Mark A Swancutt

Mark A Swancutt

@mswancutt.bsky.social

Infectious Diseases MD; TB physician; COVID-19 response; legal consultant; Stoic; my personal opinions only; likes are only likes, not endorsements or agreement

469 Followers 1,213 Following 213 Posts Joined Jan 2025
4 days ago
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Schatz: We don’t know for sure, but the likely bombing of an elementary school with one of our Tomahawk missiles is not a one-off mistake. It is the result of a change in policy so that the United States has way looser rules of engagement — way more tolerance for civilian harm.

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1 week ago

Is he an improvement?

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1 week ago

It is sad isn’t it, especially since there are many people in the military or former military who love the guy.

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2 weeks ago

I also remember that you, Mr Trump, stated that we would not be participating in foreign wars and that we would stop adventurism. Apparently, we are not stopping. Let us hope that no American military, especially ground troops, become deployed to Iran.

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2 weeks ago

Thank you, Senator Sanders.

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2 weeks ago

3/ I'm sorry. I'm babbling. The basic message is what do we (and all the other nations) do now? I wish that I knew- just as an informed citizen. It seems to me that Iran needs a stable government and will require our input and support to do this. I hope that we will.

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2 weeks ago

2/ So, we need to line up a group of nations that will guarantee Iranian government survival to reconstitute the government in a form that is not militaristic. Unfortunately, these nations are the same nations that Trump has insulted over the years and more recently. Support does not mean forces.

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2 weeks ago

This might be correct. Ayatollah Khamenei might be dead. I think that Donald Trump thinks that's all there is to it. Kill the leader, and Iran will roll over. This is doubtful. This is a people that very readily proclaim that they are Persian, and they proclaim it with pride (as they should).

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2 weeks ago
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1 month ago

This is an example of the poor treatment and medical care that detainees receive while in IC custody. The hospital could have dispensed the antibiotics to them when the child was discharged. There are problems all over.

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1 month ago
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A Pastor's Warning: We're Not in a Civil War, But a Christian Nationalist Holy War—And They Must Not Win. I’m not sure Americans really understand what we’re facing right now.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/a-pastors-...

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1 month ago

It's also not the "best economy, ever". Psychotic has a precise medical definition; insane (or insanity) does not. He is not psychotic; he is insane, maybe.

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1 month ago

Audience participation? Kinda like "Rocky Horror Picture Show", right? How much bread did they throw?

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1 month ago

There is a new measles outbreak at one of the migrant detention centers.

This has the potential to be very serious. Somehow I don’t have a lot of faith in the “ICE Health Services Corps”.

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1 month ago

"exploitative practices"? It was rape. Have we renamed it now?

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1 month ago

A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week.

Go Seahawks.

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1 month ago

Thank you for speaking up, Senator Warnock!. I'm glad that I voted for you )2 or 3 times).

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1 month ago

The most surprising things is that the coyote managed to get there. Just to consider, however, they are in every city in the United States; I have seen them in my neighborhood in Dallas, Atlanta, and Seattle (in my back yard in Seattle). They are a little smaller than German Shepherds but the same.

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1 month ago

Fantastic!! I do worry about how he will find enough food to survive since the coyote diet consists mostly of small mammals. People with small children should also realize that children have been hunted by coyotes and killed. They are wild, and they are NOT pets. No "Here doggie!" with treats.

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1 month ago

I'm not a constitutional lawyer, but I guess that I am simple, two doctoral degrees notwithstanding. We sent our military into the country and kidnapped (er, arrested) the President of that country. Even given that they (Maduro, et.al.) "stole" the election, the world regards him as head of state.

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1 month ago

It is. It’s just accepted and acceptable practice, even by the players, who have managed to make the system work for them.

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1 month ago

Well, I am a proud American citizen, and I’m “liberal”. ICE and its actions, and Trump administration actions more generally, make it difficult to be proud. We’ve got almost three more years of this. We need to oppose them.

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1 month ago

At least, Rand Paul is consistent with his views, if nothing else.

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1 month ago

Yet, they have tried it, and they will try it repeatedly in the future.

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1 month ago

So, revoking the declaration is the correct course of action.

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1 month ago

We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason

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1 month ago

Not being listened to is a chronic, recurrent problem for specialists, including engineers. The opposition comes from policy makers and leaders who "want to get it done- now). No specialist wants to cancel all projects. They may want a delay for safety. That is it. It is what happened here.

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1 month ago

If Mr Fuck Face is Donald Trump, this seems like a good idea.

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1 month ago

First, public health is bipartisan; there are no sides. However, you are correct in that the violence is not coming from Democrats, no matter what garbage commentators spew.

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1 month ago

Please start an impeachment bill. You can do something or just say that it needs to be done. Just do it.

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