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@jon-nyc said in RFK announced review panel for childhood vaccines:

@Rich said in RFK announced review panel for childhood vaccines:

If RFK is genuinely open to that outcome, that'd be great.

In general this is unlikely. Conspiratorial thinking is generally caused by psychological factors, not dispassionate reviews of evidence. He probably needs new brain wiring, not exposure to yet more evidence.

Simple: Just frame the evidence as an even better conspiracy. Instead of distributing a boring binder full of charts and graphs, they could put it in the form of a 149 page soft cover book for $9.99 at the supermarket: “Common sense things they don’t want you to know.”

Yeah, looks pretty unhealthy…That industry does weird things to people.

Kind a butthead move by the photographer though. She looks to be signing a photo form him, so he takes and the posts an obviously pretty unflattering photo.

It must be all the federal workers that didn't get laid off, now looking to move closer to the office.

I used to listen to Colin Cowherd a lot when he was on ESPN. (now a fox sports guy)

NBA, and NFL were doing well at the time, with MLB and NHL having trouble in their respective markets. His opinion was the leagues that were doing well---the business people (owners) were more in control. When the power dynamic shifted too far to the players...product on the field ended up suffering, with ratings and attendance following.

Not sure his thoughts these days. Sports guys are tough to listen to, with a constant dash to make the next 'hot take'

I've been so overwhelmed with work for so long, that personally, I'm fine. (my problem is getting the right help, but that's another thread) My business is quite small---just myself, a road tech, a couple moving assistants, and some occasional shop help.

Some of those that that are set up with multiple full-time people in restoration shops, have been noticing a long-term downward in major restoration work. Not a collapse---just a noticeable change .

I know nobody here bothered to listen to his confirmation hearings, but he bore little resemblance to an unhinged anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist.

I watched some. If the RFK in the hearings in the RFK we get, I'd be happy.

Welcome to 2/3rds of Joe Bidens America.

Kidding aside, it'll be interesting to watch some of these stats over the next couple years. The little zig-zags over a course of a few weeks doesn't mean much.

If RFK is genuinely open to that outcome, that'd be great. Seeing some of his prior interviews, where some commonly accepted vaccines have "tons of studies" that show people end up living longer if they don't get it, seems difficult to overcome.

I really hope he's able to have some positive effect on the general diet/exercise of the typical American....I'm not sure how to achieve that in a way that doesn't have the government overstepping its boundaries, but it'd be nice.

So far, everything seems fine.

That said, quite a few of us in the piano rebuilding industry get soundboard and pinblock materials from Bolduc in Canada. This could add a pretty good chunk to the retail cost of a restoration. Or, I suppose more folks would try a handful of other suppliers. They're out there, but tend to be spotty in terms of reliably having product.

Great band, Chicago. Interesting how they went through several transformations in sound over the years. Too bad Kath died so young (and stupidly) His voice is "Make Me Smile" was incredible.

Have you heard the covers from Leonid and Friends? They do a great job.

Hope they don't use all their film on Bridgeport pics!

I wonder what the heck the $400 million in expenses is?

For the amount of legit traffic, maybe they could just switch to 'tap a talk' I bet klaus could get them up and running for half that.

@Jolly said in Department of Education:

No Child Left Behind.

Sadly, some children aren't of normal intelligence. Inclusion slows things down.

At least around here, I believe it led to a number of kids getting designated as being special needs. Whether it was 'developmental delays' or thrown under the 'autism spectrum' umbrella, it was a way for school systems to not get penalized for having kids not hitting certain achievements.

So a kid who was borderline could end up spending half (or more) of his day in a room with students who were non-verbal. Instead of that kid getting the work needed to catch up to peers--they'd now have their own IEP, that would frequently take them down a few notches from their potential. Unless there were a couple very involved parents.

lol!

Don't do much cyclying (yet) but it makes sense people end up coalescing in groups of similar paces. Happens all the time in running...but rarely if ever are snide comments made about others paces. If there's open critique, it tends to be on those (who may be fast) but are constantly hammering it--leading to frequent injury.

Speaking of injury--broke my 4th metatarsal and fibula last month. (real estate dispute with a piano) On workout break right now, but will likely be doing some (indoor) cycling in a few more weeks. Bought the Mrs a pretty decent one for xmas, so hoping that can connect to zwift or whatever the hip new cycling apps are.

Well then we'll just have to come up with something for them to be guilty of.

wow

I watched the whole thing, just to see if 'Horace' made the list, lol

They are a fun group to watch. I came across them shortly after we got 'Red Dead Redemption' for one of our sons...I must have google the name of the game, because soon after, I started getting fed their skits on Facebook and such. They do a great job poking fun of the nonsensical (only if you think about it) video game character logic.

Oh, so we're just gonna draw an arbitrary line at when so-called "humans" encroached on native squirrel and deer lands? Fucking speciests.

@jon-nyc said in Love the work, hate the job?:

When I was at Credit Suisse I hired an administrator, separate from my secretary (this being the aughts the former was called my ‘COO’ and the latter my ‘admin’.)

Her job, as I described it to her, was to ‘feed the machine’ - For a 200 person department it kept her busy full time.

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