Q-and-A

 1.  Should Biden/Harris remove themselves from contention in 2024.....if there is a massive mid-term loss? 

Personally, by January, if there is a massive loss for the party.....it would make sense to have both state their position.....a fresh new prospective needs to come to the party for 2024.  

Biden accepting this logic?  No.  

2.  If any normal non-California spouse of a high ranking Republican had been awaken by some nutcase at 3 AM in a do-or-die situation?  Most would have reached for their 9-mil and shoot the guy dead.  No arguments....no momentary pause. Lets also state the obvious....the Republican guy would have been wearing more than underwear....probably some plain cotton pajamas.  

3.  Shocking isn't it.....the FCC Commissioner has now stated that Tik-Tok needs to be banned.  Remember when Trump said.

What This $8 A Month Twitter Cost Amounts To?

 Elon wants to have steady income, and so.....he has this idea that $8 a month will be the subscription cost.  People peeved?  Some are.

But here's the thing.....you really don't need Twitter.  You can survive without it.  

Or perhaps, you are so addicted to it....like cocaine or meth....that you can't survive without it.  Elon is betting that the majority of users today....don't want to switch over to FB/Meta, and they will reach a point where they have to have their Twitter....to survive.

To be fair....basically $8 for equals around three cups of premium coffee, or one single movie ticket.....so it's not a big deal.  

The Three Key Problems With the Hammer-Dude-Pelosi 'Evening'

 First, while there's video cameras all over the place....it does not appear that anyone captured the guy entering Pelosi's house.  Yes, even with Capital Police hired to watch and provide security of the family.....it was a five-star failure.

Second, when the police (after being called)....neither Hammer-Dude or Paul Pelosi answered the door.  The door was not open, but opened apparently by a 3rd person.  Who was the third person and why was he or she there?  It'd be simple to just say it was the housekeeper or maid, but they won't go that far.

Finally, 'elder-abuse' is a charge dumped into this.  Normally, the accused (under California law) knows the beat-up party (either a relative or a hired person).  No one for the prosecutor can explain how Hammer-Dude gets into 'elder-abuse'.  I tend to believe this charge will disappear in three months.

On my BS-meter?  I'd say twenty odd things just stand out.  Hammer-Dude is a heavy drug-user.....all parties who know the guy....say that.  On past 'bad-behavior', he should have been in jail a decade ago.  Nut-case?  Absolutely....enough that he should have been deported back to Canada a decade ago.

No bail bond on the guy so far?  Just odd....hundreds each month in California get arrested on similar acts, and get let out within 12 to 24 hours.  

My gut feeling?  He'll be held in the jail for several weeks, and probably get attacked to some degree....where he's either dead or mentally screwed-up....remembering nothing much of the evening.  

Toaster With A Window

 I was 'window-shopping' yesterday.....pre-Christmas ideas, and stepped into a electronic shop.  So here was the newest item...a toaster of high quality, with a plexiglass window.  

Roughly a $100 (tax included).

I tried to imagine (being from Alabama) the necessity or wonder of watching your toast 'brown'.  

This being a German item?  Well....even among Germans, I can't see anyone that thrilled to spend money on the window.  

Oddly enough, the 'boys' just had the display model and two boxes under it.  I don't anticipate they sell more than one a month.