What if the guy was really cool tho? And he made a bunch of promises about how killing his wife was totally gonna be great for everybody, even though he totally didn’t kill his wife?!?

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuure.

Bruh, look back on your posts, perhaps engage reading comprehension, and read the damn report.

““credibly sourced and plausible”

If you were on a jury and the prosecuting attorney said “that man murdered his wife, as we have this mountain of evidence to demonstrate, but we don’t have photos of the man actually in the act of doing it”, you’d be the juror saying “Pics or it didn’t happen!”

“though i did find something in the second paragraph of relevance to our discussion: that my saying ‘claims aren’t evidence’ is simply a semantic argument or a cop out.

Color me surprised. I didn’t put much stock in your reading comprehension.

Your “claim”, such as it is, is that the IC (god, I cannot believe you’ve gotten me to write at this level of not-smart-ly, kudos to you, I guess) is “mis-informing” the American public, via a declassified report (aka “EVIDENCE”), that Russia…

I’m not convinced hes a russian agent, mostly because there would be links to RT disseminated news to back him up and fracture the debate. As it stands, I feel like he was probably a “bernie bro” who simply wants to be seen a “smart via anti-establishment ideas.” I have higher expectations for people actually trying…

Oh wow, look at the big brain on Tim. Using an acronym, “IC”, does not grant you credibility. In fact, since you’re using an acronym, or my preference “jargon”, that NO ONE uses, it does not somehow look smarter.

I’m referring to the evidence, which was provided to the public. You are saying “claims aren’t evidence”…

NO. Again, you’re describing “fundamentalism” not “critical thinking.”

If a blind man doesn’t trust the seeing guy who says “stop, a truck is coming” because he wants to feel it for himself, he’s operating on your level. If a blind man were to stop and listen for the truck, that would be critical thinking.

Look, if you’re gonna be pedantic, then we can’t have a civil debate.

Read the headline, get the gerbil on the wheel to get the motor going, then come back and offer something of substance.

Its almost like, maybe, I got my evidence from a “specialist” in “the field of inquiry” and instead of “armchair parsing,” I believe the evidence provided to me, and think critically about the evidence instead of just dismissing it because I don’t like the output.

Thinking critically means actually viewing both input…

As a south florida voter, I’m sure you’re not unfamiliar with irony. Although you might be misapplying “irony” with “hubris” and “staggering rejection of reality” and misdirecting it at “me” instead of “you”

Ah yes, I have insinuated that you ought not think critically, when I questioned your baseless disbelief in our intelligence agencies. You’ve got me there. Carry on with your very well reasoned and thoughtful rebuttal of clearly misinformed government agencies!

So are you one of those people who needs their facts to align with their opinions?

+1 for technical correctness post, must always upvote technical correctness.

You’ve identified why I’m right but skirt around it. At what point does Felton’s casting as Dr. Alchemy influence the decision to use Dr. Alchemy? If this was a competitive casting for the role of Dr. Alchemy, sure your logic could hold. If the casting was “Hey Felton wants to do a season with us” or “Felton’s…

Right, however, when they reference a thing that was relevant in their previous work (see: Routh noting Supergirl looks like cousin), say even in the title of the first major break for the actor that becomes the most well known character associated with said actor, like if Radcliffe was in anything and he says “I…

Ok, so Stunt Casting, aka Hiring Someone because they Did That Thing (Remember? Please watch us!), is not a reference? I’m gonna go ahead and disagree.

Stunt casting in itself is a “call-back” or reference to their previous, and previously unconnected, body of work. This is exactly why Tom Felton cast as Dr.…

And its a Flash reference every time John Wesley Shipp shows up. Did you see the crossover when Ray Palmer points out that Supergirl looks exactly like his cousin?

I’m glad you’re finally figuring this out. Perhaps visit TVTropes (even I know better than to visit that time-suck mid-day for a link), and check out…

“Goddamnit. The Philospher’s Stone is from the long, crooked, tradition of good-old lead-to-gold alchemy.