I'm Missing The Sense

 I sat and pondered this scenario.....if a kid can't give informed consent for life-altering, permanent gender-transition procedures....but the parent can, then this opens up a whole new landscape.

With this type of parent....a 10-year old kid could ask for:

1.  The keys to a used Monte Carlo to drive around town.

2.  $150 to take a buddy to some strip show.

3.  A case of PBR after school.

4.  A box of M-80 fireworks.

5.  Permission to date and hook-up with the 5th-grade teacher.

For some reason, maybe it's my age.....I'm just not buying into this whole permission thing.  If you got a parent that screwed-up....you can probably set fire to the house and not worry about Mom saying much.  

In this world, I'd be married by age 13 to some 40-year old gal to be my sugar-momma.  

This Gun Law Chatter

 I looked over the five key components of what the Senate 'wrote':

1.  So on 'juvenile criminal records included in background checks for purchasers under 21 years of age'?

This will argued and challenged in various ways, with lawyers claiming that the records are bound by law not to be in any public domain. 

I do agree....the law would make sense.  But my gut feeling is that it'll be challenged in various courts, and within 18 months...be thrown out.

2.  So on 'Increased sentencing for trafficking black market firearms to 15 years'?

If the DA refuses to charge you for black market firearms use....the 15-year deal is dissolved as a 'worry'.

I would think various guys will offer up $25k in campaign donations....to avoid the charge.

3.  So on the idea of a sentence of 25 years if trafficked firearm is used in the commission of a felony, act of terror, or drug trafficking?

Again, it's left to a prosecutor/DA to charge you one of these commissions.  He'll just say you are mentally incompetent, and loose you in some 12-month rehab program, then release you.  

4.  On new funding for school safety enhancements and mental health treatment programs?

What?  Are you going to mental nut-case 'Larry' in some facility, for the rest of his life?  No.  So more money to be spent....faking an agenda that treatment programs work.

5.  Finally.....federal funding for states to pass “red flag” laws?

They will be challenged in court, and the red flag laws will be thrown out within 18 months.

A lot of nothing.....if you ask me.  

Observations

 1.  President Biden made a statement yesterday: "There's gonna be another pandemic."

Shocking news.....I swear.

2.  Oddly enough, the Ruble is now at the strongest point in seven years....against the dollar.  It's hard to find any economist who thinks this a real or trustworthily trend.  

3.  US college enrollments have dropped in the past year by 1.4-million.  No one says it's a permanent trend, but if this were to occur again....I would imagine some colleges would be asking questions.

I also noticed that the University of Cincinnati, which has a decent STEM program....went and added wording to the regulations....preventing Asians and whites from getting seats in the program.  Naturally, it's a public college and there's going to be some legal action taken....lawyers will make some quick cash here, and they will be forced to drop the regulation a year or two down the road.

4.  John Hawkins wrote a piece, which I'd encourage you to read.  Title?  "Why Most Liberals Are Intellectually Incapable of Understanding Conservatives."

I'll just say this....this would not have been true twenty to thirty years ago.  In some ways....I think a fair sum of Americans have dumbed themselves down....where even a 12-year old kid might be more logical and intelligent than a 30-year old college graduate.

5.  Just odd....city of Uvalde, Texas (shooting area)....went and hired a private law firm to safeguard video/pictures of the crime scene.  

Just my imagination here, but there's going to be massive lawsuits coming against the school, the city, and the police....and financially speaking....they will be in a rough period for the next decade.  If you live in the town...you might want to view your home-price currently, sell, and move a good distance out of town.

6.  Joe Biden's team had to admit yesterday that US tax revenue is being used to safeguard and maintain the seized yachts of the Russian Oligarch folks.  How much money spent?  No one really says....wouldn't shock me if we were spending 300-million a year.

7.  Interesting report at Newsmax.....tens of thousands packing up in SF, and leaving town.  No trend-stopper on the horizon.

8.  Miss Brazil winner....dead at age 27....from tonsil surgery complications.