2025·08·02 We Will Have Justice Daily Thread

What is it that feeds our battle, yet starves our victory?

Do We Still Need the Kang (Mis)Quote?

I’m still using the quote about winning the battles but losing the war. It seems like this doesn’t make sense right now given that we seem to be going from triumph to triumph.

On the contrary. This is the exception that proves the rule. The quote isn’t just a lament, it’s to point out why we can never seem to win.

You see, the RINOs cannot interfere and that is why, just for once, we are actually winning. And that is just one more piece of evidence (for the willfully blind) as to what I have been saying with that quote.

It stays.

Speaker Johnson
Pinging you on January 6 Tapes

Just a friendly reminder Speaker Johnson. You’re doing some good things–or at least trying in the case of the budget–but this is the most important thing out there still hanging. One initial block released with the promise of more…and?

We have American patriots being held without bail and without trial, and the tapes almost certainly contain exculpatory evidence. (And if they don’t, and we’re all just yelling in an echo chamber over here, we need to know that too. And there’s only one way to know.)

Either we have a weaponized, corrupt government or we have a lot of internet charlatans. Let’s expose whatever it is. (I’m betting it’s the corrupt weaponized government, but if I am wrong, I’d like to see proof.)

Justice Must Be Done.

The 2020 election must be acknowledged as fraudulent, and steps must be taken to prosecute the fraudsters and restore integrity to the system.

Yes this is still true in spite of 2024. Fraud must be rooted out of our system and that hasn’t changed just because the fraud wasn’t enough to stop Trump winning a second term. Fraud WILL be ramped up as soon as we stop paying attention.

Otherwise, everything ends again in 2028. Or perhaps earlier if Trump is saddled with a Left/RINO congress in 2026, via fraud.

Small Government?

Many times conservatives (real and fake) speak of “small government” being the goal.

This sounds good, and mostly is good, but it misses the essential point. The important thing here isn’t the size, but rather the purpose, of government. We could have a cheap, small tyranny. After all our government spends most of its revenue on payments to individuals and foreign aid, neither of which is part of the tyrannical apparatus trying to keep us locked down and censored. What parts of the government would be necessary for a tyranny? It’d be a lot smaller than what we have now. We could shrink the government and nevertheless find it more tyrannical than it is today.

No, what we want is a limited government, limited not in size, but rather in scope. Limited, that is, in what it’s allowed to do. Under current circumstances, such a government would also be much smaller, but that’s a side effect. If we were in a World War II sort of war, an existential fight against nasty dictatorships on the brink of world conquest, that would be very expensive and would require a gargantuan government, but that would be what the government should be doing. That would be a large, but still limited government, since it’d be working to protect our rights.

World War II would have been the wrong time to squawk about “small government,” but it wasn’t (and never is) a bad time to demand limited government. Today would be a better time to ask for a small government–at least the job it should be doing is small today–but it misses the essential point; we want government to not do certain things. Many of those things we don’t want it doing are expensive but many of them are quite eminently doable by a smaller government than the one we have today. Small, but still exceeding proper limits.

So be careful what you ask for. You might get it and find you asked for the wrong thing.

Political Science In Summation

It’s really just a matter of people who can’t be happy unless they control others…versus those who want to be left alone. The oldest conflict within mankind. Government is necessary, but government attracts the assholes (a highly technical term for the control freaks).

His Truth?

Again we saw an instance of “It might be true for Billy, but it’s not true for Bob” logic this week.

I hear this often, and it’s usually harmless. As when it’s describing differing circumstances, not different facts. “Housing is unaffordable” can be true for one person, but not for another who makes ten times as much.

But sometimes the speaker means it literally. Something like 2+2=4 is asserted to be true for Billy but not for Bob. (And when it’s literal, it’s usually Bob saying it.) And in that sense, it’s nonsense, dangerous nonsense. There is ONE reality, and it exists independent of our desires and our perceptions. It would go on existing if we weren’t here. We exist in it. It does not exist in our heads. It’s not a personal construct, and it isn’t a social construct. If there were no society, reality would continue to be what it is, it wouldn’t vanish…which it would have to do, if it were a social construct.

Now what can change from person to person is the perception of reality. We see that all the time. And people will, of course, act on those perceptions. They will vote for Trump (or try to) if their perception is close to mine, and vote against Trump (and certainly succeed at doing so) if their perception is distant from mine (and therefore, if I do say so, wrong). I have heard people say “perception is reality” and usually, that’s what they’re trying to say–your perception of reality is, as far as you know, an accurate representation of reality, or you’d change it.

But I really wish they’d say it differently. And sometimes, to get back to Billy and Bob, the person who says they have different truths is really saying they have different perceptions of reality–different worldviews. I can’t argue with the latter. But I sure wish they’d say it better. That way I’d know that someone who blabbers about two different truths is delusional and not worth my time, at least not until he passes kindergarten-level metaphysics on his umpteenth attempt.

Lawyer Appeasement Section

OK now for the fine print.

This is the Q Tree Daily Thread. You know the drill. There’s no Political correctness, but civility is a requirement. There are Important Guidelines, here, with an addendum on 20191110.

We have a new board – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.

And remember Wheatie’s Rules:

1. No food fights
2. No running with scissors.
3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
4. Zeroth rule of gun safety: Don’t let the government get your guns.
5. Rule one of gun safety: The gun is always loaded.
5a. If you actually want the gun to be loaded, like because you’re checking out a bump in the night, then it’s empty.
6. Rule two of gun safety: Never point the gun at anything you’re not willing to destroy.
7. Rule three: Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire.
8. Rule the fourth: Be sure of your target and what is behind it.

(Hmm a few extras seem to have crept in.)

(Paper) Spot Prices

Kitco “Bid”/”Ask” prices. Last week:

Gold $0,000.00/0,000.00
Silver $00.00/00.00
Platinum $0,00.00/$0,000.00
Palladium $0,000.00/0,000.00
Rhodium $0,000.00/0,000.00
FRNSI* 000.000±
Gold:Silver 000.000±

This week, 3PM Mountain Time, markets have closed for the weekend. Kitco Bid/Ask:

Gold $0,000.00/0,000.00
Silver $00.00/00.00
Platinum $0,00.00/$0,000.00
Palladium $0,000.00/0,000.00
Rhodium $0,000.00/0,000.00
FRNSI* 000.000±
Gold:Silver 000.000±

Gold has been trending down ever since the cease fire, and on Friday it dropped $53.70. Other PMs followed suit, platinum dropped over five and a half percent on Friday. Silver dropped but it is in general holding its ground better than gold, as you can see from the gold:silver price ratio.

*The SteveInCO Federal Reserve Note Suckage Index (FRNSI) is a measure of how much the dollar has inflated. It’s the ratio of the current price of gold, to the number of dollars an ounce of fine gold made up when the dollar was defined as 25.8 grains of 0.900 gold. That worked out to an ounce being $20.67+71/387 of a cent. (Note gold wasn’t worth this much back then, thus much gold was $20.67 71/387ths. It’s a subtle distinction. One ounce of gold wasn’t worth $20.67 back then, it was $20.67.) Once this ratio is computed, 1 is subtracted from it so that the number is zero when the dollar is at its proper value, indicating zero suckage.

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Health Friday 8.1.2025 Open Thread: The FDA and the CDC — Rebuild Them From Top To Bottom

The free vintage public health poster from World War II about washing the hands is courtesy of Open Culture and Google Images.

Health Friday is a series of information regarding Big Pharma, vaccines, general health, and associated topics.

There are Important Notifications from our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of our late, good Wheatie; and, certain caveats by Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are linked here. Note One: Yours Truly has checked today’s offering for any AI-generated content. Other than AI-generated images that may be embedded in URL links, to the best of her knowledge and belief, there is none. If readers wish to post any AI-generated content in today’s discussion thread, they must cite their source. Note Two: Nothing in today’s offering is intended to be, nor shall it be construed as, what might be termed “character assassination” regarding HHS Sec. Kennedy, Jr., or any employee (current or former) of the FDA or of the CDC. Thank you.

Today’s offering is about one topic: It is past time to: first, to shut down the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) divisions of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); then, second, to rebuild these agencies from top to bottom so that they truly serve the public health of Americans.

Yours Truly begins here: https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/another-day-another-episode-of-the, “Another day, another episode of the new FDA lying just like the old FDA…plus self dealing by MAHA Action”, by Sasha Latypova, 28 July 2025. This article regards certain statements by Dr. Martin Makary, the current Commissioner of the FDA. Ms. Latypova worked in Big Pharma for her professional career, designing and helping to implement clinical studies for drugs. She retired from her career when she realized that, in Yours Truly’s opinion, she concluded that it was all part of a “shell game” that was played by Big Pharma. Since retiring, Ms. Latypova has begun a new endeavor: to expose this “shell game.” There are those who may differ with certain of Ms. Latypova’s opinions; however, Yours Truly believes that she is right on the mark on multiple issues. Please see the screenshot from her article, below:

The Latypova 28 July article discusses several aspects of what appears to Yours Truly to be two things: first, an internecine war going on within the FDA; and, second, deep and potentially catastrophic conflicts of interest within certain key employees of the FDA regarding their personal prejudices versus the line of their duties within the FDA. The transcript portion above is from an interview with Dr. Martin Makary (current FDA Commissioner) by Jan Jekielek of American Thought Leaders (ATL) of 16 July 2025; the second screenshot is Ms. Latypova’s considered opinion as to what is going on “behind the scenes.” The Jekielek tweet about this interview, with an embed of the interview itself, is here: https://x.com/JanJekielek/status/1945560472909906288.

Yours Truly now turns to the case of Dr. Vinay Prasad, the now-former head of the CBER division of the FDA (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.) The CBER division of the FDA is responsible, among other duties, to make sure that “biological products” (drugs, vaccines, and so on) are “safe and effective” and are available “to those who need them” (https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-organization/center-biologics-evaluation-and-research-cber). Dr. Prasad joined CBER as the new Director in May 2025, and he resigned abruptly on 29 July 2025. Sasha Latypova wrote the following article about the situation: https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/breaking-vinay-prasad-is-out-from, “Breaking: Vinay Prasad is out from the FDA!”, 29 July 2025. Please see the screenshot from this article, below:

About the Sarepta decision: please see https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/sarepta-plot-thickens, 25 July 2025, and the screenshot from this article, below:

Dr. Prasad was an opponent of the FDA re-instating the use of Elevidys for young people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy who can still walk (as opposed to the 18 July 2025 FDA request that the drug be stopped for all Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patients.) He was overruled by Dr. Martin Makary.

The Latypova article above presents an argument that the FDA re-instatement of Elevidys is profound on several levels — among them, funding for the drug’s manufacturing company, Sarepta. And there are other “ripple effects” from this re-instatement: please see the screenshot of the stock value of Sarepta related to the FDA withdrawal of the drug; then, to the FDA re-instatement:

Yahoo Finance has this article regarding Sarepa, funding, and the Elevidys situation: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fda-ask-sarepta-halt-elevidys-193245811.html. Please see the screenshot from this article, below:

Elevidys, by the way, has a list of adverse effects and other complications; among them is acute liver injury (this is what killed the patients who passed away after being treated with Elevidys.) Please see the Package Insert for this drug, available here: https://www.drugs.com/pro/elevidys.html, “Sarepta Refused FDA’s Request to Halt Elevidys Shipments”, 18 July 2025.

Regarding the departure of Dr. Prasad from the FDA’s CBER division, there are several “pieces to the puzzle” (and some of these “pieces” are still unknown.) However, Yours Truly has been able to trace the following:

ONE: Please see the items above in today’s offering related to the Sarepta / Elevidys situation and the involvement of Dr. Prasad.

TWO: It was Dr. Vinay Prasad who signed off on the Moderna modRNA COVID-19 “vaccine” SPIKEVAX being used on babies and young children ages 6 months to 11 years old. This “FDA full approval” was signed on 9 July 2025. Dr. Prasad did this signing off on his own authority as Director of the FDA’s CBER division, and without informing HHS Sec. Kennedy, Jr., who was on vacation. However, there is another aspect of the issue: Did Dr. Prasad confer with, and/or communicate with, Dr. Martin Makary, either in advance of, or after, this signing off? Please see: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/now-we-know-who-approved-spikevax-vaccine-children/, “Now We Know the Official Who Approved the Spikevax Vaccine for Children While Robert Kennedy Jr. Was Allegedly on Vacation”, by Jim Hoft, 31 July 2025. Please see a screenshot from this article, below:

THREE: The investigative reporter, Laura Loomer, posted multiple items regarding Dr. Prasad that, in his own words, paint him as a believer in left-wing political positions; as a person who actually despises President Donald Trump 47; and more. The 2nd Smartest Guy in the World Substack article on the Laura Loomer investigation is here: https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/breaking-vinay-prasad-is-out-at-the, “BREAKING: Vinay Prasad is Out at the FDA”, 30 July 2025. Please see the screenshots from this article, portions of Ms. Loomer’s X posts of her investigation, below:

Laura Loomer’s X post is here: https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1947103566239289523.

Last, but not least, is the situation now at the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.) The United States Senate, on a strictly “party-line vote”, just confirmed Susan Monarez, PhD, who had been serving as Acting Director of the agency, to be Director of the CDC. Dr. Monarez is a well-known proponent of “vaccines save lives.” Please see: https://apnews.com/article/susan-monarez-cdc-director-senate-hearing-rfk-c7c883f604711238643a9ffd1681bcc0, “CDC nominee Susan Monarez sidesteps questions about disagreements with RFK in Senate hearing”, by Jonel Aleccia, 25 June 2025. Please see the screenshots from this article, below:

Note Dr. Monarez’s emphasis on the role of “public health interventions, including immunizations…”.

Yours Truly’s opinion on all the above in today’s offering is that there are real and divisive issues with the FDA and the CDC, who both appear to be in opposition to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. In her opinion, it is time to shut down both agencies and to rebuild them from top to bottom, so that the new entities truly reflect their duty to serve the public health of Americans.

FLASH! JUST ON THE WIRES NOW: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2025/07/31/why-trump-ordered-ouster-of-fda-official-00485966, 31 July 2025. It appears that it was President Trump 47 himself who ordered the firing of Dr. Vinay Prasad, overruling both HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Dr. Martin Makary, who opposed Dr. Prasad’s ouster. (Since it’s POLITICO, perhaps a “measure of salt” should be in order… it’s that “people with knowledge of the decision” stuff in the POLITICO article.)

THERE. MUST. BE. ACCOUNTABILITY.

THERE. MUST. BE. JUSTICE.

THERE. MUST. BE. TRUTH.

Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA