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The Magistrate

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5. 'If You Can't Tell Shit From Shinola, Don't Order Tuna In A French Restaurant'
Sat Aug 23, 2014, 02:31 PM
Aug 2014

No official investigative report is needed, Sir, to know that these statements are high-test barnyard effluvia:

"An investigation into the details of the massacre on more than 40 protesters in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, who rejected to recognize the legality of the US / EU – backed post-coup government in Kiev. This photo and video documentation was compiled by the editor of Strategic Culture Foundation and reveals that the massacre was a premeditated act of mass murder – a mass casualty event, consistent with NATO Unconventional Warfare Doctrine. Text edited by nsnbc. Viewer discretion is advised – Christof Lehmann, editor-in-chief, nsnbc international."

"The perpetrators “set the scene” as typical in Hollywood-style US/NATO/Israeli false flag operations. The massacre in Odessa, the arrangement of the bodies, is bearing the hallmarks of a “mass casualty event” consistent with US/NATO unconventional warfare doctrine."

"Note: according to one of the main versions of what happened on May 2 in Odessa, the Right Sector thugs performed a false flag operation. They put St. George’s Ribbons (symbols of anti-Maidan federalism supporters) and organized violent provocations against Maidan supporters (i.e. against their own allies), in order to later blame anti-Maidan supporters and make them look responsible for death of such many people."

Your attempting to cite as a credible analyst a person capable of this sort of swill says a good deal about your judgement, and your understanding of what constitutes expertise and evidence.

The man may be a decent psychiatrist, may even have some expertise in treating people who have been systematically traumatized, but that does not convey the slightest degree of credibility in the wholly separate fields of analyzing political and military events, let alone forensics. Examples of academics who are sound experts in their chosen field, and blithering idiots outside of it, are too numerous to need citing. And that is even without getting into the question of ideological affiliation and pre-disposition, which with this individual seems to have formed and stuck in the salad days of New Left Anti-Colonialism. On the basis of his own comments, his 'analysis' of current events is of about the same value as Alex Jones or Glenn Beck, though a bit above Sorcha Fal....

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Ah, Yes, This Fellow, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #1
Want to compare your credentials with his? newthinking Aug 2014 #2
That Hardly Helps His Credibilty, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #3
Your point is groundless.. not to mention off topic newthinking Aug 2014 #4
'If You Can't Tell Shit From Shinola, Don't Order Tuna In A French Restaurant' The Magistrate Aug 2014 #5
You do realize you keep bumping the OP? newthinking Aug 2014 #6
You Do Not Want The Exposure Of Your Chosen 'Expert' As A Loon, Sir? The Magistrate Aug 2014 #8
You are not making sense newthinking Aug 2014 #9
Repetition, Sir, Is An Important Element In Communication The Magistrate Aug 2014 #10
If your purpose is propagandizing you are correct newthinking Aug 2014 #11
You May Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Bores Easily, Sir... The Magistrate Aug 2014 #12
I can do this too. newthinking Aug 2014 #13
They Say Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #15
By the way, the OP is showing more views newthinking Aug 2014 #14
Everybody Loves A Good Scrap, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #17
German Positions on Iraq/Ukraine reflect growing Continental European Consensus against US/UK newthinking Aug 2014 #16
Actual German Position, Sir, On Ukraine The Magistrate Aug 2014 #18
Actual German Position On Kurds v. I.S.I.L., Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #19
Face It, Sir: Fella You Tagged Onto Is Alex Jones With A Comfy Couch.... The Magistrate Aug 2014 #20
I admit. I just posted that newthinking Aug 2014 #21
And Here You Were Claiming You Were Getting Under My Skin, Sir.... The Magistrate Aug 2014 #22
Have you got any facts or just made-up-my-mind insults? arendt Aug 2014 #7
In this case - "Obvious troll is obvious" seems to fit does it not newthinking Aug 2014 #23
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