Observations

 1.  I noticed Howard Stern said today....he might be running for President.  He didn't say in the primary for the Democrats....so you are left to wonder how this might unfold.

The blunt truth?  Across the US....there's probably two-million people who'd vote for Stern...but it's not enough to get actual Electoral votes.

2.  Did France's Macron actually tell Biden his agenda to get the Saudis or Qatar crowd to produce more oil....won't work?  Yes, without any doubt....the words were there.

Now, did Biden understand the French accent in English enough to grasp what he meant?  I'd wager he thought Macron was talking about the German menu for lunch.

3.  Hillary's appearance on CBS's morning show?  Just nothing much there.....she says she went to law school with Clarence Thomas, but in some cryptic way....the word 'went' is sticking there.  Personally, I don't think she ever saw the guy in a single class.

4.  Is the United States mostly a 'state' thing?  This is really the argument brewing now, which most people can't seem to grasp.  There is a pull to make the whole system tied to a federal unit....with a opposite pull leading back to 50 different states guiding their own agenda each.  

5.  This effort to allow Jet Blue to buy Sprint Airlines?  Some people suggest it's geared to tie the two worst performing airlines into one single unit.

6.  Other than kids....does anyone really want to watch another new Captain Jack Sparrow pirate movie?

The Only Drag Show I've Ever Attended

 Somewhere in 1984....while stationed at Ramstein Air Base, West Germany....I was a 'regular' at the local NCO club.

We had a fairly profitable operation in those days....with the club manager actually hiring bands for several nights a week, and at least twice a month....bringing in German entertainment.  

So one night, I showed up at the bar and the show for the evening was German 'drag' (German guys dressed up as women).  As I remember the show....it went on for about an hour.....two German guys....a song here and there....a comedy act in the middle, and maybe an audience of sixty people (half were couples out for a drink).  

I mostly sat there in a daze....sipping on my second gin-sour, and noting that no one really cared....they just wanted some light entertainment.  It wasn't a strip show....it was more of a Carol Burnet style of song/dance.

The show wrapped up by 9 PM, and some DJ came on with mostly early 80s garbage.  The crowd thinned out and I headed back to the barracks.  

Anyone being upset?  I think half the military guy crowd was already wasted by 8 PM as the show started....so they didn't care.  Most were just happy that they had a profitable NCO club and got real entertainment every single week.  

If you'd made it into a drag strip show?  I don't think anyone would have stayed to watch.  

Fifty Percent of the Problem

 

I saw this today, and thought over the 'chat'.

People don't really want open conversations....they want to convert you with minimal discussion or lay out logical arguments.

It's like having a talk with a 4th grade kid and they give you a 20-second demand, and you just shake your head over their juvenile discussion.

What happened here?  Where did the 'train' derail?

More Abortion 'Tourism'

 I noticed this AM....Senator Warren got all chatty and openly discussed the idea of abortion clinics opening up in tents....within national parks on zero-abortion state 'soil'.

I sat and pondered over this.

'Tents'?  Yes, the term tents were uttered.  I would imagine she meant the military style tents, with AC units.  

States accepting this?  I would imagine they'd quickly work up text and sue to some extent....to take over the operations of national parks.  Some folks would claim....because of decades of incompetent management....states might be a better manager than the fed folks.

My view?  Between bears, mountain lions, and snakes....I just can't see a national park being much of a solution.   

Abortion 'Tourism'?

 VP Harris brought up that the administration is reviewing the idea of travel 'vouchers'....for birthing-people who live in zero-abortion states....to get them into the right state for their 'treatment'.

I sat and pondered over the idea.

Scenario 1: Wanda is 14, and is pregnant from Marvin (age 15).  They live in a zero-abortion state, but only by 8 miles.  In simple terms, the parents could drive Wanda just over the border.  Because of this federal hype....instead, they'd probably opt for a voucher deal to take them (the parents accompanying Wanda) to Nevada (their choice).  Somewhere in the regulations likely to come....Marvin would also be allowed in the crew voucher deal, and accompany Wanda.  Voucher cost for hotel/air fare.....for the four?  Probably over $3,000.  

Scenario 2: Six months into a voucher program....it comes up that at least 300 women using it....apparently not that pregnant to require a plane-trip or abortion.  Government authorities try to explain this but it requires a Congressional hearing to get the whole story out there.

Scenario 3: A year into the program, some health official writes a regulation into the situation, which mandates the birthing person should get five days of rest after the abortion....meaning a hotel cost of possibly $150 a night added, with $35 for each day of chow.

Scenario 4: An argument starts up in the first year....if bus usage should be emphasized over air-travel.

I don't want to dampen folk's view of this, but having the federal government cook up the 'fix'....often results in a pretty crappy solution where no one is really happy.

Observations

 1.  I sat and watched VP Harris do a sit-down interview with CNN this morning....around a 11-minute piece.  If you were moderate or hopeful of her convincing you that she's presidential-material (for 2024)?  Forget it.....that interview cleansed that thought.

So it brings me to this thought....up to the 1980s....no one in America could ever remember the name of the VP.  You never saw them other than funerals of people or at some baseball game.  It's basically when we come to Dan Quayle....that folks get into magnet-status.  VP Gore?  The major news folks hyped him every chance possible.  

2.  Some idiots have been pushing on an agenda to go and censor 'old' movies....because the scenes and dialog violates woke-standards.  Paramount CEO said bluntly....'no'.  

If you just picked up True Grit or 1966's The Bible....you'd probably have to cut at least 10 minutes off each movie, or just mute the sound.

3.  Over the past couple of weeks....just been a number of ammo storage areas belonging to Russia....in Ukraine....hit/blown up.  

Someone for the Ukrainians got smart and prioritized a target that would have serious problems for the Russians.  Imagine being some conscript and given just twenty bullets for your 12-hour patrol.

4.  Government regulation coming around....if you did do intelligence work for the government, and the question came up about your pot-smoking...it used to prevent you from getting the higher clearances.  Today?  No, past pot smoking isn't a big deal.  Note, they are just saying past use is OK....they aren't saying present use is OK.

Somehow, they have it in their head that the once-in-their-life user will come out and want to be a intel-guy badly.  At best, I would imagine they get 20 more 'recruits' a year into intel....who admit past use.