I’m not hearing the expression TIA on TV, probably because most people have never heard of it. My uneducated opinion is that TIA could be Trump’s problem. TIA stands for transient ischemic attack. It is often called a ‘mini-stroke’, as it displays stroke-like symptoms for a temporary (transient) period. An ischemic stroke is a blockage […]
You don’t hear the word ‘spite’ much in the media these days. But I think it might be the most important descriptor of the mood of the MAGA cultists. I’m taking a lot of this material from Neurolink.com. Spiteful Behavior: Causes, Consequences, and Coping Strategies It’s a unique beast that sets itself apart from other […]
I’ve been watching events unfold in Trump’s America – rampant corruption, cruelty, disregard for the rule of law, etc. However, I live in Cambodia, reputed for years to be one of the most corrupt nations on the planet. In recent weeks, the ‘pig-butchering’ scandal has emerged. (look it up for details, or read my previous […]
A lot of media sources are pointing to similarities between Trump’s America and Hitler’s Germany. Here’s a different take: compare Trump’s America to Cambodia’s Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge auto-genocide. Victims of the ‘Killing Fields’. Coming to America? Most historians agree that the horrendous Khmer Rouge phenomenon was caused by resentment of rural people towards city […]
A couple of months ago, I wrote in this blog about how the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia had insidiously blocked me from registering my 1-year-old son as an American Citizen. Their website, mytravelgov.org, would not allow me to enter because I hadn’t linked to an Authenticator app. So I set up the authenticator, which gave […]
In a word: “No!” They’re not eligible. The US Government shutdown has produced a lot of misinformation about healthcare for illegal immigrants. That seems to be taking on the role of the central issue of debate. First, the very term used usually indicates which side you are on. Republicans will say ‘illegal aliens’, while Democrats […]
I haven’t written about Gaza and Hamas for quite a while, mostly because I am pretty bored with the same killings day after day. I think a lot of people, like myself, are just tired of seeing Gaza in the news every day. The media report that Israel has just bombed a high-rise building, but […]
I want to examine the honoring of Charlie Kirk by comparing it to the honoring of other Americans. Think of famous Americans honored by statues, etc.; they are often honored in spite of their other weaknesses. We all know that Thomas Jefferson and George Washington owned slaves. Still they are not honored because of their […]
One study, reported by the European Medicines Agency, found that the Covid vaccines caused 8.2 deaths per million vaccines. That is .0008% Another study in https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2837831, showed that Covid vaccines saved 2.5 million lives. Are those 8.2 deaths a reasonable sacrifice for saving a million lives? This is an extreme version of the ‘Trolleycar Problem’, […]
Last week, a small boat was seen in international waters. No one knows who was in it, what it was carrying, or where it was headed. But the Trump administration declared – with no evidence – that they were Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members headed for the US with drugs, so Trump murdered them […]