EASILY MISUNDERSTOOD We know that headlines rarely tell the truth, but SOME are so misleading that they are dangerous to the mind. The Washington Post headline states: “Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans” Meryl Kornfield and Lisa Rein, October 5, 2025 Three problems with this headline…first they aren’t talking about “older” Americans. They are …
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GUEST POST from Don – Workslop
WORKSLOP Have you heard this term yet? It is simply that AI doesn’t “work” very well. Since it “hallucinates” data so often it creates charts, graphs and other business data which are filled with “gobbledygook.” Then, knowledgeable humans have to “correct” the program’s data and re-publish charts and graphs with correct information. 95% of businesses which went “whole hog” …
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GUEST POST from Don – A Better Man
A BETTER MAN Esquire had an article about this subject and I didn’t like it much. However, I loved the question: “ARE THERE REAL, ACTIONABLE METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ONE’S PATH…?” Following are a couple quotes: “Guys are struggling.” “Into this void pours everything from the contradictory self-care decrees of social media (learn to say no, learn to say …
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GUEST POST from Don – Free Speech?
FREE SPEECH? OK, so almost everyone knows of the American Constitutional RIGHT to free speech. I’ve written about that before. What few GET is that the GOVERNMENT cannot restrict speech as long as it doesn’t include violence. What the government CAN do is regulate when and where that freedom can be restricted. For example, no one has the …
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GUEST POST from Don – Health & Safety (Again)
HEALTH AND SAFETY (Again): FRID (FALL RISK INCREASING DRUGS) Fall risk among older (and younger) adults can increase if the person is prescribed certain medications. They include: Opioids (painkillers)Benzodiazepines (tranquilizers and sleep aids)Gabapentinoids (like gabapentin, often prescribed for nerve pain)Antidepressants The risk of fall with these has been shown to be more than 3.6 times higher than …
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GUEST POST from Don – Comments II
COMMENTS ON NEWS, part duo WIRED reports: “A Hiker Was Missing for Nearly a Year. Then an AI System Spotted His Helmet” They found Nicola Ivaldo’s body on a mountain he was climbing ALONE. He didn’t tell anyone he was going. They thought he might be in trouble when he didn’t show up for work …
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GUEST POST from Don – Ice Cream?
ICE CREAM? Liars! It seems that several adults told me before my Tonsillectomy that I would get ice cream after the surgery. I was preschool age (not yet in first grade). Let me make it clear that, thinking back, I don’t believe my parents ever said a word about ice cream. I think those who told me this were …
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GUEST POST from Don – School Lunch Debt +
SCHOOL LUNCH DEBT + As with so many other government programs, school lunch programs don’t make sense. The programs start with a well-intentioned thought: “Kids who eat lunch do better in school.” (That thought assumes that kids who eat lunch do WELL in school. More than one local district has below 50% who are competent in math, science, and/or …
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GUEST POST from Don – Health & Safety
HEALTH AND SAFETY 1. YOU SHOULD GROW YOUR OWN COFFEE If you are concerned about manufactured chemicals in coffee DO NOT buy coffees labeled as Organic. Sorry to say a recent study by The Clean Label Project found “Roundup” in every “organic coffee” sample they tested. You are thinking, “They didn’t test MY coffee.” Well, maybe. They only tested …
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GUEST POST from Don – Comments on News
COMMENTS ON NEWS Fox reports: “MSNBC’s Jen Psaki turns church school shooting into attack on prayer, Trump’s DC crime crackdown” Psaki intoned the long-used rhetoric that “prayer is not enough.” She thinks (wrongly) that more legislation is needed. In my experience (50 years of watching politics), it is clear that legislation is not enough either. There have been at …
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