Before I read your words, Dok, let me thank you for once again having a picture of an animal instead of the subject of the piece. I'd much rather see that beautiful kitteh any day than once again have to gaze upon the countenance of RFK Jr. Much appreciated.
A reminder that Covid may not kill you but every infection increases the likelihood of Long Covid. Which could mean anything from a couple extra weeks of fatigue to hair loss to micro blood clots killing you in the future. Covid attacks every system in the body, can cross the blood-brain barrier, and can hide out then reactivate months later. If people don’t want to get vaccinated, that’s their business, but they shouldn’t get to endanger the rest of humanity.
I have Guillain-Barre syndrome secondary to Covid. I can walk, work, and do alot of things. I'm relatively lucky. Had I not been fully vaccinated at the time of exposure to the virus, I'd probably be dead.
DOJ IG auditing the DOJ over Epstein-gate and the notion of pardoning GM??? Whaaa? Maybe Todd will soon join Pam in the "private sector" to avoid being dragged into depositions?
Maxwell is bargaining. Her problem is she is a known perjurer. Not a good bet to make. Besides, Iran has all the EPSTEIN FILES as do several other intelligence services around the world.
Even if you calculate Percent Difference, the 600% doesn't make sense. Using the formula (ABS((V1-V2)/((V1+V2)/2))*100, the maximum %diff between two positive numbers is 200%. The only way to get a 600% precent difference is comparing $600 with -$300. So, again, we are in the position of the drug companies paying us, albeit a lot less than the $3,000 if we were to reduce the cost by 600%. In RFK Jr. example, % difference is 193.44% and, as others have pointed out, % reduction is 98.33%.
And he tried to pull that on Liz Warren, who is on Colbert tonight. (600-10 = 590)/600 = 98.3% reduction. Reduction can't go over 100% no matter where you start. Even if they're trying to pretzel how much higher 600 is vs 10, it's 590/10 = 5900% increase, not 600%. (10 * (1[00%]+59[00%])) = 600. But that's not a relevant argument when solving for what the reduction % is.
TrumpRx does not cover generics AT ALL, it steers people to brand names, for BigRx.
BREAKING: Fox News just reported that Pete Hegseth fired United States Secretary of the Navy John Phelan because Phelan would not ignore a federal judge's orders!
"Hegseth and Phelan reportedly butted heads when Phelan refused to ignore a recent federal judge's ruling that said punishing Senator Mark Kelly for making a video which he reminded military officers of their constitutional duty to not to not follow illegal orders would violate his First Amendment rights."
“One thing we like about working at Wonkette is that we can just call a lie a lie…” That’s why I subscribe! Money well spent!
Woke apnea!
Before I read your words, Dok, let me thank you for once again having a picture of an animal instead of the subject of the piece. I'd much rather see that beautiful kitteh any day than once again have to gaze upon the countenance of RFK Jr. Much appreciated.
HHS vaccine warning under RFKJ:
"𝘈 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭. 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴".
A reminder that Covid may not kill you but every infection increases the likelihood of Long Covid. Which could mean anything from a couple extra weeks of fatigue to hair loss to micro blood clots killing you in the future. Covid attacks every system in the body, can cross the blood-brain barrier, and can hide out then reactivate months later. If people don’t want to get vaccinated, that’s their business, but they shouldn’t get to endanger the rest of humanity.
Very sore from yesterday's booster; also very glad we can still get them.
I have Guillain-Barre syndrome secondary to Covid. I can walk, work, and do alot of things. I'm relatively lucky. Had I not been fully vaccinated at the time of exposure to the virus, I'd probably be dead.
I got Guillain-Barre right as Covid was kicking off! Not that it's exciting to be in that club, but I realize how unbelievably lucky I was
How are you doing? It's shitty, isn't it?
I'm extremely lucky it only took 18 months to relearn how to walk again (I ended up in ICU for a week, then regular hospital for another week).
How are YOU doing?
Funfact: According to wikipedia ivermectin was approved for human use in 1987. (it was discovered in 1975)
In 1988 Katalin Kariko, the primary researcher behind mRNA vaccine technology was hired to begin research on mRNA at UPENN.
The relative ages aren't so different are they?
I recommend her book Breaking Through: My Life in Science. Non-technical and fascinating. Her work on mRNA took decades of deep dedication.
Know what your enemy is thinking dept: Like hell he will!
https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-schumer-apology/2026/04/23/id/1253942/
Fuck RFKJ into the Sun!
The sun might dim a little and go slightly green.
She can handle it...
"It also, as Elizabeth Jacobs noted on Bluesky, echoes Nazi propaganda, isn’t that a surprise?"
About that. Health woo and Nazi propaganda are joined at the hip.
Phrenology on line two....
Boy would the Trump administration be in trouble. Exhibit A: Stephen Miller's forehead.
I think since he is Jewish, the Nazis would say “proof of concept”…
Yes, because the OG Nazi head honchos clearly represented the Aryan ideal of "tall, blonde, and blue eyed".
DOJ IG auditing the DOJ over Epstein-gate and the notion of pardoning GM??? Whaaa? Maybe Todd will soon join Pam in the "private sector" to avoid being dragged into depositions?
The Dow, the Dow right now, is *below* fifty-thou.
She knows too much. Go ahead and pardon her.
She has insurance or she would have met Epstein’s fate already.
Maxwell is bargaining. Her problem is she is a known perjurer. Not a good bet to make. Besides, Iran has all the EPSTEIN FILES as do several other intelligence services around the world.
A short term win as best.
Well, it's either that or a tragic accident.
It's a deal to get her to testify and exonerate President Pedo. Totally credible.
Yeah, deal is they give her the goodies first, in exchange for her pinkie-swear that she'll truthfully spill on the perps. Fart of the Steal.
"Are you perjuring yourself, Ms. Maxwell?" "Not this time, no."
Let he who has not snorted coke off a disgusting bathroom toilet seat cast the first stone.
Have I mentioned that I work in HHS? *sob*
Hold The Line!
Did this get covered already? I’m losing track of time. Anyway, Kennedy informs us that Trump has discovered a NEW way of calculating percentages:
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mk3tcbc4ek26
It did. To bad nobody handed him a white board and asked him to show us exactly how this new math works.
𝐑𝐅𝐊 𝐉𝐫: "𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 $𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 $𝟏𝟎, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝟔𝟎𝟎% 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧."
The more I read this, the less sense it--and the entire world--makes to me.
Even if you calculate Percent Difference, the 600% doesn't make sense. Using the formula (ABS((V1-V2)/((V1+V2)/2))*100, the maximum %diff between two positive numbers is 200%. The only way to get a 600% precent difference is comparing $600 with -$300. So, again, we are in the position of the drug companies paying us, albeit a lot less than the $3,000 if we were to reduce the cost by 600%. In RFK Jr. example, % difference is 193.44% and, as others have pointed out, % reduction is 98.33%.
It's easy... $ 100.00 = 100%
$ 100.00 is the standard unit of measurement.
New New Math
And he tried to pull that on Liz Warren, who is on Colbert tonight. (600-10 = 590)/600 = 98.3% reduction. Reduction can't go over 100% no matter where you start. Even if they're trying to pretzel how much higher 600 is vs 10, it's 590/10 = 5900% increase, not 600%. (10 * (1[00%]+59[00%])) = 600. But that's not a relevant argument when solving for what the reduction % is.
TrumpRx does not cover generics AT ALL, it steers people to brand names, for BigRx.
Did Kennedy ever pal around with Michael Alig? Cause he might have a whole nother definition for Vitamin K than the one you're referencing.
OT: I know this will be shocking, but heading home to climb a ladder, remove, and repair the 3-bulb fixture that lights our front porch.
Well, hopefully it 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 be shocking.
I’ll alert the emergency room.
I must say I am surprised RFKJr still has all his fingers.
Too bad about his brains though.
FAUX NEWS reported!
https://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mk6msl47v22o
BREAKING: Fox News just reported that Pete Hegseth fired United States Secretary of the Navy John Phelan because Phelan would not ignore a federal judge's orders!
"Hegseth and Phelan reportedly butted heads when Phelan refused to ignore a recent federal judge's ruling that said punishing Senator Mark Kelly for making a video which he reminded military officers of their constitutional duty to not to not follow illegal orders would violate his First Amendment rights."
Yep he needs someone crazy enough to cause atrocities. And to also utilize the military against the opponents of the MAGA death cult...domestically.
Hegseth wasn't Phelan it.
There are other Phelans in the sea.
Phelan is a Trumpland creature, so no great loss. Of course, whoever replaces him will be worse.
The undersecretary has already ascended to the top position.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_Cao
Yes. Monterey Witch Hunter with one of the laziest names the Sim has come up with - "Hung Cow"....I mean....
Aaaaaand he's worse.
... and stupider. And more racist and misogynistic.
Sounds like Hegseth himself.
There’s a fuckin’ shock.