WW3

[harrypalmer]

Well I guess that being probed by an alien in a UFO would scramble your head a little.

Why do aliens probe, you'd think that after all this time they'd have a pretty good idea whats up there or perhaps they just enjoy doing it.

[Mortblanc]

Well, no matter how crazy he appears his bank account does not reflect it.

Last year he reached a divorce settlement with his wife and paid her to the tune of $5,000,000 plus massive child support.

He is syndicated on more than 64 networks doing 4 hours of commentary daily. He is very well liked in the cities with large university communities.

There are a lot of people out there that eat this stuff up, especially his views on one world government and world control by the elite.

Not saying I agree with any of his concepts or opinions, just observing.

He is one of those people that starts out with a valid premise, gives a good explanation or his opinion on that and then launches into a ....."that's why we know Merkil is an alien operative!"...rant.

[CharlesHarris]

They use him as a case study at MI school. A master at the old school Soviet playbook and entertaining as well. A student of Vladimir Posner.

[harrypalmer]

The UK has its share of conspiracy believers covering all sorts of topics. The BBC produced a good little series which is worth looking at, here's a link to some of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tga4hXy8qws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ByWCFX4ZQs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oju_lpqa6Ug

The UK equivalent of Jones is David Icke and he has a lot of believers/followers and guess who he's pals with
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoOxCMAc03M

[Mortblanc]

I am not wasting 4 hours of my life watching that crap!

There is important stuff to do.

I have to eat breakfast and get to the trap range, then eat lunch and take a nap.

[harrypalmer]

MB, they are interesting if only too look at the 'conspiracy' types as much as the 'theories' they support. Things like that I often leave playing in the background or play on the TV in the kitchen whilst I'm cooking. Talking of which I've got a few old army buddies popping in tomorrow some time so I've picked up 4kg of lamb for a curry. Got to feed the lads

[CharlesHarris]

A classic (1928) textbook on propaganda available as an ebook for free:

http://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/pdf/Berna...glish_.pdf

[harrypalmer]

Well the curry is on for the boys tomorrow in a large slow cooker Good link CH, goes to show there ain't much new in the world.

Are you 'into' philosophy CH?

[CharlesHarris]

I was trained as an engineer and scientist, although I was compelled to endure the afflictions of academia and its associated coursework. That said, I subscribe more to the writings of Sun Tsu, von Clauswitz, and modern writers such as Robert Hare, and Daniel Amen than I do Yung, Freud, Decartes, Nietzsche or Bertrand Russell.

[harrypalmer]

I thought you may have read some. I carried a copy of this on deployment for a long time, a friend gave me the copy, its pretty much a picture book but I could read little junks while my rat pack was heating up.

https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Beginn...+beginners

Since returning I've started reading books...enjoying David Hume just now, I had no idea how much he influenced the Declaration of Independence.