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Old 05-26-2021, 03:39 PM
 
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Wow, I am surprised . . . the WaPo actually has fact checkers??!!

Btw, the above link has a lot of supposition that is NOT supported by direct quotes, such as the article's assertion that Kessler (the fact checker) "was one of those who purported the lab leak idea to be a ridiculous conspiracy theory as part of his ongoing effort to discredit anything and everything having to do with President Trump and his administration." (The italicized was a quote from the linked article and NOT from Kessler.)
only if by "fact" you mean "republican"
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Old 05-26-2021, 03:47 PM
 
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Old 05-26-2021, 03:48 PM
 
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Does his mean fake book will let people post again? Or continue to censor? Lol
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Old 05-26-2021, 04:15 PM
 
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All you need know about the woo han virus is a full awareness of how communists think and operate.

A scorpion wants to cross a river but cannot swim, so it asks a frog to carry it across. The frog hesitates, afraid that the scorpion might sting, but the scorpion argues that if it did that, they would both drown. The frog considers this argument sensible and agrees to transport the scorpion. The frog lets the scorpion climb on its back and then begins to swim. Midway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog anyway, dooming them both. The dying frog asks the scorpion why it stung despite knowing the consequence, to which the scorpion replies: "I couldn't help it. It's in my nature."

This looks very much like bio warfare. They created chaos and got Trump out of office. Barely. And to commies, a few million lives are of no consequence.
It doesn't help the state departments investigation under Trump when he claims that it was bio weapon developed by China. I still see no indication of credible facts that point to this originating in the lab, just speculation. I also don't see how we conduct an investigation in China.

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Old 05-26-2021, 06:22 PM
 
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It doesn't help the state departments investigation under Trump when he claims that it was bio weapon developed by China. I still see no indication of credible facts that point to this originating in the lab, just speculation. I also don't see how we conduct an investigation in China.
link to this alleged claim pls.
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Old 05-27-2021, 07:26 AM
 
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link to this alleged claim pls.
goodie?
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Old 05-27-2021, 08:47 AM
 
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Texas and Florida passing Big-tech censorship bills, may have something to do with it.
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Old 05-28-2021, 09:43 AM
 
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link to this alleged claim pls.
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Though scientists suggest the likeliest origin of the pandemic remains natural, that it spread from an infected animal to a human, Trump claimed to have seen evidence to support the theory that the origin was an infectious disease lab in Wuhan, the epicenter of the Chinese outbreak.

He said the U.S. now “is finding how it came out."

“It's a terrible thing that happened," the president said. "Whether they made a mistake or whether it started off as a mistake and then they made another one, or did somebody do something on purpose.”

The intel statement said the federal agencies concur "with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wi...heory-70426672
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Old 05-28-2021, 10:10 AM
 
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“It's a terrible thing that happened," the president said. "Whether they made a mistake or whether it started off as a mistake and then they made another one, or did somebody do something on purpose.”
The statement "or did somebody do something on purpose" is NOT equivalent to "claims that it was bio weapon developed by China".
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Old 05-28-2021, 10:26 AM
 
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The statement "or did somebody do something on purpose" is NOT equivalent to "claims that it was bio weapon developed by China".
What do you call the intentional release of a virus, regardless whether you agree or not the president shouldn't be speculating either on that or the origin of the virus. After all Pompeo's state department studied this for a year with no results, I don't expect anything to come out of the 90 day review.
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