Movie Review: Civil War (2024)

I've attempted three times this week to watch 'Civil War'.....first time, I got around 10 minutes into it, stopping it because it didn't make sense.

The 2nd  time?  I got to about the 24-minute point....stopping because it didn't make sense.

The 3rd time?  At the  35-minute point, I gave up.

Script-wise, it's crap.  It's like you got a couple of 7th-grade kids to attempt a movie-of-the-week situation.   

Selling this in an election year and hoping if either the left-wing fringe people or the right-wing crazies get hyped-up?  I imagine so.

My advice.....if you have to watch it with a date....buy a bottle of bourbon and fill your flask up....you will need to watch in a half-drunk state of mind.

The Weirdest UAP/UFO/Drone Theory I've Heard?

 In the past 3 days....I hear this one:

Rogue-military group who've had advanced UFO technology for several decades....have reached a point in 2024....where they are fed-up with the directives they've been handed over the years, and they've taken the 'toys' out of the 'garage', and are setting on a path in January to tell their entire story.

The pitch goes....that some gov't folks with a company of company bosses....have had this underground situation going on since the 1950s.  

Bad-boys versus bad-boys?  Yeah.

What makes this theory interesting?  The drones/UAPs over the past month....are absolutely said NOT TO BE of Pentagon ownership (I've heard this chatter over and over).

BS-factor?  Well...it just goes way out there and you have to give some pondering that a rogue-element would just dump their 'boss' and come clean.

What could be worrying the 'bosses'?  Well....if you want to protect your 'empire'...who exactly are you going to call for 'help'?  Pentagon?  I doubt it. 

The Molasses 'Agenda'?

 I don't usually read these gov't spending bills...but I spent an hour reading this 1,500-page document....eventually coming to a line that has some  gov't wording....to create a molasses 'inspection' function.

It really didn't say that it was purely a US function or to monitor import (you may not know this....but India and Brazil produce about 40-percent of the world's molasses.  State-wise?  Well....Florida, Texas, Hawaii, and Louisiana produce most of it in the US.

What bothers me about this inspection function....I don't think anyone has ever died from consuming molasses.  As a kid...in rural Alabama.....I probably consumed a coffee-cup of molasses each month.  

The text didn't really say how this function would occur....but I'm  guessing someone had a agenda in mind.....to create a shortage and chaos would follow.

Just weird stuff....if you ask me.

The 'Real' Presidency

 

I sat yesterday and read this story from the Wall Street Journal. Basically....the White House staff....for four years ran things because President Biden wasn't functional enough for the job.

So the first thing that popped in my head....are the pardons he handed out....any good?

Then I wondered...if Kamala knew this...why not say something?

But then....I got to the point wondering....what if we didn't really need a President or an election....just let staff run things? But after five minutes of pondering this, I realized you'd have to fire people occasionally...who'd do that?

It's a mess.  If you had a restaurant (as a boss), and you were 'half-out' each day (mentally)....the place would likely fail in six to twelve months.  

The humor to this?  They allowed him to go off on VIP-trips to Europe and parade around in this state of mind.  The Europeans?  They probably reached a five-star state of fear....that he'd run a second time and win.  

Yet no one from the news media really focused on this.  That's the real mystery.

So How Did German Privatization Of The Postal System Work?

 Since Trump is discussing this idea....I'll just share the German 'solution'.

All of the German individual post office operations were set to close down (around 30 years ago).  In return...various businesses were offered a deal to buy an  operation.

So you had lotto shops, smoke-shops, grocery operations, and any business of a village/town....to be the post office.  You would walk in and mail a package, or pick boxes.

What was left?  Delivery.   So in each district (county).....one receiving station was established, and dozens (if not hundreds) of delivery folks came in and picked up what had been sorted.....then drove off to various parts of the district to deliver to your home.

Saturday delivery still part of the system?  Yes.

Your own personal delivery guy?  No.  Like in my village....there are two folks, and they swap routes each week. 

Most deliveries by the postal system....in terms of boxes?  No....I'd say Amazon and Fedex handle more than 50-percent.  

The village postal point for me?  It's open from 9AM  to 1 PM, and from 3PM to 6 PM.  It's open for 3 hours on Saturday.

It works....and it's likely that the US system could go the same route in some way.

Are You Suffering From MDS?

 MDS?  'Mystery Drone Syndrome'.

Basically, you've assessed the  drone/UAP/UFO/lost radioactive material story so much....that it clouded your judgement.

I noticed yesterday....some guy with a premium-camera trying to 'focus' in on a VW-sized drone,  and the camera simply could not focus.  Meaning?  It was a optical-illusion, or hologram.  It was not real.

To be honest, for at least a week....I've noticed this trend, and kept thinking...why can't you focus?

So all these military folks....police....being faked-out? Yeah.  

Reason?  To run something like this....you would need the President to sign off....so it begs the question....what was to be gained?

A Little Stadium Story

 RFK Stadium was built/finished in 1961.  You probably haven't heard of it much....so a basic intro.

It was a multi-purpose stadium....being used for baseball and football. Seating?  Near 45,000.

It is on the upper NE end of DC.  

So, the big factor here....it was built with federal money....not a DC project.

Once the Senators left DC.....the use-dynamic decreased.

Once the Redskins found a better stadium....the only sport left for use was soccer, and the stadium was a no-profit situation.

Most folks would agree...it's in marginal shape, and ought to be torn down.

So it comes up in the news this week.  In this new fed-spending bill....the stadium would be leaving federal-ownership and becoming a DC-asset (meaning the city council is the owner).

Their intent?  To interest the Redskins/Commanders into coming back to town.  The city council seems to think that they hold something of value.

To fix the stadium? The design, lack of VIP booths, and parking situation....make it a money-magnet (meaning it can't sustain a profit).  I'd go and suggest that the Redskins/Commanders wouldn't touch this with a ten-foot pole....unless you agreed to tear it down and rebuild (using DC money of course).  So you do the math....has to be at least three-quarters of a billion to tear down the stadium and rebuild.

Would the Redskins/Commanders even come back....to DC? Why? I admit....they are looking to relocate (currently in Maryland).  But the chief interest is in Arlington. 

So....Congress 'gifting' DC some money to run/resolve the stadium?  That's the general story.

Final assessment?  By the end of 2025, the Redskins/Commanders say 'NO', and RFK Stadium is torn down in 2026. The city will retain ownership of the land and try to market it.