No FOIA response should ever be redacted for any reason other than to protect national security sources and methods--and even those redactions should be adjudicated in court.
Just when I thought I couldn't trust government and the dozens of 3 letter agencies any less. My trust was always in the single digit percentile but is in the negative range at this point and I don't see it *ever* rising above zero for the rest of my life.
No wonder they are rooting for the Батальйон «Азов»!
Only Germany was defeated in WW2, NOT the fascists...
Well, and Japan, and... but we should not forget that fascism had admirers and powerful supporters from Wallstreet... and that many of the Nazis were brought to the West because of their "value" to the Western world... Hitler was supported by American private entities and companies and there were never negative consequences for those. The excuse was then that he was fighting the Soviet Union, while now they are "fighting Russia there so we don't have to fight them here" (brilliantly said, Sir!).
The Bayh–Dole Act authorizes the Department of Commerce to create standard patent rights clauses to be included in federal funding agreements with nonprofits, including universities, and small businesses. I'm pretty sure the NIH is not a nonprofit or a university or a small business. I got a feeling that Fauci might be full of it again.
Bayh-Dole might need to be revisited, but I was there at the birthing of this, and Bayh-Dole does in no way authorize the granting of patent royalties to *government employees.* The background of this goes back to the early 1980s, when genetic research was just getting off the ground. There was a huge grey legal area surrounding the IP rights of university researchers who had made significant developments that could be economically exploited using federal grant funds. Bayh-Dole was never meant to, and does not, entitle someone on the government payroll to economically benefit from research funded by federal dollars.
I don't know whether it is the Bayh-Dole law or some other law, but government employees are allowed to earn royalties on patented inventions made at government labs, and that includes DOD labs like the one I work at. There is a statutory limit of 150K/year in royalties from a single source, unless the employee gets an exemption from the President. As a matter of practical reality though, the vast bulk of royalties are in biomedical research, not in DOD labs. That is because royalties are only paid for inventions that are commercialized, not inventions used in military contracts.
I recall that Bayh-Dole was sold as a way to keep the government and academia from losing scientists to industry. Perhaps some who worked on the legislation actually believed that. Who knows. Government scientists are entitled by law to patent rights and royalties, but it has turned into a big grift. Bayh-Dole must be repealed, and the revolving door between government and Pharma (and everything else) has to be stopped.
Years ago there was a supposed gap between what private industry could offer in terms of salary and perks and what the gov’t could offer. That gap has largely disappeared, especially considering the job stability attached to government work (it’s nearly impossible for a gov’t worker to lose a job) and the solid and generous pensions that are the main attraction for many.
That stability attracts the wrong person. Measured contribution against goal with the sword of Damocles etc is the private industry method. Who doesn’t want a department of competetents working for them? Well, people of the same feather…
There's a fascinating story out there of what happened (I think it was in 2012-2013?) when the Bayh-Dole Act was either going to be repealed or scaled back, and holy hell broke out from government employees and pharmaceutical lobbyists. There were claims that the royalties were needed to retain qualified employees, otherwise they'd drift off to work for the companies they "regulate". But it's used to facilitate "pay to play". Fauci shared just one of his lesser paying royalties. But I'm betting he's missing the fat ones, and Rand Paul is asking for an unredacted version. If there's no requirement to report, then it's high time it gets put in by Congress, given the recipients are working as members of the government who are supposed to be transparent with their financial and conflict of interest statements.
What I found most interesting was who co-sponsored that bill. All those tender encomia for Dole, that fine traditional patriotic Republican, huh?
I remember the day I discovered that one of my fine Democratic Congresswomen was a pharmaceutical industry lobbyist before she decided to devote herself to the people.
You support a party, you support this, one way or another.
We have a senator in bed with big harna here in Misdouri. His son is also involved with WEF. Needless to say, he doesn’t even respond to email regarding these issues.
This is why I’m a small-r republican. Cannot stomach either party. Our founders, or rather the best of them, warned against political “factions” taking hold but what has actually happened over time would exceed their worst nightmares.
The players in our public institutions have regarded us, the public, the People, in the same way a wolf pack regards a flock of sheep. They want the flock to survive only to assuage their rapacity—perennially.
Don't you just love the rambling by Fauci to kill off the time for the question! He's the master! He'd probably make more money as a coach to the elites on his techniques which he's been so incredibly successful with over all these years.
Similar to the mere sight of Joe Biden starting to make me feel physically unwell, the sound of Fauci’s irritating voice has me reaching for the mute button. You have to give them credit, these creeps offer the full sensory experience 😊
I'm 75 years old and I have been reading history since I was 10. In spite of all that plus 8 years in the military, somehow I never imagined the level of cynical corruption that we have in our government. I only started to understand on 4 Nov 2020 and now I see it everywhere I look. I also understand the desperate need for censorship of the internet. I really thought America was different.
And the rest of us suffer inflation and recession and mandates and antivax rhetoric. AND the annual corporate Code of Conduct BS!!!! Every frikin’ year.
Regulatory capture at its finest. They should all be locked up. No one should believe a word from these people. Fool me once....
No FOIA response should ever be redacted for any reason other than to protect national security sources and methods--and even those redactions should be adjudicated in court.
Is that when you capture the corrupt regulators and throw them in jail?
😂🤣😂🤣 Good one! Thanks for the laugh!
Just when I thought I couldn't trust government and the dozens of 3 letter agencies any less. My trust was always in the single digit percentile but is in the negative range at this point and I don't see it *ever* rising above zero for the rest of my life.
Yeah, I'm hovering around zero kelvin with any trust in the government. And running white-hot with impatience.
Beautifully turned statement Sir👍🙏
Smokin’
Yeah I’ll be quoting you on this one!
I believe this marriage of corporations and government bureaucracy is called fascism.
The Elites don't have to be married, to be pregnant with it...
Well played
Correctamundo!
No wonder they are rooting for the Батальйон «Азов»!
Only Germany was defeated in WW2, NOT the fascists...
Well, and Japan, and... but we should not forget that fascism had admirers and powerful supporters from Wallstreet... and that many of the Nazis were brought to the West because of their "value" to the Western world... Hitler was supported by American private entities and companies and there were never negative consequences for those. The excuse was then that he was fighting the Soviet Union, while now they are "fighting Russia there so we don't have to fight them here" (brilliantly said, Sir!).
The Bayh–Dole Act authorizes the Department of Commerce to create standard patent rights clauses to be included in federal funding agreements with nonprofits, including universities, and small businesses. I'm pretty sure the NIH is not a nonprofit or a university or a small business. I got a feeling that Fauci might be full of it again.
Bayh-Dole might need to be revisited, but I was there at the birthing of this, and Bayh-Dole does in no way authorize the granting of patent royalties to *government employees.* The background of this goes back to the early 1980s, when genetic research was just getting off the ground. There was a huge grey legal area surrounding the IP rights of university researchers who had made significant developments that could be economically exploited using federal grant funds. Bayh-Dole was never meant to, and does not, entitle someone on the government payroll to economically benefit from research funded by federal dollars.
I don't know whether it is the Bayh-Dole law or some other law, but government employees are allowed to earn royalties on patented inventions made at government labs, and that includes DOD labs like the one I work at. There is a statutory limit of 150K/year in royalties from a single source, unless the employee gets an exemption from the President. As a matter of practical reality though, the vast bulk of royalties are in biomedical research, not in DOD labs. That is because royalties are only paid for inventions that are commercialized, not inventions used in military contracts.
And at the same time making great profit.
🎯🎯
I keep thinking of the golden calf idol.
Nice correlation
🎯
Thank you, God
There is that😼
I recall that Bayh-Dole was sold as a way to keep the government and academia from losing scientists to industry. Perhaps some who worked on the legislation actually believed that. Who knows. Government scientists are entitled by law to patent rights and royalties, but it has turned into a big grift. Bayh-Dole must be repealed, and the revolving door between government and Pharma (and everything else) has to be stopped.
And the revolving door between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the munitions manufacturers. Other similar arrangements as well.
Years ago there was a supposed gap between what private industry could offer in terms of salary and perks and what the gov’t could offer. That gap has largely disappeared, especially considering the job stability attached to government work (it’s nearly impossible for a gov’t worker to lose a job) and the solid and generous pensions that are the main attraction for many.
That stability attracts the wrong person. Measured contribution against goal with the sword of Damocles etc is the private industry method. Who doesn’t want a department of competetents working for them? Well, people of the same feather…
Unless you are a leper. Then hit the road Jack.
And Stegall Glass reinstated.
Patty Murray calls off Rand Paul as the US public digests a new huge conflict few knew. Way to stand up for the people Patty.
I was introduced to this odious woman during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. The revulsion I feel each time I see her has never dissipated.
Hard to believe The Sneaker Mom is still in office!
Just a mom in tennis shoes, looking out for the best interests of her constituency in ...
Washington...
DC.
Surprised? It’s not the first time.
There's a fascinating story out there of what happened (I think it was in 2012-2013?) when the Bayh-Dole Act was either going to be repealed or scaled back, and holy hell broke out from government employees and pharmaceutical lobbyists. There were claims that the royalties were needed to retain qualified employees, otherwise they'd drift off to work for the companies they "regulate". But it's used to facilitate "pay to play". Fauci shared just one of his lesser paying royalties. But I'm betting he's missing the fat ones, and Rand Paul is asking for an unredacted version. If there's no requirement to report, then it's high time it gets put in by Congress, given the recipients are working as members of the government who are supposed to be transparent with their financial and conflict of interest statements.
Love Rand Paul. Kentucky should be very proud!
McConnell brings down the average, but yes.
What I found most interesting was who co-sponsored that bill. All those tender encomia for Dole, that fine traditional patriotic Republican, huh?
I remember the day I discovered that one of my fine Democratic Congresswomen was a pharmaceutical industry lobbyist before she decided to devote herself to the people.
You support a party, you support this, one way or another.
We have a senator in bed with big harna here in Misdouri. His son is also involved with WEF. Needless to say, he doesn’t even respond to email regarding these issues.
Not "liking" this of course...
This is why I’m a small-r republican. Cannot stomach either party. Our founders, or rather the best of them, warned against political “factions” taking hold but what has actually happened over time would exceed their worst nightmares.
Support the movement. Not the party.
MAGA.
No.
So… KAID? Keep America in Decline?
Each to his own.
Why not?
Not my movement. I don't have one.
Did expect that. I will gave to think about it.
The players in our public institutions have regarded us, the public, the People, in the same way a wolf pack regards a flock of sheep. They want the flock to survive only to assuage their rapacity—perennially.
Don't you just love the rambling by Fauci to kill off the time for the question! He's the master! He'd probably make more money as a coach to the elites on his techniques which he's been so incredibly successful with over all these years.
Similar to the mere sight of Joe Biden starting to make me feel physically unwell, the sound of Fauci’s irritating voice has me reaching for the mute button. You have to give them credit, these creeps offer the full sensory experience 😊
I am getting that sickness as well. Is that another symptom of c19 that has gone unreported? : )
Maybe one of us should submit a VAERS report on it. 😄
Hahaha. I feel just like you. Imbeciles
Not as stupid and inept as I thought. Dastardly clever bugger.
Expert rambler!
His ramblings are boring as hell. If I worked with him I'd tell him to shut up before he even opened his mouth.
Pretty sure he cares about you Mr. Winston:
https://news.wttw.com/2021/09/12/fauci-big-screen-portrait-pandemic-superstar
https://jnews.uk/faucis-home-office-has-pictures-of-itself-bobblehead/
I'll tell you what his "mastered"; it's called Jeffrey Toobin' himself.
Well that's one documentary I'll be sure to NOT WATCH! Portrait of a pandemic superstar??? What a joke. More like portrait of a pandemic supervillain.
Every regulator in on this needs to be disbanded. The only way to build trust at this point is to burn down the current system
I'm 75 years old and I have been reading history since I was 10. In spite of all that plus 8 years in the military, somehow I never imagined the level of cynical corruption that we have in our government. I only started to understand on 4 Nov 2020 and now I see it everywhere I look. I also understand the desperate need for censorship of the internet. I really thought America was different.
This times a quintillion. It’s why I personally cannot blame Donald Trump for not being able to drain the swamp in his short time in office.
And the rest of us suffer inflation and recession and mandates and antivax rhetoric. AND the annual corporate Code of Conduct BS!!!! Every frikin’ year.
Fraudulent. Ommissons. Intentionally. Altered
Fixed it: FOIA
Also: Full Of Intentional Amnesia
better!
1980, NIH gets secret royalties
1986, Vaccine Manufacturer Liability
Since then, explosion of autism
Sure it is all a coincidence