Things I Now Identify As

 1.  Even though I'm about to be 66 years old....I now identify as a permanent 34-year old guy.

2.  I've decided to identify as Cherokee, Danish, Roman, and Celtic.

3.  I'm going to identify as a New York Yankees 3rd baseman. 

4.  I'm going to identify as a Baywatch TV show life-guard....even though I can't swim.

5.  On Thursdays, I'm going to identify as being 'invisible'....you won't be able to see me.

6.  At  least two days a year, I will identify as maximum paranoid shizophrenic....at the 5-star crazy-crazy level.  

7.  On Sundays, I will be identifying as Moses....complete with sandals.

8.  On the third Monday of each month, I will identify as Joe-Biden-fog-brained....mostly to see if anyone notices.

9.  I will identify as an 'CNN-expert' in hopes of getting hired-up and make some 'real' money.

10.  I will reassess myself weekly, and identify as needed.   So I might have 600 identities per year.

Six Humble Thoughts

 1. I sat and watched the 24-minute interview of  Kamala Harris and MSNBC.  Two observations:  Harris really needs to avoid all taxation/economic questions.....zero sense or understanding.  Second, she was less goofy than normal (I'm not saying zero goofy.....just less goofy).

I think even 12-year old kids now realize her goofy-factor.   

2.  What this ports-strike chatter is all about?  Well....the port-workers have come to realize that modernization is finally coming....with robotics involved, and some of their work is going to disappear.  So the strike is mostly about preventing modernization (yeah, pretty odd strategy).

3.  This Mayor arrest in NY City to occur?  It'll happen next week where he turns himself  in.  Evidence?  He took bribes and the feds can prove this angle (the hint in the media is $10-million....whether true or not, unknown). 

The odd thing?  The mayor had been complaining for months about the lack of fed-money to cover hotels for migrants.  So Biden/Harris had a meeting scheduled with the Mayor....but just an hour or two prior to this DC meeting....the Feds raided the Mayor's house....so he departed DC without the meeting.

Other odd side-story?  Well....the Turks who were bribing....wanted jobs within the Mayor's 'team'.  No one says what they were planning to accomplish there.

4.  Some kind of 'tip-line' set up in Michigan....for kids to call in and report their parents for not having their guns secured.

Just thinking.....some parents are about dump their kids into the Michigan social system, and the kids might be shocked how crappy things turn out to be.

5.  There's speculation that Bill Gates is about to toss big BUCKS into a climate agenda....aimed at using news organizations as the propaganda unit.

Likely outcome?  Quicker demise of news sources for 2025/2026.  If you were stupid to be in college and working on a journalism degree....you might want to rethink your life strategy.  

6.  Science report....200 different cancer-causing chemicals found in food packaging.  All aimed at trigger higher rates of breast cancer.

Just motivates people to buy food NOT in a plastic package.

Sometimes, I Think About Perceptions

 

For 30 years, I've been a faithful 'addict' of Windex.  Working at various offices....I always had a bottle and paper towels around.

I looked at this comparison today.

Yeah, it's just odd....whoever design blue Mountain Dew....it is the same exact 'tint' as Windex.

Just odd.

Kids and Politics Chatter

 I sat and watched a CNN segment (admitting I still 'force' myself to get doses of slanted news), but this ended up being an odd story.

So CNN went and asked what I perceived to be 11-year old kids....how they felt about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

Odd question, and there is virtually NO value in the 'product'.

However, the kids gave blunt prospectives of both.....which made for an interesting segment.

As a kid in 1969 (when I was eleven)....if you'd asked the class who was president....I doubt if 50-percent could have answered the question.  If you'd asked me over my prospective of Nixon?  I would have answered he's the President, and gave no insight or plus/minus of the guy.

So you gaze at society and the news media.....what has changed over 55 years?  Well....there's just a lot of propaganda today, and even 11-year old kids recognize this factor.

If I had a household and three kids today?  I'd have to filter out news or constantly remind the kids that being skeptical is a worthily talent.

Here's the final observation.....in seven years, as these kids start to reach voting age.  They will have ZERO trust in the news media, and refuse to accept any propaganda.  How things will work then?  It just makes me wonder if CNN will be around. 

Five Humble Thoughts On The Path Of Kamala Harris To The Presidency

 1.  You could write ten questions for an interview....hand them to Kamala, with the suggested answers, and a week later....she'd stumble her way through the Q-and-A, giving almost no clear answer.  It just begs the question....how she ever got through college.

2.  I think Joe Biden knew she was this 'lost' and this pick of her.....was revenge upon the Pelosi/Obama crowd for forcing him out of the race.

3.  She's medicated on 'something'.

4.  No, she does not own a pistol or ever fired a pistol (my humble belief).

5.  I just don't think she has any real lawyer skills....whatsoever. 

College Chatter

 

Back in 2011, I worked with a guy who had a 18-year old daughter...about to finish high school, and had been accepted to James Mason (a prestigious university in Virginia).

There was one issue....it was contingent that she come in on a Saturday and take two tests....English grammar and math assessment.

Dad drove her over.  She tested, and the scores were figured shortly after that....with a face-to-face meeting with a school official set for two hours later.

So here's the end of the story.

The girl....who had remarkable grades for the final four years of school....failed both tests.  Her dad sat there in disbelief and asked how.

College official pointed out....the last math course she took in high school....was in the 10th grade.  In both the 11th and 12th grade....she took mostly science-related courses. 

Looking at her accomplishments in English grammar.....the last plain grammar class she took....was in the 9th grade.  She had taken French literature, romance novels, and a poetry-related class....for the 10th, 11th and 12th grade.

What all of this meant?  The college official said she'd have to take a regular high-school-level math and English class in the first year at the college....with zero college credit.  Cost factor?  Around $350 for each class.  Ability to finish school in four years?  Pretty much crapped out, unless she took a summer period as a add-on.

This guy and I talked over the outcome.....total waste of time, of which we both agreed.

So I asked.....if you'd known of this problem....would you have taken her to some tutor for a weekend to  prep for the two stupid tests?  OH YEAH was the response.....guessing it would have cost $500 for a max-knowledge-dump.   

All of this makes me wonder....just how many kids are showing up and can't function at 12th-grade high school level?   A quarter of the folks?  More?

What Really Happens in 2025 If 30,000 Trump-Haters Have To Leave The US?

 I've actually wasted a few hours over 2024 thinking about this issue.

So, in my mind.....of the 30-odd thousand folks who seem to be talking about this....I think that ONLY two out of three will carry this.  I know....you've been told otherwise, but I think some people are just bluffing.

Of the twenty thousand leaving?  I think around 50-percent will try to find a new-life in the UK....the rest will split off to Panama, the Caribbean, Canada, and Dubai.

The folks in the UK?  I'll just say that about half of them discover things aren't that great....they hate the weather.....crime bothers them....and taxes are a pain.  Within a year.....half  of this crowd will give  up and return to the US.

Of the happiest group, who stay out permanently?  I think the Americans who arrive in Dubai...are the most likely to never return. 

Somewhere around 2027....most of the folks who left...will have quietly come back to the US, and admit it was a pretty harsh thing to undertake.  

The odd thing?  Most of us never even notice them leaving or coming back.