The man running the agency responsible for 340 million Americans' health arrives at 10am, leaves by 4pm, skips his own division chief meetings, and when he does show up - scrolls his phone and gets described by colleagues as "checked out."
Ebola is spreading. Six Americans already exposed. He has not briefed himself with CDC scientists. His response to a reporter asking if he was worried: "Yeah, we're working on it."
The CDC is being run by a health economist with no public health experience who already has another full-time job running NIH. Half of the 27 NIH institutes have no permanent director. The top FDA drug regulator got fired in May - Kennedy found out after it happened.
When measles killed two children in Texas, the CDC official leading the response asked repeatedly to brief Kennedy. He was rebuffed every time.
The person actually running HHS operations is a longtime personal adviser whose policy spreadsheet - more than 50 items - is hidden from the department's own policy team. When Kennedy gets asked a question, his standing answer is "just run that by Stefanie."
This is not a management philosophy. This is a vacancy wearing a title.
NEW: Major posts are vacant. Waves of scientists are gone. Ebola looms. How RFK Jr. manages HHS:
“If the C.E.O. lacked deep expertise in the company’s business and the leaders of its most important divisions were missing, investors would revolt."
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24 years ago today:
Stone Cold Steve Austin walked out on WWE before Monday Night Raw went on the air
Frustrated with his creative direction and unhappy that he was set to face Brock Lesnar in a King of The Ring Qualifier
(2002)
Thank you I appreciate that. Steve and I would’ve done some good business, but it wasn’t meant to be. Shit happens.
But they gave me a completely second career and they trained me properly for that career which I am forever grateful for.
Jon Moxley explains how to properly remove somebody’s eyeball from their skull 😭
“4 fingers on back of the skull. Just use your thumb. There’s no pincing. It’s just a lot of pressure right here at the bottom of eye socket. Pressure like you’re popping a balloon.”
(Fox 19 Now)
Something has gone wrong. I just checked Twitter and it says the current rumors are CM Punk is unhappy with his employer and WWE's new media partner is disappointed with the numbers they're paying a massive bag for. Clearly I've traveled back in time and need to get home to 2026.
The Hart Foundation, reunited at MSG on 7/1/91
Bret was already into his singles push
Anvil had already been wearing the funny pants, but he's back in pink and black for this one
It was my idea. I’ve said this on my podcast years ago… I did not want my in ring persona tarnished anymore than they tarnished me. Therefore, I wanted to change my complete look before I retired from the ring. I didn’t want them to have that ECW TAZ look on their programming anymore.
In 2015, I was offer to appear at Axxess in San Francisco and attends the Hall of Fame as a spectator. Flattered I still turned it down as I was not ready to go back to wrestling for appearances like I am now. I didn’t turn down an offer to be inducted in the WWE HOF. Thank you!