Citizenship Chatter

 So the evil one....that crazy guy....Scott Bessent...has spoke up and said regulations will be created shortly (I imagine by the end of April)....where banks have to certify your citizenship as a customer.

How?  No one says.

I would imagine you'd present a passport, Star-Card, military ID, or a birth certificate.  

He's not saying you'd be 'dumped' if you were a non-American.....just that in the banking data.....you'd be noted as American or non-American.  Green Card people OK?  Yeah.  

These Democratic women who got all hyped-up....that they didn't have birth-certificates?  Well....now, they've got a problem with their bank requirement.

But here's the odd thing....after three or four months of this....there's going to be ten-million-plus accounts where identification has NOT been achieved.  Reason?  Either the guy/gal is dead (for maybe 30-odd years), or the guy/gal never really existed in the first place.

This moment...probably occurring toward December....will bother Senators/House members. There might be a billion dollars sitting there....with the person dead.

My Gut Feeling Over Little House On The Prairie Returning

 In the 1970s...as 'LHOTP' came out....I noted some article in  the paper at the time, which brought up two issues, and for all these years....it's stuck on my mind.

First....Walnut Grove is in Minnesota, and the landscape simply didn't fit for the Hollywood back-lot that was used for the show.

Second....the real location has WINTER conditions for about five month out of the  year.  I'm not talking about inch or two of  snow.

These two things always stuck out in my mind.....so I saw the show as Little House in California.

From the previews of the new series?  I'd say it's set for the real Walnut Grove.

Maybe it's better in some way.

My Gut-Feeling Over Eric Swalwell

 I believe if you go back to Eric...at age 15....he was bumping up against girls, and doing lots of stupid crap, but never seemed have police involved.

I think he went  to college....and did the same thing.

I think he went to the House, and did the same thing.

How many women did he hook up with?  Probably over a thousand, and half of them probably didn't appreciate the hook-up.

What he does now...if the House kicks him out?  Well....that's the big question.  

Run for office?  Maybe as some mayor?

Yes, I Was A Burn-Bag Guy

 Around the summer of 1981....after intel-school for the Air Force....I arrived at Barksdale  (Louisiana) and one of my five primary duties....was burn-bag handler.  So in the back of the vault....we kept this pile stashed away, and about every eight weeks....dragged them all down to the burner in the rear of the building.

It was crappy work (you hated August most of all for the heat).  You typically started around 9 AM, and by 11 AM....it was mostly burned, and you were raking ashes to dump.  You'd go through two Mountain Dews.

In 84/85....it was mostly a shredding experience.....every 8 weeks....about four hours with two other folks.  At some point, the big burn occurred, where we had around 150 bags of plastic crap and they wanted it burned at the Landstuhl medical facility (med-waste).  

In Panama, for 86/87/88?  We had a half-ass burn unit which worked sometimes....and sometimes not.  Two of us would be standing there in the noon-heat.....both sipping a beer or two...until the burn was done.

By 1994, I was noted at a rank where the burn-experience was not required.

Five Thoughts

 1.  I've come to the point of believing that at best....Kamala Harris had a IQ of probably 80-to-85....meaning she was borderline. How she got through college?  She was able to impress her instructors in some fashion.

2.  Some Iranians have Star-Link (Elon's stuff) and can communicate with the outside world.  I noted over the weekend....commentary to indicate that only half of ATMs in Iran function....but there's typically a limit of 15-to-20 dollars in local currency coming out. Cash-flow in Iran is now at a harsh level.

3.  A couple of Demo states looking at taxing folks as they leave/exit.  Just suspect....some folks are just going to up and disappear....without saying anything much.

4.  Noted over the weekend....some new App invented....'talking-to-Jesus'.  You'd hook up, for about a dollar-per-minute....have a chance to converse with Jesus.  Not saying if it's legit or not.....but it might be a trend (talk-to-Moses, talk-to-Fred Flintstone, talk-to-Satan).

5.  Noted over the weekend.....Canada says it is preparing the entire country for a major global war that could erupt (shortly).  Who with?  Unknown.  Where funding would come from?  Also unknown.

AI Chatter

I sat and read through a couple of pages of a 'paper' written by two researchers from University of Penn and Boston University.  Title?  "The AI Layoff Trap"..

What they got into....there's layoffs going on....with AI coming to replace the folks.

These laid-off employees used to spend money.  Now?  They don't.

The economy is designed for people to have money....spend money, and not really capable of evolving.

So the companies that laid people off....will likely go bankrupt down the line....because there's cash flow with the economy with no purchasing power. AI certainly isn't going to buy a bass-boat....spend five days in Aruba....or ever need a $88k Ford pick-up.

What the report leads to.....these top level managers have to grasp the situation and  realize the impact approaching. Great quote....."Fire workers.....Lose customers.... Lose revenue.... Collapse."

There's also this other odd 'twist'....if people are eliminated from jobs....purchases decrease....sale tax-revenue starts to crap out....states and cities can't manage their yearly spending, without more new additional taxes.

There's a tidal wave approaching, but it's probably too late to say or do much of anything.

What Was The Movie 'The Arrival' All About?

 I've watched the movie two times now.

So the story goes this way:

Aliens have arrived, and shockingly enough....can't get their message across.

American Army brings in this language lady, and they waste about 80-percent of the story....going back and forth.....marginally getting a hundred-odd phrases connected.

The Americans....in total fear....urge killing the threat.

The gal suddenly has the clear message...somehow, the aliens come from 3,000 years in the future, and their world is under some threat (they never say who or how), and only by getting Earth-folks involved and helping them....in 3,000 years....can this alien folks survive.

I paused at this point....thinking, well....how do they know this works?  Seems like  it'd be a guess if Earth-folks were helpful or not.  Seems like it could make the situation twice as bad.

Anyway....that's the final outcome, and you are left to wonder....did we screw it up?