I Saw My Mother Cry It sounds like a good title for a Western ballad. I retain only three memories of seeing my mother cry when we lived in Oaxaca. My mother is a very strong woman. So if tears were shed, we all took note. The first time, was when she prepared a two year old girl for burial. This emaciated child had received surgery for a brain tumor. After the surgery, she was placed on a bare mattress in "El Hospital Civil" - where tongue-in-cheek - the local population would proclaim, "This is where you go to die." This was the warehouse where the poor were told they would receive care. At the "Civil", if you needed medication, intravenous fluid, etc. the doctor would give you a prescription and you would purchase all necessary items. Care was minimally (awful). The little girl with the brain tumor perished. But not before the nurses positioned her on her back, on the surgical wound, on a dirty mattress. The moth...
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Preface to Next Blog This is for my readership which comes into the blog each day from Mexico. El Hospital Civil "Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso" en Oaxaca de Juárez se encuentra en una situación crÃtica debido a una combinación de falta de insumos, medicamentos, recursos financieros y deterioro de sus instalaciones. A principios de 2025, el nosocomio suspendió todas las cirugÃas, incluidas las de emergencia, la alimentación del personal y la recepción de pacientes referidos, debido a la ausencia de recursos y a la falta de respuesta tanto del IMSS-Bienestar como del gobierno estatal. Esta crisis se agravó con la interrupción del servicio de laboratorio, la falta de agua potable y la imposibilidad de esterilizar material quirúrgico. Las condiciones en el hospital han sido descritas como "intolerables" por el personal, quienes denunciaron el colapso de tuberÃas en la área de urgencias pediátricas, lo que puso en riesgo la vida de un bebé en estado grave y obligó a trasla...
I Would Like to Report a Theft Preferred reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/fraud-minnesota-somali.html Knock-off reading: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15338767/somali-fraudsters-minnesota-covid.html Q. How much does it cost to secure the vote of 80,000 Somali with a high rate of autism? A. One billion dollars. Actually, I would like to report a theft. The name of the thief? It is Governor Tim Walz. There is immediate and ultimate accountability. The ultimate accountability for theft is stacked above the cruising altitude of a commercial jet, if you stack one billion $1 bills on his desk (67.9 miles high). He could not see it.... Nope. Plausible deniability. But the virtue-signaling governor informs us that his administration "erred on the side of generosity". The reality is that observable and unfettered fraud is the invisible campaign war chest for Minnesota Democrats. Minnesota recei...
Janus in the Oval Office It is an administration with neuroplasticity. And we have a POTUS of beginnings, transitions, duality, different perspectives regarding the realities facing our nation and with miniature frames for all his ridiculous narratives. His named is Donald J Trump. His real name is Janus. The news below bitch slapped me into the next county last night. So as a twist to the current commentary, indulge the whimsical side of me which now places a second headline on the blog: https://opinionbytammy.blogspot.com/2025/11/black-friday-this-will-be-discussed.html The Amputation of Justice There is a concept which is vital for vascular surgeons. It is "life over limb". I was at bedside with one of our surgeons as he discussed a lower limb amputation for a diabetic with a diseased and necrotic lower leg. The man was not quite ready for the body image change nor the loss of mobility. Dr. Ali told the client, "Either we t...
BLACK FRIDAY This will be discussed. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15336667/Trump-pardon-drug-trafficking-former-Honduran-president-saying-treated-harshly-unfairly.html https://www.robertmazur.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2023.05.01-Motion-in-Limine.pdf https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/juan-orlando-hernandez-former-president-honduras-extradited-united-states-drug https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/juan-orlando-hernandez-former-president-honduras-sentenced-45-years-prison-conspiring https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/31/honduras-president-dea-investigation-1348514 Recommended film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TetUbh6jrU
University College, Oxford: Parrot Training My family had a marvelous green parrot. He was multi-lingual. He would call the cats: "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty!" Exclaim, "Oh La La!" Rattle off a few words in Spanish. He was known far and wide for his quaint little words. And he cackled all day, imagining that he had common sense. But then again, he was just the average bird. His entertaining life was the sum total of our training and he had us (!) to thank for his careful introduction to... things not involving quantum mechanics, string theory, the periodic table, or simple logic. Apparently, Oxford also does parrot training. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15336349/Ousted-Oxford-Union-president-elect-apologises-Charlie-Kirks-family-celebrating-assassination.html George Abaraonye is the best that Oxford has to offer! And in a mere forty-eight seconds, he parroted the following words: oppresses, oppresses, oppression, oppresses, oppr...
Ina Garten: Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother Perhaps she has forgotten: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/article-15328491/ina-garten-haunting-struggles-vulnerably-opened-not-having-kids.html And perhaps she does not remember: "And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to the fathers, less I come and smite the earth with a curse." Malachi 4:6 KJV Childhood perceptions do not always match the realities faced by adult parents. Was it an "abusive childhood" which would not cede to the demand of a little girl to paint her room purple? Was it "traumatic" to not receive hugs and kisses after a scraped knee? Is a tug of the hair the same thing as being dragged down the hallway by the hair? Is it a food obsession when a mother hands you an apple and doesn't offer up a slice of apple pie? In the link below, Ina Garten claims that her father did pull her around by the hair. But interestingly, and qu...
Rahmanullah Lakanwal: Deconstructing the Narrative There is always a narrative attached to Islamic terror attacks on Western soil. Pick one: drugs... mental health problems... history of run-ins with the law... asylum application turned down. What you are not allowed as an option is one of Islamic terrorism. Here is the latest narrative regarding a man who shouted out the takbir as he murdered his victims. "When he saw blood, bodies, and the wounded, he could not tolerate it...." https://nypost.com/2025/11/27/us-news/dc-national-guard-terror-suspect-suffered-mental-problems-from-fighting-for-cia-backed-zero-unit/ What he could tolerate was shooting a twenty year old female soldier in the chest and then using her own weapon to shoot her in the head. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom's father is now seated at her bedside holding her hand so that she will not die alone. It is only a matter of time. It will probably be soon. Swofford doesn't do narratives. Our soldie...
Andrew Wolfe: Soldier and Lineman He wasn't only a soldier. He was so much more. https://thelastenglishprince.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/andrew-wolfe-soldier-and-lineman/ Those who serve in the military lead full lives during time of service and after the uniform is laundered and hung in the closet for the last time. I am reticent to use the word hero because of excessive usage. Andrew Wolfe is an American hero.
On the Streets of America CPR and medical care for the two soldiers ambushed and shot today by an Afghan national. https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1993838663801680048 Problematic is the female soldier was shot in the chest and the head. Her male counterpart was shot in the head. Blood loss, changes in intracranial pressure, and most likely a secondary diagnosis of anoxic encephalopathy will leave both victims in a vegetative state, should they survive the catastrophic injuries. In the ICU they will exhibit decerebrate posturing and possibly oculocephalic reflex (or doll's eyes). The families might take heart and tell the nurse "She gripped my hand!" It is a primitive reflex. It means there is brain damage. Can they release the grip? That is the question. Neuro trauma is not for the faint of heart. I have worked extensively in neuro ICU. Regarding the female victim. Is she a mother? If so, how old are her child...
I Was Wrong Well, if nothing else, it should be refreshing for a journalist to admit she is wrong. I have been away from the house eating halal food at an area restaurant with a Muslim colleague. And when in journalism mode, my cell phone remains in my vehicle. So when I picked up my phone, texts coming in about the shooter. https://opinionbytammy.blogspot.com/2025/11/capt.html The shooter of the two members of the National Guard in D.C. was an Afghan national who came here in 2021. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15329613/National-Guard-soldiers-shot-sparking-White-House-lockdown.html I was wrong regarding motivation of the shooter. It seems to be an act of Islamic terrorism. But regarding Captain Mark Kelly, I still believe he needs to be placed on orders and then face a court martial for incitement within our ranks. The Navy motto is: Honor, Courage, and Commitment. He behaved dishonorably. Tammy Swofford
Capt. Mark Kelly: Creating an Operational War Zone on U.S. Soil Two National Guard members have been assassinated during the performance of their duties only a mile from the White House. Two families will be receiving the worst possible news on Thanksgiving Eve. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15329613/National-Guard-soldiers-shot-sparking-White-House-lockdown.html I find it completely unbearable, that Captain Mark Kelly was a member of the branch of military in which I served - The United States Navy. And as a former 04, I can scarcely grasp the instructions of a retired 06 to the troops who still wear the cloth of our nation. Disobey orders. He added the "il" to legal. Please watch the first one minute and forty-five seconds of the video below - especially if you have never served in our military. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yefg8vl4nxc&list=RDNSYefg8vl4nxc&start_radio=1 Captain Mark Kelly's words - created an operational war zone on the s...
The World Through a Different Lens It is not central to the story that the young lady was naked (as was her boyfriend) at the time of the attack. They sought out a quiet area at the edge of a park. I doubt it was adventure sex. Most likely, neither had the financial means to pay for a hotel. Normal people would avert their gaze or merely call in a concern if children are playing nearby. The world through a different lens responded with aggression and violence. This did not start as a robbery. It started as a gang rape and ended with a robbery. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15323813/Sex-attack-horror-young-Italian-couple-surrounded-three-migrants-smash-car-force-boyfriend-watch-rape-18-year-old-fiancee.html The Advent Season Approaches. And then we enter a twenty-four window of vibrant rejoicing as we end the Gregorian calendar year. https://www.dw.com/en/new-years-eve-in-cologne-5-years-after-the-mass-assaults/a-56073007 NPR ran a hea...
Rep. Aftyn Behn: The Usual Bullshit She is a woman who despises the culture and traditions held dear by generations who call Tennessee home. She has verbalized hatred for the state which she represents, and is strongly bigoted against the constituents she wishes to represent. And she just might win her election. The voting public is just that stupid. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-15321275/aftyn-behn-defund-police-tweets-ms-catherine-rampell.html I tire of the pseudo-journalists who no longer firmly grasp the chalice of thought and seem more like speech therapists doing a dysphagia evaluation. You will receive a few bites of scrambled eggs, a thickened liquid, and then are reminded to swallow hard. The interview is over, and you still don't know what the Hell the candidate represents - except in this particular case - you shouldn't have swallowed the scrambled eggs. I tire of the Aftyn Behn of American politics. They offer up foot bridges o...
Canada's al Awlaki Ousama Alshurafa. He is a hyphenated Canadian. A Balkanizing rhetorician. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15317867/Canada-Australia-Palestine-Gaza-Israel-Alshurafa-visa.html Looking back in history to the time after 9/11, I distinctly remember that Adam Gadahn was a clown. His little chats were definitely in the category of sleep aides. But Sheikh Anwar al Awlaki? He absolutely terrified me the first time I listened to one of his talks. Ousama Alshurafa reminds me of Sheikh Anwar al Awlaki. And Canada must decide. They must decide quickly. https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/militant-islams-global-preacher-the-radicalizing-effect-of-sheikh-anwar-al-awlaki The problem with tethering goats is that you awaken to a November 5th, 2009 at 1:34 p.m. And then you trot out the thirteen body bags and 32 stretchers. One tethered goat managed to get hi...
Nagat In classical Arabic, the word means "salvation". But in the Arabic of the Sudanese, Nagat means survival. Your mother's Arabic name means "Faith". But she has chosen to name you Nagat: Survival. It took several days for this Sudanese newborn to receive her name. It had to be a Muslim name. And the name also had to be invested with symbolism. Welcome to the world, baby girl, Survival. You are blessed to be born outside the borders of the Sudan. You would not have survived, had you been born in the Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher on 30 October. You would be one of the 450-460 who were massacred on that day by the RSF. Your mother would have also have ceased to exist. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/sudans-brutal-civil-war-escalates-as-paramilitary-forces-go-on-killing-rampage I will continue to tell the story of the Sudanese people. Their story is etched on my heart. Tammy Swofford
The Pirates of Minnesota I am following this story across multiple feeds. This commentary caught my attention. https://ace.mu.nu/archives/417386.php The pirates are everywhere. In my own city, a pattern of cost-shifting by area hospitals which hoists the burden of non-paying citizens into the pool of insurance-carrying citizens with reimbursement schemes which decimate the finances of the lawful resident. Americans continue to pay heavily for the care of those who are unlawfully present on our soil. This is a travesty. I am firmly in the camp of "Citizens First". The theft is astronomical. Across the nation - the pirates of dental Medicaid mills are also busy leprechauns siphoning off taxpayer dollars to provide orthodontic treatments for illegal immigrants. Having the "perfect smile" is not an acute health care need. Keep your crooked smile. Or pay for your own treatment. One of my own children did not have t...
Say it to my Face There will be student loans available to save your soul - but not your life: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/nursing-professional-degree-trump-bill-b2870045.html As an R.N. BSN from a Texas university and with a career primarily in critical care, many lives have been dependent on my critical thinking skills and in-depth experience. I have worked in Surgical, Cardiac and Neuro ICU. The latter, was the most satisfying. Bedside care involved clients with profound traumatic brain injuries and high C-spine injuries. We kept most of our clients for months, and not weeks. I worked for five years in a very specialized area known as Interventional Radiology, working with fellowship-trained radiologists. Whether assisting with cerebral angiograms, CT-guided biopsies, spinal fluid collections, monoclonal antibody administrations, and nuclear medicine procedures (with the use of radioisotopes) - this extremely high-stress...
FINAL ASCENT It was quite the fireball. Russian media states that one of India's fighter jets had a fuel leak which was being addressed prior to the air show. Here is the final ascent of India's Tejas combat aircraft at the Dubai Air Show 2025. I am unsure why the home page loaded with what looks like a blank gray chalkboard. Sorry, guys. I have no idea - swoffordwrites@gmail.com
"Powered by Jesus Christ" I love democracy! I really do. Now we have a campaign which is "Powered by Jesus Christ"! It doesn't get any better than this! smile https://x.com/ValentinaForUSA/status/1990859021734326385 And what better depicts Texas - than a woman brandishing two weapons? - One is brandished across her double barrels and the other is held in her left hand. But I digress.... Let's deconstruct the words of Valentina Gomez. "The F.B.I. told me the Muslims want to kill me." If someone wanted her dead, she would be dead. Zzzz "But I only fear the one true King, Jesus Christ." Maybe she should fear that she can place both feet into her mouth at the same time. "... I will never let these dirty Muslims take over Texas." At least she didn't call them cockroaches. That is the trigger which allowed for hundreds of corpses to float down into Lake Victoria in 1994. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright faile...
The Resurrection of Jussie Smollett A political action reminiscent of the incident with Jussie Smollet has emerged with even more bizarre features. And whilst Mr. Smollett greeted the police with his rope still draped around his neck, GOP staffer Natalie Greene has taken comedy to new heights: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15307969/GOP-staffer-Trump-sex-slur-written-stomach-hands-zip-tied-shes-accused-elaborate-hoax.html Having worked within locked psychiatric units - I can assure you that self-mutilating acts are rarely done with such symmetry and purpose. And these things are generally companionable with a secondary action. Like vices, they travel in pairs. If we discover one, it will have a fraternal twin; a bit more hidden from view, protected by the dominant. But it will exist. Psychiatric illness requires due diligence and the vigilance of professionals who treat the client. We once had a young man who disappeared fr...
Congresswoman Shiela Cher-filus McCormick Breaking News: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south-florida-congresswoman-charged-stealing-5-million-fema-funds-and-making-illegal But is it really breaking news? At this point, I am somewhat convinced the driving motivation for "public service" is monetary - certainly not love for our Republic, the constituents, or our values. We have a robust body of thieves in suits. Check out this site: https://www.quiverquant.com/ And on this page, check out the most active Congressional traders and their net worth. https://www.quiverquant.com/congresstrading/ Congressional salaries: https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RL30064 The peasants-beyond-the-moat worry about Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's announcement that beef prices will hit ten dollars a pound. He is speaking of a lowly sixteen ounces of hamburger. New York Strip steaks are already $17-18 dollars a pound in the Dallas market. There are ...
Aber Kawas: Plegiarist He said: "... the United States has been occupying the lands of Islam." She said: "The system of capitalism and racism and white supremacy and Islamophobia have all been used to colonize lands...." He said: "plundering its riches..." She said: "to take resources from other people...." He said: "stormed by any forces like the Crusader armies spreading in it like locusts and eating its riches..." The United States is a "spearhead" which fights Muslim people. She said: ''... historically... lands ... where wars were being waged...." Aber Kawas is the usual below average I.Q. bigoted and indoctrinated plegiarist. And from Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri to Aber Kawas we need to be reminded again of what is my usual pronouncement: Islam, heal thyself. Aber Kawas, for her part, is fond of saying, "I march with...". She is strident and engorged with bloody hatred against this land which I...
Jamal Khashoggi: "Things Happen" On scale with Rep. Ilhan Omar's statement regarding 9/11 that, "... some people did something....", we are now treated to, "Things happen...." with regard to the brutal state-sponsored murder of a journalist. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15302885/Trump-embraces-Saudi-crown-prince-White-House-visit-murder-WaPo-journalist.html Of course, the past is also the present. Here is how # 45 responded to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in 2018: https://thelastenglishprince.wordpress.com/2018/11/20/the-khashoggi-affair-a-president-who-appropriates-edgar-allen-poe/ To forget, is to repeat the same mistake: https://thelastenglishprince.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/journalist-jamal-khashoggi/ Yes. "Things happen." https://thelastenglishprince.wordpress.com/2018/10/17/death-of-jamal-khashoggi-exposure-of-a-saudi-mobile-torture-chamber/ Does policy reset mean that a crime of magnitude is just swept aside? https://...
North Korea Blinks No, no... not about their nuclear tests and monthly threats. North Korea blinks and will now broadcast English Premier League matches. They will not be live and will be heavily curated. There will be no English text... references to popular or kink culture (LGBTQ) which exist outside their borders... and of course, no broadcast of South Korea players. It may take months for these broadcasts to filter down to the common man - but I find this news a bit amazing. Whoever pulled this one off is a marketing genius.
Losing the Women's Vote one Insult at a Time President Donald J Trump seems determined to lose the women's vote in upcoming election cycles. And while he may lay claim to understanding tariffs, he certainly does not understand women. We can be soft, merciful, and forgiving. But his insults against women are going to cost him in future important GOP races. He is gambling with fifty-percent of the vote - one insult at a time. What the hell is wrong with this man? On the one hand, President Trump steadily deploys his female character assassin, Laura Loomer, to do his dirty work for him. If it is time for any political opponent to be "put down like a dog" - Ms. Loomer is his favorite veterinarian. Once caged and within her reach, that syringe full of venom is ready to be jabbed right into the rump of her latest victim. Nobody, likes enforcers. And there have only been a couple of notable female enforcers in Mafia histor...
Shopping with ISIS In what is just the latest episode of "Shopping with ISIS", we have Milo Ali Sedarat, Tomas Jimenez-Guzel and Saed Ali Mirreh shopping about to commit crimes on U.S. soil. "In two criminal complaints totaling nearly 60 pages, the government detailed disturbing chats... including some chats that involved their aspirations to behead infidels and carry out a 'Boston bombing-like attack.'" https://nypost.com/2025/11/10/us-news/alleged-nj-jihadi-yuppie-already-trying-to-land-plea-deal-from-govt-court-docs/ Did they envision something like this? I have a bit of a quirky theory regarding young American adults like Milo, Tomas, and Saed. The whole thing begins with self-loathing. They know they are evil little shits because they hate just about anyone and everyone that crosses their paths. But they are smart enough to understand this type of hatred is self-destructive. Being the average malignant narcissists, they have figured ...