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Old 07-27-2011, 08:03 AM
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Heck, I'm living in a country rich with conspiracy theories. "A baby ate my dingo!", anyone?
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Old 07-27-2011, 09:07 AM
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Yeah; I've heard the K129 was on its way to nuke Hawaii (sometimes the theory is that they were trying to trigger a war between the US and China) and got sunk so we "gave up" the Scorpion.

My favorite Kursk conspiracy theory is that an LA class rammed her, sank her, and snuck off. Of course this all ignores the fact that an LA class is, compared to a double-hulled boomer like the Kursk, as thin and flimsy as a beercan and would itself have been destroyed in the process (point this out to the Russian conspiracy theorists and they usually come back with "US captain knew just right where to hit big Kursk to do most damage" or "Little tap yes but disturbed SKVALL torpedo launch to cause big explosion").
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Old 07-27-2011, 03:32 PM
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Heck, I'm living in a country rich with conspiracy theories. "A baby ate my dingo!", anyone?
That was just mean. Poor Meryl Streep.
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Old 07-27-2011, 05:12 PM
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Here's one for the Southwest US: just Google "Chupacabra."
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Old 07-27-2011, 07:34 PM
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Here's one for the Southwest US: just Google "Chupacabra."
Hey that's not conspiracy.. that's a monster in the dark just waiting to get your ass.. LOL
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Old 07-28-2011, 06:27 AM
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Dick Cheney was an Illuminati master and Bush was his puppet?

Don't forget that the earth really is flat and you've been lied to all these years.

And last but not least, nobody ever really landed on the moon. Its been a giant NASA conspiracy...
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Old 07-28-2011, 09:02 AM
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And last but not least, nobody ever really landed on the moon. Its been a giant NASA conspiracy...
See post No 1....
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Old 07-28-2011, 09:08 AM
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Knowing what I do about explosives, I'd have to say ANYTHING can be demolished with conventional charges, provided they're properly located and there's enough of them laid. Any building will fall if you take out the bottom floor, even a building as tall as the twin towers were.
It's not going to be a quick job setting them up, but it most certainly can be done.

Nuclear demolition charges in my mind exist simply to make the job a lot faster and probably messier too. There'd be no chance of a carefully planned implosion as we've all seen dozens of times on TV. They're only suitable for military purposes and there's absolutely NO WAY they can possibly have a civilian application - unless your aim is to create a glowing crater in the middle of a city...
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See post No 1....
I'm bad, didn't have my three cups of coffee when I posted.
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Here's one for the Southwest US: just Google "Chupacabra."
I've already earmarked that one for the most bloodthirsty Mexican raiders of Sonora Army. I know the Chupacabra urban legend only gets started around 1995, so having a unit take the name is a bit of a stretch. I like it, though, so I'm sticking with it.
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