HEALTH CARE COMPUTERS can kill you. Yes, yes they can will. I've already had one incorrect prescription - luckily it was for one I'd been taking for years, so I didn't read the prescription label, which was wrong.

And if they don't kill you, they'll 'out' your health information to every spammer on the planet ... who will try with their magic elixers.

And so will all those wonderful health care wearables (Apple watch, Fitbit, ...), which will do their damnedest to scare you to death.

POWERLINE'S Week in Pictures has posted, with a 'Jussie Do It' theme, but my favorite predates Jussie - and is far more significant:

Now go see Jussie. And Marilyn Monroe....

More: from the comments section.

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SPRING LIVES: Episode 3 of the series.

Here's the third week set of pictures. This first one is my standard pond view picture, just taken close to the tulip tree (saucer magnolia, according to my daughter-in-law) to show the flowers that have bloomed. It should start showing leaves by next weekend as we're beginning to see some buds.

We call it our 'butterfly bush' because it attracts an inordinate number of butterflies as summer progresses.

I've skipped the usual house photo this week in favor of looking out to the fire pit from roughly the same vantage point as the photo above. The bushes along the stairway have begun to green out, but the trees are still pretty much bud-free and this week's cold spell hasn't encouraged them. Maybe there will be some buds by next week.

The final photo of the week is of the pond and house combined, taken from the back side of the pond with a noon sun, so it's not quite as washed out as is usual with my little phone's camera.

The house is clearly visible, as is the stair winding up to it. By summer, the house will be almost completely obscured by the foliage; the stair will be visible only if you know where to look.

Here are last week's pictures for comparison. You can link back from there to the beginning.

FROM MY EMAIL:

Marine Corps General Reinwald was interviewed on the radio the other day and you have to read his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns child.

Regardless of how you feel about gun laws you gotta love this! This is one of the best comeback lines of all time.

It is a portion of National Public Radio (NPR) interview between a female broadcaster and US Marine Corps General Reinwald who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military installation.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: So, General Reinwald, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?

GENERAL REINWALD: We're going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery, and shooting.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it?

GENERAL REINWALD: I don't see why, they'll be properly supervised on the rifle range.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?

GENERAL REINWALD: I don't see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: But you're equipping them to become violent killers.

GENERAL REINWALD: Well, Ma'am, you're equipped to be a prostitute, but you're not one, are you?

The radio went silent and the interview ended.

You gotta love the Marines!

AN INTERESTING TURN OF PHRASE: "The modern Democrat party is post-normal."

I would just say insane, but 'post-normal' will work.