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Epstein didn’t kill himself, but what did he do?

Trump Calls Democrats’ Bluff, Demands Republicans Release the Epstein Files

I thought we already did that. 

Somebody in charge announces that the Epstein files are being released, and we get a manila envelope with some old news inside.

Just release everything with victims names redacted.  Then the participants can get on with stepping down, or apologizing to their wives, or explaining their involvement. 

Michelle Obama black-splains to White folks.

Black women can’t swim because of societal expectations’: Michelle Obama’s claims spark controversy.

Michelle Obama makes racist remarks to offend everyone.

“Let me explain something to white people. Our hair comes out CURLY. When we straighten it to follow YOUR beauty standards, we are TRAPPED by the straightness! That’s why so many of us can’t swim, won’t go to the gym because we’re trying to keep our hair straight for y’all!”

Let me explain something to Black people.

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Technology won’t save us from old folks.

WSJ: Old Age Will Be Different in the Robotic Age

WSJ: Old Age Will Be Different in the Robotic Age

Machines could soon help elders get out of bed, bathe them, even provide them with emotional support.

I always figured this problem would be solved by the Japanese inventing competent Elder-bots, the Chinese making cheap knock-offs and an American start-up company offering free robots that tended to the feeble as it harvested confidential medical information to defraud Medicaid.  That won’t happen.

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What’s the code?

WSJ:  Why Every Family Needs a Code Word

WSJ:  Why Every Family Needs a Code Word

If you receive a call from someone who sounds just like your grandson and says he needs money or a gift card, the best thing to do is hang up and call your grandson. But if the voice is so convincing that you can’t bear to do that, ask for your family code word.

This happened to my mother.  She got a call from somebody who identified himself as her grandson, and needed money to get out of jail.  The same thing has happened to the elderly parents of several of my friends.

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Being alone isn’t so bad.

RCI:  Americans Are Increasingly Alone, But Are They Really Lonely?

In 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a bombshell report, “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation,” that painted a bleak picture of citizens feeling “isolated, invisible, and insignificant.” Most provocatively, it stated that perhaps half of Americans face a personal crisis of aloneness that poses health risks “similar to that caused by smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.”

The “Crisis of Loneliness” issue has been in the news for over a decade.  It has always sounded phony to me.  How does anyone gauge the loneliness of others?

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