throwablePie

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by throwablePie 6y ago
I think you are correct. That's something I failed to notice when I referenced your post.
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by throwablePie 6y ago
Absence of the period (aka full stop) after the timestamp appears to indicate that a commenter had previously (perhaps recently) posted a comment which was subsequently flagged. Or that the commenter is new (see below). Here's what I d
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by throwablePie 6y ago
It's a possible sign that the Chinese have not determined that the media outlet is being used for (semi-)automated astroturfing propaganda operations such as: Earnest Voice: > Operation Earnest Voice is an astroturfing campaign by
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by throwablePie 6y ago
I read ZH regularly for the nuggets of truth found nowhere else. They have changed a lot over the years. And, not for the better. The comment section used to be an equal opportunity Fight Club with omnidirectional contempt for mainstream or
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by throwablePie 6y ago
> The original broadcast included a scene in which Major Gowen, a regular guest at the hotel, uses very strong racist language in relation to an anecdote about the West Indies cricket team. A decade ago many broadcasters began editing ou
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by throwablePie 6y ago
> "Caging me for a decade is not rehabilitating. I may be making excuses for myself, though there is a lesson that could have been learned with the same amount of value for justice if the sentence was 2 years, 3 years, 5 years, even
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by throwablePie 6y ago
> Oakland PD should have something to do with those Democrats who have direct executive and legislative control over the city and state... I agree. But that's not the whole story; perhaps not even the main story here. "Police a
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by throwablePie 6y ago
Race relations between Oakland's black residents and Oakland police have been fraught for decades (probably at least since the founding of the Black Panther Party in Oakland in the 60s). But that doesn't justify the violent action
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by throwablePie 6y ago
From his about page: "I studied music production in college, and after seeing the ambition of SpaceX, and the excitement in the new space industry, I was hooked. I wanted to work in aerospace... " At first, I wondered what SpaceX
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by throwablePie 6y ago
SpaceX has a huge potential opportunity for raising funding / earning profits via toy licensing and sales: https://www.barrons.com/articles/spacex-overwhelmed-by-deman... Wouldn't it be interesting if Elon co
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by throwablePie 6y ago
You're entitled to an opinion. Even racists and JTRIG operatives have opinions. Quite often, racists are quick to dismiss black people's allegations of racism because they lack empathy... even when confronted with video evidence.
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by throwablePie 6y ago
I'm an African American living in Asia. I have lived in China. And I have experienced much more racism in America than in China. Some will not believe me so I'm prepared to prove it if necessary. Recently, certain politicians have
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by throwablePie 6y ago
"We included patients hospitalised between Dec 20, 2019, and April 14, 2020, with a positive laboratory finding for SARS-CoV-2" It may be the end of the road for hospitalized patients with heavy viral loads but, considering th
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by throwablePie 6y ago
"Results: The addition of zinc sulfate did not impact the length of hospitalization, duration of ventilation, or ICU duration. In univariate analyses, zinc sulfate increased the frequency of patients being discharged home, and decrease
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by throwablePie 6y ago
Hydroxychloroquine is a zinc ionophore. It provides an ion channel that permits zinc to enter the cell and inhibit viral replication. In order to be effective, the zinc + ionophore antiviral should be administered early. Hospitalized ICU pa
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by throwablePie 6y ago
> might as well live in North Korea ... or Taiwan or South Korea or Singapore ... this is not what a "free country" with the largest prison population on Earth would do