Just A Fading Memory Now

 One of my favorite episodes from the Covid era (2020-2022) was a visit in mid-2020 to my local German car repair shop.

This was the sign outside the building....which was limiting entry to just 2 customers at a time....so I had plenty of time to analyze it.

They were offering a 49.99 Euro deal (around $58).....they would disinfect your car....killing the crappy Covid 'bugs'.

When I finally got inside....some old lady was asking about the service....she'd just dropped off a friend, and was worried that maybe the friend had Covid.

When the lady left and I came up....I asked the guy bluntly....what was the 'service'.  

Well....it was a misty solution they'd bought....I stopped and asked....so it's a commercial house-cleaner?  

Well....yeah, was his response.  With a fresh-lemon scent....he noted.

I stopped him and asked....isn't this like 2.99 Euro for a full-up bottle?  Well....yeah, he responded.  So I could do the same thing myself and not waste the 49.99 Euro?  Yeah....he grumbled.

They ran this service for several months.  I would imagine at least two or three people a day showed up and asked for the deal.  So in a month, there's probably 120 of these service deals to come up.  

Some smart 12-year old kid could have offered the same type service....for 6.99 Euro.  

Conspiracy Chatter

I spent about an hour this AM....pondering over this news item.  In summary, some scientists (you are left to wonder what their field is about)....believe that regular people doing research...are triggering themselves to format something that is a conspiracy is faked-up.

How?  Well....as you read over some story that sounds fake, the scientists say there are empty 'pits' of reality or data....to reach a conclusion.  In their mind, a conspiracy should remain a conspiracy, and never proven faked-up.

The fact that scientists and researchers readily go back and update/correct things they said were 'facts' to start withh?  Well....yeah, that's a problem by itself.

About That Balloon Business

 I pondered for the last day or two...over a national story that I read.  Apparently, when all that Chinese balloon business occurred (early on)....the White House was set to a decision....to keep the public from finding out about the balloon.  No balloon....no worry.

Why?  Well....no one can really say.  I'm sure after the holidays...one of the chief questions to be posed to the WH press-spokesperson....will be 'why'.

So I analyzed this from several prospectives.  

Their vision?  They probably thought it would be like some satellite, and just not visible to the normal eye (that was NOT the case).  But maybe in talks with Biden....he just kept you can't see balloons that high up.

Then I thought....as dementia prone as Biden is....maybe he's got people around him who think the the same way he does.

But this led me to a meeting-mentality....where you have eight folks in a room....suddenly keyed-up on a balloon threat from China, and the general discussion wasting ninety minutes of your time....with no one really wanting to engage upon the idea of shooting it down.  Chief reason?  How would you explain this on CNN?

These are simply rough times for the average White House 'expert'.  You get dragged into a meeting with the boss....knowing that he's mentally ill-prepared for the job, and crappy situations demand some kind of response.