Covid-19

I guess this shows why Fauci went to visit the CIA.

WASHINGTON — Staff on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence have heard testimony from a whistleblower alleging that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) offered six analysts significant monetary incentives to change their position on COVID-19’s origin. The whistleblower, who presents as a highly credible senior-level CIA officer, alleges that of the seven members assigned to the CIA team tasked with analyzing COVID-19 origins, six officers concluded that the virus likely originated from a lab in Wuhan, China. The CIA, then however, allegedly offered financial incentives to six of the experts involved in the investigation to change their conclusion in favor of a zoonotic origin. Chairman Wenstrup and Chairman Turner are requesting that all documents and communications related to the CIA’s COVID-19 origins review be made immediately available to the Committees. The Chairmen additionally request that former CIA COO Andrew Makridis appear for a voluntary transcribed interview on September 26, 2023. Any improper influence exerted by the CIA will be investigated to ensure accountability from the intelligence community. “According to the whistleblower, at the end of its review, six of the seven members of the Team believed the intelligence and science were sufficient to make a low confidence assessment that COVID-19 originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. The seventh member of the Team, who also happened to be the most senior, was the lone officer to believe COVID-19 originated through zoonosis. The whistleblower further contends that to come to the eventual public determination of uncertainty, the other six members were given a significant monetary incentive to change their position,” wrote the Chairmen.
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Testimony From CIA Whistleblower Alleges New Information on COVID-19 Origins - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
 
This is an outrage.
It's outrageous.
I am outraged at how outrageous this outrage has become.

The only way this could get any better is if Merrick Garland retired and Joe Biden appointed Jackie Chiles to take his place...
"...outrageous, egregious, preposterous."
 
Aaron Rodgers calling Taylor Swift's fake boyfriend "Mr. Pfizer" was a tasty side dish for the week.

Bonus: Someone pointed out that Kelce/ Mr. Pfizer didn't have endorsements until he signed with a marketing agent or whatever they are called. He's still a turd though and I hope T Swift pegs him with a butternut squash.
 
His mask isn't "actually" upside down - it just looks that way because the entire world around it is upside down...
...and based on his environment, he may very well be in Philly.

The real surprise is that he isn't wearing a hoodie.
 
Box said:
His mask isn't "actually" upside down - it just looks that way because the entire world around it is upside down...
...and based on his environment, he may very well be in Philly.

The real surprise is that he isn't wearing a hoodie.
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Lmao. 5 miles outside of Philly. Huntington Valley.

To be fair though regarding hoodies, as a recovering Philly guy that identifies as a misplaced southerner, I wear hoodies during fall/winter with round house jeans, my Nicks Boots Americanas, almost religiously. But, it was fucking 82 today.
 
Box said:
The real surprise is that he isn't wearing a hoodie.
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Because he isn't a senator from PA.

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Shower thought: can you imagine a conversation between Kamala and Veg. Fetterman?

Mitch McConnell: Can I have some (long pause) um, water?
K-dog: HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Water? We need water, it is the building block of life, see? Water, it does things HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! It does things because it is wet, because it is wet. And you see, water is wet because it is water and you can do things with it, right? HAHAHA! You...you...you can put out fires! You can grow a dragon! President Biden and his Build Dragons Better plan, Dragonomics, we did just HAHAHAHAHA! And you need water because it is wet and you never know if you need a dragon.
The Distinguished vegetable: I...I...I...uh, uh...we need water to, uh...to uh drink and, and...for the working class in America.
Mitch the Silent, First of His Name, Lord of the Blank Stare:
 
Interesting development in Oz, viz a vis the above, the current government is debating a bill on misinformation & disinformation. The bare bones specifically exclude government & media. The lefties I speak to want to end the lies etc. others are very very skeptical.
So with C-19 we know that what was initially incorrect has now been confirmed at true. So how does this bill work? Who decides what is/isn’t accurate or true? I hope this bill sinks in the Senate.
 
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Interesting development in Oz, viz a vis the above, the current government is debating a bill on misinformation & disinformation. The bare bones specifically exclude government & media. The lefties I speak to want to end the lies etc. others are very very skeptical.
So with C-19 we know that what was initially incorrect has now been confirmed at true. So how does this bill work? Who decides what is/isn’t accurate or true? I hope this bill sinks in the Senate.
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Especially when talking about scientific issues. Science is all about the process of evolving theories as new information is gathered and analyzed. Variables, and thus conconclusions, can change as we gain new technology and data. Effectively, by stopping that dissemination of new and old information, you're preventing science from evolving and finding the answers to questions.

Let the misinformation be debunked, and the good analysis vetted to proof. It takes time and effort, but it happens everyday in every research institution the world over.
 
Kaldak said:
Especially when talking about scientific issues. Science is all about the process of evolving theories as new information is gathered and analyzed. Variables, and thus conconclusions, can change as we gain new technology and data. Effectively, by stopping that dissemination of new and old information, you're preventing science from evolving and finding the answers to questions.

Let the misinformation be debunked, and the good analysis vetted to proof. It takes time and effort, but it happens everyday in every research institution the world over.
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2017 (wonder who was president), the Washington Post adopted the slogan "Democracy Dies in Darkness."

Social media is a trainwreck, and I hate it, but let that sink in...Democracy Dies in the Darkness. The good guys are rarely those who want to silence every voice.
 
Kaldak said:
Especially when talking about scientific issues. Science is all about the process of evolving theories as new information is gathered and analyzed. Variables, and thus conconclusions, can change as we gain new technology and data. Effectively, by stopping that dissemination of new and old information, you're preventing science from evolving and finding the answers to questions.

Let the misinformation be debunked, and the good analysis vetted to proof. It takes time and effort, but it happens everyday in every research institution the world over.
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This seems particularly relevant to the climate debate; “the science is set.” Well actually not so much. As an example, there’s a quiet underbelly of scientists who do believe as I do that it’s a thing. What they’re attempting to tease out of the data is what separates a climate event from a regular weather event. Science moves forward & there’s more discovery, debate peer review.
 

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