Observations

 1.  With all this chatter by people on Hunter Biden's artwork (that he himself painted) and sells for hundreds of thousands.....did you notice that not a single art critic has offered commentary?  

2.  Governor Cuomo of NY says the outrage over Critical Race Theory is fake.  After you sit and ponder for a while, you then realize that Cuomo's outrage over the outrage....is probably fake.  

3.  At some point in the past week....President Biden was given a chance to comment over the fine work of his chief of Health and Human Services.  It was a great moment to mention the guy and his work.  But at this moment....the President's brain freeze occurred, and he couldn't remember the guy's name.  After a few seconds, he did utter 'Xavier', but he probably started thinking of the Marvel character 'Doctor Xavier'....then he uttered 'Mr Secretary' instead.  

4.  There's an interesting publication from last year....gleaned from data of 2018, which says.....from all the people in the US who are below the poverty level....60-percent of them are white.  The number two group?  Latinos at 18.5-percent.  Blacks only make up 12-percent.  

5.  It is odd...over the past three to five years, a number of folks stood up and spoke to the idea that a number of master's degrees are worthless.  Their meaning?  The two years and likely $50,000 of cost doesn't necessarily translate into better job opportunities or better pay.  The system....for whatever it's worth....has evolved.  So this two year period of effort....might be totally worthless?  Yeah, and that ought to bother the university system a fair bit....if they can't convince you this is of value.....they'd have to lay off thousands of professors with no true value.

The Wave of Lecturing

 Probably around 2012....I reached some point while viewing the news media and social commentary.....where I felt lectured on a daily basis.  

Politicians, sports people, social justice warriors, news people, doctors, etc.....were all jumping on the lecture wagon.

At some point in the mid-1990s....while still in the Air Force, I sat in an exam room and got a three-minute lecture by some military doctor.  About six months would pass and I'd be back in the exam room with another doctor, who also wanted to lecture me....which I stopped about 30 seconds into this and just told the guy my time was valuable and I didn't need BS....urging him to get to the exam business.  

Am I anti-lecture today?  Yes, to a significant degree.

If I'm in a airport situation and forced to view CNN....I slip into the anti-lecture mood, and try to find a corner where I can't view the monitor.  

If I'm flipping channels and get to a point where something interesting is on....I'm ready to hit 'mute' the minute that the lecture starts up.

I don't want the Channel twelve weather guy to lecture me on climate change.  I don't want the deacon of such-and-such local church to lecture me on 'fake good will'.  I don't want fake lectures from some Congressman or Doctor-Doom-type on Covid-19.  I don't want some Captain Star-Tripper lecturing me over life or death.

Looking back....in the 1970s/1980s....I probably didn't ever get the five-star lecture treatment, and when I did....it was just a once-a-week type of experience.  Today?  I'll suggest at least forty lectures a day, and some are pretty intense.  

A phobia about lectures?  Maybe....but the question, how would you treat a patient like that?  Send them  off to Montana for a month of isolation?  

Roughly 7,200 Days in Afghanstan

 What's the end-result?  Nothing.

Maybe with President Bush's vision.....we would go to the ends of the Earth for Osama, but there was no clear point of success.  This chatter of changing Afghanistan?  It was talked about from the prospective of people who knew nothing of the country, or the past.

This past week, we ended the American Army participation.  

My general prediction?  In less than one year, the Taliban will control 90-percent of the country....with the region around Kabul, the only independent area left.  If you asked me about the future....within five years...another Osama-like character will arise out of the region, and things will likely repeat themselves all over again.

My Script on Biden's Spiral in 2023

 Generally, I see four problems plaguing the Biden team going in 2022, the mid-terms, and arriving in 2023 in a 'wounded' state of being.  The four issues?

1.  Whether they like to believe it or not...the immigrant/border chaos has developed into a top-three problem, with almost no way to settle or clean up the mess.

2.  The economy is going into a recession....with very little that the Biden team can do....other than writing more stimulus checks.  

3.  The 'woke-business' has probably turned half the nation into a very negative group, and no way that the Biden leadership dynamics can reset the chaos.

4.  Finally, the dementia issues follow Biden on a weekly basis.  Personally, I have doubts that this is dementia, but I would suggest that he's on some type of prescription drug (simulant) thats making his speech/reasoning ability into a question-mark.  I would also argue that his Monday through Friday schedule now (since day one) is probably the lightest of any President in the past one-hundred years.  No one explains the light schedule or the necessity of this....week after week, after week.  

Once the mid-term is wrapped up and the Republicans have a 30-seat majority in the House....I expect some committee to openly discuss impeaching Biden over most of what is Hunter's 'crap'.  Rather than bring up the speech/reasoning ability....they will simply progress on three or four issues, which are directly tied to Hunter's history.  

Fear of putting Harris into the Presidency?  I would suggest zero fear, and mostly anticipation that she will screw up the role of President within a matter of weeks.  The new VP?  It wouldn't surprise me if it were offered to Hillary Clinton.

So I would anticipate this impeachment business to start up by October 2023, take at least two months, and leave the news media in a difficult position to explain things....without going into details of Hunter's past history.

All of this making into a massive theatrical production?  No doubt, but it's been a production underway for at least 25 years.  

My Advice When the Biden-Covid Guy Comes To Your Door

First, remember that this is probably someone with marginal intelligence and easily manipulated.  

Second, offer a simple greeting....like you would with a Jehovah's Witness, magazine sales kid, or a door-to-door Avon lady.  

Third, give them a chance to announce themselves.....but at the 20-second part....let them know in a polite way, that this was more than enough on words/chatter.

Fourth, when you give them the polite 'no thanks'....smile.

Five, if they do insist upon another word or two about Covid.....let them know that they are probably within the six foot safety level, and that you've been feeling ill the past day....listing four obvious Covid symptoms.  

Six, utter the phrase 'have a nice day', and shut the door.  

Seven, call your next-door neighbor immediately and let them know the guy is in the neighborhood. 

Eight, be aware that various fake Biden-Covid people will probably come to exist, and mostly are there to either rob you, or trying to convert you in some way. It's not Biden's fault they come to exist.  

Nine, if you did want to have some fun....you could make up a fake Covid-hand-out and pose as a Biden-guy.....visiting neighbors.  

Joe

 This week, the NY Times wrote up 5,000 word 'essay' over criticizing Joe Rogan.  

I sat and read through about half of the 'chatter', and could deem it as worthless talk....wondering why even attempt a two-star piece like this?

Is Joe Rogan a journalist?  No.  If you cornered Joe and asked him what he does....he'd probably grin and just says he asks folks questions.

The thing about Joe and his questions....he asks them from the prospective of a guy on the street....a regular guy.  He's not political....nor is he connected to any foundation.  Joe won't even hide the fact that he had a joint (or two) prior to the show starting.

Joe occasionally brings on people that give you unique details or prospectives.....that most all outlets would just skip over.  

So....why screw with Joe?  That's really the million-dollar question.

I can probably think of 15,000 other individuals.....higher-up than Joe....that deserve to be screwed with.  The commissioner of baseball....the entire Senate....most of the employees of Google....the Governor of California....President Biden...etc.

Critical Race Theory, and Reality

I tend to view things in the landscape of management. 

If I hire you....I kinda expect you to show up on time....be somewhat fit in terms of your mind and body....show some focus and determination in your work....deal with all types of people in your efforts of the day....and want to get ahead in life.  

If you show up and your general focus or aspiration is that you feel like a victim....what value are you?

This whole CRT discussion revolves around the idea that something happened over seven generations ago in your family (kinda like the Hatfields and McCoys), and you can't get over that.

I should feel that way....if some Comanche Indian killed three members of my family in the 1840s, or if Nazis killed off an entire group of the family tree in 1940, or if my family were Korean and the Japanese had killed off 90-percent of the family in 1942.  

So I see this discussion unfolding....with a fair number of folks trying to live through some past event....not even knowing the name of the relatives in the era under discussion.  Adding to this burden, in the true sense of the word....you can't reset anything or get a new prospective.   Every single day....you stay focused on being a victim of something...never able to proceed or move on.

Oddly enough, if you valued true victims....wouldn't the American Indians come out way ahead on this scale?  Shouldn't we settle differences with them?   What about these Dutch, Germans and English who were brought to the colonies....in a relative sense....aren't they victims as well?

It's an odd discussion....with no real end.