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This is likely false. Onions are a folk remedy for pepper spray.
Wait, so Elizabeth from Knoxville, who claims she was maced after storming the Capitol, was dabbing her eyes with an onion towel? pic.twitter.com/99UvDcS0Rj
— Mike P Williams (@Mike_P_Williams) January 7, 2021
The theory, which has some merit, is that since onions make you cry, it helps flush the irritants from your eyes with natural tears.
However, this is not recommended as a treatment for pepper spray and is ultimately not very effective.
Pepper spray, tear gas, mace, CN, HC, and other agents are best removed with a flush of water or, if you have the proper mixture, saline. Nothing else.
We do not do chemistry in our eyeballs. We are not putting chemicals in our eyes. We are not putting produce in our eyes. We are removing the chemicals with safe, neutral water.
Early 2020: With the indispensable help of @lindar, I migrate #CaliforniaCorrectionalCrisis to https://t.co/mk2kUVD1XB, which would become the one-stop-shop for the COVID crisis in CA prisons.
February 2020: My book #YesterdaysMonsters, about the hurdles in the path of aging, infirm people seeking parole, comes out. It becomes a frightening omen of things to come in ways I couldn't imagine at the time.
In March it became evident that the only way to prevent an impending catastrophe was to release people. I started collecting resources.
In early April, I linked between the atrocity of Susan Atkins' last hearing and the impending doom of thousands sentenced to death by COVID. It was obvious that the optics of releasing so-called "violent inmates" was going to sabotage relief efforts.
So here's the thread on Huawei I promised yesterday. It seems Huawei is using social media black ops tactics to try to convince policy-makers in Belgium that it can be trusted to build 5G networks. \U0001f928 pic.twitter.com/noZKM13RuD
— Michiel van Hulten (@mvanhulten) December 22, 2020
Mike Bai, the "President of Strategy Marketing Western Europe" for Huawei doubled down and tagged me and the organisations listed in my profile in a promoted (!) tweet. It's still doing the rounds now.

But who is Mike Bai? An analysis of his Twitter account by Botometer rates him a dubious 2.2/5 (by comparison, I rate 0.4, where 0 is best). @villaraco points out that he gained 800K followers in 9 months: https://t.co/YfoVaVNq2y

Totally agree. Seems like a total fake account. For a person with 800k followers with an account created in only 9 months ago, one would expect that it would be a very important or famous person. But a news search with his name is rather disappointing.
— Javier Villaraco \U0001f3f3\ufe0f\u200d\U0001f308 (@villaraco) December 22, 2020
Bai's sudden and massive online presence for Huawei started at the exact same time as the fake ecosystem of blogs and websites started being built, in March 2020. I can find no job history for him pre-Huawei, starting in March of this year.
I did find another (?) Mike Bai. The other Mike Bai authored a blog that posts Chinese state propaganda about things like the Covid-19 outbreak not originating in China. I won't link to the blog as not 100% sure it's same person, but here's a screenshot of part of the text.

For the record.
Explosions (some more 'impressive' than others) that were caught on video in the the hours AFTER the twin towers came down, but BEFORE WTC 7 came down.
Also the locations and approximate times where these were recorded . . .

https://t.co/VrSv7mnZyl

https://t.co/MGrp5wLs8A

https://t.co/JeYH2IiHiv

https://t.co/ng1NyqnEfn

Once one party allows the pardon power to become a tool of criminal enterprise, its danger to democracy outweighs its utility as an instrument of justice.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 24, 2020
It\u2019s time to remove the pardon power from the Constitution.
In part because the Congress of which he is a part has established no functioning second-look mechanisms for shortening sentences or expunging convictions, commutations and pardons are the only mechanisms for correcting injustices in the federal system. /2
And it's not as if those injustices are rare. Go to any federal correctional facility, and take time to learn who is there and about their cases, and you find literally thousands of people whose sentences were grossly excessive given their offenses. /3
Those people need commutations as a corrective because there is no parole or other second look in place to address that. Some have tried to use compassionate release under the First Step Act, but DOJ tries to block those efforts at every turn and it's a limited option. /4
Presidential commutations are thus the only avenue for these folks. And under President Obama, more than 1,700 regular people (not his cronies) received relief. It was woefully inadequate for the need, but it shows the value of the power. /5
I don't usually do full breakdowns of each one, but this emails contains SO MANY LIES
I have to correct them & nip this in the bud, because they're already building on their previous lies and pretending that they are established facts.
Here we go!

The "Big Pharma" guy from last week was Steve Ricchetti who represented loads of companies, mostly non-pharma.
I DUG THROUGH THE ENTIRE INTERNET to find his lobbying disclosure
The 3 highlighted lines are the 3 drug companies: Eli Lilly/Sanofi/Novartis.
https://t.co/iFq5jRrcME

Cedric Richmond is the "Fossil Fuel" guy
He's a Black Rep from New Orleans. I didn't know who he was; now I💙him
He received $112k of "FF $" (the #1 industry in LA):
🔹$14k (from people who work in FF)
🔹$98k (from PACs w/a $5K donation cap)
Oh, & he spent 6.7% as much as AOC!

Richmond isn't even in the top 20 recipients of "Fossil Fuel Money" which is such stupid thing to care about anyway.
Of course congressmen are gonna receive donations from oil&gas workers if their constituents all work in oil&gas.
Look at that list: TX, LA, WY, OK, KS, ND...

These two have been named White House senior staffers.
I'm betting most people who read that email have no idea Richmond is African-American or who tf Steve Ricchetti is.
Okay on to the second paragraph (jesus christ, how long is this gonna be....)