Simply Observations

1.  How many never-Trumpers are there from the Republican side?

This is more or less a unicorn question.  That means that the number is a fantasy for the most part.

In terms of journalists, there might be around 100 individuals who used to say that they were right-leaning, and get bent-out-of-shape over the Trump administration.  It's their right to be that way.  But it's the same right that we have to mute TV news, or avoid reading crappy newspaper articles.

2.  VP Joe asking for unmasking, true or false?

True....but here's this one odd factor.  He more or less asks for the unmasking in the last seven days of the Obama presidency.  You go down the list, and he's absolutely the very last guy.....asking for a unmasking.

Now?  He says that he never did any unmasking.  My humble guess is that he was a loose-password person, and some dimwit from his staff....did the unmasking request.

3.  What of this poll on blaming Trump for job losses?

Polls are generally worthless.  But what this comes to suggest is that when regular Americans sat down and did the review....the majority said either Trump had zero blame, or some blame (near 57-percent).  Oddly, 11-percent even said they weren't sure about anything.

That group....the 11-percent....might be the ones to really sit down and ask questions.

The 14-percent 'all-blame' group?  Well....mostly democrats. 

In general, if you look around the globe.....most all markets and job 'machines' are in a stagnant position.  People need something to blame. 

4.  In an average 12-minute interview.....how many screw-ups will Joe Biden accomplish?

This is a difficult thing to measure.  First, Joe will typically confuse numbers to a great extent....transposing quantity 'A' with quantity 'B'....probably three times in an average interview. 

The same thing occurs with abbrevated terms, where he transposes phrases. 

Then you have the sentence starting on topic 'A'....halting midway through it....going to a separate answer, then reverting back to topic 'A' at the end of the minute-long dialog. 

Can you imagine the State-of-the-Union speech....for 90 minutes, by Joe Biden?

5.  Is Senator Burr in trouble? 

Here's the problem....he gets really nifty classified data, and it indicates that the stock market will do a dramatic drop.  So he sells....way ahead of things.

It's called insider-trading.

Real people can get up to 20 years and a 5-million-dollar fine for insider trading.  Most people will sit and admit their stupidity....offer up serious fine money, and try to get a suspended jail sentence.  Prosecutors usually come back and demand a minimum of a year in jail....just to get this accomplishment on their record and lessen man-hours. 

In the Burr situation.....I doubt if he's still a Senator at the end of 2020.  His period would end in 2022.  My guess is that he'll stay around until after the 2020 election, then give notice to leave, and a temp will be selected from the state.

6.  What about all this state-by-state control over business operations and shut-downs?

If you are unhappy about it....leave the state.  So far, they haven't eliminated that right (yet).

7.  Was the Obama administration basically running their own intelligence organization?

Well....yes.  O-I-A (Obama Intelligence Agency). 

A whole bunch of secret wannabe agents (mostly forty-odd people around the President) where conducting intelligence operations.  Sadly, few (if any) of them had the qualifications for the job.

And if you were looking for actual accomplishments to write them up for a medal (typically what Air Force bosses do around around the clock).....this would be a dismal mess to find medal achievements for the paperwork.

8.  Who are the best judges of risk calculations?

On the least capable side....politicians, Tiger-King, gator-hunters, Wall Street investors, and slutty women.  Somewhere in the middle....firemen, transmission mechanics, TV weathermen, and TV ministers.  Then at the extreme side: farmers, airline pilots, and NCAA football coaches.

Note, this is my list.

9.  Whats the odds of the homelessness issue in LA expanding rapidly and doubling over the next twelve months?

This is one of those odd scenarios where the job situation, lack of financial stability, and political chatter....will trigger a bigger problem to occur.  If you were looking for a major mess in Southern California for spring of 2021....this is it. 

With the doubling effect, I could easily see 150,000 folks in the city....making the decision to leave by the end of 2021.  In the 1930s....they had names for the Oklahoma folks who left in the depression era....which I expect someone to invent a term for the California folks who leave in this new era.