Three Thoughts On My Mind This Week

 1.  I caught onto the idea....wondering....how Californians seem to be locked onto voting Democrat....over and over.

For a long-time....I had the thought that it was mostly bogus voting registrations....illegals voting....absentee-ballot BS.

Some guy this past summer wrote a piece about five or six relatives (they all live in the LA region), and how they will meet up once or twice a year (family bar-b-q), and they confess the screwed-up nature of things, and the economic spiral.  But the same folks are fearful of what some Republican leadership might do....to undo the great gains of the past decade or two.

In simple terms....they got a heavy dose of propaganda, and can't get beyond the 'trust' that they gave the Democrats.

I'm not saying this accounts for 100-percent of the mess....but by the time you count bogus absentee-ballots and illegals voting.....this 'fear' might be 50-percent of the problem.

2.  This effort by the administration to purge NON-Americans off state voting rolls?

In roughly twenty states....it'll be completely successful.  In states like California, Arizona, Oregon?  I see marginal success.  What'll happen in December (within California crew)....I see fed-lawyers going to individuals who voted as NON-Americans, and prosecuting to the full maximum of the law....with 10,000 folks in serious jeopardy of a year in some fed-prison.

3.  This talk by Bill Gates of one-billion dead folks because of AI-doom?

I pondered over this.  Just in the state of California....there might be 500,000 doomed folks.  I could see some phobia starting up....fear of anything to do with AI, and some paranoia starting up....the minute you utter AI involved in your banking or job....you'd go and freak out.

The same folks who fear climate change, or lost a sense of reality over Covid?  Oddly...yeah.

My belief....some stupid politicians will come around by 2028....making a death certificate law....if you died by AI in some way....maybe your death certificate would note that way of death.

It's cult-like....if you ask me.

Working-Class Dilemma

 The 30 year mortgage rate just reached 7.45-percent.  By summer of 2027?  I could see 8-percent rates.

So a $300,000 house, with me putting down $30,000 for down-payment?  Roughly $1,900 a month.

I just don't see that many people under age 30 affording a house.  Go toss in insurance and property tax....I'd need to make $75,000 a year minimum.  

Five Humble Thoughts

 1.  Lot of chatter this week....some factual coming out to suggest folks 'found' Noah's Ark (yeah, kinda found on the mountain side like you'd think).

My belief....somewhere around 1,500 to 2,000 years ago...some religious group put a 'fake' Ark up on the mountainside...to entice followers to make a trip up to see the Ark.  

2.  I sat and watched a 60-second clip of former VP Kamala Harris...trying to explain AI.  By the end....I felt like I was watching some looped-up on heavy doses of cannabis. 

My gut feeling....to make the pro-cannabis crowd happy....we may have to vote in someone into the Presidency once in a while.

3.  Dead-last on my 25,000 things to argue about: how to realign college football conferences.

4.  PM Carney of Canada....made a statement yesterday....that they (Canadian gov') are prepared for ‘risk’ that Trump might order U.S.-led military invasion of Canada

I paused over this.  Carney probably has insiders telling him this...without presenting any actual evidence of such.  

CIA-rogue agents creating fake invasion-chatter?  Yeah...that might be true.

5.  It's just odd....the same people hyped-up, chatty and worried over AI destroying mankind....are the doom-talkers of climate change, and the doom-talkers of Covid.  What are the odds?

What Happens To The Brit Ownership Of Diego Garcia/Chagos Islands In The End?

 I think the Brits have worked themselves into a corner and intend to hand ownership over to the native crowd.

About four hours into this....Trump's crew shows up....buys the island area in some deal from the natives, and identifies it as US territory (maybe even hinting statehood with Guam attached).

At that point, the US position on the Falklands will come up....with Trump saying it's absolutely Argentina's property.

US basing in the UK?  I'm pretty sure all US installations on the isle....are on some to-be-closed list.

Four Things I Cannot Understand

 1.  President Trump gives a 16-minute talk covered by CNN.....afterwards, CNN's 'experts' spend near 40 minutes trying to explain Trump's talk.

2.  Espresso-Martini....at Oktoberfest....costing almost $20 (16.50 Euro).  It's simply a double-jolt of espresso (figure $4 or 3.5 Euro), some sugar (figure .50-cents or 1-Euro), and cheap double shot of vodka (figure $4 or 3.5 Euro).  

3.  NBC reports....keeping your refrigerator/freezer door CLOSED....is best for keeping food fresh.  If you asked a 9-year old kid about this....they already know it.

4.  Some BS-rumor started up....that Canada might be invaded by the US.  

Three Observations

 1.  I downloaded the White House App yesterday.  With all this amusing chaos with CNN and the other news crews....the White House App does everything...without the gimmicks of the network.  Took 30 seconds....done.

You never needed a filter or some idiot telling a different slant on words spoken.  If you disagree with words spoken....just mute it or turn it off.

2.  In the 1970s....reality was reality.

Today.....there's probably sixty versions of reality...over one single topic.  

3.  By mid-October....Paramount will officially own CNN.  What I expect?  Just a humble guess that ten of the top wage folks are gone within a week.  

CNN becomes some neutral news establishment....within a five-day period....right before the mid-terms?  Yeah.

Pyramid: Actual Purpose?

I suspect that the authorities there....are pretty sure about the actual purpose being production of fertilizer and that if you admitted this...the tourism 'magnet' would fall apart overnight.  Admitting this?  You can't do it.

The shafts leading a 'box' deep under the pyramid?

Storage tank where you'd have ammonia, and the product of the cycle.

You have to envision northern Africa....12k to 15k years ago, and the massive harvest/use of the land.

If I were the Egyptian authorities....zero chance that I'd admit this and kill off the tourism industry.