15-16 February 2014 | 112 comments (112 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Economy (none / 1)

As afew said, if you want truth, there are better ways to uncover it than by trying to dig out it from the bottom of a sewage pit. The best method to sell loony stuff is to build it on a smidgeon of truth and then mis-interpret it beyond recognition. Steve Quayle did it by adding apparent lies (put into the mouth of an alleged anonymous source) about knowledge of a grand plot, a motive, and connections between the separate incidents. I note however that you don't have to invent anything, it's enough to channel the attention of an uncritical audience with speculation, false analogies, emotional appeals and selective consideration of evidence. It1s the same as in politics: pub wisdom may conclude that "politicians always lie", but the actual main weapon of politicians is called "spin", and "politicians always lie" people fall for it in droves by assuming that a kernel of truth makes it worth to listen to the guy.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun Feb 16th, 2014 at 05:19:54 AM EST
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Re: Economy (none / 0)

i appreciate what both of you are saying, and am not arguing to the contrary.

i do think that people here are smart enough to see how 99% of what assclown sites is BS.

as regards a true story, isn't the message more important than the messenger?

i think if these sites never got anything right (for the wrong reasons), they would have been laughed right off the net by now. i find it amusing to fish sometimes in those ponds, and if i wish to find out if there's a kernel of truth in there sometimes, i want to run it by the most rigorous group of readers i know.

not my intention to spoil ET by posting links that offend your intelligence, so if that is the case i will stop.

or go search for the same story from better sources.

even if i were interested in touting these sites i sure wouldn't do it here. good stories come from bad people sometimes, i find the contrast interesting.

hint taken though... there be cooties!

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun Feb 16th, 2014 at 03:51:13 PM EST
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isn't the message more important than the messenger?

And what would be the message?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Feb 17th, 2014 at 11:16:31 AM EST
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