Ten Things That I've Changed Myself About Over Politics

 1.  The minute that some news media group goes to pronouncing some party or some candidate as 'Jesus' or 'Satan'....I've lost respect for their 'service' or 'product'.

2.  If a campaign speech or political ad sounds like a lecture....I'm gone.  

3.  I'm skeptical of just about every single promise made.....knowing that nine political promises out of ten....will never occur.  

4.  If you are pretty crappy at public speaking or debate....maybe you ought to find management work at some bank, or sell cars, or learn the bartending trade.

5.  If what you know about economics fills just a single 3 x 5 inch index card....you might want to avoid talking about recession, money woes, or fixing the economy.

6.  If you look like a male model....running for office.....it's a 50-50 situation that you've had some hanky-panky going on with five or six women besides your wife.

7.  If you are preaching wealth inequality....it's pretty good odds that you don't have much appreciation of capitalism, and you might be threat to society (instead of an asset).

8.  If you tend to see the US as a problem situation, where you act like a project manager, and have stake-holders and participants involved....you might have the right talents for the job.

9.  If your strategy is to preach doom-and-gloom to the voting audience....I'll exit a side-door rather quickly and find a local pub to sip down a beer.

10.  If you are too stupid to pick employees or hire folks for important jobs....then you better find one single person with this talent, and let them do the hiring.  

One Thing About Elon's Twitter That People Haven't Grasped

 In various statements over the past two weeks....there's been this big hint that Twitter will go and work up a foundation for podcasts.  Content makers are the ones who will benefit....if this occurs.

So the warning basically goes to YouTube....if you were stupid enough to continue strong moderation....content makers will move over to Twitter, and probably make the same....if not more.....money.

Five years ago....no one would have really discussed the podcast world.  I'd say between Rogen, Scott Adams, and Matt Walsh.....I've converted over to being a weekly addict on podcasts.  There's probably an hour a day now that I average on listening to analysis and thought.  

If Twitter just took one-third of the podcast 'kingdom' that YouTube runs?  That's enough to change the dynamics of profit for YouTube, and probably start worrying the moderation crowd.  

What The Democrats Should Have Done In Early 2022

 There should have been a meeting of the top ten Democratic figures, and agreement that winning the 2022 election was critical.  

At that point, they should have picked five key topics: the economy/recession, limits to migrants entering the US, stability of gas prices, no critical shortages (like baby formula), and limiting the chatter of President Biden to a minimum.  

Had they done this, at least four Senate races to be won by the Republicans....would have gone in the opposite direction.  The House probably would have been near a 50-50 split.

At this point?  Well....they need to have a serious meeting to talk over 2024 now.....the impact of having Hunter Biden dragged into an investigation....finding a fresh face to be President in 2024....and resolving the recession.  

As for President Biden surviving to the end of his term?  I think the Republicans will do everything possible to avoid impeachment....just to continually (week by week) drag out critical screw-ups of his administration.  

Pelosi and McConnell?  I think both are driven out of leadership positions in early 2023.  

Something We Ought to Worry About

 Yevgeny Prigozhin.....Russian businessman and founder of the Wagner mercenary group , made a comment about Russian interference in US elections.  

YES....without any hesitation....they interfere, and will continue to interfere.

Shocking?  I doubt it.  If you went to certain offices of the CIA....they'd lay down more than fifty different ways of Russian involvement....benefiting certain Senate, House, Presidential and even down into state operations themselves.  It wouldn't even shock me if a dozen city councils in the US were getting attention by the Russian government.  

It wouldn't even surprise me if a quarter of all Russian effort was centered on California itself.  

I'd even go and suggest that both parties are legit targets.

Trying to resolve this or fix it?  Forget about it....both parties will point how each other gets Russian corruption.