On the Subject of Meetings

At some point in the early-1990s....I moved from a player-mode to a manager-mode, and then came the realization that you had to go and attend meetings.  Some were a mere fifteen minutes long and drilled quickly down into the issue, and were worthwhile as a meeting.  Some were 90 minutes long, and basically accomplished next to nothing.  I came to value most meetings as worthless.

At some point around 2002 to 2004....I probably was wasting four hours a week in meetings.  In 2010 to 2013.....as a manager within the Pentagon empire, I was lucky to get myself down to 180 minutes per week.  The only enjoyable meeting each week in that last year was the building custodian meeting where all kinds of building renovation or history came out from the chief of the Pentagon building.

I brought this up years ago with a older guy who could remember the 1970s era, and how there were rarely meetings.  In his mind, when the internet and computer era arrived....meetings increased.  As he pointed out.....more people wanted 'stock' ownership in decisions made, and success from meeting decisions rarely paid dividends.

At some point about fifteen years ago....I worked with a female who had a husband who had a degree in business management (the master's degree), and he had weekly meetings with his staff (the wife, and the two kids).  One of the kids was a teenager and had become anti-meeting....thus causing friction in the household.  The wife tried to explain to the husband that these meetings were not of much value, and instead got lectured on the necessity of a 'focused-team'.  I asked the co-worker how would this all end, and she felt the kid would be out the door as soon as she graduated from high-school.

As much as I hate to suggest it....meetings have turned into some kind of rocket-science.

Why Iran Keeps Adding Layers Of More 'WAR'

 As a kid....I noted that probably 3 or 4 dimwits existed in my class, and it didn't matter how things were explained....they just didn't 'get it'.  We'd go to a second details-explained situation....a third details-explanation situation, and even a fourth details-explanation situation.

Years later....I would associate this to a low IQ.

Iran simply runs....as a nation....with authorities mostly geared toward a 75-IQ, and if you said something would occur tomorrow....to cut-off power/electricity for 6 weeks....they wouldn't see a big deal.

If you said all gas stations would only sell 10 liters of gas per week....again, no big deal.

The problem here....they've had 50 years to built the nation into a land run by the Three Stooges.  Trump calls up, and it's either Curly, Larry, or Moe answering the phone.

The funny thing?  Persia....before Mohammad came along....probably was the most advanced country on the face of the Earth.  

How Was The 'Faces and Phone Numbers' Program Connected to Charlie Kirk and TPUSA?

 Well...it's a '10' on the conspiracy BS.

Apparently, some US intelligence agency....had gotten into a surveillance 'game' with Kirk's TPUSA....where they would catch 'faces' at these Kirk events, and have cellphone numbers collected.

There is some belief that toward the last month of life...Kirk was figuring some of this out.

Illegal?  Well....yeah.

Odds that this was active on 6 Jan 2021?  I started to ponder upon this.

Requiring a massive data storage point? Yeah....that's another part of this story.

On my BS-meter?  It started out as a '10'....I'm probably lowering this to a '5' now.

If 2020's Election Was Corrupted, What Else Was Screwed-Up?

 President Trump on Thursday night....will talk  over the corrupted vote in 2020.....so I sat and pondered from the Senate races...what else occurred?

The two Senate races in  Georgia? Perdue lost to Ostoff. Loeffler lost to Warnock (both were 2-point margins)

Michigan?  James lost to Peters. (1.68 margin)

Arizona?  McSally lost to Kelly (3 points)

So the odds....in the three states....4 Senate seats were corrupt-voted? I'd say it's higher than a 50-percent chance.

Fixing this?  How?  There's no Senate rule for a mess like this.

Three Things I See Approaching

 First, MLB (Major League Baseball) is going to dump long-term contracts....pissing off the union and probably creating a walk-out for 2027.

But I can look around....there's twenty-odd players with 8-to-10 year contracts....still with four to five years left, and nothing much to show value.  They can't trade or dump the guy.

Second, WNBA....will probably dissolve within 12 months after Caitlan Clark deports to Europe.  Nobody wants to watch 2-star basketball mostly with toxic women.

Third, there's probably several hundred  Georgia residents this week....talking to lawyers, and worrying over voter fraud that they participated in.

They probably are asking relatives for cash....to pay off high-cost lawyers.

Six Things I Think

1.  Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (Dem)  WILL in two weeks....announce he's signing papers to appoint a replacement for Mitch, and it's  to be a Democrat (violating state 'law').

He'll indicate that Mitch is veggie-status, and that the legislation is wrongly worded.

Challenged to the Supreme Court....Gov Beshear is probably correct.  

2.  By the end of August....Iran is fractured-up...at least three countries (maybe even six in the end).  Kurds will take Tehran....with 5-million folks/residents....on the run....leaving...creating a massive asylum mess.

3. Shortly...the California Energy Commission is to vote on mandatory appliance registration. 

Basically....BEFORE you can buy a gas appliance, AC unit, water heater....you'd have to fill out paperwork showing where the unit will be installed. Wording suggests that a building inspector would have to visit and approve the acquisition.

Why would you stay in such a state?

4.  It is rocket-science....when you ask...what's the difference between regular-socialism and Democratic-socialism.

5.   Thursday night: President Trump is set to out....the 2020 election in Georgia was massive fraud, and that both Georgia Democrat Senators are illegitimate....over massive election fraud, Ossoff and Warnock’s seats zeroed out.

What  will happen?  I'd suggest 3 things: first, several republican/democratic figures in state politics will be brought up for charges and offered a one-way deal to avoid jail....admit the crime and accurately report cash they received. Second, Ossoff/Warnock likely to lose committee seats.  Third, emergency election for both in November.

If Osssoff/Warnock knew about the crap?  Charges.

6.  RFK Jr quote: "We're seeing in our population people who are obscenely obese and at the same time malnourished."

On a average day....you come across 300-odd people, and probably one-third of them are obese, and half of that crowd is probably malnourished.

My Thoughts On The Passing Of Lindsey Graham

 First.....the guy was carrying 50 pounds of extra weight.

Second....he goes off on a fairly stressful trip to the Ukraine, and 'parties' with the in-crowd....at age 71.

Lifestyle choices....on his own.

As for the replacement?  I suspect the governor will discuss the idea of selecting himself. 50-50 shot that this is the end-result.