InGruschWeTrust

@InGruschWeTrust @UAPGERB A Gerb card is awesome! Did you make a Stanton Friedman card yet? Did I miss it? My personal UFO hero!

My response to @ericweinstein (Eric's quoted comment, my response): "Yeah…nah. Here’s what I think is happening instead. I haven’t wanted to say this, but there is a problem with organized Skepticism even more than conspiracy theories." Eric, you have been telling me this for about a decade, and since I am the publisher of Skeptic magazine I have invited you to contribute an article on what you consider to be the problem with “organized Skepticism” and I’m still waiting. The offer stands. If you have something to say about skepticism, then say it in a publication in addition to a tweet. “My claim is that from hard evidence NOT ONE of the following is an extraordinary claim: The CIA not only gathers intelligence but kills people, violates rights, gaslights and evades scrutiny and oversight. The U.S. hides bioweapons programs. The U.S. engages in regime change through charity and aid programs. We in the U.S. medically experiment on our own citizens without consent. We run drugs. The DOJ and FBI are actively and flagrantly obstructing justice. Putin easily kills people outside Russia. We conspire and use academics for sheepskin washing our dirty work. U.S. newspapers actively avoid reporting stories about which the U.S. population is desperate for information. They also carry extremely non neutral biases. We actively conspired to hide open and obvious presidential dementia. And by extension, there are massive conspiracies at every level below that one. At a mind boggling level. There are Special Access programs that are about real and/or fake NHI/UFOs Etc." This all depends on what you mean by "extraordinary" Eric. Everything you say has an element of truth, inasmuch as they have happened, but you go too far in suggesting that they happen routinely and regularly (ordinary), such that anything that happens in the news could be construed as an example. It’s true, we know that the CIA has assassinated people, violated rights, dosed U.S. citizens with LSD (Frank Olson; MKULTRA), and has evaded scrutiny and oversight. Does that mean anytime a foreign leader dies mysteriously that it was the CIA, or could be the CIA? Of course not! That something has happened, and is a rare thing, is not the same as that it is still happening and regularly. And one reason we know about MKULTRA, the CIA’s nefarious activities overseas in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, their assassinations and attempts, their support for fascist dictators over communist dictators (because at least the fascists can be persuaded with money) was the 1975-76 Church Committee findings in which all this came out, and subsequent oversight of the agency was commenced, with much scrutiny! U.S. sponsored charity and aid programs are what is called “soft power”. It is a way of exerting our influence while also showing our generosity and moral obligation to help people in need. This is normal and good. To call it “regime change” is inaccurate. When the U.S. does that, it usually does so openly, expensively, and often stupidly. We should stick with sponsoring charity and aid programs. Agreed, Putin famously has enemies assassinated, even outside of Russia. Does that mean he had Lindsey Graham, or Charlie Kirk, or any other recognizable figure killed? Of course not! Evidence, not innuendo. Agreed, U.S. newspapers/media are notoriously biased, which is why we have freedom of the press, so you can read the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, add them up and divide by 2! More seriously, independent journalism is a market response to the biases on both sides, and today we enjoy so many journalistic sources that it is impossible to keep up. Yes, some media sources “conspired to hide open and obvious presidential dementia” (not to mention a certain president's son’s laptop), but how do we know about that? From other media sources that blasted out the story far and wide everywhere (even while much of the MSM didn’t cover it or ignored it or tried to bury it). Ditto the Twitter Files and other exposés. It's hard to hide these things in a free and open society. “The last thing we need is skeptics telling us the bar for such conspiracies and/or governmental accountability requires extraordinary evidence. Somehow the skeptics have it totally wrong. … Time for extra scientific skepticism to die I think. Covert operations and conspiracies are difficult enough to document as it is. We don’t need skeptics as self appointed referees.” Eric, I always enjoy your X posts and podcast appearances, but why not take the next step of actually writing down what it is you actually believe, and why, with references, citations, documented examples, statistical comparisons, evidence, etc. I post on X, have my own podcast, and do countless podcasts myself—absolutely nothing wrong with that. But it’s just a start. PUBLISH your ideas, especially in venues where there are fact-checkers and editors to make sure you get it right, because we ALL make errors. So…what do you think Eric, how about an article in Skeptic on the problem of organized skepticism and your proposed solutions, suggestions, recommendations, etc.? As promised, we will publish it.

@InGruschWeTrust That’s one of my favorites 👌 Now bring on Darth Vader aka Dick Cheney..

@InGruschWeTrust So, can we buy the set?