Ten Observations

 1.  I'm not really freaked out by Tucker Carlson being in Moscow and doing a face-to-face interview with Putin.

In fact, this used to be what journalists did....they didn't fake-up their profession.  

Also, I'm wondering if he'll ask Putin if the Russians have a collection of broke UFOs....like the US has.

2.  Just interesting...CBS offered a interview OP in the middle of the Super Bowl for President Biden...live.  

He said 'no'.  Or at least his handlers said 'no'.

3.  I'm of the belief by 2030...in states like Maryland, New York and New Jersey....not a single statue will exist except within museums themselves.

4.  There are probably over 300 movies that were made in the 1980s and 1990s....that could not be made today....because of woke mentality.

5.  I'll admit that as I meet new people in any setting today....I'm tending to evaluate them for mental illness.  I'll also admit, within a 30-minute chat...probably 10-percent have some degree of mental illness.  Note, I'm not a mental health doctor or degreed person on psychological issues.

6.  Back in the 1980s....it seemed like every single week....some nightly news folks were talking about acid rain.  You ever noticed today...no one utters acid rain?

7.  There is some discussion going on in the UK...if people in their dying days....can change their gender, for the death certificate purposes.  I guess with some folks....your focus on reality goes pretty quick near the end.

8.  Just how many Chinese migrants have illegally entered the US?  Just 3,000?  30,000?  300,000?

9.  I saw this story in the AM....'college student's average IQ has plunged'. 

The worry by the emphasis?  Your HR department might come to realize the issue....lessen hiring of the dimwits, and create a massive backlog of new graduates with no job potential.

But I would offer this commentary....these graduates are going out and getting school teacher jobs, and thus pretending to be qualified, when they have an even lesser IQ than these 8th grade or 10th grade students.

So I'm wondering this....if you had x-level of IQ upon the end of high school, paid $90,000 and wasted four years....to have an IQ eight points less than when you entered....what was the purpose of the four years and $90,000 wasted?  

10.  If you live in a shi*-hole city, and you have no desire to escape, you've got something mentally wrong with yourself. 

A Leave Story

 I worked in the late 1970s in the Air Force with Sergeant Conrad....a Puerto Rican guy.  Back around 1974....he'd joined and gotten almost a whole year without leave.  He asked for 30 days so he could go home (Puerto Rico). Air Force said 'fine'.

On the 31st day....he returns just as some major hurricane hits the island.  The Air Force activates some plan, and identifies his unit that morning....to board planes and help in the disaster.   

He boards the plane and spends around six weeks in Puerto Rico on AF duty.  He returns to find his boss transferred to another job.  The leave paperwork?  Missing.  

Quietly, without any explanation....the 30 days of leave simply was forgotten.  He waited three months, then turned around and asked for 30 new days of leave.  They approved this.  He goes off for 30 days.

When he comes back from this....some fire in the squadron headquarters building occurs.  All of that paperwork disappears.  

He figured not to tempt fate, and didn't ask for a 3rd leave request.