Parking: Rules Are Rules

 Last week....a inspection/audit crew walked the entire 'mass' of parking spots within Wiesbaden (my local metropolitan area).

The emphasis?  They determined that 170 parking spots which were marked (with paint or signs) were NOT authorized by the city authority.

So these are being removed, or paint-removed.

No one says much....but in some cases....folks probably were 'gifted' or just assumed ownership of parking spots over the years....which were never approved by the city authority.

In some way....there's 170 parking spots which don't exist, and makes parking in the city a even more difficult task.

Four Observations

 1.  If you had a substantially low IQ (say 65)....could you control yourself enough....not to marry a brother, or handle being a Congresswoman?

2.  When faced with a blunt question that requires TRUTH....you should always respond..."not to my knowledge."  Just leave it that way, and if cornered later...just act stupid.  Insist that your 65 IQ limited your decision=making ability.

3.  Some advice....if you are running for some state-office, and have reserved a 4,000 seat arena, and you can't fill more than 200 seats....your campaign is crapped-up.

4.  It would not surprise me if the ten-odd-million California residents who've left since 2020....are still listed as registered voters in the state.

Mayflower Chatter

 In roughly five weeks....the pilgrims will have landed in America.  From the early part of 1620....they were mostly charged-up/hyped-up....with religion...to be 'free' of restraints.

So around 11 November....you have to wonder....the Captain readying the boat to take the folks over to the main-land....if reality finally hit them.  

It was the wrong time of year for 'dumping' folks off.

There's no welcome wagon, or shelter for the first week or two.

I would imagine if the Mayflower had stuck around for 3 weeks....at least half of the folks would have woke-up and asked to be carried 'home'.

Kim Jong-un Dead?

 About 3 days ago....the story started up....he'd had a health issue...went into a coma, and gotten flown into China for care....dying there (so the story goes).

Gov't of North Korea....so far....no comment.

Why?  They did publish a pic today....of a guy who looks like Kim.  Might be recent.....might be from a year ago.

If he were dead?  They need a 40-page script to detail his passing and his final hours.  His sister in charge?  Well....that's the angle of the problem.....I think the leadership wants to bypass her.

Three Observations

 1.  I watch around 30 min a day of the France riot BS.  

Just odd....it seems that the French protester crowd has some type of demand for more socialism....to resolve the mess created by the current socialism.

Someone needs to invent socialism-plus.

2.  Frank Luntz (the polling expert) did a interview and readily admits....Trump-voters, for the most part....if approached and asked about their feelings...will turn and walk away....giving no indication of how they feel.

Luntz admits....poll-folks have never encountered this problem before.  Asked to explain it....he says these people don't believe poll organizations are being 'honest'.

3.  The only difference between Russia's Putin and Stalin?  At the 30-day point of the war....where failure was obvious....Stalin would have brought in the top general of the invasion force and had him shot....repeating this every thirty days until the war was won.

The Omar Wine 'Drama'

 So it's a weird story.  I would the FBI guys on this part of the Ilhan Omar investigation are shaking their heads.

Omar and the husband....about seven years ago....start a wine company....selling one type of wine (labeled 'The Devil's Lie'). First year or two....nothing much to brag about. Sales did started to pick up.

The problem....no one can show much over actual wine (no vineyards).  They can show wine bottles procured....wine boxes shipped.  But liquids such as wine.

It just appears to be a money-laundering operation....where someone had cash but no way to move it.   So they bought empty wine bottles (of value).

The other end of this story?  Well....you have to start wondering about a lot of wine companies in California....if they run fake wine sales....to help laundry money?

Case now involving the husband too?  Yeah....oddly, he's a participant in the mess.  

Q-and-A: NO KINGS?

 1.  What's the best way to defeat kings at any level?

2nd Amendment....guns and bullets.  

2.  When the news media shows images of the NO KINGs protest...what do you see?

White folks (probably 99-percent).....majority of women (60-percent)....half the crowd being over age 50.

3.  Reasoning to hype NO KINGs right now?

Election in 3 weeks....to get people in some thrilled state of mind.

4.  Chief chatter of a interviewed NO KINGs guy/gal?

Get Trump.  Oddly....it revolves around this....Trump this....Trump that.

5.  Has there been other NO KINGs movements?

If you go back to the Andrew Jackson period....YES.  Oddly, this was created by the Whig Party (the Republicans), and it solidified the party 'brand'.  

You can also review the Lincoln and FDR periods....to find lesser movements/success. Lincoln's NO KINGs element was created by southern Democrats....while FDR's were Republican in nature.

6.  Is there a public perception problem?

If you had a hundred adults at some protest and asked them to name one king (other than Trump)....Five or six would probably name King Herrod (Jesus period)....with a dozen suggesting that Hitler/Mussolini both were kings.  At least 20 folks would name King Kong.   At least one would name King Louie....the  orangutan “king” of the jungle in The Jungle Book.  And at least five would name Aerys II Targaryen (who was known as the “Mad King”), from Game of Thrones.

7.  Will the NO KINGs crowd cross over.....as Trump leaves, and be anti-Rubio/anti-Vance?

I would require three shots of bourbon to ponder this idea.  In the case of Rubio and his humor....he'd likely announce himself in some king-role....with a baseball hat designed as a crown.  Cubans would go crazy over the 'brand'.