Idiocracy

President-elect Donald Trump’s top political appointees want you to buy supplements.
Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, Trump’s pick for surgeon general, sells her own line of vitamins. Kash Patel, Trump’s choice to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, recommended pills on Truth Social in February that he said could “rid your body of the harms” from Covid-19 vaccines.
Mehmet Oz, the TV personality whom Trump named to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, promotes supplements sold by online retailer iHerb. He has advertised multivitamins, supplements for “brain power” and fish- oil pills that he said “probably slowed” the progression of his mother’s Alzheimer’s disease.

If confirmed, Kennedy would oversee the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates consumer products including drugs, medical devices, vaccines, dietary supplements and most food.

Supplement-industry groups said they were compiling a wish list to share with people close to Kennedy. They want supplements to be covered by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the federal food-benefits program, as well as so-called FSAs and HSAs, tax-exempt savings accounts used to pay for medical expenses. They also want to change FDA rules that supplements can’t contain an ingredient considered a drug or being investigated as one.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition, a trade association, said it wants new rules that would compel supplement manufacturers to register products with the FDA. “FDA is flying blind,” said Steve Mister, the group’s president.

WSJ, Dec 9, 2025

https://www.wsj.com/health/trump-cabinet-picks-supplements-3fbbbca1

Few years ago, people thought that idiocracy would be the result of leftist tendencies in the society. Well, that hypothesis is being disproved right in front of our own eyes.

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When I took a movie/directors course, our professor told us how to know a good director from a bad one. Very simple, he said. If after the first 30-60 seconds of the movie you feel that you are in good hands, it means the director knows what he's doing. There's no science or method to it.

I haven't finished watching Emilia Perez yet, but I do feel that it's a piece of cinema worth watching.