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Thursday, June 29. 2023

Political fun


Tucker on RFK Jr and Covid


Yes, politics is entertainment. It's fun the way the Dems now term RFK "the threat to democracy and science." Sheesh - I thought Trump was. All he does is ask questions, but not too medically-sophisticated. Not dangerous. True, he has an allegedly ugly Kennedy-esque past which will all come to light (not just the drugs) but nobody's perfect.


Tucker is wrong about autism. There is an explanation for the diagnosis rise: the diagnostic criteria changed to include many people who had been called Asperger's or other sort-off odd and eccentric things. 


Tucker is right about upspeak/uptalk. It is awful. 


Is Bobby Kennedy now the most censored person in the US? 







Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 17:14 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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I was surprised that the Left attacked Kennedy like fire ants when he announced his candidacy. I would have thought that with the revered Kennedy name, they would have viewed him as an electoral winner and embraced him.

I don't recall any other Dem candidate, even Bernie Sanders being called, "a threat to Democracy," or a "threat to science." by their own side. Those have been epithets reserved for Republicans.

The ruling elite of the Dem Party clearly don't want him in power.

Kennedy has my attention with his rhetoric on the evils of Big Government and I already know of a couple of Trump supporters who plan to vote for him.

Based on his past positions, I am wary of him and it is unlikely I could ever vote for him.
#1 feeblemind on 2023-06-29 22:26 (Reply)
Inevitable Suppression Awaits The RFK Jr. Movement

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/inevitable-suppression-awaits-rfk-jr-movement]
#1.1 feeblemind on 2023-06-29 23:41 (Reply)
May their genome be expunged from civilization.

Jr. would be better served by Cindy Sheehan, a media pundit if ever there were.

FWIW, he is amusing just by the fact that he takes himself seriously.
#2 Tallywhagger on 2023-06-29 22:33 (Reply)
Charlie Munger - Warren Buffet's older partner - says that he can't have an opinion on something until he knows the contrary opinion better than its promoter. He doesn't believe in uniformed disagreement, in other words, and even further wants to be absolutely sure.

RFKJr wants vaccines that are proven as safe as other scheduled drugs, with randomized placebo-based long-term trials. This makes him a 'denier', and you have to wonder why. I also wonder why every vaccine on the market isn't at the very least, in the middle of a rigorous, long-term trial of such integrity, so they can learn everything about it, as it's used. The makers are immune from prosecution, after all. But apparently, there's no interest in this, even from the FDA. I think this is wrong.

RFKJr also wants to ban guns. He also believes in Affirmative Action, re-stated today on the heels of the USSC announcement that has struck it down. He believes in some things that I am against, maybe quite a few things. I don't think I'll be voting for him.

But I think I'll be better off listening to what he has to say, like Charlie Munger might. What is interesting, is how so many people very badly don't want me listening to him at all.
#3 Aggie on 2023-06-29 23:55 (Reply)
Aggie: RFKJr wants vaccines that are proven as safe as other scheduled drugs, with randomized placebo-based long-term trials.

Kennedy has made many unsubstantiated claims about vaccines, including about thimerosal, which had been used as a preservative in vaccines. Multiple studies of long-term use showed that thimerosal is safe.

As for the COVID vaccine, it passed Phase 3 trials with tens of thousands of volunteers. Since then, hundreds of millions of doses have resulted in only very rare severe side effects.
#3.1 Zachriel on 2023-07-01 10:14 (Reply)
Bobby Jr. has the Kennedy magic. If he can get some public attention, he is a threat to the Biden regime, whoever that might be.

But if you want to see real, charismatic magic, go to YouTube and watch his father's speech in Indianapoiis on the occasion of King's murder. And weep for the country that might have been.

If it comes to a choice between RFK, Jr., and Trump, I will vote for Bobby, even though I disagree with many of his positions.

I voted for Trump twice, to defend against evil, but he failed as President, and could control his own staff.
#4 bob sykes on 2023-06-30 08:44 (Reply)
As to redefining the "disease" pf autism, they did the same thing with high blood pressure. That made more people "have" high blood pressure and so sold a lot of pills.

Same with cholesterol a few decades ago.

Sorry to be such a cynic but they MADE me so!
#5 Whitehall on 2023-07-01 10:01 (Reply)

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