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[JoeKitchen]

"The fake story is seen by millions whereas the correction is only seen by thousands." - True.

Now take a look at this and then show me where these guys have corrected all their "errors". I especially like the "Harvard Guy".

"As COVID-19 continues to dominate the news cycle, John Oliver looks at the various sources of misinformation about the disease - from televangelists and the right wing media, to President Trump himself."

https://youtu.be/dRFbwjwQ4VE

As you said previously, two wrongs dont make a right, such as using a comedian for a news source.   

[JoeKitchen]

As Joe rightly predicted (I think it was Joe), people are going to rebel against totalitarian rights grab across the world (it ain't just the "deporables" in the States).

Sorry, WaPo is beyond paywall for me, so just a screen shot:

Yep, and as it becomes more and more widespread that this is just not as deadly as the Chicken Littles led us to believe, this will only increase. 

[William Walker]

As you said previously, two wrongs dont make a right, such as using a comedian for a news source.   

C'mon Joe! Cheat fair! Look at it and then rip it apart....There's no way you watched it!

[faberryman]

In case you have not seen this:

CBS News Posts Fraudulent Video Of ICU Nurse Crying Over Poor Working Conditions

https://www.facebook.com/officialbenshapiro/videos/3408615785821251

Thanks for the link to Facebook. Two videos down from the video in question is a video of a barber pretending to cut off a little boy's ear using fake blood and a latex ear. Is this what you spend your day doing?

[Alan Klein]

Well, it's not easy to shoot someone from acceptable social distance.

What kind of gun(s) did he use and have?

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Thanks for the link to Facebook. Two videos down from the video in question is a video of a barber pretending to cut off a little boy's ear using fake blood and a latex ear. Is this what you spend your day doing?

Apparently, it is you who watched the ear video, so why are you asking me about it? I watched the video of relevance to the current situation.

Besides, how would you like me to spend my 84-hour house arrest?

[JoeKitchen]

C'mon Joe! Cheat fair! Look at it and then rip it apart....There's no way you watched it!

Okay.  I am currently doing some carpentry work, and I'll look at it later. 

Although I must say, although I do like him, I am finding it really hard to watch these things without an audience. 

[JoeKitchen]

Well, it's not easy to shoot someone from acceptable social distance.

Double barreled 10 gauge with buck shot pulling the rear trigger after loading and you wont miss, I promise you that.  Now, you may end up with a broken shoulder if you don't hold it right. 

[Alan Klein]

Problem is there's no place to drive.  Maybe I'll just go to gas up.  Anyone driving anywhere to take pictures?  Just to drive around to get out of the house?

U.S. Oil Prices Fall To $11 Per Barrel In Historic Crash

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/US-Oil-Prices-Fall-To-11-Per-Barrel-In-Historic-Crash.html

[JoeKitchen]

Apparently, it is you who watched the ear video, so why are you asking me about it? I watched the video of relevance to the current situation.

Besides, how would you like me to spend my 84-hour house arrest?

You dont have a $26K refrigerator filled with $11 pints of ice cream to live stream in front of? 

[LesPalenik]

What kind of gun(s) did he use and have?

I think, they found a rifle and a handgun, but I can't find that article now. He collected RCMP memorabilia, possibly also guns.
He set fire to several cars and houses of his victims, and he burned down also his own house. Apparently, he owned the denture clinic and 5 other properties. The death toll stands now at 18.

[JoeKitchen]

Newt Gingrich, who has been in Italy since this thing began, is reporting that one of the first type of businesses to be allowed to open in Italy will be espresso repair shops.  If correct, that could be the most Italian thing ever to happen. 

[Alan Klein]

This will give United Airlines a total of $9.5 billion from us saps, the US taxpayers.  This is like getting a transfusion into your left arm with blood from your right arm.  So all that debt and money from the rest of the people who are out of work and can't afford to pay rent this month will go into more debt, more inflation, to save United Airlines.  This is money wasted that is now off the table for better uses comes from taxpayers who would be spending it later on airlines who are more successful.  Too big to fail, again. We're rewarding losers, instead of allowing the recession clean out the less productive companies.  The fact is airlines will now be competing for the smaller number of passengers left.  Some airlines have to go bankrupt.  There isn't enough business.  Are we going to keep propping up zombie businesses?

They should be left alone, and let other more successful airlines buy up the remains.  That's why we have bankruptcies. That's how capitalism is suppose to work. They believe in capitalism when they're making money but socialism when they're losing it.  Where's the risk you're suppose to take when you invest?  No one's reimbursing me for my bad investments.  Multiply this over and over and it's just plain nuts.  The economy no longer justifies all  these businesses.  The same with the small mom and pop businesses.  We're giving them our blood and a huge percentage will never reopen.  It's pouring valuable resources down the drain and making it harder for the overall economy to recover as well as making it longer to do so. The damn election has made everyone stupid, especially republicans who should know better. 

They've learned the wrong lesson from the 2008 recession.  After all the knocks for bailing out just the rich, they now want to bail out everyone.  Wrong! It was to let the failed companies fail regardless of size.


United Airlines posts $2.1 billion loss on coronavirus hit, seeks more federal aid
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/20/united-airlines-ual-posts-1point2-billion-loss-amid-coronavirus-seeks-more-federal-aid.html

[armand]

As Joe rightly predicted (I think it was Joe), people are going to rebel against totalitarian rights grab across the world (it ain't just the "deporables" in the States).

Sorry, WaPo is beyond paywall for me, so just a screen shot:

That's not what the screen shot says.
I read it as the pandemic will expose further the current inequalities and that will lead to unrest.

[armand]

As you said previously, two wrongs dont make a right, such as using a comedian for a news source.   

Then you should all stop quoting Fox

[JoeKitchen]

Then you should all stop quoting Fox

When everyone stops quoting CNN and MSNBC.   

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

That's not what the screen shot says.
I read it as the pandemic will expose further the current inequalities and that will lead to unrest.

Oh, dear. I can not stop you from seeing what you want to see. It is known as a confirmation bias. It is not pandemic that his causing people to protest, but the harsh authoritarian measures governments are imposing. The title says it as well: it is lockdowns people are protesting.

I managed to screenshot the beginning of the article, and the title of the page that appears in the page history:

[armand]

Oh, dear. I can not stop you from seeing what you want to see. It is known as a confirmation bias. It is not pandemic that his causing people to protest, but the harsh authoritarian measures governments are imposing. The title says it as well: it is lockdowns people are protesting.

I managed to screenshot the beginning of the article, and the title of the page that appears in the page history:

It's you who's biased here but can't see it. The screen doesn't say what you say it says.
Oh, I also read the article. It's not the totalitarian grabs, it's economics. Those already hurting will hurt more to the point of breaking.

[armand]

When everyone stops quoting CNN and MSNBC.   

Then you should stop complaining about it as you did.

For whatever it's worth, I don't read CNN. While I do think they are more factual than Fox, they still interpret the data too much.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

How about police drones monitoring your every move in your own backyard?

What is next? Police entering your home to see who you are with? Who you are sleeping with in your bedroom? Some municipalities in the States are already prohibiting going to Walmart with your spouse. Or a single parent with their kid.

One of the most horrifying words I heard recently in one of these drone video: "You must obey the government!" over loudspeakers. Like in some dystopian movies. Happening today. Not it theaters near you, but right in your backyard.

Un-freaking-believable!