NEWS YOU HOPEFULLY WON’T NEED FOR A GOOD, LONG WHILE:  Planning for Death.

I BELONG TO A RELIGION THAT’S ENTIRELY TOO COMFORTABLE WITH DEATH. AND I’M STARTING TO HAVE MORE FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE THAN THIS ONE:  What We Don’t Know.

It’s just… I have these books to finish.

OPEN THREAD: Because I love you and want you to be happy.

IMPRESSIVE:

UPDATE (FROM GLENN):

Compare and contrast:

SENSORY DEPRIVATION: Study of older patients suggests 1 in 5 cases of dementia may be attributable to vision impairment. “Prior research has found that there may be a connection between hearing loss in aging people and the onset of dementia. In a new study, a team of health care researchers and geriatric specialists affiliated with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the University of Michigan and the Duke University School of Medicine surveyed patient health care records and reported that approximately 1 in 5 cases of dementia could also be attributable to vision impairment in community-dwelling U.S. adults aged 71 years or older.”

ANALYSIS: FALSE.

There was a time — from roughly 2017 through Jan. 20, 2021 — when Iran was too heavily sanctioned to get into this kind of mischief.