So what, exactly, is Sen Thune railing against?

Medical knowledge, or the government's provision of that medical knowledge to Americans, or?

The cited article ...

... Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said if he was a woman he wouldn't take medical advice from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., citing recent claims the secretary made that President Trump endorsed.

MSNOW's senior Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali asked Thune in a Thursday interview whether the GOP was becoming a "party of no dissent," noting that lawmakers like Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy (La.) and Susan Collins (Maine) " who are up for reelection " are among the few who have publicly disagreed with party leadership and the White House on some issues.

Thune said he disagreed with that assertion and said he dissented on some issues, citing the administration's position on pregnant women using Tylenol as one example. Vitali asked whether he believed Kennedy's rhetoric on the over-the-counter medication was dangerous.

"If I were a woman, I'd be talking to my doctor and not taking, you know, advice from RFK or any other government bureaucrat for that matter," Thune said. ...

@#3

imho, that Neck and Neck album released by Mr Atkins and Mr Knopfler is quite good.

OK, bordering upon excellent. :)

But, imho, of course.

(and I thank college radio for introducing me to that album ...)

@#5

... China has found Trump's pain point - rare earths ...

I disagree.

China did not recently ~discover~ this weakness in Pres Trump's trade negotiations.

China knew this all along.

As I have been noting for weeks (months?), China negotiates with a longer-term perspective than Pres Trump.

Pres Trump seems to want to negotiate for a transactional win for his ego.

China seems to want to negotiate for the strategic benefit of China.

Therein lies the crux of this ~trade war.~

@#5

Do try harder.

@#21 ... STFU raetard.... no one cares anymore ...

So, in response to a simple question I asked in #19, your current trolling alias' comment can only reply with an attempted insult?

My question for that would be, who, exactly is your current trolling trying to insult ...

Me or itself?

As I often say, yer up ...

@#7 ... What a missed opportunity to call it a Democratic Hoax. ...

Yeah, I was surprised that Mr Homan didn't take that approach.

Perhaps he realized the futility of such an approach?

The Trump admin looks to be transferring the wealth of the Country to the billionaires that seem to make up a large group within the Trump administration.

Why?

More from the article ...

... Both satellite data and field observations in Antarctica reveal alarming signs of a Greenland-like meltdown, with increased surface melting of the ice fields, faster-moving glaciers, and dwindling sea ice.

Some scientists are sounding the alarm, warning that the rapid "Greenlandification" of Antarctica will have serious consequences, including an accelerated rise in sea levels and significant shifts in rainfall and drought patterns.

The Antarctic ice sheet covers about 5.4 million square miles, an area larger than Europe. On average, it is more than 1 mile thick and holds 61 percent of all the fresh water on Earth, enough to raise the global average sea level by about 190 feet if it all melts.

The smaller, western portion of the ice sheet is especially vulnerable, with enough ice to raise sea level more than 10 feet. ...

@#16 ... If they tell you who they are, believe them. ...

Yup.

@#3 ... Well, it's not going to. ...

I do not disagree.

Are corporations making factory investments for the next decades going to look more towards industrial robots or human workers?

And, fwiw, I often drive past the original site of Unimation (at 23 Shelter Rock Lane in Danbury, CT) the original factory robot company.

@#16 ... Oh, hell....they hated Comey as well over the Hillary email thing. ...

Yeah, but emotions are not a reason to indict and convict someone.

Facts and evidence matter.

Doncha agree?

@#25 ... You will get your first socialist Mayor of NYC coming up.. Please take note of what happens. ..

A thread deflection attempt?

Why?

I guess my first question might be along the lines of ...

How will Pres Trump's current stated policy of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the US resolve this apparent long-term problem for American workers?

@#17 ... Progressives cheering for Bolton ...

Where?

I don't see cheering.

I do see questions, though.

So, what's yer current trolling alias got?

@#9 ... People smart enough to wear cover up makeup over their Nazi tattoos. ...

I do not disagree.

More from the article ...

... Some companies are giving up on new initiatives altogether, with the founder of mining company Fortescue, Andrew Forrest, claiming that his recent trip to China led to him abandoning attempts to produce EV powertrains in-house.

"There are no people " everything is robotic," he told The Telegraph.

Other executives recalled touring "dark factories" that don't even need to keep the lights on, as most work is being done around the clock by robots.

"You get this sense of a change, where China's competitiveness has gone from being about government subsidies and low wages to a tremendous number of highly skilled, educated engineers who are innovating like mad," British energy supplier Octopus CEO Greg Jackson told the newspaper.

According to recent figures by the International Federation of Robotics, China has deployed orders of magnitude more industrial robots than Germany, the US, and the UK.

And it's not just a desire to keep margins low through the automation of human labor.

"China has quite a notable demographic problem but its manufacturing is, generally, quite labor-intensive," Bismarck Analysis analyst Rian Whitton told The Telegraph. "So in a pre-emptive fashion, they want to automate it as much as possible, not because they expect they'll be able to get higher margins -- that is usually the idea in the West -- but to compensate for this population decline and to get a competitive advantage." ...

@#13 ... An indictment by a Grand Jury is a low bar to be cleared. ...

As an example that is currently being played out ...

Mr Comey appears to be raising some rather significant issues with his Grand Jury indictment.

FWIW ...

An indictment by a Grand Jury is a low bar to be cleared.

From what I understand, a Prosecutor presents information to the Grand Jury. There is no Defense representation.

The Grand Jury decides whether there is enough reason to go forward.

More detail ...