bay area: heat wave, job loss, crime and general dissatisfaction

this used to be the best place to live in America. sigh! people are getting disillusioned with tech, and the crime wave and illegal migration/street squatting encouraged by feckless local and state governments is making this unpleasant. 

The Perils of Dating Young

Study participants who didn’t date had better overall academic performance, while those who dated earlier in middle school were twice as likely to begin using alcohol and drugs in high school, the researchers said.

Healthline: It’s Best to Wait: Middle School Daters More Likely to Dropout, Use Drugs

Doctor Induced Dementia

The United States Food and Drug Administration has pointed to serious side effects including muscle wasting, diabetes and cognitive brain dysfunction from taking cholesterol reducing tablets such as Lipitor, Crestor, Vytornin and Zocor.

FDA Adds More Warnings for Lipitor, Crestor, and Zocor

Mexico Collapsing

Strange - violence in Mexico is now spiraling out of control, to the point where experts are saying that the country's collapse is imminent. I wonder how the US would manage such a situation occurring on its southern border. It's huge size and population could pose a grave danger.

Is Mexico then becoming another Pakistan? Another failing state?

Given the US history of intimate familiarity with the Mexican security apparatus, I hope they don't ultimately wind up falling back on Predator drone strikes, while the Mexican govt signs peace treaties with drug cartels, to restore peace in "Mexico's Switzerland" :P