THE DOCTOR IS OUT (OF HIS MIND)

And con men! Don't forget con men!

No matter who wins today, we're in for at least four more years of the four past years. So just to get your mind off things, and remind you that there are some people who feel even worse elsewhere, let's jet to India and examine the case of Dr. Laeek Khan.

Dr. Khan recently filed a complaint with the police for having been duped out of $300,000 by a group of swindlers. Your first response to Khan, if you've recently received a doctor's bill, might be How do YOU like it? Your second, if you have a phone, is relief that you're not the only one who receives scam offers by someone with an Indian accent five times daily.

But those scams involve taxes, computer repair or alleged calls from Amazon inquiring about a $745 purchase on your credit card. But never, ever, has anyone tried to pull a stunt on you that Dr. Khan fell for.

Ironically, a magic lamp was the
logo for Educational Pictures. Must refer to
a medical education in India.

The good doctor forked over his 300-thou to a group of people posing as sorcerers and occultists. Already you know that med school grads aren't necessarily the smartest guys in the room, at least in India. In return, Dr. Khan was gifted with Aladdin's magic lamp.

Not a valuable movie prop, mind you, or a rare antique designed like the legendary fictional item. This was, they claimed, the real deal which would guarantee to make Khan a billionaire thanks to the genie who lived within. 

Take a moment to slap your forehead. Heck, do it twice.

The one wish the genie won't grant is to
keep this stupid guy out of the world press. 

Feel better? Now add this to the equation: Khan claimed to have seen the genie --
who turned out to be the husband of one of the woman he was treating post-surgery. It was only when Khan took the lamp home that he realized what an idiot he was. 

Frankly, had I been the cop Khan was talking to, I'd have laughed him out of the station. This magic genie routine is funnier than the Indian guy who tried to convince me that he was "Detective O'Hara" of the IRS.

Dr. Khan, then, is the kind of guy who gives ammunition to the "Fire Fauci" mob. Had he wanted to become rich, he could have done it in the legal way: build a pharmaceutical company and get ten million Americans hooked on opioids.

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