TechJudge

Many people say they are willing to pay extra for simple, reliable appliances, but the market simply doesn't seem to support this. Speed Queen has been doing it for many years and they remain a miniscule share of the overall market.

Home appliances used to be damn near immortal.....now everything breaks after 2 years, and cost more to fix than it does just to buy a new one. Are we not supposed to notice that whole racket, or nah?

HHS has become a political liability. But now, the ACIP committee meeting has been canceled indefinitely, acting CDC Director and now Deputy Director have been removed, FDA decision not to review Moderna vaccine reversed, and new leadership installed at HHS. Seems like the ability of RFK Jr to “go wild on health” is being curtailed.

In their brief, the AMA and AAP repeatedly assert the government has a "compelling interest" in combating misinformation. The use of this term is not a coincidence, and it reveals how far they would let the government go in censoring information with which they disagree.’’

Explain to me this... 1. Secretary Kennedy has the full authority to choose advisory committee members based on the statute (Section 1928 Social Security Act) and charter under general FACA Law. 2. ACIP recommends changes to the CDC Director, who has the final authority to approve, modify, or deny the recommendations. 3. AAP wants the courts to basically state that ACIP does not have a balanced viewpoints. Well, if they want to set that precedent, I could hazard a guess - based on my work in Trump 45 - that EVERY SINGLE FACA would then be able to be challenged based on the extremely subjective notion of balanced viewpoints or fair representation. 4. The Court should have no business determining balanced viewpoints or fair representation based on the vagueness of those terms in the FACA statute. It would essentially strip the executive branch of decision making authority. 5. As for MRNA issue - if the actual harm is it "could" lead to loss of coverage and vaccine hesitancy, I'm failing to see, outside of a significant procedural issue, this claim has much merit given the final decision making authority isn't ACIP but the CDC Director (or Acting) All that being said, given the court's these days I wouldn't be surprised at a negative decision - but I don't see how it would hold up through the appeals process.

Schools are closed, offices will open on time, staff should report as on a regular non-instructional day for Monday, Feb. 2. Read more on the MCPS website.