I'm certainly not saying it might not be true. Hell's bells, it probably was. But to definitively say so is something we'll never be able to do. Anyone doing so is just playing politics.
You can stick with your Kung Flu theory for as long as you want. As for me, I'll remain firmly in the camp of absent any concrete evidence, the plague may or may not have arisen as the result of a lab leak but we'll never know because we're dealing with a repressive government that tightly controls information, and would definitely not be cooperative with an American administration that's desperately seeking to pin the spread on anyone other than the guy in charge of it.
Anyone even attempting to make a definitive statement is spewing BS.
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Why even say that? It's utterly meaningless. If you're not confident, you're just spitballing.
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I'm certainly not saying it might not be true. Hell's bells, it probably was. But to definitively say so is something we'll never be able to do. Anyone doing so is just playing politics.
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Andy Warhol had it wrong about everyone getting 15 minutes of fame. It turned out to be a presidential pardon.
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You can stick with your Kung Flu theory for as long as you want. As for me, I'll remain firmly in the camp of absent any concrete evidence, the plague may or may not have arisen as the result of a lab leak but we'll never know because we're dealing with a repressive government that tightly controls information, and would definitely not be cooperative with an American administration that's desperately seeking to pin the spread on anyone other than the guy in charge of it.
Anyone even attempting to make a definitive statement is spewing BS.
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We'll never know, which is why no ought to be taking any of this seriously.
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Heh. I completely forgot about the change in administration.
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You’re going to have to share a non-paywalled version.
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Right. That's not a qualifier, but a straight statement of belief.
Without the Chinese government's cooperation, which is likely never to be forthcoming, all we'll ever have is a guess.
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Which is what?
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Hoo boy.
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Does the low confidence qualifier not mean anything here?
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America's praetorian guard.
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LOL. Idiocracy wasn't supposed to happen for another 500 years.
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We had a dual control one. My wife didn't like the heat so I just never even hooked her side up when I got the blanket out.
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2 words: electric blanket. Turn it on 30 mins before bedtime and you're in heaven.
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Heh. Too bad it wasn't in the john at Mar-a-Lago.
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Collins has announced her no vote.
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Chait has spoken, sir.
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Indeed! On the plus side, eggs are now 1 cent a dozen.
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Republic, democracy, etc.
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The right has been pissed off since the New Deal. We're going way further back than the Great Society.
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Heh. That's what radar is for.
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Let's go with Mare Nostrum.
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