Eight Humble Observations

 1.  The average IQ of a actual Somalia guy/gal....is 68 (taken from a 2002 study)....which is low enough to be considered for moderate intellectual disability (by Social Security).  On the plus-side?   You can perform repetitive jobs (folding laundry, packing boxes, simple assembly-line work, cleaning tables), or read at the 2nd grade level.  I need to state this as well....reading a digital clock is easy....analog clock reading would be difficult.

This is what the gov't folks signed off on, and introduced to Minnesota.

2.  Charay Smith just announced that she’s running for Congress in North Carolina.  In the announcement....she did some twerking...probably as a new Democratic new strategy.

3.  Its just odd....some Democrats selling me on the idea of narco-terrorists being just regular working-class folks.

This may take a while to accept.

4.  It just seems like we need a 100,000 man force to do audits....around the clock....coast to coast.

5.   Gavin Newsom is such a character....that I intently watch him every time he comes on TV....to watch his hand gestures, and his nonsense view of reality.

6.  I watched a interview of former New Zealand PM....Jacinda Ardern...who talked up this claim that within the next five years, the planet will be so warm that people will be dying from how hot it is.

I don't think she's ever hauled hay in Alabama in mid-July.

7.  2026 Toyota Stout chatter?  Base-model....now figured to be around $25,000.  Bare-bones type of truck.  

I'll predict it sets records.

8.  Something in the universe 'clicked'.....I now get the feeling that Democrats...are the champions of illegal aliens, rapists, murderers, sex traffickers and Venezuelan drug smugglers.

It's like a Twilight Zone episode.  

The Drug Cartel Boat Story

 Most drug cartel boats, particularly the high-speed vessels known as "go-fast boats" (including pangas, low-profile vessels, and similar designs used for smuggling cocaine and other narcotics across the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean), are equipped with multiple high-powered outboard motors (minimum of two...on up to five). 

These are typically gasoline-fueled engines from brands like Yamaha or Mercury, ranging from 200 to 350 horsepower each, often configured in multiples of 2–5 per boat to achieve speeds exceeding 50 knots (about 60 mph) while carrying heavy loads of up to several tons of drugs and fuel.

The outboards are mounted on the rear for easy maintenance, quick swaps, and high maneuverability. 

The Low-Profile Vessels (LPVs): 3 to 4 outboards on slender fiberglass hulls painted to blend with ocean waves, designed for radar evasion (e.g., a 2025 seizure off Central America featured four outboards on a 54-foot craft).

The Panga-Style Boats: Often 1–4 outboards added to fishing hulls for speed boosts (e.g., Venezuelan-linked skiffs with powerful outboards for short Caribbean hops).

Why Outboards?: They provide superior power-to-weight ratios for rapid acceleration, are commercially available (sourced via black-market channels from Japan and the U.S.), and can be jettisoned if needed to lighten the load during chases. Total horsepower often exceeds 1,000 HP per boat.

For context, while some advanced cartel vessels (like semi-submersible "narco-subs") use internal diesel inboards for longer, stealthier runs, these represent a minority of operations—outboards dominate the faster, more disposable "go-fast" fleet that handles the bulk of short- to medium-haul smuggling. Recent U.S. military strikes in 2025 targeted Venezuelan go-fasts with multiple outboards, underscoring their prevalence.

What does a high-powered outboard motors like the Yamaha F300 (300 HP) or Mercury Verado 350 (350 HP), commonly used on drug cartel go-fast boats, cost?  Well....$25,000 to $35,000 USD per engine. 

So if you figure the boat....the comm gear....the GPS gear, and three engines...you have in the range  of $150,000 spent. Five engines?  Up into the $220k or more.

What you pay the 'crew'?  A run is considered from Venezuela to the Caribbean Island region....where things are parted-up....some going on north to the US...some going to Europe. The master-of-the-boat usually gets $5k to $10k, per trip.  The crew makes $500 to $1000, per trip.  So up until this US 'tough-approach'....a junior player in this line of work...probably made eight to ten trips a month  (figure $4k minimum), and the master made $40,000 minimum, per month.

If you asked me on current 'wages'?  It's probably tripled in nature because of the Navy theat. 

I asked Grok on fuel required...for this 200-to-300 nautical mile run....with five engines....Total Fuel:  more or less....2,250 gallons (50 gph × 45 hours). This aligns with cartel vessels carrying 1,500–4,000 gallons in auxiliary tanks/drums for 300–500 nm ranges.

So if the Navy targets the vessel....that 2,000-plus gallons has a serious burn ratio.

Q-and-A

 1.  What happens to Gov Ron DeSantos after 5 Jan 2027 (his term in Florida ends)?

Well....I have this odd theory....that Speaker-of-the-House Johnson will go back to Rep-status, and DeSantos is brought in to be House Speaker (rules state....House Speaker is NOT required to be a Representative).

2. Is there any legit way to solve the mental health crisis?

Just hand each 'crazy' a certificate to say 'cured', and acknowledge fed-funding never cured any crisis.

3.  If you tossed in 500 pictures of drug-cartel boats and 500 fishing boat pictures....into a pile....out of a thousand people reviewing the pile....how many would get the right numbers?

100-percent....except with the blind folks, or cartel-paid-off politicians.

My Nashville Theory

 Final results on District 7 results in Tenn?  

Matt Van Epps, Republican, won with 96,988 votes (around 54.4-percent).

Aftyn Behn, Democrat, lost with roughly80,000 (45.1-percent).

The trouble in selling Behn? She became this oddball far-left character...who bluntly said...of Nashville and all of its character....she hated it.  In some way....she wanted to 'Californiaize' the city.

I asked Grok....how many Californians had relocated to the Nashville area (Greater-Nashville)....he responded around 100,000 since 2020. 

So I asked Grok....from data out there...is there a ratio of Republicans to Democrats....who moved into Nashville?  YES....5-to-1 Republicans over Dems.   So out of 100k....somewhere around 85k were leaning conservative-or-Republican.

This begs the question....so how did the radical Behn get pushed-up as a candidate?

I went back to view results since 2000 in District 7.  Oddly....Republicans typically always win....with the Democratic candidate usually always getting 80k-plus votes. Pratt (D) in 2024...did get 115k votes (still finishing 2nd place).

Yet...Behn...with all this extra funding/attention....still basically carved out the traditional end-result....35 to 45 percent of the local vote.

BS national attention?  Yeah.....the suggestion that Californians who moved in...threatened the 'character' of Nashville? Out of the 100k....there are probably 15,000 softcore/hardcore lefties in the mix, and determined to persuade 'change'. Well...it's not really working.

The only way to fix this....so Nashville is overwhelmingly left/far-left?  Haitians....you need 30,000 Haitians to be settled into Nashville.