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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: IRS pulls team investigating Hunter
Date: 05/16/23 2:51 PM
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bighairymike: Quite similar to libs dismissing a story simply because Fox reported it, rather than investigating did the thing actually happen. Examples are numerous: see the many videos of Border Chaos; see Hunter Biden's laptop does actually exist; see Covid originated from a ChiCom lab leak; and on, and on, and on.

Umm.

Prior to the expiration of Title 42, Fox News predicted chaos at the southern border.

After Title 42 expired Fox News reported (their headline): "Title 42 ends; No chaos at border, contrary to speculation" with video YouTube: Title 42 ends; No chaos at border, contrary to speculation (FOX 11 Los Angeles)

Hunter's laptop? You mean there was skepticism when the legally blind computer repair store operator said he could not identify the person who dropped off the laptop or be sure it was Hunter Biden's but that it had a decal on it that led him to believe it was Hunter Biden's laptop?

Lab leak? The Energy Department had concluded -- with 'low confidence' -- that an accidental laboratory leak in Wuhan most likely caused the coronavirus pandemic. Pretty much the entire scientific community which has studied the genetics of the virus, and the patterns by which it spread, say the most likely cause is that the virus jumped from live mammals to humans -- a phenomenon known as 'zoonotic spillover' -- at the Huanan market

So, no, it's not "libs" dismissing the news, it's Fox News, multiple media outlets when evidence is lacking, and the scientific community.
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