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"Wait, so all the rest of the world agreed to fake a virus just for American politics? (Original Post) kpete May 2020 OP
Yup, mindem May 2020 #1
Crisis actors plimsoll May 2020 #7
GLOBALISTS -- All of them! 😂 TheBlackAdder May 2020 #26
Why of course, and the billionaire corporate and sports owners underpants May 2020 #2
This. Exactly this. n/t dixiechiken1 May 2020 #5
Such an era of ignorance RussBLib May 2020 #3
Recommended. H2O Man May 2020 #4
Yes it does take losing family and friends for some folks to wake up malaise May 2020 #13
True fact. H2O Man May 2020 #23
Well they finally allowed over a thousand Jamaicans working on ships to come home malaise May 2020 #28
I'm glad that H2O Man May 2020 #31
Yep Positive vibes are always nice to receive malaise May 2020 #34
Unfortunately it doesn't exist LittleGirl May 2020 #16
And then it's the Democrats' fault Wednesdays May 2020 #22
It's their automatic response. H2O Man May 2020 #25
Exactly and it's frustrating LittleGirl May 2020 #29
Yes. Absolutely. H2O Man May 2020 #32
Exactly. H2O Man May 2020 #24
And deaths are not real . ... Iliyah May 2020 #6
A lot of deplorables are convinced the numbers are all fake IronLionZion May 2020 #9
I Know A Couple ProfessorGAC May 2020 #33
That's the problem with globalists IronLionZion May 2020 #8
Haha! Catch2.2 May 2020 #10
A friend of mine believes exactly this. StarryNite May 2020 #11
So, who negotiated with the entire nation Italy to fake deaths and illnesses? Yavin4 May 2020 #20
Right? eom LittleGirl May 2020 #30
I didn't ask her who she thinks is that powerful. StarryNite May 2020 #35
To be fair, tRump HAS created a worldwide crisis rainin May 2020 #12
all we now need is the space aliens to land and really muck things up. AllaN01Bear May 2020 #14
all we now need is the space aliens to land and really muck things up. AllaN01Bear May 2020 #15
Look. You can't think these conspiracy theories through ... Whiskeytide May 2020 #17
Must be that newfound respect ... GeorgeGist May 2020 #18
Dude, the amount of global cooperation and coordination this effort took is astounding. Yavin4 May 2020 #19
WE ARE THE POWERFUL AMERCANS... Upthevibe May 2020 #21
All those body bags and crying people, just really well trained actors? Brainfodder May 2020 #27

underpants

(182,632 posts)
2. Why of course, and the billionaire corporate and sports owners
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:37 AM
May 2020

went right along OR every single one of them fell for the hoax.

Sounds perfectly reasonable.

RussBLib

(9,005 posts)
3. Such an era of ignorance
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:39 AM
May 2020

Truly sad. All kinds of crap and critters can sneak in if you are bone stupid.

H2O Man

(73,512 posts)
4. Recommended.
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:40 AM
May 2020

Yesterday, a guy I knew in high school -- who worked as a union carpenter with my cousin, and who is a member of the Trump cult -- posted on FB that his best friend had died from the virus. I think it has shaken his belief in Trump. It's sad that it took this to open his eyes.

H2O Man

(73,512 posts)
23. True fact.
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:39 PM
May 2020

When some people around Trump and VP Punce got it, I asked my cousin if he thought it might spark some humanity within them? His simple answer was, "No. That will not happen."

It's a sunny day here. My cat had kittens last night, and I have ten new cicks. And I'm adding onto my garden. I try to ignore Trump, as am outlining an essay on the benefits in my mind. Life is good, Trump is terrible!

How are things your way?

malaise

(268,724 posts)
28. Well they finally allowed over a thousand Jamaicans working on ships to come home
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:47 PM
May 2020

One of our close friends also returned with her son - they were stuck in Miami for three months while she was being treated for cancer.
Sadly her prognosis is real bad but we're all glad she's home.

H2O Man

(73,512 posts)
31. I'm glad that
Thu May 21, 2020, 02:57 PM
May 2020

she is home now. Sorry that she has a bad prognosis. Last weekend, my son took me to see some Native friends, to do ceremony for another old buddy who is doing poorly. I think that we are going to get together again soon, and so we will be sending Positive Vibrations to Jamaica.

2020 has been a tough year. I've had too many friends die. The current social-political environment seems to make that and many other hardships worse. That's why I enjoy ceremony and gardening. Plucking a few weeds while on break today .....they are a constant reminder that the Earth is alive, which I love to see.

Also: I learned yesterday that a Good Friend had a baby Saturday, while we were in the lodge. (Not her, of course, though she's done ceremony with us for years. She told me she thought that was a good birthday, knowing it was mine!)

malaise

(268,724 posts)
34. Yep Positive vibes are always nice to receive
Thu May 21, 2020, 03:12 PM
May 2020

The well needed rain should show up later today - next week I'll transplant some beans and peppers.
The best news is a new baby - it reminds us that life continues no matter how bad we think things look. Yesterday as we were talking we were observing the beautiful poui trees in full bloom. As you remind us regularly, there is still much to celebrate.

LittleGirl

(8,280 posts)
16. Unfortunately it doesn't exist
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:04 PM
May 2020

(It meaning Anything) until it happens to them. Then they have a moment of clarity.

H2O Man

(73,512 posts)
32. Yes. Absolutely.
Thu May 21, 2020, 03:00 PM
May 2020

I've been alive for many decades. While I can't say that every republican in my life-time has been a brain-dead shithead -- for I haven't met most of them -- I see zero evidence that they have evolved as individuals or a group. Just the opposite. I never anticipated seeing another year that could compete with 1968, but we are certainly in that territory today.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
6. And deaths are not real . ...
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:53 AM
May 2020

sick mother****kers R us . . .

t-rump, cronies, administration and the republican party.

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
9. A lot of deplorables are convinced the numbers are all fake
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:52 AM
May 2020

just a big liberal media and deep state conspiracy to bring down the only man brave enough to make America great again

ProfessorGAC

(64,877 posts)
33. I Know A Couple
Thu May 21, 2020, 03:12 PM
May 2020

They've been convinced that hospitals are getting extra cash for calling deaths COVID related, even if they're not.
I managed to convince one of them that such a thing is nonsense. The insurance companies just won't do it.
And there's nothing in the stimulus bill to reimburse hospitals beyond actual cost of treatment if swamped by COVID patients.
He actually took my ridicule of Faux seriously. I told him to read the bill provisions for himself, and send an email to his own health insurance company asking if they're doing that.
Surprisingly, he admitted he should have looked up the details for himself.
You know, the internet thingie that everyone has used for 25 years!

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
8. That's the problem with globalists
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:50 AM
May 2020

they're all over the globe! They're so sneaky and devious like that. It's all a big massive conspiracy, man. There's chemtrails from the flyovers. That's why those damn liberals are staying home and wearing masks. China is so damn evil that they released the virus on their own people first to avoid suspicion. They can't fool real patriots.

StarryNite

(9,440 posts)
11. A friend of mine believes exactly this.
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:45 AM
May 2020

She believes the cases and deaths are fake. And it's all a hoax to bring down the American economy and tRump. How can some people be so effing stupid?

Yavin4

(35,423 posts)
20. So, who negotiated with the entire nation Italy to fake deaths and illnesses?
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:52 PM
May 2020

And why would Italy blindly go along with this? They shut down their entire economy just to spite Trump?

StarryNite

(9,440 posts)
35. I didn't ask her who she thinks is that powerful.
Thu May 21, 2020, 03:54 PM
May 2020

So powerful in fact that they literally did make the world a stage.

The past few weeks she was having some serious health issues. She was in the emergency room then had to go back in for an outpatient procedure. She said the doctors and nurses weren't wearing masks. Prior to the procedure she had to go to an urgent care clinic to be tested for Covid-19. She said nobody there were wearing masks. I said then how do you explain the nurses and doctors on the news talking about how they wear masks all day in the hospitals. Her answer...you guessed it...they are all actors. This is a woman who retired from working in a hospital lab less than two years ago.

rainin

(3,010 posts)
12. To be fair, tRump HAS created a worldwide crisis
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:52 AM
May 2020

What if we just roll with this one --

Perhaps the entire world volunteering to die to influence an election should be a sign to even the most dim-witted tRump voter.

Where's the "divine punishment" evangelicals who find a way to blame a natural disaster on the failure of a bathroom bill or a marriage equality bill? Can we convince them we're being punished for electing tRump?

Whiskeytide

(4,459 posts)
17. Look. You can't think these conspiracy theories through ...
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:11 PM
May 2020

... too much, or they begin to seem irrational. Just superficially roll with them. They brain much easier that way.

Yavin4

(35,423 posts)
19. Dude, the amount of global cooperation and coordination this effort took is astounding.
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:50 PM
May 2020

Well done everyone! Well done!

Upthevibe

(8,018 posts)
21. WE ARE THE POWERFUL AMERCANS...
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:06 PM
May 2020

USA! USA! USA! We, the snowflake libs, conspired together with the rest of the world - to piss off dt and his cult members. I feel so satisfied.....

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
27. All those body bags and crying people, just really well trained actors?
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:47 PM
May 2020

They hired the same ones from the Bowling Green Massacre?

Some guy named Alex was foaming at the mouth and yelling about it to anyone that would listen, so it must be truth?

Faux News, also all actors, but really horrible ones, it's like where actors go to die, people say?


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