And also I nominated it

-Gumboot

R.Mackey · 19th January 2008, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by calebprime

Evidence of deception (by the government) exists. The government's planted evidence was the original deception.

hmm, "evidence" is doing double duty. simplify further and embellish:

The government attempted to deceive us by planting evidence. But I, for one, am not fooled. No siree.

It's worse than that. Going one step back (the first thing I quote above) is closer.

Craig is basically saying that you cannot use evidence to refute his position. His position is that evidence is planted. The evidence you are trying to use against him is also planted, so any attempt to counter him actually strengthens his case.

It's not just a circular argument, it's a circular argument with built-in positive feedback! I've never seen anything like it.

Anyway, I abstain from the Stundies. Craig's entry, though, belongs in logic textbooks. And humour magazines.

smiskos · 19th January 2008, 04:14 PM

I hate to pick a favorite because I love them all. Had to go for the eggsperiment though. The thought of simulating the aircraft by hitting the egg tower with a spoon just made me cry from laughter. I'd like to see a youtube vid of someone performing this.

stateofgrace · 19th January 2008, 04:43 PM

This was a tough call. Each and every entry is a master piece, an absolute gem. It is difficult to cast only one vote when faced with such a choice.

I went for July, simply because it made me laugh the most.

Gravy · 19th January 2008, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by Mobyseven

Question: I know I should remember this, but was Lyte Trip Craig Ranke

Yes.

Originally Posted by SpitfireIX

This must have been one of the months when I was too busy to vote.

The original thread is apparently no longer available, but I'm wondering: is it possible that this person meant to refer to the de Havilland Comet, a contemporary of the 707?

Unfortunately, no.

Mobyseven · 19th January 2008, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by gumboot

I had to go with the see-saw. It was pure genius, especially in context. I don't think you can truly appreciate his comment without seeing his accompanying art work.

And also I nominated it

-Gumboot

Where is that picture??? I tried to track it down for the thread, but couldn't find it...

Hokulele · 19th January 2008, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by Mobyseven

Where is that picture??? I tried to track it down for the thread, but couldn't find it...

Linky-winky.

lionking · 20th January 2008, 01:15 AM

Has to be the see saw. And your work throughout last year has been appreciated moby.

Mobyseven · 20th January 2008, 05:09 AM

Originally Posted by lionking

Has to be the see saw. And your work throughout last year has been appreciated moby.

Thanks. It looks at this early stage as though Craig "Lyte Trip" Ranke is going to win the award...I wonder if maybe the truthers just don't care as much if the quality has gone down throughout the year. The other alternative I can think of is that they got smarter, and, well...

Does anyone know a way to contact Steve S? No response to my PM, and I'm waiting on the final version of the year end award!

Brainache · 20th January 2008, 05:51 AM

In my heart they are all winners, so I took the only sensible option and went for the Donkey Vote. No 1 for me. Lyte Trip's see saw analogy (although I always thought you Yanks called it a Teeter-Totter, I guess not everything on The Brady Bunch was true either).

Horatius · 20th January 2008, 07:13 AM

It can be called either see-saw or teeter-totter.

At least, here in Canada it can be....

Sabrina · 20th January 2008, 11:23 AM

It's either see-saw or teeter-totter in the US as well.

I ended up going with the circular logic argument; there are simply not words to describe the level of brain cells I feel like I lost just trying to comprehend that statement.

Myriad · 20th January 2008, 12:24 PM

I sure hope the word "diurnal" in the thread title is a deliberate injection of a little Stundie spirit into the topic, rather than an actual (minor) Stundie in itself.

Do votes cast at night count?

Respectfully,
Myriad

ktesibios · 20th January 2008, 01:42 PM

I also went for Craig's circular logic. Not only is it a perfect example of Bad Reasoning, the language really adds that je ne sais quoi with a cherry on top.

It's as if he were channelling Donald Rumsfeld and Sir Humphrey Appleby at the same time.

CptColumbo · 20th January 2008, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by ktesibios

I also went for Craig's circular logic. Not only is it a perfect example of Bad Reasoning, the language really adds that je ne sais quoi with a cherry on top.

It's as if he were channelling Donald Rumsfeld and Sir Humphrey Appleby at the same time.

Sir Humphrey would have thrown a "slippery slope" reference in there somewhere.

Mobyseven · 20th January 2008, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by Myriad

I sure hope the word "diurnal" in the thread title is a deliberate injection of a little Stundie spirit into the topic, rather than an actual (minor) Stundie in itself.

Do votes cast at night count?

Respectfully,
Myriad

Only if you fill in the vampire exclusion form VMP01B.

On another note, Kirkman is catching up to Lyte...excitement, eh?

January: Lyte Trip's see-saw analogy.	30	17.65%
February: Killtown's evil faces.	7	4.12%
March: Roscoe's eggsperiment.	14	8.24%
April: Imstellar28's vacuum implosion.	9	5.29%
May: Louder Than Words' arrogance.	4	2.35%
June: Craig Ranke CIT's circular logic.	25	14.71%
July: Malcolm Kirkman's 'gravity'.	36	21.18%
August: Alex Jones' knowledge of history.	6	3.53%
September: Terral's ten-foot Pentagon.	9	5.29%
October: FadetooBlack's comet-proof towers.	6	3.53%
November: C1ph4's true lies.	20	11.76%
December: Edward Mitchell's anti-metallurgy.	4	2.35%
Voters: 170. You may not vote on this poll

19th January 2008, 01:00 AM	#1
Mobyseven Philosopher Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,671	This is it: Welcome to Teh 28th Diurnal Stundie Awards for 2007!!! Ciao, konnichiwa, ni hao, servus, marhaba, shalom, saluton, yia sou, aloha, namaste, nuqneH?, ahn nyeong, salve, kia ora, salaam, cześć, pree-vyet, hoezit, adaab, shwmai, sawubona, and of course, hello! Welcome to Teh 28th Diurnal Stundie Awards for 2007, otherwise known as the Best of The Stundies for 2007! It's been one hell of a year: From the inception of the award that would become Teh Stundies in early January, through the naming process and creation of the award, to the creation of the rules that currently govern the rules for nomination and onto the William Rea Wars, the launch of the Final Failure and the Kirkman Saga, the Stundies have survived to become the monthly delicacy of stupid that we all know and love. There are obviously a large number of people I would like to thank - a number so large that to name all of you would be, essentially, to name the entire membership of regular CT posters. To name but a few: I'd like to thank Oliver for designing the monthly award, and Steve S for the design of the yearly award (to be presented to the winner of this poll!), and I'd especially like to thank Qarnos and Gravy, who staged a coup and organised the awards during my mysterious two month absence (the time of which was most definitely not spent at Bohemian Grove!) To make the nominees anonymous this month would be an exercise in futility - after all, these finalists are the cream of a particularly bizarre crop, and you voted them into these finals! So, without further delay, may I present the finalists for 2007, in order of month won! NOMINEES FOR 2007: *JANUARY* Originally Posted by Lyte Trip My see-saw analogy renders any need for "calculations" moot. *FEBRUARY* Originally Posted by pdoherty76 Killtown...How could the perps make 9-11 appear in the smoke? How could they even know that the media would call the event 9-11? Originally Posted by Killtown Same way they did the evil faces. *MARCH* Originally Posted by Roscoe Try this. Stack four eggs one on top of the other. Glue them together and make a tower out of them. Ensure the structure is stable and will not topple. Now break the top egg. Hit it with your spoon and similate an aircraft hitting it. Will the three eggs below the top egg break all the way to the floor? No because the mass of the top egg will be difused and free to deflect around the shells of the lower eggs. Exactly like the towers. *APRIL* Originally Posted by imstellar28 All properly designed building implosions fall faster than gravity because they are "pulled" downward by vacuum. You don't think things can fall faster than gravity? Throw a ball into the ground. *MAY* Originally Posted by Louder Than Words Like Rosa Parks, Simon Wiesenthal, Winston Churchill, and Nelson Mandela, we will not veer from our course and we will not shut up. *JUNE* Originally Posted by Craig Ranke CIT It's circular logic to suggest that strong evidence proving there was a serious deception that took place during this operation of deception is null and void because of the physical evidence which the evidence that contradicts it proves is the deception the first place. *JULY* Originally Posted by Malcolm Kirkman 24 carat nonsense. In order for gravity to work, you need a source of GRAVITY. [...] Originally Posted by Ivor the Engineer What are viable sources of gravity? Originally Posted by Malcolm Kirkman Air pressure. *AUGUST* Originally Posted by Alex Jones When Galileo said that the world was round and not flat, he was locked up for the last few years of his life for saying it. But a few years after his death, it went from being widely accepted it was flat to being widely accepted it was round. And so I'm saying the world is round and I'm saying 9/11 is an inside job and I'm showing that the official story is a fraud, a flat Earth theory, and I know I'm going to be vindicated. *SEPTEMBER* Originally Posted by Terral *OCTOBER* Originally Posted by FadetooBlack Passenger jets huh? Yep, they are more powerful than a comet, which the building are supposed to be able to withstand. *NOVEMBER* Originally Posted by c1ph4 you suck and your comment too. [Zeitgeist] is one of the best alternative independent documentations you will ever see. even when 100% of the information therein would be a lie, you would still find a lot of truth in it. *DECEMBER* Originally Posted by Edward Mitchell Steel at higher temperatures may bend, but it NEVER melts or turns to dust. Never. No, not ever. So that's it for 2007...it's been some ride but for better or worse, it doesn't look like the ride is over yet. Remember to keep the nominations coming, or else Moloch will sacrifice me to his Master (Karl Rove)! Mobyseven Democratically Elected Tyrant
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19th January 2008, 01:09 AM	#2
Gravy Downsitting Citizen Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 17,078	Huzzah! This is going to be a tough choice. All right: I went with Lyte's (Craig Ranke) see saw. Pithy language, delusions of superiority, disrespect for physics, and plain old idiocy wrapped up in one nice package. The quote marks around "calculations" sealed the deal. And the phrase has practically become a meme. Second choice was the comet-resistant towers. That was quite a year.
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19th January 2008, 01:29 AM	#3
uk_dave Philosopher Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 7,855	Originally Posted by Gravy That was quite a year. It certainly was. It feels kinda cruel to vote for Kirkman or Terral. There are some serious psychological problems at play with those two......... ........ ....so I think I'll go with the Zeitgeist. It's a nice, concise summation of the 'truther' philosophy.
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19th January 2008, 01:55 AM	#4
tuc0 Guest Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 510	You forgot "vítejte" in your welcome...
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19th January 2008, 05:41 AM	#5
Damien Evans Up The Irons Tagger Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 29,292	Craigs see saw analogy renders any need for "voting" moot.
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19th January 2008, 06:53 AM	#6
CptColumbo Just One More Question Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 9,198	In September, what did that make the height of the Pentagon in the end?
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19th January 2008, 07:13 AM	#7
Horatius NWO Kitty Wrangler Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 23,843	Yep, it's got to be the see-saw. Even after a year of competitors trying, it still stands as a monument to arrogant ignorance. Coupled with their recent resurgence in the face of opposition even from their "own" side, it shows a resiliency of spirit that is actually quite depressing, when you consider what it's directed towards.
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19th January 2008, 07:21 AM	#8
Dave Rogers Bandaged ice that stampedes inexpensively through a scribbled morning waving necessary ankles Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18,004	I had to go for Craig Ranke's circular logic not just for the apparent stupidity of what he appears to be trying to say but for the flamboyant way in which his sentence construction and careful avoidance of helpful punctuation makes it impossible to tell what it is that he was trying to say in the first place. Dave
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19th January 2008, 07:34 AM	#9
Mobyseven Philosopher Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,671	Question: I know I should remember this, but was Lyte Trip Craig Ranke or Aldo? I forget if he was a double winner last year or not. Either way, it's the most attention CIT will get outside of a tin-foil conference.
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19th January 2008, 07:38 AM	#10
Horatius NWO Kitty Wrangler Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 23,843	I'm pretty sure Lyte was Craig. Aldo is the less-intelligent, more offensive half of the pair. As hard as that is to believe....
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19th January 2008, 07:51 AM	#11
negativ Graduate Poster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,906	This is like trying to choose between Enid and Rebecca from Ghost World. No one can eat just one.
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19th January 2008, 08:00 AM	#12
negativ Graduate Poster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,906	Ultimately, I had to go with May's entry. "We will not veer from our course and we will not shut up" sounds all the more breathtakingly stupid when plopped on top of the rest of the year's entries, sort of like the cherry on top of your sundae.
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19th January 2008, 08:02 AM	#13
calebprime Somewhat Elitist Parasite Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 8,864	Originally Posted by Dave Rogers I had to go for Craig Ranke's circular logic not just for the apparent stupidity of what he appears to be trying to say but for the flamboyant way in which his sentence construction and careful avoidance of helpful punctuation makes it impossible to tell what it is that he was trying to say in the first place. Dave trying to work with this sentence. First, chunk it and make a few changes: It's circular logic to suggest that strong evidence proving there was a serious deception that took place during this operation of deception is null and void because (...) the physical evidence which the evidence that contradicts it proves is the deception (in) the first place. hmm, not much help. ok, simplify: Strong evidence for deception is not nullified, because: government-planted "evidence" is the deception in the first place. remove double negatives and meaningless connectors: Evidence of deception (by the government) exists. The government's planted evidence was the original deception. hmm, "evidence" is doing double duty. simplify further and embellish: The government attempted to deceive us by planting evidence. But I, for one, am not fooled. No siree.
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19th January 2008, 09:10 AM	#14
Hyperviolet Damnum Fatale Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 989	100% Lies - Twoof.
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19th January 2008, 09:22 AM	#15
Elizabeth I Philosopher Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 9,901	Originally Posted by tuc0 You forgot "vítejte" in your welcome... Also "hola" or "buenos días." ETA: It has to be the seesaw. I voted for that one over my own nomination that month, and see no reason to change now.
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19th January 2008, 09:26 AM	#16
CptColumbo Just One More Question Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 9,198	I voted for Alex, because besides being incredibly egotistical (comparing himself to Galileo), he didn't even get the historical analogy right.
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19th January 2008, 10:41 AM	#17
SpitfireIX Illuminator Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3,529	It was close between Malcolm and Lyte, but I had to go with Malcolm, for the Stundie-like combination of arrogance and ignorance.
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19th January 2008, 11:13 AM	#18
OldTigerCub Striped Shapeshifting Reptoid Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,629	My goodness! SO much stupid...and only one vote! "Faster than gravity"...throwing a ball to the ground example made me laugh the hardest, though...
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19th January 2008, 12:07 PM	#19
332nd Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 10,399	I... I can't... vote... The stu...Stupid made me... f-forget the... ummm... county thingys....
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19th January 2008, 12:09 PM	#20
SpitfireIX Illuminator Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3,529	Originally Posted by Gravy Second choice was the comet-resistant towers. This must have been one of the months when I was too busy to vote. The original thread is apparently no longer available, but I'm wondering: is it possible that this person meant to refer to the de Havilland Comet^WP, a contemporary of the 707? If so this wouldn't even be a nomination-worthy gaffe.
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19th January 2008, 12:15 PM	#21
332nd Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 10,399	Originally Posted by SpitfireIX This must have been one of the months when I was too busy to vote. The original thread is apparently no longer available, but I'm wondering: is it possible that this person meant to refer to the de Havilland Comet^WP, a contemporary of the 707? If so this wouldn't even be a nomination-worthy gaffe. Well he said "passenger jets" and the comets were that too it seems.
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19th January 2008, 12:16 PM	#22
Jonnyclueless Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,548	I kinda like Peter Pan circular logic one.

19th January 2008, 12:20 PM	#23
332nd Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 10,399	Ok in the end I had to go with Killtown because P-freakin-Doherty was the voice of reason.
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19th January 2008, 02:06 PM	#24
Mr.D Self Assessed Dunning-Kruger Expert Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,178	imstellar28 for actually "proving" using "science" that "faster than gravity" falling buildings not only has some resemblance to what actually happened, but was to be expected, because all imploded buildings demonstrate this by design! And he then tops it off by providing an "example" to the poor addle-brained, science-challenged debunkers out there that might be confused by all the science-y talk. I gotta wonder what the egg-drop contests are like over at Troofer-U's engineering department.

19th January 2008, 02:16 PM	#25
gumboot lorcutus.tolere Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 24,682	I had to go with the see-saw. It was pure genius, especially in context. I don't think you can truly appreciate his comment without seeing his accompanying art work. And also I nominated it -Gumboot
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19th January 2008, 03:57 PM	#26
R.Mackey Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,854	Originally Posted by calebprime Evidence of deception (by the government) exists. The government's planted evidence was the original deception. hmm, "evidence" is doing double duty. simplify further and embellish: The government attempted to deceive us by planting evidence. But I, for one, am not fooled. No siree. It's worse than that. Going one step back (the first thing I quote above) is closer. Craig is basically saying that you cannot use evidence to refute his position. His position is that evidence is planted. The evidence you are trying to use against him is also planted, so any attempt to counter him actually strengthens his case. It's not just a circular argument, it's a circular argument with built-in positive feedback! I've never seen anything like it. Anyway, I abstain from the Stundies. Craig's entry, though, belongs in logic textbooks. And humour magazines.
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19th January 2008, 04:14 PM	#27
smiskos New Blood Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5	I hate to pick a favorite because I love them all. Had to go for the eggsperiment though. The thought of simulating the aircraft by hitting the egg tower with a spoon just made me cry from laughter. I'd like to see a youtube vid of someone performing this.
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19th January 2008, 04:43 PM	#28
stateofgrace Guest Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,843	This was a tough call. Each and every entry is a master piece, an absolute gem. It is difficult to cast only one vote when faced with such a choice. I went for July, simply because it made me laugh the most.
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19th January 2008, 05:25 PM	#29
Gravy Downsitting Citizen Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 17,078	Originally Posted by Mobyseven Question: I know I should remember this, but was Lyte Trip Craig Ranke Yes. Originally Posted by SpitfireIX This must have been one of the months when I was too busy to vote. The original thread is apparently no longer available, but I'm wondering: is it possible that this person meant to refer to the de Havilland Comet, a contemporary of the 707? Unfortunately, no.
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19th January 2008, 06:52 PM	#30
Mobyseven Philosopher Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,671	Originally Posted by gumboot I had to go with the see-saw. It was pure genius, especially in context. I don't think you can truly appreciate his comment without seeing his accompanying art work. And also I nominated it -Gumboot Where is that picture??? I tried to track it down for the thread, but couldn't find it...
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19th January 2008, 07:17 PM	#31
Hokulele Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 28,139	Originally Posted by Mobyseven Where is that picture??? I tried to track it down for the thread, but couldn't find it... Linky-winky.

20th January 2008, 01:15 AM	#32
lionking In the Peanut Gallery Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 34,971	Has to be the see saw. And your work throughout last year has been appreciated moby.
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20th January 2008, 05:09 AM	#33
Mobyseven Philosopher Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,671	Originally Posted by lionking Has to be the see saw. And your work throughout last year has been appreciated moby. Thanks. It looks at this early stage as though Craig "Lyte Trip" Ranke is going to win the award...I wonder if maybe the truthers just don't care as much if the quality has gone down throughout the year. The other alternative I can think of is that they got smarter, and, well... Does anyone know a way to contact Steve S? No response to my PM, and I'm waiting on the final version of the year end award!
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20th January 2008, 05:51 AM	#34
Brainache Nasty Brutish and Tall Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 15,759	In my heart they are all winners, so I took the only sensible option and went for the Donkey Vote. No 1 for me. Lyte Trip's see saw analogy (although I always thought you Yanks called it a Teeter-Totter, I guess not everything on The Brady Bunch was true either).
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