Retiring Guy's Digest

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Epstein Files This is a serial liar and his sycophant press secretary talking, folks!

Dictionary definition: Merriam-Webster

Headline: New York Times, 7/19/2025

Alan Feuer and Matthew Goldstein report:

Mr. Trump has never been accused of wrongdoing in connection with the Epstein case, and has said he had "no idea" that Mr. Epstein was abusing young women. In response to a request for comment about the president’s history with Mr. Epstein, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said that Mr. Trump had barred Mr. Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago club “for being a creep.”

Related posts:

July 2025

Far-right influencer, neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes turns on Trump. (7/19)

The Epstein Files: "A pal is a wonderful thing" (Joined at the Hip Once Upon a Time, chapter 5). (7/19)

The Epstein Files: Donald Trump as con artist AND sketch artist (Joined at the Hip Once Upon a Time, chapter 4). (7/18)

The Epstein Files: Trump doesn't understand, but everyone else does (Joined at the Hip Once Upon a Time, chapter 3). (7/16)

And no doubt for some very good reasons (Joined at the Hip Once Upon a Time, chapter 2). (7/15)

"Jeff" Epstein and Donald Trump: Joined at the hip once upon a time. (7/14)

June 2025

Meet a couple of mugs: Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump. (6/6)

2024

Trump team can't even vet a jet. (8/13)

2023

JPMorgan top guns practice their Sergeant Schultz impersonation. (6/1)

2019

The scientists left sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to do the probing. (7/14)

Flint Michigan disintegrates as its population shrivels

Flint was once known as "Vehicle City", an auto manufacturing center for General Motors' Chevrolet and Buick division.

Its population peaked at 196,940 in 1960 and has since declined 60%.

Population: Wikipedia

Headline: mlive, 7/17/2025

Gus Burns reports:

Flint police couldn’t immediately provide statistics related to MLive requests for information on council meeting removals or arrests, but 6th ward Councilwoman Tonya Burns said she’s keeping tabs. According to her count, more than 80 residents have been forcibly removed from Flint City Council meetings since 2023. [snip]

Burns feels the response is too heavy-handed and residents have good reason to be mad. She pointed to the Flint Water Crisis, which was triggered by the Flint’s 2014 water source switch to the Flint River. The new water source was not treated to make it less corrosive to lead pipes and home plumbing, allowing lead to leach into water used for drinking, bathing and every day use.

“They didn’t ask to be poisoned,” Burns said. Some water is “still the color of iced tea, we have job loss, a number of children live in poverty … no one has been paid for being poisoned by the water (and) we have a high rate of cancer.

Elaine Sorenson Ainsworth (1948-2025) Warren Area High School class of 1966

Warren Dragon yearbook

Peterson Blick Funderal Home

1967 Warren City Directory

Sorenson Ralph (Martha) 247 Jackson Street North Warren

1983 Warren City Directory

Sorenson Martha Mrs nurses supervisor Warren State Hospital 361 Pleasant Drive

The popularity of Elaine as a baby name was previously graphed in 2016, when she ranked #604. Let's take another look.

Source: Social Security Administration

Elaine enjoyed her best years during the middle of the 20th century, spending 36 years in the top 100 (1921, 1923-1957) and peaking at #42 in 1938. By the beginning of the 21st century, she looked as though she was poised to drop off the chart. But she bottomed out at #797 in 2010 and has since moved up more than 400 places. Quite a comeback. With more to go, apparently.

Other members of the class of '66 (310):

2025

Sylvia Niedzialek Wurst. (2/7)

2024

Harold Cummings. (8/29)

Cheryl Cervola Taylor. (8/22)

Darlene Cassell Nicklas. (4/2)

Linda Heimann Secor. (3/9)

2023

Robert Nelson. (11/30)

Michael Smith. (10/27)

William John Curtis. (8/29)