Liberal-As-Shit Fake Republican Bill Cassidy Votes in Favor of RFKJr. in Committee<br>Plus: The Case for RFKJr. and MAHA

Liberal-As-Shit Fake Republican Bill Cassidy Votes in Favor of RFKJr. in Committee
Plus: The Case for RFKJr. and MAHA

He had threatened to vote against RFKJr., supposedly to "protect Trump" from backlash against RFKJr.'s vax hesitancy.

Cassidy views Trump as an idiot and a weakling in need of his guidance. Just as he views all of us

But he's up for re-election, and Vance explained that simple fact to him.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.
@SenBillCassidy
I've had very intense conversations with Bobby and the White House over the weekend and even this morning. I want to thank VP JD specifically for his honest counsel. With the serious commitments I've received from the administration and the opportunity to make progress on the issues we agree on like healthy foods and a pro-American agenda, I will vote yes.

The Polymarket betting site now says that -- given Tulsi getting support from Susan Collins, etc. -- that RFKJr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel are now 97% likely to be confirmed.

BREAKING: RFK Jr. has just been APPROVED by the Senate Finance Committee as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services, advancing his nomination to a full Senate vote.

Senator Bill Cassidy (R - Louisiana) was the key flip that helped Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for… pic.twitter.com/eAyypn7yvL
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) February 4, 2025

Sen. Eric Schmitt: Tulsi Gabbard has the votes to clear committee and reach the Senate floor. https://t.co/HvnQFFaqwt
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) February 4, 2025

If you live in Louisiana, I want to hear from you.

You helped elect Governor Jeff Landry & an entirely Republican gov’t in 2023.

If Cassidy does not confirm RFK Jr., will you work w/ me to defeat him in 2026?

We already have a home base in Iberia Parish.

CC: @BillCassidy
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) January 29, 2025

In case you don't know, when Kennedy talks about "chronic disease," he's contrasting chronic disease -- long-term, slow-moving health conditions -- with acute diseases like an infection or flu or something conventionally treatable. Simple obesity is a major "chronic disease," which causes a lot of serious conditions, like hypertension, heart disease, diabetes of course, and even cancer and Alzheimer's.

You might or might not object to calling obesity a "disease." Fine. Call it a "persistent adverse health syndrome" if you want to fight over semantics.

The medical community is focused on curing acute diseases, and is often very good at doing so. But it focuses very, very little on chronic diseases, and the theory goes that if we could "cure" chronic diseases, or at least ameliorate them, we'd avoid a lot of acute diseases.

Obviously, for example, type 2 diabetes is now rampant when it used to be rare. No one can seriously question that reducing the obesity rate will reduce the diabetes rate.

It's critical for the government to fund studies into preventing or curing chronic diseases. Big Pharma's answer to them is always something they can sell, like Ozempic. I don't call that a conspiracy or anything -- it's just that Big Pharma sells pills, so all of their research goes into making pills that they can sell.

That's not evil or anything. Just self-interest.

But it winds up being the case that there are no funders for any studies that don't involve, down the line, a pill that can be sold to the public. For example, there are very few large, long-term studies into dietary interventions like intermittent fasting or keto. Why? Because you can't sell intermittent fasting or keto in a pill. There is no product at the end of the development pipeline. The treatment is free, only the research costs money.

So people have to beg, borrow, or steal money for studies into these non-renumerative interventions, and what winds up happening is that people dismiss their findings, because they only ran a study with 40 people and they were only tracked for three months, not for (say) five years.

You've proven nothing, they say. You need to run a study with 1,000 people tracked for five years before we'll concede you've made your case, but here's the catch, we won't give you the money for that study. Eat it, losers.

Here, take another pill.

It's cases like this where the government must fund the basic science, because literally no one else is doing it.

RFKJr. will direct the HHS into focusing on these areas of research. Big Pharma will continue spending tens of millions on making new, exciting pills. They don't need any help doing that.

But for the boring stuff you can't make money on, HHS will do the studies.

The Vigilant Fox
@VigilantFox
RFK Jr. Shocks Dem Senator Into Silence With the Brutal Truth About U.S. Health
"President Trump has asked me to end the chronic disease epidemic and make America healthy again... and that is what I'm doing.
"And if we don't solve that problem, Senator, all of the other disputes we have about who's paying--whether it's insurance companies, whether it's providers, whether it's HMOs, whether it's patients or families--all of those are just moving deck chairs around on the Titanic.
"Our ship is sinking. Our 60% increase in Medicaid over the past four years is the biggest budget line now, and it's growing faster than any other. No other nation in the world has what we have here.
"No other nation has a chronic disease burden like we do. We have the highest chronic disease burden of any country in the world. During COVID, we had 16% of the COVID deaths in a country where we only have 4.2% of the world's population. We had a higher death count than any country in the world.
"And when the CDC was asked why, they said it's because Americans are the sickest people on earth. The average American who died from COVID had 3.8 chronic diseases. This is an existential threat--economically, to our military, to our health, and to our sense of well-being.
"And it is a priority for President Trump. And that's why he asked me to run the agency. And if I'm privileged to be confirmed, that's exactly what I'll do."

"When my uncle was president, 2% of American kids had chronic disease. Today, 66% have chronic disease," says RFK Jr. at his confirmation hearing.

This single fact serves as irrefutable evidence that the current “scientific consensus” is not working.pic.twitter.com/pQLFZFZeJj
— Ben Kew (@ben_kew) January 29, 2025

Conservatives who object to RFKJr. need to explain: Who else could Trump nominate who would promote MAHA?

Name a single Republican that conservatives approve of with this passion for the subject.

You can't. There aren't any. Republicans have long, long been corporatists. They don't like people coming in to tell the corporations that buy them off that maybe Red Dye No. 3 actually causes cancer and, given that there are plenty of alternatives (and given that there's no need for a "food" to be artificially, intensely red), you should stop certifying Red Dye No. 3 as "generally regarded as safe" (GRAS) for including in food.

Note that Biden's FDA did finally recognize Red Dye No. 3 as a problem just before Trump took office.

The Vigilant Fox
@VigilantFox
REPORT: The FDA has finally decided to BAN Red Dye No. 3, based on serious concerns about cancer.
This stuff is often in your candy, frozen foods, gummy vitamins, and dairy products like strawberry milk.
It was once deemed a "conspiracy theory" to think that the dyes in our food could have detrimental effects on our health.
But like other "conspiracy theories" that turned true, the truth could not be ignored forever.
"This ban was LONG overdue," remarked epidemiologist @NicHulscher
.
"Unfortunately, the other synthetic food dyes that have also been linked to serious deleterious health effects still remain on the market. A few months ago, I summarized the harm linked to synthetic food dyes -- outdated FDA standards expose Americans to toxic food dyes linked to cancer, neurobehavioral issues, and other health risks, demanding urgent regulatory action."
He added, "While the FDA has finally made a decision that will benefit public health, they are still allowing the dangerous COVID-19 genetic injections to be administered to all individuals aged 6 months and older despite far exceeding criteria for a Class I recall. The immediate removal of unsafe and ineffective gene therapy injections should be the first priority before any other product bans."

Anyone opposed to RFKJr. is de facto opposed to MAHA, because there are no alternatives. I guess Thomas Massie talks about stuff like this a little, but we are down to a 2-seat majority in the House so no, we can't take him out of Congress and put him in charge of the HHS.

Not to mention that RFKJr. is a major magnet for disaffected Democrats and by giving him this post -- which we usually don't care about all that much; Republicans never care much about the HHS -- we take a major step towards cementing the new political realignment.

When I heard that RFKJr. might endorse Trump, I didn't believe it. Surely Kamala Harris would give this dog a bone and secure his endorsement.

But they didn't. They spurned him. They're so vax-crazy they couldn't offer RFKJr. some kind of symbolic posting to secure his support.

When talk of an endorsement intensified, I was worried: RFKJr. will demand some kind of major leftwing concessions, and Trump would agree.

But RFKJr. didn't demand major leftwing concessions. He wanted to promote MAHA, which I was actually in favor of and wanted Republicans to start taking seriously anyway.

Then I thought there's still no way this will go through, because his running mate -- a left-liberal California tech industry woman who I think might be Asian or something -- will go along with it. She'll go into Ultimate Karen mode and blow up any deal.

But actually, she's like... #Based?!!?

Dear U.S. Senators,

Bobby may play nice; I won’t. pic.twitter.com/G9SZjZhFYR
— Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) January 29, 2025

NEW: Nicole Shanahan tears up during interview on Fox News, doubles down on her promise to fund primary challengers of Senators who don't vote for RFK Jr.

Shanahan got emotional as she recalled stories of parents burying their own children.

"I want to make it clear that we are… pic.twitter.com/uJiqAuKSvJ
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 30, 2025

Even after they said they'd endorse, I expected that endorsement to be half-hearted, crabbed, and full of caveats.

Instead, they were both very supportive of Trump and MAGA. RFKJr. and Shananan have been more supportive of Trump and MAGA than 50%+ of all "Republican" Senators. If we can tolerate them, we can't tolerate these two?

And our shitbag liberal Republicans bring about zero voters into the coalition, while these two bring millions.

This is such a good deal for us. We get a lot and we give up very little. Like I said, HHS in Republican Administrations is usually led by some empty gray nobody. A president just puts whatever Congressman who just lost a seat into the job just to keep him from being unemployed.

RFKJr. and Shanana are demanding almost nothing for their support. In exchange, we get a policy position we should have adopted anyway because it's right, and also get maybe 5% of disaffected Democrats to join us.

And people are turning their noses up at this deal?

Posted by: Ace at 01:15 PM

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1 1st?

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 01:16 PM (77rzZ)

2 Yessss!!! Hey, Ace! I'll call 'em.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 01:17 PM (77rzZ)

3 People need to eat more fiber

Posted by: H at February 04, 2025 01:17 PM (4N/0w)

4 Trump spent 4 years assembling a strike force.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2025 01:17 PM (VwHCD)

5 Good. Primary him anyway.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 04, 2025 01:18 PM (u73oe)

6 'Em status: Called.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 01:18 PM (77rzZ)

7 Plus: The Case for RFKJr. and MAHA

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We're at a point where I'm looking at the Chesterton fence of the medical establishment, seeing holes in it with animals running back and forth, while the villagers who are supposed to be protected by the fence get fat and sick and wondering...

Maybe the fence needs some work.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:18 PM (GBKbO)

8 Good afternoon all!!

I am enjoying watching Trump and Elon dismantle the Deep State, one piece at a time. I am really, really looking forward to the arrests

Posted by: jmel at February 04, 2025 01:19 PM (RWHIh)

9 And for all these years, we thought that left-wing billionaires were funding the Never Trumpers and the rest of the Left-Wing infrastructure.

It turns out that the US government was funding the Never Trumpers and the rest of the Left-Wing infrastructure.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2025 01:19 PM (uxCna)

10 Why does the HHS Secretary nom go through the Finance Committee?

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (77rzZ)

11 Government is the disease. Trump is the cure.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (7Hjh9)

12 As I predicted, I believe all three, RFK Jr, Tulsi and Kash, will make it. Trump is gaining more leverage each day.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (h/ffs)

13
The Race For First: The AoSHQ Cardio Workout

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (y9nCu)

14 Lets make Ivermectin and over the counter drug. What would be the down side?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (Wg6v7)

15 It's cases like this where the government must fund the basic science, because literally no one else is doing it.

This is precisely why research into antibiotics has been stagnant for so long.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (xCA6C)

16 NEW: Nicole Shanahan tears up during interview on Fox News, doubles down on her promise to fund primary challengers of Senators who don't vote for RFK Jr.

Shanahan got emotional as she recalled stories of parents burying their own children.

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I'm hoping she goes through with it even if RFK gets the position.

I'm looking forward to primary challengers in places like NH, NM and NJ, even if it's just to weaken the incumbent and make them cry.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (GBKbO)

17 Good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtKxJ0mr9v8

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (D45I8)

18 Hey if this is Trumpism with Trump imagine how great Trumpism without Trump could be.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (7Hjh9)

19 What about climate deniers?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (63Dwl)

20 We don't need the government funding any research into a chronic condition like Type 2 Diabetes or obesity.

The answer is available to everyone: eat right. Exercise.

Posted by: Diabeetus at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (p8iTN)

21 It's easy to see how the votes will come down.

Just look at Trump's Approval Numbers.

He is getting his picks.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (9Q8fk)

22 You don't need fiber if you don't eat plants.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2025 01:21 PM (KWujZ)

23 First we had Make America Great Again MAGA
Then we have Make America Healthy Again MAHA
How about Make America Follow the Constitution Again MAFCA
hmmmmm...

It sounded better in my head.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 04, 2025 01:21 PM (W/lyH)

24 Bill Kristol, in a panic over the exposure of all the covert US government funding he's been getting for years, freaks out:

Our political wisdom is limited.

Right choices aren’t easy.

Self-government is hard.

But it’s also the case that slavery, fascism, and communism were defeated.

Optimistic complacency about self-government is a mistake.

But so is fatalistic despair."

I predicted that Kristol would be calling for a military coup by today - I may have been off by a few days.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2025 01:21 PM (uxCna)

25 All you need to know about what the Uniparties view on health is best illustrated of what they did during the COVID Op.

Stay at home, don't go outside, take an experimental drug and drink alcohol.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2025 01:21 PM (XV/Pl)

26 As a follow on to the last thread, I see a lot of couples in my area where the wife is a teacher and the husband is at a higher paying job.

The wife has all the time in the world for sick leave and maternity leave and a decent salary, and the husband works at a tech company or some fake NGO that shuffles money around.

It generally works out pretty well, at least until the normal divorce after the second kid is born.

Did I mention I live in a blue area?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 01:21 PM (t0Rmr)

27 21 It's easy to see how the votes will come down.

Just look at Trump's Approval Numbers.

He is getting his picks.
Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (9Q8fk)

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*looks at approval numbers for limited immigration*
*regards the levels of immigration over decades*
*wonders what popular support has to do with government action*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:21 PM (GBKbO)

28 Lets make Ivermectin and over the counter drug. What would be the down side?

Sarah Jessica Parker and Jean Francois Cary have very long faces...

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:21 PM (D45I8)

29 The answer is available to everyone: eat right. Exercise.

Something fundamental has changed in the US diet.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2025 01:21 PM (uxCna)

30 24 I predicted that Kristol would be calling for a military coup by today - I may have been off by a few days.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2025 01:21 PM (uxCna)

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He's finally found a cause worthy enough to pick up a gun and fight himself.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:22 PM (GBKbO)

31 Still waiting for Pam Bondi vote

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2025 01:22 PM (fwDg9)

32 We don't need the government funding any research into a chronic condition like Type 2 Diabetes or obesity.

The answer is available to everyone: eat right. Exercise.

A CEO of an exercise machine company mentioned that one thing you can do to protect yourself from COVID is work out and get in shape.

He was quickly fired and cancelled.

And...he was 100% right.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 01:22 PM (t0Rmr)

33 I could have been first but my keyboard was blocked by my gargantuan todger.

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2025 01:22 PM (vFG9F)

34
People need to eat more fiber
Posted by: H at February 04, 2025 01:17 PM (4N/0w)

No need to shore up the Democrat Party platform.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2025 01:22 PM (y9nCu)

35 How about Make America Follow the Constitution Again MAFCA
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New slogan could be Yippee Ki-Yay MAFCA

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:22 PM (7Hjh9)

36 He looks like a gay man.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 04, 2025 01:23 PM (/U5Yz)

37 >>We're at a point where I'm looking at the Chesterton fence of the medical establishment

#3 Cause of Death.

They won't rest until they are #1.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:23 PM (9Q8fk)

38 Stay at home, don't go outside, take an experimental drug and drink alcohol.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2025 01:21 PM (XV/Pl).

Also smoke weed, don't go to church, and participate in race riots

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:23 PM (7Hjh9)

39 >>>0 We don't need the government funding any research into a chronic condition like Type 2 Diabetes or obesity.
The answer is available to everyone: eat right. Exercise.

say what's the success rate on the "answer" you claim is so obvious that we need no further study?

You do know that your "answer" has a 90% failure rate, right?

Do you just not care? Do you want the fatties to all die because they're Wicked and Sinful?

Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:23 PM (KRtlO)

40 I don’t give a shit if Cassidy votes for RFKjr and Tulsi. He thinks that’s self preservation. But we need to send him and Murkowski packing forever irrespective.

These people are like a disease that hides inside your body and strikes when you’re most vulnerable.

It’s time to excise them from the body politic.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 04, 2025 01:24 PM (lMONC)

41 Ace, it's not just Big Pharma that wants to sell pills. The vast majority of the public also just wants to take a pill to cure all their health problems. Very few people want to do the hard -- and long-term -- work of losing weight (if they are overweight) an staying in shape.

Ozempic is the perfect example. I know several overweight friends and family members that did nothing for decades to lose weight. Too much work, too much effort. Much more fun to have that second serving of pasta. But Ozempic? They couldn't wait to get their hands on that, as if it was some magic talisman to ward off fat cells.

The problem isn't just Big Pharma. It's us, too.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 01:24 PM (iFTx/)

42
Shanahan got emotional as she recalled stories of parents burying their own children.

Until we get a COVID Nuremberg trials, or at least a real truth commission, there is going to be way, way more anger than the FNM is willing to acknowledge.

No, the normies that saw loved ones killed by the clot shot didn't riot like BLM but we remember...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 01:24 PM (t0Rmr)

43 I can foresee a new FDA warning - "If your schadenboner on Trumpism last more than two weeks, please consult a doctor."

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:24 PM (D45I8)

44 >>*looks at approval numbers for limited immigration*
*regards the levels of immigration over decades*
*wonders what popular support has to do with government action*

I know you just pretend to be this dumb, sometimes.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:24 PM (9Q8fk)

45 Vance pointed out on X that Tulsi and RFK brought in a lot of additional votes, were key in building out Trump’s team to please a lot more voters.

For the GOP to reject either of these nominees is to reject the newest members of the Trump coalition.

Could the GOPe be that dumb? Of course they can. Let’s hope they get these nominees approved.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2025 01:24 PM (Hkcdp)

46 Not to mention that RFKJr. is a major magnet for disaffected Democrats and by giving him this post -- which we usually don't care about all that much; Republicans never care much about the HHS -- we take a major step towards cementing the new political realignment.

This alone is enough to support him, I think.

But I'm also more inclined to hear RFK, Jr. out on the merits now too. Watching conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory come true has made him less of a nutter. We're all nutters now.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 04, 2025 01:24 PM (laHVL)

47 On board with RFKJ. I've worked in healthcare, including HHS and FDA, for 20+ years. It is all but owned by Big Pharma and leftists. So desperately in need of transformation. Never believed it was possible, yet here we are on the cusp of it, with Country Club Republicans there to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory...

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at February 04, 2025 01:24 PM (IORSH)

48 I saw Gargantuan Todger open up for Death By Throbbing back in '01

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:24 PM (7Hjh9)

49 Nicole Shanahan is a cutie.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 01:25 PM (77rzZ)

50 Stopped to read the comments and finish my lunch...

and NOT first..

Posted by: Blanco at February 04, 2025 01:25 PM (5jvsV)

51 But we need to send him and Murkowski packing forever irrespective....

It’s time to excise them from the body politic.

Nobody here disagrees, but we have to deal with the Senate as it is, not how we wish it was. There will be time for vengeance.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2025 01:25 PM (xCA6C)

52 F-in A, Ace. Well said.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 04, 2025 01:26 PM (lGN1z)

53 >>>19 What about climate deniers?

So he's going to throw climate deniers in jail? You think this will become policy?

Or do you just object to something he said in the past?

It's an objectionable thing to say, for sure. There is zero percent chance it will happen. Trump remains his boss, obviously.

You're turning down a real, practical win to make a point about some speech you don't like.

Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:26 PM (KRtlO)

54 I never thought anyone from Google, especially California would wind up being semi-based

Plus she sorta hot too

If no cuck in Callie can truly transform her into MAGA then I guess it falls to the toxic men like me to do the job **sniff** *pulls down pants**

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:26 PM (HYKHz)

55 The sell point on RFK seems pretty simple to me.

American health has been getting worse for decades. And the American health care system just had one of the most notable failures in HISTORY with the clot shot/COVID. We need to change things and if anything RFK is honestly way too mild of a reformer.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 01:26 PM (t0Rmr)

56 Elon Must and Donald Trump took away Billi Kristol's USAID feedbowl, so yeah he just might take up arms.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:26 PM (D45I8)

57 Vance pointed out on X that Tulsi and RFK brought in a lot of additional votes, were key in building out Trump’s team to please a lot more voters
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Anyone think DeSantis would have corraled RFK to the GOP side during the campaign? Trump gets lucky again!

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:26 PM (7Hjh9)

58 A neighbour across the street passed away, in his 50s.

He was pressured to get the jabs and developed health problems afterwards.

Evil bastards....

Posted by: Stateless...30% - mental state clawing up from 10% at February 04, 2025 01:26 PM (jvJvP)

59 44 >>*looks at approval numbers for limited immigration*
*regards the levels of immigration over decades*
*wonders what popular support has to do with government action*

I know you just pretend to be this dumb, sometimes.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:24 PM (9Q8fk)

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Sure, there's popular pressure on things.

But immigration is a whole lot more important to voters than who runs the HHS.

And Congress has been awarded for stewardship over a crumbling immigration system for decades through re-election.

Why doesn't that popular support for limited immigration lead to Congressional action? It's important to a majority of the public. Why should this be different?

Hint: It's not. These people don't care about what the people say they want. They care about a well-funded challenger. They care about money opposing them. In a regular environment without Shanahan and Musk, they'd do what they want and get away with it because Go Team Red.

Now, looking at millions of dollars being promised to primary challengers? That's the change. It's not popular support of Trump.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:27 PM (GBKbO)

60 >>>31 Still waiting for Pam Bondi vote

they say she's a 100% lock.

Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:27 PM (KRtlO)

61 >>People need to eat more fiber

Posted by: H at February 04, 2025 01:17 PM

No shit.

Posted by: huerfano at February 04, 2025 01:27 PM (n2swS)

62 I still don't trust RFKjr. I don't need another food nazi badgering me about my food choices.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at February 04, 2025 01:27 PM (g8Ew8)

63 Elon Must and Donald Trump took away Billi Kristol's USAID feedbowl, so yeah he just might take up arms.

If congress didn't specifically approve whatever funding was given to Kristol, or his request for it was in any way fraudulent not only could they claw the money back they could arrest him.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 01:27 PM (t0Rmr)

64 I blame the deliciousness of tortillas for the 'Betis epidemic in Gen X. Quitting drinking, smoking, and drugs was easy compared to quitting tortillas.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 04, 2025 01:27 PM (lGN1z)

65 Now there are two politicians named Kennedy I support.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2025 01:27 PM (jiuRZ)

66 60 >>>31 Still waiting for Pam Bondi vote

they say she's a 100% lock.
Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:27 PM (KRtlO)

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They?

The government?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:27 PM (GBKbO)

67 That talk over the weekend by Vance/RFK with Cassidy must have been fun

I envision it was like the towel party scene in Full Metal Jacket

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:28 PM (HYKHz)

68
The people, united, shall never be defeated.

Posted by: mrp at February 04, 2025 01:28 PM (rj6Yv)

69 Brilliantly stated Ace.

Posted by: Crabgrass Farmer at February 04, 2025 01:28 PM (CTUih)

70 Stay at home, don't go outside, take an experimental drug and drink alcohol.

close the gyms, keep mcdonalds open

Posted by: brak at February 04, 2025 01:28 PM (jGJov)

71 10 Why does the HHS Secretary nom go through the Finance Committee?
Posted by: Bulg
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Medicare and Medicaid are under the HHS purview. Something like 1.5-2 trillion in spending.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2025 01:29 PM (ctrM5)

72 Elon Must and Donald Trump took away Billi Kristol's USAID feedbowl, so yeah he just might take up arms.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:26 PM (D45I

That graph that's going around... it makes me chuckle.

They thought they could bury their grift under seven layers of obfuscation. Then some nerds peck out a couple join statements and draw a literal map for us.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2025 01:29 PM (+iIV1)

73 Ace - if eating right and exercise is not the answer - and note, I never said it was an easy answer - and if a pill is not the answer, then I don't understand what government-funded studies are supposed to find.

Eating right is hard - most adults have to train their body to stop eating all the crap they have been eating all their life. It's akin to kicking a drug habit.

Exercise is hard. But even walking a good amount everyday can work wonders for your health.

But in the end, we as a society have said that it is okay for companies to sell us alcohol, tobacco, and junk food.

That stuff comes at a price. It's up to each individual to kick those habits. Otherwise, live with the consequences.

Posted by: Diabeetus at February 04, 2025 01:29 PM (p8iTN)

74 Medicare and Medicaid are under the HHS purview. Something like 1.5-2 trillion in spending.
Posted by: whig

OK, thank you.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 01:30 PM (77rzZ)

75 Only people who are full of beans need to eat more fiber.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2025 01:30 PM (KWujZ)

76 The left has plenty of non-senator backstabbers in every department.

Posted by: Eromero at February 04, 2025 01:30 PM (nzm1D)

77 Something fundamental has changed in the US diet.

Posted by: The ARC of History!

Lots of things. Content. Marketing. Convenience. Price. It's a whole laundry list of things that have a lot of us getting the cheapest food (because we can't afford better) that's convenient to make and eat (because who has the time and energy?) that we saw ads for everywhere and it was right there on the endcap...I could go on.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at February 04, 2025 01:30 PM (Nv+9A)

78 But we need to send him and Murkowski packing forever irrespective.

These people are like a disease that hides inside your body and strikes when you’re most vulnerable.

It’s time to excise them from the body politic.
Posted by: Marcus T

Politicians that you have to cajole for every vote aren't worth having around. There are better candidates available.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2025 01:30 PM (L2xw+)

79 66 60 >>>31 Still waiting for Pam Bondi vote

they say she's a 100% lock.
Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:27 PM (KRtlO)

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They?

The government?!

The betting markets.

Posted by: resist_we_much at February 04, 2025 01:31 PM (cpys8)

80 I don't trust anyone but if someone like RFK wants to help enact Trump's vision and continue marginalizing Democrats in the process I'm not going to stop him.

Looks at what the openly Democrat position is now on everything. Absolutely fucking toxic.

- Criminal aliens have rights
- Fentanyl Deaths are not a big deal
- America's health is fine

Trump is not just playing a single game here. We need the Democrats, GOPe and Uniparty put down in the public consciousness so we get 15 or 20 years at this thing.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:31 PM (7Hjh9)

81 For the GOP to reject either of these nominees is to reject the newest members of the Trump coalition.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2025 01:24 PM (Hkcdp)

And these craven f*cking idiots in the GOP didn't already realize this obvious fact. Or they knew and just hated Trump too much to accept it. The good thing about cowards is that they can be pressured to do the right thing.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 04, 2025 01:31 PM (h/ffs)

82 I'm a bit torn on RFK using the (obviously) heavily inflated covid death statistics to push his agenda. On one hand, the statistics are complete BS. On the other hand, the left can't call these statistics out as BS since they were the ones who created them to justify the lockdowns and vaccines.

Posted by: sabbasam at February 04, 2025 01:31 PM (mxEar)

83 41.

Bingo.

It's a good thing the Doom Sniffles only needed a little paper face diaper to fight.

If it took pushups to fight covid all these purple-haired cows would be on a pyre now.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 04, 2025 01:31 PM (lGN1z)

84 DeSanitis just anounced ADDITIONAL tax free month areas of interest for Floridans.

A tax-free month for purchasing firearms, ammo and accessories.

A tax-free month for purchasing gas for boats. And Boating, fishing and camping gear.

There is another big one for "interests" but I can't remember.

He can do this because he's been refining the budget.

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 04, 2025 01:31 PM (PMtkd)

85 I still don't trust RFKjr. I don't need another food nazi badgering me about my food choices.

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He literally said during the hearings that he's not going to dictate what people can eat. You wanna eat at McDonalds, eat at McDonalds

What he wants to do is change the food supply so it's healthier and not full of the shit thats killing us, like changing cereals so it's made of strawberries and blueberries, not red-40 or soylent green

And chicken mcnuggets fried in tallow instead of industry manufactured hydrolized shit canola oil is fine by me

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:31 PM (HYKHz)

86 >>But immigration is a whole lot more important to voters than who runs the HHS.

Advice and Consent over nominees is vastly different from Legislative Action.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:31 PM (9Q8fk)

87 Cassidy is also a physician. He's probably got interesting connections with Big Pharma. I imagine the talking to that he got involved some billing records

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2025 01:31 PM (U/Wlk)

88 Uh oh

school shooting in Sweden, Reports of 10 dead.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:32 PM (D45I8)

89 81 And these craven f*cking idiots in the GOP didn't already realize this obvious fact. Or they knew and just hated Trump too much to accept it. The good thing about cowards is that they can be pressured to do the right thing.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 04, 2025 01:31 PM (h/ffs)

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American politicians seem to be generally awful at politics.

Because they didn't need to be good at it to gain their seats or keep them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:32 PM (GBKbO)

90 >>The Polymarket betting site now says that -- given Tulsi getting support from Susan Collins, etc. -- that RFKJr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel are now 97% likely to be confirmed.

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Turgidity: 97%
Mohs equivalent: Titanium

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at February 04, 2025 01:32 PM (j8aAi)

91 Haw! Good ol' Cassidy. Nothing so concentrates the mind like finding a horse's head in your bed.

I am pleasantly surprised to see some of these RINO senators falling into line. I agree that they still should be primaried.

BTW, I keep getting texts from Thom Tillis's office headed with a photo of him and Trump. He was indicating that he had voted for Hegseth. He left out any mention of the fact that he was trying to torpedo him up to practically the last minute.

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2025 01:32 PM (mADJX)

92 Our hermanos down south have Thoughts about "Emelia Perez" and about the bien-pensants who made it
youtu.be/iLT4v3mkrvk

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2025 01:32 PM (gKWVE)

93 A patient cured is a customer lost.

Posted by: Big Pharma at February 04, 2025 01:32 PM (jGJov)

94 >>> But I'm also more inclined to hear RFK, Jr. out on the merits now too. Watching conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory come true has made him less of a nutter. We're all nutters now.

yup. also, look, people are closed-minded. I know I am. Humans treat new ideas like they're new germs. We have mental antibodies to stop them.

I don't think the "We Already Know Everything We Need to Know" attitude looks any better on us than it does on the left.

I remember being pretty sure that Saddam Hussein was on the cusp of developing a nuke, too. I'm less certain of things that Respected Authorities have told me.

Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:32 PM (KRtlO)

95 30 24 I predicted that Kristol would be calling for a military coup by today - I may have been off by a few days.
Posted by: The ARC of History

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He's finally found a cause worthy enough to pick up a gun and fight himself.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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Kristol doesn't roll that way, he will send Bulwark interns out to fight while he stays comfy and safe.

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Posted by: whig at February 04, 2025 01:32 PM (ctrM5)

96 I don’t think Kristol’s Defending Democracy org got any funds directly from USAID.

It’s that USAID gives money to organizations that then give grants out ( they don’t do anything except find other orgs do the they value).

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2025 01:32 PM (Hkcdp)

97 86 Advice and Consent over nominees is vastly different from Legislative Action.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:31 PM (9Q8fk)

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American had a revolution of voting in 2010 because of legislative action.

I can't think of a revolution of voting over cabinet picks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM (GBKbO)

98 Not to mention that RFKJr. is a major magnet for disaffected Democrats and by giving him this post -- which we usually don't care about all that much; Republicans never care much about the HHS -- we take a major step towards cementing the new political realignment.

...

Then I thought there's still no way this will go through, because his running mate -- a left-liberal California tech industry woman who I think might be Asian or something -- will go along with it. She'll go into Ultimate Karen mode and blow up any deal.

But actually, she's like... #Based?!!?

I think she's got an autistic kid. She's very serious about MAHA and supported Dems because Cali and because Republicans never cared about HHS. But Trump cares. He talked to RFKJ and they agreed that they both cared. And that's good enough for Nicole.

The right could still fuck it all up but she seems righteously pissed about the way the Dems treated RFKJ.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM (ExV1e)

99 >>Something fundamental has changed in the US diet.

It's not only diet. It's lifestyle.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM (9Q8fk)

100 I think the general public IS behind MAHA and, perhaps more specifically, RFK Jr. However there's a segment of the public that is clinically insane. This segment holds sway over a huge part of our government... still. They and their supporters in Congress have no interest in MAHA. There's no money in it, and it would by design cause these mentally deficient individuals to either clean up their acts or seek actual mental help.

Plus big Pharma would have to reorientate themselves at significant cost to "fit into" a more healthy America. And, again, there's not a lot of money in MAHA when you get right down to it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM (Q4IgG)

101 After I was diagnosed with cancer, I went to a purely “European” based diet. All Organic fruits and vegetables. Pasta only made in Europe. Limited meats with only grass fed, antibiotic free organic beef, no corn syrup or HFCS, etc..Overall I didn’t eat that badly before, but I really stepped up the vigilance with disease onset. I was told my chance of recurrence was very high. Meanwhile, at least for now, nothing.

I credit God above all else. But I also credit diet and exercise that doesn’t include the crap our country puts in food. It’s pretty simple, but requires discipline. I’m a little curious why that’s controversial

Posted by: Marcus T at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM (lMONC)

102 Ive listened to a lot of RFK's podcasts and what he actually says doesn't match the media portrayal of him being a food nazi anti-vax weenie wagon

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM (HYKHz)

103
Uh oh

school shooting in Sweden, Reports of 10 dead.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:32 PM

unpossible

there are no Amish in Sweden

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM (w9Ycv)

104 92 Our hermanos down south have Thoughts about "Emelia Perez" and about the bien-pensants who made it
youtu.be/iLT4v3mkrvk
Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2025 01:32 PM (gKWVE)

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Supposedly because it portrays Mexico as a corrupt hellhole.

That's not my problem with it. My problem is that it's boring as fuck.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM (GBKbO)

105 Price. It's a whole laundry list of things that have a lot of us getting the cheapest food (because we can't afford better) that's convenient to make and eat (because who has the time and energy?) that we saw ads for everywhere and it was right there on the endcap...I could go on.
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All food reaches you on a river of diesel. Drop the price of diesel and, viola, food prices fall. Export illegals and food gets even cheaper. As does housing.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM (Wg6v7)

106 Cassidy is also a physician. He's probably got interesting connections with Big Pharma. I imagine the talking to that he got involved some billing records

he probably kept every free pen those pharma girls brought to his office

Posted by: brak at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM (jGJov)

107 Cassidy is also a physician. He's probably got interesting connections with Big Pharma. I imagine the talking to that he got involved some billing records

Probably either a live boy or a dead girl.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2025 01:34 PM (xCA6C)

108 U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.
@SenBillCassidy

I've had very intense conversations with Bobby and the White House over the weekend and even this morning. I want to thank VP JD specifically for his honest counsel. With the serious commitments I've received from the administration and the opportunity to make progress on the issues we agree on like healthy foods and a pro-American agenda, I will vote yes.
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Cassidy did not mention another person who participated in those intense conversations. Luca Brasi.

Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2025 01:34 PM (aBgBM)

109 9 And for all these years, we thought that left-wing billionaires were funding the Never Trumpers and the rest of the Left-Wing infrastructure.

It turns out that the US government was funding the Never Trumpers and the rest of the Left-Wing infrastructure.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2025 01:19 PM (uxCna)

Well, it's well known lefties never give to charity...they'd rather government pay for everything they want...

Why would their billionaires be different?

Posted by: Nova Local at February 04, 2025 01:34 PM (exHjb)

110 Sweden shooting is at an adult education center.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2025 01:34 PM (KWujZ)

111 "Eating right is hard - most adults have to train their body to stop eating all the crap they have been eating all their life. It's akin to kicking a drug habit."

Actually, it's not hard. Nor is it that much more expensive. But it's true, one does have to train the mind to train the body. If people just knew how much better they'd feel when they didn't eat processed crap, they'd never go back.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 04, 2025 01:34 PM (h/ffs)

112 And when the CDC was asked why, they said it's because Americans are the sickest people on earth. The average American who died from COVID had 3.8 chronic diseases.
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I expect that there is a problem here, but has anyone looked into whether this means there are more of us coming down with chronic diseases (over the course of a lifetime), or if we're just better at keeping people with chronic diseases alive so that when a new factor, like covid, comes along, there's more low hanging fruit as it were?

Posted by: Methos at February 04, 2025 01:34 PM (Dnobf)

113 The word "authorities" has become like nails on a chalkboard to me. Even worse than experts and I didn't think it could get worse than experts.

But I think authorities are wrong more often now than experts, which is practically impossible.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:34 PM (7Hjh9)

114 109 9 And for all these years, we thought that left-wing billionaires were funding the Never Trumpers and the rest of the Left-Wing infrastructure.

It turns out that the US government was funding the Never Trumpers and the rest of the Left-Wing infrastructure.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2025 01:19 PM (uxCna)

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Well, we do know that Pierre Omidyar, leftist billionaire, has been funding Bill Kristol.

It's just that it wasn't Kristol's only funding.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:35 PM (GBKbO)

115 And people are turning their noses up at this deal?

Normally, we approve of people turning up their noses.

But not this. This is not who *we* are.

Posted by: Big Penguin at February 04, 2025 01:35 PM (a3Q+t)

116 The USDA needs to be involved in this as well. Thanks to their guidance we have all kinds of poisons sprayed on our food.

And their dietary guidelines are a disgrace.

Posted by: Just Lily at February 04, 2025 01:35 PM (ccxKv)

117 >>>And chicken mcnuggets fried in tallow instead of industry manufactured hydrolized shit canola oil is fine by me

let's not forget that "Government Health Authorities" told us that animal fats were dangerous and would give us heart attacks so people stopped cooking with lard and switched over to transfats... which turned out to be ACTUALLY DANGEROUS!!!

A lot of people object to the "government getting involved" in our health choices but wake the fuck up, man, the government already IS involved and it's telling everyone a lot of stupid, unhealthy shit.

How about we test the health claims of Official Government Scientists and roll back the fake bullshit they've been peddling?

You know why they won't do this, right? Because it would reveal that they've literally killled millions of Americans through snake-oil "health guidance" over the past 50 years.

Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:35 PM (KRtlO)

118 And our shitbag liberal Republicans bring about zero voters into the coalition, while these two bring millions.

The left-right dichotomy has been broken since the end of the Cold War. The new battle lines are being formed. MAHA is populist. We should welcome them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2025 01:35 PM (ExV1e)

119 31 Still waiting for Pam Bondi vote
Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2025 01:22 PM (fwDg9)

I think it's set for 1am today - that might be a typo.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 04, 2025 01:35 PM (exHjb)

120 >>Sweden shooting is at an adult education center.

Weird that someone there chose a Gun over Hand Grenades.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:35 PM (9Q8fk)

121 Well done Marcus.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:35 PM (7Hjh9)

122 Something fundamental has changed in the US diet.

Screens.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2025 01:36 PM (xCA6C)

123 10 dead including the gunman at an adult education center. Location is west of Stockholm.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:36 PM (D45I8)

124 Take a look at pictures of people from the 40s, 60s, 80s, and now. Obviously, a mixture of sedentary lifestyle and cheapened crap food has made the difference.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2025 01:36 PM (9jFWV)

125 Cassidy views Trump as an idiot and a weakling in need of his guidance.

Then tell me, what advice would you offer on the present situation? *guides Cassidy toward the window*

Posted by: Donald J. Trump, First of His Name at February 04, 2025 01:36 PM (aD39U)

126 Senator, either your signature or your brains are gonna be on that Committee Vote form for RFK, JR., capiche?

Moose, Rocko, help the Senator find his pen.

Posted by: JD Vance, Street Boss at February 04, 2025 01:36 PM (Aqu9a)

127 >>let's not forget that "Government Health Authorities" told us that animal fats were dangerous and would give us heart attacks so people stopped cooking with lard and switched over to transfats... which turned out to be ACTUALLY DANGEROUS!!!

The War on Cholesterol was a YUGE Mistake.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:36 PM (9Q8fk)

128 yup. also, look, people are closed-minded. I know I am. Humans treat new ideas like they're new germs. We have mental antibodies to stop them.
Posted by: ace
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Depends on personality type--some are more open minded than others and that tends to be pragmatic type personalities.

History shows that a broad based alliance can do a lot in a short amount of time if brought together in common purpose by a leader.

Won't be permanent possibly but enough to get us out the terrible situation we are in today.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2025 01:37 PM (ctrM5)

129 The government telling the government they can't lie to people or coerce them into doing bad shit anymore is fascism, man.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2025 01:37 PM (+iIV1)

130 103
Uh oh

school shooting in Sweden, Reports of 10 dead.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:32 PM

unpossible

there are no Amish in Sweden

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM (w9Ycv)

Idi Amish

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 04, 2025 01:37 PM (wtvvX)

131 Shanahan has a daughter that was born healthy. Then she was vaxxed and became autistic.

What if you found out there are drugs that could cure cancer and Alzheimers as well as some that are effective on chronic pain, but are demonized because Big Pharma can't make money on them? This is the only chance we have to get those in use.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 04, 2025 01:37 PM (EV2jz)

132 To some people on the right "MAHA" and talking about food additives sounds like granola hippy-dippy leftwing crap

Posted by: brak at February 04, 2025 01:37 PM (jGJov)

133 I don’t think Kristol’s Defending Democracy org got any funds directly from USAID.

It’s that USAID gives money to organizations that then give grants out ( they don’t do anything except find other orgs do the they value).

One of the autists looking at this has printed out an incredible web of intermediate organizations used to get money from USAID to Defending Democracy.

A Mexican drug cartel couldn't do a better job of laundering the money.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2025 01:37 PM (uxCna)

134 Ammo pyramid >>>> Food Pyramid

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 04, 2025 01:37 PM (lGN1z)

135 Lets make Ivermectin and over the counter drug. What would be the down side?
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 04, 2025 01:20 PM (Wg6v7)

Pharma stocks would crater when everyone's cancer went away?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2025 01:37 PM (ExV1e)

136 Our 60% increase in Medicaid over the past four years
......

???
Ahvocahdoes from Mehicooo !

Posted by: wth at February 04, 2025 01:38 PM (v0R5T)

137 And chicken mcnuggets fried in tallow instead of industry manufactured hydrolized shit canola oil is fine by me
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:31 PM (HYKHz)

The tallow (and even lard) thing is okay. I just don't want to see anything soy. Democrats love soy.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at February 04, 2025 01:38 PM (g8Ew8)

138 Cassidy views Trump as an idiot and a weakling in need of his guidance.

Then tell me, what advice would you offer on the present situation? *guides Cassidy toward the window*

And where do you stand on huge...tracts of land?

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2025 01:38 PM (xCA6C)

139 123 10 dead including the gunman at an adult education center. Location is west of Stockholm.
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What the hell is an adult education center?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 04, 2025 01:38 PM (Wg6v7)

140 One of the hardest things about eating right is the time and effort it takes. I'm not saying it's not worth it I'm saying it's another barrier. Filling my freezer with lunches and dinners for the week takes work. The one thing I will say is it tastes better on the whole than the other crap options. But the crap options still have their appeal. And when I have a shit few days the last thing I want to do is a week's worth of cooking.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:38 PM (7Hjh9)

141 >> let's not forget that "Government Health Authorities" told us that animal fats were dangerous and would give us heart attacks so people stopped cooking with lard and switched over to transfats... which turned out to be ACTUALLY DANGEROUS!!!

Margarine called. It said, “hey”.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 04, 2025 01:38 PM (lMONC)

142 As I predicted, I believe all three, RFK Jr, Tulsi and Kash, will make it. Trump is gaining more leverage each day.
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Yup.
It was clear to me that their efforts against Pete was the high-water mark of "stopping Trump nominees."

It was perfectly staged with all the usual smears and allegations, complete with crying woman props, that had worked so well so many times before.

And it failed ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2025 01:38 PM (qV1YP)

143 Idiot Amin = Darth Lloyd

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:38 PM (D45I8)

144 What was W. H. Taft's excuse for his girth?

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 01:38 PM (77rzZ)

145 Swedish government is hoping it's a white nationalist about now. Otherwise the choice is a follower of Mo

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2025 01:38 PM (U/Wlk)

146 ace, this meme is mine. It's yours if you want it. Use it freely.

https://tinyurl.com/98tj6w2t

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 04, 2025 01:38 PM (5Kz79)

147 Never include the perpetrator in the body count!!

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:39 PM (7Hjh9)

148 62 I still don't trust RFKjr. I don't need another food nazi badgering me about my food choices.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at February 04, 2025 01:27 PM (g8Ew

What if he didn't badger you about food choices, but just got rid of all the food additives no one ever studied, that were there not for any reason but to make bad food more addictive...the fake colors, the fake flavors, the fake preservatives...

We don't know if those additives are fueling our epidemic, but they have exploded over the last 25 years...and so has our chronic disease epidemics. It would not be a surprise that a large portion of the population is low-level allergic to those never-tested non-food additives, thus causing overactive immune systems that then lead to chronic conditions...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 04, 2025 01:39 PM (exHjb)

149 I for one think that Kennedy was genuinely shocked (in a good way) by the readiness with which Trump supporters embraced him after his endorsement, especially if you think back to his first onstage appearance with Trump. And it's very possible that that led him to examine other parts of the MAGA platform and decide that he could either get onboard with them or at least not make a fuss. Politics makes strange bedfellows, but they don't always stay strange.

Posted by: Dr. T at February 04, 2025 01:39 PM (EynyL)

150 The red dye #3 ban is hilarious. Food labels appear in quantity order. So read the label of any highly processed food and you'll have to bypass high-fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated vegetable oils, bleached flour, sodium stearoyl lactylate, polysorbate 60, etc. etc.in order to get to "artificial color", which is at or very near the bottom.

High-fructose corn syrup is the number one health hazard to Americans, directly causing the obesity epidemic, heart disease, diabetes and cancer. But they can't ban that. The farm lobby won't allow it. Same with harmful vegetable and seed oils and overly processed flour.

Congress and the corrupt FDA are under orders to protect these industries, so they manufacture a culprit, the very visible red dye, ignoring the fact that it only appears in microscopic quantities in food, while the FDA testing of the dye using massive quantities in order to get the bad results they wanted.

It's like a man walking down the street who gets hit with a falling piano and having the coroner blame one of the C-sharp keys for killing him.

Posted by: BetterRedThan at February 04, 2025 01:39 PM (qXqZm)

151 If I could go back in time to 2005:

2025 Me: Duke, you know that blowhard billionaire you haven’t liked since he got into it with Merv Griffin? You’re gonna love him. You’re gonna hate most Republicans. Oh, and you’re gonna agree with a Kennedy. Yes, those Kennedys.

2005 Me: I see we’ve developed quite the drug habit. When did that start?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 04, 2025 01:39 PM (u73oe)

152 Our hermanos down south have Thoughts about "Emelia Perez" and about the bien-pensants who made it
youtu.be/iLT4v3mkrvk
Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2025 01:32 PM (gKWVE)

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Supposedly because it portrays Mexico as a corrupt hellhole.

That's not my problem with it. My problem is that it's boring as fuck.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM (GBKbO)
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I would sooner coat my cojones in pig blood and dip them in a vat of hungry crocs and piranhas than watch Emelia Perez

Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

153 > 24 Bill Kristol, in a panic over the exposure of all the covert US government funding he's been getting for years, freaks out:

He's just worried that he'll no longer be able to afford to pay guys to fuck his wife while he watches.

I mean, that's gotta cost a lot of money, right? She looks like a slightly more masculine version of "Admiral" Rachel Levine, and that's not even taking into account the creep factor of him being a spectator.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2025 01:40 PM (W5ArC)

154 You're right that there's a real dearth of good research in nutrition and fitness, but you don't need to buy the entire RFKJ/MAHA white woman health reasoning about fluorinated water, food dyes, and Big Pharma. Sure make the guy HHS secretary, he fell on his sword and supported the victor. But all this nutball shit about how BiG PhArMa is keeping you obese and that red dye #69 is giving children cancer is stupid. You're fat because you eat too much, and food dyes are safe to consume. Pfizer ain't got nothing to do with it.

Posted by: wat at February 04, 2025 01:40 PM (Dk542)

155 I predicted that Kristol would be calling for a military coup by today - I may have been off by a few days.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2025 01:21 PM (uxCna)

I believe he did call for Congress to storm the WH.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2025 01:40 PM (ExV1e)

156 >> this meme is mine. It's yours if you want it. Use it freely.

https://tinyurl.com/98tj6w2t

LOL

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:40 PM (9Q8fk)

157 You know why they won't do this, right? Because it would reveal that they've literally killled millions of Americans through snake-oil "health guidance" over the past 50 years.

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I watched the documentary Fatheads of how this all came to be (like the food pyramid) and saner food dietitians and doctors literally begging the politicians in Congress not to go through with this because it wasn't based on sound science

The fed government has mass killed millions with their fucking grifting assholishness bullshit

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:40 PM (HYKHz)

158 "Sweden". Sick thing is we already know.

I can't imagine telling my dad who died in 1990 what a mass shooting in "Sweden" means in 2025. The guy would never have believed me.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:40 PM (7Hjh9)

159 152 I would sooner coat my cojones in pig blood and dip them in a vat of hungry crocs and piranhas than watch Emelia Perez
Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

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I watched it this morning out of morbid curiosity.

Holy shit...13 nominations!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:40 PM (GBKbO)

160 > school shooting in Sweden, Reports of 10 dead.

I'm seeing reports the shooter had a full auto weapon.

In 2023, there were 149 confirmed explosive attacks in Sweden. Preliminary reports are there were 32 explosive attacks in January 2025 alone. Sweden embraced the stone aged barbarians and they are experiencing a new barbarian age.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2025 01:40 PM (Odg76)

161 >>A patient cured is a lost customer

Pharma seems to have copied the tech industry that’s moved to “software as a service” which replaced one-time purchases with monthly/annual subscription fees.

Now they get people on drugs like ozempic and trans hormones that are taken for the rest of the customers’ lives.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2025 01:41 PM (Hkcdp)

162 For the GOP to reject either of these nominees is to reject the newest members of the Trump coalition.

Could the GOPe be that dumb? Of course they can. Let’s hope they get these nominees approved.
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I mean, you're talking about the Sooper Geniuses that calculated with geometric precision the resignation of 50+ senior members of the House in 2018 would lead to increasing their power.

So ... yeah: That dumb and then some.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2025 01:41 PM (qV1YP)

163 Something fundamental has changed in the US diet.
......

Not mine. Spam and Snickers still on the menu.

Posted by: wth at February 04, 2025 01:41 PM (v0R5T)

164 I would sooner coat my cojones in pig blood and dip them in a vat of hungry crocs and piranhas than watch Emelia Perez
Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

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I watched it this morning out of morbid curiosity.

Holy shit...13 nominations!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:40 PM (GBKbO)
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You are a much much better man than me ...

Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

165 What the hell is an adult education center?
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Adult...Adult...education!

Posted by: Hall & Oates at February 04, 2025 01:41 PM (azSra)

166 The cheap easy and quick accessibility to fast food,restaurant food, and corner market junk food is what I really think ballooned up the obesity in America. Most households years ago were couldn't afford to eat out a lot, and there were far fewer choices of places to eat. Many homes had at least one parent at home to cook meals.

Posted by: Frank Barone at February 04, 2025 01:41 PM (+oR7L)

167 Red dye comes from ze bugs. We have been eating ze bugs for a long time.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 04, 2025 01:41 PM (BzjNb)

168 164 You are a much much better man than me ...
Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

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I just watched a shitty movie people are talking about because I already had the Netflix subscription.

It probably makes me worse than you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:42 PM (GBKbO)

169 What was W. H. Taft's excuse for his girth?

interestingly Taft had a longtime correspondence with a British doctor who helped him lose 60 lbs while in office, and it was basically just calorie restriction. Taft struggled with sticking to it though and his weight bounced back eventually

Posted by: brak at February 04, 2025 01:42 PM (jGJov)

170 I can see "Fat Camps" in our future.

Just by pure coincidence the only ones sent there will be loud-mouth progs who speak out against fat camps.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 04, 2025 01:42 PM (/lPRQ)

171 I want ingredients that have normal names

and dont get me started on the "natural flavors" bullshit

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:42 PM (HYKHz)

172 he probably kept every free pen those pharma girls brought to his office
Posted by: brak at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM

The pen is, a mighty sword.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (a3Q+t)

173 Swedish government is hoping it's a white nationalist about now. Otherwise the choice is a follower of Mo
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2025 01:38 PM (U/Wlk)

It might well be a white nationalist, given an adult education center is the locale. I'm imagining classes like "Swedish as a second language," "Why you shouldn't rape Swedish women," etc.

Posted by: Dr. T at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (EynyL)

174 If I'd had a month to think it through, I couldn't have said this any better.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (th/4a)

175 Take the time to look at ingredients. There's tons of food options that are very convenient but also not loaded up with crap. Most grocery stores sell things you can basically peel the label off and chuck into the oven for a complete or almost complete meal. Nuke a bag of rice or make some pasta and you're done. And there's nothing in the bag other than actual food. Some of it is unhealthy, trash, sure, but not most.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (+iIV1)

176 The Dems touted RFK Jr as being anti vax/science. All Kennedy is saying is Vax drugs have been released to the public without the traditional lab testing for human consumption.... for that I am with him 100%

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (jQ+5q)

177 Obesity is the source of much of the health issues. People simply eating too much, especially carbs.

People eat when under stress just like people taking drugs. It’s not for nothing as the government decided to destroy the working middle class over the past 30 years that obesity rates took off.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (Vh9CX)

178 171 I want ingredients that have normal names

and dont get me started on the "natural flavors" bullshit
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:42 PM (HYKHz)

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Eat eggs, chicken, and steak. Maybe a salad on the side.

You'll be fine.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

179
Corn syrup as a sweetener for everything is subsidized just like ethanol for the benefit of farm state corporate agriculture and their dear friends in the Senate.

Going back to the 60's it was to kill cane sugar, which the Cubans managed to kill on their own.

Posted by: Auspex at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (j4U/Z)

180 106 Cassidy is also a physician. He's probably got interesting connections with Big Pharma. I imagine the talking to that he got involved some billing records

he probably kept every free pen those pharma girls brought to his office
Posted by: brak
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One of the top funders of his political campaigns is Big Pharma-well over $1 million.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (ctrM5)

181 Sweden shooting is at an adult education center.

Weird that someone there chose a Gun over Hand Grenades.
Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:35 PM (9Q8fk)

That can't be. Sweden is one big happy socialist community that doesn't guns to defend themselves.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (g8Ew8)

182 Something fundamental has changed in the US diet.

High fructose corn syrup.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (VVexz)

183 You're right that there's a real dearth of good research in nutrition and fitness, but you don't need to buy the entire RFKJ/MAHA white woman health reasoning about fluorinated water, food dyes, and Big Pharma. Sure make the guy HHS secretary, he fell on his sword and supported the victor. But all this nutball shit about how BiG PhArMa is keeping you obese and that red dye #69 is giving children cancer is stupid. You're fat because you eat too much, and food dyes are safe to consume. Pfizer ain't got nothing to do with it.

In the end, I predict that as usual, it will turn out that both sides have some things right, and some things wrong. It certainly wouldn't hurt most of us to eat better and exercise more, but it also wouldn't hurt to be a lot more conscious of what we put in our bodies.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2025 01:44 PM (xCA6C)

184 What the hell is an adult education center?
.......

Where they teach our New Neighbors to speak the language.

Posted by: wth at February 04, 2025 01:44 PM (v0R5T)

185 What was W. H. Taft's excuse for his girth?
Posted by: Bulg

Big boned. Like a brontosaurus.

Seriously, he was a rarity at the time. Today, you can see a dozen of them at any given walmart in one visit.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2025 01:44 PM (+xvnT)

186 RFKJr. and Shanana....
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Hopefully, RFKJ will get the job.

https://youtu.be/ysKhbaLyIFw

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 04, 2025 01:44 PM (8Ke+b)

187 132 To some people on the right "MAHA" and talking about food additives sounds like granola hippy-dippy leftwing crap
Posted by: brak at February 04, 2025 01:37 PM (jGJov)

"In 1997, the FDA proposed a rule that gave the food industry the authority to self-certify that a new food chemical was safe. This change allowed companies to add new ingredients to food without FDA oversight. "

This NEEDS Amplification...we had people eat garbage in the 50s/60s/70s/80s...but we didn't have this til the late 90s...now look at our issues...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 04, 2025 01:44 PM (exHjb)

188 Agreed that Hegseth was the high watermark of RESISTANCE REEEEEEEEE

Hegseth is as anti-deep state as we can hope for, if they couldnt stop him they're not going to stop the rest of Trump's anti-deep state wrecking crew

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:44 PM (HYKHz)

189 I will take any bets on Vibrant Swedish National vs white nationalist any day of the week. Who wants action?

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:44 PM (7Hjh9)

190 >129 The government telling the government they can't lie to people or coerce them into doing bad shit anymore is fascism, man.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2025 01:37 PM (+iIV1)

That's basically the only insult they know, mainly because they're zombies who are incapable of original thought. They're still parroting century-old Stalinist propaganda scripts.

When you think about it, it's high comedy that they'd describe a guy who's cutting the living shit out of the government, reducing its power in every area, as a "fascist".

Because limiting government power was what the Fascists were all about, right?

Practically libertarians, those Fascists.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2025 01:44 PM (W5ArC)

191 "Shooting in Sweden"

Welcome to three comments sections ago.

People need to hit Daily Mail every 30 minutes. They break news faster than any other outlet.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 04, 2025 01:45 PM (Y1sOo)

192 190 Because limiting government power was what the Fascists were all about, right?

Practically libertarians, those Fascists.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2025 01:44 PM (W5ArC)

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"I wish the government to do no more than build roads and do national defense."

"Wow...a real Nazi."
-Old Hippie I taught English with in Rome, very seriously

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:45 PM (GBKbO)

193 You want to see the bitterest, most unhappy man in the swamp? Check out George Will's twitter timeline.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at February 04, 2025 01:45 PM (9yUzE)

194 Exercise?
I thought you said extra fries.

Posted by: wth at February 04, 2025 01:45 PM (v0R5T)

195
That's not evil or anything. Just self-interest.

I used to mostly believe this until COVID.

Mengele was not the outlier we were led to believe that he is.

Posted by: biteme at February 04, 2025 01:45 PM (xWS9V)

196 Eat eggs, chicken, and steak. Maybe a salad on the side.

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I do something like ketovore, so thats my main diet, except for broccoli

fuck that vile weed

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (HYKHz)

197 I think Taft would be alternately pleased and horrified by the state of the world today.

One thing he'd be pleased by is that you can easily buy a gigantic fucking bathtub nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (W5ArC)

198 Something fundamental has changed in the US diet.

High fructose corn syrup.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (VVexz)
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Plus oils.

Plus carbs.

Plus junk.

Plus supersized everything.

Plus combining all of the above with even otherwise healthy fats.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (8Ke+b)

199 196
I do something like ketovore, so thats my main diet, except for broccoli

fuck that vile weed
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (HYKHz)

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I've never minded broccoli. Probably because it doesn't taste like much of anything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (GBKbO)

200 And... I probably won't agree with Shanahan on everything. The cost of her support was putting Bobby into a position to do something about kids's health. Once that was agreed on, she funded some of the best political ads I've seen. She publicly voted for Trump on stage in front of a crowd. She told Congressif they didn't confirm Bobby, she'd spend her money to primary them. And she published the phone numbers for Senators that were waivering. Has anyone else ever done that for us?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (EV2jz)

201 Kaboom is part of a balanced, nutritious breakfast, the most important meal of the day!

Posted by: Kaboom Kids at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (Aqu9a)

202 Education is important. There's lots of stuff that has scary chemical sounding names but are pretty much benign natural organic compounds. If you care, then make an effort to know what you're eating. If you don't care, then whatever.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (+iIV1)

203 You want to see the bitterest, most unhappy man in the swamp? Check out George Will's twitter timeline.

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Wow he's still alive?

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (HYKHz)

204 Guess what? You eat three meals a day, then sit on your ass, you be phat.

Posted by: wth at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (v0R5T)

205 There no single philosophy or perspective that will solve problems in life.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 04, 2025 01:47 PM (/9pFk)

206 "When my uncle was president, 2% of American kids had chronic disease. Today, 66% have chronic disease," says RFK Jr. at his confirmation hearing.

This single fact serves as irrefutable evidence that the current �scientific consensus� is not working.

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What is different?

Bring back cigs and cocktails?
Single income families and home cooked meals?
Three recesses a day in elementary school?
Air bags in cars...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 04, 2025 01:47 PM (/lPRQ)

207 George Will?

He's still alive?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:47 PM (D45I8)

208 182 Something fundamental has changed in the US diet.

High fructose corn syrup.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (VVexz)

I am suspicious of this as well, it's in everything. It's even in Costco's frozen cooked chicken breast and I don't see why they would put sugar in chicken.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2025 01:47 PM (dyGWr)

209 203 You want to see the bitterest, most unhappy man in the swamp? Check out George Will's twitter timeline.

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Wow he's still alive?
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (HYKHz)

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Really pissed at people wearing jeans to Spring Training games last year and is letting everyone have it!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:47 PM (GBKbO)

210 There must be 4 or 5 different versions of Ozempic on the market now. You can't get through a commercial break without seeing one.
You won't be surprised that everyone in the commercials is super active, thriving, on their way to a better version of themselves.

Posted by: Ktgreat at February 04, 2025 01:47 PM (33LJY)

211 Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:26 PM (7Hjh9)

Pointlessly irritating people over irrelevancies. Brilliant.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2025 01:47 PM (ExV1e)

212 A Sedentary Lifestyle is worse for you than Smoking.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:47 PM (9Q8fk)

213 153 > 24 Bill Kristol, in a panic over the exposure of all the covert US government funding he's been getting for years, freaks out:

He's just worried that he'll no longer be able to afford to pay guys to fuck his wife while he watches.

I mean, that's gotta cost a lot of money, right? She looks like a slightly more masculine version of "Admiral" Rachel Levine, and that's not even taking into account the creep factor of him being a spectator.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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You are a very understanding individual. May I invite you to our Bulwark Cruise? I am sure that you and the missus are compatible.

Posted by: Cap'n Billy at February 04, 2025 01:47 PM (ctrM5)

214 The current American lifestyle is a planned behavioral modification program to change a wild species into a domesticated one.

Some methods are more obvious than others.

Sick cattle don't break many fences.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 04, 2025 01:47 PM (zAjM3)

215 >>> 178
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Eat eggs, chicken, and steak. Maybe a salad on the side.

You'll be fine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

Bluebell the hen approves of this message.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 04, 2025 01:47 PM (Vqx30)

216 Eat eggs, chicken, and steak. Maybe a salad on the side.

You'll be fine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

And fish, especially salmon.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 01:48 PM (77rzZ)

217 >>> Eat eggs, chicken, and steak. Maybe a salad on the side.

i really want to make steak and eggs but it seems so indulgent.

also I need to find out a cheap cut of steak that works well for this. I don't think I should make ribeye or something for breakfast.

Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:48 PM (KRtlO)

218 I've never minded broccoli. Probably because it doesn't taste like much of anything.

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I have a mother who thinks salt is the devil, so she manages the squeeze the absolute taste and flavor out of EVERYTHING

Ive actually tried broccoli raw and it isnt half bad tbh. Cauliflower though, there is no reality in which that shit will ever taste good to me.

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:48 PM (HYKHz)

219 I don't think it's any one food, or any one additive, or any one dye that's causing our obesity and health crises. I think it's the following:

1. Endless "snacking." When I was a kid, we had three meals a day. Period. Maybe on a Saturday night we were allowed some popcorn while watching a movie. But otherwise, if we wanted potato chips, the answer was "LOLGF."

Now, kids "snack" all day long, and it's always on garbage junk food. Big Snack has brainwashed parents into thinking endless snacks are necessary.

2. Too many people sit on their fat asses all day. Humans need exercise to be healthy, no matter what they're diet is.

3. No more fat shaming. Some people probably think it's totally ok health-wise to be fat.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

220 70 vaxes for children? Are you kidding? We had two or three when I was growing up. No one had autism, and we had one chubby kid in our entire school. Most kids were like me, a rake handle. Fit, energetic, healthy.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 04, 2025 01:49 PM (h/ffs)

221 The main thing plaguing us health wise are that we consume more calories than are required for our given output.

Couple that with the typical American diet being sh**y and it’s no wonder chronic disease and obesity have risen dramatically in the last 60 years.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2025 01:49 PM (pJ6+J)

222 Eat eggs, chicken, and steak. Maybe a salad on the side.

You'll be fine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

Bluebell the hen approves of this message.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 04, 2025 01:47 PM

You are just involved in breakfast. I'm committed.

Posted by: Petunia Pig at February 04, 2025 01:49 PM (aD39U)

223 > I've never minded broccoli. Probably because it doesn't taste like much of anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (GBKbO)

I think that must be one of those things that varies among different people according to their genes.

To me, any kind of cooked crucifer smells like it's already been eaten, digested, and excreted.

Oddly, I like them raw. Good coleslaw is delicious, and I don't mind using raw broccoli or cauliflower as a dip substrate.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2025 01:49 PM (W5ArC)

224 216 Eat eggs, chicken, and steak. Maybe a salad on the side.

You'll be fine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

And fish, especially salmon.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 01:48 PM (77rzZ)

Don't forget Weasel, The Other Yellow Meat!

Posted by: GARY BURBANK at February 04, 2025 01:49 PM (wtvvX)

225 217 i really want to make steak and eggs but it seems so indulgent.

also I need to find out a cheap cut of steak that works well for this. I don't think I should make ribeye or something for breakfast.
Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:48 PM (KRtlO)

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My breakfast is just eggs with hot sauce.

It should be keeping me in ketosis.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:49 PM (GBKbO)

226 The fructose thing is complex. We’re supposed to eat fructose. Its what’s in fruit. We’ve been eating it for thousands of years.

But it’s just enough to make fruit sweet. We decided to concentrate it and then started mega dosing it in everything we eat.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 04, 2025 01:49 PM (BzjNb)

227 Something fundamental has changed in the US diet.

High fructose corn syrup.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2025 01:43 PM (VVexz)

Oh good grief. Here we go.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at February 04, 2025 01:49 PM (g8Ew8)

228 Something fundamental has changed in the US diet.

High fructose corn syrup.

I don't know, the last thread we had on this there were multiple comments with the "oh that's just gay karen mom blogger leftwing crap"

Posted by: brak at February 04, 2025 01:49 PM (jGJov)

229 Feel like saying to Dems "you guys still laughing at Rubio for drinking water? Are ya? Huh, huh

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2025 01:49 PM (U/Wlk)

230 >>i really want to make steak and eggs but it seems so indulgent.

>>also I need to find out a cheap cut of steak that works well for this. I don't think I should make ribeye or something for breakfast.

NY Strip. Rare. With eggs.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:50 PM (9Q8fk)

231 Ilhan Omar spoke at a seminar teaching illegal immigrant Somalis how to evade deportation.

Homan needs to go arrest this bald bint now, and investigate her personal immigration fraud in the process.

http://tiny.cc/t9v8001

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2025 01:50 PM (Odg76)

232 218 Ive actually tried broccoli raw and it isnt half bad tbh. Cauliflower though, there is no reality in which that shit will ever taste good to me.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:48 PM (HYKHz)

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I'm big on texture, and I like the texture of cauliflower. It also doesn't taste like much of anything to me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:50 PM (GBKbO)

233 also I need to find out a cheap cut of steak that works well for this. I don't think I should make ribeye or something for breakfast.
Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:48 PM

NY Strip is traditional.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 04, 2025 01:50 PM (aD39U)

234 These fuckin Skaarrssgaaards have to be dealt with. This crime wave can't continue. Sweden needs to do summin bout it.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 04, 2025 01:50 PM (zAjM3)

235 Well, had Tensor produce another issue of Vorpal.

https://tensor.art/u/727481333235843246

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:50 PM (D45I8)

236 >>> 217 >>> Eat eggs, chicken, and steak. Maybe a salad on the side.

i really want to make steak and eggs but it seems so indulgent.

also I need to find out a cheap cut of steak that works well for this. I don't think I should make ribeye or something for breakfast.
Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:48 PM (KRtlO)

Sirloin, marinated overnight to tenderize if you want.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 04, 2025 01:50 PM (Vqx30)

237 Cauliflower though, there is no reality in which that s*** will ever taste good to me.

Hold my beer.

Posted by: Brussels Sprouts at February 04, 2025 01:50 PM (xCA6C)

238 Eat eggs, chicken, and steak. Maybe a salad on the side.

You'll be fine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

And fish, especially salmon.
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 01:48 PM (77rzZ)

Hmmm. I'm noticing a definite absence of carrot cake in this food paradigm. Please fix this immediately, if not sooner.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (Aqu9a)

239 When my uncle was president, 2% of American kids had chronic disease. Today, 66% have chronic disease," says RFK Jr. at his confirmation hearing.

This single fact serves as irrefutable evidence that the current "scientific consensus" is not working.

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What is different?

No Presidential Commission on Physical Fitness with the cool sew on patch for your gym shorts.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (VVexz)

240 i really want to make steak and eggs but it seems so indulgent.

also I need to find out a cheap cut of steak that works well for this. I don't think I should make ribeye or something for breakfast.
Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:48 PM (KRtlO)

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My breakfast is just eggs with hot sauce.

It should be keeping me in ketosis.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:49 PM (GBKbO)
_________

My breakfast is the blood and bones of my enemies. Then their lamentating women.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (iFTx/)

241 also I need to find out a cheap cut of steak that works well for this. I don't think I should make ribeye or something for breakfast.

**************

I do steak and eggs nearly every day, I get the steaks from Butcher Box and marinate them with an avocado oil/coconut amino blend of spices, after grilling they actually freeze very well, just put in the toaster oven to reheat for 15 minutes at 325 degrees, it retains its juices and tastes just as good as after grilling

never, ever use the microwave

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (HYKHz)

242 MegaFit Meals hits the spot. Right now I'm three meals a day around 2,000 calories. A box of meals for the week is $320. No cooking, no dishes, no bullshit. The food is actually good. Quality meats, quality vegetables. Used to eat Factor 75, way too much sodium and relies on sauces to flavor up the food. Plus they send you the wrong meals a lot.

......supplement that with Crumbl Chocolate Chip Cookies and the occasional pizza and life is good!

Posted by: JROD at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (IlL6s)

243 237 Cauliflower though, there is no reality in which that s*** will ever taste good to me.

Hold my beer.
Posted by: Brussels Sprouts at February 04, 2025 01:50 PM (xCA6C)

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I didn't have brussel sprouts until after I married Dolley. She really likes them.

Gross. Bitter and ugh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (GBKbO)

244 I wonder if someone could start a post at DU that argues that Biden did more to "Make America Healthy Again" because fast food consumption dropped drastically during his term.

And then how long until they realize that was due to inflation?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (qV1YP)

245 There’s a great place outside of Houston that serves bone in ribeye steak and eggs. The steak is seasoned with some kind of rub, and it includes a generous helping of home fries or whatever.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (lMONC)

246 winning

fuck these people. Specifically, the Democrats

Posted by: YOHAN THE LIBRARIAN at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (3TalN)

247 238 Hmmm. I'm noticing a definite absence of carrot cake in this food paradigm. Please fix this immediately, if not sooner.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (Aqu9a)

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Dolley made a carrot cake for my mother for her birthday one year.

It's a good cake.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (GBKbO)

248 also I need to find out a cheap cut of steak that works well for this. I don't think I should make ribeye or something for breakfast.
Posted by: ace

Tenderloin.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (VVexz)

249 I prefer broccoli raw. I eat a couple of the... florets? and call it a day.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (5Kz79)

250 Also every once in awhile you should eat some grass.
Then throw up. But don't eat the vomit.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (/9pFk)

251 I'd like to support Nicole Shanahan, but there's just something "off" about her aura.

Posted by: Marianne Williamson at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (paSBy)

252 NERD ALERT!

Ace, trailer for Fantastic Four just dropped. It's kinda mid but the the CGI and character design on the Thing is... *chef's kiss*

Posted by: Max Power at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (q177U)

253 I didn't have brussel sprouts until after I married Dolley. She really likes them.

Gross. Bitter and ugh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM

The Devil's balls.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (aD39U)

254
Hmmm. I'm noticing a definite absence of carrot cake in this food paradigm. Please fix this immediately, if not sooner.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (Aqu9a)

You guys are making me hungry and carrot cake is my favorite.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (dyGWr)

255 Thanks to the 1997 rule, the FDA doesn't even know when companies use new additives...this one was a fun "FAFO" by a "health food" company...

Some companies may not do any safety review at all, and simply start using the chemicals in food without considering the risks. While this practice is illegal, the FDA has no way to compel companies to demonstrate that they conducted an adequate safety review before using the chemical, so enforcing the requirement for a GRAS review is extremely difficult.

For example, there is no public evidence that the ingredient tara flour was determined to be GRAS by experts before it was marketed in “crumbles” sold by Daily Harvest. That product was tied to a devastating outbreak in June 2022, when 393 people were sickened, and 133 were hospitalized, some with permanent organ damage, after eating the Daily Harvest products. While the FDA was unable to confirm what caused these adverse illnesses definitely, it identified tara flour as an ingredient of interest. Had more work been done to test and vet this ingredient before adding it to foods—and had the FDA been notified or petitioned for approval—this mysterious outbreak may well have been prevented.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (exHjb)

256 240 My breakfast is the blood and bones of my enemies. Then their lamentating women.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (iFTx/)

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Still keto!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (GBKbO)

257 You can live on beer. Believe me, I've tried.

Posted by: wth at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (v0R5T)

258 Beef, butter, bacon, and eggs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (KWujZ)

259 And our shitbag liberal Republicans bring about zero voters into the coalition, while these two bring millions.

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ain't that the truth

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (g47mK)

260 If I could give any ONE singular piece of advice about this subject it would be to limit your intake of sugar. In every form beyond fresh fruit but I would even limit that.

That's it. That's my genius advice.

You will feel immediately better too.

More than if you start walking, more than if you do almost anything else.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (7Hjh9)

261 Let me put you some knowledge!

Member when doctors would make house calls for a few dollars? What the heck happened?

Great read here-
Was It Illegal to Profit from Healthcare Prior to the HMO Act of 1973?

https://tinyurl.com/3xjbxdx6

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at February 04, 2025 01:53 PM (jQ+5q)

262 Hmmm. I'm noticing a definite absence of carrot cake in this food paradigm. Please fix this immediately, if not sooner.
Posted by: Count de Monet

The carrot cake is what goes in the chili.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 01:53 PM (77rzZ)

263 There must be 4 or 5 different versions of Ozempic on the market now. You can't get through a commercial break without seeing one.
You won't be surprised that everyone in the commercials is super active, thriving, on their way to a better version of themselves.
Posted by: Ktgreat

I also wont be surprised when the majority of the people that take it have severe side effects. ALao, as far as I know, it is a lifetime drug.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2025 01:53 PM (SOXza)

264 Couldn't add quotes b/c ran out of space...from https://www.cspinet.org/

Posted by: Nova Local at February 04, 2025 01:53 PM (exHjb)

265 Listen, Fat, I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy loved Fruit Loops. So did his brother Bobby.

If you're not for Fruit Loops you ain't really a Kennedy.

Jill, I'm ready for my daily treatment of ice cream with Fruit Loops.

This guy RFK, Jr. isn't even a doctor!

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 04, 2025 01:53 PM (GxAw0)

266 Love broccoli.

But Spinach is my favorite. I can eat my bodyweight in Spinach every week. And crave more.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:53 PM (9Q8fk)

267 I don't know, the last thread we had on this there were multiple comments with the "oh that's just gay karen mom blogger leftwing crap"
Posted by: brak at February 04, 2025 01:49 PM (jGJov)

I think both sides of that argument are correct in some way.

Yes, HFCS is chemically similar enough to natural sugar that it's not inherently, as a substance, better or worse for you.

And yes, HFCS is easier to store, distribute, and incorporate into a product, so that far far more of it gets ingested than otherwise would have.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2025 01:53 PM (+iIV1)

268 217 >>> Eat eggs, chicken, and steak. Maybe a salad on the side.

i really want to make steak and eggs but it seems so indulgent.

also I need to find out a cheap cut of steak that works well for this. I don't think I should make ribeye or something for breakfast.
Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:48 PM (KRtlO)

A chopped steak would work. Or maybe a hamburger patty. Put a slice of cheddar or Swiss cheese on it.

Posted by: Just Lily at February 04, 2025 01:54 PM (ccxKv)

269 Remember kids

No carrots in the chili

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:54 PM (D45I8)

270 Biden has been mighty quiet , as has Barky. Hillary is trying some resistance grift. Not much of a peep out of W. Verrry interesting

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2025 01:54 PM (U/Wlk)

271 266 Love broccoli.

But Spinach is my favorite. I can eat my bodyweight in Spinach every week. And crave more.
Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:53 PM (9Q8fk)

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I find spinach...fine.

That's kind of my thing with vegetables. Most of them are fine. I'll eat them if they're on my plate.

But I don't search them out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:54 PM (GBKbO)

272 I wonder if someone could start a post at DU that argues that Biden did more to "Make America Healthy Again" because fast food consumption dropped drastically during his term.

And then how long until they realize that was due to inflation?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

They will never make the connection. They're still trying to meme about Trump not bringing the price of eggs down, totally oblivious to the fact that for four years, Bribem swore there was no inflation.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2025 01:54 PM (VVexz)

273 I can eat my bodyweight in Spinach every week. And crave more.
Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:53 PM

Strong to the finish.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 04, 2025 01:54 PM (aD39U)

274 I predict a 63% increase in math on the blog.

Posted by: DaveA at February 04, 2025 01:54 PM (FhXTo)

275 Ace, trailer for Fantastic Four just dropped. It's kinda mid but the the CGI and character design on the Thing is... *chef's kiss*

I saw it, and all I could think was "this again???". It's so 2015.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2025 01:55 PM (xCA6C)

276 what do French in France, and Italians in Italy eat ? they seem to be healthy like, no ?

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2025 01:55 PM (g47mK)

277 also I need to find out a cheap cut of steak that works well for this. I don't think I should make ribeye or something for breakfast.
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Best way is to buy a roast and cut out the steak part.

I've seen YouTube videos of a butcher showing how to identify the right cheaper roast that you can cut into steaks.

Also, follow the lead of our Hispanic friends: any cut of meat is fine to slice up and fry for an egg and steak taco.
Still good if you leave out the tortilla; add salsa and queso fresco crumbles

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2025 01:55 PM (qV1YP)

278 >>But I don't search them out.

I crave Spinach. Doubly so in the Summer months, when I am riding 5-6 days a week.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:55 PM (9Q8fk)

279 My breakfast is the blood and bones of my enemies. Then their lamentating women.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (iFTx/)

=======

Still keto!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:52 PM (GBKbO)

Not the blood of these beetus ridden boombalatties. That shit is glucose city.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2025 01:55 PM (+iIV1)

280 ====
What is different?

No Presidential Commission on Physical Fitness with the cool sew on patch for your gym shorts.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (VVexz)

Free food stamps/WIC cards

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at February 04, 2025 01:55 PM (jQ+5q)

281 You need to eat five pounds of spinach to get your iron that way.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2025 01:55 PM (KWujZ)

282 But Spinach is my favorite. I can eat my bodyweight in Spinach every week. And crave more.
Posted by: garrett
.......

Do you have really big forearms and wear a sailor cap?

Posted by: wth at February 04, 2025 01:56 PM (v0R5T)

283 didn't have brussel sprouts until after I married Dolley. She really likes them.

Gross. Bitter and ugh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I had some last night. Halved and caramelized in cast iron pan with garlic. Absolutely delicious.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2025 01:56 PM (fCvil)

284 > Hold my beer.
Posted by: Brussels Sprouts at February 04, 2025 01:50 PM (xCA6C)

Brussels sprouts are the only thing I know of that can actually ruin the taste of bacon.

I remember way back, when France first got nuclear missiles, someone observed that they were so short-range that they were basically limited to nuking the shit out of Belgium, "and with the possible exception of inventing Brussels sprouts, I can't think of anything they've done to deserve that".

Heh

(and yeah, I know there are historic strategic reasons why the French want the option of nuking the shit out of Belgium... it's long been "Europe's battlefield", because why fuck up your own country when you can have a war in Belgium instead).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2025 01:56 PM (W5ArC)

285 also I need to find out a cheap cut of steak that works well for this. I don't think I should make ribeye or something for breakfast.
Posted by: ace at February 04, 2025 01:48 PM (KRtlO)
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Ace, try London Broil. I picked up some last week at Safeway, regular price $7.99/pound but marked half-price so $3.99/pound. Cheaper than hamburger. I marinated it all day (lots of recipes online, mine was essentially olive oil, a bit of balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, some herbs, garlic, and lemon juice). My husband grilled it to medium rare and it was absolutely delicious.

Slice it across the grain. You could make this and have it for several days. It was just as good the day after as the first day.

Posted by: bluebell at February 04, 2025 01:56 PM (79pEw)

286 But Spinach is my favorite. I can eat my bodyweight in Spinach every week. And crave more.
Posted by: garrett

Yeah, I love spinach, too. Indian cuisine makes really good use of it.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 01:56 PM (77rzZ)

287 I like broccoli.
My problem is that it makes the whole house smell like a dog fart (at least the way my wife makes it).

Brussel sprouts are similar.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 04, 2025 01:57 PM (laHVL)

288 There's a sale on broccoli at Walmart.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2025 01:57 PM (KWujZ)

289 >>You need to eat five pounds of spinach to get your iron that way.

A regular breakfast here is a Spinach Sautee with Steak and Eggs.

I don't rely on the Spinach for Iron...but I am certain that is where the Warm Weather Craving comes from.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:57 PM (9Q8fk)

290 USAID was giving 3 BILLION to the BBC.

?????????????????????

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 04, 2025 01:57 PM (PMtkd)

291 283 I had some last night. Halved and caramelized in cast iron pan with garlic. Absolutely delicious.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2025 01:56 PM (fCvil)

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Were you able to taste the sprouts at all?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:57 PM (GBKbO)

292 Adult education center is 125 miles west of Stockholm.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:57 PM (D45I8)

293 I've moved to a healthier diet in the last couple of years and actually it is harder.

Fruits and veggies spoil a lot faster then a pre-made bag of stuff in the freezer. Its also generally more expensive though not outrageously so, but real "problem" is cooking from scratch or semi-scratch does take longer.

The end result tastes better and is healthier, but again, I am allocating more time to cooking and shopping then I did before...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 01:57 PM (t0Rmr)

294 Actually, at this point eggs might be more expensive than steak, pound for pound.

Posted by: bluebell at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (79pEw)

295 There’s a great place outside of Houston that serves bone in ribeye steak and eggs. The steak is seasoned with some kind of rub, and it includes a generous helping of home fries or whatever.
Posted by: Marcus T
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What's it's name?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (qV1YP)

296 @252

>> Ace, trailer for Fantastic Four just dropped. It's kinda mid but the the CGI and character design on the Thing is... *chef's kiss*

It’s defiantly in a retro-futuristic timeline, it’s hard to tell if it’s going to be any good.

Sort of looks like an Alex Ross painting with a Jack Kirby filter layered on top.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (pJ6+J)

297
Jim Beam and unfiltered Lucky Strikes played a large role in the lives of my grandparents who lived into their 90's.

Posted by: Auspex at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (j4U/Z)

298 I can eat my bodyweight in Spinach every week. And crave more.
Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:53 PM

Are you a sailor man? 'Cause I dig sailor men.

Posted by: Olive Oyl at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (a3Q+t)

299 5 Good. Primary him anyway.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 04, 2025 01:18 PM (u73oe)

Zactly he voted to impeach El Presidente for life Donald J Trump

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (jQ+5q)

300 Do I agree with RFK Jr., Tulsi and Shanahan on some everything? Most likely, not. However, those opposing points of view and ideas need to be heard and discussed.

I give Tulsi, Nicole and RFK Jr. credit for reaching out. The pressure from the left has to be daunting. Heck, RFK Jr's family has basically disowned him for working with President Trump.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (tT6L1)

301 290 USAID was giving 3 BILLION to the BBC.

?????????????????????
Posted by: Seems Legit at February 04, 2025 01:57 PM (PMtkd)

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That should, genuinely, really piss of British voters.

They are taxed to keep the BBC running, but they're getting massive influxes of cash from a foreign government? What kind of influence is that buying?

The British people honestly need to just revolt.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)

302 Dammit Nicole. Would you put on your leathers and S&M me?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (pohLc)

303 Yes, HFCS is chemically similar enough to natural sugar that it's not inherently, as a substance, better or worse for you.

******************

This is complete bullshit and Ill tell you why

the real sugar takes longer to digest, your blood spikes but over a longer duration and the digestive process is more gradual

HFCS spikes your blood instantly and digests more rapidly. This is the primary difference and why it differentiates from normal sugar and exacerbates health diseases like diabetes

So chemically they may be similar, but its how theyre digested that is the cause of so many health issues

HFCS needs to be banned, full stop

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (HYKHz)

304 Ace, try London Broil.

--

Slicing thin and across grain will allow for decent jerky, too.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (5Kz79)

305 $3 billion to the BBC?

Hey Trump just killed Docktor Who

And there was much rejoicing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2025 01:59 PM (D45I8)

306 >> >>You need to eat five pounds of spinach to get your iron that way.

One word. Spirulina.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 04, 2025 01:59 PM (lMONC)

307 296 @252

>> Ace, trailer for Fantastic Four just dropped. It's kinda mid but the the CGI and character design on the Thing is... *chef's kiss*

It’s defiantly in a retro-futuristic timeline, it’s hard to tell if it’s going to be any good.

Sort of looks like an Alex Ross painting with a Jack Kirby filter layered on top.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (pJ6+J)

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My favorite trailer, maybe ever, is for The Mummy Returns.

The movie?

Very meh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:59 PM (GBKbO)

308 Free food stamps/WIC cards

One almost trivial change to this is just ban unhealthy foods from food stamps/WIC.

If you are getting food stamps you probably have time to cook too (though you might not have the cookware/cooking devices).

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 01:59 PM (t0Rmr)

309 > 229 Feel like saying to Dems "you guys still laughing at Rubio for drinking water? Are ya? Huh, huh
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2025 01:49 PM (U/Wlk)

I noted yesterday that, to my surprise, Little Marco's testicles apparently dropped sometime between now and the last time I paid any attention to him.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2025 01:59 PM (W5ArC)

310 Sen. Cassidy (RINO-La) suffers from ED (Electoral Dysfunction).

He's up in '26, in a ruby red state. That means conservatives can (could) mount a primary challenge against Cassidy, WITHOUT having to worry about losing the seat to a DEM in the GE if they do.

Cassidy is differently situated than Tillis (Rino-NC) in that respect. If Tillis lost a GOP primary, there's an excellent chance the seat would be a DEM pickup. Not so with perpetual-pain-in-the-adz Cassidy.

Cassidy knows all this perfectly well. Charlie Kirk, head of Turning Point USA Action (TPUSA), the GOTV outfit, has already spoken publicly about finding a primary challenger to run against Cassidy.

So... until 2027, I very much like Trump's chances of getting Cassidy's vote whenever he really has to have it.

Posted by: mnw at February 04, 2025 01:59 PM (NLIak)

311 I love fresh spinach. Can't eat it anymore.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 02:00 PM (7Hjh9)

312 The old Dr Who sucked but it was very, very British

The newer Dr Who sucks more and is very, very Gay.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 02:00 PM (t0Rmr)

313 Don't know if anyone's posted this before but I found a handy reference this morning on the confirmation status of Trump’s nomimations (senate.gov, not a news site) -
https://v.gd/8yQz1S

Posted by: wifey of ShainS at February 04, 2025 02:00 PM (5WIwh)

314 I'm not sure how the Great Realignment is going to ultimately play out, but I'll gladly trade the Cheney-Romney bloc for some of the libertarian left.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at February 04, 2025 02:00 PM (CwhoI)

315 Actually, at this point eggs might be more expensive than steak, pound for pound.
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Someone told me a dozen is $19 in Los Angeles.

Da' fuk?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2025 02:00 PM (qV1YP)

316 My breakfast is the blood and bones of my enemies. Then their lamentating women.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (iFTx/)

————-

You eat the women too? Harsh, but fair.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 04, 2025 02:00 PM (u73oe)

317 288 There's a sale on broccoli at Walmart.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 04, 2025 01:57 PM (KWujZ)

There was a recall on Walmart Broccoli in Dec 24 the washed bagged variety, but you knew that.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at February 04, 2025 02:00 PM (jQ+5q)

318 296 @252

>> Ace, trailer for Fantastic Four just dropped. It's kinda mid but the the CGI and character design on the Thing is... *chef's kiss*

It’s defiantly in a retro-futuristic timeline, it’s hard to tell if it’s going to be any good.

Sort of looks like an Alex Ross painting with a Jack Kirby filter layered on top.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (pJ6+J)

To me, it looked like The Jetsons reimagined as a superhero movie.

In lieu of Cheese Larson's anti-smile and non-ass, we're apparently going to be treated to lots of soothing mommy voice and family talk.

But I'm not the demo for a Fantastic 4 movie either.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 04, 2025 02:00 PM (laHVL)

319 I understand that river otter is as rich in fatty acids as green-lipped mussels. Is this true?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2025 02:01 PM (XeU6L)

320 312 The old Dr Who sucked but it was very, very British

The newer Dr Who sucks more and is very, very Gay.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 02:00 PM (t0Rmr)

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Revamped Who was pretty good for 5 years, then it turned great for 1 year, then it became pretty good and then steadily declined until whatever it is now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 02:01 PM (GBKbO)

321 Fruits and veggies spoil a lot faster then a pre-made bag of stuff in the freezer. Its also generally more expensive though not outrageously so, but real "problem" is cooking from scratch or semi-scratch does take longer.

try steam bags of veggies. flash frozen they're as healthy as fresh. toss in the microwave for 4 minutes and put some lemon pepper on them. done

Posted by: brak at February 04, 2025 02:01 PM (jGJov)

322 USAID was giving 3 BILLION to the BBC.

?????????????????????
Posted by: Seems Legit

It has been the third largest source of BBC funding. Explains why all of their shows are full of gay.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2025 02:01 PM (tRM46)

323 I can eat my bodyweight in Spinach every week. And crave more.
Posted by: garrett

Are you a sailor man? 'Cause I dig sailor men.
Posted by: Olive Oyl
......

You're too skinny, hon. Ask Wimpy to front you a few cheeseburgers.

Posted by: wth at February 04, 2025 02:01 PM (v0R5T)

324 >>Do you have really big forearms and wear a sailor cap?

No. He's the biker guy in the BDSM gear.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 04, 2025 02:01 PM (LkLld)

325 But Spinach is my favorite. I can eat my bodyweight in Spinach every week. And crave more.
Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:53 PM (9Q8fk)

Do you have oversized forearms and smoke a pipe?

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at February 04, 2025 02:01 PM (g8Ew8)

326 > never, ever use the microwave

Here's my steak process:
Buy a never frozen 1.5" to 2" thick, high quality steak.
30 minutes or so before cooking, take it out of the fridge.
Salt generously, add some pepper, add some garlic powder to both sides.
I get a cast iron pan ripping hot on a propane grill.
Put the fat strap on the cast iron pan for 45 or so seconds
Sear both sides of the steak, 30 seconds at a time, for two minutes in the fat juices from the fat strap
Put in a meat thermometer.
Put it in an oven set at 185F on a pre-warmed pan
Flip every five minutes until you hit your desired temp. I prefer about 132F.
Let the meat rest for about four minutes.
Cut across the grain and put some nice large salt flakes on the pieces.

Viola, you've got a steak that rivals John Howie and cost 1/3 to 1/2 as much.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2025 02:01 PM (Odg76)

327 My favorite trailer, maybe ever, is for The Mummy Returns.

The movie?

Very meh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:59 PM

The Millennium trailer ( 1989 ) was the greatest lie every told. Literally every good scene is in it, arranged as a better movie than the movie.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097883/

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 04, 2025 02:01 PM (aD39U)

328 One almost trivial change to this is just ban unhealthy foods from food stamps/WIC.

If you are getting food stamps you probably have time to cook too (though you might not have the cookware/cooking devices).

I'd be willing to couple sending them a few useful kitchen tools and pots and pans (obv. nothing like AllClad) with a ban on anything but good food. No snacks, no convenience food, nothing but produce, meat, fish, and a bit of bulk carbs. After that, it's all on you.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2025 02:02 PM (xCA6C)

329 Someone told me a dozen is $19 in Los Angeles.

Da' fuk?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2025 02:00 PM (qV1YP)

They're just really bad at counting.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2025 02:02 PM (+iIV1)

330 This is a wonderful post.

RFK Jr., Nicole and Elon are just so sincere, even ingenuous (esp. Elon), it's impossible not to like them.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 04, 2025 02:02 PM (ogTiX)

331 I once heard some nutritionist guy being interviewed on the radio, and he maintained that raw sugar cane is actually pretty good for you because its good a lot of other good nutrients in it. But then they refine the sugar and remove all the good stuff.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 02:02 PM (77rzZ)

332 327 The Millennium trailer ( 1989 ) was the greatest lie every told. Literally every good scene is in it, arranged as a better movie than the movie.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097883/
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 04, 2025 02:01 PM (aD39U)

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Trailers are somewhere between marketing and an art form.

Don't trust them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 02:02 PM (GBKbO)

333 250 Also every once in awhile you should eat some grass.
Then throw up. But don't eat the vomit.
Posted by: humphreyrobot

Chill Nebuchadnezzar

Posted by: H at February 04, 2025 02:02 PM (4N/0w)

334 Cochineal makes a red dye and comes from bugs. Red dye #x is not the same thing.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 04, 2025 02:02 PM (EV2jz)

335
"LSMFT" was the first acronym I learned.

Posted by: Auspex at February 04, 2025 02:02 PM (j4U/Z)

336 RFKJr. and Shananan and beef tallow French fries?
Yes, a thousand times yes!!

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not Kill at February 04, 2025 02:03 PM (gxokI)

337 The Millennium trailer ( 1989 ) was the greatest lie every told. Literally every good scene is in it, arranged as a better movie than the movie.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097883/

I remember liking the book it was based on, never bothered to watch the movie

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 02:03 PM (t0Rmr)

338 @307

>> My favorite trailer, maybe ever, is for The Mummy Returns.

The only time where a movie over delivered by a wide margin from the trailer was The Matrix.

Trailers after all tend to show the best bits.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2025 02:03 PM (pJ6+J)

339 This is really interesting from a political junky point of view. Coalition building that doesn't require "our side" selling out. Fascinating stuff.

Posted by: Not business as usual, thank God at February 04, 2025 02:03 PM (URPBf)

340 I remember liking the book it was based on, never bothered to watch the movie
Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 02:03 PM

FWIW, and it's a low bar, the book is much better than the movie.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 04, 2025 02:04 PM (aD39U)

341 Very interesting thread and he's right, never saw the connection coming.

This USAID reveal is going to wreck the left and they know it.

https://tinyurl.com/2wswekef

Posted by: JackStraw at February 04, 2025 02:04 PM (LkLld)

342 I once heard some nutritionist guy being interviewed on the radio, and he maintained that raw sugar cane is actually pretty good for you because its good a lot of other good nutrients in it. But then they refine the sugar and remove all the good stuff.

I think the main problem with sugar is just we eat too much of it. Very few Americans are suffering from not getting enough calories versus getting too many...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 02:04 PM (t0Rmr)

343 "I wish the government to do no more than build roads and do national defense."

"Wow...a real Nazi."
-Old Hippie I taught English with in Rome, very seriously
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman
_____

Libs want a benevolent dictatorship, ones that transfer money from the wealthy to the least advantaged, like surgeons mutilating children's reproductive organs. Oh wait...

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2025 02:04 PM (2r10B)

344 Salt generously, add some pepper, add some garlic powder to both sides.Posted by: bonhomme

Add the garlic and pepper to the cooked sides. Otherwise you're just burning it.

Posted by: weft cut-Batman at February 04, 2025 02:05 PM (mlg/3)

345 I've never minded broccoli. Probably because it doesn't taste like much of anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (GBKbO)
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Watching too many movies has killed your taste buds.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 04, 2025 02:05 PM (7fElN)

346 There's a sale on broccoli at Walmart.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Any deals on Boar’s Head?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2025 02:05 PM (XeU6L)

347 Posted this on the thread below by mistake:

Great essay, Ace. Thanks for your time and effort and analysis..

I like Nicole Shanahan. She is obviously very impassioned. Does anyone know what medical conditions she is specifically referring to in talking about parents burying their children?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2025 02:05 PM (oxQ9u)

348
I saw it, and all I could think was "this again???". It's so 2015.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2025 01:55 PM (xCA6C)

———

Superhero fatigue.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 04, 2025 02:05 PM (Vh9CX)

349 This is really interesting from a political junky point of view. Coalition building that doesn't require "our side" selling out. Fascinating stuff.

RFK banning certain food dyes for example are things I, and most right of center people, do not care about.

If the price of getting the government out of mandating poison shots is more boring looking Fruit Loops sign me up

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (t0Rmr)

350 >>Add the garlic and pepper to the cooked sides. Otherwise you're just burning it.

Leave it off entirely. You only need Salt on a Steak.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (9Q8fk)

351 I'm pretty sure "Red Dye #3" is harmless at the quantities people actually drink. I'm with the corn fructose guy above that that's the shit in too much food.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (gKWVE)

352 Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11

Meghan McCain and I have sometimes been on different sides of the debate during the Trump years, but we are 100% in agreement that the Senate MUST confirm Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.

@MeghanMcCain
promises accountability for any senators who block Tulsi Gabbard or RFK Jr.

https://tinyurl.com/3bcbm698

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (NpAcC)

353 Never got into what RFK Jr has been railing about but hope he rattles lots of cages, especially Fauci

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (fwDg9)

354 Terrific post.

Wife has been a doctor for over 30 years. She says the fact that the office parking lot is always full to overflowing is a terrible sign. It means the business people who run corporate medicine have won. Its means the physicians have lost. She tells people that. If they both were doing there jobs the parking lot would be empty. Don't smoke, don't do drugs, don't eat garbage, and don't drink like a fish. Exercise every week and most people under 70 wouldn't Need to see a doctor but once or twice every couple years.

Posted by: Yup at February 04, 2025 02:07 PM (+L8tT)

355 Libs want a benevolent dictatorship, ones that transfer money from the wealthy to the least advantaged, like surgeons mutilating children's reproductive organs. Oh wait...

If you spend time talking to left of center people what they want becomes clearly very quickly.

They want a government strong enough to take stuff from other people and give it to them, and a government that will tell them who they should hate so they can all collectively hate the same people and things.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 02:07 PM (t0Rmr)

356 >>Something fundamental has changed in the US diet.

It's not only diet. It's lifestyle.
Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 01:33 PM (9Q8fk)

If its important enough to the government its important enough for them to bribe me to do it.

That's business.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:07 PM (n7h9X)

357 >>Do you have really big forearms and wear a sailor cap?

No. He's the biker guy in the BDSM gear.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 04, 2025 02:01 PM (LkLld)

Steve Garvey?

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 04, 2025 02:07 PM (Aqu9a)

358 "LSMFT" was the first acronym I learned.
Posted by: Auspex
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[throws flag]

Abbreviation

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2025 02:07 PM (XeU6L)

359
MegaFit Meals hits the spot. Right now I'm three meals a day around 2,000 calories. A box of meals for the week is $320. No cooking, no dishes, no bullshit.

For ONE person?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2025 02:07 PM (63Dwl)

360 My breakfast is the blood and bones of my enemies. Then their lamentating women.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 01:51 PM (iFTx/)

————-

You eat the women too? Harsh, but fair.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 04, 2025 02:00 PM (u73oe)
_________

They're dessert and quite delicious

Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 02:07 PM (iFTx/)

361 The Millennium trailer ( 1989 ) was the greatest lie every told. Literally every good scene is in it, arranged as a better movie than the movie.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097883/

Wow, that's cheesier than the government's surplus food inventory.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2025 02:08 PM (xCA6C)

362 Absolutely excellent post, Ace. It’s long past-due we take health seriously. Pharma companies suck.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 04, 2025 02:08 PM (AXcg2)

363 Libs want a benevolent dictatorship, ones that transfer money from the ~~wealthy to the least advantaged~~ unworthy to the worthy

Let's be honest. This is what "redistribution" is always really about...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 04, 2025 02:08 PM (OUMaO)

364 351 I'm pretty sure "Red Dye #3" is harmless at the quantities people actually drink. I'm with the corn fructose guy above that that's the shit in too much food.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (gKWVE)

I've been told repeatedly that the dose makes the poison.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2025 02:08 PM (dyGWr)

365 And note who that is chilling in the white and gray striped shirt...

#341

So who is chilling in the white and gray striped shirt, JS?

Posted by: mrp at February 04, 2025 02:08 PM (rj6Yv)

366 201 Kaboom is part of a balanced, nutritious breakfast, the most important meal of the day!
Posted by: Kaboom Kids at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (Aqu9a)

This reminds me of when they doctor those tests by giving rats like 1000% the normal amount of something to give them cancer...
Kaboom gives kids 1000% the normal dose...

Posted by: Inogame at February 04, 2025 02:08 PM (53oGX)

367 364 351 I'm pretty sure "Red Dye #3" is harmless at the quantities people actually drink. I'm with the corn fructose guy above that that's the shit in too much food.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (gKWVE)

I've been told repeatedly that the dose makes the poison.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2025 02:08 PM (dyGWr)

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People inject botulism into their faces these days.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 02:09 PM (GBKbO)

368 I've never minded broccoli. Probably because it doesn't taste like much of anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (GBKbO)

YOU ARE EATING LITTLE TREES. any kid who wanted to be a Brontosaurus has to love that.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:09 PM (n7h9X)

369 While I would like the DoEd to just go away, if we are keeping it, how about we mandate basic cooking classes in HS?

Neither my nephews nor their friends know anything about cooking, and fair enough neither did I when I was their age.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 02:10 PM (t0Rmr)

370 I would be Nicole's pillow bearer.

Nicole Shanahan@NicoleShanahan 1h

Where are all of the true Populist Democrats? The entire party is a parade of two-faced extortionists

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2025 02:10 PM (DvLTT)

371 Sometimes Nicole Sullivan looks like Michael Jackson.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2025 02:10 PM (lH8E4)

372 I've never minded broccoli. Probably because it doesn't taste like much of anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 01:46 PM (GBKbO)

My broccoli always spends some time sautéing in either butter or beef grease. Very flavorful.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2025 02:10 PM (ExV1e)

373
Bonhomme's steak recipe above is perfect.

The only variation I might offer might be butter, a clove of garlic and sprig of Rosemary at the end of the pan fry and using a smoker for the oven part.

Posted by: Auspex at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (j4U/Z)

374 370 I would be Nicole's pillow bearer.

Nicole Shanahan@NicoleShanahan 1h

Where are all of the true Populist Democrats? The entire party is a parade of two-faced extortionists
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2025 02:10 PM (DvLTT)

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Bernie Sanders was the populist figure of the party.

Except he was never in the party and he folded whenever the party demanded him to do so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

375 If the price of getting the government out of mandating poison shots is more boring looking Fruit Loops sign me up
Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (t0Rmr)

Just rename the cereal "Tasty Pebbles"

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (n7h9X)

376 I like the broccoli stumps.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (aD39U)

377 I'm pretty sure "Red Dye #3" is harmless at the quantities people actually drink. I'm with the corn fructose guy above that that's the shit in too much food.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (gKWVE)

I've been told repeatedly that the dose makes the poison.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2025 02:08 PM (dyGWr)

=======

People inject botulism into their faces these days.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 02:09 PM (GBKbO)
_________

"Don't ask what we inject in our asses. Tee hee!"

-- Pete Bootyjuice

Posted by: Elric The Blade at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)

378 I'm pretty sure "Red Dye #3" is harmless at the quantities people actually drink.

maybe, but maybe skip the risk and use beet root powder if you want a red dye in your food

Posted by: brak at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (jGJov)

379 Sometimes Nicole Sullivan looks like Michael Jackson.

I was gonna say Thandiwe Newton.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (xCA6C)

380 In case you didn't make the connection from that link the guy having beers on the roof deck with the guy has been monitoring speech in Ukraine for signs of bad speak while in the employ of USAID is Seth Rich. The picture is from early 2016.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (LkLld)

381 Leave it off entirely. You only need Salt on a Steak.
Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (9Q8fk)

You don't put pepper on your steak? I didn't know you were a lib.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (7Hjh9)

382 351 I'm pretty sure "Red Dye #3" is harmless at the quantities people actually drink. I'm with the corn fructose guy above that that's the shit in too much food.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (gKWVE)

I'd bet that the health problems crop up when you're eating a whole lot of nothing but things that are jammed to saturation with it. Xtreeem Flavor-Blast Grab Your Ears And Throatfuck You Doritos, full bag, every day. That sort of thing.

Which means you probably have other confounding variables in your diet, too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (+iIV1)

383 I like the broccoli stumps.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (aD39U)
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I do too, better than the flowers.

Posted by: bluebell at February 04, 2025 02:12 PM (79pEw)

384 382 Which means you probably have other confounding variables in your diet, too.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (+iIV1)

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Like...how confounding?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 02:12 PM (GBKbO)

385 >>You don't put pepper on your steak?

Never. Salt and heat.

That's how you cook a steak.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 02:12 PM (9Q8fk)

386 Top of the broccoli, TO YOU!

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 04, 2025 02:12 PM (aD39U)

387 I now am using Miracle Whip with olive oil and trying to cut out products with seed oil. Avocado oil is great for searing meat.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2025 02:13 PM (NpAcC)

388 While the FDA was unable to confirm what caused these adverse illnesses definitely, it identified tara flour as an ingredient of interest

Tara flour or taro flour? I can see taro flour causing problems is it were made of uncooked taro.

Last I knew that stuff is poisonous.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 04, 2025 02:13 PM (hB7mE)

389 bluebell, a flock of bluebells will provide your egg needs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2025 02:13 PM (a3Q+t)

390 Note, here in Clownifornia, kids get both breakfast and lunch for free at school.

Yet, even with the State controlling 2/3rds of their diet, kids are still obese.

But then, they don't get PE like when I was a kid either.

So, State controlled activity and diet for children, and most are obese, and many have Diabetes.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2025 02:13 PM (QAkQ3)

391 Leave it off entirely. You only need Salt on a Steak.
Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (9Q8fk)

Pepper is good, although I respect salt purists.

Nothing other than salt and pepper, though.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 04, 2025 02:14 PM (AXcg2)

392 381 Leave it off entirely. You only need Salt on a Steak.
Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (9Q8fk)

You don't put pepper on your steak? I didn't know you were a lib.
Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM

I prefer just salt on mine.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2025 02:14 PM (dyGWr)

393 If you want to see how foods affect you, wear a continuous glucose meter for a week or two. Track what you eat and when it spikes.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 04, 2025 02:14 PM (EV2jz)

394 >>> SHOWDOWN: FBI Officials Sue to Block Justice Department From Accessing List of Agents Involved in January 6 Cases, Trump Investigations as Deadline Looms

Trump should shitcan every Fibby that signed onto that suit - You work for me MoFo's, gross insubordination will not be tolerated.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 04, 2025 02:14 PM (/lPRQ)

395 Like...how confounding?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 02:12 PM

Enough you have to say "I don't get it."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2025 02:14 PM (a3Q+t)

396 Prepare yourselves, the truth about vaccines (not just the CoVID vaxxine) is going to come out.

Posted by: Wowzers at February 04, 2025 02:14 PM (IcDn5)

397 Guardians of the Galaxy has the worst trailer to best movie ratio. It's just a good movie but the trailer made it look god awful.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 02:14 PM (7Hjh9)

398 I now am using Miracle Whip with olive oil and trying to cut out products with seed oil. Avocado oil is great for searing meat.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2025 02:13 PM (NpAcC)
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Take a look at the Miracle Whip label and be sure there is no seed oil. I've looked at all the mayonnaise labels with olive oil and there is still soybean oil in all of them except the Primal Foods olive oil mayo which I find gross, to be honest.

Posted by: bluebell at February 04, 2025 02:14 PM (79pEw)

399 While I would like the DoEd to just go away, if we are keeping it, how about we mandate basic cooking classes in HS?

Neither my nephews nor their friends know anything about cooking, and fair enough neither did I when I was their age.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 02:10 PM (t0Rmr)

Make it an afterschool thing, give local restaurants a tax credit for the cook for the class if the kids learn. Do the same for plumbers, other trades to teach life skills.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:14 PM (n7h9X)

400 You don't put pepper on your steak?

gotta leave room for the ketchup

Posted by: brak at February 04, 2025 02:15 PM (jGJov)

401 Actually I think Primal Foods mayo has avocado oil in it, not olive oil.

Posted by: bluebell at February 04, 2025 02:15 PM (79pEw)

402 SHOWDOWN: FBI Officials Sue to Block Justice Department From Accessing List of Agents Involved in January 6 Cases, Trump Investigations as Deadline Looms

I really want to know what they imagine are grounds for a suit.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 04, 2025 02:15 PM (aD39U)

403 It's obvious now he GOP in Congress are all cowed into submission. Expect no resistance at all from them.

Susan Collins backs Tulsi Gabbard confirmation. Typical. She's "concerned," but once again she folds like a cheap lawn chair.

Susan will lose her next election. We should be looking for a good candidate now. It’s one of our best opportunities for a pickup.

Gabbard being confirmed will be the greatest national security threat this country has ever faced. We won't have any national security. Voting to put a Russian asset in charge of the nation's secrets is treasonous. Every single person who votes for her should be arrested for treason.

When National Security secrets get sold by Trump and America's weaknesses get exposed, Trump will point the finger at Gabbard. He will say he never should have trusted a Democrat. Trump walks away with the money, Gabbard and the U.S. take the fall.

Maybe it's time to admit this country sucks. How many elections are we going to think this country is going to do the right thing? They elect Collins in Maine, Cruz in Texas, every asshole in Florida, and fuck the fly over country.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 04, 2025 02:15 PM (ycI94)

404 395 Like...how confounding?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 02:12 PM

Enough you have to say "I don't get it."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2025 02:14 PM (a3Q+t)

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Low bar.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

405 I'll take a salmon filet any day over steak.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 02:16 PM (77rzZ)

406 So, State controlled activity and diet for children, and most are obese, and many have Diabetes.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2025 02:13 PM (QAkQ3)

Yep. Same with healthcare spending: gov’t controls about half of healthcare spending in this country, but prices grow uncontrollably. Leftists assure me giving the gov’t bureaucrats the other half will bring prices down somehow.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 04, 2025 02:16 PM (AXcg2)

407 A box of meals for the week is $320

That's great if you have that much disposable income.

That's nearly $1300 a month on food.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 04, 2025 02:16 PM (hB7mE)

408 >>> SHOWDOWN: FBI Officials Sue to Block Justice Department From Accessing List of Agents Involved in January 6 Cases, Trump Investigations as Deadline Looms

Trump should shitcan every Fibby that signed onto that suit - You work for me MoFo's, gross insubordination will not be tolerated.
.....

And charge them with criminal misappropriation.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 04, 2025 02:16 PM (/lPRQ)

409 403 Gabbard being confirmed will be the greatest national security threat this country has ever faced. We won't have any national security. Voting to put a Russian asset in charge of the nation's secrets is treasonous. Every single person who votes for her should be arrested for treason.

When National Security secrets get sold by Trump and America's weaknesses get exposed, Trump will point the finger at Gabbard. He will say he never should have trusted a Democrat. Trump walks away with the money, Gabbard and the U.S. take the fall.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 04, 2025 02:15 PM (ycI94)

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These people were angry about the OPM hack under Obama's watch or...nah?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 02:16 PM (GBKbO)

410 In case you didn't make the connection from that link the guy having beers on the roof deck with the guy has been monitoring speech in Ukraine for signs of bad speak while in the employ of USAID is Seth Rich. The picture is from early 2016.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (LkLld)

Thanks! I don't have or want an X account and X requires one to see the post linked by your link.

Dirty stuff by dirty people.

Posted by: mrp at February 04, 2025 02:17 PM (rj6Yv)

411 bluebell, a flock of bluebells will provide your egg needs.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2025 02:13 PM (a3Q+t)
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I would love a flock of bluebells. Every once in a while my neighbor's daughter, whom I have known since she was two, will bring me a carton of eggs from her hens when she comes to visit. Yum yum.

Posted by: bluebell at February 04, 2025 02:17 PM (79pEw)

412 DUmmies are *still* on the OMG Russia Russia Russia retardry???

... then again, those imbeciles are still wearing their sniffles-guard face diapers ...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 04, 2025 02:17 PM (Vqx30)

413 They are all scared of what Bobby is going to do investigating the COVID vaccines and vax in general.

I've never been a big Kennedy fan but I do agree with RFKJr about the pharmaceutical & health industries and the need to do some serious investigation and reform of a system that not only funded the virus that killed millions but then also profited off of the aftermath to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.

Not to mention the totalitarian way the system handled the entire self-made catastrophe.

They have exposed themselves as greedy crooks, con-artists and megalomaniacs and Bobby might just be the cure for the disease.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 04, 2025 02:17 PM (6ydKt)

414 Sometimes i do just salt. Sometimes s&p. Sometimes a little bit of an herb (rosemary, sage, basil, whatever i got, just slap it on with some drippings or olive oil during the rest). Sometimes i throw the entire damn spice rack at it. It all depends on my mood and what the piece of meat is telling me to do.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2025 02:17 PM (+iIV1)

415 Anyone can learn to cook watching YouTube videos. There are many great cooks out there.

America's Test Kitchen has great content, for one.

Posted by: Just Lily at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (ccxKv)

416 >>I'll take a salmon filet any day over steak.

Sadly, no salmon run in the river I live on.

But, ALL of the neighbors raise Beef.

So. I suffer.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (9Q8fk)

417 Trump should shitcan every Fibby that signed onto that suit - You work for me MoFo's, gross insubordination will not be tolerated.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 04, 2025 02:14 PM (/lPRQ)

Yep.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (AXcg2)

418 Bernie Sanders was the populist figure of the party.

Except he was never in the party and he folded whenever the party demanded him to do so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 04, 2025 02:11 PM (GBKbO)
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Jimmy Dore is fond of saying something along the lines of, "Bernie would be bought off with the offer of a new house."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (tT6L1)

419 353 Never got into what RFK Jr has been railing about but hope he rattles lots of cages, especially Fauci
Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2025 02:06 PM (fwDg9)

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Huh? You got the covid vaccine?

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (PMtkd)

420 Work is the answer to health. Movement.

A sedentary lifestyle is contrary to our design. Like using a cordless drill as a hammer.

We are designed to fill our bellies, seek shelter, hump each other, protect ourselves and our offspring, and maybe read smart military blogs on the toilet on a Sunday afternoon.

All else is noise.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (6678a)

421 I really want to know what they imagine are grounds for a suit.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 04, 2025 02:15 PM (aD39U)

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"The #BadOrangePOTUS has NO STANDING!"

Posted by: ShainS -- GONGOs (Government-Organized NGOs) were Coyotes for Criminal Cartels at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (Y8dTC)

422 Nood EPA

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (hB7mE)

423 bluebell, a flock of bluebells will provide your egg needs.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

But what about her shiv needs?

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (77rzZ)

424 407 A box of meals for the week is $320

That's great if you have that much disposable income.

That's nearly $1300 a month on food.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 04, 2025 02:16 PM (hB7mE)

$320 is close to my entire monthly grocery bill. That's insane.

Posted by: Way too rich for my blood at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (URPBf)

425 To be fair I put pepper on everything. I didn't even know you could cook meat without it.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (7Hjh9)

426 In case you missed it, RFK Jr is not going to ban food

"If you like ... a McDonald's cheeseburger, Diet Coke — which my boss loves — you should be able to get them," he told the Senate panel. "If you want to eat Hostess Twinkies, you should be able to do that, but you should know what the impacts are on your family and your health."

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (EV2jz)

427 - Got as far as...
"That's not evil or anything. Just self interest.?
Please tell me I'm not the only one who who saw a problem with this statement,,, and wasn't afraid to say so.

Posted by: TeeJ at February 04, 2025 02:19 PM (hM2Rg)

428 Nood. Tomorrow's freakout today.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2025 02:19 PM (ExV1e)

429
HFCS needs to be banned, full stop
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - China is Assho And Void of Freedom Loving Wagshambas at February 04, 2025 01:58 PM (HYKHz)

Back Off MOFO !

Posted by: Chuck Corny Grassely at February 04, 2025 02:19 PM (NtVYv)

430 Where are all of the true Populist Democrats? The entire party is a parade of two-faced extortionists
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2025 02:10 PM (DvLTT)

Socialism is not Populism, so no leftwinger is a Populist.

A populist speaking of the little guy sees him as an individual. A socialist sees him as a formless blob.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:19 PM (n7h9X)

431 Bloomberg reports that San Francisco-based Salesforce has announced it will be eliminating more than 1,000 roles as part of a restructuring effort coinciding with the start of its new fiscal year.

Over 1,000 EPA Employees Upset Over Warning They Face Possible Dismissal

... 1,000 seems to be the new magic number

Posted by: SMOD at February 04, 2025 02:19 PM (RHGPo)

432 The revolving door between Pharma and FDA is done.

Time for the people that falsified drug trials to go to prison, and their estates sold to make restitution to families of the injured.

Posted by: Wowzers at February 04, 2025 02:19 PM (IcDn5)

433 You don't put pepper on your steak?
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gotta leave room for the ketchup
Posted by: brak at February 04, 2025 02:15 PM (jGJov)

You have offended the AoSHQ autists.

I love it.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2025 02:20 PM (uGsHF)

434 See, when they get an idee fixe, it's always something retarded and embarrassing, like Muh Russia.

When we get an idee fixe, it's always retarded and hilarious. Like Michele Fields's missing arm, or Sandra Fluke (who?) being an amateur prostitute.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2025 02:20 PM (+iIV1)

435 Weren't the DUmmies okay with Snowden releasing a trove of classified documents? Maybe even hailed him as a hero?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 04, 2025 02:20 PM (tT6L1)

436 David Hogg @davidhogg111
The first step to winning back young people is explaining to them what the hell is going on in the chaos of the Trump admin and explaining what we can do about it. @AOC just did a great job of it on instagram live but we need a lot more people doing just that on all platforms every single day. Trump is a fire hose. We need to be a tsunami of content.

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Mi nami es tsunami.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Rex, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent Made Glorious Summer By This Son of [New] York at February 04, 2025 02:21 PM (L/fGl)

437 That's not evil or anything. Just self-interest.

The invisible hand of Adam Smith keeps you from looking at Adam Smith.

Posted by: t-bird at February 04, 2025 02:21 PM (tvIQJ)

438
If you haven't heard of her yet, check out DataRepublican's X/Twatter feed. She's doing yeoman's work unwinding the obfuscated web of USAID funding. USAID is the nexus that gets taxpayer funding to the subversives and grifters sucking the US taxpayer dry like ticks.

Last night, my mind boggling. She was running something to make graphs of the convoluted funding paths. You may have seen the Bill Kristol snippet.

Doing that took her 48 CPUS running in parallel for 12 hours, and used 150GB of data. That's how obfuscated this whole thing is. Again, I knew it was bad, but I had no freaking idea....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2025 02:21 PM (w6EFb)

439 I saw RFKJr. and Shanana open for Herman's Hermits at Bowzer's Rock n' Roll Christmas Party in '21.

Posted by: ShainS -- GONGOs (Government-Organized NGOs) were Coyotes for Criminal Cartels at February 04, 2025 02:21 PM (WA3Dv)

440 Neither my nephews nor their friends know anything about cooking, and fair enough neither did I when I was their age.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 02:10 PM (t0Rmr)

Make it an afterschool thing, give local restaurants a tax credit for the cook for the class if the kids learn. Do the same for plumbers, other trades to teach life skills.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:14 PM (n7h9X)

8th Grade Calif in 1972... everyone had to take a Home Economics class. How to sew on a button. Basics of cooking. Woodshop. It was like 6 weeks per subject, then move on.

REALLY came in handy in the Military, when I could sew a damn button back onto my uniform... something most couldn't do.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2025 02:21 PM (QAkQ3)

441 >>SHOWDOWN: FBI sues to stop DOJ..,

lol, you mean they didn’t have time to destroy that evidence?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2025 02:22 PM (Hkcdp)

442 BurtTC, I am so sorry to hear that your son passed away. I remember you mentioning how he would get on the bus for his work program every day, waving goodbye, and what a pure and lovely heart he had, full of love. May God rest his soul, and bring you comfort.

Posted by: bluebell at February 04, 2025 02:22 PM (79pEw)

443 Doing that took her 48 CPUS running in parallel for 12 hours, and used 150GB of data. That's how obfuscated this whole thing is. Again, I knew it was bad, but I had no freaking idea....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2025 02:21 PM (w6EFb)

The real scandal is that so much horsepower was required not so much for the complexity of the data set.... but the size.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2025 02:23 PM (+iIV1)

444 439 I saw RFKJr. and Shanana open for Herman's Hermits at Bowzer's Rock n' Roll Christmas Party in '21.
Posted by: ShainS -- GONGOs (Government-Organized NGOs) were Coyotes for Criminal Cartels at February 04, 2025 02:21 PM (WA3Dv)

Chris Wright, Fracker... new head of Dept of Energy...

Duke Duke Duke... Duke of Oil.. oil.. oil...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2025 02:23 PM (QAkQ3)

445 A sedentary lifestyle is contrary to our design. Like using a cordless drill as a hammer.

We are designed to fill our bellies, seek shelter, hump each other, protect ourselves and our offspring, and maybe read smart military blogs on the toilet on a Sunday afternoon.

All else is noise.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (6678a)

Then we need labor increasing devices. A few months ago I used a frying pan lid from a small pot as a water dish for a cat that they can't knock over easily, its also excercise. Carrying a staff or walking stick uses a surprising amount of work on the upper body on a stroll.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:24 PM (n7h9X)

446 Plumbers don't want to share their secrets.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 04, 2025 02:24 PM (ZmEVT)

447 There was a time when Twinkies, Hostess Cup Cakes, Cokes, Frito's and all the junk that goes along with them were treats for pick nicks or at the baseball game. They were not regular food items in the pantry.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2025 02:26 PM (DvLTT)

448 Doing that took her 48 CPUS running in parallel for 12 hours, and used 150GB of data. That's how obfuscated this whole thing is. Again, I knew it was bad, but I had no freaking idea....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2025 02:21 PM (w6EFb)

Yeah, I really want to know where the money for the $50 Million in Condoms for Gaza was really going... no F'n way it was actually going for Condoms... and I really want to know if this is an ONGOING line item... ie has money been spent on this crap in the past, and where did IT go.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2025 02:26 PM (QAkQ3)

449 8th Grade Calif in 1972... everyone had to take a Home Economics class. How to sew on a button. Basics of cooking. Woodshop. It was like 6 weeks per subject, then move on.

REALLY came in handy in the Military, when I could sew a damn button back onto my uniform... something most couldn't do.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2025 02:21 PM (QAkQ3)

Well if you had a time machine we could try that. I am against any crap in ele school since they are failing reading, math, science, history, and every other subject.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:26 PM (n7h9X)

450 redridinghood, give pecan and almond oils a try.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2025 02:27 PM (mB6WH)

451 Yeah, I really want to know where the money for the $50 Million in Condoms for Gaza was really going... no F'n way it was actually going for Condoms... and I really want to know if this is an ONGOING line item... ie has money been spent on this crap in the past, and where did IT go.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2025 02:26 PM (QAkQ3)

ammo and weapons. You can't fight a year under blockade without all the NGOs shipping in weapons to the terrorists.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:27 PM (n7h9X)

452 Plumbers don't want to share their secrets.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 04, 2025 02:24 PM (ZmEVT)

Use of a plunger isn't a secret for them is it? Otherwise I'd have to go into hiding from Big Plumber.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:28 PM (n7h9X)

453 442 BurtTC, `
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Didn't know there were problems. So sorry, making an extra prayer for you and your son.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2025 02:30 PM (DvLTT)

454 David Hogg @davidhogg111
The first step to winning back young people is explaining to them what the hell is going on in the chaos of the Trump admin and explaining what we can do about it. @AOC just did a great job of it on instagram live but we need a lot more people doing just that on all platforms every single day. Trump is a fire hose. We need to be a tsunami of content.

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Mi nami es tsunami.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Rex, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent Made Glorious Summer By This Son of [New] York at February 04, 2025 02:21 PM (L/fGl)

His call for action is absolutely content free.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:31 PM (n7h9X)

455 Aesthetica
@Anc_Aesthetics

Talked to a friend who has connections within the Democratic Party and he said the level of panic over Trump and Elon shutting down USAID is unlike anything he’s ever seen.

By following the money DOGE has struck a killing blow to the heart of the Democrat deep state machine.

Posted by: SMOD at February 04, 2025 02:32 PM (RHGPo)

456 My comment @343 was chewed up faster than seagulls on a French fry at an Atlantic City parking lot.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2025 02:34 PM (2r10B)

457 Sadly, no salmon run in the river I live on.

But, ALL of the neighbors raise Beef.

So. I suffer.
Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2025 02:18 PM (9Q8fk)

cold call fisheries and set up an exchange system.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:34 PM (n7h9X)

458 Maybe it's time to admit this country sucks. How many elections are we going to think this country is going to do the right thing? They elect Collins in Maine, Cruz in Texas, every asshole in Florida, and fuck the fly over country.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 04, 2025 02:15 PM (ycI94)

I think I see the reason for your issues in national elections there Mr DU.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:38 PM (n7h9X)

459 The old Dr Who sucked but it was very, very British

The newer Dr Who sucks more and is very, very Gay.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2025 02:00 PM (t0Rmr)

So, British.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:39 PM (n7h9X)

460 Viola, you've got a steak that rivals John Howie and cost 1/3 to 1/2 as much.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2025 02:01 PM (Odg76)

Buying all that crap would cost me thousands, plus replacing cast iron pans that get rusty.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2025 02:42 PM (n7h9X)

461 "Big Pharma's answer to them is always something they can sell, like Ozempic. I don't call that a conspiracy or anything -- it's just that Big Pharma sells pills, so all of their research goes into making pills that they can sell.

That's not evil or anything. Just self-interest."

I'm sorry but fucking no. The primary big Pharmas have been engaging in OBSCENE amounts of fraud in terms of faking up studies and failing to disclose things to regulators (who, if not captured, are usually just fucking retarded)

They are capital-E evil. Once or twice might be a mistake. Doing it for 20 years while faking an entire industry for "anonymized patient data" and bribing governments/paying off mouthpieces with faked qualifications to censor critics as "misinformation" is not an accident.

The blog here has not really kept up on the tidal wave of revelations regarding Pfizer, Moderna, etc, but if RFK gets in you're all gon' learn

Posted by: heya at February 04, 2025 02:47 PM (YDC8i)

462 But all this nutball shit about how BiG PhArMa is keeping you obese and that red dye #69 is giving children cancer is stupid. You're fat because you eat too much, and food dyes are safe to consume. Pfizer ain't got nothing to do with it.
Posted by: wat

I disagree wholeheartedly.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2025 03:01 PM (W2Pud)

463 "The school, known as Risberska Skolan, is an education center that mainly serves adults over the age of 20 but also offers primary and secondary school courses and Swedish language classes for immigrants. It is located about 200 km west of Stockholm."

Posted by: illiniwek at February 04, 2025 03:02 PM (Cus5s)

464 The love for RFK Jr ... leftist commie that he is, is astounding.

RFK Jr.: I'm from the government and I'm here to help!

Posted by: A man afraid of the LGBT lobby at February 04, 2025 03:12 PM (5DTn7)

465 I've had very intense conversations with Bobby and the White House over the weekend and even this morning. I want to thank VP JD specifically for his honest counsel - Sen. Bill Cassidy

Honest counsel by JD. Heh, heh, fuck, that is great. I hope heals up once the honest fence post that was shoved up ass is extracted.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 04, 2025 03:12 PM (Q8Bj8)

466 Yep, I still will not forget that RFKj used to effectively be a type of eco-terrorist, but people learn and change.

I trust him over much of the republican party these days.

Posted by: Danimal28 at February 04, 2025 03:16 PM (1E4GV)

467 Another treatment that the pharma and govt doesn't want to release is biome replacement. Yes, poop transplant. It works for IBS, and a host of other expensive to treat ailments. It has been used in animal husbandry for decades.

But pharma and FDA won't release it until they can find something to patent. Imagine the losses if all those sick people with tummy troubles to autoimmune problems were suddenly well.

Posted by: PJ at February 04, 2025 03:53 PM (RRCAT)

468 100% agree

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