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	<title>Comments on: Oops! A new Brains on Vacation</title>
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	<description>I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog.</description>
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		<title>By: Mark Younger</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/04/oops-a-new-brains-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-24789</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark Younger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To believe that NASA faked the moon landing, you have to be totally ignorant of so many subjects. You have to be stupid about physics, photography, lighting, astronomy, radio technology, etc, etc. These guys are just shouting to the world how stupid they are.  But we all know that some people would rather be well known and stupid than smart and obscure.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To believe that NASA faked the moon landing, you have to be totally ignorant of so many subjects. You have to be stupid about physics, photography, lighting, astronomy, radio technology, etc, etc. These guys are just shouting to the world how stupid they are.  But we all know that some people would rather be well known and stupid than smart and obscure.</p>
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		<title>By: Stuart</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stuart</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Just saying, the word conspiracy does not automatically make something impossible.&quot; - Too true!

However, at the same time, just because something &lt;i&gt;could&lt;/i&gt; have happened a certain way, doesn&#039;t mean it &lt;i&gt;did&lt;/i&gt;.

Furthermore, the one common argument against &lt;i&gt;any&lt;/i&gt; large conspiracy, is just how garrulous and untrustworthy humans are.  Sooner or later, someone &lt;i&gt;always&lt;/i&gt; spills the beans.  Always.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Just saying, the word conspiracy does not automatically make something impossible.&#8221; &#8211; Too true!</p>
<p>However, at the same time, just because something <i>could</i> have happened a certain way, doesn&#8217;t mean it <i>did</i>.</p>
<p>Furthermore, the one common argument against <i>any</i> large conspiracy, is just how garrulous and untrustworthy humans are.  Sooner or later, someone <i>always</i> spills the beans.  Always.</p>
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		<title>By: Zoot</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/04/oops-a-new-brains-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-24787</link>
		<dc:creator>Zoot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you going to spank me? ;D

But seriously, read the link. The chain of evidence is by judicial standars pretty solid. The author is a former federal prosecutor.

Perhaps I should mention that the conspiracy she adresses is not with regards to who purpetrated 9/11.

Just saying, the word conspiracy does not automatically make something impossible.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you going to spank me? ;D</p>
<p>But seriously, read the link. The chain of evidence is by judicial standars pretty solid. The author is a former federal prosecutor.</p>
<p>Perhaps I should mention that the conspiracy she adresses is not with regards to who purpetrated 9/11.</p>
<p>Just saying, the word conspiracy does not automatically make something impossible.</p>
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		<title>By: The Bad Astronomer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/04/oops-a-new-brains-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-24786</link>
		<dc:creator>The Bad Astronomer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Naughty, naughty Zoot!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Naughty, naughty Zoot!</p>
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		<title>By: jasonB</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/04/oops-a-new-brains-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-24785</link>
		<dc:creator>jasonB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes Zoot,
Here&#039;s how it probably happens.  Bush and Cheney put on their grey Nehru suits and plot EVIL plots.  I would imagine they do this in the crater of a now dormant volcano for the best effect.  Next they deploy the mind control beams.  Lucky for me though I have the extra heavy duty tinfoil for lining baking pans, so their beams don&#039;t effect us in the know...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes Zoot,<br />
Here&#8217;s how it probably happens.  Bush and Cheney put on their grey Nehru suits and plot EVIL plots.  I would imagine they do this in the crater of a now dormant volcano for the best effect.  Next they deploy the mind control beams.  Lucky for me though I have the extra heavy duty tinfoil for lining baking pans, so their beams don&#8217;t effect us in the know&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Damon B.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Damon B.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good onya for being a stickler with the photography terminology.  Drives me nuts when I hear people say &quot;pan up&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good onya for being a stickler with the photography terminology.  Drives me nuts when I hear people say &#8220;pan up&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Zoot</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/04/oops-a-new-brains-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-24783</link>
		<dc:creator>Zoot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The book reviewed here:
http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=142875

..makes a decent case for a criminal conspiracy by the Bush administration, so that notion as such is not in the least silly.

(And factual arguments aside, I really wouldn&#039;t put 9/11 past them in terms of capacity for evil doing.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The book reviewed here:<br />
<a href="http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=142875" rel="nofollow">http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=142875</a></p>
<p>..makes a decent case for a criminal conspiracy by the Bush administration, so that notion as such is not in the least silly.</p>
<p>(And factual arguments aside, I really wouldn&#8217;t put 9/11 past them in terms of capacity for evil doing.)</p>
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