Almost every single one of Trump's Cabinet nominations was like a test of supplication. How often would Republican Senators be willing to tolerate someone who was the exact opposite of what you'd ideally want in the position?
How many times would you be willing to even have the handful of Republicans with both brains *and* consciences go out on a limb and say, "Mr. Fox, I'm having a tough time getting to 'yes' on confirming you as the Secretary of Henhouses. Can you assure me that you will not eat the chickens?"
"I have no intention of eating the chickens, Senator. I believe our chickens should be free of any political predation and look forward to preventing them from being eaten by Democrats."
"And ... everyone else as well? Including foxes?"
"Sure."
And a week later, "I've been given 'assurances' by someone whom I trust is *not* a two-bit charlatan backed up by a President who ran for office to stay out of jail, and who knows very well to expect a stern finger-wagging and brow-furrowing from me if they fail to live up to their promises not to do the things they were quite obviously nominated specifically for their willingness to do."
"I feel very comfortable with my decision, which I don't in any way expect to backfire and make me look like a credulous idiot in a couple of months."
This is what complete submission looks like. When you know full well what's going to happen yet you work hard to momentarily convince yourself that it won't, long enough to get you past the point where you have any say in the matter, knowing that you're going to have to deal with it eventually.
Good point -- I updated it to say "former doctor".
That Brian Deer book blew my mind. Before that, I figured the "vaccines cause autism" thing came from a few shoddy studies. I didn't realize that basically one guy perpetrated large-scale fraud.
If you really want to look at "large scale fraud" look at the Alzheimer's disease (aka Type III diabetes) treatments. The FDA has been approving treatments that do no more than remove symptoms (aka "the brain's desperate attempt to deal with too much sugar"), and do not actually help people's quality of life. At all. There was zero reason to think it would, based on the research given.
This is sort of like saying that the covid19 vaccine would stop the spread of covid19. Except, Oops! They were wrong. Dr. Malone was right. And California is about to declare a covid19 emergency.
Remember when the narrative was "only Dirty Evil unvaccinated got covid19"? Then every "good nazi" started getting it, and it was "covid19 is now a nothingburger, and we never said that the vaccine would stop you getting it."
Now, people are trying, desperately, to fight the "covid19 vaccine doesn't actually reduce the odds of covid19 sending you to the hospital. And it has side effects we've been calling long covid."
The best impersonation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is by Kyle Dunnigan. Here is a sketch he did when the bear incident came to light. (He's using one of those face-swap filters.)
Truly, you are a glorious defender of ignorance. It wouldn't be half so sad if you didn't actually know comedians. In the group of people you've worked with (or perhaps one degree farther), there's folks that could dish you the real story about all of this (except the animal carcasses).
Truth is often stranger than fiction -- so if you wrote about it here, everyone would think you were doing a bit.
Remember: Gaetz was so unpopular/bad that a Senate who would confirm whacky RFK Jr, wouldn't confirm him.
RFK Jr. getting confirmed to run Health and Human Services is like putting a flat-earther in charge of NASA. Except this one also collects dead animals like Pokémon cards and once had a brain worm that decided it couldn’t live with him either.
And now senators are shocked, shocked, that the guy who sawed a whale’s head off and drove home with “whale juice” in the wind stream isn’t a reliable steward of public health. That’s not hindsight. That’s willful blindness with a side of malpractice.
Blessed be the worm who looked at Kennedy’s brain and said, “Nah, I’m out.”
As my father said while we listened to the hearing “I hear people say he’s asked some odd questions, and he sounds like hell, but nobody has anything specific about why he’s so bad”
Almost every single one of Trump's Cabinet nominations was like a test of supplication. How often would Republican Senators be willing to tolerate someone who was the exact opposite of what you'd ideally want in the position?
How many times would you be willing to even have the handful of Republicans with both brains *and* consciences go out on a limb and say, "Mr. Fox, I'm having a tough time getting to 'yes' on confirming you as the Secretary of Henhouses. Can you assure me that you will not eat the chickens?"
"I have no intention of eating the chickens, Senator. I believe our chickens should be free of any political predation and look forward to preventing them from being eaten by Democrats."
"And ... everyone else as well? Including foxes?"
"Sure."
And a week later, "I've been given 'assurances' by someone whom I trust is *not* a two-bit charlatan backed up by a President who ran for office to stay out of jail, and who knows very well to expect a stern finger-wagging and brow-furrowing from me if they fail to live up to their promises not to do the things they were quite obviously nominated specifically for their willingness to do."
"I feel very comfortable with my decision, which I don't in any way expect to backfire and make me look like a credulous idiot in a couple of months."
This is what complete submission looks like. When you know full well what's going to happen yet you work hard to momentarily convince yourself that it won't, long enough to get you past the point where you have any say in the matter, knowing that you're going to have to deal with it eventually.
GOP Senators Scared of Defying Donald Trump. Film at 11.
I just need to add that Andrew Wakefield is a former doctor. He was removed from the UK medical register in 2010.
Also, Brian Deer is a legend and his book on Wakefield is an essential read.
Good point -- I updated it to say "former doctor".
That Brian Deer book blew my mind. Before that, I figured the "vaccines cause autism" thing came from a few shoddy studies. I didn't realize that basically one guy perpetrated large-scale fraud.
If you really want to look at "large scale fraud" look at the Alzheimer's disease (aka Type III diabetes) treatments. The FDA has been approving treatments that do no more than remove symptoms (aka "the brain's desperate attempt to deal with too much sugar"), and do not actually help people's quality of life. At all. There was zero reason to think it would, based on the research given.
This is sort of like saying that the covid19 vaccine would stop the spread of covid19. Except, Oops! They were wrong. Dr. Malone was right. And California is about to declare a covid19 emergency.
Remember when the narrative was "only Dirty Evil unvaccinated got covid19"? Then every "good nazi" started getting it, and it was "covid19 is now a nothingburger, and we never said that the vaccine would stop you getting it."
Now, people are trying, desperately, to fight the "covid19 vaccine doesn't actually reduce the odds of covid19 sending you to the hospital. And it has side effects we've been calling long covid."
Sources cited upon request.
A whale sawing conspiracy theorist whose brain was converted to worm shit”
When your platform is "the government is incompetent, we should privatize it" appointing incompetent people only strengthens the brand.
The best impersonation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is by Kyle Dunnigan. Here is a sketch he did when the bear incident came to light. (He's using one of those face-swap filters.)
https://youtu.be/le9hKkI8OLU
Truly, you are a glorious defender of ignorance. It wouldn't be half so sad if you didn't actually know comedians. In the group of people you've worked with (or perhaps one degree farther), there's folks that could dish you the real story about all of this (except the animal carcasses).
Truth is often stranger than fiction -- so if you wrote about it here, everyone would think you were doing a bit.
Remember: Gaetz was so unpopular/bad that a Senate who would confirm whacky RFK Jr, wouldn't confirm him.
RFK Jr. getting confirmed to run Health and Human Services is like putting a flat-earther in charge of NASA. Except this one also collects dead animals like Pokémon cards and once had a brain worm that decided it couldn’t live with him either.
And now senators are shocked, shocked, that the guy who sawed a whale’s head off and drove home with “whale juice” in the wind stream isn’t a reliable steward of public health. That’s not hindsight. That’s willful blindness with a side of malpractice.
Blessed be the worm who looked at Kennedy’s brain and said, “Nah, I’m out.”
RFKjr is lambasted for speaking the truth !
Health in a modern world requires focused time/effort on diet and excercise. There are no shortcuts !
Big Pharma has become a grotesque obscenity hell bent on maximizing profits not health.
The axiom that if a few vaccines are good than many more vaccines must be an even greater good is false.
Stop chilling for the pharmaceutical industry !
Barrasso is from Wyoming, not Maontana.
As my father said while we listened to the hearing “I hear people say he’s asked some odd questions, and he sounds like hell, but nobody has anything specific about why he’s so bad”
This post is not only convincing but also is a brilliantly written piece of satire. Nicely done, Jeff.
Who among us, indeed.
how to split hairs that keep splitting into even smaller hairs?
keep splitting!
I am so stealing that line