Why Joe Biden Had To Use The E-Pen

Well....I was curious about this and asked Grok (Twitter-AI): 

"People with Alzheimer's disease may retain the ability to sign their name in the early stages, as this is often a deeply ingrained, automatic motor skill. However, as the disease progresses, cognitive and motor impairments can make signing difficult or inconsistent. In mild stages, they might still sign legibly, though they may struggle with understanding the purpose of signing. In moderate to severe stages, fine motor skills, memory, and recognition of their own name can deteriorate, potentially making signing impossible or resulting in irregular, unrecognizable signatures."

So I imagine early on....maybe in the first four weeks....his signature was 'crap' and if it got out....people would ask what's wrong with Joe's signature?

The comical side of this?  There's probably nothing in the four-year period that he personally signed....so the value of any document...is zero.

How Illegal EBT Works

 I sat down this week and got to understand how EBT-card fraud occurs.

So....'Wendy' goes and gets registered for her and the kids to be on SNAP (the food stamp program).  At the minimum....she could get $200.  But on the max-side...it could  go up to $1,500.

Wendy has four kids in this scenario, and gets $1,500 in EBT money.

Wendy goes to a 'dealer', who offers  Wendy cash....$1,000 minimum....maybe even $1,250 in cash.  On the books....Wendy can't collect cash, alcohol, tobacco, or hot prepared meals (like McDonalds or Pizza).  But with the $1,200 in cash....she can get booze, smokes,  weed, or pizza.

The dealer?  They have a card to immediately buy grocery items or $1,500.  They have several options then....offer to sell Wendy $900 of groceries for $1,000....offer some 'mom-and-pop' shop $10,000 of groceries from Costco at a rate of $10,500.

Illegal?  Well....it's a federal felony under 7 U.S. Code § 2024, with penalties including permanent disqualification from SNAP, fines up to $250,000, and up to 20 years in prison.

The '16' Chatter

 I watched a podcast interview this week with former VP Kamala Harris. The chief thing I got out of this 15-to-20 min piece (yeah, it was a waste of my time)....she believes that the voting age should be lowered to 16.....mostly because Gen Z suffers from “climate anxiety.”

Afterwards, I paused over this.

Here in Europe....most all of the liberal or left-of-center parties....want the age shifted down to 16 as well. The general population of Europe....don't feel that happy about the idea.

With the Harris suggestion....I was thinking if you'd lower the booze-age, smokes-age, marrying-age, entry-into-the-Army-age....then it's a fine idea.  But I'm pretty sure Harris isn't keen on those ideas.

Did Harris seemed boozed-up or tranquilized?  Well....yeah, I did notice that about 3 minutes into the talk. 

Reflecting upon the election....I generally put Harris into the category of least-qualified candidate....maybe for the past 100 years.  Course, if you had opened up the situation and allowed Governor Newsom to run.....I'm not sure if he would be much better.