Sent a note this AM to our Senators, hoping that they will reject RFK Jr. as HHS nominee. He is awful.

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Took a moment this AM to add my voice to those asking that the Senate reject the nomination of RFK, Jr.  Why? He is not a good guy when it comes to health care policy:

Kennedy, who founded an anti-vaccine nonprofit and grew into one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists in the world — a crusade from which he and associated groups have made millions of dollars — has prominently advanced a false contention that vaccines cause autism.

“I do believe that autism comes from vaccines,” Kennedy asserted to Fox News in 2023.

He went on to say that his position was misunderstood; he just wants to test the science behind them. But it’s Kennedy who rejects the science in front of him, critics say.

“Are we [also] reviewing the question about whether the Earth is flat? This is settled science,” said Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., who previously worked as a pediatrician.

and..

“I bet you’ve never met anybody with full-blown autism your age,” Kennedy told podcaster Joe Rogan in 2023, launching into a script he often uses in public appearances. “You know, head-banging, football helmet on, nontoilet trained, nonverbal. I mean, I’ve never met anybody like that at my age, but in my kids’ age now, one in every 34 kids has autism. And half of those are full blown.”

Read the entire story here.

This is not someone we want as our Secretary of HHS.  He is awful.

26 thoughts on “Sent a note this AM to our Senators, hoping that they will reject RFK Jr. as HHS nominee. He is awful.”

  1. After covid, there’s zero reason to believe anything the medical establishment claims. And I’m especially suspicious of docs who asset that “the science is settled,” which is turn of phrase to discredit and shut up critics.

    Mr. Powers, recall that you mocked those — like me — who said ivermectin can be effective to lessen covid symptoms. You called it “horse medicine.” Social media scrubbed favorable comments about the drug. And, of course, Fauci and the feds advised physicians not to prescribe it. Then voila! A year later the CDC said that, yes, ivermectin was an effective covid symptom treatment.

    RFK Jr. may be whackadoodle on autism, but I find his generally skeptical reaction to establishment claims refreshing, and I’m willing to cut him slack.

      1. Anonymous at 9:38… Dr. Hadley was my father, a small-town doc in Nebraska who was brilliant at diagnosis and would get calls from all over the nation from specialists who were stumped on special cases. While not a physician myself, I did learn a lot from him, primarily that medicine is increasingly politicized, that they parrot the line of whoever is paying them, and that the establishment hates anyone who questions them. BTW, all I quote in my post above is the facts on ivermectin. Do you dispute these facts?

        As for brave, brave Anonymous at 9:14… Anyone who fell for the covid nonsense — from masks to distancing to myriad “vaccines” to closing schools to death rates — are suckers for believing government or any of the medical cohort who preached such nonscientific fantasies. Related case is, back when AIDS was just starting, as a hospice volunteer I agreed to care for an AIDS patient. Everyone else was scared. I said I wasn’t being brave at all, just using common sense to know there was zero risk for those who didn’t do risky things. By the way, you do know that in 1983 Fauci caused a world panic when he stated that everyone was equally at risk of getting AIDS through casual contact. I didn’t fall for his nonsense then, and four decades later don’t believe a word he says now.

        As for autism, last I looked no one knows what triggers its onset. But I do know that the medical establishment in general, and pediatricians and hospitals especially, are hyper-politicized and, consequently, untrustworthy.

          1. So what? What does this have to do with the point Mr Hadley was making; what was deemed as misinformation and censored actually turned out to be true and to be known as true but didn’t fit the political narrative.

            1. “So What?”

              I am starting to hear that defense more and more these days. In your case, it’s probably the most honest thing you have to say.

              1. And the most important point here is…you can’t address the issue that was raised. What a surprise, elk can’t back up what he vomits on the keyboard and deflects.

          2. Elk at 12:34 … The CDC lied about covid numbers from the get-go, and so has zero credibility with me and many others. For the record, vaccines work best with viruses that don’t mutate much — like polio and smallpox (I’ve had the shots for those) — but rarely exceed 40 percent efficacy with seasonal flu bugs like covid, which can mutate multiple times each year. Growing up, my friends and I all had measles, mumps, chicken pox, and whooping cough. This was before vaccines had been available for these. Surprise, we all lived, including me. Sorry to disappoint you.

        2. Cliff, nothing you are saying is true.
          1983 was the year the Pasteur Institute isolated and identified the virus which causes AIDS. At the time nobody knew for sure how transmissible it was, so a recommendation to use “universal precautions” was made. An error was made on the side of caution,

          Some viruses, like rabies, are spread by direct contact with body fluids, MANY others can remain viable on inanimate surfaces for weeks, and can be picked up on your fingers. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7916105/
          If you read this, you will see that Influenza A can live on stainless steel for two weeks. That is why, if a school has a severe outbreak, a two week closure is recommended.
          When Covid first appeared, it was hoped the same recommendations would slow its spread. We were dealing with a novel virus, it was immediately apparent that it was a respiratory virus, and applied the same recommendations we use for Influenza A, 2 weeks to flatten the curve, wear masks, wash your hands. There was nothing inappropriate about this.

          1. Anne Beal at 5:33 … You write: “At the time nobody knew for sure how transmissible (AIDS) was.” This is an astonishing statement. Fauci recklessly speculated early on in 1983 that the case of one infant contracting AIDS meant all of us were in danger. He was happy to repeat this lie for months, which the media lapped up, even as responsible medical officials emphasized that AIDS was a disease you had to try hard to get, mostly through sexual choices and injected illicit drugs. It’s all in the record.

            As for covid, schools have long closed for short periods because of flu outbreaks. One grade school in Huron had two-thirds of its students out sick for a week the year before covid — relying on memory here — but I’ve never heard of anyone shut down for two weeks, even if that’s what the NIH recommends. As for the two weeks to flatten the curve, this was always a political prescription and not supported by experience. In fact, lockdowns and masks have never worked with airborne viruses, and post-action reports have been unanimous in that assessment. Hysterical official actions to contain covid were not just inappropriate, they were criminal, as they increased mental distress, closed businesses, left seniors to die alone, and cost children a year of education that they can never make up.

  3. Thanks for trying Pat. But I’m not optimistic. All three of our “brave” delegation are scared shitless of DJT. Thune and Rounds will vote to confirm RFK Jr, despite the obvious fact that they would never vote to confirm him if he was nominated by a Dem president. Sad!

  5. I’m looking forward to his confirmation.

    He has the right idea about food .. #1 way we can make our nation stronger and more resilient and restore the middle class.

    Surprised more people aren’t on the MAHA bandwagon.

    Cerno and Ali will be pissed if he doesn’t get confirmed .. so there is a bright side in the event his confirmation falls apart.

    🙂

    Block me on twitter, eh!? Mwwwhahahahahaha!

  6. Health Secretary? Come on now.

    RFK jr admitted he had been “picking up roadkill my whole life. I have a freezer full of it.”

    But sometimes he just doesn’t have time to process his game. One day, ten years ago, he was running out of time so he deposited a dead bear cub in Manhattan’s Central Park. No, not a candy wrapper or a pop can. A bear cub.

    He should get zero votes in the Senate. But the reality is… he may garner 48-51 votes. Embarrassing.

    1. And just as so many times before, when the mentally diminished elk posts a quote, he leaves the context out. Let me help you:

      After a court appearance independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he once had a freezer full of roadkill.

      “I’ve been picking up roadkill my whole life. I have a freezer full of it,” RFK said to a group of reporters.

      According to RFK’s campaign spokesperson, Stefanie Spear, RFK was serious and apparently uses the roadkill to feed his birds as a falconer.

      1. RFK jr: “I am a very adventurous eater, Chris,” he said. “I’ll eat virtually anything.”

        To Chris Cuomo on NewsNation

        1. Where is the rest of it that shows context? Oh that’s right, then it wouldn’t play into your narrative. Typical mentally diminished elk.

  7. Tomorrow in Pierre, HB 1078, the covid-antibody phobia anti-vaccine hysterics will be heard at 7:45 AM. I can’t wait to listen in to that one.

    1. YEAH! YOU TELL HIM!!!! ONLY DEMOCRATS ARE AFRAID OF POLIO!!!! BUNCHA COWARDS!!

      Better a cretin than an oblivious moron, I guess.

  10. Did RFK Jr inspire this bill that just dropped into the hopper? Dear Lord!

    Senate Bill 133
    Title:
    repeal enforcement provisions and modify requirements related to the fluoridation of public water supplies.
    Sponsors:
    Senators Perry (prime), Pischke, and Voita and Representatives Aylward, Jensen (Phil), Jordan, Manhart, Moore, Reder, and Sjaarda

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