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[–] [S] 87 points 1 month ago (18 children)

It's so insane that so much crazy shit is coming from this administration that this was last week and it seems to be barely covered.

This guy references Alex Jones level stuff, and he's the HHS Secretary.

I mean....what even the fuck is happening.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    I mean…what even the fuck is happening.

    Americans chose one of the most visibly immoral, inept and ignorant person to be president TWICE

    All of this was visible 16 km away (10 miles), the biggest concession I can grant here is the disbelief it could actually happen

    But happen it did, in the same way the UK shot itself in the foot with Brexit, the USA did even worse and ate the poisonous mushroom. I honestly can't see a way this does not end in WWIII and/or the break up of the USA

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    If you think about it, the best way to stop a momentous beast isn't to focus on the momentum, it's to focus on the head and where it's going and then the momentum fizzles out on its own. Republican mantra has always been to make government as ineffective as possible so they can look at government and correctly assess that it's ineffective. Previously they worked to starve departments of resources, and they've already done that to the extent that it wasn't even legal. New strategy in Trump and beyond is just to appoint clowns and make the world's biggest clown show in each of their respective agencies. The anti-government shit writes itself when you've got the likes of Malory McMorrow saying, "Medicare for all means someone like Trump would control it, do you really want that?"

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    You are still clinging to the idea that there is a plan here and it is not just a display on how mediocrity took over

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    mediocrity took over

    Even mediocrity from the cons, while not great, would at least be a lot better than this.

    These people all seem to be some of the most maliciously stupid and/or unqualified that they could find. If they have any capability, it's put to the task of carrying out evil: shitheel psychopaths like Vought and Miller as a for-instance.

    When they don't even have any capability they end up like Brainwormz here. A guy who is supposed to be looking out for health who looks and sounds terrible, has strange hobbies (dead whale heads, anyone? How about a bear carcass?) and even stranger beliefs - who needs that germ theory of disease, amirite - and says absolutely crazy shit - he can spot mitochondrial damage, talks about the "vaccine injured", yells at reporter that she is not a scientist when he obviously has net negative credentials, and blurts out shit about chemtrails.

    At least someone who was mediocre would probably tend to just agree with experts, vs. think they know better.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    These people all seem to be some of the most maliciously stupid and/or unqualified that they could find

    In my life, I have found that, the more ignorant someone is, the deeper their malice can get. We should really live in a society where being ignorant is as shameful as pooping your pants in public

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I would think an awful lot would change if the business model around most media (news, movies, TV) were different.

    But, as it is, I think most media really tip-toes around things that may make the ignorant uncomfortable, since they want to sell soap and boner pills to those people as well. Zeus forbid those people were to be told their beliefs were wrong.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Allowing advertising during the news really broke everything.

    It turned into chasing viewership for revenue instead of providing the national service that being granted a broadcasting license required in return.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    If we get through this administration as a country, I just wanna stay alive long enough to see all the documentaries making fun of this bat shit crazy stuff. My fear is this is now the baseline as we hurl to the more prophetic future of Idiocracy.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    A lot of American voters love conspiracy theories.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I put things like this in the same category as renaming Lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico, something absurd to keep the attention off the real harm being done. Even if they made a declaration that planes are all dumping stuff to turn the frogs gay or whatever tommorow, the burocratic effort to do anything with it would take well beyond any of these loon's tenure and then be dumped directly after.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Dude looks more microwaved than usual.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Chem-trails are like space-lasers, they're so stupid, they wouldn't even work if they were real.

    If you've ever noticed that industrial buildings use tall smoke stacks, you know why. It's because that smoke dispersed into the atmosphere @ 50m will be diluted to safe(er/ish) levels by the time it reaches ground level.

    Now if you're trying to release a pathogen or a drug, doing so at 19,000m is the kind of stupid that wears a helmet to watch TV.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    Why wouldn't lasers work in space??

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    To my understanding, (I'm not a physicist) It's not so much that they wouldn't work in space as they'd be severely weakened upon entering our atmosphere. It would be both cheaper and more effective to simply use a conventional explosive than it would be to invent a sci-fi super weapon.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    Ohh, you mean as a weapon.

    Because I'm pretty sure lasers are currently being used by us in space. But for communication

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    My understanding is that the space lasers of conspiracy theory fame are supposed to be used to control the weather. Got a hurricane in Alabama? It's because the "globalists" pointed the space laser at a cloud or something. Yeah. These people are fucking nuts.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    A day spent looking at chemtrails is a day spent not looking at real problems.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    So should we be thankful he's not fucking those up worse, or…?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    His job is to divert attention from all the food poisoning scandals with stuff that doesn't actually matter.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Are you implying that a cabinet member of the United States federal government is not acting in good faith?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Dumbass, look at pesticide use and power plant pollution, actual existing health threats!

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  • I mean, I also look up at water vapor in the sky. It's fascinating.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Did we get the final results on what causes Autism? Shouldn't he finish that conspiracy theory before moving onto chemtrails, or did he just move on when it turned out that thing he heard on facebook that one time wasn't really the cause?

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    There are chemicals in chemtrails.

    Most of what you see in a chemtrail is hydrogen hydroxide. (CAS 7732-18-5)

    Hydrogen Hydroxide is a solvent that will dissolve a great many things, including some rocks. It causes corrosion, especially when mixed with sodium chloride. (CAS 7647-14-5) Gaseous HH will cause disfuguring burns upon skin contact. HH has been found in tumors, and brain worms. It's used as a coolant in industrial applications. Breathing hydrogen hydroxide can cause death.

    I think if you're worried about chemtrails, you should avoid all exposure to hydrogen hydroxide for the forseeable future.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Just so we are all on the same page, to be painfully clear: this is satire.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    So... Should I stop drinking industrial coolant or not?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I'm waiting on his legislation limiting Bigfoot to the Pacific Northwest

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Did anyone expect anything else from this braindead moronic lunatic?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    You can't spell epstein without "looking at chemtrails, not epstein".

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Reminder that """chemtrails""" behind planes in the sky are water condensation trails (also called contrails) which forms due to the air pressure drop over the top of the wing. It is the same phenomenon as the small cloud produced by the pressure drop when quickly opening a can of a carbonated beverage

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    Also RFKJr: “I am a driveling moron.”

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    Once you give up on the principle of evidence-based reasoning, everything is on the table. You can speculate about whatever insane bullshit you want and it doesn't have to make sense.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    RFK Jr is huffing fucking chemtrails

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    Conservatives are dumb as fuuuuuuuuck.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Next he'll be looking into contamination at that pizzagate contamination.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    People will go to extraordinary ends to justify their habits, it seems. I find it curious that people convince themselves that other creatures don't process pain like humans do. Then, once it is evident that they do, the efforts to find other ways to still kill and eat them will commence. Versus you know, maybe not killing and eating them?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    Sure, we should cut down on the CO₂, NO_x, CO, SO_x and trace jet fuel being emitted by jet planes.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Holy shit I can't believe our tax dollars are going towards this. I also can't believe the government is lending credence to sub nonsense although I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Santa brought it early! But it was Idiocracy that he brought upon us, for shame. This is hundreds of years ahead of the prophecy.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Let's hope he stands behind an eng8ne with his mouth open to test.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    A shame, was hoping he'd be just looking at the sky.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    HEY! Chemtrails killed JFK from the Grassy Knoll. Don't eff with this guy trying to get justice. Only for his crazy beliefs and that one is completely sane.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    While I do not believe in chemtrails as an intended way to controle the population in some insane conspiratorial way, I do think that planes are causing an understated amount of chemical pollution besides the well known CO2 problem, namely in PFAS. Poly fluorocarbons are especially well suited to be used in planes, because they can withstand high and low temperatures, and extremely corrosive resistant and useful in chemically stressful conditions. They have been used extensively in tubing and as lubricant, and this is well documented and not hidden because for a long time we didn't know PFAS was as bad for your health as it turns out to be. Quick found source: pfas needed for planes

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Your problem is that RFK LOVES pollution so all you're doing by saying "well fossil fuels are pollutants" is giving them a smokescreen.

    That's also not what "chemtrails" supposedly are nor how the real pollutants act.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I mean, cloud seeding is absolutely a thing?

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