In todays Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/18/brazil-moraes-judge-trump-bolsonaro/ Medicynical Note: Much like America once, in Brazil a violent attempt to overthrow an election is not freedom of speech. It’s a crime. Bolsonaro and Trump actively encouraged crowds to attack their respective legislative branches … Continue reading →| Medicynic
Usually a summit meeting between heads of state is carefully planned with experienced aides and State Department operatives carefully working out areas of agreement and disagreement with their coun…| Medicynic
Forgive my comparison but the Trump administration is a little like the Catholic Church which spent years trying to bury it’s pedophilia problem. First irate denials, then pay off the victims…| Medicynic
American capitalism exploits, whether it’s power over a group of people or an advantage over a competitor, the bottom line is gaining value (power or wealth). We like to say we need competition in order for capitalism to work and … Continue reading →| Medicynic
Trump with his ever changing tariffs reminds me of the demented tailor who made a man a custom suit that on first fitting didn’t fit. The left arm was too short and the right too long. &…| Medicynic
Trump with his ever changing tariffs reminds me of the demented tailor who made a man a custom suit that on first fitting didn’t fit. The left arm was too short and the right too long. &…| Medicynic
Somehow as this unfolds I ruminate on Orwell’s “Animal Farm”, “1984”, and Kubrick’s”Dr. Strangelove (a movie in case younger folks are unaware of it). DOGE…| Medicynic
Only in America would a company working to cut payments for health care not benefit the patient. The NY Time describes the scam. “The firm, MultiPlan, and the insurance companies it serves often co…| Medicynic
Trump and Biden were too old in 2020 and now one has more or less gracefully moved aside while other has moved from being a sociopath to verging on being a psychopath (google psychopath and see). H…| Medicynic
This is a little like a tragic replay of “Groundhog Day.” Again an innocent person, an active duty airman this time, was brutally killed in his own home by police who didn’t identify themselves as …| Medicynic
