Conspiracy Theories for Cynics

[krunchkin]

To be fair to David Icke - quite a lot of the stuff he's banged on about has turned out to be true

[grumbledoak]

Icke has been portrayed as a loony by the media ever since he told some unwelcome truths about the media. Comprehensively smeared.

"Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad".

[northwest monkey]

krunchkin said:

To be fair to David Icke - quite a lot of the stuff he's banged on about has turned out to be true

If I told you the weather tomorrow was going to be the same as today, I'd be right more than I was wrong (try it - it's true). Doesn't make me a weatherman though.

[scherzkeks]

Colonial said:

And I'd suggest you read this:


http://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_9_11_truth_movem...

Not very convincing IMO. Misrepresentation, as well as outright fabrication are present in abundance. That you are persudaded by this particular piece again suggests that you have not looked into the opposing research at more than a superficial level.

The author of this piece also uses the snarky perjorative "truthers," is hyperbolic and emotional, and mixes in characters like Dylan Avery and Jason Bermas (not that they didn't mean well) with those who present convincing scientific challenges to the NIST report.

[Foster85]

northwest monkey said:

krunchkin said:

To be fair to David Icke - quite a lot of the stuff he's banged on about has turned out to be true

If I told you the weather tomorrow was going to be the same as today, I'd be right more than I was wrong (try it - it's true). Doesn't make me a weatherman though.

Also if you make wild guesses with enough ambiguity in them, they'll eventually, sort of, match various situations!

I mean Christ, even Nostradamus' predictions will come true if we wait long enough!!

At some point in the future, some bloke call John will bump into an old friend. You heard it here first.

Edited by Foster85 on Friday 20th March 11:10

[northwest monkey]

Foster85 said:

northwest monkey said:

krunchkin said:

To be fair to David Icke - quite a lot of the stuff he's banged on about has turned out to be true

If I told you the weather tomorrow was going to be the same as today, I'd be right more than I was wrong (try it - it's true). Doesn't make me a weatherman though.

Also if you make wild guesses with enough ambiguity in them, they'll eventually, sort of, match various situations!

I mean Christ, even Nostradamus' predictions will come true if we wait long enough!!

At some point in the future, some bloke call John will bump into an old friend. You heard it here first.

Edited by Foster85 on Friday 20th March 11:10

Oooh - do you read tealeaves? I could send you some

Russell Grant has made a career out of this nonsense - you could be the man to replace him

[Foster85]

northwest monkey said:

Oooh - do you read tealeaves? I could send you some

Russell Grant has made a career out of this nonsense - you could be the man to replace him

Haha I'm working on it!!

Northwest Monkey... at some point to day you will be faced with a difficult decision.

This is easy.

Although if I'm to stand any chance of knocking him off the top spot I'd have to gain about 12teen stone.

[Colonial]

scherzkeks said:

Not very convincing IMO. Misrepresentation, as well as outright fabrication are present in abundance. That you are persudaded by this particular piece again suggests that you have not looked into the opposing research at more than a superficial level.

The author of this piece also uses the snarky perjorative "truthers," is hyperbolic and emotional, and mixes in characters like Dylan Avery and Jason Bermas (not that they didn't mean well) with those who present convincing scientific challenges to the NIST report.

Examples of outright fabrication?

Truthers call themselves truthers. It's less pejorative than "tin foil nutcases".

[Foster85]

Found a nice list of conspiracy theories on the Telegraph website. Some of them I find incredible.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/h...

The FEMA coffins one especially. All those coffins are ready for when the gubmint kills us. OR maybe they're just prepared for ANY disaster, natural or otherwise, and they need to store them somewhere...

[anonymous-user]

krunchkin said:

To be fair to David Icke - quite a lot of the stuff he's banged on about has turned out to be true

Any chance you could list a few?

This isn't a wind up, I don't know much about Icke and I'm curious about his theories.

[rohrl]

NinjaPower said:

Any chance you could list a few?

This isn't a wind up, I don't know much about Icke and I'm curious about his theories.

He said that it was a good idea to wear a blue and pink shellsuit.

[northwest monkey]

rohrl said:

He said that it was a good idea to wear a blue and pink shellsuit.

Didn't we all back in the 80s - I know I did

[Dan_1981]

Foster85 said:

Found a nice list of conspiracy theories on the Telegraph website. Some of them I find incredible.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/h...

The FEMA coffins one especially. All those coffins are ready for when the gubmint kills us. OR maybe they're just prepared for ANY disaster, natural or otherwise, and they need to store them somewhere...

No wonder all these nutjobs get so much attention when the governments actually considered things like MK Ultra & Project Northwood

[Hooli]

Dan_1981 said:

Foster85 said:

Found a nice list of conspiracy theories on the Telegraph website. Some of them I find incredible.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/h...

The FEMA coffins one especially. All those coffins are ready for when the gubmint kills us. OR maybe they're just prepared for ANY disaster, natural or otherwise, and they need to store them somewhere...

No wonder all these nutjobs get so much attention when the governments actually considered things like MK Ultra & Project Northwood

Nice list that & only the fact that climate change is bullst rings true with me.

[dudleybloke]

The USS Liberty attack has been confirmed as defiantly a deliberate act not a case of mistaken identity as the official story was for years.

The UK politicononce conspiracy is looking to be true.

[Robb F]

Colonial said:

scherzkeks said:

Not very convincing IMO. Misrepresentation, as well as outright fabrication are present in abundance. That you are persudaded by this particular piece again suggests that you have not looked into the opposing research at more than a superficial level.

The author of this piece also uses the snarky perjorative "truthers," is hyperbolic and emotional, and mixes in characters like Dylan Avery and Jason Bermas (not that they didn't mean well) with those who present convincing scientific challenges to the NIST report.

Examples of outright fabrication?

This

[TwigtheWonderkid]

krunchkin said:

To be fair to David Icke - quite a lot of the stuff he's banged on about has turned out to be true

bks. He's got thousands of theories on the go, and a few of them have been right, and suckers pick on those and come out with the kind of rubbish you have.

The vast majority of the stuff he spouts remains nonsense.

[Foster85]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

bks. He's got thousands of theories on the go, and a few of them have been right, and suckers pick on those and come out with the kind of rubbish you have.

The vast majority of the stuff he spouts remains nonsense.

Only today he's posted on FB;

"The moon is 400 times smaller than the sun and 400 times nearer the earth - hence the solar eclipse when both look the same size.

The BBC's Brian Cox says this is all a conincidence.
B0llocks it is, Mate."

Then links to a Daily Fail article about the eclipse...

Blokes lost the plot. Does he think Reptiles positioned the moon there with spaceship tug boats and then flew off afterwards and it drifted away?!

Excerpt from his Wiki page:

"In February 1991 Icke visited the pre-Inca Sillustani burial ground near Puno, Peru, and while there said he felt drawn to a large mound of earth, at the top of which lay a circle of waist-high stones. As he stood in the circle, he said he had two thoughts: that people will be talking about this in 100 years, and it would be over when he felt the rain. He said his body started shaking as though plugged into an electrical socket and new ideas began to pour into him. Then it started raining and the experience ended."

Nutjob.

Edited by Foster85 on Friday 20th March 13:54

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Foster85 said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

bks. He's got thousands of theories on the go, and a few of them have been right, and suckers pick on those and come out with the kind of rubbish you have.

The vast majority of the stuff he spouts remains nonsense.

Only today he's posted on FB;

"The moon is 400 times smaller than the sun and 400 times nearer the earth - hence the solar eclipse when both look the same size.

The BBC's Brian Cox says this is all a conincidence.
B0llocks it is, Mate."

Icke...either a complete fking loon or a very shrewd businessman who deliberately talks st to sell books, which he does in vast numbers.

Either way I don't care, his fans deserve him.

[jmorgan]

One of hi theories is we are controlled from the Moon? He knows what he is talking about then.