Profile picture
, 7 tweets, 2 min read
My Authors
Read all threads
Barr says pepper spray isnt a chemical irritant. Again, he is a liar or doesnt know what he is ordering sprayed at people or both.

Oleoresin capsicum (pepper spray) is not a SYNTHETIC chemical irritant. It is an ORGANIC chemical irritant. (Chemical structure below).../
...to make a distinction between the two is absolutely absurd. Would you rather die from synthetic cyanide poisoning or organic cyanide poisoning (nitriles) or ricin poisoning? Ricin is organic, and is the favorite poison of al Qaeda and other terrorist groups..../2
... One of the big reasons pepper spray was adopted in the 1990s is because it was better at incapacitating people on PCP than were traditional tear gas agents.

But in government report after government report, pepper spray is listed as a chemical irritant....
....here is how the government's National Institutes of Health describes pepper spray - a chemical irritant. In the frigging title of this report..../4 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
...here is how a science journal describes pepper spray - a chemical irritant..../5 sciencedirect.com/topics/neurosc…
...here is how a medical report describes pepper spray - a chemical irritant..../6

healthline.com/health-news/ho…
...so if Barr wants to say "pepper spray is not a synthetic chemical irritant, it is an organic chemical irritant" fine. But this is the guy who completely lied about the findings of the Mueller report while under oath. Expect him to repeat this lie again.

fin
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh.

Keep Current with Kurt Eichenwald

Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @kurteichenwald see all

Profile picture
Kurt Eichenwald
@kurteichenwald
So much garbage is being spread based on the misread of what WHO meant regarding dangers of COVID infection from asymptomatic

1. This involves the SMALL number of those who never show symptoms. This is NOT the presymptomatic, who are infected & have not yet BEGUN to show.../1
...symptoms. IOW, if you’d test positive but never show symptoms (or show extremely mild symptoms) this research pertains to you. If you’re infected & will show first symptoms in 14 days - it has nothing to do with you. Again, the asymptomatic are not the presymptomatic.../2
...2. This is “could be this, could be that” research. No one is yet sure whether the asymptomatic - again, not the PREsymptomatic - are an infection danger. Research goes two ways. We do not know the answer.

3. This is completely irrelevant from a public health perspective.../3
Read 5 tweets
Profile picture
Kurt Eichenwald
@kurteichenwald
Whenever I mention that Trump continues to block me - and thousands of others - on twitter, people respond that cant be true, because court ordered him to stop

Still don't get how GOP lawlessness works, huh? Yes, he still blocks. Let me explain how these scofflaws did it.../1
...US District Judge Naomi Rice ruled quite clearly in the 2017 case that Trump's tweets were official statements of the president (as Sean Spicer said back then) and thus Trump couldn't block people.../2 knightcolumbia.org/documents/a456…
...without violating the Constitution.

Then the question came down to, would the court issue an ORDER or just provide her judgement (injunctive relief versus declaratory relief.) With injunctive relief, a party risks contempt for refusing to abide by court's order.../3
Read 6 tweets
Profile picture
Kurt Eichenwald
@kurteichenwald
This "defund police" stuff is so divisive, so self-destructive, costs so much support, & takes so much attention away from the issue - racism in America - that it will unquestionably be joined by people trying to undermine this movement. When I was attacked in 2016, who would../1
...I have called? When I was robbed of my belongings in 1986, who would I call? When I was raped in 1984 (if I had been willing to call) who would I have called? When there are no police, who will open stores in crime-ridden areas where poor people need groceries?.../2
...again, it is SO destructive of the uprising against racism in America that I must wonder if this is white upper middle class kids hijacking this effort from African Americans who suffer from systemic racism - the REAL issue. If I'm right, white kids - shut up. Join this.../3
Read 6 tweets

Embed code for your website

×
Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!