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. 

Emergency Thinking

Yesterday....I noted that the city of Annapolis, Maryland....put out an emergency preparedness guide....that was designed primarily (only) for LGBTQ people.

The hint I got....via the city folks running this program....that LGTBQ folks are 'more-likely' to be affected by some natural disaster (I assume they mean hurricanes, earth-quakes, floods, wild-bear-attacks, etc).

I probably spent 30 minutes this AM....thinking about this.

Having been in the military for 22 years.....it was embedded in some way....you needed to think about emergencies, and that the Air Force always had a plan-A, plan-B, plan-C.   I guess  if you never did any military time....you don't think about disaster much.

But then it came to me....is it possible that LGTBQ folks are so much in a 'bubble'....that anything....even a hail-storm....could set them off into a chaotic mentality?

Living in Germany....I'm understanding the German mentality....that a funnel-type cloud (dark as hell) might be approaching the valley, and the German quietly gazes at the cloud.  Not really fearful  or reacting....mostly sipping a beer slowly, and simply observing things. Henrick....as the wind picks up....might ask: 'you reckon we should move to the basement?'....not really feeling stressed about things.

Thinking over this Maryland/LGTBQ problem....it's obvious....you as a city need to hire 'helpers'....say one for each four LGTBQ folks....to personally guide the poor folks to safety when chaos sets in.  Obviously, they probably should not be LGTBQ themselves....otherwise, the helpers will need helpers.

Sheltering separately away from non-LGTBQ folks?  Well....that's something else that I'm pondering upon.   

Vance and the View?

 Vice President JD Vance will be appearing on The View today, Tuesday (16 June) at 11:00 AM (ET).

It should be an interesting Q-and-A....where hundreds of thousands of women....are lined up to get their dose of anti-Vance/anti-Trump, and find their 'strength' diminished.

Framing....de-framing....re-framing....etc.

I don't think the View-ladies are in the level of debate required for this situation.