Day: February 3, 2025

“… Not In My Lifetime”

I read about one of the statements that the nominee for HHS made during his hearing and it shows how clueless this toad is….

The Trump Administration’s pick to run America’s incredibly consequential Health and Human Services Department, Robert F. Jennedy Jr., declared during his contentious first confirmation hearing today that he was “raised at a time when there was no chronic disease epidemic.”

It’s a claim as sweeping as it is idiotic. Kennedy is 71 years old, born in the year 1954, when the world was awash — as it’s always been — in chronic diseases ranging from diabetes to arthritis to asthma, and far beyond (his uncle, former US president John F. Kennedy, suffered from a range of chronic conditions including Addison’s disease.)

https://futurism.com/neoscope/befuddled-rfk-jr-chronic-disease

What a delusional tool and it makes him perfect for a delusional twat in the White House.

This was not the only ‘confrontations’ during the hearing which is still in progress….

Robert F. Kennedy returned to the Capitol on Thursday for Round 2 of his confirmation hearings, and the hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee was as testy as Wednesday’s before the Senate Finance Committee. Some key moments from the hearing:

  • “What will you do with that trust?” The panel is chaired by Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor. He asked Kennedy if he would continue to make unfounded claims about vaccines if he was confirmed as America’s top health official. Cassidy recounted the “worst day” of his medical career when a young woman needed an emergency liver transplant that could have been prevented with “$50 of vaccines,” Politico reports. Cassidy said there are people who trust Kennedy more than their own doctors and asked, “What will you do with that trust?” At the end of the hearing, Cassidy told Kennedy he was “struggling” with his nomination.
  • Vaccines and autism. Cassidy, considered a key vote for confirmation, repeatedly asked Kennedy if he would accept data that shows no link between the measles vaccine and autism, ABC News reports. Kennedy said he would look at the studies. “That is a very troubling response, because the studies are there,” independent Sen. Bernie Sanders said. “Your job is to have looked at those studies as an applicant for this job.”
  • Two doctors clash. Republican Sens. Markwayne Mullin, Rand Paul, and Tommy Tuberville expressed skepticism about vaccines during the hearing, the New York Times reports. Mullin suggested that vaccines cause autism and said he doesn’t like how his kids “look like a freakin’ pin cushion” after being vaccinated. Cassidy fact-checked Paul, a fellow physician, after Paul questioned the need to give children hepatitis B vaccines.
  • An emotional moment from Hassan. The Times reports that Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan, whose 36-year-old son has cerebral palsy, broke down in tears as she recounted how she thinks every day about whether something she did during pregnancy caused his condition. “So please do not suggest that anybody in this body of either political party doesn’t want to know what the cause of autism is,” she said. Hassan also asked Kennedy about aspects of Medicare. “You don’t know the basics of the program,” she told him after he failed to identify parts of the program.
  • “Your views are dangerous.” Democratic Sen. Angela Alsobrooks pressed Kennedy on claims he has made that Black people should receive vaccines on a different schedule because they have better immune systems, the Times reports. Public health agencies haven’t recommended a different schedule. “What different vaccine schedule would you say I should have received?” Alsobrooks asked. She told Kennedy she will vote against his nomination because his views “are dangerous to our state and to our country.”
  • Another clash with Sanders. NBC News reports that there was a shouting match between Kennedy and Sanders after Kennedy alleged that “almost all” the committee members had received millions of dollars from the pharmaceutical industry and protected its interests. “I ran for president like you,” Sanders told Kennedy. “I got millions and millions of contributions, they did not come from the executives, not one nickel of PAC money from the pharmaceuticals, they came from workers.”

This stooge is making my case that this is a kakistocracy so far I have seen NOTHING that gives me confidence in this administration.

Is this what we voted for?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

‘Little Marco’ Takes Charge

The new admin waddling into DC faces many international challenges….the situation in Ukraine….terrible relations with Russia….the the financing of the death and destruction in the Middle East and the slowly deteriorating relations with China and what does the new SecState do on his fist trip? He goes to Panama to attempt bullying that nation on the Canal.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the Central American ally must immediately reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or face potential retaliation from the Trump administration. Mulino said later that “there is no real threat of retaking the canal or the use of force,” the AP reports. Rubio, on his first foreign trip as America’s top diplomat, held face-to-face talks in Panama City with Mulino, who has resisted pressure from President Trump over Panama’s management of the waterway that is vital to global trade.

Speaking on behalf of Trump, who has demanded that the canal be returned to US control, Rubio told Mulino that Trump had made a preliminary determination that China’s presence in the canal area violates a treaty that led to the US turning the waterway over to Panama in 1999. That treaty calls for the permanent neutrality of the American-built canal. “Secretary Rubio made clear that this status quo is unacceptable and that absent immediate changes, it would require the United States to take measures necessary to protect its rights under the treaty,” the State Department said in a summary of the meeting.

“I don’t feel like there’s a real threat against the treaty and its validity,” Mulino said. He called it a “good-faith meeting” that was respectful and positive and held “to clear up doubts.” Mulino acknowledged that China’s role in the ports at either end of the canal has raised concerns with Trump. But the president said that the consortium controlling them was being audited and that the canal authority would give Rubio a more detailed explanation. Mulino did say Panama would not be renewing its agreement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative when it expires, per the AP.

Is this what the world’s foremost diplomat will spend his valuable time doing?

Trivial bullshit.

But what can we expect from a bunch of unqualified bootlickers?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Tariffs, The Power Of Stupid

During his campaign Trump kept taunted his favorite thing, economic thing, tariffs and now that he is in the seat of power he has made good on his threats.

With the use of the executive order he, Trump, has made it possible for us mere peons to be raped by business…..

Declaring an economic emergency under the law that allows him to take the action, President Trump on Saturday signed an executive order imposing tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico. Tariffs of 25% on goods from Canada and Mexico and 10% on imports from China are scheduled to take effect on Tuesday, CNBC reports. Energy products from Canada will face a 10% rate, apparently to head off a spike in gas prices. If the nations retaliate, the order stipulates, further action—most likely higher tariffs—will occur.

Trump has endorsed tariffs as a way to force trading partners to negotiate deals more favorable to the US, and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum alluded to that strategy Saturday in remarks to supporters. “I don’t feel alone, and you are not alone either,” she said, per the New York Times, adding, “When we negotiate with other nations, we do it always with our heads held high, never looking down.” Canada has drawn up a response that includes taxing Florida orange juice, Tennessee whiskey, and Kentucky peanut butter—all from states that voted Trump in November and have Republican senators.

The tariffs are being imposed under International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and administration officials have blamed fentanyl entering the US from Mexico and Canada that includes ingredients from China. They’ve said the idea also is to pressure Canada and Mexico to take steps against illegal immigration into the US. The nations are the three largest trading partners of the US. At the moment, most goods from Canada and Mexico face no tariffs, while many from China are hit with taxes as high as 25%, per the Washington Post. The new tariffs on China will go on top of those fees.

You mental midgets that think this is a good idea need to look at how tariffs work (use Google if you know how).

Let me help….the country does not pay the tariffs the company getting the product does and it is then passed onto to you at a substantial higher rate….

Even the great god Trump warns you that you will suffer….

President Trump acknowledged that his plan to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China will likely cause “pain” for Americans but insisted it will be worth it to bring about a “golden age” in America.

The president wrote on Truth Social: “THIS WILL BE THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA! WILL THERE BE SOME PAIN? YES, MAYBE (AND MAYBE NOT!).”

Golden for whom?

Definitely not the consumer and not for his raid low breed supporters.

The fleecing of the public has begun!

On Sunday Trump tried to make his case for annexing Canada….

Trump on Sunday also reiterated his “51st state” rhetoric with regard to Canada, posting, “Canada should become our Cherished 51st State. Much lower taxes, and far better military protection for the people of Canada—AND NO TARIFFS!” It’s not clear just how quickly the tariffs, which take effect just after midnight Tuesday, will hit consumers, but Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine predicted on Sunday that gas prices will go up within days. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, however, predicted that once the changes Trump wants made are made, “I think the tariffs probably go away.”

With the world on fire thanx to the US is this the best way to spend your time?

So why is this a good idea?

Please tell us.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”