Arizona police are now conducting a homicide investigation into a woman who claimed she gave her husband fish tank cleaner after President Trump claimed the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine was an effective treatment for coronavirus.
For future reference, CNN has a similar score to the Washington Free Beacon, which I guess means it’s an unreliable source. — NOS4A2
But Yahoo has picked up the story. — NOS4A2
I’m actually surprised (and impressed) that the fake news about Trump owing the bank of China didn’t make it to this thread. Kudos to politico for coming clean. — NOS4A2
On Friday evening, POLITICO received a statement from a representative for Bank of China USA, which had not been contacted beforehand, that the bank had sold off, or securitized, its debt shortly after the 2012 deal.
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Wells Fargo on Monday confirmed the Bank of China’s statement that it had been listed as a creditor on the building in error. Bank of China said Wells Fargo is taking steps to correct the record with an updated filing.
If an authority figure repeats something enough times people will begin to believe it. — praxis
Exhibit "A".Worldwide, these annual epidemics [re: influenza] are estimated to result in about 3 to 5 million cases of severe illness, and about 290,000 to 650,000 respiratory deaths. — W.H.O. website
Exhibit "B"CDC estimates that the burden of illness during the 2018–2019 season included an estimated 35.5 million people getting sick with influenza, 16.5 million people going to a health care provider for their illness, 490,600 hospitalizations, and 34,200 deaths from influenza. — U.S. CDC website
I WONDER HOW MANY TRUMP VOTERS ARE SMART ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE NOW THAT THEY DIDN'T VOTE FOR THIS CRIMINAL LEVEL OF MALIGNANT INCOMPETENCE, ETC. :chin: — 180 Proof
New documents turned over by the Justice Department show FBI officials debated whether and when to warn Michael T. Flynn that he could face criminal charges as they prepared for a pivotal January 2017 interview in which the former national security adviser later admitted to lying about his Russia contacts.
The documents show law enforcement seeming to contemplate in advance that Flynn would lie to them — with an unidentified person even musing in handwritten notes whether their purpose was to induce a lie, before ultimately concluding they should “protect our institution by not playing games.”
“What is our goal? Truth/admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?” an unidentified person wrote in notes apparently taken before Flynn was interviewed on Jan. 24, 2017, four days after Trump took office.
I think it's useful for folks not Americans to remind themselves that in the US there are no "mistaken" elections. Bad candidates, agreed. But yours is a gloss the inaccuracy of which blunts any sharpness. It is as if I referred to Queen Elizabeth as a "fake queen" from a fake royal family. See? It just doesn't work.A mistaken election gives us a "fake president". — Metaphysician Undercover
I think it's useful for folks not Americans to remind themselves that in the US there are no "mistaken" elections. — tim wood
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