The Second Term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America

[NoodleLord]

A man and his uniform

This has become one of my screensaver images. I have shared it with friends. To the unknown gentleman in the picture, John, I take it, "Thank you so much for putting a face to the accused. Please step forward again; you are, once again, among the heroes we need to lead us away from evil."

 

[sear]

Greetings NL #3,500
Welcome to CV.us

You have enriched my life.

Mine too.
We're not the only ones.

re·cru·desce (rē′kr-dĕs)
intr.v. re·cru·desced, re·cru·desc·ing, re·cru·desc·esTo break out anew or come into renewed activity, as after a period of quiescence.
[Latin recrūdēscere, to grow raw again : re-, re- + crūdēscere, to get worse (from crūdus, raw; see kreuə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
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[Shiftless2]

The science of vaccines is very simple.
With vaccines, you grow pathogens in vats, kill them, and when you inject them, the immune system figures out how to remember them.
With mRNA, instead of growing thing in vats, you grow them in our own cells, which then are killed by our own immune system.
But there can't be any immunity memory since it is only our own human cells and not pathogens.

So science (and medicine) isn't allowed to advance and develop new techniques?

Remember - the original technique for immunizing someone against smallpox was called "variolation" and consisted of inserting tiny amounts of smallpox scabs or fluids from pustules into a healthy person's arm.

Variolation - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

But medicine has advanced from that to the use of vaccines - your argument against mRNA vaccines says that we should still be using those scabs.

That said - while smallpox is wiped out except for a couple of samples held in highly secure medical labs the question remains "What exactly is to be found in various museums and libraries around the world and should we be worried?"

A Scab Story Bites Back​

"What if possibly infectious samples of smallpox still exist . . . in museums and libraries?” That was the question posed in “A Scab Story,” a blog post previously posted on August 4, 2014, and since archived. The essay reviews the few examples of 19th century scabs that have appeared in library collections (and a few other places) over the past dozen years and argued that they might prove to be a scientific boon because we lack historical examples of smallpox and smallpox vaccine material. The blog concludes by suggesting how museum and library employees ought to handle any such material they find in their collections, including conveying old scabs to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for analysis. The essay reminded readers, “And don’t forget to blog about it.”

Admittedly, one of us (Robert D. Hicks) fantasized about finding an ancient scab from an early vaccination in the collections of the Mütter Museum and Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia that would yield a crucial insight about the origin of the smallpox vaccine. One should always be careful about what one wishes for. In April 2016, while .....

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[Shiftless2]

Now everyone is disappointed .....

 

[Shiftless2]

To be accurate - that's the number of felony convictions and doesn't include the ones where he hasn't been charged (yet)

 

[Shiftless2]

 

[sear]

"So science (and medicine) isn't allowed to advance and develop new techniques?" S2 #3,503

It seems the impression is the therapeutic chemistry transmitted to the patient as medicine is mRNA,
rather than mRNA being the method of pharmaceutical mass-production.

"The COVID vaccine I would very safely estimate would be seen as one of the greatest scientific achievements of humanity ever." former NIH director, author of The Road To Wisdom, Dr. Francis S.Collins 24/09/17

And that seems to be the broad scientific consensus Dr. Collins.

"To be accurate - that's the number of felony convictions and doesn't include the ones where he hasn't been charged (yet)" S2 #3,505

iirc years ago I read Trump had been involved in over 4,000 lawsuits, many of which for Trump not paying his debts.

#3,506

I suspect each of those two pics are artistic compositions, rather than accurate documentary photography. None the less, the point is made.

 

[Shiftless2]

No question that the golden eagle in #3,506 is AI generated - but it does show Donnie's propensity for tacky bling .....

Trump posts picture of ‘gross and tacky’ golden eagle on White House balcony

The president described the image as a ‘golden gift’ but the post, suspected to be AI-generated, has a number of glaring errors

www.independent.co.uk

And the Nazi Eagle over a gateway is, or at least was, real

Nazi Eagles

 

[sear]

This has become one of my screensaver images. I have shared it with friends. To the unknown gentleman in the picture, John, I take it, "Thank you so much for putting a face to the accused. Please step forward again; you are, once again, among the heroes we need to lead us away from evil." NL #3,501

We are lucky to have such dedicated, capable people attending to preserving our sovereignty.

NL, your post #3,501 has reminded me of Secretary Hegseth culling the best from our military, including this distinguished four star general:

"Gen. Christopher Donahue, commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Africa and commander of NATO’s Allied Land Command, will relinquish command on July 2, 2026," an Army spokesperson said in a statement. "The Army thanks Gen. Donahue for his leadership of U.S. Army Europe and Africa."
His departure comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth presses ahead with a sweeping overhaul of the Pentagon’s senior ranks, firing or sidelining large numbers of top officers with little public explanation, including the Army’s top officer Gen. Randy George.

Key Army general relinquishing command

Gen. Chris Donahue has spent the past 18 months leading U.S. Army Europe and Africa, the command responsible for Army operations across both continents.

abcnews.com

Any idea how we can stanch this self-inflicted talent hemorrhage?

 

[Rigby5]

So science (and medicine) isn't allowed to advance and develop new techniques?

Remember - the original technique for immunizing someone against smallpox was called "variolation" and consisted of inserting tiny amounts of smallpox scabs or fluids from pustules into a healthy person's arm.

Variolation - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

But medicine has advanced from that to the use of vaccines - your argument against mRNA vaccines says that we should still be using those scabs.

That said - while smallpox is wiped out except for a couple of samples held in highly secure medical labs the question remains "What exactly is to be found in various museums and libraries around the world and should we be worried?"

The difference between variolation and vaccination is that with variolation you did not grow the pathogen in vats or kill it, but instead just took living samples of the weakest strains.

But with mRNA there is no pathogen at all, so there cannot possibly be any immune system memory involved.

 

[Rigby5]

It seems the impression is the therapeutic chemistry transmitted to the patient as medicine is mRNA,
rather than mRNA being the method of pharmaceutical mass-production.

"The COVID vaccine I would very safely estimate would be seen as one of the greatest scientific achievements of humanity ever." former NIH director, author of The Road To Wisdom, Dr. Francis S.Collins 24/09/17

And that seems to be the broad scientific consensus Dr. Collins.

If the mRNA worked, then how come no other country is using mRNA, and instead they are all using the traditional vaccine method of growing the pathogen in vats and killing it?
Why is it that the mRNA injection has never reduced infection rates at all?
And why is it that after 2 months, the mRNA injection has absolutely no positive effect at all?

 

[Shiftless2]

If the mRNA worked, then how come no other country is using mRNA, and instead they are all using the traditional vaccine method of growing the pathogen in vats and killing it?

How about a reference for that claim. After all, the list of countries using mRNA vaccines is pretty lengthy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_COVID-19_vaccine_authorizations

Why is it that the mRNA injection has never reduced infection rates at all?
And why is it that after 2 months, the mRNA injection has absolutely no positive effect at all?

Again, how about a source for both those claims.

 

[Shiftless2]

 

[Shiftless2]

 

[Shiftless2]

Back to COVID vaccines:



The CDC did not publish this data. Political appointees stopped it. The official reason was a dispute over a standard scientific method called a test-negative design. Vaccine researchers use this method constantly. It compares people showing up to the hospital with the exact same symptoms, then checks who actually tests positive, and maps that against who got the shot. It is how scientists track immunity in real time. Because it was blocked from the agency’s main public health report, the study had to go to an independent medical journal. The findings themselves were completely routine. The latest vaccine cut hospitalizations by 55 percent. The controversy was never really about the numbers. It was about who gets to decide what the public is allowed to read.

 

[sear]

"Republicans are livid the executive office was not allowed to rewrite the constitution by EO. Trump has thoroughly destroyed conservatives." BTC #3,513

You have not merely swilled the MAGA Kool Aid BTC, you have succumbed to it.
Whatever its second millennium history, in the third millennium neither MAGA nor the GOP is politically conservative.

These enemies of the State pretend to political conservatism, partly as camouflage, and partly to wrongly ennoble their treacherous cause.
Please BTC, do not join their chorus. MAGA is not politically conservative.

"...the magnificently misnamed "neo-conservatives", are the most radical people in this town [Washington DC]" George Will / ABC-TV This Week July 16, 2006

a) Yes George, and
b) MAGA is even worse !

View attachment 5549 #3,513

And a message to today's MAGAs
Please do not pretend to patriotism.
You are enemies to the State, & to the People.

Jan6d

Trump pardoned them.
Who will pardon him? President Vance?

edited to replace "proxy image" message with graphic

 

[Shiftless2]

Calling for the Impeachment of Chief Justice John Roberts

Dear Friend,

cohen.house.gov

 

[Rigby5]

How about a reference for that claim. After all, the list of countries using mRNA vaccines is pretty lengthy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_COVID-19_vaccine_authorizations

Again, how about a source for both those claims.

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Wrong.
There are over 50 different vaccines for covid, and only the US uses mRNA technology.
Here is what your own link says, "In 2025, at least 50 COVID-19 vaccines have received authorization".
All the other covid vaccines actually work and reduce infection.
The US mRNA vaccines are the only ones that do not work at all.

The hospitalization reduction is only good for 2 weeks.
After that, the mRNA is gone and does absolutely nothing, except residual harm like blood clots.

 

[Shiftless2]

An expanded version of #3,515

A blocked COVID vaccine study has finally been published.

The study, published in JAMA Network Open, looked at how well the 2025-2026 COVID vaccine protected adults during the latest season of infections.

Researchers found that the updated vaccine was about 55% effective against COVID-related hospitalization and about 50% effective against COVID-related emergency department or urgent care visits.

That does not mean vaccinated people could not get infected. It means that, among adults who sought care for COVID-like illness, those who had received the updated vaccine were less likely to test positive for COVID than those who had not.

The study drew extra attention because it was originally expected to appear in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, one of the agency’s main public health publications. But Trump administration political appointees raised concerns about the study design and it did not run there.

The method, called a test-negative design, is widely used in vaccine research. It compares people who seek medical care for similar symptoms, then looks at who tests positive and who tests negative, and how vaccination rates differ between the groups.

Critics argue the method depends on assumptions that could skew results. Supporters say it is one of the best available tools for tracking vaccine effectiveness in real time, especially when viruses evolve and population immunity keeps changing.

The findings themselves are not especially surprising. COVID vaccines have repeatedly been shown to reduce the risk of severe illness, especially hospitalization.

But the controversy around this paper points to something bigger.

Public health depends not only on collecting data, but on publishing it clearly, quickly, and transparently so people can understand the risks and make informed decisions.

Read the study:

“Interim Estimated Effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccines in Adults Using a Test-Negative Design.” JAMA Network Open.


SOURCE

 

[Rigby5]

You have not merely swilled the MAGA Kool Aid BTC, you have succumbed to it.
Whatever its second millennium history, in the third millennium neither MAGA nor the GOP is politically conservative.

These enemies of the State pretend to political conservatism, partly as camouflage, and partly to wrongly ennoble their treacherous cause.
Please BTC, do not join their chorus. MAGA is not politically conservative.


a) Yes George, and
b) MAGA is even worse !


And a message to today's MAGAs
Please do not pretend to patriotism.
You are enemies to the State, & to the People.

View attachment 5558
Jan6d

Trump pardoned them.
Who will pardon him? President Vance?

edited to replace "proxy image" message with graphic

What people who claim to be conservatives will support is surprising.
Sometimes I can get it, like conservatives being against gun control.
But then they sometimes try to dictate, like Prohibition.
You would think a conservative would never start wars and only defense against attacks, but wars like Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Iran, etc., were all aggressive.