Budget
Too Disgusting
ecthompsonmd May 1, 2025

Just the other day, Donald Trump held his first official cabinet meeting. For reasons that are unclear, Elon Musk was present. Musk explained that drastic cuts in government were necessary to prevent the government from going “bankrupt.” In order to understand what this nonsense really means, we have to go back and look at the tax cuts that George Bush implemented in 2001 and again in 2003. We were told we had more than enough money for his tax cuts. That turned out to be untrue. The tax cuts did not generate any of the economic growth that would have been

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The deeply dishonest Republican Budget
ecthompsonmd March 22, 2015

I’m  currently making my way to a trauma conference. I have internet access – sort of. Currently, I’m “enjoying” in-flight internet access which is kind of like getting access to the internet and kinda not. What makes the internet great is access to content – videos, original documents and the like. With this in-flight thing, I really can’t download big files and uploading smaller files to Dropbox has proven problematic. So, I’m not going to be able to get the work done that I had planned on doing. This means that I can (should be able to), I hope, post to

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News Roundup – Racism Exists, Another Republican budget, State Dept
ecthompsonmd March 21, 2015

First of all, I must smile. Several friends have sent out messages to check on me. I haven’t posted on this blog in over 10 days. Several years ago, I posted at least 3 times per day. Although I have stuff to say most of it isn’t interesting. So, I bore my wife with my rants. 🙂 I’m good. I’m just working hard and trying to get some sleep. Oh and remember that my grandkids were here. Kaleb and I saved the universe. Morgan and I cooked burgers. Well, I cooked she danced!!! Several days ago, some students from University of

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ABOUT AUTHOR
Errington C. Thompson, MD

Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.

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A Letter to America

The Thirteeneth Juror

Where is The Outrage Topics
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