Stores Story

 

I sat and pondered over this story.  So the basis of the problem is that theft has escalated around Chicago.....with various grocery operations shutting down.

You might have had three grocery stores within a mile of your place last year, and this year.....none of the three exist.

The problem I see goes to two factors....can you find half-a-billion to fix up a couple of stores to open, and can you stock it to run for a year....without theft occurring?

But then it occurred to me....in a city like Chicago, you'd have management positions to fill in such city-run stores.  Usually, it's either incompetent folks or relatives who end up as managers.....taking bribes or robbing the store themselves.

If they get that far?  Well....I would assume for every hundred dollars spent to fill the store and make a fair profit (5-percent).....you'd probably lose 30 dollars.  So it's a lose-lose-lose situation in the end.

On the list of fifty things that the government (any type) should not provide as a service?  Well....there's that problem as well.  Governments shouldn't be in the football stadium business, or selling booze, or providing free air conditioners.  

What'll actually happen?  Increasing factor at work....more grocery stores will shut down.  The few that remain by summer of 2024 in Chicago....probably will have a entry/exit post, with armed guards. I don't think anyone much believes it's a rational idea to sponsor or run city-owned grocery stores.  

RFK Jr

 Quietly, RFK Jr said that if the Democratic Party denies him primary opportunities....he'll halt his primary campaign and become a third-party guy.  If I were in the DNC....I'd probably start to worry over this threat.

First, in a 3-way match....Biden-RFK Jr-Trump, there's a lot of crazy things that could occur.  

I'd suggest in California....it's possible that RFK could win the state.  There's probably five 'leaning' states where RFK with a lot of effort....could overcome Biden's vote.

Second, the 270 Electoral Votes?  In a 3-way, I'm pretty convinced that no one would reach the 270, and you'd really prefer not to walk into January 2025....having a state-by-state vote in the House.

Third, RFK doesn't need a major campaign effort.  He needs 'X' to function, and have some support of Joe Rogan and a dozen-odd podcast folks.  

So I'm leaning toward the DNC waking-up and saying to Joe Biden....'enough'.....you need to say something about your health, and get out of the race.....allowing Newsom to enter, and allow RFK Jr to be a participant.  

This Whole Impeachment Thing Over Biden

I have three thoughts over how this will go.

First, Hunter Biden had people convinced that special favors could be accomplished via 'dad'.  Whether a single favor was ever truly accomplished?  You might line up forty 'customers' who felt such favors were occurring.....when all they got was three minutes of stupid Joe Biden-stories about his quarterback years or when he played for the Chicago Cubs that one season.

Item by item, you might go down and have each 'customer' stand and describe the situation, and eventually each remarks....they got utter BS for the $1-million they paid Hunter.  

Second, for whatever reason....as Hunter got cash....he distributed it to members of the family.  Bank transfers exist and it's hard not to ague about the movement of the cash.....after Hunter took his 'cut'.  

Illegal?  No.  People like to share their wealth, and if Hunter made $10-million in a year....after he paid $3-million on taxes.....maybe half the remaining amount was just his nice way to share the funds.

Third, if Biden was stupid to promise something for a cash situation, and that event did occur....then Biden is in trouble.  

How  would such evidence exist?  Well....the FSB (former KGB for Russia) probably did monitor a lot of the Ukraine 'deals' and I would imagine tapes do exist.  Joe being able to understand that?  I doubt it.

If only one single tape exists, and Joe promised something....which did occur, then the impeachment has potential to end in a bad way for Joe. 

It's a remarkable thing to observe.