"Absolutely not.
We never paid for a peer-reviewed publication.
We paid him to answer the question, "Is there thermite in the dust?" His answer, an unequivocal no.
He told me he wanted to publish a peer-reviewed paper, but that was a bonus. It was never part of our agreement, ever."
"Niels Harrit's refusal to comment on Millette's report is baffling.
Especially because he has repeatedly complained that no one has responded to his paper.
Millette's paper is a public response by a major scientist.
Steven Jones has repeatedly commented on Millette.
Harrit's stand is a mystery to me."
"I'm probably baffled because I foolishly assume good intentions from everyone."
Not baffling in the least.
It is not a normal expectation for reputable scientists to publish additional peer-reviewed papers in response to unpublished research.
For two years, you dangled the belief that Millette was definitely going to have his research published. At no time did you equivocate and say it was not part of the original plan so don't expect it to happen.
"...Millette did not want to make an assertion about what exact kind of paint it was he found in the chips until he had a known sample he could compare it against. He's conservative that way."
No, it is not being conservative. It is is being scientifically correct.
What you ignore here is that; on one hand, you embrace the reliability of Millette's methodology regarding his finding that the 9/11 WTC dust red chips highlighted in 2009 Bentham paper had to be steel primer paint, but, using the same reliable methodology, Millette totally rejected the possibility of this steel primer paint being a match for the LeClede formulation supported by Oystein and Kminek and and that he could not match to the 130 Tnemec steel primer paints listed. Your other supposed expert and anonymous JREF consultant Sunstealer, claims the red chips are Tnemec steel primer paint.
To make matters worse, semi-retired or not, with a helper or not, Millette has all the tools necessary to quickly heat test his finished samples at a higher +30C and put the matter to bed. A job that could be done over a coffee break.
He has no legitimate excuse for not performing this test other than it resulting in a finding that shows the "emperor has no clothes."
"Millette went forward even after Kevin Ryan refused to release any of the chips Ryan said were thermitic. I told Kevin the next thing that woiuld happen would be the "wrong chips" argument and I was right. If Millette ever publishes, Harrit will just say what Jones says, "wrong chips nyah nyah," and nothing will change. My upcoming video will deal with this issue more and clear up some of the obfuscation."
Your upcoming video will just be a bland and deadly dull rehash of everything you have already said in this forum.
Kevin Ryan did not have to give Millette any chips since Millette had his own source of 9/11 WTC dust. By using his own samples with his own verified 'trail of custody', Millette could not later argue that Kevin Ryan gave him bogus samples.
It was necessary that Millette be 'trusted', in order to avoid any argument that 9/11 truthers had corrupted his results.
Fortunately, the current research by chemist Mark Basile will address the outstanding issues that you and Millette refuse to investigate.
"...If he [Millette] ever publishes, fine, but we have the information we need want.
Harrit just won't talk about it and hides behind the "peer review" excuse, which is all it is.
Don't think for a second that Millette's publishing or not publishing will make a bit of difference.
He hasn't published and that's just a convenient excuse for Harrit to ignore the excellent science that refutes the 2009 paper.
Ozeco41 has asked me "When will you draw your line in the sand?"
I'm finished chasing 9/11 CD claims.
Every one of them is a dead end.
A chase usually involves an observable pursuit.
A whitewash just requires a claim that a pursuit was attempted.
Your whitewash and unscientific opinions are duly noted Chris.
MM
