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In reply to the discussion: "Like Your Most Paranoid, Far-Out Conspiratorial Left-Wing Nightmare," But It's True... [View all]proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)107. This, too.
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"Like Your Most Paranoid, Far-Out Conspiratorial Left-Wing Nightmare," But It's True... [View all]
Hissyspit
Feb 2014
OP
Glad to hear that one ground breaking scientist will escape with his reputation intact.
truedelphi
Feb 2014
#2
In their respective fields, Andrew Wakefield or Arpad Pusztai come to mind. Take it to the bank.
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2014
#18
Didn't Andrew Wakefield fabricate a research paper purporting to show a link between the MMR vaccine
EOTE
Feb 2014
#44
Don't you know about the ongoing libel suit? Read up here, including comments (some, not all).
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2014
#114
The anti-vaccine garbage has been debunked countless times yet they still cling to it.
EOTE
Feb 2014
#56
I thought you were trying to say that I advocated that crap, which isn't true.
reusrename
Feb 2014
#100
Or, "Our stories, our successes, our anecdotes are the first step in the scientific process."
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2014
#104
I once tried to correct a very damaging and erroneuous section of commentary
truedelphi
Feb 2014
#66
What seems like a branding process results in opinions which appear intransigent regardless of facts
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2014
#78
What does Carl Sagan have to do with this story of a scientist being surveilled and smeared for
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#109
Sounds exactly like the smear campaign against Greenwald. I actually recognize some of the talking
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#4
Yes it is, exactly the same. Which means they are hiring these think tanks/security contractors to
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#72
The Center for Media and Democracy is capable, experienced and relentless sabrina 1
bobthedrummer
Feb 2014
#77
Wow, those are all great sites, bobthedrummer. I wonder if they have been posted in the
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#92
Yes, I'm a drummer with 2 kits in my apartment (Tama & Ludwig) I've always had an ear for rhythm
bobthedrummer
Feb 2014
#103
There was supposed to be an investigation into that whole despicable scheme, which some Dems called
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#36
Hank Johnson, that's who I was trying to think of. And Conyers among others, and yet, nothing has
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#68
This paragraph is almost exactly what the Greenwald smear campaign described in the HB Gary emails
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#110
Wow. We keep saying 'Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you'
ck4829
Feb 2014
#32
As I'm reading the article (phenomenal read, btw) I'm casting the upcoming film ...
brett_jv
Feb 2014
#43
Think we would be a lot healthier country if USA used the EU banned chemical list.
Sunlei
Feb 2014
#57
They are soulless monsters imo, not human, lacking all the elements that give someone the right to
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#69
Standard practice, I assume: to monitor and attack anything which might hurt their profits.
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#111
K&R But it's like every time they are caught doing this kind of thing, people's reactions
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2014
#88
I know, we get excited when we see these exposures, hoping that finally, something will be done
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#95
That's terrible, and conspiratorial, but no, it's not nearly as paranoid and far out...
Silent3
Feb 2014
#108
Cost benefit analysis measured in dollars and cents an NO sense. The EPA needs a mission infusion.
LiberalAndProud
Feb 2014
#112
Syngenta, DuPont Pioneer and Agrigenetics Inc. sue county of Kauai, HI.
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2014
#115
More Syngenta news: "Cargill to reject for export crops with new GMO Syngenta corn trait."
proverbialwisdom
Feb 2014
#117