Alien mind-rays and such

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There has been another round of conspiracy theorizing over at anarchists. It seems like one of the most popular conspiracy theories these days (after "Jews faked the Holocaust!") is that the official story about 9-11 is...well, somewhat lacking. The Left, for obvious reasons, seems to be more willing to entertain such theories than the Right, and I am genuinely interested in knowing who among you believes what.

When it comes to conspiracy theories, and in particular to the Bush administration, I tend to go with Hanlon's Razor, "Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity," and its corollary, "Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice."



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On a related note, and this is not snark, I'm not entirely sure what a "disinfo agent" or what a "confusionist" is, although I keep running into the latter online. Are they the same as Discordians? Why do they keep showing up on anarchists?

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Though modern man has mostly come to depend on technical services and indulgent conveniences, the pulse of the warrior rages on—even downtown. Mother Nature can be a bitch, but we love her madly anyway. That flash of history from caveman to European to pioneer to city dude reveals a powerful force of intellect, courage, reason, and creativity that is alive and well. Leaping into the millennium on the backs of strong, uppity entrepreneurs and timeless Jeremiah Johnsons, the pecking order is accurate and in place. And there's not a damn thing you can do about it. Conform to this truism or perish. You get what you deserve.

Comments

[terry-terrible.livejournal.com]

Osama first denied he was invovled (probley to try and stop an invasion of Afgahnistan), but I think a tape came out the spring 2002 were he boasted about doing it.

[feath.livejournal.com]

I have always found it amusing when ObL seems to 'help' Bush's falling popularity by suddenly makeing a tape that threatens the US that he is coming for them.

I've not believed any tapes of ObL since the one that was shown...gosh, how long ago? Dec 01? Dec 02? He was talking to some Arab, and the voices were pretty garbled, and didn't quite match the lips, and WHY were they speaking English? but it clearly showed him making plans on attacking the US. The problem was, we were informed it happened (iirc) in Dec. of what ever year it was, but in fact, HAD to have been done in Nov. For two reasons, 1) he never mentioned the death of a person (who's name I don't remember right now) which he would have done, and 2) there was no food or drink on the table. An Arab not offer hospitality? laughable. The ONLY time there wouldn't be food and drink layed out is during Ramadan. 4-6 weeks BEFORE it was stated the tape was made and 4-6 weeks BEFORE the death of the person.

Every muslim in the world laughed at that tape.

[terry-terrible.livejournal.com]

I can't recall the specific tapes your refering to, but though what you say makes sense I won't comment on it due to my ignorance on the subject.