Biden's Lies

[George K]

Empathy from POTUS.

Yeah, that house fire was extinguished in 20 minutes. That's EXACTLY the same as losing your entire house.

[LuFins Dad]

[George K]

[George K]

I suppose it's possible, but...

[Mik]

My favorite response on that thread...

"If you ever think your job sucks imagine being this guy’s sign language interpreter"

[Jolly]

I thought his talking about his son's death in Iraq was particularly poignant.

Except...He didn't have a son die in Iraq...

[Mik]

I looked into that too. He believes Beau developed his glioblastoma from being near the burn pits in Iraq. It's not an unreasonable belief.

[George K]

@Mik

https://rockymountainbrainandspineinstitute.com/burn-pits-and-brain-cancer/

However in comparing military either exposed (predominately after 2001) to “burn pits” to those not exposed, there seems to be equal rates of brain tumors. No data suggests Iraq veterans developed brain cancer at any higher rate than those in earlier wars. Brain cancer prevalence was ~ 0.04% for Vietnam veterans and 0.03% for Gulf War veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But the guy who wrote this is a brain surgeon. Who you gonna trust, a neurosurgeon or POTUS?

FactCheck

Biden’s other main claim was his suggestion that burn pits are the reason why some veterans are developing brain cancer. There is little evidence to indicate that’s true, although scientists have not ruled out a connection.

Burn pits are open areas in which trash from a military base is burned, typically because of a lack of other waste infrastructure, including incinerators. Although the U.S. military has significantly reduced the use of burn pits, they once were common throughout war zones in the Middle East and Central Asia.

A 2010 Government Accountability Office report explains that before 2004, burn pits were the only method of waste management that the military used in Iraq and Afghanistan. In November 2009, the report adds, U.S. Central Command reported 50 active burn pits in Afghanistan and 67 in Iraq; by April 2010, this had changed to 184 and 52, respectively, and in August 2010, to 251 and 22.

Although future studies may eventually come out to change scientific opinion, there is no direct evidence that burn pits cause brain cancer, and no indication that Iraq War veterans are especially affected by brain cancer, as Biden claimed.

[Mik]

I'm not saying he's right. But it is not what its being made out to be. I am plenty critical of the man, but this is, and he admits he can't prove it, his belief. He gets a pass on this one.

[George K]

@Mik said in Biden's Lies:

his belief. He gets a pass on this one.

Nope.

Party of science, you know.

[George K]

Student loan debt relief passed by a vote or two.

[George K]

His grandfather was an "All-American football player"

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2018/awards.pdf

[Horace]

Simple slip of the tongue. Biden accidentally said “all American football player” when he meant to say “horrible virulent racist”. It’s not technically a lie, because his grandfather was a horrible virulent racist.

[George K]

[Horace]

I read here that as long as it’s plausible that Biden was told the falsehood by his echo chamber handlers, and believes it, it’s not technically a lie.

[Jolly]

The biggest lie of all is how the media is covering up for Biden and slanting the news to promote a White House approved image.

[Copper]

The guy's brain is dead, give him a break.

But, lock up the enablers.

[George K]

[Copper]

Iraq, Maryland, close

[George K]

Joe Biden Says U.S. Has "Lowest Inflation Rate Of Almost Any Major Country."

https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/inflation-rate