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1. John244 on 09/06/2014 at 3:59 am

   In the discussion of the captured planes being used for another terrorist attack, it may be worth considering if “real” amateur pilots tried to fly these planes at high speed into a relatively small target, such as a skyscraper, they might miss. Perhaps that would bring to mind questions of how three of three planes hit their targets so precisely in 2001.

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   • Corbett on 09/06/2014 at 9:15 pm

     Good point. If it was an “authentic” terror attack by real terrorists, you would expect a plot like that to fail at every level: NORAD would take them down, they would miss their targets, even if they hit their targets those targets wouldn’t spontaneously collapse into dust in an explosive freefall gravitational acceleration takedown, etc.

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2. Corbett on 09/06/2014 at 9:12 pm

   Oh, I would be genuinely surprised if Apple did not have a working relationship with the FBI / other authorities on these types of systems. All we know for sure is that after a paper came out about a month ago accusing them of shipping Apple products with intentional back doors for government agents:

   http://boingboing.net/2014/07/23/back-doors-in-apples-mobile.html

   They came out with the standard non-denial denial:

   http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=3447

   Business as usual for Big Brother/Tech.

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3. BennyB on 09/07/2014 at 9:05 am

   I can’t help finding the idea that “the terrorists” have this fixation with 9/11 anniversaries a bit comical.

   “This year tell Americans they’re just as vulnerable as they were thirteen years ago with ISIS. Give the gift of terror; for memories that will last a lifetime.”

   Seriously though…
   I’ve been thinking about whether there’s a way that we could preemptively call out some of the most probable ways we’re likely to be “attacked”. If we set out some sorts of hypothesis about what the objectives of the “masterminds” are, then work backwards it’s possible that we could begin to propose some ideas for resisting the “solutions” before everybody runs in fear begging for Big Brother to come to rescue us from this “new threat”.

   We know it’s just a matter of time, why not try to get out in front of it in some shape or form to the extent that it’s possible?

   I have some ideas, but I’d be interested in hearing some feedback from some of you guys before I go off on a tangent. I may re-post this at the open thread, but I’m not sure whether it will get lost in the shuffle, so I’ll just leave it here for now, since the thought relates to what was discussed in the podcast.

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4. greencrow on 09/07/2014 at 12:28 pm

   James and all:

   Here is a false flag alert that has me concerned…please distribute widely…even if it doesn’t pan out…it could be because of the “publicity”:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_97LoUQIdg

   Large NATO/Ukraine naval drill planned for September 8, 2014 in the Black Sea right across from Sevastopol, the main Russian naval base in Crimea. If this isn’t a textbook situation for a false flag (sink one of the boats and blame it on Russia) then I don’t know what is…and, folks, Canada has a frigate in the fleet.

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5. BennyB on 09/08/2014 at 1:27 am

   Good call greencrow! This stinks, big time. This is precisely one of types of scenarios I was talking about. Getting in front of this with publicity, as you mentioned, could be helpful.

   I just happened across a video clip George Galloway debating with a caller on talk radio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82svQGBlY08

   The caller is going on about how “we” (I guess NATO) need to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities… the same neocon war fantasy stuff we all know and love 😉 He’s talking about “limited strikes” (I think that was the term) and Galloway basically just tears the guy a new one, asking him how he expects Iran will respond to these “limited strikes”. It’s actually pretty hilarious.

   Back to the point though. WTF is the point of these exercises in the first place other than to be provocative? Is there a way to thrust reality into people’s faces in the same way Galloway did with this caller where people are forced to contemplate the absurdity of these war games? James, I don’t know how the shows where you provide analysis work, but maybe you could do some debates somewhere like RT and force people to think about what the ramifications of whatever “limited/targeted/asinine strikes” approximation will be applied towards Russia.

   I’m not sure if war games is the right description, but it’s the same type of crap either way

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