RFK Jr. Wants You To Know HHS Is Committed To Stopping Chemtrails From Poisoning You

from the n95-tinfoil-hats-are-next dept

RFK Jr.’s tenure at HHS must be put to an end. We already have ample evidence for that necessity, both in the form of his complete mismanagement of a ballooning measles outbreak that continues to expand, his vaccine skepticism that has led to him stating that he’s going to have the origin of autism all figured out in a couple of months despite years of research from actually qualified people being done, or even just the fact that a goddamned worm ate part of his fucking brain.

But now this is just getting ridiculous. In the midst of the measles problem that he really should be focusing on combatting, Kennedy instead went on Dr. Phil’s show. There he took questions about health from the audience and, in response to one question, committed to getting to the bottom of this whole chemtrail thing.

Toward the end of Dr. Phil’s town hall, an audience member named Emily stated that she was most concerned about the constant “aerosol injections” of aluminum, strontium, and other purported toxins being sprayed into the skies—a statement that RFK Jr. completely took at face value when asked how he was going to address this issue.

“That is not happening in my agency. We don’t do that. It’s done, we think, by DARPA. And a lot of it now is coming out of the jet fuel—so those materials are put in jet fuel,” Kennedy responded, appearing to blame the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, part of the U.S. Department of Defense, for chemtrails. DARPA has long been a conspiracy bogeyman, though it’s not the only government agency that’s been accused of creating chemtrails.

Kennedy added, “I’m going to do everything in my power to stop it. We’re bringing on somebody who’s going to think only about that, find out who’s doing it, and holding them accountable.”

Let that sink in for just a moment. As HHS has cut 1/8th of its workforce, including clinics and resources for fighting the measles outbreak, he is committing to bringing in a fulltime employee who will spend all of their time, all of it, “thinking only about” chemtrails. This isn’t just incompetence; it’s a criminal waste of taxpayer dollars, time, and energy on a conspiracy theory that many conspiracy theorists think is fucking stupid. Any brain cycles spent thinking about this by anyone is of zero value. And here is the head of healthcare in America not only taking it seriously, but promising to commit resources to it.

Even among conspiracy theories, the logic underlying chemtrails is especially stupid. The theory goes that planes have been secretly seeding the skies with all sorts of chemical weapons that have been poisoning people for decades—weapons that conveniently leave behind easily visible trails. Some people claim these chemicals are also—or instead—being used to modify the weather.

In truth, these trails are the product of condensation that usually happens when jet fuel exhaust—mostly made out of water vapor but also containing small particles of soot—mixes with cold, humid air at high altitudes. In other words, they’re basically just temporary clouds made out of ice crystals (natural clouds are more often composed of water droplets). They’re formally known as contrails, short for condensation trails.

And the head of HHS wants you to know he’s on the case. Because we’re apparently going to allow him to be and not impeach him or otherwise pressure the administration to put someone with a full intact brain in the position.

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David says:

Re: You don't need a tinfoil hat if you have a brain worm

The brain worm demise should have been warning enough that RFK’s brain is toxic and kills. Putting him in control of HHS is an unnecessary multiplier.

Frankly, Trump’s Russian and Chinese puppeteers must be dying from laugh cramps for the cabinet choices they make him take.

chateau.arusi (profile) says:

Re: Re: Re:

You’re exactly correct to cite that article in this context. Given that Señor Wormbrain thinks germs are basically harmless unless and until “bad miasma” makes us susceptible to them, it’s entirely predictable that he would buy into the chemtrail conspiracy. What’s more illustrative of bad miasma than mysterious white streaks in the sky?

David says:

Re: Re: Re:

Uh, medicinal leeches are still used in microchirurgy. You really need a fine comb to split quackery from traditional tools that actually work. Not everything that has been done for millennia is stupid. Particularly in medicine, evolution tends to use the worst and best practices as sorting criteria.

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Anonymous Coward says:

Re:

Speaking of – RFK Jr. is 12th in line of presidential succession. It was with sick fascination I read the other 16 names. Not one is a person I’d trust to wash dirty dishes.

All of them in my opinion seem to fall into distinct categories:
1. Federalist Society/Heritage Foundation extremists
2. Former Fox personalities
3. Chiroptera Excrement Psychotics, Psychopaths or Sociopaths
4. Convicted felons
Or a combination of the above. Extending that to all Republican/GOP/MAGA elected officials only adds a category of “ultra extreme Religious whack jobs”.

I honestly do not see the United States of America ever recovering from a second dose of the Criminal In Cheat. Thirty years ago, friends were sending their children to other countries to “get experienced with living in other cultures”, and now, those children grown to adults are looking around, wondering what’s left to remain here for, and concluding the inevitable: “Nothing”.

David says:

Re:

Well, you can discriminate against any criterion in this administration, but being stupid and/or criminal is a necessity for a career in politics.

That doesn’t sound like Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” dystopia which is painting a bleak picture about forced equality.

Indeed could have been written by a Republican on an anti-DEI spree, except that writing short stories like that requires a basic level of intellect that is incompatible with running after the rat catchers.

Ehud Gavron (profile) says:

I love the analysis

I hope you get paid by the word,because everything you wrote could be summarized with:

A worm ate his brain.
He’s part of a group of idiots who think ice in the upper atmosphere is a chemical trail.

Pretty simple you’d think, but the wingnuts keep on digging up this non-mummy.

There are no chemtrails. There’s no poison. DARPA funded a lot of good things (including the Internet). If the government wanted to poison you (and yes, conservative conspiracy nuts, they do, and so do I) you’d be dead (it’s coming.) And finally:

SHUT THE FUCK UP. You do have freedom of speech. But this is just jargonic babble of stupidity. Find a cave and stay there. Eat RFK Jr. Don’t eat his brain — it has worms.

Ehud Gavron (profile) says:

Re: Re: AVGas

YASAC write:

Weelll… Leaded aviation fuel hasn’t been banned yet, AFAIK.

Contrails are left by jet engines flying in the stratosphere. They use Jet-A or JP-8. IT doesn’t contain lead.

AVGas is used by piston engines like on a small airplane or helicopter. Those do contain some lead, although nobody cares. That’s why SAF hasn’t taken any serious move in decades. These aircraft don’t fly high enough to generate contrails. The lead is used to lubricate the cylinders, not to be burned and emitted out the exhaust.

Thanks for playing.

Kinetic Gothic says:

Re: Re: Re:

Yeah, the TEL lubicares the cylinders, and more importantly eliminates engine knock.

That doesn’t mean it doesn’t end up in the exhaust and contribute to environmental lead exposure the same way leaded fuel in cars did.

There a lot less of it since it’s it’s use has been reduced to a small slice of aviation traffic it, but it’s not exactly harmless

Ehud Gavron (profile) says:

Re: Re: Re:2 AVGas / Contrails

@Kinetic Gothic

…but it’s not exactly harmless…

I have no data on that, but stratospheric contrails from Jet-A (or A-1 etc or the military JP-8, JP-9 etc) aren’t shown to make a difference on the surface.

AVGas (100LL etc) at medium altitudes also has not been shown to make a difference…

But is it “HARMLESS”? My gut suggests that when we put this stuff into atmo we are poisoning breathing beings… So minimizing it is good.

Would be nice to get some real data. I’m sure RFK Jr. is all about ensuring we do. /s

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Kinetic Gothci says:

It’s well within Kennedy’s power to find out who’s responsible and stop it and hold those parties accountable.

That’s because it’s not actually happening, therefore there’s nobody responsible, and nothing to hold them accountable for.

The only question is how money it will take for them to reach that foregone conclusion, and what other persecution fantasies will be elevated along the way..

The interesting bit here here, might be watching Democratic lawmakers, putting DOGE’s feet to the fire, here and demanding that they explain why, like RFK’s Autism study, they didn’t nip this in the bud as a waste of taxpayer funds.

Anonymous Coward says:

Re:

This is exactly how it’s going to work, and its purpose is distraction.

They can point to these worthless wastes of resources as proof they totally care about public health while their real agenda to cut the pleb’s access to healthcare rolls along.

It’s never been just stupidity, it’s always malice.

Anonymous Coward says:

Re: Re:

He’s got the golden ticket to skip the waiting rooms and go right to doctors when he has an actual emergency.

Like all of this admin, as unrelentingly stupid as he is, that stupidity pales in comparison to his sheer malice. When chips are down, he would immediately get himself airlifted to world-class medicine. Yes the stupidity is there, but it’s a smokescreen for what should really concern everyone – the burning contempt for any of the lower class daring to believe they deserve to have anything.

TaboToka (profile) says:

Re: A government job, you say? I'll take it!

He hires someone to think about chem trails full time.

I hereby throw my hat into the ring for this position, which shall have the title: Director Investigating Chemtrails Knowingly Released Under Biden

I will need an office with a very large flatscreen, surround sound and a comfortable couch. I will also need a bar with a tap, maybe a food warmer for dogs, burgers and nachos… aww hell, just rent me a permanent box at the local sportsball stadium.

I promise to work harder than anyone else on this pressing issue, and will provide a comprehensive report of no less than 5,000 pages: 4,990 of them marked “This page intentionally left blank”, the rest including the title, index, content, glossary, about the author, etc. within 3-5 years.

Anonymous Coward says:

Emily: Every sunday night, I’ve got some UFOs flying above my backyard and destroying my petunias using X-ray or unknown alien technology. What can you to to stop that?
RFK Jr.: That is not happening in my agency. We don’t do that. It’s done, we think, by The Air Force. And a lot of it now is coming out of the Area 51 — so those materials are put in flying saucers.

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That One Guy (profile) says:

One of those involves an open mind, the other does not

his vaccine skepticism that has led to him stating that he’s going to have the origin of autism all figured out in a couple of months despite years of research from actually qualified people being done, or even just the fact that a goddamned worm ate part of his fucking brain.

If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times, stop giving him credit he doesn’t deserve, he’s not a vaccine skeptic, he’s a vaccine denier.

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Bolivar diGriz (profile) says:

Huh?

So this clown is a member of an administration hell-bent on closing down the EPA and allowing industries to dump pollutants into water and the atmosphere. All of which doesn’t seem to cause him any concern. Instead his concern for pollutants seems to stop at “if scientists have studied it, found it to be non-harmful or beneficial, then that’s a flashing red conspiracy alert, right”?

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