September Stundie Nominations

[Drudgewire]

2)You can't prove something doesn't exist.

THANK YOU!!! I've been trying to explain that to these jerks for so long now.

See everyone? Rogue unicorns COULD have done it, and this dude agrees with me. Take THAT!!

 

[Elizabeth I]

Hey, you heard him. I'm in charge now. Worship me, dammit!

I'm trying to come up with a way of worshipping someone named "Cuddles" that can't be interpreted as sexual harassment, and I'm coming up empty. May I simply revere you instead?

When my husband was leader for our son's Scout troop, the group went up to summer camp a couple of days before him one year. He drove up after work, and the first thing he heard when got out of the car was, "Mr. _______! Make Travis stop calling everyone Cuddles!"

 

[Metullus]

I'll step in and offer TLB a hand here, if I may?

Here is the thread where I made the statement TLB nominated.

If you believe my post is Stundielicious, if you believe my acknowledgement of my mistake at the bottom of the page and again on the 2nd page of the thread do not sufficiently diminish the initial error, then I encourage you to vote your conscience.

I am "Sword_of_Truth" and I approve this message.

Not even with the context you so graciously provided can I see the Studienessocity of your post. I regret, therefore, that I will not be able to cast a vote for you when the time comes. That we are not all cut out to be Stundie material is one of the great tragedies of life. I have found that copious quantities of alcohol coupled with multiple tawdry relationships of short duration help me to get past the rough spots.

I wish you luck and success in your future endeavors.

 

[Biscuit]

Yeah they can't let the secret out. Mythbusters included. They didn't go to the moon to find out. Busted.

This gem is from teslaandlyne over at ATS.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread383978/pg9


The thread is about the recent mythbuster moan landing episode. Apparently the only way to prove that we went to the moon in 1969 is to go to the moon in 1969...

 

[Travis]

The thread is about the recent mythbuster moan landing episode. Apparently the only way to prove that we went to the moon in 1969 is to go to the moon in 1969...

Slip up or intentional? It's funny either way because it does describe what Apollo Hoaxers do a lot.

 

[TheLoneBedouin]

Note that the quote states NIST's conclusions independently from the comments on the sound levels.

Wrong. Did you read the report? They state "blast events did not play a role in the collapse of WTC 7" and then give their "evidence"- i.e. the unobserved noise. These two claims are dependent. The make the correct claim:

Therefore, the Investigation Team concluded that there was no demolition type blast that would have been intense enough to lead to the collapse of WTC 7

But then sneak in the unsupported claim:

Blast events did not play a role in the collapse of WTC 7

Since NIST did not claim the recorded sound levels were the sole premise from which the conclusion was drawn that no blast events occurred, the logical fallacy is unproven.

They say that their claim is based on the "visual and audio evidence and the use of specialized computer modeling" but say that the modeling was done in order to "determine whether intentionally set explosives might have caused the collapse". These lines of evidence rule out an explosive which cut column 79, but do not rule out "blast events" as a contributing factor in the collapse.

I nominate TheLoneBedouin for this post:



TLB puts words in NIST's mouth! NITS does not say "explosions could not have been the sole cause of the collapse"!

Actually they do, but that wasn't my point. My point was they step over their boudaries by also saying "Blast events played no role in the collapse of WTC 7". See above.

 

[Cl1mh4224rd]

Some of you are waaay off-topic...

 

[TheLoneBedouin]

Not even with the context you so graciously provided can I see the Studienessocity of your post.

You can't see it- I can help you! I did not stundie SOT's post because of his error, but becuase of his selective generalization. He even went out of his way to say the crime does not reflect on Obama-supporters or Democrats as a whole, but had no problem with it reflecting truthers as a whole.

 

[TheLoneBedouin]

Given that your post said:without any other context, and given that the American Free Press could fairly be described "as an example of anti-semitism", there is nothing in your post to suggest that CHF posted anything stundie worthy.

I am aware AFP is considered anti-semitic. CHF attempted to claim that Loose Change "snuggled up with racists" because they merely cited AFP.
Again, does citing an anti-semite in any context make you an anti-semite or someone who "snuggles up with racists"?

 

[Biscuit]

Slip up or intentional? It's funny either way because it does describe what Apollo Hoaxers do a lot.

WOW! That is a pretty funny mistake. I think I will leave it as is.

 

[TheLoneBedouin]

I nominate Osama "Genius Civil Engineer and 9/11 Mastermind" Bin Laden.

We calculated in advance the number of casualties … who would be killed …. I was the most optimistic of them all. … Due to my experience in this field, I was thinking that the fire from the gas in the plane would melt the iron structure of the building and collapse the area where the plane hit and all the floors above it only.

Source

 

[Jontg]

Three things, Bedouin.
First off, jet fuel is flammable. Fire softens steel. You don't need a degree in engineering to know that. You don't need a high school education to know that. This is basic, common knowledge. The fact that you do not know this reflects poorly on you.
Secondly, you're quoting a tape in which bin Laden not only explicitly stated that he did it, but was actually not expecting them to come down. This means that either a) he was, in fact, behind the attacks, rendering your entire movement moot, or b) he's a CIA operative and the entire tape you're quoting is disinfo, which makes your entire post pointless.
Thirdly, yes, citing AFP means you feel you have nothing better to cite--which either means you trust (and therefore sympathize with) racists, or you can't come up with anything more trustworthy than a neo-nazi propaganda rag.
tl;dr, stop hurting yourself, dude.

 

[ihaunter]

I nominate Osama "Genius Civil Engineer and 9/11 Mastermind" Bin Laden.

Source

See the title of the thread, where it says September? This is kind of a monthly thing, where only statements made in the current month count. (There is sometimes some leeway for those made near the end of a month that got missed for a day or two.) Though it doesn't say so directly, the current year should be inferred as well.

 

[kookbreaker]

Ahh, never mind.

 

[ihaunter]

You know, TLB's attempts have got me thinking. If one of us non-CTists were to make a "Stundie-worthy" post, (it has happened before) who do you think would be the first to nominate it? TLB? No, I think it would probably be one those that regularly nominate posts for the Stundies. Heck, I'm sure many of us, upon being informed of our mistake, would be willing to nominate it ourselves.
Any fool can laugh at others, true wisdom requires the ability to laugh at oneself.

 

[defaultdotxbe]

You know, TLB's attempts have got me thinking. If one of us non-CTists were to make a "Stundie-worthy" post, (it has happened before) who do you think would be the first to nominate it? TLB? No, I think it would probably be one those that regularly nominate posts for the Stundies. Heck, I'm sure many of us, upon being informed of our mistake, would be willing to nominate it ourselves.
Any fool can laugh at others, true wisdom requires the ability to laugh at oneself.

i remember when heyleroy got nominated for his supersonic sound he was disappointed at only getting liek 3 votes in the finals, lol

 

[Horatius]

Here's an amusing one from ihaunter (what's that? Is he a ghost or something?):

Any fool can laugh at others, true wisdom requires the ability to laugh at oneself.

Everyone know really wise men are always Sober and Sever!






It's the wiseasses who are always laughing!






Somebody had to do it.

 

[JohnG]

I humbly suggest that that from now on a Stundie that originates in a Stundie thread be referred to as a "MetaStundie".






Just putting it out there.






oookay....how about a "Nested Stundie"?








I'll get my hat.

 

[Travis]

No no, Metastundie is good. If this thread continues to degenerate like this I might have to have a separate Metastundie poll.

 

[Grizzly Bear]

I nominate Osama "Genius Civil Engineer and 9/11 Mastermind" Bin Laden.

Source

Considering what I've seen as I lurked, are actions qualified conditions for a stundie nomination? I would nominate TLB for every random nomination he tried to characterize.

On a side note and to get to my point. Are previous month's stundies valid if they haven't bee used yet? If so I'd like to nominate this:

Hole in ground matches previous crashes that were similar.

oh yeah?

link them!

Anyone disagree with this nomination?