re: #530 Your ad could be here.

I think arguing over it buys into Heartland’s framing and should (from a tactical point of view) be avoided. As someone else said, set it aside for now and concentrate on other damning information. Like Heartland’s possible violation of tax laws:

“I believe there was a massive abuse of 501c(3),” Mashey said. “My extensive study of these think tanks showed numerous specific actions that violated the rules – such as that their work is supposed to be factually based. Such as there was a whole lot of behaviour that sure looked like lobbying and sending money to foreign organisations that are not charities.”