Five Observations

 1.  FBI kinda says they took various boxes from the Biden residence of 'notes'.  It would appear....from some of the classified material....someone (maybe not even Joe) read through the material and written classified notes.  Under general security rules, if the classified still appeared in your notes.....you had to protect it, and mark it in appropriate ways.  

If Joe didn't write the notes....it begs more questions....who did?

2.  National Intelligence 'boss' says there's too much over-classifying going on.  

People have been saying this for more than 50 years.

3.  About 90-percent of the people walking around and claiming trauma.....are mostly just screwed-up in the head.

4.  Some theaters in Canada (very limited number) are testing the idea of blacks-only nights.  Yeah, some kind of pro-segregation gimmick.  I'll predict by 2024, some restaurants go and build extra toilets....for blacks, and non-blacks.  

5.  I noticed the Captain Crunch folks have gone to make a pancake mix, and offer up a blue-looking maple syrup.  Was that really necessary?

Is There Trump-Derangement-Syndrome?

 Yes, and there is also CNN-Derangement-Syndrome, FDR-Derangement-Syndrome, Fauci-Derangement-Syndrome, Pelosi-Derangement-Syndrome, NCAA-Football-Derangement-Syndrome, and Woke-or-Anti-Woke-Derangement-Syndrome.

What this amounts to....you've been conditioned in different ways to object or see things in some rational way.  It's like Hunter Biden-Derangement-Syndrome or Joe Biden-Derangement-Syndrome.  Both gentlemen are seen 'demons' and need some kind of exorcism performed.

Part of the blame is social media, but a fair amount goes back to news cycles and the constant bombardment of BS/propaganda.  

I can think of around twenty-five individuals now....if they should appear on the TV, my initial reaction is to mute the TV until it's done.  I can think of three sports figures that have made it to my mute-list.

Here's the thing....this feeling is not going away or lessening.  If anything, you have teenagers and juveniles now....acting out on derangement syndrome problems, and unable to present anything but a fragile understanding of reality.

Five General Reasons Why People Aren't Well Off By Age 60

 1.  People get into a habit early on.....saving is a more important philosophy....instead of earning (or improving your salary).  Every two to three years, your salary ought to be going up a notch.

2.  Getting into the habit of always spending more than you earn.

3.  Letting your career be guided by your parents or society.  You ought to own your destiny.

4.  Too scared to take opportunity and make something out of it.  Even if you fail in 20-percent of your efforts....you have to take risks.

5.  Even by age forty, you have no financial goals, and don't feel bad about it.  

2024 Senate Elections in Play?

 1.  Arizona, with Sinema to be challenged in the Democratic primary, and seriously challenged by a GOP contender.

2.  Michigan.  Incumbent retiring.  

3.  Montana.  Currently near 50-50 split. Tester (D) might face a serious challenge this time.  

4.  Nevada.  Rosen (D) to be openly challenged. Near 50-50 split.

5.  Ohio.  Brown (D) to be fairly challenged.  Near a 50-50 split.

The rest would all likely be won by incumbents. Roughest race is Arizona, with Sinema (D) likely defeated by the Democratic challenger in the primary.  Maricopa County would be unable to repeat the gimmicks of 2022, with printers 'acting up'.   

I would guess two Republican wins in the five states...giving a slight edge to the Republicans.  

Ten Observations

 1.  Just seems to be a lot of police walking around/patrolling....dressed in 'Green-Zone' (Iraq War) 'soldiers-attire', and not as regular police.  What would happen if regular people went to Green-Zone attire?  

2.  You might as well accept it....Artificial Intelligence (AI) will reach a point in ten years where you step into a cubical....get diagnosed with whatever health issue....and get a prescription given to you by AI (not the actual doctor).  Then you walk to the pharmacy....where the next AI will issue you your drug.  Then on the way home, your personal AI sends out a automatic update via Meta/Twitter to your friends of your condition, without consulting you on the hemorrhoid's issue.  

3.  Being censored by someone with the mentality of a 12-year old kid....usually doesn't make sense.

4.  Some people reach maturity by age fourteen......some at age sixty...have yet to reach maturity.  Don't go rushing folks. 

5.  Overthinking....usually doesn't get you into trouble.  Underthinking might.

6.  There are people around who generally hate you....if they cannot control you.

7.  There's an agenda going on to trim the spaces after a '.' to just one, instead of the universal two spaces after '.'.   Don't fall into the one-space cult.

8.  Generally, if you bring up the term 'gain of function'....probably 98-percent of Americans think it has something to do with NFL football, instead of Covid.

9.  Being rational....shouldn't require any rocket science.

10.  It used to be...if you were out-of-touch....you were employed by Burger King or Wendys.  Today, it's possible you might even get hired-up to be President of the United States.  

Movie Review: The Great Wall

 I sat last night and watched the 2016 movie 'The Great Wall'.

I have to admit....it was a lousy movie....marginal script....and if I were in a theater, I would have walked out by the 30th minute.  

Basically, they wanted to sell you on some invasion of China by monster-dog-creatures, and the Great Wall was what was protecting society.  Along come these two European guys, and one of them (the Matt Damon character) saves the day.  

Chicago Chatter

 There's a state draft 'bill' going around, where the Illinois would have the power to mandate...for cities having a population of 2-million or more....if you were a gas station, bank, pawn shop or grocery store....you'd hire up armed-guards.  

Note, cities less than 2-million?  No such requirement.

First, the odds of passage?  I'm guessing while being pushed by a Democrat....it'd be awful hard to get general support among the rest of the state legislature.

Then you come to a cost factor?  If you were a pawn shop or gas station.....that's a added $100k a year on cost....to have a full-time guy around....Monday through Saturday.  

Then you'd come to actual use of weapons.  Armed guards, with Army training?  Any hint of trouble....they'd shoot.  So you'd have at least forty new shootings each day, with problem-folks wounded or dead.

Even legal?  It's aimed strictly at Chicago.  I would imagine it'd go to the Supreme Court over fairness. 

Then finally, I come to the manpower issue.  If you counted up pawn shops, gas stations, grocery stores, and banks....within Chicago....it's probably in the range of 5,000 establishments.  Go figure shifts, and you probably need to find a minimum of 15,000 guys/gals to be armed guards.  If you say former felons or criminal record folks can't be armed guards.....you will require 15,000 Hispanic folks (probably illegals) to do the job required....for the low pay situation.