My Experience At The Kennedy Center

 Around March of 2011....I went to Madam Butterfly.  The ticket-price? Around $80.

Friday night....I got there early to get the full experience.

So....from a structure view....it's very 'AGED'. Marble cracks....where there was carpet....it needed replacement.

Bathroom?  Functional but you could tell....nothing had been renovated since the 1970s.

A week or two after this...I brought up the experience with a guy who'd been there five or six times...going back to the early 1990s.   His response.....the tickets basically pay for the salary of the boss/crew.....the show.....electricity, and general cost. He didn't think renovation cost was covered (he figured Congress was on the hook).

I watched a podcast recently....where several folks talked about the building from day-one.....that the original 'build' was crap.  No one was willing to sue for repairs.

The House/Senate stuck now? I'm guessing that experts will say to tear the mess down.

My impression of the night?   Half-way....we have a pause, and some 60-year-old lady (in a tight grown)....passed out about six feet behind me....ambulance crew arrived. I got nauseous....got a Coke, and decided it was best to leave.  Never knew how the show ended.

Which Came First? Domestication of the Human, or the Dog?

 99.9-percent of scientists will say that the human was all domesticated and later came the introduction of 'Rufus' (the dog).

I have a different theory (although admitting I'm not a scientist).  

I would suggest around 20,000 years ago....in some remote valley, Yorg (the cave-guy) walked over some hill, and here was a Border Collie who he affectionally named 'Marvin'.  

Marvin (the Border Collie) felt generally superior, and over the next week came to notice several traits about Yorg that needed improving.  

Namely?  Well....Yorg never walked in a straight line from point A to point B.  Marvin began to grasp this and 'bump' Yorg's leg....to keep him focused and walking in a straight line.  

Then there was the intense stare of Marvin upon Yorg....which unsettled Yorg a bit....causing him to scrutinize his habits and behavior.  

The herding business?  This also caused Yorg to change his daily actions.

If they didn't do the daily walks?  Well....Marvin would start to develop demanding tasks of Yorg, to keep him busy.

Hatred of lightning or thunder?  Marvin convinced Yorg to seek caves and shelter. 

As the weeks went by, Yorg became more domesticated and moved from number 8 status within the tribal unit.....to number one.  Tribal women began to notice Yorg and his faithful companion Marvin.  The women would compliment Yorg on his hygiene, analysis, and cleverness.....never grasping that Marvin was the cause.

As generations would come and go.....each went to a higher level of domestication....all triggered by the original Border Collie....Marvin.  

Anyway, that's my theory of human evolution.  

The Consensus Against Einstein

I will occasionally point out curious pieces of history, and things are quietly forgotten.

Today?  A book written in 1931 and released, entitled Hundert Autoren Gegen Einstein (One Hundred Authors Against Einstein).

It's a curious book, published out of the University of Innsbruck in 1931. Hans Israel was the chief author, although roughly ninety-nine other "scientists" helped to contribute to the criticism of Einstein, and his theory of relativity.

Roughly twenty-nine individuals wrote brief essays over their criticism, with nineteen additional folks making a comment or two, and the rest simply signed on as agreeing.

It is still sold today, at least in paperback version.  106 total pages.  Amazon has it listed, although it doesn't appear to have any commentary or reader observations, as you'd find with most documents that Amazon sells.

The hype against Einstein and the theory of relativity?  Well....you run into roughly three areas of thought.

First, scientists usually hate been left at the curb when new concepts arrive and it disagrees with their previous understanding of things.  They've bought into concept A, and they don't like being challenged to accept some type of change.

Second, in the way that some geeky guys stand around and argue for hours about the Marvel world being better than the DC world (Spiderman versus Batman)......scientists do the same thing.  If you dragged seven male frog scientists into a room, with lots of beer, lusty women, live NFL football on the screen, and ribs on the grill.....the likely topic of conversation would be frogs, and they'd debate the finer qualities of frogs over and over, and over.

Third, scientists hate when someone really pulls a rabbit out of the hat, and leap-frogs over them with a fantastic theory and tons of evidence to support it.  Competition.....in the mind of most scientists.....is a evil thing.

So, in 1931.....a group of guys stood up against this dimwitted Einstein character, and his stupid theory of relativity.  And they were wrong.

This kinda makes a person sit and ponder.....what else might we be debating in the wrong fashion, and finding some consensus being built in a stupid fashion?  And if we recognized it.....would we even be willing to stand up and comment publicly about it?

My Prediction

A judge ruled Friday....that Trump’s name has to come off the Trump Kennedy Center....so Trump said "I have instructed the Department of Commerce to make all necessary arrangements with Congress to allow a full and complete transfer of this Institution, giving them the responsibility for its Operation,  Maintenance, and Management.”

His view....dump the  'fix'.

So my three predictions.  First, Congress will dwell on this topic for remainder of 2026 and all of 2027...getting nowhere.  They will agree by spring of 2028....to a committee to review the repairs necessary....being shocked at the price-tag six months later.

The new 'boss' of the Kennedy Center?  He/She will demand a monthly salary of $100k, and a expense account of $100k a month as well.

Congress will eventually demand that it  MUST sustain a profit....meaning the cheapest tickets to a show will run  $90, and good seats will be in the range of $300 (each).

By 2035....the Center is shutdown for repairs, and people admit that it can never function as a legit show center.

Three Humble Thoughts

 1.  I used to put Trump as number one for sense of humor within this  administration.  Lately, I've moved Rubio up to number one. He has at least a dozen  one-liners  per day....that trigger me to replay a video-segment.

2. This James Talarico-for-Senator-guy.

Plainly, the most goofy minister character I've ever seen.  The Texas Democratic Party must have some rule....only weird folks can run as a Democrat.

I will agree....he has a 110-plus IQ, but he says stuff that you'd think some guy on LSD would say.

3. I would imagine if you asked most folks....over a 7-day period....that they encounter at least ten mentality ill folks....bad enough....that they ought to be in a facility.

Grok's (AI) Analysis: Why Aliens Stay Around Earth?

 I asked Grok (AI) to gather up all theories....explaining why aliens 'stay' on Earth:

Grok says: The most likely explanation—if we hypothetically assume advanced extraterrestrials have secretly established long-term bases or stations around Earth (orbital, lunar, underwater, underground, etc.)....is scientific observation and non-interfering study of our planet, its biosphere, and our emerging technological civilization. This aligns closely with the well-known zoo hypothesis (also called the "quarantine" or "cosmic zoo" idea in discussions of the Fermi paradox).

I gave it thought and would add....if you were 500 to 10,000 years more advanced....you might live on a pretty low-stress landscape and be mighty bored.  A year on Earth....might be rewarding.

Yeah, there might be 300,000 aliens as 'guests' on Earth....treating themselves to McDonalds, or  Jim Beam whiskey.  There might be 5,000 aliens just here to observe the Atlanta Braves baseball team.  There could be 3,000 aliens tangled up in Civil War re-enactments.  And I would venture to guess that 30,000 aliens are visiting to consume Trump-reality.

This being a good thing or bad thing?  I don't think this can be argued on either point. It's like a circus has arrived at the end of town, and everyone is focused on crazy stuff that might occur.

Three Humble Thoughts

 1.  Missing Air Force General Neil McCasland?  

It's apparent that his mental side was in decline, and whoever 'runs' THE program (with the aliens)....simply removed McCasland from the public view.  

2.   Neil deGrasse Tyson is publicly demanding that President Trump go and introduce the public to an Alien or to bring out an alien dead-guy from a UFO Crash Site.

I just don't believe it'll happen, but if  Trump stages some Vegas speech and brings a alien up on the stage.....things will go crazy for 24 hours.

3. Just wild speculation....Musk is looking at the idea of combining Space-X and Tesla into one single company.

My General Take On The Anunnaki 'Story'

 For about 30-odd years....I've followed this Anunnaki story...which basically is told this way.  A alien race arrived around 450,000 years ago....in need of gold....had manpower issues, and eventually infused some  portion of their  DNA into humans...to get 'workers', and some cosmic event occurred....so they left, and mankind survived.   This story is mostly laid out in Sumerian text.  

So, my six humble thoughts:

1.  Prior to the 1970s....the story doesn't really exist.  In 1976, the book The Twelfth Planet....written by Zecharia Sitchin started the public interest.

He claims....that the Anunnaki were actually an advanced humanoid extraterrestrial species from the undiscovered planet Nibiru, who came to Earth around 500,000 years ago and constructed a base of operations in order to mine gold.

His effort to translate the text?  Always questionable.  Maybe he got it right...maybe half of the translation is BS.  You just don't know.

2. The Anunnaki  'crew'....led by their boss 'Anu'....came with the agenda of finding, then mining gold.   The way that the story reads....this crew were all the 'ranked' folks, and no one really wanted to mine (get their hands dirty).  

So this crew brought a second crew....non-Anunnaki people. This group were Igigi-people....who lacked 'status'. 

As you gaze at the story told....this group lacked science/knowledge skills, but eventually came to realize that mining was crappy-work, and there was no plus-up for them personally.

So the solution by Anu? Take the primative beings on Earth already....infuse some of their  DNA, and  get a sub-worker to the Igigi folks.  

How this makes sense? Whatever they created....had to have IQ-lacking (say a 80  or below guy/gal).  Oddly, this would make you think...whatever being existed on Earth....probably had a IQ of 50 or less.  It's the only way that this makes sense.

So you start with one male and  one female.  The story makes little sense....if you are dedicated to the 450,000 year segment.  Or you have 10,000 Adam-and-Eve couples....reproducing every year.

3.  Then you get to the sex part. Anu didn't want the Anunnaki or Igigi folks having sex with Earth women.   Well....it seems like that Earth women  were all desireable, and massive amounts of  DNA got mixed into the system.....with higher IQ kids coming out of this 'event'.

4. At some point....enough gold was mined, and the value of  keeping the operation going came into being.

5.   The more you read of the Anu-leadership....it reads like a Dallas-TV-show soap opera. 

6.  Finally, proof to establish this all as true?  Marginal to zero.  Good story....but limited path. 

Report Chatter

 I read through a summary that the Democratic National Committee paid a sum of money to 'explain' how they lost the 2024 Presidential election...report was a hundred-odd pages of which I read around six pages of summary.

If you were asking me personally?  I'd go to three basic problems:

1.Over three years....there's nothing much to brag about or say 'accomplished-on'....from the Biden crew. Note, I  don't use the term President Biden....because he was mostly 'out' for the whole four years....the crew ran things.

2. The DNC should have forced Biden into a primary scene in 2024...but did nothing.  

3.  Finally, Harris was on a scale of one-to-ten....as a replacement....a 'three'. It was like the DNC standing there....gulping twelve shots of booze, and saying 'trust-us'.

Looking back....2024 was something that should never have developed like it did.

Nordic Alien Folks

 So....there's this story out there (from Thursday) that the various DNA analysis companies are hooked up to the gov't in some way, and they are looking for Nordic aliens....who seem to have 'settled' into the US and tried to quietly blend-in.

The way that the story goes....this likely occurred in the 1950s/1960s, and that the Nordic's blended with normal Earth folks....had kids, and the kids are 50-percent hybrid.

The suggested location?  Colorado.

I paused over this....giving it some thought.

First,  I'd ask why they needed to escape the Nordic world, and resettle into the US (particularly Colorado).  Was it crappy, or in decline?

Second, if you inter-bred with Earth folks....did you tell your new husband/wife that you were a Nordic-alien?  

Third, why Colorado?  Scenic mountains....harsh winters....pro-cannabis situation?

Fourth, are they registered to vote, and how did they get into the 'system'?

I'm not discounting the story....I've often wondered about the business model for  the DNA companies and how they were making a profit.  It's just a question....are there five to ten thousand Nordic aliens walking around Colorado? 

Humble Thoughts

 1.  Governor Newsom: Maybe in a enclosed 'bubble'.....you might find the guy and his 'pitch' worth something.  Nationally, folks won't buy into this.  The minute he comes on for a interview...I'm drawn to his hand 'signs', and more impressed how many gestures he can make in a 60-second period.

2.  AOC:  As long as she doesn't talk about world events or economics....I can probably devote three minutes to her 'chat'.  Frankly,  I question how she got a bachelors degree.

3.  Vegas 'A's'?  Vegas is on a decline, and I'll predict by 2032....the A's baseball team will exit the city and admit this was a financial disaster in moving there.

4.  I noted this AM.....Florida’s population is 425-percent higher than it was in 1992.

5.  Hakeem Jeffries gave a 'pep-talk' yesterday: “We have to defeat them (GOP) electorally and then we have to break their spirit.”

Just seems like you'd go and focus on doing something that makes folks overall....happy.  Pretty simple task.

6.  Noted yesterday.....28 states being sued by the Feds....to clean up their voter rolls. 

For some reason....they just won't do it unless some judge is involved.

7.  Lue Elizondo gave a UAP/UFO account....where an Air Force officer allegedly vanished from beside his sleeping wife, woke up in a mysterious silver room, then suddenly reappeared back in bed.

I think a lot of AF officers have this story always ready to go, and their wives tend to believe the BS.

Fixing DC-City

 Having lived around the area (in Arlington) or 3.5 years....I have a pretty good idea of what is required:

1.  Create a 'bed-time' for all local kids under the age of 17 of 10 PM (Sunday to Thursday) and 11 PM (Fri/Sat). You get caught.....you get  dragged to a lock-up for the remainder of the night, and released only if a parent comes to get  you.

2.  Fire the current mayor/city council.

3. Install a 'manager' of the city for a 3-year term...with the President listing three candidates, and letting the House (only) selecting one of the three (most votes win).

4.  Improve Metro security, and arrange a Metro 'court'....where a judge and prosecution team exists....if you challenge safety/security....you face a fed-charge.

5.   Hire up one  single security police force....for the city, and House/Senate.

Three Humble Thoughts

 1.  World Cup Games

I believe various negative situations will develop....with five US cities....causing the fan base to get hostile (Seattle, SF, LA, Philly and NY).

I'll also say that narco-war will be noted in some of the Mexico games.

2.  Past week.....'Mayor Pete' Buttigieg has been brought up a good bit as competition for Vance in 2028.

Obviously.....some folks are not buying into Governor Newsom, and this is the  only alternate they seem to believe in.

3.  Warren Buffett comment: "Owning five homes doesn't mean anything to me because I'm happy in one home. If I've got two homes, I know I've got more problems, and I don't have more happiness."

Best quote of the week so far.

Six Observations

 1.  I've heard the term 'FREE-STUFF' about a dozen times this week.  There's no such thing....somebody...somewhere...paid for it, when you gave it a away

2.  Crazy image of former Confederate-states....mostly all lined-up to be Republican districts.  The reality?  The war and its effects...finally ended.

3.  Atlanta would be Memphis-sized today.....without Ted Turrner.  The airport?  No necessity to build to this size....without Ted Turner

4.  Just odd....right before the LA mayor election....Google has restored maps/imagery to show houses before the fire....instead of the 'dead-zone' that exists currently.

Folks asked Google about this.....no comment yet.

5.  Trump says...out of Maryland's 2020 election....there were supposed to be around 500,000 legit absentee ballots made.  Election results?  500,000 somehow turned into 1-million.

No one can explain how.  The odd factor?  Well...besides the 5 states which folks figured to be false-Biden-wins....you have to now include Maryland, and start to wonder about a dozen other states.

6.  Congress is now investigating whether private defense contractors were used to conceal/hide alleged UFO/UAP programs from Congress/President. Comment by  Rep. Eric Burlison.

If true?  There's problems for CEOs on the horizon. 

GPS And Living In The 'Stone-Age'

 Escaped the hospital yesterday....six days of treatment (Shingles)....fairly serious. Focus of the bout?  My head and a area about the size of a grapefruit above my eye....swelling up the eye big-time.  So I ended up getting three IV bags of solution per day....in a semi-luxury hospital room in Wiesbaden (it had a 48-inch TV, refrigerator, and free coffee/water/sodas).

So the the GPS topic.

I watched a podcast where some younger guy asked the question....how did we survive before GPS came along?

He kinda has a point.

At various times (Tacoma, Shreveport, Denver, and Tucson)....I kept a city paper-map in the car....under the driver's seat.   It was 'survival-driving'.  

It was not the best way, and it forced you to plan as much of a your trip ahead of time....as possible.

These map-talents existing today?  I doubt it.   From the over-50 folks.....they probably still have it....but the under-30 group?  No....they won't  be needing map talents.

My use today of GPS?  It's inter-connected with the bus-rail App. Plus the car itself has a independent program.....which you need to program on some trips.

Yeah, I've gotten use to it.

Off For 4/to/5 Days

 Doc says shingles....wants to put me in a local Wiesbaden clinic....for treatment.  So for a couple of days....no chatter.

UFO/UAP Chatter

 I sat and read through/viewed....the gov't UFO/UAP file release from Thursday.  You can do so yourself....here at...https://www.war.gov/UFO/.

I'll make three observations.

First, nothing fantastic.  If you were waiting for the big-release...this isn't it.

Second, several space items...stuff seen while on the Apollo mission  (for example).

Third, there's some video from the past 10 years....Army/Air Force  recon vehicles 'seeing' spheres.....which can't be explained.

Yeah, it's just enough to ask more questions.

Alien Chatter

 Former National Science Foundation Program Director Dr. Anna Brady-Estevez gave a talk in the past few days.

What she said?  She's about 95-percent CERTAIN....multiple nonhuman species (aliens) are here on Earth....interacting and living among us.

I sat and pondered over the talk.

If you'd asked me....I'd give the talk a 50-50 chance (nowhere near 95-percent).

What she basically hints....dozens....hundreds...thousands....of non-humans are walking around...engaged in Earthly affairs. Some probably voted for Trump.  Some probably own gas stations. Some probably star in zombie movies. Some probably distill whiskey. Some probably play for the New York Yankees.  Some probably are dance-instructors or reality-TV stars. Some might be meth-addicts or coffee-bingers.  

The next step....well, you will start to eyeball your neighbor...your wife....your boss...even your President....wondering if they are the non-human.

Dyscalculia?

I had to look up the term. 

Dyscalculia means you have a lifelong neurodevelopmental learning disorder.  Roughly....one out of twenty have this problem.

Effect? It causes persistent difficulties in understanding numbers, quantities, and basic arithmetic. 

This is the kid who you tell some word-problem....indicating 16-percent being the end-result, telling you that that this represents 30 people....and the 'game' is to figure what you really started with.  The kid looks at you....thinking it's a rocket-science problem.  No matter what you do....he's lost.

As you expect...mental math is impossible....and there's constant anxiety in this one single class.

The guy/gal isn't stupid or low IQ....they just have math jumbled up in their head.

Invasion!!!!

 I sat yesterday and watched about ten minutes of a guy talking over the newest rumor/BS....that somewhere in the US government....a group is planning to stage a fake alien invasion.

I pondered over this for the past twelve hours.

First, within the state of Alabama....we are fully prepared (armed)....with enough ammo to hold off the fake aliens. 

Second, to reach a point of a quarter of society accepting this....you'd  have to have some 'event' where 50,000 Americans die, and I just don't see gov't idiots willing to go that far.

Third, if this amounts to just six football field-size alien craft....no one is going to  believe the event.  

Fourth, you likely get one single chance on this....if you ever try to stage a 2nd or 3rd fake invasion.....no one will fall for  it.

Finally, just a bet....the minute the fake invasion starts up....it's likely that the good-guy aliens will say  'what-the-hell' and blast the fake aliens.

Wild times.

Five Observatations

 1. My wife's co-worker had a new washer arrive Thursday of last week....with a wi-fi connection.  I asked why.....neither the wife or her associate had a good explanation.

I just note...dryers....toasters and coffee-machines come this way now...making no sense..

2. Someone noted how much wealth has left California  in the past two years....saying it's in the $700-Billion range.

3. I generally believe that if you grew up in the 1960s/1970s....you could generally handle any stress/chaos.

4.  Tucker Carlson claims.....that Donald Trump has some kind of a “supernatural component” that puts people around him in a “dreamland.”

Alien-BS?  

5. What job would I hand de Santos as he exits Florida governor-job?  

House-Speaker is not required to be a House-elected member....I'd tell the House GOP to hire him up and give him that job for 2 years.

$9 Starbucks Coffee

 Somebody this week asked Starbucks CEO about their newest coffee and cost ($9).  What he said....he says a guy needs to just not think about it as a $9 cup of coffee, this is about paying for the “experience” of getting a Starbucks coffee,

I paused over this.

I can remember when coffee (plain/regular) was around 25-cents.   

I can also remember being at some airport in the early 1990s....paying $1.

I can remember around 2013....getting a premium coffee of Starbucks....paying around $4.50 (grande/large cup).

At the point where it was near $5....I sat and thought....two premium beers from the grocery across the street...with sales tax...probably would equal the coffee.

To be honest...at least here in Germany, I could buy a whole bottle of vodka now  for about $7...which would barely get me two medium cups of coffee.

The experience thing he talks about?  Well....if this were a stripper-club...maybe the $9 cost is appropriate.  But if the coffee lady is some dimwitted 18-year-old gal with florescent-orange hair, has seven piercings being obvious, and she talks demonic BS about politics....then NO, the $9 is not a reason to drink the coffee.

To be blunt about this...if I ever did buy and drink the $9 coffee....I'd be fearful that my German wife would find out and spend four hours lecturing me about being frugal, and that I should fill a thermos at home with coffee to lug around. 

Netflix Series: Department Q

 It's not often I recommend a Netflix series....but I've wrapped up 'Department Q', and would strongly recommend it.

Detective series....missing person....'bad-boy' cop given the job.

Somewhere in the beginning....they've given the detective a 'helper'...basically a immigrant guy from the Middle East....named 'Akram'.

I'll just say that every scene that Akram appears in....he's like 'Billy-Jack' character, and dominates the scene.  Akram has no respect for rules or regulations.

Season two?  Approved.  

My View On Seattle

 Since last year....I've followed almost daily....the ramblings and  commentary of Seattle's socialist mayor....Katie Wilson.

I consider her to be rather 'gifted' intellectually....to the point where you would describe her as a idiot-servant.  

How she was elected as mayor?  I have this theory.

I think a majority of voters saw her as useless and lacking....but were drawn to vote her into office because they wanted chaos.   These are voters who knew she'd fail to deliver, and likely open various 'exit-doors' for the well-to-do voters to leave the city and state. 

These are 'agents' who want disorder and daily theatrical shows.

Wilson is set to be mayor (unless she quits or is taken  out by the state mechanism)...until the fall of 2029.   

My humble view is that the tax revenue folks will have a talk with her around the first of 2027, and note they are missing around 5-to-10 percent of normal collection.  Whether she'll connect the dots or not....I think she'll just say 'move-on'...continue operations, and some financial officer will note that somewhere in the budget....at least five-percent has to be cut/gutted.

At that point, Wilson will tell the state to make up the difference...refusing to cut.

This will go back and forth....to the point that the state tells Wilson....that Seattle's damage crosses over into state-damage, and they are missing tax revenue as well.  'Sorry' will be the response....but the state can't cover the losses.

By mid-summer of 2027....Wilson probably will have public appearance issues....not wanting to talk about the mess.