We have troops WHERE now???

Sabrina · 7th July 2008, 02:23 PM

I couldn't make this up if I TRIED.

As many are aware, I work, more or less, for the government, in one of the intel agencies, but the area I'm in is the equivalent of human resources, so I end up doing a lot of customer service stuff. We have a main line that people can call, and we sometimes get some wacky calls (we've been mistaken for a clothing store and a Blockbuster in the past) but the one I got today takes the cake. And the pastries. And the donuts. And any other dessert you can think of.

This lady calls me on the customer service line, and our conversation went something like this:

Crazy lady: I want to report a security breach at NASA!

Me: *blinking in shock* I'm sorry, could you repeat that?

Crazy lady: I wanted to report a security breach at NASA! I've been calling all over the place to NASA and they keep giving me the runaround; I've even tried to call NSA but I couldn't find a number for them, so I'm trying you in the hopes that you can direct me to someone who can do something about this!

Me: Okay ma'am... can you give me an idea of what the security breach is?

Crazy lady: It's the encryption on the Mars lander photos!

Me: *confused silence*

Crazy lady: See, they Photoshopped the pictures we've been getting back from the Mars lander, but it's so easy to break the encryption on them! I've been able to get into them with no problem!

Now, at this point, I actually was somewhat worried that she was legit; I've gotten calls similar to this before that, while I don't exactly know what they were about, I've had to direct them to one or the other place in hopes of getting some good intel; but then she went and spouted this off:

Crazy lady: When I broke the encryption on those photos from the Mars lander, I was able to see the military installations and the troop emplacements we have there! I could figure out the troop strengths so easily!

Me: *slapping a hand over my mouth to keep from busting out laughing when I realize she's talking about TROOP INSTALLATIONS ON MARS*

Crazy lady: *oblivious to my efforts* I was able to see it all so easily, and I just think it's a darn shame that we aren't teaching our kids from kindergarten on up that we've populated Mars! Can you help me get this straightened out?

Me: *calming myself with an effort* Okay, if you could just hold on for one second ma'am, I'll see if I can get you a number of someone who can help you. *putting her on hold*

I then proceeded to absolutely bust a gut laughing; I finally calmed down and got the number of the department that handles the loonies, gave it to her, hung up the phone, and proceeded to bust out laughing yet again.

You can't MAKE this

up, I swear to GOD. I figured something this kooky belonged in the CT forum. I wish I could provide a source for it; I'd nom it for the Stundies and win hands down. I can't even say it without laughing; troop installations on MARS for Pete's sake....

KoihimeNakamura · 7th July 2008, 02:29 PM

So, uh.. when do we hear about Padrougi Station?

Gazpacho · 7th July 2008, 02:34 PM

But how did she know they were American bases?

Doctor Evil · 7th July 2008, 02:35 PM

Thank you for that. I laughed.

Sabrina · 7th July 2008, 03:07 PM

You are quite welcome. *G*

Made me laugh too; and trust me, today, I needed the laugh.

Skeptic Guy · 7th July 2008, 03:14 PM

You may laugh, but I, for one, welcome our Martian, er, American, er....overlords.

gtc · 7th July 2008, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Skeptic Guy

You may laugh, but I, for one, welcome our Martian, er, American, er....overlords.

Please, the polite term is Martian-Americans or Martians of American extration.

~enigma~ · 7th July 2008, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by Gazpacho

But how did she know they were American bases?

It was the Roughnecks. If you look closely you can see Rico's rangers

defaultdotxbe · 7th July 2008, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by Gazpacho

But how did she know they were American bases?

because of the american flag waving in the martian breeze (actually i think marsmight have enough atmosphere to make a flag wave....)

gtc · 7th July 2008, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by ~enigma~

It was the Roughnecks. If you look closely you can see Rico's rangers

You nailed that joke 'on the bounce'.

GreNME · 7th July 2008, 07:13 PM

Holy carp. Are calls like that a regular occurrence?

If so, now I feel bad for sending a notice to one of the .gov websites over a flaw in their server-side scripting that revealed file paths on the server's file system (which was a Windows Server running IIS, I found). One of the admin staff even replied and thanked me for pointing it out. I felt that was very thoughtful if them since I didn't expect a reply over such a minor thing.

Jeez, if people like that frequent security lines, you guys deserve a fruit basket every now and then.

gtc · 7th July 2008, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by GreNME

Jeez, if people like that frequent security lines, you guys deserve a fruit basket every now and then.

I think the problem is that they already have too many fruit baskets - on the other end of the phone.

defaultdotxbe · 7th July 2008, 09:20 PM

does anyone else really want to see these "decrypted" images?

Travis · 8th July 2008, 02:29 AM

I'd like to have seen some of these "revealing" photographs.

uk_dave · 8th July 2008, 02:34 AM

Originally Posted by Sabrina

I then proceeded to absolutely bust a gut laughing; I finally calmed down and got the number of the department that handles the loonies, gave it to her, hung up the phone, and proceeded to bust out laughing yet again.

That is either the most fantastic place to work...or the absolute worst.
I guess it may depend on whether they're allowed to use deadly force.

Originally Posted by Travis

I'd like to have seen some of these "revealing" photographs.

Me too!

CFLarsen · 8th July 2008, 04:36 AM

Don't think this is just some lone kook. There are groups of people out there (yes, I know who you are, where you are, and what you talk about) who firmly believe in military bases on the Moon, Mars and other planets, also in other star systems.

Some aren't trailer moms who believes that National Enquirer is a credible source. One of these believers is a former Danish member of parliament, Ole Gerstrøm. Among many wacky things, he believes that he has been in alien spaceships around the Moon...8000 years ago.

Sabrina · 8th July 2008, 04:43 AM

Originally Posted by GreNME

Holy carp. Are calls like that a regular occurrence?

If so, now I feel bad for sending a notice to one of the .gov websites over a flaw in their server-side scripting that revealed file paths on the server's file system (which was a Windows Server running IIS, I found). One of the admin staff even replied and thanked me for pointing it out. I felt that was very thoughtful if them since I didn't expect a reply over such a minor thing.

Jeez, if people like that frequent security lines, you guys deserve a fruit basket every now and then.

They aren't a REGULAR occurrence, but they happen often enough that we need a department to deal with them. And trust me, I'm sure the guys you contacted were very grateful you pointed out such a flaw because it was true. This on the other hand... I still get the giggles every time I think about troop emplacements on Mars, simply because it's so ludicrous.

Thing is, we don't want to discourage calls or emails from people because we never know what may be useful; hence, we get calls from the crazies. That's why we have that department; they weed out the crazy calls and emails from the potentially legit ones, as far as I know.

I did a Google search last night and couldn't find anything potentially related, so I'm guessing Prison Planet hasn't snapped up the story yet.... but give it time.

grmcdorman · 8th July 2008, 07:57 AM

There are people who believe this - long term bases on the Moon (Nazis even), and more ... unique ... stuff.

Look up Richard Hoagland. The best debunking of that is at Phil Plait's BadAstronomy site; the Hoagland stuff is here. There's also a number of threads in the BAUT forums and the Apollo Hoax forums about these things; in particular, the nuts were on the Polar Express images literally with hours of release ("they're processed to hide details! the cameras are colour but they release monochrome images to fool the sheeple!").

NoZed Avenger · 8th July 2008, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by grmcdorman

Look up Richard Hoagland.

I'm going to disagree with this advice.

Don't look up Richard Hoagland.

Just . . . . just don't.

Don't.

Really. Just trust me on this one and don't.

TobiasTheViking · 8th July 2008, 09:19 AM

That is *********** amazing.. insane, and amazing

grmcdorman · 8th July 2008, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by NoZed Avenger

I'm going to disagree with this advice.

Don't look up Richard Hoagland.

Just . . . . just don't.

Don't.

Really. Just trust me on this one and don't.

Well, put it this way: don't look at his own stuff; looking at Phil Plait's deconstruction of him should be sufficient. (Actually, Hoagland is said to do some reasonable debunking of moon landing deniers, but that's because he needs the moon landings to be real to support his moonbattery.)

I Ratant · 8th July 2008, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by CFLarsen

Don't think this is just some lone kook. There are groups of people out there (yes, I know who you are, where you are, and what you talk about) who firmly believe in military bases on the Moon, Mars and other planets, also in other star systems.
...

.
I'd hated to live in a world where that wasn't true!

Denial · 8th July 2008, 12:48 PM

My thoughts wandered to this:
http://www.ironsky.net/site/

SDC · 8th July 2008, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by Denial

My thoughts wandered to this:
http://www.ironsky.net/site/

Nuts. I was thinking "Ironsky" as in a bizarre Russian-derived name. "Yes, this is Comrade Ironsky."

I was thinking too much.

Lensman · 8th July 2008, 02:47 PM

Of course we've got bases off-world, there's the Alpha site, the Beta site

& of course, the Atlantis Expedition.

Cl1mh4224rd · 8th July 2008, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by defaultdotxbe

because of the american flag waving in the martian breeze (actually i think marsmight have enough atmosphere to make a flag wave....)

Very much so.

Dust devils on Mars: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/galle...68b-B558R1.gif

More: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/galle...20050819a.html

Alareth · 8th July 2008, 07:41 PM

There is an intel department specifically for handling loonies?

David Swidler · 9th July 2008, 01:06 AM

Originally Posted by Alareth

There is an intel department specifically for handling loonies?

Recruitment.

Sabrina · 9th July 2008, 06:08 AM

They're not an intel department; they're more of a screening department, in my opinion, but I actually know very little about them. All I know is, I was told if people with crazy claims ever called, I was to forward them to that department. I would imagine they handle a lot more than the loonies, but given that I've only ever forwarded loonies to them, that's how I think of them.

Minadin · 9th July 2008, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by Sabrina

They're not an intel department; they're more of a screening department, in my opinion, but I actually know very little about them. All I know is, I was told if people with crazy claims ever called, I was to forward them to that department. I would imagine they handle a lot more than the loonies, but given that I've only ever forwarded loonies to them, that's how I think of them.

LMAO you just sent this poor, honest, concerned citizen to the MiB department of the NWO.

Tommy Lee Jones is going to be visiting her shortly with a neuralizer flashy-thing in hand.

SDC · 9th July 2008, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by Sabrina

They're not an intel department; they're more of a screening department, in my opinion, but I actually know very little about them. All I know is, I was told if people with crazy claims ever called, I was to forward them to that department. I would imagine they handle a lot more than the loonies, but given that I've only ever forwarded loonies to them, that's how I think of them.

Two things to wonder about:

1/ who are the individuals who get assigned to such a department?

2/ and when those individuals interview for the next job, how do they discuss this one?

I'm thinking too much. What's the upper age limit on the Martian Expedititionary Force?

uk_dave · 9th July 2008, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by Sabrina

They're not an intel department; they're more of a screening department, in my opinion, but I actually know very little about them. All I know is, I was told if people with crazy claims ever called, I was to forward them to that department. I would imagine they handle a lot more than the loonies, but given that I've only ever forwarded loonies to them, that's how I think of them.

[truther] ahhh the "Department for the Suppression of the Truth" [/truther]

GreNME · 9th July 2008, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by David Swidler

Originally Posted by Alareth

There is an intel department specifically for handling loonies?

Recruitment.

Orphia Nay · 12th August 2008, 09:35 PM

I know who this woman is. I've been "debating" her (it's like playing tennis against a wall) in a ~300 page thread at this forum:

Freedom Crow's Nest.

This is her website: www.abidemiracles.com

Originally Posted by defaultdotxbe

does anyone else really want to see these "decrypted" images?

Originally Posted by Travis

I'd like to have seen some of these "revealing" photographs.

If you want to see picture after picture of rocks, then you'll be very happy.

Originally Posted by Minadin

LMAO you just sent this poor, honest, concerned citizen to the MiB department of the NWO.

Tommy Lee Jones is going to be visiting her shortly with a neuralizer flashy-thing in hand.

Oh, dear, she's paranoid enough - I better not let her see this thread.

I was discussing her here in relation to some of her other conspiracy theories. Beware of batcraptasticness.

Jontg · 12th August 2008, 09:50 PM

WhoooooOOOOOoooOOOOooooOOOOooo... @_@

MolBasser · 13th August 2008, 05:59 AM

Yes it is entertaining in a snapshot, and I myself have previously been greatly entertained by Emily in the past.

Unfortunately it is very clear that she is seriously mentally ill. When you read the totality of her posts it becomes clear.

At this point, it is no longer entertaining, but sad.

MolBasser

CurtC · 13th August 2008, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by orphia nay

I know who this woman is. I've been "debating" her (it's like playing tennis against a wall) in a ~300 page thread at this forum:

Freedom Crow's Nest.

This is her website: www.abidemiracles.com

So it's the same lady? I was going to suggest that military bases on Mars would explain the presence of porn there, as in the thread you linked.

Cobalt · 13th August 2008, 02:34 PM

As I looked upon the thread title, my first thought was "Ha, it's gonna be the moon." Close!

But really, Mars is just the staging point for the assault on the Moon itself. If we were gathering at Earth it'd just be too obvious.

Why would troops be at Mars? For that matter are they actually encrypting the photos that come back? I guess I'm missing the point of that if they are.

Toke · 13th August 2008, 03:17 PM

What is it with CT`s

I mean one can be ignorant, mistaken and plain wrong, but most people have some internal consistency to their beliefs/guesses about the world. And more importantly, they can be corrected/educated.

Horatius · 13th August 2008, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by Cobalt

Why would troops be at Mars? For that matter are they actually encrypting the photos that come back? I guess I'm missing the point of that if they are.

Not so much encrypting, as....

7th July 2008, 02:23 PM	#1
Sabrina Wicked Lovely Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Spinning through space Posts: 6,870	We have troops WHERE now??? I couldn't make this up if I TRIED. As many are aware, I work, more or less, for the government, in one of the intel agencies, but the area I'm in is the equivalent of human resources, so I end up doing a lot of customer service stuff. We have a main line that people can call, and we sometimes get some wacky calls (we've been mistaken for a clothing store and a Blockbuster in the past) but the one I got today takes the cake. And the pastries. And the donuts. And any other dessert you can think of. This lady calls me on the customer service line, and our conversation went something like this: Crazy lady: I want to report a security breach at NASA! Me: blinking in shock I'm sorry, could you repeat that? Crazy lady: I wanted to report a security breach at NASA! I've been calling all over the place to NASA and they keep giving me the runaround; I've even tried to call NSA but I couldn't find a number for them, so I'm trying you in the hopes that you can direct me to someone who can do something about this! Me: Okay ma'am... can you give me an idea of what the security breach is? Crazy lady: It's the encryption on the Mars lander photos! Me: confused silence Crazy lady: See, they Photoshopped the pictures we've been getting back from the Mars lander, but it's so easy to break the encryption on them! I've been able to get into them with no problem! Now, at this point, I actually was somewhat worried that she was legit; I've gotten calls similar to this before that, while I don't exactly know what they were about, I've had to direct them to one or the other place in hopes of getting some good intel; but then she went and spouted this off: Crazy lady: When I broke the encryption on those photos from the Mars lander, I was able to see the military installations and the troop emplacements we have there! I could figure out the troop strengths so easily! Me: slapping a hand over my mouth to keep from busting out laughing when I realize she's talking about TROOP INSTALLATIONS ON MARS Crazy lady: oblivious to my efforts I was able to see it all so easily, and I just think it's a darn shame that we aren't teaching our kids from kindergarten on up that we've populated Mars! Can you help me get this straightened out? Me: calming myself with an effort Okay, if you could just hold on for one second ma'am, I'll see if I can get you a number of someone who can help you. putting her on hold I then proceeded to absolutely bust a gut laughing; I finally calmed down and got the number of the department that handles the loonies, gave it to her, hung up the phone, and proceeded to bust out laughing yet again. You can't MAKE this up, I swear to GOD. I figured something this kooky belonged in the CT forum. I wish I could provide a source for it; I'd nom it for the Stundies and win hands down. I can't even say it without laughing; troop installations on MARS for Pete's sake....
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7th July 2008, 02:29 PM	#2
KoihimeNakamura Creativity Murderer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Graham, WA Posts: 6,849	So, uh.. when do we hear about Padrougi Station?
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7th July 2008, 02:35 PM	#4
Doctor Evil Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Back home Posts: 1,966	Thank you for that. I laughed.
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7th July 2008, 03:07 PM	#5
Sabrina Wicked Lovely Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Spinning through space Posts: 6,870	You are quite welcome. G Made me laugh too; and trust me, today, I needed the laugh.
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7th July 2008, 03:14 PM	#6
Skeptic Guy Raccoon Death Squad Leader Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Southeast of Disorder Posts: 6,996	You may laugh, but I, for one, welcome our Martian, er, American, er....overlords.
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7th July 2008, 02:34 PM	#3
Gazpacho Master Poster Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Valley Lodge, USA Posts: 2,136	But how did she know they were American bases?

7th July 2008, 03:46 PM	#7
gtc Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: the downunderverse Posts: 7,114	Originally Posted by Skeptic Guy You may laugh, but I, for one, welcome our Martian, er, American, er....overlords. Please, the polite term is Martian-Americans or Martians of American extration.
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7th July 2008, 04:04 PM	#8
~enigma~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Center of the universe Posts: 7,954	Originally Posted by Gazpacho But how did she know they were American bases? It was the Roughnecks. If you look closely you can see Rico's rangers

7th July 2008, 04:06 PM	#9
defaultdotxbe Drunken Shikigami Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Dark Side of the Sun Posts: 7,482	Originally Posted by Gazpacho But how did she know they were American bases? because of the american flag waving in the martian breeze (actually i think marsmight have enough atmosphere to make a flag wave....)
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7th July 2008, 07:06 PM	#10
gtc Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: the downunderverse Posts: 7,114	Originally Posted by ~enigma~ It was the Roughnecks. If you look closely you can see Rico's rangers You nailed that joke 'on the bounce'.
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7th July 2008, 07:13 PM	#11
GreNME Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Folsom Prison Posts: 8,283	Holy carp. Are calls like that a regular occurrence? If so, now I feel bad for sending a notice to one of the .gov websites over a flaw in their server-side scripting that revealed file paths on the server's file system (which was a Windows Server running IIS, I found). One of the admin staff even replied and thanked me for pointing it out. I felt that was very thoughtful if them since I didn't expect a reply over such a minor thing. Jeez, if people like that frequent security lines, you guys deserve a fruit basket every now and then.
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7th July 2008, 07:16 PM	#12
gtc Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: the downunderverse Posts: 7,114	Originally Posted by GreNME Jeez, if people like that frequent security lines, you guys deserve a fruit basket every now and then. I think the problem is that they already have too many fruit baskets - on the other end of the phone.
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7th July 2008, 09:20 PM	#13
defaultdotxbe Drunken Shikigami Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Dark Side of the Sun Posts: 7,482	does anyone else really want to see these "decrypted" images?
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8th July 2008, 02:29 AM	#14
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8th July 2008, 02:34 AM	#15
uk_dave Philosopher Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 7,866	Originally Posted by Sabrina I then proceeded to absolutely bust a gut laughing; I finally calmed down and got the number of the department that handles the loonies, gave it to her, hung up the phone, and proceeded to bust out laughing yet again. That is either the most fantastic place to work...or the absolute worst. I guess it may depend on whether they're allowed to use deadly force. Originally Posted by Travis I'd like to have seen some of these "revealing" photographs. Me too!
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8th July 2008, 04:36 AM	#16
CFLarsen Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 42,804	Don't think this is just some lone kook. There are groups of people out there (yes, I know who you are, where you are, and what you talk about) who firmly believe in military bases on the Moon, Mars and other planets, also in other star systems. Some aren't trailer moms who believes that National Enquirer is a credible source. One of these believers is a former Danish member of parliament, Ole Gerstrøm. Among many wacky things, he believes that he has been in alien spaceships around the Moon...8000 years ago.
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8th July 2008, 04:43 AM	#17
Sabrina Wicked Lovely Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Spinning through space Posts: 6,870	Originally Posted by GreNME Holy carp. Are calls like that a regular occurrence? If so, now I feel bad for sending a notice to one of the .gov websites over a flaw in their server-side scripting that revealed file paths on the server's file system (which was a Windows Server running IIS, I found). One of the admin staff even replied and thanked me for pointing it out. I felt that was very thoughtful if them since I didn't expect a reply over such a minor thing. Jeez, if people like that frequent security lines, you guys deserve a fruit basket every now and then. They aren't a REGULAR occurrence, but they happen often enough that we need a department to deal with them. And trust me, I'm sure the guys you contacted were very grateful you pointed out such a flaw because it was true. This on the other hand... I still get the giggles every time I think about troop emplacements on Mars, simply because it's so ludicrous. Thing is, we don't want to discourage calls or emails from people because we never know what may be useful; hence, we get calls from the crazies. That's why we have that department; they weed out the crazy calls and emails from the potentially legit ones, as far as I know. I did a Google search last night and couldn't find anything potentially related, so I'm guessing Prison Planet hasn't snapped up the story yet.... but give it time.
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8th July 2008, 07:57 AM	#18
grmcdorman Muse Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 857	There are people who believe this - long term bases on the Moon (Nazis even), and more ... unique ... stuff. Look up Richard Hoagland. The best debunking of that is at Phil Plait's BadAstronomy site; the Hoagland stuff is here. There's also a number of threads in the BAUT forums and the Apollo Hoax forums about these things; in particular, the nuts were on the Polar Express images literally with hours of release ("they're processed to hide details! the cameras are colour but they release monochrome images to fool the sheeple!").
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8th July 2008, 08:24 AM	#19
NoZed Avenger Bitter Whiner Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 11,313	Originally Posted by grmcdorman Look up Richard Hoagland. I'm going to disagree with this advice. Don't look up Richard Hoagland. Just . . . . just don't. Don't. Really. Just trust me on this one and don't.

8th July 2008, 09:19 AM	#20
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8th July 2008, 10:36 AM	#21
grmcdorman Muse Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 857	Originally Posted by NoZed Avenger I'm going to disagree with this advice. Don't look up Richard Hoagland. Just . . . . just don't. Don't. Really. Just trust me on this one and don't. Well, put it this way: don't look at his own stuff; looking at Phil Plait's deconstruction of him should be sufficient. (Actually, Hoagland is said to do some reasonable debunking of moon landing deniers, but that's because he needs the moon landings to be real to support his moonbattery.)
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8th July 2008, 12:16 PM	#22
I Ratant Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15,305	Originally Posted by CFLarsen Don't think this is just some lone kook. There are groups of people out there (yes, I know who you are, where you are, and what you talk about) who firmly believe in military bases on the Moon, Mars and other planets, also in other star systems. ... . I'd hated to live in a world where that wasn't true!

8th July 2008, 12:48 PM	#23
Denial Scholar Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Christgrinding Avenue Posts: 93	My thoughts wandered to this: http://www.ironsky.net/site/

8th July 2008, 01:02 PM	#24
SDC Master Poster Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York area Posts: 2,250	Originally Posted by Denial My thoughts wandered to this: http://www.ironsky.net/site/ Nuts. I was thinking "Ironsky" as in a bizarre Russian-derived name. "Yes, this is Comrade Ironsky." I was thinking too much.

8th July 2008, 02:47 PM	#25
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8th July 2008, 03:40 PM	#26
Cl1mh4224rd Philosopher Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 6,618	Originally Posted by defaultdotxbe because of the american flag waving in the martian breeze (actually i think marsmight have enough atmosphere to make a flag wave....) Very much so. Dust devils on Mars: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/galle...68b-B558R1.gif More: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/galle...20050819a.html

8th July 2008, 07:41 PM	#27
Alareth Expert Expertologist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 6,673	There is an intel department specifically for handling loonies?
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9th July 2008, 01:06 AM	#28
David Swidler Carrot Mohel Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Right here, obviously. Posts: 8,302	Originally Posted by Alareth There is an intel department specifically for handling loonies? Recruitment.

9th July 2008, 06:08 AM	#29
Sabrina Wicked Lovely Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Spinning through space Posts: 6,870	They're not an intel department; they're more of a screening department, in my opinion, but I actually know very little about them. All I know is, I was told if people with crazy claims ever called, I was to forward them to that department. I would imagine they handle a lot more than the loonies, but given that I've only ever forwarded loonies to them, that's how I think of them.
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9th July 2008, 08:11 AM	#30
Minadin Hiding his Head in the Sane Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Louis Posts: 2,473	Originally Posted by Sabrina They're not an intel department; they're more of a screening department, in my opinion, but I actually know very little about them. All I know is, I was told if people with crazy claims ever called, I was to forward them to that department. I would imagine they handle a lot more than the loonies, but given that I've only ever forwarded loonies to them, that's how I think of them. LMAO you just sent this poor, honest, concerned citizen to the MiB department of the NWO. Tommy Lee Jones is going to be visiting her shortly with a neuralizer flashy-thing in hand.
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9th July 2008, 08:12 AM	#32
uk_dave Philosopher Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 7,866	Originally Posted by Sabrina They're not an intel department; they're more of a screening department, in my opinion, but I actually know very little about them. All I know is, I was told if people with crazy claims ever called, I was to forward them to that department. I would imagine they handle a lot more than the loonies, but given that I've only ever forwarded loonies to them, that's how I think of them. [truther] ahhh the "Department for the Suppression of the Truth" [/truther]
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9th July 2008, 08:18 AM	#33
GreNME Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Folsom Prison Posts: 8,283	Originally Posted by David Swidler Originally Posted by Alareth There is an intel department specifically for handling loonies? Recruitment.
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12th August 2008, 09:35 PM	#34
Orphia Nay Penguilicious Spodmaster. Tagger Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ponylandistan Presidential Palace (above the Spods' stables). Posts: 28,353	I know who this woman is. I've been "debating" her (it's like playing tennis against a wall) in a ~300 page thread at this forum: Freedom Crow's Nest. This is her website: www.abidemiracles.com Originally Posted by defaultdotxbe does anyone else really want to see these "decrypted" images? Originally Posted by Travis I'd like to have seen some of these "revealing" photographs. If you want to see picture after picture of rocks, then you'll be very happy. Originally Posted by Minadin LMAO you just sent this poor, honest, concerned citizen to the MiB department of the NWO. Tommy Lee Jones is going to be visiting her shortly with a neuralizer flashy-thing in hand. Oh, dear, she's paranoid enough - I better not let her see this thread. I was discussing her here in relation to some of her other conspiracy theories. Beware of batcraptasticness.
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12th August 2008, 09:50 PM	#35
Jontg The Bear Skeptic Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: A world of kindling. Posts: 926	WhoooooOOOOOoooOOOOooooOOOOooo... @_@
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13th August 2008, 05:59 AM	#36
MolBasser Thinker Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 202	Yes it is entertaining in a snapshot, and I myself have previously been greatly entertained by Emily in the past. Unfortunately it is very clear that she is seriously mentally ill. When you read the totality of her posts it becomes clear. At this point, it is no longer entertaining, but sad. MolBasser
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