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In reply to the discussion: Michael Ruppert Kills Self [View all]billhicks76
(5,082 posts)78. That Way Is Suspect
Its usually a clear marker of someone with an agenda...especially when they get hyperbolic in the extreme. A few of them got exposed and banned on Huffington Post after it was discovered they were paid sock-puppet profiles from military contractors like KBR who were trying to "manage" public opinion. One of them had even risen to moderator status and was purging entire threads that were just indirectly related to questioning 911. There was a giant Chinese skyscraper that burned to the ground and average people were asking why it didn't collapse like WTC when they indicated temperatures had risen to the same degree. The guy purged an entire thread of over 500 comments.
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I don't think I fully understood it until I experienced my aged father's last years
enough
Apr 2014
#8
I had to do much the same with my kitty of 12 years. We were extremely close and in love with
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#109
IMO we should be in control of our eventual death. I had two sisters that died simply horrific
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#105
IMO it's a power trip. They set themselves up on pedestals to judge others and then feel
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#108
Probably better to use PM. Also, there are some popular books out there like Final Exit...
Hekate
Apr 2014
#166
I totally get it. Don't agree with. Nor inclined to it. But, I understand. Nt
seabeyond
Apr 2014
#27
Indeed, if the concept of peak oil doesn't unhinge one a little, then one isn't thinking very much
arcane1
Apr 2014
#18
Maybe he approached it from the wrong angle, but the number and type of exercises going on that day
brett_jv
Apr 2014
#22
what purpose would it serve? Delay the military and air traffic controllers from doing the job
yurbud
Apr 2014
#58
Ah, I found the transcript I was looking for, with civilian controller talking to military
yurbud
Apr 2014
#112
since you have all the military experience, what happened to the NORAD response that day?
yurbud
Apr 2014
#129
gravedancing? perhaps you should back off and shut up since you look ridiculous
xiamiam
Apr 2014
#23
What did I say about him other than I thought he would find "fans" here?
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#47
Yes one poster with 300 posts conversing with another 300 post poster about how they KNOW
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#152
He backed up Gary Webb on Contra drug smuggling and confronted CIA director in public
yurbud
Apr 2014
#55
tar sands and fracking prove that we've passed the peak of easily recoverable oil
yurbud
Apr 2014
#158
the Bush administration and their allies never went after critics like Dan Rather
yurbud
Apr 2014
#57
so that happens to reporters all the time when they get some detail in a story wrong?
yurbud
Apr 2014
#126
Are there any specific instance where you believe the Bush administration lied or fabricated
yurbud
Apr 2014
#128
could there be any aspect of the 9/11 story that could possibly misrepresented?
yurbud
Apr 2014
#140
well you know the conspiracy theory crowd would turn it into a conspiracy...
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#32
yep. We should believe exactly what the government tells us, especially the Bush admin
yurbud
Apr 2014
#61
how did you get that out of what I said? I was referring to the derogatory tone about Ruppert's work
yurbud
Apr 2014
#71
Early on he informed my views on peak oil. Whatever else has been said, may he RIP. nt
silvershadow
Apr 2014
#36
Yes, I believe that he contributed to the old site "The Old Drum" very frequently.
amandabeech
Apr 2014
#79
VIDEO: Mike Ruppert speaks truth to power: confronts CIA director on drug running
yurbud
Apr 2014
#115
KILL THE MESSENGER MOVIE OCT 10, 2014 -- SPREAD THE WORD-- AND RIP MIKE RUPPERT
777man
Apr 2014
#150