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Re: 200k tweets vs 6.5 billion dollars
As far as I can see what is known is some people in Russia spent money on clickbait in order to make money. As usual I concur with this guy : http://www.moonofalabama.org/2...
Most people will disagree, but then most people aren't able to think for themselves.
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Re:See also: agent provocateurs
Moonofalabama says yes, aggressive foreign instigation. There still is a degree of deniability, and as usual there are also valid reasons for the protests.
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Re:Anyone want to guess
Just put yourself in the shoes of the CIA. I don't know whether they took any data at all from Bin Laden but the released files are sure to be chock full of doctored and fake documents incriminating our opponents Iran/Russia/Syria/North Korea/Venezuela and others.
I just checked with someone who's faster than me on these things and indeed http://www.moonofalabama.org/2...
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Re:So have I got this right?
Well, more or less, but I see it more like this: http://www.moonofalabama.org/2...
You've got the Pentagon who think they can control Trump, there's the Pentagon and Trump who think they know what they're doing , and they're escalating tensions (just applying a bit of pressure on the chinese you know) until they paint themselves into a corner and they don't see how to back out. The more aggressive the US posture the more they confirm to North Korea that they need a nuclear deterrence. -
Propaganda, Lies and Bullshit
The US media is now in full ass-clown mode.
Russia has invaded nothing. Sat photos? I thought so:
Apparently all those T-90 tanks only fly in by night and their cloaking devices prevent any picture of them appearing anywhere.
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2014/09/ukraine-war-for-now-over-and-nato-still-in-decline.html
The nuke bullshit comes from a collapsing Oligarch, who's hold on "NATO intervention" as a tactic becomes weaker by the minute, and thus his desperate squawking. Poor little Joe Biden's son will have to make his next millions by backing another corrupt scheme, elsewhere on the globe.
Get this straight: Russia has not provided any lethal support for breakaway regions in the Ukraine civil war.
Ukraine is not a historical entity prior to Imperial manoeuvrings in the late 19th century between Austria, Prussia and Russia. Now it is being used as the same, 150 years later, to hobble Russian gas export and contain the European pivot away from the dollar and American hegemony.
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Re:first
Have you been to Syria lately?
Have YOU been to Syria?
Syria is a propaganda story. Here's a TINY example, plucked from the firehose of lies:
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2014/02/cnn-propaganda-poor-lone-kid-edition.htmlSame for Venezuela:
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Re:And we're reading about it here why?
How about posting the source for your bullshit?
Might it be Moon of Alabama?
The same site running stories about how Iran is not enriching uranium, but rather is producing nanodiamonds?
Do you really think we are that stupid?
You must think we are complete idiots.
What bullshit are you referring to? Or are you just attacking the messenger by using FUD about the source?
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Re:And we're reading about it here why?
How about posting the source for your bullshit?
Might it be Moon of Alabama?
The same site running stories about how Iran is not enriching uranium, but rather is producing nanodiamonds?
Do you really think we are that stupid?
You must think we are complete idiots.
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September 27, 2013
Hersh On The Osama Raid
What does Seymour Hersh know that we do not know?
Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the 'pathetic' American media
Don't even get him started on the New York Times which, he says, spends "so much more time carrying water for Obama than I ever thought they would" – or the death of Osama bin Laden. "Nothing's been done about that story, it's one big lie, not one word of it is true," he says of the dramatic US Navy Seals raid in 2011.
Posted by b on September 27, 2013 at 11:30 AM | Permalink
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That's great, SH, but at this rate the world will have an intelligent and honest discussion about the false flag attacks of 9/11 in say about 2065.
Posted by: JSorrentine | Sep 27, 2013 11:48:12 AM | 1
Here's what I believe, have believed since 2003: we got Bin Laden at Tora Bora. But that was too quick and we needed him to hang around for a while to justify our continued GWOT (global war on terror). The U.S. would put out tapes, reputedly produced by Bin Laden whenever the Bush Admin needed a little "spice" to keep people focused. Obama comes along and decides to "kill" Bin Laden as he is no longer useful; at leaast he can get a boost in the ratings - one last gift the Bin Laden legacy could provide before putting that story to bed. Seriously, where was the body? Where are the photos of the body? We had no problem showing photos of a hanged Saddam, or a tortured Qaddafi, but we wanted to show Bin Laden some respect and dump him in the ocean?? Puhlease...
Posted by: skuppers | Sep 27, 2013 12:01:18 PM | 2
great article on hersh. thanks!
Posted by: james | Sep 27, 2013 12:43:12 PM | 3
Watch for Hersh's sudden and mysterious demise.Hope he prints it quick.
And of course there was some kind of scam,as this whole WOT is a scam.
Posted by: dahoit | Sep 27, 2013 12:43:24 PM | 4
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Every level/incident of America's War on Terror has been found to have been based up whole-cloth lies and fabrications - every one - yet we are told to believe that The Event that got everything rolling is the God's honest truth and the mainstream parameters of our discourse are strictly modeled according to said tenet. Humanity can slowly keep peeling the onion for years and years - all the while ever newer layers of incidents/lies accrete and the criminals peacefully die off in their beds - or it can take a huge leap forward and start framing the entire War on Terror - including/beginning with 9/11 - as the largest act of aggressive war since 1939.
Posted by: JSorrentine | Sep 27, 2013 12:45:44 PM | 5
Think about it;From no air defense to tails 1 half? mile away from fuselage,to the twin towers falling exactly? on their footprint,to miraculous passports,to dancing Israelis,24 hr picts of alleged perps,building seven,airline futures,radio screwups,command center screw ups,wreckage shipped to China,the zero in charge,wh
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September 27, 2013
Hersh On The Osama Raid
What does Seymour Hersh know that we do not know?
Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the 'pathetic' American media
Don't even get him started on the New York Times which, he says, spends "so much more time carrying water for Obama than I ever thought they would" – or the death of Osama bin Laden. "Nothing's been done about that story, it's one big lie, not one word of it is true," he says of the dramatic US Navy Seals raid in 2011.
Posted by b on September 27, 2013 at 11:30 AM | Permalink
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That's great, SH, but at this rate the world will have an intelligent and honest discussion about the false flag attacks of 9/11 in say about 2065.
Posted by: JSorrentine | Sep 27, 2013 11:48:12 AM | 1
Here's what I believe, have believed since 2003: we got Bin Laden at Tora Bora. But that was too quick and we needed him to hang around for a while to justify our continued GWOT (global war on terror). The U.S. would put out tapes, reputedly produced by Bin Laden whenever the Bush Admin needed a little "spice" to keep people focused. Obama comes along and decides to "kill" Bin Laden as he is no longer useful; at leaast he can get a boost in the ratings - one last gift the Bin Laden legacy could provide before putting that story to bed. Seriously, where was the body? Where are the photos of the body? We had no problem showing photos of a hanged Saddam, or a tortured Qaddafi, but we wanted to show Bin Laden some respect and dump him in the ocean?? Puhlease...
Posted by: skuppers | Sep 27, 2013 12:01:18 PM | 2
great article on hersh. thanks!
Posted by: james | Sep 27, 2013 12:43:12 PM | 3
Watch for Hersh's sudden and mysterious demise.Hope he prints it quick.
And of course there was some kind of scam,as this whole WOT is a scam.
Posted by: dahoit | Sep 27, 2013 12:43:24 PM | 4
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Every level/incident of America's War on Terror has been found to have been based up whole-cloth lies and fabrications - every one - yet we are told to believe that The Event that got everything rolling is the God's honest truth and the mainstream parameters of our discourse are strictly modeled according to said tenet. Humanity can slowly keep peeling the onion for years and years - all the while ever newer layers of incidents/lies accrete and the criminals peacefully die off in their beds - or it can take a huge leap forward and start framing the entire War on Terror - including/beginning with 9/11 - as the largest act of aggressive war since 1939.
Posted by: JSorrentine | Sep 27, 2013 12:45:44 PM | 5
Think about it;From no air defense to tails 1 half? mile away from fuselage,to the twin towers falling exactly? on their footprint,to miraculous passports,to dancing Israelis,24 hr picts of alleged perps,building seven,airline futures,radio screwups,command center screw ups,wreckage shipped to China,the zero in charge,wh
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COPY WHOLE THREAD
September 27, 2013
Hersh On The Osama Raid
What does Seymour Hersh know that we do not know?
Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the 'pathetic' American media
Don't even get him started on the New York Times which, he says, spends "so much more time carrying water for Obama than I ever thought they would" – or the death of Osama bin Laden. "Nothing's been done about that story, it's one big lie, not one word of it is true," he says of the dramatic US Navy Seals raid in 2011.
Posted by b on September 27, 2013 at 11:30 AM | Permalink
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That's great, SH, but at this rate the world will have an intelligent and honest discussion about the false flag attacks of 9/11 in say about 2065.
Posted by: JSorrentine | Sep 27, 2013 11:48:12 AM | 1
Here's what I believe, have believed since 2003: we got Bin Laden at Tora Bora. But that was too quick and we needed him to hang around for a while to justify our continued GWOT (global war on terror). The U.S. would put out tapes, reputedly produced by Bin Laden whenever the Bush Admin needed a little "spice" to keep people focused. Obama comes along and decides to "kill" Bin Laden as he is no longer useful; at leaast he can get a boost in the ratings - one last gift the Bin Laden legacy could provide before putting that story to bed. Seriously, where was the body? Where are the photos of the body? We had no problem showing photos of a hanged Saddam, or a tortured Qaddafi, but we wanted to show Bin Laden some respect and dump him in the ocean?? Puhlease...
Posted by: skuppers | Sep 27, 2013 12:01:18 PM | 2
great article on hersh. thanks!
Posted by: james | Sep 27, 2013 12:43:12 PM | 3
Watch for Hersh's sudden and mysterious demise.Hope he prints it quick.
And of course there was some kind of scam,as this whole WOT is a scam.
Posted by: dahoit | Sep 27, 2013 12:43:24 PM | 4
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Every level/incident of America's War on Terror has been found to have been based up whole-cloth lies and fabrications - every one - yet we are told to believe that The Event that got everything rolling is the God's honest truth and the mainstream parameters of our discourse are strictly modeled according to said tenet. Humanity can slowly keep peeling the onion for years and years - all the while ever newer layers of incidents/lies accrete and the criminals peacefully die off in their beds - or it can take a huge leap forward and start framing the entire War on Terror - including/beginning with 9/11 - as the largest act of aggressive war since 1939.
Posted by: JSorrentine | Sep 27, 2013 12:45:44 PM | 5
Think about it;From no air defense to tails 1 half? mile away from fuselage,to the twin towers falling exactly? on their footprint,to miraculous passports,to dancing Israelis,24 hr picts of alleged perps,building seven,airline futures,radio screwups,command center screw ups,wreckage shipped to China,the zero in charge,wh
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COPY WHOLE THREAD
September 27, 2013
Hersh On The Osama Raid
What does Seymour Hersh know that we do not know?
Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the 'pathetic' American media
Don't even get him started on the New York Times which, he says, spends "so much more time carrying water for Obama than I ever thought they would" – or the death of Osama bin Laden. "Nothing's been done about that story, it's one big lie, not one word of it is true," he says of the dramatic US Navy Seals raid in 2011.
Posted by b on September 27, 2013 at 11:30 AM | Permalink
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That's great, SH, but at this rate the world will have an intelligent and honest discussion about the false flag attacks of 9/11 in say about 2065.
Posted by: JSorrentine | Sep 27, 2013 11:48:12 AM | 1
Here's what I believe, have believed since 2003: we got Bin Laden at Tora Bora. But that was too quick and we needed him to hang around for a while to justify our continued GWOT (global war on terror). The U.S. would put out tapes, reputedly produced by Bin Laden whenever the Bush Admin needed a little "spice" to keep people focused. Obama comes along and decides to "kill" Bin Laden as he is no longer useful; at leaast he can get a boost in the ratings - one last gift the Bin Laden legacy could provide before putting that story to bed. Seriously, where was the body? Where are the photos of the body? We had no problem showing photos of a hanged Saddam, or a tortured Qaddafi, but we wanted to show Bin Laden some respect and dump him in the ocean?? Puhlease...
Posted by: skuppers | Sep 27, 2013 12:01:18 PM | 2
great article on hersh. thanks!
Posted by: james | Sep 27, 2013 12:43:12 PM | 3
Watch for Hersh's sudden and mysterious demise.Hope he prints it quick.
And of course there was some kind of scam,as this whole WOT is a scam.
Posted by: dahoit | Sep 27, 2013 12:43:24 PM | 4
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Every level/incident of America's War on Terror has been found to have been based up whole-cloth lies and fabrications - every one - yet we are told to believe that The Event that got everything rolling is the God's honest truth and the mainstream parameters of our discourse are strictly modeled according to said tenet. Humanity can slowly keep peeling the onion for years and years - all the while ever newer layers of incidents/lies accrete and the criminals peacefully die off in their beds - or it can take a huge leap forward and start framing the entire War on Terror - including/beginning with 9/11 - as the largest act of aggressive war since 1939.
Posted by: JSorrentine | Sep 27, 2013 12:45:44 PM | 5
Think about it;From no air defense to tails 1 half? mile away from fuselage,to the twin towers falling exactly? on their footprint,to miraculous passports,to dancing Israelis,24 hr picts of alleged perps,building seven,airline futures,radio screwups,command center screw ups,wreckage shipped to China,the zero in charge,wh
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COPY WHOLE THREAD
September 27, 2013
Hersh On The Osama Raid
What does Seymour Hersh know that we do not know?
Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the 'pathetic' American media
Don't even get him started on the New York Times which, he says, spends "so much more time carrying water for Obama than I ever thought they would" – or the death of Osama bin Laden. "Nothing's been done about that story, it's one big lie, not one word of it is true," he says of the dramatic US Navy Seals raid in 2011.
Posted by b on September 27, 2013 at 11:30 AM | Permalink
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That's great, SH, but at this rate the world will have an intelligent and honest discussion about the false flag attacks of 9/11 in say about 2065.
Posted by: JSorrentine | Sep 27, 2013 11:48:12 AM | 1
Here's what I believe, have believed since 2003: we got Bin Laden at Tora Bora. But that was too quick and we needed him to hang around for a while to justify our continued GWOT (global war on terror). The U.S. would put out tapes, reputedly produced by Bin Laden whenever the Bush Admin needed a little "spice" to keep people focused. Obama comes along and decides to "kill" Bin Laden as he is no longer useful; at leaast he can get a boost in the ratings - one last gift the Bin Laden legacy could provide before putting that story to bed. Seriously, where was the body? Where are the photos of the body? We had no problem showing photos of a hanged Saddam, or a tortured Qaddafi, but we wanted to show Bin Laden some respect and dump him in the ocean?? Puhlease...
Posted by: skuppers | Sep 27, 2013 12:01:18 PM | 2
great article on hersh. thanks!
Posted by: james | Sep 27, 2013 12:43:12 PM | 3
Watch for Hersh's sudden and mysterious demise.Hope he prints it quick.
And of course there was some kind of scam,as this whole WOT is a scam.
Posted by: dahoit | Sep 27, 2013 12:43:24 PM | 4
@2
Every level/incident of America's War on Terror has been found to have been based up whole-cloth lies and fabrications - every one - yet we are told to believe that The Event that got everything rolling is the God's honest truth and the mainstream parameters of our discourse are strictly modeled according to said tenet. Humanity can slowly keep peeling the onion for years and years - all the while ever newer layers of incidents/lies accrete and the criminals peacefully die off in their beds - or it can take a huge leap forward and start framing the entire War on Terror - including/beginning with 9/11 - as the largest act of aggressive war since 1939.
Posted by: JSorrentine | Sep 27, 2013 12:45:44 PM | 5
Think about it;From no air defense to tails 1 half? mile away from fuselage,to the twin towers falling exactly? on their footprint,to miraculous passports,to dancing Israelis,24 hr picts of alleged perps,building seven,airline futures,radio screwups,command center screw ups,wreckage shipped to China,the zero in charge,wh
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COPY WHOLE THREAD
September 27, 2013
Hersh On The Osama Raid
What does Seymour Hersh know that we do not know?
Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the 'pathetic' American media
Don't even get him started on the New York Times which, he says, spends "so much more time carrying water for Obama than I ever thought they would" – or the death of Osama bin Laden. "Nothing's been done about that story, it's one big lie, not one word of it is true," he says of the dramatic US Navy Seals raid in 2011.
Posted by b on September 27, 2013 at 11:30 AM | Permalink
Comments
That's great, SH, but at this rate the world will have an intelligent and honest discussion about the false flag attacks of 9/11 in say about 2065.
Posted by: JSorrentine | Sep 27, 2013 11:48:12 AM | 1
Here's what I believe, have believed since 2003: we got Bin Laden at Tora Bora. But that was too quick and we needed him to hang around for a while to justify our continued GWOT (global war on terror). The U.S. would put out tapes, reputedly produced by Bin Laden whenever the Bush Admin needed a little "spice" to keep people focused. Obama comes along and decides to "kill" Bin Laden as he is no longer useful; at leaast he can get a boost in the ratings - one last gift the Bin Laden legacy could provide before putting that story to bed. Seriously, where was the body? Where are the photos of the body? We had no problem showing photos of a hanged Saddam, or a tortured Qaddafi, but we wanted to show Bin Laden some respect and dump him in the ocean?? Puhlease...
Posted by: skuppers | Sep 27, 2013 12:01:18 PM | 2
great article on hersh. thanks!
Posted by: james | Sep 27, 2013 12:43:12 PM | 3
Watch for Hersh's sudden and mysterious demise.Hope he prints it quick.
And of course there was some kind of scam,as this whole WOT is a scam.
Posted by: dahoit | Sep 27, 2013 12:43:24 PM | 4
@2
Every level/incident of America's War on Terror has been found to have been based up whole-cloth lies and fabrications - every one - yet we are told to believe that The Event that got everything rolling is the God's honest truth and the mainstream parameters of our discourse are strictly modeled according to said tenet. Humanity can slowly keep peeling the onion for years and years - all the while ever newer layers of incidents/lies accrete and the criminals peacefully die off in their beds - or it can take a huge leap forward and start framing the entire War on Terror - including/beginning with 9/11 - as the largest act of aggressive war since 1939.
Posted by: JSorrentine | Sep 27, 2013 12:45:44 PM | 5
Think about it;From no air defense to tails 1 half? mile away from fuselage,to the twin towers falling exactly? on their footprint,to miraculous passports,to dancing Israelis,24 hr picts of alleged perps,building seven,airline futures,radio screwups,command center screw ups,wreckage shipped to China,the zero in charge,wh
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Re:WAR DRUMS A-Beatin'
You are the troll. And a very low-value poster. The Guardian link refers to a nano-diamond creation device supplied by Russia for industry, and which "western" intelligence tried to spin as related to weapons research. Here is the thorough debunking from Moon of Alabama. The "reporting" on nano diamonds was spanked SO BADLY by this blog, that all traces disappeared from press and punditry before November ended.
The whole issue is a misrepresentation of the highest order - from 11/11. Let me update you, with an analysis that is independent, not mere military/government stenography. Concerning the IAEA findings more recently, in August of 2012:
IAEA: Iranian "Nuclear Danger" Decreased
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) just released its most recent report (GOV/2012/37) on the state of Irans nuclear program.
As usual this report is used to hype up the "nuclear Iran" scare. The London Times even headlines Iran is stockpiling weapons grade uranium, a new reported finds (sic) which is completely false as even its own report below that headline says:
The Israeli diplomat said that Iran was in the process of doubling its capacity at Fordow to about 1,500 centrifuges, increasing the amount of 20 per cent-enriched uranium it could produce. Uranium enriched to 20 per cent fuels Irans main research reactor, but it is also just below the level usable in nuclear bombs.
Not only is any Uranium Iran has below weapons grade but, according to the new IAEA report, Iran has today less enriched Uranium that could quickly be converted into a nuclear weapon than it had in May 2012, the time of the IAEAs last report (GOV/2012/23) on the issue.
Critics of Irans nuclear program are most concerned with the Uranium Iran enriches to a level of 20% U-235 isotope. This enriched Uranium, critics say, could be quickly enriched further to up to 95% and then be used to manufacture a nuclear explosion device.
But enriched Uranium can have several forms. For enrichment natural Uranium is converted into Uranium hexafluoride (UF6) and, slightly heated and under pressure, fed as a gas into centrifuges to separate out the U-238 isotopes. This increases the content of U-235 isotopes needed for nuclear reactions. The enrichment product with 20% U-235 is still in the form of UF6 which could be again fed into a centrifuge cascade for even higher enrichment levels.
But UF6 is not usable as nuclear reactor fuel. For reactor use the UF6 has to be converted into Triuranium oxtoxide (U3O8) and from there into Uranium dioxide UO2. These can be formed into fuel elements to be fed into a reactor. Once this is done there is no easy and quick process to convert these fuel elements back into UF6 for further enrichment. Enriched UF6 once converted into U3O8 and UO2 fuel plates is thereby not directly usable for producing bomb grade uranium and of little proliferation concern.
Iran needs fuel elements with 20% enrichment level for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) to produce nuclear isotopes for medical purposes.
According to the May 2012 IAEA report Iran had, at that time, enriched 110.1 kg 20% enriched UF6 at the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP) in Natanz and 35.5 kg 20% UF6 in the Fuel Enrichment Plant (F
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"...a dozen possible conspiracies here"
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FBI knew about Tamerlan Tsaernaev
From MoonOfAlabama
The Russians told the FBI about Tamerlan Tsaernaev radicalization in 2011.
https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/2011-request-for-information-on-tamerlan-tsarnaev-from-foreign-government
'b' makes some interesting points and raises obvious questions:
The Russians knew for years that the elder brother was radicalizing.
They told the FBI.
The FBI investigated him. It talked with the family and the person. (This confirms what the mother and the father said.)
Did the FBI try to "turn" or entrap him like it did with so many other nuts?
If not why not?
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Re:We Can Find Water on MARS, But NO Nukes in Iran
The US Dept of State is a reliable authority of unbiased information and analysis? Christ! You would have made a great Soviet.
Then there's the entirely discredited IAEA citing. This was shredded. Another sad, neocon fairytale, like Condoleeza's "Smoking Gun in the form of a Mushroom Cloud". Oh. She represents an example of State Dept. accuracy and lack of bias, herself.
Unbelievable, fabricated distortions about "nano-diamonds"
Why do you witchhunt Iran, when the US is the evil regime that kills children with airborne shrapnel, on an almost daily basis?
he IAEA Confirms My Nanodiamond Analysis
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Re:We Can Find Water on MARS, But NO Nukes in Iran
The US Dept of State is a reliable authority of unbiased information and analysis? Christ! You would have made a great Soviet.
Then there's the entirely discredited IAEA citing. This was shredded. Another sad, neocon fairytale, like Condoleeza's "Smoking Gun in the form of a Mushroom Cloud". Oh. She represents an example of State Dept. accuracy and lack of bias, herself.
Unbelievable, fabricated distortions about "nano-diamonds"
Why do you witchhunt Iran, when the US is the evil regime that kills children with airborne shrapnel, on an almost daily basis?
he IAEA Confirms My Nanodiamond Analysis
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Re:We Can Find Water on MARS, But NO Nukes in Iran
The US Dept of State is a reliable authority of unbiased information and analysis? Christ! You would have made a great Soviet.
Then there's the entirely discredited IAEA citing. This was shredded. Another sad, neocon fairytale, like Condoleeza's "Smoking Gun in the form of a Mushroom Cloud". Oh. She represents an example of State Dept. accuracy and lack of bias, herself.
Unbelievable, fabricated distortions about "nano-diamonds"
Why do you witchhunt Iran, when the US is the evil regime that kills children with airborne shrapnel, on an almost daily basis?
he IAEA Confirms My Nanodiamond Analysis
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We Can Find Water on MARS, But NO Nukes in Iran
Years Of Drone Flights Find No Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2011/12/years-of-drone-flights-find-no-iranian-nuclear-weapon-program.htmlI don't want to be rash, but I'm beginning to draw some conclusions.
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Re:So now we're believing the U.N.?
You're think of the IAEA, and yes, your recollection is correct. I have read, but have not confirmed to my satisfaction, that there's been some turnover at the IAEA in the last 8-9 years, and guess who helped select the new guys.
I have read, also, that the guy fingered as being in charge of explosive initiator design, is really there to help them produce nanodiamonds: http://www.moonofalabama.org/2011/11/on-nuclear-iran-allegations-nanodiamonds-aint-nuclear-bombs.html
On the one hand, sure sounds like it could be dual-use expertise that he's got, on the other hand, he pretty much wrote the book on using explosives to produce nanodiamonds. -
How to Ruin a Company from Moon of Alabama.org
Main How To Ruin A Retail Company
A prime case study on how to ruin a retail company:
- Profits from sales were down a bit, because some retail sales changed to the Internets.
- Management switched salespersons from commission based pay to meager hourly wages.
- Sales droped further.
- Management fired long-term, experienced and expensive salespersons and hires unqualified but cheaper people instead.
- Sales drop further.
- Overpaid management gets fired.
- New management finds the company is bankrupt.
Circuit City Fires 2,000 Workers to Cut Costs, Feb. 6, 2003
Circuit City Stores Inc. has fired 2,000 people, including salespeople at its outlet near Gateway Mall in Springfield, in a move to cut costs.The electronics retailer announced it is firing 5 percent of its work force and also converting commissioned sales people to hourly pay.
Circuit City to Fire 3,400, Hire Less Costly Workers, March 28, 2007
Circuit City Stores Inc., the second-largest U.S. electronics retailer after Best Buy Co., fired 3,400 of its highest-paid hourly workers and will hire replacements willing to work for less.
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"Firing 3,400 of arguably the most successful sales people in the company could prove terrible for morale," Colin McGranahan, an analyst with Sanford Bernstein & Co., wrote in a note today. "The question remains as to whether Circuit City can rebuild in time for the all-important holiday season."
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Circuit City shares rose 35 cents to $19.23 at 4:18 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading.
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In 2003, Circuit City switched employees from commission- based pay to hourly pay, matching an earlier move by Best Buy. That switch had a "dramatically negative impact on sales," McGranahan said today.Circuit City, Electronics Retailer, Seeks Bankruptcy , Nov. 10, 2008
The petition for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Virginia, listed $3.4 billion in assets and $2.32 billion in liabilities, driving the shares down 56 percent before the New York Stock Exchange halted trading.
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Circuit City fell 14 cents to 11 cents at 9:30 a.m. before the start of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The NYSE halted buying and selling of the shares after the stock's early plunge.
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On Sept. 29, Circuit City reported a loss of $239.2 million that was more than triple from a year earlier after sales fell for the sixth straight quarter.Without well motivated sales-persons any specialized retailer can only lose.
Here the shareholders lost too. No tears for them. Why did they not stop the disastrous management plans?
Only long term Circuit City CEO Philip Schoonover, who was only fired six weeks ago, made a fortune by ruining the company. He got more than twice per year of what successful retail chain CEO's got. From the second link:
Chief Executive Officer Philip Schoonover was paid $8.52 million in fiscal 2006, including a salary of $975,000. Best Buy CEO
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FROM Spacetimecurves Blog: Flynt Leverett TalksFlynt Leverett Talks
He basically tells C-Span what Dear Leader didn't want published in the New York Times.
Apparently the CIA had okayed it, but Bu$hCo didn't want that sucker out.
This boils down to- the previous reports of Iran offering to negotiate a comprehensive deal for peace in the Middle East, and,
- The dialog that Iran had with the USA right after 9-11 and the lead up to Afghanistan.
The conclusions of the Op-Ed were that we're being lied to in order for Dear Leader and Big Time Dick to get this war on again with Iran.
On You Tube here. [Thanks to Uncle $cam]
Billmon suggests the Cheneyburton Corporation wants Total War in Iraq. Read what Bernhard's barflies think about that here. This is doubtless the reason the Joint Chiefs are pissed: when you go to War, you need an objective endpoint, and a pogrom is not an endpoint.
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FROM Spacetimecurves Blog: Flynt Leverett TalksFlynt Leverett Talks
He basically tells C-Span what Dear Leader didn't want published in the New York Times.
Apparently the CIA had okayed it, but Bu$hCo didn't want that sucker out.
This boils down to- the previous reports of Iran offering to negotiate a comprehensive deal for peace in the Middle East, and,
- The dialog that Iran had with the USA right after 9-11 and the lead up to Afghanistan.
The conclusions of the Op-Ed were that we're being lied to in order for Dear Leader and Big Time Dick to get this war on again with Iran.
On You Tube here. [Thanks to Uncle $cam]
Billmon suggests the Cheneyburton Corporation wants Total War in Iraq. Read what Bernhard's barflies think about that here. This is doubtless the reason the Joint Chiefs are pissed: when you go to War, you need an objective endpoint, and a pogrom is not an endpoint.