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The Rat
SFN Regular

Canada
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Posted - 07/08/2013 :  05:01:30  Show Profile  Visit The Rat's Homepage Send The Rat a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Please tell me that they stole this from The Onion. Please?

Organic farmers and our food supply have a huge environmental hazard to contend with compliments of the U.S. government – chemtrails. Chemtrails are chemical or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes for purposes undisclosed to the general public in programs directed by various government officials. These sprays pollute the soil, water and air while compromising the health of humans, animals and plants. But wait – Monsanto has developed seeds that will weather the effect of the sprays, creating a tidy profit for the corporation while organics suffer.


Chemtrails Killing Organic Crops, Monsanto’s GMO Seeds Thrive

I'm posting it in this section because it could fit into pseudoscience, politics, conspiracies, or even health, because whoever comes up with this stuff is plainly nuts.


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Edited by - The Rat on 07/08/2013 05:04:00

Kil
Evil Skeptic

USA
13476 Posts

Posted - 07/08/2013 :  08:20:08   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Kil's Homepage  Send Kil an AOL message  Send Kil a Yahoo! Message Send Kil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by The Rat

Please tell me that they stole this from The Onion. Please?

Organic farmers and our food supply have a huge environmental hazard to contend with compliments of the U.S. government – chemtrails. Chemtrails are chemical or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes for purposes undisclosed to the general public in programs directed by various government officials. These sprays pollute the soil, water and air while compromising the health of humans, animals and plants. But wait – Monsanto has developed seeds that will weather the effect of the sprays, creating a tidy profit for the corporation while organics suffer.


Chemtrails Killing Organic Crops, Monsanto’s GMO Seeds Thrive

I'm posting it in this section because it could fit into pseudoscience, politics, conspiracies, or even health, because whoever comes up with this stuff is plainly nuts.


Hey! Monsanto is THAT evil. Didn't you know?

Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.

Why not question something for a change?

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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard

USA
4574 Posts

Posted - 07/09/2013 :  08:35:43   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send H. Humbert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
It's amazing how people who believe in one nutty conspiracy are prone to believe in others, isn't it?

I have an aunt who is anti-vaccine, anti-GMOs, and visits a homeopath. On her Fagebook page, she has posted several articles on the dangers of chemtrails, which she believes in all seriousness to be an effort by the American government to sicken its citizens. She trusts Natural News online and Alex Jones as credible sources, and votes Republican. So this kind of conspiracy cross-pollination/mash-up doesn't surprise me in the least. It doesn't have to make sense, just inspire fear for her to pass it along.


"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman

"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie
Edited by - H. Humbert on 07/09/2013 08:36:22
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Dave W.
Info Junkie

USA
26020 Posts

Posted - 07/09/2013 :  09:15:51   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
See also: Crank Magnetism.

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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard

USA
4574 Posts

Posted - 07/09/2013 :  09:31:18   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send H. Humbert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I think the most delusional thing my aunt ever said was to my wife Emily, who once questioned some of her medical "facts." My aunt defended herself by saying she was so knowledgeable on the subject of health and medicine that she was "basically a doctor." FYI, my aunt is a housewife married to a garbageman who has never worked a day in her life.


"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman

"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie
Edited by - H. Humbert on 07/09/2013 09:32:34
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf

USA
1486 Posts

Posted - 07/09/2013 :  15:51:33   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit ThorGoLucky's Homepage Send ThorGoLucky a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Dave W.

See also: Crank Magnetism.

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