Check Your State's Unclaimed Property Website

 I just found several thousand dollars belonging to my late father-in-law on California's website: stock brokerage accounts he failed to close when he left California, what seems to be funds left over from sales of houses inOrange County and even his Reseda house in the 1960s.

Things You Forget You Have

Attempting to get shots on a target at 25 yards with my M1A was not successful.  The new scope (okay several years new; it has been a busy couple of years) is clearly far from zeroed.  I took off the scope and my son had no problem hitting the 200 yard plate with iron sights.  I was pleased to see that the gun safety I taught him elementary school stuck.  Admittedly,  most is obvious to any intelligent person 

After cleaning the rifle, which makes me appreciate the brilliance of the AR-15,  I put it back in the safe and found the laser bore sighter.  This will be next task this week, to get close enough to reliably get holes in the 25 yard target.

Are Eggs A Heart Disease Risk?

I found this amazing explanation at 6/24/11 NPR.  When inflation started to drive ip prices in the 1960s, President Johnson responded to each increase in commodity price with a slightly different solution instead of asking the obvious question:

"When egg prices rose in the spring of 1966 and Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman told him that not much could be done, Johnson had the Surgeon General issue alerts as to the hazards of cholesterol in eggs."

4/16/24 Harvard Medical School:

"For most people, an egg a day does not increase your risk of a heart attack, a stroke, or any other type of cardiovascular disease."

I Thought a Death Certificate Would Have a Birth County or at Least Birth State

 Florida's do not.  Edwin Bruce Cramer was born February 10, 1949.  Searching newspapers.com, Chronicling America, and ancestry.com has found no matches. There are 3244 counties in the U.S.; sending a rquest for birth certificates to all of them would be prohibitive.  ChatGPT has not been helpful.  Suggestions?

He was a teacher (surprise, surprise). Maybe I can pry this out of the state board of education.

UPDATE: Thanks.  Ancestry.com had the right name, birth date, death date and death location.

Ban Guns to Reduce Mass Murders

11/12/24 AP:

"ZHUHAI, China (AP) — A man who authorities said was upset over his divorce settlement rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports complex in southern China, killing 35 and severely injuring dozens of others, police said Tuesday."

Not even a record motor vehicle mass murder.  The 2016 Marseilles truck terrorist attack killed 86.

All For Mother Earth!

From 11/13/24 Luxury Launches:

"Mark Zuckerberg, an avid surfer, sent his $300 million superyacht on a 4,800-mile journey from San Francisco to Tahiti. After spending 12 days on the high seas and burning 400,000 liters of diesel, it now awaits the Meta CEO to embark on his sun-soaked surfing adventure...

"It’s clear that the world’s third-richest man, worth $202 billion, would not have 12 days to spare from his busy schedule to indulge in surfing. Instead, he’d zip in James Bond-style on his $71 million Gulfstream G650ER private jet. At the same time, his shadow vessel, Wingman, worth $30 million, follows suit to the pristine destination."

You Wonder How Many Other CIA Officials Are Leaking Classified Documents

 11/13/24 New York Post:

A CIA official has been charged with leaking highly classified US documents about Israel’s potential plan to strike back against Iran over a missile attack.

Asif W. Rahman, who worked overseas for the agency and held a top secret security clearance, was arrested by the FBI in Cambodia on Tuesday over the leaks, the New York Times reported.

His arrest comes after the top secret materials started circulating online last month detailing Israel’s apparent intention to retaliate after Iran launched a barrage of missiles back on Oct. 1.  

The files, which were prepared by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, in part detailed satellite imagery tied to the potential Israeli strike, as well as the various kinds of missiles on hand.

The top secret files were only meant to be seen by those with proper clearance in the US and the other members of the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance — Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Now "Six Eyes," including Iran, I suspect.