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new4now ago

Snopes have poked a few holes in this

can these be covered or explained

SomeonesBones.com is not a news outlet. The web site deals with and traffics in conspiracy theories, and according to their “About” page is largely focused on unraveling the mysteries of Nibiru, a nonexistent planet that was “predicted” (falsely, because as we mentioned, it is nonexistent) to collide with Earth.

The article also did not bother correctly naming Thailand’s prime minister (Prayut Chan-ocha). While we cannot say with certainty why this site used the name Nik Bukharain, we found it interesting to note that Nikolai Bukharin was a Soviet politician and author who was executed in 1938 for conspiring to overthrow the Soviet state. The name “Vladimir Vladomirovich,” which is a slight misspelling of Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s full name (Vladimir Vladimirovich), also appears in the footer of the site. 

The article also uses misleading photographs, such as the one below, to illustrat the claim that Obama owns “a mansion and a 400-acre estate on the outskirts of the city of Si Sa Ket”:

https://us-east-1.tchyn.io/snopes-production/uploads/2018/01/thaimansion-300x214.jpg

This image actually shows the Villa Rak Tawan, a property which overlooks Surin Beach and is rented out for weddings and other special occasions.  

Someonesbones.com also did not provide sources, claiming instead to quote an apparently nonexistent article from an apparently nonexistent publication:  

The web site did not provide a link back to the story, and we found no record of a publication named the “Washington Beacon.” The site may have been referring to “The Washington Free Beacon,” but we found no record of a Thomas Clearwater, nor the quoted material, on that web site (which was only launched in 2012). Someonesbones.com may have offering a wink and a nod toward Thomas Clearwater, a film producer who shares similar interests as SomeonesBones.com and has produced projects such as “Truth Embargo” about the existence of aliens. 

The claim that Delta Force operators raided an Obama-controlled stronghold in Thailand is not based on any factual information. 

Gonna have to dig a bit, Can we debunk Snopes on this?

argosciv ago

Hate to be a pain, but, can you post the snopes article please?

new4now ago

https://www.snopes.com/delta-force-raids-obama-stronghold-thailand/

here it is, damn thing popped on my news feed before I even saw the post

Good Luck Hope you can find enough to validate this post

I backing off, OP pissed me off

with what Trump had said about Christmas, this could be it

Snopes usually has some roundabout BS debunking stuff

this time they gave reasons, wanted to shove it to them and maybe tie in to the Christmas thing

seriously, Good Luck and hope the hell you and whoever can tie this one together

argosciv ago

http://archive.is/KrBf5

Yeah fuck snopes... they jumped on the opportunity to bury this, but, like so many others, they can't read between the fucking lines. Baited, hook, line and sinker.

There's nothing to suggest that a raid took place at the location photographed, but, if you read the language of the someonesbones article, the author does NOT say that Villa Rak Tawan is the property raided:

According to our source, the Trump administration learned that Obama, by proxy, owned a mansion and a 400-acre estate on the outskirts of the city of Si Sa Ket, approximately 500 km from Bangkok. On paper, the land was owned by the allegedly defunct Solyndra Corporation, a startup solar company to which Obama gave 2.2 billion taxpayer dollars in 2009.

They speak of other properties without any indication as to why the image of Villa Rak Tawan has been included - is it a bad choice? or a hint? I think it's a hint... albeit that their math on how much Obama gave, may be off.


Seems to me that snopes really wanted to bury this, for one of two(or both) reasons:

  • They want to remain relevant by 'debunking' something they were sure is fake due to misleading/quesitonable elements about the article contents and the site which posted it.
  • They know the article contains something seriously damning and are trying to attack every perceivable vulnerability so that nobody will take any one bit of it seriously.

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new4now ago

I always thought they either didnt really say much and said debunk, like Pizzagate

Or they talk like Hillary half truths that doesn't cover the whole

What pissed me off and I just read an article on fake news, republicans over 60 Trumpsters dont bother to check with Snopes or Political correct to check if they are being duped

Boy did that piss me off

Gonna go looking in deep at Snopes

Know there was an ugly divorce with wife saying husband been using Snope money for His lifestyle, but I gonna check on who writes this shit and where Snopes get there money

argosciv ago

Wait, so, they're bashing Trump supporters for not checking with snopes? Fuckin' lol...

That's hilarious!

Know there was an ugly divorce with wife saying husband been using Snope money for His lifestyle

Sounds familiar...

but I gonna check on who writes this shit and where Snopes get there money

Have at 'em, they should have kept out of this xD

new4now ago

When I was on Facebook, Snopes was used a lot , made me angry they were being so stupid

Had to cut ties there, I was ready to blast a lot of people on friends list

They should have just stuck with their farms lol

argosciv ago

Hahaha yeah snopes does get passed around on facebook a lot, just goes to show what to expect from that site.

I mean shit, it took hours for anything about Iran to show up in the facebook trending list... like what the fuck... fuckin' Cuckerberg...

They should have just stuck with their farms lol

Lol'd