Movie Idea

 I'm thinking of writing a movie-script....entitled: 'Hobo-Man'.

The story would go this way....some down-and-out guy...mostly a loser throughout life, has gone to homeless status in California.

At some point....he's drawn to a testing-program for $300 in cash per month....to take a pill.  He's told over and over....it would stimulate the mind.  As part of the program, you  have to agree to a  hook-up for one hour per day after taking the pill.....to some AI-system...to fuse knowledge into his mind.

He gives a talk one day at the homeless camp hangout....saying something wittty/clever.  Some news team uses the sixty-second clip. 

Within hours....half-a-million people  have viewed the clip....thinking this is the guy who should be governor of California.

A political party begins to develop....the 'Hobo-Party'.  

Over the course of a year.....Californians buy into this guy's reality, and he's elected.   A year or two passes....the guy is running for President.

At  the peak....hours after being sworn in as President....the drug company comes out to admit the pill that this guy was continually given.....was just a Tic-Tac.

The question is....did he just need a boost?

Five Thoughts

 1.  All this reflecting pool/algae BS......if you get arrested for 'any' damage....it's felony charges in a fed-court,  with the Park Service on your 'ass'.

I'll predict.....as this matter continues into 2027 (probably 3,000 detained)....we reach a point where your mental stability is questioned, and the Park Service lawyers finally start requesting a mental exam.  By the end of 2027, I'll predict a minimum of fifty folks kept for 30 days of mental-hold.

2. Past day....Israeli forces say they have seized a strategic Iranian-built Hezbollah underground command center....up on the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon.

So, here's suggestion they put out....they think a couple of hundred terrorists are stuck there....unable to reach any of the exit-point. IDF strategy?  They intend to blow up the entry/exit points.  

3. If you perform a 'hate-Trump-act'.....with a consequence of two years of  fed-jail time.....do you have any mental 'control', or are you just doped-up around the clock?

4. Some Oregon school made the decision to drop the valedictorian honor....saying  it was removed to prevent other students from feeling bad about their performance.

Pondering it....you should just make all kids valedictorians....letting all of them speak for ten minutes....even if it amounts to six hours of BS-talking.   Give the idiots a chance to shine.

5.   Not much hope for Iran to survive as one-country.  I'll predict by early 2027....with no peace deal acceptable....it dissolves into 3 to 5 countries.  

Ten Humble Thoughts

 1.  This week....I probably wasted an hour thinking over the pro-algae folks in DC....with the reflecting pool....who desperately don't want 'Trump-success' in fixing the situation.

They appear so focused.....that they'd get arrested/detained....get dragged into fed-court, and maybe pay damages/fines....up into the $10,000 range.   It just seems like....they need a month or two in some farm-work to clear  up their mind, and get rational.

2.  Obama library.

I'll just say it.....within 20 years....there's  likely to be structural issues, and I'll predict safety issues cause a period of shut-down.

3.  I tried to make sense out of this....some sex offender (in the state of Georgia).....an Indian (Bombay-type).....got listed on the sex offender registry.  Issue?  Under the ethnic category....he's listed as a native American male.

4.  I noted this week.....CNN went out and asked Americans.....if they got their 'NEWS' from them....only 2-percent said 'yes'.

I have to be honest....about five minutes out of each month....I'll drift over to CNN for some hot-item....but that's typically my limit.

5. HUD Secretary Scott Turner says he will kick out any illegal aliens from Section 8 housing. They have to show proof of citizenship to get the deal.

How many?  Well.....25,000 roughly.

Legal challenges?  Yeah....I would imagine so. But here's the thing....you were an person....claiming to be American, but having no birth certificate.....yeah, you probably also get kicked out.

6.  From all this investigation-into-Gov Newsom BS....just odd....wire-taps done on his wife.   Just appears that she has some connection to 'crimes' and will also be dragged into a mess.

Some advice....if you are a shady character....always assume your phone is bugged.

7.   Amazon 'boss'....Jeff Bezos....said this week....while AI might eliminate some jobs in the beginning....the technology will generate massive demand for human workers.

Now, you notice....'workers' doesn't exactly mean white-collar management jobs paying $100,000 a year.

If I were looking at this....AI needs massive air conditioning support, and probably five-million Americans by 2035....would need to be AC-technicians.

8.  I asked AI (Grok)....to look over data and suggest how many college students have an IQ of 90 or less.  

Grok says...."approximately 21-percent of college students have an IQ below 90 (on average, across all undergraduates).  This estimate comes from a 2024 meta-analysis by Uttl, Violo, and Gibson."

100...on an IQ is considered average.....90 would be less-than-average.  

But here's the thing....from this 21-percent group.....how many drift down  to 80, and you end up with a college graduating a thousand students a year....who marginally can be educationally 'fit'.  Imagine if they end up as school-teachers.

9.  I read through a science piece this week....elevated levels of a highly abundant chemical messenger in the brain.....seem to be linked to a heightened sensitivity to making mistakes. 

Basically....this is a guy/gal....who makes a mistake....realizes it....then goes into a fit of anxiety/depression. 

The other guy/gal who does make a mistake.....goes to the logical step....learn from your mistake....avoids the fit of anxiety/depression.

Risk-takers?  They are forever learning from mistakes and lessening any waste of time on anxiety/depression.

10.  From the remaining guys in charge of Iran....I'd say they have one particular problem....a IQ level of 80-to-90.  Sadly.....they are the ones that Trump has to deal with.

The Birth Certificate Chatter

 I asked Grok/AI to assemble the data....how many Americans don't-got a birth certificate.

A 2023 national survey (Brennan Center for Justice, in partnership with the University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement and others) asked around 2,386 U.S. citizens aged (age 18-plus).....the question.

Based on their numbers.....nationally, they figure around 3.8 million voting-age U.S. citizens currently LACK any form of documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) or US birth.

The details?  Well....concluding they were mostly lost, destroyed, stolen, or never obtained. 

I paused over this.

You can't join the military or get social security....so this really crimps-up the lifestyle of the 3.8-million.

So, part of this story....if you were born in the US prior to the 1950s.....in a lot of cases....the fed/state gov't was not involved, and thus no certificate awarded.  I don't argue about that.

What is obvious here.....how would you conduct banking/investing, report taxes, or get social security later in life?  No one talks about the 'details'.

The $50 An Hour Idea

 Barbara Lee is running for mayor of Oakland, Cal.

In a debate setting.....she made it clear....she wants a $50 federal minimum wage.

I sat for about 20 minutes....pondering this.

Pizza made by a kid making $50 an hour?  It'd probably cost near $75 (include tax nearing $90).

A beer at the sports bar?   Well....probably near $19 once the bar-keep  presents it.

McDonalds menu selection?  Nearing $50-to-$60.

How quick would businesses shut-down?  Probably within 60 days.....half of all businesses would close.  The path 'out'?  Well....you need to leave as quickly as possible.  

Amazing world we live in.

Explaining The DC Algae Problem

 Basically....the science is....green algae or cyanobacteria grows exponentially when three main factors align.

Factors?

1.   Excess nutrients (especially nitrogen and phosphorus)....acting like fertilizer. Phosphorus is often the key limiting nutrient in freshwater systems.

2.  Sunlight....for photosynthesis and energy.  If you had 3 to  6 days of clouds....it would be slow in  appearing.

3.   Warm temperatures.....warmer speeds the process...cooler lessens the speed.

If you replaced the water hour by hour, or cooled it....algae would marginally appear.  If you 'flushed' it every twelve hours....that might help.

It's NOT rocket science.

Note: you could fool folks into believing that global warming triggers this, and most would readily buy into it.

Six Things I Now Believe

 1. Starbucks premium coffee ($4-plus dollars)....is sip-by-sip.....same as McDonalds coffee ($1.69 to $2.29).

2.  Whenever you utter 'consenting-adults'....I get the humble feeling that 100 folks would have 100 differing consents....making things hard to define.

3.  I have this 'lecture-alarm' in my head.   Oddly, about twenty times a day....it goes 'off' and alerts me.  I hit my mute-button  (in the head) and the lecture dissolves into thin-air.

4.  It's painfully obvious now...that there must be over 50,000 sexual fetishes.....with some folks hyped  up to sex-up with people in McDonald uniforms, or dressed to appear like Nancy Pelosi.

5. There are seven and eight year old kids being introduced to Alexa and Grok, and half of their knowledge base by age twelve....will have come from the two....NOT from schools or their buddies.

6.  Cultures are different. When a rainbow appears in Japan....folks see seven colors.  In Germany, they see five colors. England....six colors.   They all see the same thing but perceive it differently.