9/11

20
Jun

The 9/11 conspiracy thread

Since I took issue with the “9/11 Truth” movement in these two recent posts, I can’t let this pass without comment. Yvonne Ridley, the British former journalist, was taken hostage by the Taliban in 2001; she is now a Muslim fundamentalist and Al Qaeda apologist. Oh yes, and a member of George Galloway’s antiwar RESPECT party. Now Ridley has traveled

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27
May

More on “Loose Change”

A friend writes in about my dismissal of the 9/11 conspiracy film “Loose Change 9/11.” His comments deserve a reply: …the fact that your piece begins with “I haven’t seen either edition but…” takes some of the sting out of the argument that follows. Check out the video first and then let us know where you think the filmakers went

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21
May

“Loose Change 9/11”

I’ve come across chatter about the second edition of a documentary called “Loose Change 9/11.” I haven’t seen either edition, but looks like a repackaging of some of the daft 9/11 conspiracy theories that were so forcefully challenged in this article in Popular Mechanics. Bill Weinberg also takes aim at the “conspiranoiacs” in this post. (Here’s a predictable rebuttal to

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