tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post4410663310626271108..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Being nice to time-traveling lawyersGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-25368579229787261542012-05-04T19:54:55.236-07:002012-05-04T19:54:55.236-07:00Perfect example of covert advertising:
http://new...Perfect example of covert advertising:<br /><br />http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/hardcore-luxury-armored-porsche-more-firepower-tank-172022235.html<br /><br />The article revolves around an armored SUV with offensive armaments added. The title: "Hardcore Luxury: Armored Porsche has more firepower than a tank" is patently false. The vehicle has been fitted with a couple of M16 machine guns that fire from the rear of the vehicle and the vehicle will also drop claymore mines. While it's fun and interesting, this vehicle does not possess "more firepower than a tank" no matter which way you slice it. The Discovery Channel paid Yahoo to run this story as advertising for their television show "Sons of Guns." After reading the article, you're left with the overwhelming feeling that it's extremely disingenuous. They make it colloquial, like they stumbled upon an interesting topic for an article. Nay. It's paid advertisement, and they couldn't even be honest about the details.<br /><br />Integrity < Money. *sigh*<br /><br /><br />(fake)<br />Link: "Romney messes shirt during campaign stop"<br /><br />Article:<br />"During a visit to Ohio, presidential nominee Mitt Romney was enjoying a refreshing, ice cold Pepsi, and as you can see by the picture, when magnified, there are 4 drops of this precious liquid on his lapel. To that we say "Don't waste it, drink it!"<br />(/fake)Hontseur Thotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799765178908406877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-58517973271332571132012-05-02T09:56:08.573-07:002012-05-02T09:56:08.573-07:00Lori's got it EXACTLY.Lori's got it EXACTLY.Nancy Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138313832899984644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-87016510124053150072012-05-02T05:24:57.585-07:002012-05-02T05:24:57.585-07:00This is completely ridiculous! Everyone knows the...This is completely ridiculous! Everyone knows the top secret government experiment in time travel is called the Philadelphia Experiment. They even made a movie. Operation Pegasus just sounds made up.<br /><br />And I have a question, as I always do about time travel theories. If you're going through all the trouble to go back in time to pose in a picture taken during the Gettysburg Address, at least wave at the camera. Or maybe whip out a cell phone.Lori Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02226334466911750255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-16458294253229516402012-05-01T14:25:05.696-07:002012-05-01T14:25:05.696-07:00I would love to hear his creedence for being a par...I would love to hear his creedence for being a part of this group of "select individuals." He does not look particularly svelte or athletic for a government sponsored ...chrononaut.<br /><br />I would also like to know how he can leak what should undoubtedly be beyond top-secret information, and still maintain a heartbeat.<br /><br />...and of course he's selling a book.<br /><br />The real conspiracy here could be the publishing company paying for advertising in the form of an article that promises to discuss the topic without stomping a mudhole in it's glaring idiocy. I believe that a great many of the articles that we read, anymore, are actually forms of covert advertising. It's smart too. We dismiss advertisements. We read articles. It's not until you get into the article a bit that you realize it's mostly fluff to casually push a product at you.Hontseur Thotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799765178908406877noreply@blogger.com