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You're changing your story to fit your narrative. First you were asking your Docs if you should change your child's vaccine schedule to combat autism, now you say you had told the docs that you were "almost" certain there was no truth to this prior to asking the question, but you asked anyway. ...Things that didn't happen for $1000, Alex. I want to ask this as delicately as possible and I do not intend any offense whatsoever. But you made reference to a possibility that your second child may be diagnosed with autism, after you triumphantly state that you and your doctors agreed to make no changes after your first child. Again, that's a troubling situation and I have compassion for you and your family, but it doesn't give much credence to your position. Brother, no one is talking about the moon landing. It's just an obvious and old red herring debate tactic: Dunk on an easy issue to make it seem like you've dunked on a more complex issue by making a specious association.

They may not be alive, but rest assured they were inspired. There's a lesson for the AF here somewhere. https://twitter.com/OvertonLive/status/1671406572902273028?s=20

Thanks. So it was the last article you looked out. I never would have found it. It says 20x the dose of Thimerisol. What is Thimerisol? It's apparently not water. A google search says Thimerisol is a mercury compound. I put it in the CDC search bar. Looks like The American Association of Pediatrics made these recommendations based on the elevated risks of Thimerisol in a paper on the CDC website. Apparently, they have removed Thimerisol from most of the childhood injections due to perceived risks, even though it's "harmless", but it is still present in the flu shot, COVID vaccine, and others. Notice to Readers: Thimerosal in Vaccines: A Joint Statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Public Health Service The key actions being taken are A formal request to manufacturers for a clear commitment and a plan to eliminate or reduce as expeditiously as possible the mercury content of their vaccines. A review of pertinent data in a public workshop. Expedited FDA review of manufacturers' supplements to their product license applications to eliminate or reduce the mercury content of a vaccine. Provide information to clinicians and public health professionals to enable them to communicate effectively with parents and consumer groups. Monitoring immunization practices, future immunization coverage, and vaccine-preventable disease levels. Studies to better understand the risks and benefits of this safety assessment. I'm finding about about this as we go. Did you know that this compound was removed from vaccines? I haven't taken any action based on the information your expertise are attempting to ridicule. You should be contacting the CDC, American Association of Pediatrics, and Big Pharma for removing an important vaccine preservative when there was no reason to. Go tell them how disappointed you are in their decision to act on this information, not me. My kids received their doses after this decision, so they were at lower risk for an adverse reaction apparently. But they never got the flu shot or Covid shot, thankfully. I'm glad they weren't exposed to the risk, however small.

Yes, please. I posted about 20 links to different papers. It not only helps to know which medical research paper you’re trashing, but what specifically they wrote that was incorrect based on your expertise. Thanks, bro. Here’s another paper written by people you might deem idiots. https://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions/CAMPBELL-SMITH.POLING012811.pdf “Respondent conceded that petitioners are entitled to compensation based on a determination that she suffered an injury identified on the Vaccine Injury Table,3 specifically, a presumptive MMR vaccine-related injury of an encephalopathy. Hannah’s encephalopathy eventually manifested as a chronic encephalopathy with features of autism spectrum disorder and a complex partial seizure disorder as a sequela.” $20 million.

Wait a sec. I want to understand this correctly. You’re telling me after your first child had autism, you went to your doctors asking if you should change up the vaccine schedule for your next child who may have autism in an attempt to prevent it? And they said “no”? While, in the very same breath, you’re berating anyone for “asking questions” about the very same issue you did? Sounds like you were “just asking questions” long before me. How does is the glaring hypocrisy not apparent to you? A couple of docs told you “No” and you act like you’ve been handed the secrets of the universe “dunking on” anyone who disagrees with your esteemed hometown docs. Then, you go on in an attempt to associate any other irrelevant nonsense with the same autism question you yourself inquired about. Why would you share a meme accusing me of mental illness as an insult when you actually have a mental developmental disorder in your own household? Seems crass on your part.

Telling a doctor they shouldn't be performing gender affirming surgeries is like smacking God himself in the face. After all, they're the experts.

I'll start by saying I won't make light of your situation and sincerely wish you and your child the best in dealing with it. My wife is a special needs school teacher of 17 years. I have a nephew with autism. Again, reread everything I have posted. I have never once made the definitive claim that vaccines cause autism. I said that I had just begun listening to the arguments surrounding the claims. There is a spectrum of possibility and I am open minded as to what the cause may be. You're not. "The causes are not fully understood." "The manufacturers have changed the ingredients due to founded and unfounded claims." "Vaccines do not cause autism." By your own admission, you don't know this for certain. My family doctor is an expert at prescribing the medication I request and googling my symptoms before he enters the room. A medical degree doesn't make you an expert in all things medical as my ATP doesn't make me an expert in all things aviation. We passed our tests. It's clear you've chosen a political ideology and you will perform whatever mental gymnastics are necessary to stay entrenched in the approved narratives and beliefs.

Get a load of this guy. I think he might be serious. 😆

James Cameron is rumored to have just begun writing a script for a sequel to "Titanic". Who's excited?

After what? Notice the lack of concern. 100% of your position is purely ad hominem. Why would I care what you take seriously? Unrelated: Did you eat a lot of fish or chew on a mercury thermometer as a kid? I have a hypothesis. Doing some research. Gonna try to have it published at PubMed.

You randomly selected one article, pulled 5 words out of context, failed to specify where you found them, then state you assumed all medical research in the National Library of Medicine is bullshit. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with you. Just examining your method. I gotta tell ya, I'm a bit skeptical about the way you science.

Congrats, dude. You dodged a bullet. Don't second guess yourself.

Your feelings are duly noted. And disregarded. Don't worry, my adult children went to a private school, they weren't with yours.

"Oopsie, we accidentally gave Ukraine $6.2 Billion less in aid than we were supposed to." - Pentagon.

I don't know, man. Unless you're an actual doctor or a pilot, there's no way you can say this with any degree of authority. As I said, I do a fair amount of reading, and there are literally hundreds if not thousands of medical research publications, by actual doctors, that say that the probability is high. One quick search on one medical journal website yields countless results. I'm not saying the vaccines cause it, but the possibility is not zero, or even low. * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878266/ * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21623535 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25377033 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24995277 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12145534 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21058170 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22099159 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3364648/ * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17454560 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19106436 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3774468/ * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3697751/ * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21299355 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21907498 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11339848 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17674242 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21993250 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15780490 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12933322 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16870260 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19043938 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12142947 * https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24675092 Are all of these doctors conspiracy theorists? You can get similar results by searching the other issues you brought up. These reports may be right, they may be wrong, but you're certainly not in any sort of position to say which ones are or are not, and if you are being honest about finding truth, you'd see others have gone a great deal further in supporting their theories than you have. Just saying "I believe in Occam's razor in 99.9% of issues" is kind of lazy. I think you're calling anything you don't agree with or want to believe a conspiracy theory. You're just articulating personal biases instead of presenting a rational thought. People with wealth and power often act in ways that are not in the best interest of others. It's not conspiracy, it's just human nature. To believe otherwise is pretty naive.

As I said, I've only begun listening to what he has to say. I had near zero knowledge of the man prior to a week ago. I'm open minded, where did he get those ideas? So far, I've only heard his vaccine and autism claim. I was sort of expecting some sort of educated rebuttal to the issues you brought up... but instead, you just called him a "piece of crap" among other insults in a bizarre tirade. LOL What? Overreact much? I actually did Google the medical issues you mentioned, because I am certainly not an expert, but I can read. There is compelling data in scientific journals both for and against those claims. I'll provide links if you'd actually want to critique scientific research papers in public. Perhaps I'm wrong, but It's as though you're trying to conceal that you have zero authoritative expertise on any one of those issues by being overly condescending.

The memes in that Twitter thread.... OMG. LOL

Blinken blinks. The collapse of US dominance accelerates. "We do not support Taiwan independence." Before: https://twitter.com/rishhikesh/status/1670293502973067264?s=20 After: https://twitter.com/bpolitics/status/1670754227323535360?s=20

I'm just beginning to listen to RFK Jr as he's become popular of late. It's a bit of a chore, but so far it's interesting to be able to listen to someone from the other side and not immediately feel put off. Not that he could without being shot, but I'd like to see someone with his demeanor and common sense take on DC.

Some back of the napkin ballpark 4th grade math: A 4% increase in the top 10% income lower threshold of around $14,500 a month = +$580 A 7.5% increase in the bottom 50% upper threshold of about $5800 a month = +$435 Would you say income inequality is increasing or decreasing under Biden? Bills are measured in dollars, not percentages of income.

Exactly. And it's not just DC. Your average socialist wringing their hands over wealth inequality fail to realize they will never defeat cronyism as long as their agendas, ideologies, and movements can easily be purchased and co-opted.

The President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief is a fucking moron. https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1670168576571965446?s=20https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1670168576571965446?s=20

Keep up, Brother.

While not in my family, I too, have seen in the local rural community at a rapidly increasing rate. I do have compassion for these young people, but I think they have an unjustified confidence in their explanation as to why this is happening to them. Gender is not a spectrum. There may be a spectrum within each gender such as men with some feminine characteristics or females with some masculine qualities, and many children struggle with this concept. The feel they can't compete with earlier social ideals of what the ideal man and woman should be. Comparison is the thief of joy. But with the advent of social media, status in a crowded space can otherwise be achieved simply through being different, extreme, or proclaiming oneself a victim for engagement in a society where they otherwise wouldn't be noticed. The outpouring of online sympathy and affection for anyone who might be experiencing a "tough time" with life only encourages the idea that we don't dictate our circumstances, but are a victim of it, and that victim status yields benefits such as the ability to emotionally manipulate. Our kids have been told our sexual ideas and impulses are to be shamelessly acted upon while demanding acceptance for it. It's a slippery slope. Where does it go next? Cliches aren't cliches because they are wrong. Sure, I want people to be happy. But kids who go through the transgender process can only convince themselves they're happy until the social media fad and fashion fades, and they no longer receive attention heaped upon them, and after the permanent irreparable harm has been done. In a few years, I predict a suicide rate that will grow exponentially. These children, and most encouraging adults, do not understand that this phenomena, which has never occurred at this rate in history, is an infectious idea imposed on them by their online social environment. It's not entirely an organic physiological/psychological process within one's own body. There's a deliberate organized campaign of outside influence and manipulation. Nature doesn't care. If a person chooses to abruptly bring an end to their own genetic lineage by consciously rendering themselves a sterile human, is that a bad thing? That's just Darwinism playing out, right? I care because I know the nation and society I was born into was made great through the flourishing of humans and human productivity enabled by traditional family values. When 20% percent of young people identify as LGBTQ, we're not facing a population stagnation, we're facing population age distribution so top heavy it will collapse upon itself. Similar to COVID, this in an infection of an idea. This is an old video that I've often thought about. Perfectly explains many things we're seeing in our culture. Especially at 9:09.

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