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Re: So the whole world is kind of falling apart...

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Snoped debunked the conspiracy theory about Seth Rich's death.
http://www.snopes.com/seth-conrad-rich/

Snopes also looked into John Ashe's death. They found the stories about him mostly false.
http://www.snopes.com/un-official-john- ... y-clinton/

I believe that these conspiracies are nothing more than election year f.u.d. tactics.

Edit: JT beat me to it. If I wasn't so busy double-checking my sources I could post this stuff faster.
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Regardless of the veracity of claims, I don't see Snopes as the end-all, be-all arbiter of truth. I check them quite a bit, of course, but I also do a bit more digging as well.

We do know the Clintons are as corrupt as they come, though. There's enough just from her State Department shenanigans to rule her out as a viable leader of the free world, in my opinion. I know others here will vote otherwise, though! ;)
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Sarge wrote:Regardless of the veracity of claims, I don't see Snopes as the end-all, be-all arbiter of truth. I check them quite a bit, of course, but I also do a bit more digging as well.
I wasn't claiming that Snopes is the end-all be-all arbiter of truth, but I am willing to go out on a limb here and claim that Snopes is a better factual source than a conspiracy theory jpeg floating around the internet.
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Sarge wrote:We do know the Clintons are as corrupt as they come, though.
In the US alone, New Jersey and Louisiana would argue otherwise. Let's not get into Africa, the Middle East, and large portions of Asia...
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Oh, they're right there. And of course I am limiting this comparison to the US. I'm well aware of the corruption in other governments across the world.
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I guess we'll just have to leave it at, "I disagree," then, and move on.
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J T wrote:
Sarge wrote:Regardless of the veracity of claims, I don't see Snopes as the end-all, be-all arbiter of truth. I check them quite a bit, of course, but I also do a bit more digging as well.
I wasn't claiming that Snopes is the end-all be-all arbiter of truth, but I am willing to go out on a limb here and claim that Snopes is a better factual source than a conspiracy theory jpeg floating around the internet.
If I can't trust conspiracy jpegs on Facebook how am I supposed to make any decisions?
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Jrecee wrote:
J T wrote:
Sarge wrote:Regardless of the veracity of claims, I don't see Snopes as the end-all, be-all arbiter of truth. I check them quite a bit, of course, but I also do a bit more digging as well.
I wasn't claiming that Snopes is the end-all be-all arbiter of truth, but I am willing to go out on a limb here and claim that Snopes is a better factual source than a conspiracy theory jpeg floating around the internet.
If I can't trust conspiracy jpegs on Facebook how am I supposed to make any decisions?
Consult an 8-ball or Ouija board. I hear they are as reliable as they come.
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