Image of the day

Captured by
RICHARD COFER

VdB 141 Ghost Nebula

My Account

New to Astromart?

Register an account...

Need Help?

Posts Made By: Darian Rachal

October 10, 2020 04:37 AM Forum: Politics

Retired Air Force General Chuck Boyd endorses Biden

Posted By Darian Rachal

I wonder if he voted for him in 2016? It'd be interesting to know specifically how he considers Trump a threat to our Constitutional Republic.

October 11, 2020 06:47 AM Forum: Politics

The drug Trump says "cured" him of CoVid (edit) was tested using embryonic stem cells (end edit)

Posted By Darian Rachal

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck
Wow, you guys still don't get it. 

Where is the outrage, especially from handmaiden Davis. I guess it's OK to kill fetuses if it's to harvest embryonic stem cells to make a drug for Trump?

So, I guess you guys can wait until after the election since Judge Amy is against abortion. If she helps overturn Roe vs Wade I guess if we the virus we won't be getting the free dead fetus cure that Trump has been touting.

F'ing hypocrites. 
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/08/fact-check-left-falsely-claims-trumps-coronavirus-treatments-developed-using-fetal-tissue/

October 11, 2020 10:47 PM Forum: Politics

The drug Trump says "cured" him of CoVid (edit) was tested using embryonic stem cells (end edit)

Posted By Darian Rachal

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Don't expect an answer from the proud boys...
Rod, IIRC, wasn't some medical benefits derived from the medical "experiments" that the Nazis performed on concentration camp prisoners? It's my understanding that meticulous records were kept and after the war, these were used by doctors to actually benefit individuals.

October 12, 2020 01:29 AM Forum: Politics

The drug Trump says "cured" him of CoVid (edit) was tested using embryonic stem cells (end edit)

Posted By Darian Rachal

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

No there wasn't any medical benefit:
"″The data are useless,″ he said. ″It’s not scientific. It should be rejected outright. There should be no ethical discussion over it. You don’t discuss scientifically useless data. You discuss data that have scientific merit but were obtained in an unethical fashion.″

https://apnews.com/article/c89056409cf43ae18b6b85764ecafc68
Rod, this is simply an opinion piece. I think you have to be rather naive to think that all this human experimentation was conducted by crackpots and that no useful information could be derived from any of it. It is interesting to ponder the rationale which was used to justify this inhumane behavior. I assume under Nazi law it was entirely legal, as were other laws justifying the confiscation of property, denying employment positions, etc.

Many atrocities throughout human history fall under the guise of "legal".

October 12, 2020 02:22 AM Forum: Politics

The drug Trump says "cured" him of CoVid (edit) was tested using embryonic stem cells (end edit)

Posted By Darian Rachal

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

No it is not simply an opinion piece. It is a fact check. And I think one has to be off one's rocker to believe "useful information" can be gleaned by insane nazi human experimentation conducted in WW2... 
Rod, one has to keep in mind that these individuals that were experimented on were viewed as less than "human" according to the Nazis. Granted they were horrible and cruel experiments, but to think that some were not conducted in order to acquire "useful" information is, IMO, not being realistic. You seem to have this idea that a bunch of "mad scientists" were simply getting their kicks by torturing people in medical experiments. 

Looking at the matter unemotionally, a great deal of useful medical information could be gathered if doctors had no qualms and were legal to engage in human experimentation.

Rod, I hope you do not think that I in any way am attempting to condone these atrocities. I worked in a hospital in an institution for the mentally retarded for many years with severely handicapped children and am quite aware of the value of human life. To think that a person has no value in this world regardless of the severity of their handicap is a very sad mistake. 

October 12, 2020 04:48 AM Forum: Politics

The drug Trump says "cured" him of CoVid (edit) was tested using embryonic stem cells (end edit)

Posted By Darian Rachal

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Here's a prominent one of those, Greg: "Dr. Robert Pozos of the University of Washington, who in the past has advocated use of the Nazi results, said after reading Berger’s report that the experimenters’ scientific methods were ″atrocious.″ He added, ″My opinion is that the data should not be referenced″ in other research papers. ″It should not be used.″
https://apnews.com/article/c89056409cf43ae18b6b85764ecafc68
Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer


It would seem many doctors and scientists disagree with you Rod......a quick search revealed hundreds of articles regarding the subject both for and against.

October 12, 2020 06:54 AM Forum: Politics

The drug Trump says "cured" him of CoVid (edit) was tested using embryonic stem cells (end edit)

Posted By Darian Rachal

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

I found many articles discussing whether so-called nazi experiments and research should be used, the ethics in considering it and the like. I did not find hundreds articles arguing for it...
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-ethics-of-using-medical-data-from-nazi-experiments

If you scan through this article, you will run across the thoughts of individuals who suggest that the information should be used. One section that caught my attention, "Scientific Competence of the Nazi Doctors", I found interesting.

October 12, 2020 08:43 AM Forum: Politics

The drug Trump says "cured" him of CoVid (edit) was tested using embryonic stem cells (end edit)

Posted By Darian Rachal

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

After looking at the article, two things stand out for me: 1. They're aren't hundreds that think the data should be used, not even close to that. 2, The section on scientific validity says it all.
Nevertheless, there are those that think it should be used. It's basically a debatable question.

Many years ago, I read a book called "The Nazi Doctors" by Robert Lifton. It's a very worthwhile book on the subject.

October 16, 2020 02:45 AM Forum: Politics

Barrett's Failures Of Disclosure's Pour In

Posted By Darian Rachal

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
Latest RCP betting odds average: Biden=65.4, Trump=34.8. 
Can't wait for Biden and Harris to tackle the court issue...
sleeping

October 16, 2020 03:01 AM Forum: Politics

Barrett's Failures Of Disclosure's Pour In

Posted By Darian Rachal

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Still waiting for you and Greg and Steve and Rich to stand together, shoulder to shoulder, at a packed Trump rally, in the front row. I'm not even asking that you become human props in Trump's background. 
Oh I know, I know, some polls were wrong in 2016 so all of them must be wrong in 2020...
Rod, we'll see in a few more weeks. smile If Trump wins, I'll only derive a minor amount of pleasure from you, and other like-minded individuals on the Forum's disappointment, but I will derive immense pleasure in the reaction of the leftist MSM, just like in 2016.