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Don’t Quote Me, But…

Sabrina Hersi Issa: Trump's Covid diagnosis spawned conspiracy theories and showed the limits of 'the resistance'

http://childpsychiatryassociates.com/ Psst, Mr. President,

Salto You didn’t hear it from me, but people are talking. Ready?

They’re saying you faked it.

I’M not saying it. But you know who, I know who, everybody knows who. They’re saying — and there are good people on both sides, mind you — that you went Corporal Bone Spurs on COVID. Grabbed your tummy and turned a hospital visit into one of Melania’s orgasms: utter fiction.

I’ve even heard that some people had hoped aloud you would get it, and that you would die from it. I told them they shouldn’t speak that way. They said “Sir, how is your water pressure?” I said “Not great!” They said “Sir…” where was I?

Oh! People are talking! It’s crazy, I know. Like, QAnon crazy. And for the record, I’ve never heard of QAnon and I don’t know what QAnon is. But it’s definitely QAnon crazy.

But you know how those First Amendment freaks are. Those boys can be awfully proud.

They’re saying your timing just doesn’t add up. The “symptoms,” the “diagnosis,” the return from Walter Reed. They’re saying your story does dovetail nicely with your evangelical base (Mike Pence did hail your recovery as “miraculous”).

They’re saying it reminds them of your tactic during the first presidential debate, when you discovered the game was chess, not checkers, and overturned the tables in a petulant rage.

Donald Trump: "I will gladly accept the mantle of anger” - Vox

They’re saying you ordered your staff to grab their tummies, too. That since you run the CDC, who was going to contradict them? That these frantic acts were to be expected from a man desperate to avoid jail.

They’re saying you even managed to get Joe Biden to quit negative campaigning for a weekend by feigning illness. But that he won’t be Chicken Littled again.

Libtards.I hear that one guy even called you “a living prima facie argument for atheism and abortion.”

At least, that’s what I hear. Sad

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taco fun facts

In honor of National Taco Day, we offer a FactSlap column with just a dash of salsa:

  • Tacos predate the Europeans in Mexico and were discovered to be the food of choice by the indigenous folk in the Valley of Mexico. Obviously the Spanish wanted to stake their claim on such fine fare, and dubbed them “tacos.”
  • Taco Bell started as Bell’s Hamburgers and Hot Dogs in San Bernardino, CA back in 1950 by Glen W. Bell Jr.. Bell’s Hamburgers and Hot Dogs began as a hamburger stand selling fast foods such as burgers, hot dogs, fries, and shakes. Then, taking advantage that his stand was located in a Hispanic neighborhood, Bell started selling crispy-hard-shell tacos at 19 cents each.
  • Taco Bell uses at least 600,000 cows’ worth of beef per year. According to Taco Bell’s own website, they serve an average of 295 million pounds of ground beef every year.
  • Ensenada, Mexico is said to be the birth place of the fish taco.
  • A “Taquería” is a Spanish word meaning taco shop. Originally, the term “taqueria” was used to refer to street vendors, although the term has come to be used more generally to refer to any sort of establishment which serves authentic Mexican food.
  • One of the first taco trucks is thought to have started in New York when in 1966 two New York housewives operated an early version of the taco truck. Although the truck did not have a full kitchen, it was available for catering.