Are You Ready to Rumble?

My Calgary buddy Rob Breakenridge takes on Jesse "The Truther" Ventura in a steel-cage match, and emerges victorious:

When the subject of 9/11 first comes up, Ventura makes reference to someone with the last name 'Farmer' (Ventura apparently isn't sure about the name), the former senior counsel for the 9/11 commission. Ventura says Mr. Farmer:

"...came out publicly and stated unequivocally that at some point the government decided American citizens would not hear the truth about 9/11"

Well, indeed John Farmer may have said that or something close to it. As you can read here, Farmer believes a CYA mentality set in among several top Bush administration officials.

What Ventura doesn't mention is that Mr. Farmer believes that in the end, the truth was uncovered by the work of the 9/11 Commission.

Indeed, if you read the comments by the "high priest" of the 9-11 "Truth" movement on the Farmer book, you'll find that the Troofers who've actually read the book (and not the cover blurbs) are disappointed that Farmer doesn't back up their crackpot theories:

Even more serious than the book's misleading rhetoric is its one-sidedness. Rather than containing an impartial examination of various types of relevant evidence, this book by Farmer - a former prosecuting attorney - reads like a lawyer's brief: Besides citing a large number of facts that appear to support the Bush-Cheney conspiracy theory and trying to undermine some of the contrary evidence (which supports the alternative theory, according to which 9/11 was an inside job), it seeks to suppress, by simply ignoring, the enormous bulk of this contrary evidence.

Grifter posts a bunch of his "contrary evidence", including, hilariously:

6. Claiming that the alleged hijackers purchased tickets and boarded planes (62, 106), Farmer fails to mention that none of their names - indeed, no Arab names whatsoever - were on the passenger manifests of the flights released by the airlines or on the Pentagon autopsy report (NPHR Ch. 6).

For the 1,000th time, David, the lists released by the airlines were of the victims. By definition, the perpetrators are NOT victims, and thus were not on the lists.

Update: I watched the first episode of Ventura's new TV show, Conspiracy Theory, online here. The show covered HAARP, which crackpots claim is some weather-modifying, earthquake-causing, mind control device. It was definitely a trip. Ventura closes by claiming that as a former Navy SEAL he wouldn't be shut out from a Navy facility. Just for starters, the dolt forgets that he's talking about an Air Force facility:

And anyway, I doubt if Jesse's SEAL trident would get him into lots of naval installations no questions asked. What a maroon!

Next week's episode is on the 9-11 Conspiracy Theories, so I can guarantee I'll be tuning in.

Debate with Dylan Tomorrow Night

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Rob Breakenridge is providing the radio bandwidth on AM 770, Calgary, on Thursday, September 10, at 8:00 PM Mountain Time, which is 7:00 Pacific, 9:00 Central and 10:00 PM Eastern Time. For those of us not fortunate enough to live in the frozen tundra, you can listen live here. I have never actually debated Dylan before; we were scheduled one time, but it ended up being Jason Bermas instead.

Update: Call-in numbers: 1-800-563-7770, or 403-974-8255 for those in the Calgary area.

Thanks Again to Rob Breakenridge!

Definitely the one talk show host who I feel knows as much about 9-11 Debunking as I do. I loved the way he would not let Dylan evade his questions. Dylan caught me by surprise by telling me to interview the people who provided the dust samples; fortunately he overreached by citing the guy who swept some dust into a ziplock bag, giving me the opportunity to insist that was not a chain of custody.

I will find out if an MP3 is available.

Screw Loose Change On Calgary Radio

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I will be on the radio again with my old buddy Rob Breakenridge tonight at 7:00 PM Pacific Time, 10:00 Eastern, to discuss Jesse Ventura's conversion to Trooferism and the ongoing disintegration of the movement. I've been on something like 20 talk shows so far, and Rob is by far the most knowledgeable host that I've discussed the "Truthers" with.

In fact, Rob recently wrote a blog post that I highly recommend about Ventura's appearance on Hannity & Colmes. It attracted the attention of Alex Jones' junior flunky, Paul Watson, so there are around 100 comments from the fruitcakes on that post. Bring your shotgun; plenty of fish in the barrel there.

For those not lucky enough to live in the frozen tundra of Calgary, you can listen to the show here. We will be taking calls after the introductory segment, and Truthers (and Jesse in particular) are specifically invited to call in and challenge Rob and me on any points you like. The call in numbers are 403-974-8255 or toll free, 800-563-7770.

Update: As always when I'm on a radio show, the time seemed to fly by. Rob, as always, was well-prepared and we had a stimulating discussion with the callers, including our old buddy, Troy from WV.

One correction: As the first caller noted, I did blow a detail about Alex Jones. I stated that he believes that the New World Order wants to kill 80% of us so that there will be enough oil to go around. That's Peak Oil, which is believed in by Michael Ruppert. Alex Jones believes the New World Order wants to kill 80% of us because... well, I'm having a tough time figuring that out. It has something to do with enslaving the rest of us, so apparently the 80% who will die are the lucky ones.

Update II: Doh-P in the comments:

Pat why did you lie about the nasa temperatures and say they were up to 1300 degrees?

Cheney in the comments:

As much I think of pat as an idiot, I don't think he was lying. Its most likely he was refering to celcius, like most canadiens do, which is equilivent to almost 2400 degree fahrenheit which was the offical temperature of molton pool detected by nasa.

Here's the 9-11 Research page where you can see the following thermal image and the temperatures:



Wrong again, Doh-P!

Screw Loose Change On Calgary Radio

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UPDATE: Note corrected times!

I will be on with our buddy Rob Breakenridge tonight for an hour on CHQR 770's The World Tonight discussing the 9-11 conspiracy theories. Rob always runs a fast-paced program and we will be taking calls, so try your hand at Debunking 9-11 Debunking. My hour is scheduled at 8:00 Mountain Time, which is 10:00 Eastern and 7:00 Pacific.

Update: Call-in numbers: (403) 974-8255 or 1-800-563-7770. You can also listen in at the linked site if you're not in Calgary.

Update III: The audio can be downloaded from here. As always, the hour just flew by. Rob always amazes me with his depth of knowledge and his show preparation. Kudos to those who called in. Unfortunately, we did not get any of these lads who are with the local Calgary "Truthers":

Dr. Greening on the Radio!

Our buddy Rob Breakenridge, who has been kind enough to interview me twice on his Calgary radio show, had Dr Frank Greening on Tuesday night to discuss his new paper on the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers.

I can't recommend this program highly enough. Superb interview; kudos to Rob for doing the kind of in-depth stories that even our buddy BG should approve!

Rob Breakenridge on Gleeson

Our buddy Rob Breakenridge (on whose program The World Tonight I appeared twice last year) deconstructs the editor of the Winnipeg Sun:

In a truly stunning display of ignorance, the editor of the Winnipeg Sun, John Gleeson, has penned a column that is as equally laughable as it is disgraceful. Trotting out as many thoroughly discredited myths as he can cram into one column, Gleeson attempts to give some credibility to the so-called "9/11 Truth Movement" (i.e. 9/11 conspiracy theorists).

Rob does a terrific job of debunking Mr Gleeson; we look forward to seeing the latter's apology column any day now. Read it all!

Update: Rob advises me that Gleeson will be on his program tonight at 8:05 Mountain Time. If you're not lucky enough to live in the Calgary area, you can tune it in over the internet here.

Hat Tip: Reader Gary (in the comments).