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You are right and we are in deep whatever. I doubt if your cynicism and anger are greater than mine and I'm no expert on politics, as another commenter said. We do know that the dems are worse; see Whitney Webb's A Nation Under Blackmail. RFK's contributions and possibilities are far broader than vaccines. We must play every card we have and he is a great hope. I don't delude myself about odds. Best

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Apr 1, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

What RFK describes around the four minute mark was what took place during the lockdown. Big business colluded with the state to crush smaller competitors.

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Apr 1, 2023·edited Apr 1, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

No way I'll vote for a Democrat. They're the ones behind pushing the trannie woke crap on our children. Also they're behind the new world order

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Apr 1, 2023·edited Apr 1, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

Thank you!

Of course, in the manner of RFK, Jr, we reflexively blame corporations, such as the train companies, as they usually are culpable.

But, why, pray tell, are these train companies being asked to carry all of this hazardous material?  Why was this company tasked te ferry hydroxin, phosgene, and who know what else.  What was the objective?  I bid you to read Yoichi Shimatsu's articles on Rense.com.

Further, how did the government respond to this environmental disaster?  Enter the EPA.  I am not sure, but I think it was Jon Rappoport who directed me to Eric Coppolino's stunning research.

https://planetwavesfm.substack.com/p/epa-guidance-from-2022-expressly/comments

Eric F Coppolino

Mar 27Pinned

This article broke open the story — a source came forward — there is a LOT more here...the no dump rule is actually 1980, the 2022 memo clarifies military operations primarily.

EPA guidance from 2022 expressly prohibits open detonation, dump & burn operations

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Apr 1, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

Thank you for posting this. Great that Robert Kennedy has found a way to heal his voice. It makes so much possible for him.

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Apr 1, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

Robert Kennedy will never be President but if he plays his cards well President Trump might consider him for a position in his administration. Democrats will lose bigin 2024 . Dr Yoho is a political ignoramus.

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Regulatory capture by Big Agra, Big Pharma, Big Tech, etc. IS what lies at the bottom of many of the issues our time. The lobbyists who line the pockets of politicians, who then perform favors that scrape by, or go under the radar of regulatory, or more importantly COLUDE with gov regulatory/politicians, is the KEY to RESTORING OUR REPUBLIC. Read what was the intentions of our founders: https://thenewamerican.com/a-republic-if-you-can-keep-it/

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As a follow-up on the railroad discussion, additional analysis is in order. First, the transportation of hazardous materials by rail is nothing new. Statistically, the vast majority of the commodities get to the intended destination without incident. Of note, as coal traffic declines, oil traffic, and ethanol traffic increase. It is obvious which of these three commodities is very safe to transport—an example of a negative related to the Green New Deal.

Nevertheless, nasty stuff like vinyl chloride makes modern life possible. Of course, there should always be work done to improve safety. Being in that industry for 45 years, I can say there is no nefarious "plan." Nevertheless, I am concerned about crony capitalism and its potential impact on rail safety.

There is a lot of talk about the reduction of railroad employees (particularly train crews) and how that negatively impacts the safe movement of freight. As the raw numbers demonstrate, the accident trends for the past 30 years are down. What needs to occur is an analysis that "normalizes" the number of derailments/collisions against a metric such as million gross of annual traffic (MGT). I plan on taking a deep dive to see what shows up. Stay tuned.

As for the reduction in the number of train crews, that is true. Class I operations (the large railroads) along their major trunk lines are doubling (and more!) long trains. I have concerns about these monsters, called very long trains (VLT). But not for the reasons most think about. The buff (compression) and draft (tension) forces thru the length of the VLT trains are dissipated by engines interspersed the entire train length. That technology is called distributed power unit (DPU) operation. The engineer controls all the DPU engines through state-of-the-art radio and electronics. That does an excellent job of dissipating the buff and draft forces.

While the DPUs do an excellent job controlling train forces, there are a host of additional problems associated with this method of operation. Briefly, VLTs block crossings too long (e.g., blocking first responders), make it near impossible for the conductor to walk next to the train in an emergency (some trains are over two miles long), and VLTs gum up the fluidity of train lines. And that is just for starters.

Back to E Palestine. Because of this crash, the lack of electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes has taken on mystical powers. If the train was ECP equipped, that may have mitigated the pile-up. By how much that is "beyond my paygrade." Still, ECPs would not have prevented this accident.

All the above notwithstanding, the likely cause was the failure of a roller-bearing journal. That exact type of failure, occurring less than a dozen times a year nationwide, while uncommon, is nothing new. After seeing the NTSB's forensic reconstruction, we will know the root cause. At first blush, it is an item focused on mechanical. Also, the alert threshold of the wayside detectors is under scrutiny.

Happy railroading.

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Apr 1, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

FRED originally stood for flashing rear end device, and they were nothing but a flashing light (railroaders had a different word for the F). Over time they've become more functional, and could be even more functional if railroads were willing to spend some money. Heat and vibration sensors could be installed on every car to warn of developing problems before they become catastrophes. The costs of employing more people in cabooses to spot problems, or upgrading a fleet of railcars with sensors is weighed against the cost of occasional derailments. Public safety becomes irrelevant when there's money to be made.

Also, there was no reason to puncture the tank cars at East Palestine and burn off the chemicals. Tank cars are designed and built to retain their integrity in the event of an accident. Fill valves and relief valves are protected, and the steel that the tanks are built from does not shred into shrapnel if the tank is over pressurized to the point of failure. They would just split open. Cooling any cars that were in danger of overheating with fire hoses, especially in February, would have been more than adequate to keep control of the situation while the hazardous materials were transferred to trucks. But of course, it would have taken much longer to clear the wreckage and get rail traffic moving again, and time is money.

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Apr 1, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

"Kennedy's voice has recovered." Yes, I have noticed that too.

Spasmodic dysphonia, also known as laryngeal dystonia, is a lifelong [incurable] neurological condition. Mr. Kennedy has received the blessing of healing and I believe it is because he is using his voice for truth and justice and freedom and to save lives.

Pray for RFK Jr.

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And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints.

Romans 8:28

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Apr 1, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

This was an excellent interview and I thank you for sharing it. RFK,JR would be able to drain the swamp if given the chance. We can hope and pray with faith toward that outcome.

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The 2013 NDA gave the USA govt the ability to use propaganda against their own citizens legally. This was just before the USA fomented the color revolution in Ukraine with their tech camp program

I was very surprised at the time that Americans didn’t stand up and complain about it as it’s not really compatible with your founding documents

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Dr, the train engineer and the brake issues are all side issues and distractions. the real issue is burning vinyl chloride in the open air is a crime. I am shocked that he was allowed to go down this path of discussion the East Palestine disaster and not be called out on it.

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