Five Problems That Biden Has To Overcome

 1.  He needs 81-million votes and the Electoral state thing to repeat precisely as in 2020.  The people who got the 81-million ballots in his favor?  I would imagine they will approach the campaign folks and let them know the 2024 'cost' has doubled (I would state a price between double and triple the last time around).

2.  Between now and election-day....Hunter needs to downsize his issues.  Joe needs a full-time baby-sitter over the guy.  If you haven another cocaine 'day'?  The Secret Service is not going to be willing to cooperate. 

3.  There has to be zero debates for Joe Biden....period..  

4.  Joe needs absolute repeats of Georgia, Penn, AZ, Wisconsin and Michigan. For some reason....I just don't see three going this way.  In AZ?  If the jokers try the 'form-won't-fit' gimmick....it's going to be a massive problem for the public to accept this time around.

5.  Joe probably needs a new VP on the ballot....that gets public numbers.  

The No License Generation And No Interest

 Around 2002....as a retired Air Force NCO...working as a contractor on a base....I came to this odd phenomenon....young recruits (19 to 21) who were arriving on base with no drivers license, and no interest in getting one.

In this group I worked with....two young ladies presented this issue.  One had finished school in California the year prior, and the other was a product out of the Seattle region in the year prior.

I posed the question to each young lady....weren't you going to proceed to get a license?  Both answered 'no.....why'?

 Last year, I got into a conversation with a AF NCO....he had the same issue brewing.  This was a shop which required vehicle use, and from the 15-odd enlisted people in his group....two young men and young lady....had no state license.  His position?  He could force the issue that they get training to operate a vehicle on base, but beyond that....he couldn't force them to apply for a state license.  

I asked him....where was this attitude coming from?  His feeling was that this 'culture' were used to the parents getting somewhere and if they couldn't go....they either walked or just 'stayed-put'.  He even noted....they weren't into vehicle ownership as well.

Weird?  Yeah, and you just wonder where this started?

Nine Observations

 1.  RFK forcing Joe Biden into more appearances in the fall?  I'll go and predict that Joe has to make a minimum of four events a week by October....meaning the staff is risking a lot for Joe talking on things, and making his position even weaker.  Presently, some people have suggested that Joe is running a 'hidden' campaign presently (no idea what they really mean).

2.  Noticed that some folks are suggesting that WaPo (the newspaper) is sliding south on finances, and they figure for all of 2023....it'll be a loss near $100-million....meaning that the ownership is holding the paper 'up'.  

3.  Odds of Trump showing up for any debate in 2023?  I give it zero chance.  Threats from the Republican Party?  They won't work this time around.  Trump might play this in an unusual way.....suggesting a Trump versus RFK debate,  with a totally neutral moderator.  That would shock a lot of people and reset the whole national campaign.

4.  After watching a number of movie reviews over the Barbie movie....I've come to believe (having not seen it) that it's mostly a Kensurrection type move (mean Ken is trying to bring down the Barbie reality).  Odds of me wasting money on this money?  

5.  My humble feeling of VP Harris?  Low IQ, and given a 'pass' through high school and college.  Throughout her life/career....there was always a 'pass' existing.  She's probably stunned to have made it this far, and 'inches' from being President.

6.  If I were joining the Air Force today?  I'd announce on day one of the physical and paperwork....I was an American Indian (100-percent).  It'd guarantee promotions ahead of all others.

7.  For the past seven days.....cloud cover around my valley (central Germany near Wiesbaden) has been massive.  I doubt if I've had more than one hour per day of sunshine....if I were using solar panels for electrical production.  Just odd weather.

8.  I noticed this AM....China has officially banned gay-pride parades.  

9.  If you asked a thousand adults to define tyranny.....I suspect that fewer than twenty could give you a simple two-line answer.  A quarter of them might respond it's a dating App that they've hear about.