Observations: 6 Oct 2021

 1.  So there's some gang members in Chicago, who were identified in various shootings.  Court action started up, but then....the prosecutor dropped the charges.  Reason?  She says there was 'mutual combat' going on....meaning members of group A fighting members of group B.

So if you were Farmer A, and had a feud building up with Farmer B, and just shot the guy in the leg twice one afternoon.....if this was mutual feuding, then your county prosecutor wouldn't file any charges?  Well....this apparently only works in Chicago.  

Based on chatter going on.....nobody really believes much of this story.  

2.  Did John Kerry explain the whole French sub-Australia-France-Biden episode?  Well....it goes this way.  Kerry had to meet with President Biden after this sub contract business came out in the open.  Biden says to Kerry.....he didn't know anything about the contract on the subs.  Yep....no one in the Pentagon or State Department ever briefed him....on what was one of the biggest defense contracts in the past ten years.  

So this week when Secretary of State Blinken visits President Macron of France....he's basically going to tell Macron this story that Biden didn't know nothing.

Macron reacting?  He's going ask.....so you guys in the State Department never briefed him until the deal was done?  Yep will be the response.  Macron will then ask....what else have you not briefed him on?  

At that point, Macron will regard Biden as simply a 'talking-dog' and there's no one really in charge of the US government.  The free world?  It's really dependent upon Macron at this point.

3.  The Taliban came up two days ago and announced that they had raided and killed off an entire 'secret' cell of ISIS folks in Kabul.  True or fake?

Well...there were eight folks killed in this raid.  Whether they were ISIS-K members or not....is not really clear.  

Taliban hating ISIS-K folks?  I would compare this to a situation where you Hitler-version 1 who has a problem with Hitler version 2.  I doubt if the raid matters that much....there's still ISIS-K folks around and recruiting.  Who is supporting ISIS-K financially?  That would be an interesting question to ask.  

4.  If the primary period in 2023 opens up and Trump announces he's in the running....will this trigger Joe Biden to run a second time?  Well....there's this scenario out there and you have to wonder how many people who voted for Biden in 2020....would repeat.