Doctors, Death and Dying Broke

The Schloss-Blog is examining why Dr. Ruth is back and the Washington Post's decision to publish death photos.

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Dr. Ruth Westheimer is back as New York's loneliness ambassador.

Yeah, you heard right, loneliness ambassador. In that role, she will combat what Surgeon General Vivek Murthy calls an epidemic.

Who else is better suited for the role than the famed sex counselor?

First patient is this Donald Trump guy, whose trial in New York has left him financially abandoned.

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According to the New York Times, women looking for marriage partners are striking out all over.

They keep running into men who are afraid of commitment (sound familiar?). Or else they can't find men who, per the Times, "meet their expectations."

That is defined as “limited in their ability and willingness to be fully emotionally present and available," according to conclusions from an American Enterprise Institute study of 5,000 guys.

In other words, committed.

What's a poor girl to do?

The Times article even cites a Yale anthropologist's study that concluded that "alpha males," and there are a lot of them, "want to be challenged by work, not by their partners."

Hey guys, do you live up to marriage-eligible women's expectations?

Apparently, a lot of ladies are settling for whatever it is you can offer, or they're freezing their eggs because they can't find someone who measures up.

High school was so much easier.

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The Washington Post has published photos you supposedly never want to see - from mass shooting scenes.

Terror on Repeat is a compilation of photos from killings done with AR-15s, the weapon of choice these days for mass shooters.

The study includes photos from: Uvalde, Texas; Newtown, Connecticut; and Parkland, Florida. 

It will turn your stomach.

The Post says it did this because it wanted to provide "a better understanding of what actually happens in these shootings."

These photos are extremely graphic, in the name of "what actually happens."

If your senator or congressman or state assemblyman opposes deep background checks, mandatory delays in vetting before purchases are approved or limitations on purchases known as red-flag laws, send him or her the link to that Post report.

And keep your head on a swivel in grocery stores. Or theaters. Or remind your kids and grandkids to do the same at school.

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One more time, according to the NY Times, you will likely die broke if you need elder care and have somewhere between $171,000 and $1.8 million dollars in savings.

See you at McDonald's.

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Whatever else you think about the Israel-Hamas War, Hamas will always keep coming for Jews, cease-fire notwithstanding. Hamas uses hospitals for battlegrounds and weapons storage, let alone command posts. 

They don't care about the patients. Or the doctors. They steal the relief supplies.

They always will.

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Two Golden State Warriors and one Minnesota Timberwolves player were ejected from an NBA game just 2 minutes into the contest for fighting.

Who do they think they are, the Republic party?

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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Dr. Ruth.

More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.