(August 1, 2025 at 9:54 pm)Angrboda Wrote: Does anyone know how the Heard and McDonald Islands fared in Trump's newly released tariff numbers?

I hear the penguins are threatening reciprocal tariffs on luxury cars they import from the US. Mr. Fishy, spokespenguin for local trade groups, offered this response to Trump’s tariff threats:  





Boru

(August 1, 2025 at 9:54 pm)Angrboda Wrote: Does anyone know how the Heard and McDonald Islands fared in Trump's newly released tariff numbers?

Won't anyone think of the penguins?!

After all this ....hassle with Trumps tariffs, lets not forget that he could have reacted much, much worse to the US´s trade deficit, like.......the UK for example on...China. I am sure, China remembers this little episode quite well.

Doofus says Doofus will hire a new lackey to cook the numbers to make Doofus look like less of a Doofus.

More facts down the memory hole.

Boru

(August 4, 2025 at 5:39 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

Boru

Gah! This delicious apple crisp I was eating has taken a turn.

The Murdoch legal team stated that they'd agree to a deposition of Murdoch in 14 days, provided that Trump be deposed on day 15. The Trump team chickened out. #tacotuesday

'Unforgivable': Shocked experts warn RFK just condemned millions to 'death and illness'

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced the termination of nearly $500 million in federal funding and contracts supporting the development of mRNA-based vaccines.

HHS said it would coordinate a wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA.

“We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” said Kennedy. “BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu. We’re shifting that funding toward safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate.”

Jake Scott, an infection diseases doctor, ‬wrote on Bluesky, "Scrapping the fastest platform we have is a reckless move rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of vaccinology. No respiratory vaccine blocks all infections. mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives.

Scott pointed to a CDC study that showed vaccinated adults during the 2021 Delta surge were 53 times less likely to die than those who were unvaccinated.

Audrey John, also an infectious diseases physician, wrote on Bluesky, "To say that 'the data show these vaccines fail' in regards to the mRNA plaform is unforgivable. For those of you that don't remember - this is the data from a SINGLE dose. In December 2020. So good I cried in grateful tears."

Helen Branswell, who covers infectious diseases for STAT, wrote on Bluesky, "Pandemic preparedness in the US has been leveled a crippling blow with the cancellation of multiple #BARDA contracts to help develop mRNA vaccines. No other vaccine platform produces vaccine so quickly; without mRNA, Americans will have a long wait for pandemic vax."

Writer Rebecca Fishbein‪ wrote on Bluesky, "I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away."

https://www.rawstory.com/robert-f-kenned...673861994/

Where's an honest virus when you need it?