RFK jr. is a sadist! So he put baby chicks and mice into a blender for his hawks? All hawks are fully capable of eating food that is not puréed! RFK Jr did it to be performatorily cruel. My biggest worry about him is not that he will block access to vaccines but that his actions as HHS secretary will discourage the development of future vaccines and other medical research. I do care about food safety but when has he ever demonstrated any ability to discern what is healthy?
Re pureed chicks and mice, that was my immediate thought as well. I looked up feeding hawks in falconry and found a detailed site for a Harris Hawk falconer.
This point particularly caught my attention though the whole section on preparing and feeding is informative: "Feather and Fur Retention: I retain some feathers or fur when preparing prey items. This is not only to simulate a more natural eating experience for the Harris Hawks but also to aid their digestion process. The indigestible parts like fur and feathers help to form pellets that the hawks later regurgitate, which is crucial for maintaining a healthy digestive system." I can't imagine pureeing little prey animals would provide the fur, feathers and bones necessary for a healthy diet. https://falconryadvice.com/birds/hawks/the-diet-of-harris-hawks-in-falconry/
Keep up the good work, TC!! 👍 With Acosta having his own show free of CNN, i.e., Capital Numb Nuts, we can hear the truth!! Too bad they’ve drunk the TrumpAid!!
The text below is from an email sent by a current OPM employee to their neighborhood list serve.
“OPM employee here, we are not the bad guys. I'm a current employee at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). This is a throwaway account for obvious reasons. I'm posting this because people need to know what's going on at OPM. I've been an OPM employee for nearly a decade and a Federal Employee for almost 20 years. I've never witnessed anything even remotely close to what's happening right now. In short, there's a hostile takeover of the federal civil service. Let me say this in no uncertain terms - OPM has been compromised and taken over. The very backbone of American Government, the HR of all HR in the U.S. Government has been taken over by outside politicals. In just five days, they managed to push aside dozens of non-political, career civil servants who were there specifically to prevent the civil service from becoming the President's henchmen. The current Acting Director, Charles (Chuck) Ezell is a low-level branch chief. He's the friendliest "yes man" you'll ever meet. He never says no. It's clear they pushed aside all the high-level non political civil servants who refused to do Donald Trump's bidding, until they found Chuck. Under his name, they've sent numerous request-all the agencies to collect information on gov't employees that they see as a threat to their agenda. Instructions say to send these lists to Amanda Scales Rut Amanda is not actually an OPM employee; she works for Elon Musk. She wasn't even properly cleared by OPM Personnel Security. They’ve sent numerous requests to all the agencies to collect information on gov't employees that they see as a threat to their agenda. Our CIO, Melvin Brown, (also a non political career public servant) was pushed aside just one week into his tenure because he refused to setup email lists to send out direct communications to all career civil servants. Such communications are normally left up to each agency. Instead, an on-prem (on-site) email server was setup. Someone literally walked into our building and plugged in an email server to our network to make it appear that emails were coming from OPM. It's been the one sending those various "test" message you've all seen. We think they're building a massive email list of all federal employees to generate mass RIF notices down the road. The non-political civil servants here at OPM are watching helplessly as our government is being systematically dismantled bit by bit. Even the IGs are being fired to prevent them from investigating the numerous whistleblower complaints we've filed. Please share this and tell the world that OPM is not the bad guy. We're just as helpless to stop this as the rest of our fellow public servants. Hopefully someone out there can help us, but it's looking pretty grim.”
thanks for posting this. the more appalling the shit gets, the more we obviously need to know about it. but knowing about it is definitely very, very painful.
Did Whitehouse have two chances to question Kennedy and I missed it?
Because I was watching and Whitehouse basically told Kennedy to just listen. Then Sheldon Whitehouse made his points. I don’t think he asked him any questions at all.
When Whitehouse finished Kennedy did promise to work with him on cleaning up the CMS. To which the Senator replied that ,in his experience ,when a nominee promised to do that it would never happen!!!
I was questioning the sentence about Kennedy not being able to answer any of Sheldon Whitehouse’s questions. When, in fact, SW did not ask any questions. Basically he told RKJr to shut up and listen . SW used his whole time to make his own complaint about Rhode Island’s health services “ bleeding out”
Of course Whitehouse will not be voting for him. He was mad as hell!!!!
Another excellent compilation. I read about Jim Acosta quitting CNN earlier this morning, that I hoped he would join Substack, and that I will subscribe tout de suite.
As for all of these illegal and unconstitutional actions TFG is directing, I'm expecting any day that he will point out that the Supreme Court gave him immunity from actions taken as president. Do you think those 6 turncoats really meant immunity to ignore any and all laws enacted by Congress and signed by past presidents? We'll find out, won't we?
I have never understood why anyone (with any time on their hands) would want a “news feed” from a big corporation. I seek out my news from sources I consider reliable.
You really are on a roll, Tom. I don't know how you do it, but you do. Thank you for all these Poking Arounds (Pokings Around?, the editor asks herself).
"What an embarrassing fuckwit he is." Although this applies to several (many?) in D.C, these days, we're in substantial agreement on the Minority "Leader" as regards his level of ability and activity. In fairness though, there are 43 (44 if you count Sen. Fluffernutter) other Democrats anyone of whom could instigate the actions we're looking for. All they need do is review Sen. Rand Paul's career and accomplishments(?) for a manual on how to proceed. The student senate at the school I went to got more done and had a wider impact than the supposed professionals who are taking home 6 figures of our tax money along with offices, staff, franking privilege and free world travel for their 170 or so working days (very loosely defined) each year.
Thanks Tom for laying it all out there. I am so glad I've incorporated the descriptor "fuckwit" into my vocabulary for daily use. There are so many...The BIGGEST being the combover king, followed by his jerk nazi and a whole gang of criminals. I am waiting for the editorial cartoon with all the fuckwits appropriately characterized. The Federal workforce is standing up to the dictator and his accomplice dickies. Let's stand with them in solidarity in every state and DC.
we need a very different word to replace "combover." he had a combover in about 1990. there doesn't seem to be a word for the strange thing he has now. but it's certainly well beyond a mere "combover."
I wish TC provided links. I looked for the original story about what Bill Kristol said but couldn't readily find it. I have too much to do to fuss with failing Internet searches.
I still can't bring myself to "like" Bill Kristol except in the most general "the enemy of my enemy" way. I remember what a thoroughgoing prick he's been for most of his life. plus I slightly knew his parents. his dad was a seriously NASTY prick. his mother, not so much. I recall many occasions watching Irving Howe eying her with abundant lust. I think she and Howe (an unreconstructed Socialist till the day he died) might have been an item back in the day.
anyone interested in this particular stuff should check out a documentary called "Arguing the World," which was on Ovid last time I watched it.
RFK jr. is a sadist! So he put baby chicks and mice into a blender for his hawks? All hawks are fully capable of eating food that is not puréed! RFK Jr did it to be performatorily cruel. My biggest worry about him is not that he will block access to vaccines but that his actions as HHS secretary will discourage the development of future vaccines and other medical research. I do care about food safety but when has he ever demonstrated any ability to discern what is healthy?
Re pureed chicks and mice, that was my immediate thought as well. I looked up feeding hawks in falconry and found a detailed site for a Harris Hawk falconer.
This point particularly caught my attention though the whole section on preparing and feeding is informative: "Feather and Fur Retention: I retain some feathers or fur when preparing prey items. This is not only to simulate a more natural eating experience for the Harris Hawks but also to aid their digestion process. The indigestible parts like fur and feathers help to form pellets that the hawks later regurgitate, which is crucial for maintaining a healthy digestive system." I can't imagine pureeing little prey animals would provide the fur, feathers and bones necessary for a healthy diet. https://falconryadvice.com/birds/hawks/the-diet-of-harris-hawks-in-falconry/
I volunteered at a wildlife rehab facility. Hawks and other birds of prey were served entire dead mice. No purees.
Keep up the good work, TC!! 👍 With Acosta having his own show free of CNN, i.e., Capital Numb Nuts, we can hear the truth!! Too bad they’ve drunk the TrumpAid!!
The text below is from an email sent by a current OPM employee to their neighborhood list serve.
“OPM employee here, we are not the bad guys. I'm a current employee at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). This is a throwaway account for obvious reasons. I'm posting this because people need to know what's going on at OPM. I've been an OPM employee for nearly a decade and a Federal Employee for almost 20 years. I've never witnessed anything even remotely close to what's happening right now. In short, there's a hostile takeover of the federal civil service. Let me say this in no uncertain terms - OPM has been compromised and taken over. The very backbone of American Government, the HR of all HR in the U.S. Government has been taken over by outside politicals. In just five days, they managed to push aside dozens of non-political, career civil servants who were there specifically to prevent the civil service from becoming the President's henchmen. The current Acting Director, Charles (Chuck) Ezell is a low-level branch chief. He's the friendliest "yes man" you'll ever meet. He never says no. It's clear they pushed aside all the high-level non political civil servants who refused to do Donald Trump's bidding, until they found Chuck. Under his name, they've sent numerous request-all the agencies to collect information on gov't employees that they see as a threat to their agenda. Instructions say to send these lists to Amanda Scales Rut Amanda is not actually an OPM employee; she works for Elon Musk. She wasn't even properly cleared by OPM Personnel Security. They’ve sent numerous requests to all the agencies to collect information on gov't employees that they see as a threat to their agenda. Our CIO, Melvin Brown, (also a non political career public servant) was pushed aside just one week into his tenure because he refused to setup email lists to send out direct communications to all career civil servants. Such communications are normally left up to each agency. Instead, an on-prem (on-site) email server was setup. Someone literally walked into our building and plugged in an email server to our network to make it appear that emails were coming from OPM. It's been the one sending those various "test" message you've all seen. We think they're building a massive email list of all federal employees to generate mass RIF notices down the road. The non-political civil servants here at OPM are watching helplessly as our government is being systematically dismantled bit by bit. Even the IGs are being fired to prevent them from investigating the numerous whistleblower complaints we've filed. Please share this and tell the world that OPM is not the bad guy. We're just as helpless to stop this as the rest of our fellow public servants. Hopefully someone out there can help us, but it's looking pretty grim.”
Wow.
Check out Joyce Vance's latest substack. It is very encouraging. Federal workers are posting defiance on Reddit.
thanks for posting this. the more appalling the shit gets, the more we obviously need to know about it. but knowing about it is definitely very, very painful.
Did Whitehouse have two chances to question Kennedy and I missed it?
Because I was watching and Whitehouse basically told Kennedy to just listen. Then Sheldon Whitehouse made his points. I don’t think he asked him any questions at all.
When Whitehouse finished Kennedy did promise to work with him on cleaning up the CMS. To which the Senator replied that ,in his experience ,when a nominee promised to do that it would never happen!!!
And then time was up!!!!!
I was going by the reports of people there. That doesn't sound like someone who's going to vote for him.
Agreed TC!!
I was questioning the sentence about Kennedy not being able to answer any of Sheldon Whitehouse’s questions. When, in fact, SW did not ask any questions. Basically he told RKJr to shut up and listen . SW used his whole time to make his own complaint about Rhode Island’s health services “ bleeding out”
Of course Whitehouse will not be voting for him. He was mad as hell!!!!
I saw the exchanges and my impression was that Whitehouse is gonna be a no.
Another excellent compilation. I read about Jim Acosta quitting CNN earlier this morning, that I hoped he would join Substack, and that I will subscribe tout de suite.
As for all of these illegal and unconstitutional actions TFG is directing, I'm expecting any day that he will point out that the Supreme Court gave him immunity from actions taken as president. Do you think those 6 turncoats really meant immunity to ignore any and all laws enacted by Congress and signed by past presidents? We'll find out, won't we?
Sounds like Apple's AI is trolling us. May be kinda smart after all.
I laughed out loud.
I have never understood why anyone (with any time on their hands) would want a “news feed” from a big corporation. I seek out my news from sources I consider reliable.
You really are on a roll, Tom. I don't know how you do it, but you do. Thank you for all these Poking Arounds (Pokings Around?, the editor asks herself).
Jim Acosta…”Don’t give in to the lies”. (Under 2 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB2RIhKCT38
"What an embarrassing fuckwit he is." Although this applies to several (many?) in D.C, these days, we're in substantial agreement on the Minority "Leader" as regards his level of ability and activity. In fairness though, there are 43 (44 if you count Sen. Fluffernutter) other Democrats anyone of whom could instigate the actions we're looking for. All they need do is review Sen. Rand Paul's career and accomplishments(?) for a manual on how to proceed. The student senate at the school I went to got more done and had a wider impact than the supposed professionals who are taking home 6 figures of our tax money along with offices, staff, franking privilege and free world travel for their 170 or so working days (very loosely defined) each year.
😁 Thanks Tom.
Thanks Tom for laying it all out there. I am so glad I've incorporated the descriptor "fuckwit" into my vocabulary for daily use. There are so many...The BIGGEST being the combover king, followed by his jerk nazi and a whole gang of criminals. I am waiting for the editorial cartoon with all the fuckwits appropriately characterized. The Federal workforce is standing up to the dictator and his accomplice dickies. Let's stand with them in solidarity in every state and DC.
we need a very different word to replace "combover." he had a combover in about 1990. there doesn't seem to be a word for the strange thing he has now. but it's certainly well beyond a mere "combover."
This would be funny if it wasn't so scary, weird and dangerous.
I wish TC provided links. I looked for the original story about what Bill Kristol said but couldn't readily find it. I have too much to do to fuss with failing Internet searches.
Check the Bulwark.
I still can't bring myself to "like" Bill Kristol except in the most general "the enemy of my enemy" way. I remember what a thoroughgoing prick he's been for most of his life. plus I slightly knew his parents. his dad was a seriously NASTY prick. his mother, not so much. I recall many occasions watching Irving Howe eying her with abundant lust. I think she and Howe (an unreconstructed Socialist till the day he died) might have been an item back in the day.
anyone interested in this particular stuff should check out a documentary called "Arguing the World," which was on Ovid last time I watched it.
Thanks, Tom.