The Jefferey Epstein death saga

Sargon of Akkad spent a lot of time on trying to untangle the conspiracy theories and strange circumstances surrounding the death of "billionaire pimp" Jefferey Epstein.

Here's the background:

Here's the first part of who killed Jefferey Epstein, another part is apparently in the works.

Count me among those who find the whole thing suspicious but at this point all we really have is suspicion.

Gun control vs. welfare state failures

Why is it that every time there's a major gun crime it reignites the debate on gun control but 70 years of liberal social welfare policy which have created an endemic poverty and a cycle of dependency that has doubtless led to homicide, suicide, theft and rampant drug use in certain communities doesn't get a revisit by the mainstream media more than once every seven decades?

It makes no sense.  But I guess progressive liberalism isn't supposed to make sense. Rather than gun control we should be talking about liberal policy control because the resulting early deaths are likely in the hundreds of thousands and the negative impact on quality of life for millions of people is not even measurable. 

Bad Days in Nonsensible-ville

This past November I got laid off.  It's the second time in two years that it's happened.  Last time I was pretty confident I'd find work without a problem.  This time too I felt pretty good about my chances to find employment.  Canada has a lower unemployment rate than the U.S., and we've got a conservative government and are on the right track nationally (albeit slowly).  More importantly, I've got a quality skillset in a specialized field.  But things haven't gone as well nationally or personally, as I'd expected and I'm running out of time to find new employment.  It's the main reason I haven't been posting as often as normal. So I'm a little worried.

In addition there's been some speed bumps in my new marriage.  Not fun, but we are working through it well and hopefully things will work out well for our marriage.

And this week, I attended the funeral of my young cousin who apparently committed suicide last week.  It was a shock to the whole family.  She was a terrific girl and not someone you'd expect that from.  She'll be missed.

In the meantime, the blog will plod along and with any luck will be back in full swing soon.  If the posts here are less detailed and interesting than normal at least you'll know why.

Freddie Mac Suicide

The CEO of Freddie Mac, David Kellerman, was discovered dead this morning from an apparent suicide.

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212224782.shtml

The reason for the suicide is not yet known.

Mr. Kellerman was acting CEO and had been at Freddie Mac for 16 years.