Brain worm guy has a point there
I do.occasionally agree with RFK
Elizabeth Holmes admits she was in control of Theranos
But Ms. Holmes… did you not start this company?
“I swear to god, I was extremely incompetent. I had no clue what I did day in, day out. It’s all just a blur. I’m not even sure why they hired me honestly.”
“Fuck if I know what I did on my years-long coke bender”
“Not only am I a bad judge of who a good employee might be, but I’m also a bad employee. It’s truly the worst situation, Your Honor.”
“I was self-employed and my boss was an incompetent jerk.”
“Seems to be a huge problem in self-employment. I’m self-employed, or was until my asshole boss got in a car accident in my car and somehow blamed the whole thing on me! Fucker is a procrastinator too.”
“I’ve already punished myself with a pay cut.”
“Look no reasonable person would have hired me, thus I’m clearly mentally unwell”
“I’m gonna sue my ass for what I did to me!”
“I am just a low-level CEO, I really just made the coffee.”
“As I said, I was incompetent. I should never have hired me.”
She made the critical error of stealing from rich people
Alright no one’s asking so I’m doing it. Are these real quotes? And ain’t it a shame we’re living in a time I need to ask that?
I will answer because I hate disinformation.
No, these are NOT quotes. I collected a bunch of other people’s responses when this happened.
Yes, it’s a shame that these could easily be possible today.
I figured as much and wouldn’t have further spread it without confirmation, but yeah it wouldn’t even be the most shocking defense I’ve heard at this point.
So did Martin Shkreli. (LOL, I Googled “guy who raised drug prices”. First hit from Gemini. Maybe AI ain’t so dumb?)
Shkreli not only bragged about it but had the nerve to be an insufferable little bitch while he was at it. With a punchable face. At least Holmes is cute.
Steal from the poor all ya like, never the rich. Reverse Robin Hood: A-OK.
Woah something I can agree with him about. Maybe we can find common ground here.
Must have been the brain worm talking.
My brother in christ you are the secretary for health
While “fake it till you make it” works for personal gain, for the greatest good it’s better to be incompetent and honest. No one to blame but Trump for putting him in this position.
Now if only he would remain steadfast and consistent with this sort of honesty. That’s the issue with these fools, they are consistently inconsistent. It’s the most aggravating form of stupidity.
I’ll give him a slight amount of credit for saying that part out loud.
Let’s face it, his pushes are likely going to be cost cuts on anything the federal government is involved in, to try to make up on tax cuts and entitlement programs for the top 10%. Which will only, long game, make working class more unhealthy, angry, and desperate.
I wouldn’t take ANY advice from him.
I dunno, he’s prob the go-to guy for techniques about chainsawing the head off a dead whale
I’m actually that kinda guy. It would never occur to me that chainsawing the head of a whale corpse I found on the beach would be a no-no. It’s already dead! Not like I killed it. I’m also dumb enough to keep bird feathers I find. Yeah. That could be a problem given the wrong cop.
“SWEET! Giant skull! I’m hanging that shit at camp! (After the ants do their thing.)”
I really do hang skulls I find on the shed door. Got a deer, a small mammal with pointy canines, a box turtle and pieces of something the raptors left (rabbit?). One time the local dogs dropped a deer skull on my tent. Coughed loudly and scared hell out of 'em.
I’ve always loved collecting animal bones, feathers, and sometimes skins that are in reasonably good condition.
Shit …I’m pretty sure you could figure it out.
Thinks people shouldn’t take medical advice from him,
…proceeds to give medical advice to people.
Becomes head of health
Sounds like the Joe Rogan Experience.
“No one listen to what I’m about to say, but eating roadkill possum cures chlamydia.”
But what if I don’t have Chlamydia
Then you haven’t joined RFK swimming in sewage yet!
Then eating roadside possum will cure you of not having something else. Also, have you considered swimming in sewerage?
You seem to have skipped step 1: Get chamydia. Please start the instructions from the top
Self aware wolf? That title made me laugh, and question what he’s doing in that position, to administer eugenics only?
I mean, I already am ignoring the medical advice he gives me.
I sadly can’t ignore the medical advice he is giving the country as a whole.
So when he says you shouldn’t take medical advice from him, you would not listen?
/j
People gotta remember this guy has been as desperate as Trump his whole life to be accepted as a legitimate member of elite society. You factor that in, you factor in that Trump also wanted to be a crime boss like his mob affiliates from the early part of his career, the motives become more clear, the outcomes become more predictable.
Also remember, some of this is engineered by both parties to distract us from the everyday realities we are facing.
Don’t take your eye off the prize. We want a centrally planned economy, we want universal healthcare, we want federally funded infrastructure projects, and we’re gonna take that money from the wealthy.
Beware “abundance” grifters…
That’s interesting. Makes a bit of a connection to Putin and Russian current regime.
They are mostly children of party bureaucrats, with some mafia and special services seasoning added. That includes Putin himself, people painting him as ex-intelligence or his KGB past as something big miss the point, he had a minor role, he was a kid from a party family and he was sent to GDR because foreign postings were prestigious.
So they have this inferiority complex to make themselves seem real mafia and special services.
I wonder if Putin’s hate for Ukraine is a result of its organized crime not treating him as anything interesting. Same with Georgia, it was once the center of the organized crime in the ex-Soviet space, and Saakashvili didn’t end that as much as people think.
We want a centrally planned economy,
Oh, so you want real serfdom. Where you have a dossier passed between your employers as if you were a resource. Trade unions being state-controlled and acting in the interest of your employer. Nice.
we want universal healthcare,
Teeth being torn out without anesthetics, doctors prescribing donkey piss, people finding the rare good doctors via acquaintances and ties for important operations, because otherwise you might not survive that. Oh yes.
we want federally funded infrastructure projects,
Suppose that’s fine.
and we’re gonna take that money from the wealthy.
Just remember that the most important part of ownership is deciding how the money is used, and you are giving this to non-elected bureaucrats if you want central planning.
Nah, should think a bit more.
A hint - “Soviet system” doesn’t mean the USSR’s system, and it can be good if designed very carefully.
Your description of Universal Health Care is ridiculous, and instantly destroys any credibility you might have.
We got universal healthcare in Europe and people don’t pull your teeth out without anesthetics, what copium are you on, “the american self made man”, “small government” or which delusional one is it?
Lol
BoTh SiDeS!
Also remember, some of this is engineered by both parties to distract us from the everyday realities we are facing.
Funny how one party seems to push this sort of shit way way more than another party.
Don’t take your eye off the prize. We want a centrally planned economy, we want universal healthcare, we want federally funded infrastructure projects,
I just want a functioning democracy, one with less fascists and corruption in it.
and we’re gonna take that money from the wealthy.
And how are you going to do that? Are you willing to take it by force? Because that’s the only way it’s going to happen. You have to take it by force.
And how are you going to do that? Are you willing to take it by force? Because that’s the only way it’s going to happen. You have to take it by force.
No, we’ll take it by legislation and re-writing the tax code, but if they want to hold out, than yes, we’ll take it by force, and that will be a LOT worse for them.
WTF is wrong with you? Of course I’m not taking it personally, and obviously we wouldn’t be taking away billionaire’s fortunes under the current regime. There isn’t the Congressional votes to pass it, nor would HitlerPig sign it.
IF we manage to take our government back, AND remove the DINO Democrats who are nothing more than Republican-Lites, then we can hopefully have a Congress who will pass legislation authorizing a re-write of the 1974 Tax Code, which baked-in Trickle Down Economics, resulting in an annual $2 Trillion shift of revenue from the middle/working class to the wealthy.
Study: Inequality Robs $2.5 Trillion From U.S. Workers Each Year
‘We were shocked:’ RAND study uncovers massive income shift to the top 1%
And who would take it? The Democratic government, acting on behalf of the American people. It’s not done with guns (or shovels, WTF?), it’s done with computers, and law enforcement. Their bank accounts will be frozen and confiscated, and their properties and assets seized and sold at auction, or utilized by the government.
These mechanisms have always been available, the Dems just never used them, while the MAGAs never histate to exploit them as much as possible.
You personally? You’re going to take it by force?
So, when democracy is dismantled in the next year or two, and it’s no longer possible to “take it by legislation” or “re-write the tax code”, you personally are going to take it by force?
With what? Do you have a gun? What you are going to take it with? A shovel?
We want a centrally planned economy,
Lmao what? Is this a #JustLemmyThings meme?
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Is the secretary for health usually a medical professional?
I don’t think that is the case for most countries.
BUT the secretary of health (or whatever they are called in other countries) must be well-informed enough to be a credible source 1. for general health advice about e.g. vaccines and 2. for acute information about current medical topics like the flu or similar illnesses.
Started compiling a list, but it posted early, and I got lazy.
List of them here, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services
Looking at the first handful, most aren’t medical professionals.
You would still expect that they should be able leverage their resources to have a pre-built response to a question like that.
The last qualified one was Tom Price in 2017
Before that, Louis W. Sullivan in 1989
Both republican
Sorry how are you deciding who is qualified? Just being an M.D.? I agree that’s a good start, but MD does not a qualified HHS secretary make.
We are talking about being qualified to give medical advice
But… You’re the… I… I hate this timeline.
