John B. Wells

[Harmness]

I owned a Colt Python at one time.  Colt's magnificent Royal Blue finish with 6" barrel.  Magnificent gun.  Colt discontinued them years go.

I had that same gun.  Shot like a dream, but was a real pain in the ass to pack.

[PB the Deplorable]

I appreciate the kind words.  Would you believe that I am in public relations for Clear Channel?  ...

Perhaps you could explain how someone like Geoge Noory, a person with zero broadcasting talent, no interest in the topics or the world around him, someone that puts in very little to no effort into the show, and is often either creepy or rude or both to the callers can keep his job all these years?

Do the decision makers listen to his show?  Do they read comments that are all over the internet and that must still flood into the office?  Do they think everyone else is wrong about this guy?

I'd really like to know.

[PB the Deplorable]

I appreciate the kind words.  Would you believe that I am in public relations for Clear Channel?  ...  You should see what I say behind closed doors when I am not in the public forum and attempting to be kind toward them.

What do the others in these meeting say?  How can they possibly defend what the show is now?

[McPhallus]

Brilliant! Could you please tell Lisa Lyon from me that Richard Hoagland's performance last Friday night plumbed new depths of dishonesty?

Not only did he present a concocted, two-year old image as new and something he found himself, but he insisted that his "studies" showed that pyramids amplify torsion waves. He didn't mention that his "studies" took place in a New Mexico restaurant.

Get rid of him, he's an embarrassment!

I think the days are numbered for Hoaxie and his breed of old-school con artists.  He should'nt even be playing with technology and then prognosticating on a public (although likely shrinking) venue when people way more technical than him can publicly expose his bullshit in a matter of hours.

I'm still cracking up about the moon (Phobos?) he claimed was an ancient spaceship.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

The more armed a citizenry is the less crime occurs. Look at New York, Chicago and DC.

This idea was put forward in a 1997 paper by John Lott and David Mustard.

It was later disproven in the Stanford Law Review
No one could reproduce the results and several computational errors were made by Lott. After correcting, they found a slight increase in crime.

http://islandia.law.yale.edu/ayers/Ayres_Donohue_article.pdf

The issue was taken up by the National Academy of Sciences who found it made no difference.
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309091241

If it makes no difference, why not let individual states decide what they want to do.

[Oversoul]

so you think Noory is a George Zimmerman waiting to happen?

I dunno.  We'll see when he encounters a hooded Trayvon kinda guy. 

But seriously, I don't see Noory as being a vigilante type in the mold of Zimmerman.  An opportunist, more so.  But a shooting from the hip kind of vigilante?  Nah.  Noory just barks a lot.  I doubt if he bites.  He'd probably pee in his pants before he can fire his gun. 

[Oversoul]

on an aside... I keep having the urge to spell "theater" as "theatre."  Now I'm not sure that the latter spelling is necessarily wrong but isn't it an outdated spelling... English spelling maybe?

I believe the latter one is British English, the former is American English.  Both acceptable.  :

[ziznak]

I believe the latter one is British English, the former is American English.  Both acceptable.  :

well it definitely feels like I'm British when I type it "theatre."

[onan]

Now you've got me curious - when was Reagan ever praised for his 'blank check approach'?  What I remember every year was House Speaker Tip O'Neill declaring Reagans annual budgt 'dead on arrival', with the Dems later filling their budget with all sorts of additional spending.  And who was 'praising' him for any of this?

And exactly which 'Conservative' said the line about Americans not wanting manufacturing jobs? 


I only ask this because you are a stickler on fairness and full disclosure in other posts.

PB, I have had a real rough three days. give me a day to put the stuff together.

[WOTR]

What do you mean when you said: "My posts are actually the best I can do to defend the hosts of Coast..."?  Weren't you being critical of C2C in your earlier post where you wrote: "What Coast did was far worse (in terms of spreading lies, misinformation and starting rumour and speculation) than a standard broadcast."?

Forgive me if I've missed something in your last post, but it has left me a bit confused with the hot and cold air mix. 

Things work better in my head than they do after I type them... I actually spend my days troubleshooting systems, dealing with contractors and managing projects.  I do not work for clear channel.  I just thought it would be funny if somebody from clear channel were to dislike the present hosts enough to no longer be able to contain their rage or suspend their critical side if they were to post on a board...  So, I decided to pretend to be that person.

[WOTR]

Do the decision makers listen to his show?  Do they read comments that are all over the internet and that must still flood into the office?  Do they think everyone else is wrong about this guy?

I'd really like to know.

Those are all questions I would like to have answered.  Right now the working theory is that George is blackmailing them all and Wells is that nephew that they feel obligated to employ.  It is either that or we have to go into theories of multiple universes.  You know- every thing that could happen does in some alternate universe.  We just happen to be the universe where everything makes sense with the exception of Noory having found employment rather than lingering in an institution for the incoherent where he resides elsewhere.

[ChewMouse]

Would you believe that I am in public relations for Clear Channel?  My posts are actually the best I can do to defend the hosts of Coast... 

I do not work for clear channel.  I just thought it would be funny...

Right now the working theory is that George is blackmailing them all and Wells is that nephew that they feel obligated to employ.

There's some High Strangeness here but I'm too tired to figure it out. And frankly, I don't think rest is going to enable me to make these statements mesh.

I'm sure it's just me.

[Oversoul]

well it definitely feels like I'm British when I type it "theatre."

Jolly good feeling, isn't it?  Carry on, old chap.

I feel the same way especially when it comes to pronunciation differences, as in potatow-potayto or tomatow-tomayto.  It seems fashionably Brit when one says potatow and tomatow.   

Did you ever try to develop a "British accent" when speaking English?  It can be rather exciting culturally.  You might even find your mannerisms changing along with the intonation patterns.

Cheers!
 

[Oversoul]

Things work better in my head than they do after I type them... I actually spend my days troubleshooting systems, dealing with contractors and managing projects.  I do not work for clear channel.  I just thought it would be funny if somebody from clear channel were to dislike the present hosts enough to no longer be able to contain their rage or suspend their critical side if they were to post on a board...  So, I decided to pretend to be that person.

For a moment there, I thought you were the Messiah come to liberate C2C and bring CoastGabbers back to the Promised Land.  Alas, you failed to part the Red Sea. 

[BobGrau]

Jolly good feeling, isn't it?  Carry on, old chap.

I feel the same way especially when it comes to pronunciation differences, as in potatow-potayto or tomatow-tomayto.  It seems fashionably Brit when one says potatow and tomatow.   

Did you ever try to develop a "British accent" when speaking English?  It can be rather exciting culturally.  You might even find your mannerisms changing along with the intonation patterns.

Cheers!

You're right about the tomato thing, but I've never heard anyone say potaahtow instead of potaytow.
PS in Scotland we say 'tattie' and I personally want to hear more Americans say it that way.

[ChancersAnswer]

Yeah, we generally say "potaytow" in the UK. I think the only person I've ever heard who pronounced it "potaahtow" was Columbo, at one point.

...blimey, I just realised; how on Earth did I manage to shoehorn a reference to Columbo on a thread about John B Wells!? 

[Sleepwalker]

...blimey, I just realised; how on Earth did I manage to shoehorn a reference to Columbo on a thread about John B Wells!? 

Beats me.  At any rate, good to have you here, sir.

[ChancersAnswer]

Beats me.  At any rate, good to have you here, sir.

Cheers Sleepwalker! A pleasure to be here! By the way, great avatar, sir! Good to see Columbo in image as well as mentioning him by name 

[Rasputin]

I'm a bit puzzled as to why several of you have this "outrage" over Saturday night's program. I believe it is largely due to Rob Dew from Infowars being the guest.

The information provided about the Unibomber and the Underwear Bomber. It is interesting that this person had approximately $20K worth of military equipment on his person while he was on unemployment.

The timing of these gun violence issues are all so convenient to deflect public awareness away from, and please pardon me for saying this, critical issues of far more importance facing our nation. Many are "truthers" about 9/11. Many have no problem suspecting clandestine operations involving Blackwater and Haliburton in Iraq. Fluoride levels in our water is another concern many have. Yet Infowars suggesting there might be more to things than it appears is regarded with outrage and contempt.

Sleepwalker, I really doubt C2C regards reporting on this incident in Aurora as "entertainment". If you watch the news, pretty much everywhere, Shepard Smith is no more guilty of anything than any other news host. And Papa, what is it about Infowars that has you so angry? Apparently you had this opinion before this particular incident occurred. What is wrong with speculation? Sometimes the truth is actually stranger than fiction you know. Oversoul, I think "exploiting" is too strong a word. After listening to the broadcast I didn't sense a "slobbering" (ItsOver), "orgasmic" circle-jerk on C2C.

Michio, it is no secret there is an attack on the Second Amendment. I support guns rights. The more armed a citizenry is the less crime occurs. Look at New York, Chicago and DC. An unarmed public and criminals have free run. Slavery follows the revocation of personal weapon ownership. Don't drink the ducking Kool-Aid of the progressive movement. Most of those high ranking advocates have armed guards. They know the value of protection.

I do respect your opinion, but the stuff this had would total up to 20K worth of equipment...no way in hell. Its also no Scooby Doo mystery as to how he could have afforded the stuff he got either. Credit cards, or using part of his student loan money.CC companies literally bombard students with easy credit, that does nothing to get them further into debt.
The shotgun, pistol, AR15, mags, ammo and related gear might have come to 8-10K max, and if not, I'll gladly sell my examples for 15K.

The very fact that Info Wars was already pushing the "false flag" bullshit just hours after this horrible incident with the "facts" just goes to show how low they have sunk, and stupid some people really are.

I tried to listen, but had to turn it off, then just deleted the whole sick interview. I'm surprised the guest did not link this turd to the JFK assassination, the Reichstag fire, and Climate Change. These people are just making a buck off of incidents like this, and uber paranoid people just feeding into it.

Does anyone here remember when Info Wars was claiming that some of what was going on in Egypt was done on a fucking sound stage? I do, but Koolaid drinkers quickly forgot, and moved on to the next Government conspiracy BS being hatched in a smoke filled room at Area 51 by the secret government.

Let me tell you how this will play out, they will pump the airwaves full of conspiracy stories by "reporters" that have no credibility until this turd takes a back seat in the news. Then they will jump on the next big thing in the headlines, and claim its all a grand design that's going exactly as planned.

[PseudoSentience]

I was listening to JBW interview some AJ servant, and was struck by either how stupid the host and guest can be, or by how hard they attempt to misguide the public into believing conspiracy nonsense...especially when it contradicts the other things they rail on about in their shows.

1)  This has been a big topic in general with the media, but the question of "How did James Holmes afford 20k USD in gear?"
Lets see, this guy was a medical student, and at one point was in a paid position, and also lived in a total rat hole of an apartment.  Has anyone ever heard of credit cards? Do these buffoons have any idea how much credit card debt you are able to get into as a college student...let alone a medical student?  I highly doubt that James was too concerned with paying off his credit cards.  Maybe this isn't even the case, maybe he had been saving money, who knows, but the bottom line is, 20k isn't very much money to come up with, especially when you never plan to pay it back.

2) "He must have had help to get into the theater"
What is the big question or surprise here?  It has been noted that he purchased a ticket to the movie, and many eyewitnesses believe it was he who got up, and went out the rear exit.  This leads into two questions.  A) How did he get back in, if it was he who left?  Gee, I don't know, maybe stick a rock or a card in the door to keep it from completely shutting.  B) How could he have put on all his gear in 5-10 minutes?  Doesn't really seem that hard to me, it isn't as if he was setting up to go into outer space.  He probably put on some boots, pants, upper body armor, a helmet, goggles, gas mask. I routinely put on similar amounts of equipment, and it probably takes me 5 minutes.  If I was really in a hurry, I could probably do it in 3. Lets then also suppose he had been planning and choreographing this...he could have really had his timing down.   This is another point of trying to steer the publics mind into believing this part of a conspiracy or impossibility...it is nonsense.

3)  "How as he able to stockpile 6k rounds of ammunition with no one taking notice?" 
To a moderate enthusiast shooter, 6k rounds is nothing.    It is extremely common for people to order thousands of rounds of ammunition online or purchase it in the store. A 1k round box is a very common shelf item.  This would not be a red flag in a general sense. If someone ordered 600k rounds of ammunition, I imagine a red flag would go up, but 6k, over the course of months or a year...not even a blip on the radar. 

Now just a general point.  It amuses me that the same media personalities that complain about our government infringing on our rights, and now being an all seeing eye, are the same ones asking how this could have happened under the watch of our government.  Either the government is that tuned into everyones everyday life, or they aren't, you can't have it both ways, and I think the James Holmes case is evidence that the government isn't as tuned into the general publics dealings as many would like to believe.   I suppose the way they straddle the fence is by saying that yes, the government knows all, yes James holmes was able to carry out this act, so yes, this must have been sanctioned by the government. 

Talk about mind control, it is these hosts and their listeners that believe them that are mind controlled.

[onan]

I was listening to JBW interview some AJ servant, and was struck by either how stupid the host and guest can be, or by how hard they attempt to misguide the public into believing conspiracy nonsense...especially when it contradicts the other things they rail on about in their shows.

1)  This has been a big topic in general with the media, but the question of "How did James Holmes afford 20k USD in gear?"
Lets see, this guy was a medical student, and at one point was in a paid position, and also lived in a total rat hole of an apartment.  Has anyone ever heard of credit cards? Do these buffoons have any idea how much credit card debt you are able to get into as a college student...let alone a medical student?  I highly doubt that James was too concerned with paying off his credit cards.  Maybe this isn't even the case, maybe he had been saving money, who knows, but the bottom line is, 20k isn't very much money to come up with, especially when you never plan to pay it back.

2) "He must have had help to get into the theater"
What is the big question or surprise here?  It has been noted that he purchased a ticket to the movie, and many eyewitnesses believe it was he who got up, and went out the rear exit.  This leads into two questions.  A) How did he get back in, if it was he who left?  Gee, I don't know, maybe stick a rock or a card in the door to keep it from completely shutting.  B) How could he have put on all his gear in 5-10 minutes?  Doesn't really seem that hard to me, it isn't as if he was setting up to go into outer space.  He probably put on some boots, pants, upper body armor, a helmet, goggles, gas mask. I routinely put on similar amounts of equipment, and it probably takes me 5 minutes.  If I was really in a hurry, I could probably do it in 3. Lets then also suppose he had been planning and choreographing this...he could have really had his timing down.   This is another point of trying to steer the publics mind into believing this part of a conspiracy or impossibility...it is nonsense.

3)  "How as he able to stockpile 6k rounds of ammunition with no one taking notice?" 
To a moderate enthusiast shooter, 6k rounds is nothing.    It is extremely common for people to order thousands of rounds of ammunition online or purchase it in the store. A 1k round box is a very common shelf item.  This would not be a red flag in a general sense. If someone ordered 600k rounds of ammunition, I imagine a red flag would go up, but 6k, over the course of months or a year...not even a blip on the radar. 

Now just a general point.  It amuses me that the same media personalities that complain about our government infringing on our rights, and now being an all seeing eye, are the same ones asking how this could have happened under the watch of our government.  Either the government is that tuned into everyones everyday life, or they aren't, you can't have it both ways, and I think the James Holmes case is evidence that the government isn't as tuned into the general publics dealings as many would like to believe.   I suppose the way they straddle the fence is by saying that yes, the government knows all, yes James holmes was able to carry out this act, so yes, this must have been sanctioned by the government. 

Talk about mind control, it is these hosts and their listeners that believe them that are mind controlled.

Not to take you to task Pseudo, but those talking points are mostly filed in the "who really gives a shit" file. It amazes me how news organizations blather on about nonsense.

Although I am always willing to listen to rational arguments about gun control. to be forthcoming I shoot 2 to 3 times a month for roughly an hour to an hour and a half each time. Mostly I use my two favorite handguns. I use maybe 400 rounds a month. I have never bought 6000 rounds in a short period of time. That being said, so what? I agree an avid shooter may want to purchase a large quantity. Buying ammunition may not be an area to closely police but then again the infrastructure is there to do that very thing with little if any additional personal. I don't mind answering questions about my weapons or the ammo I buy.

The issue that seems lost here is mental illness. If anyone dropped the ball it was those near to holmes. Then again, there is a fear of big brother as well there should be.

Gun rights are socially very expensive. they cost the US over 8000 people last year. You can't stop crazy.

[onan]

OK, PaperBoy,

I give up, I cant find a link to the quote "Americans don't want those/these jobs."


The quote comes from Richard Branson (sp). Was/is he a republican nutter? I guess it is in your point of view. He was asked about building a nike shoe factory in Detroit.

As far as Reagan being criticized for his spending while in office you are right. But the sanctimony over his policies in the 2 decades since has elevated his spending to saint status.

To add Romney's speech where he said "Americans don't want more teachers, police... I do believe people want less spent on administrations. Especially administrations that encumber workers. But I find few that want less teachers or police.

[ziznak]

More paranoia tonight from Johnny B.  So far my favorite was something about China throwing a kill switch on all of our computers. 

[elbee]

FUCK!

Get this topic back on track! Wells SUCCKKSSS!!!

[HorrorRetro]

Wells sucks just as bad as Noory, just in a different way.  Suckage is suckage.   Garbage in, garbage out.

Gina

[Juan]

More paranoia tonight from Johnny B.  So far my favorite was something about China throwing a kill switch on all of our computers. 

And it's not even new propaganda.  I remember hearing that the Chinese were planting kill switches in all our computers way back in the Pentium II days.

[hosehead]

Wells is worse than Noory.

Noory is full of canned comments and answers and is terrible in every way.

Wells, though...  he reminds me of that kid in high school that all of us knew somehow or another, that just "KNEW" stuff and would talk some nonsensical shit to you when you were just trying to have a good time. 

[Rasputin]

I treat Saturday shows much like I do open lines Friday...I don't listen, and delete them on Itunes. The need to rename Saturday "Tin Foil Night".

I think we have a host that is actually worse than Noory, and I did not think it was possible.

[VtaGeezer]

I treat Saturday shows much like I do open lines Friday...I don't listen, and delete them on Itunes. The need to rename Saturday "Tin Foil Night".

I think we have a host that is actually worse than Noory, and I did not think it was possible.

Yep.  Noory is merely irritating and aggravating; Wells is genuinely offensive.

[Rico999]

Wells is worse than Noory.

Noory is full of canned comments and answers and is terrible in every way.

Wells, though...  he reminds me of that kid in high school that all of us knew somehow or another, that just "KNEW" stuff and would talk some nonsensical shit to you when you were just trying to have a good time.

Good one!  I wonder if anyone's ever gotten right up in his face after hearing that idiotic fake British accent one too many times....