The Biden Laptop

[Boiler 45,658]

I think this is both worthy of its own thread and for those who need it here is a good introduction:

 

 

[TBoneTX 45,498]

https://nypost.com/2022/03/18/intelligence-experts-refuse-to-apologize-for-smearing-hunter-biden-story/

[millefleur 5,047]

The video itself is really bordering on TOS violations there (as in the contents found in the laptop) but if @TBoneTX is OK leaving it up I think it's important for people to know what is in there.

 

Why the sudden admission that it is all true is coming out now, in the middle of the Russia-Ukraine war, is a bit suspicious. I wonder who decided to "leak" the info that it was true and why now, of all times?

[TBoneTX 45,498]

1 hour ago, millefleur said:

Why the sudden admission that it is all true is coming out now, in the middle of the Russia-Ukraine war, is a bit suspicious. I wonder who decided to "leak" the info that it was true and why now, of all times?

Here's one theory from a savvy opiner:

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/03/the_new_york_times_signals_the_end_of_bidens_road.html

[Dashinka 24,591]

8 hours ago, millefleur said:

The video itself is really bordering on TOS violations there (as in the contents found in the laptop) but if @TBoneTX is OK leaving it up I think it's important for people to know what is in there.

 

Why the sudden admission that it is all true is coming out now, in the middle of the Russia-Ukraine war, is a bit suspicious. I wonder who decided to "leak" the info that it was true and why now, of all times?

It is not really a sudden admission.  I believe other Leftist news sources have come out in the past year or so and admitted the laptop is genuine.  What I am wondering though is how the WH media will play this.  I know Jen P. will spin and obfuscate as much as possible, but there is a real need to understand if our current President was influence peddling for the benefit of himself and his family while he was serving as a VeeP.

[Dashinka 24,591]

6 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Here's one theory from a savvy opiner:

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/03/the_new_york_times_signals_the_end_of_bidens_road.html

The only problem here is that if Old Joe is given the hook, the Number 2 is not much better for the Democrats.  Oh sure, they would play up the "first woman President" as much as possible, but in the end, Kamala is also a lode stone to the Democrats.

[Dashinka 24,591]

Nation Wishes There Were Some Way They Could Have Known About The Hunter Biden Laptop Story Before The Election
 

 

U.S.—The New York Times has confirmed the authenticity of Hunter Biden's laptop story, leaving many Americans wishing there was some way they could have known about this before the 2020 election. 
 

"If only there was some kind of system in America designed to expose crimes and corruption and put it on, like, a TV or something," said Bob Billybale, local American. "Then we could make informed decisions about who we vote for. Someone should invent something like that."

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/nation-wishes-there-was-some-possible-way-they-could-have-known-about-the-hunter-laptop-story-before-the-election

[TBoneTX 45,498]

More (seemingly quite serious) about Li'l Crackpipe.  Comments?

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Hunter Biden's Laptop Contained Defense Department 'Encryption Keys'

BY ROBERT SPENCER MAR 27, 2022 5:52 PM ET

 

Old Joe Biden's chip off the old block, Hunter Biden, has been many things: board member of the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma; vice chairman of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation; sought-after artist; and international bon vivant, but he has never been known to have served in the Department of Defense.  So why does his infamous laptop contain, on top of everything else that is incriminating on it, Defense Department encryption keys that are not available to private citizens?  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2022/03/27/hunter-bidens-laptop-contained-defense-department-encryption-keys-n1584716  

Edited March 28, 2022 by TBoneTX

[Dashinka 24,591]

Breaking news.  WaPo has now confirmed the legitimacy of the Hunter Biden laptop.  I am curious why these Leftist news outlets are all of the sudden confirming a story that had legitimacy already?  Why are they turning on their preferred President?  Are they gearing up for a potential resignation?  I do love the hypocrisy on display here, these Leftist outlets claim they could not cover this story since it could not be verified, or that it was classic Russian disinformation, and yet they maintained the Democrat/Hillary created Russian collusion narrative reporting for more than four years.

 

Washington Post joins New York Times in finally admitting emails from Hunter Biden laptop are real

 

The Washington Post on Wednesday became the second major news outlet to reverse course and admit that emails from the infamous Hunter Biden laptop are authentic — nine months after it obtained them and a year and a half after the New York Post first reported on them.

 

The paper said two security experts used cryptographic signatures from Google and other technology companies to validate nearly 22,000 emails from 2009 to 2019, including messages related to Hunter Biden’s controversial overseas business dealings.

Some verified emails involved a deal President Biden’s son pursued with the CEFC China Energy conglomerate for which he was paid nearly $5 million, according to the Washington Post.

 

https://nypost.com/2022/03/30/washington-post-admits-hunter-biden-laptop-is-real/

[TBoneTX 45,498]

9 hours ago, Dashinka said:

I am curious why these Leftist news outlets are all of the sudden confirming a story that had legitimacy already?

Saw this last night:

Something Big Is Coming on Hunter Biden's Corrupt Dealings – RedState

[Boiler 45,658]

Even CNN have been covering it, just in time for the mid terms

[Dashinka 24,591]

Will Hunter Biden Scandal Further Erode Americans' Trust In Media? — I&I/TIPP Poll

First, the good news: Public opinion of both the Traditional Media and the Alternative Media rebounded slightly in March. Now the bad news: Despite the slight gain, the media failed to arrest their slide in public opinion over the last year, data from the March I&I/TIPP Poll show.

 

Even worse news for the media comes as both The New York Times and Washington Post admitted in recent days that they failed for two years to cover signs of possible influence peddling by President Biden’s son Hunter, as revealed on Hunter’s lost laptop. It’s a major PR disaster for both outlets and for the mainstream media in general.

 

Will the public be forgiving? Or will the media’s long decline in public trust resume after March’s uptick?

 

https://tippinsights.com/will-hunter-biden-scandal-further-erode-americans-trust-in-media-i-i-tipp-poll/

[Dashinka 24,591]

Ex-intel officer: Spy agency sought Hunter Biden laptop back in 2020 to see if family compromised

 

"They were in meetings with me when we were trying to negotiate getting a copy of the hard drive," he said. "And in the end, their leadership said, 'Stop, don't touch it. We don't want to know.'" 

 

Shaffer also laced into a group of 51 national security experts who published a letter before the 2020 election suggesting the laptop had the hallmarks of a Russian disinformation campaign, something that has since been dispelled.

 

Shaffer said the experts, who included former Director of National Intelligence Jams Clapper and former CIA officials, admitted in the letter that they had no intelligence whatsoever to back up their claims.

 

"It was a hit piece based on those individuals siding with a political cause and party over their oath of office," he said.

 

https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/hldex-intel-officer-spy-agency-sought-hunter-biden

 

[TBoneTX 45,498]

2 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Will the public be forgiving?

The public already seems to be past "fed up" and will react, both on election day and in choosing which elements of the media to consult for true or balanced information.

[TBoneTX 45,498]

Another article:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/editorial-the-hunter-biden-train-wreck-rolls-over-times-post/ar-AAVNwKX

 

Except for their antepenultimate paragraph, I concur.