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Officials being deceptive to their benefit, that's just business as usual but outright lies as the quoted tweet?

That's beyond the pale, really. It leaves us the options he's corrupt and lies, or he's ignorant. Neither a very good thing given his job at the time.

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Begs the question: is he insane?

Also, as a follow-up: is a federal minister or cabinet official saying 'private' things like, you know, private individuals? I think if one's a public official, there's hardly any 'private' matters left, and the above-cited tweet is certainly very far beyond that particular pale…

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Once again, I agree.

This also applies to the so-called 'neutral' state media. When Armin Wolf posts on Twitter or makes 'his' comments during the ZIB 2, he is no private person.

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Exactly.

And we should therefore treat these utterances as de facto official, or the like.

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Another sad day: In New Zealand the whistleblowers get arrested while the real perpetrators are still running free and continuing their evil work as laid down in Steve Kirsch‘s latest talk at MIT.

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Exactly.

By the way, Karl Lauterbach hasn't removed that tweet, hence I suppose he still stands by it (or has since stopped caring about his reputation).

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