Eight Thoughts

 1.  If you lined up the thousand-odd comedians of the US....on my index of 'funny'....at least three-hundred are not funny....to the point that they need to return to Pizza Hut or selling tires.

2. Every time that I see...."SHOCKING ADMISSION FROM A CERN SCIENTIST: "BEINGS ARE COMING OUT OF THE PORTA".....I'm pretty convinced that drug usage is massive.

3.   Personally....if you are without an ID of any type....I don't see how you can function in the modern era.   You could have done this in the 1960s/1970s....but not today. 

4.  Mayor of New York....Zohran Mamdani....says he will launch a pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.  

I pondered this....NY City....night-out....it's not like living in Iowa or Kentucky....you'd need a minimum of $100 for  dinner/drinks....before you even get to the theater.  Where does that money come from?

5.  In the 1970s....there might have been  2,000 Americans confused about their sexuality.  Today.....it's probably near 5-million.  What happened?

6.  These CIA burn-bags that were supposed to be burnt....weren't.  Why?

I have this theory.  I think the 'gang' involved in the anti-Trump 'mission'....reached a end-point where the mission collapsed, and they left the job for some low-ranking guy in the agency to perform, and he never got the message to burn the 500-odd burn-bags.

I also have another theory....that the CIA guys will come to admit they've found six additional rooms....from the 1940s to 2010....each with some weird purpose to fake intelligence realities, and each left hundreds of burn-bags....that  were never burnt.

7.  Paul Pelosi....husband of Nancy....probably has a drinking problem.

8.  If you graded states by allocation of SAFE-SPACES.....Alabama probably has the lowest allocation.

You can ask a resident of Alabama....where there might be a SAFE-SPACE, and most likely the answer will be the barn-loft, or some snake-infested area of Bankhead National Forest. 

Ten Opinions

 1. 2020 Senate 'winners' in Georgia....Ossoff and Warnock....probably never got more than 25-percent of the state vote.  The question is...how would you yank both out and run a fresh new election?

2.  CNN has done everything possible this past week....to convince me....they are still corrupted/screwed-up.  

3.  You could kill 10,000 of the Iranian Mullah-bosses tomorrow, and the system there is designed to replace them in a matter of minutes. This design....is something Trump can't defeat.

4.  This AZ Senator....Gallego.....is 'toast'....he'll be gone by the end of the year....on sex-stuff.

5.   This Maine Democrat....Ashley Webb....translady....claims in Reddit posts that he "ovulates" and has a monthly period.  However....the way he describes the blood....it's out of the anus and likely to be ongoing bouts of hemorrhoid's.

It doesn't appear he wants to 'cure' the hemorrhoids.

6. For some reason....whenever I watch TV news....I'm  always assessing propaganda value....like it was old Soviet or DRR crap-TV.

7. At least 10-percent of the leaders/'bosses' of the Democratic Party....probably should have a mental or IQ test performed.

8.  If you've ever been to Italy....going back to the US and eating at the Olive Garden....makes no sense.

9.  I suspect that a quarter of the Democratic Party agenda....is to shock you to such an extent....that you fumble around and wonder if it's a Twilight Zone episode.

10. As much as Epstein's stuff with juvenile girls seem to shock folks....a Muslim guy marrying a 11-year old girl doesn't seem to have the same shock value.

Three Things I've Noticed

 First, it appears (based on Trump told the story).....that the CIA (via USAID) funded some Chinese folks....who funded again.....some American journalists to write bogus/fake stories  over Trump.

I paused over this. How did they report the new income to IRS....or did they fail on that matter? Did guy come by the house at midnight with a paper-bag of $3,000 to bribe the guy? And did the majority of news folks do this?

Second, all this chatter about Nolan's movie....The Odyssey....mostly BS?

As a kid....around 1968...I went to the Scottsboro trade-day and found the comic's guy.   He had probably 5,000 comics laid out, and I ended buying 'Classic Comics'....the ones that told great literature in comic form.  By the end of the summer.....I had finished off reading around sixty of these.  I always felt they did a better job of telling the story....than $100-Million movies did.

Third, I have this gut-feeling....that ten times the number of people with phobias....now exist...compared to 1980.  At the present pace....I suspect it will expand another ten times by 2035.  

It's like....people feel more positive....with a phobia....like a member of a 'team'.

A Brief Talk On Capitalism/Democracy

 "Americans’ confidence in capitalism and democracy has fallen sharply." 

Article per WSJ

I sat and pondered over this.

This group....comes out of a NORC poll.  It says that only 48-percent of Americans feel capitalism works.  56-percent rationalize that democracy is not working well.

I looked at the poll....what they don't say....if a major amount of the negativity people....are college-educated (brain-washed).

One funny element of this....there's simply a lot of students who wrapped up college...got a debt of $80k, and found that jobs aren't plentiful.  

What the gov't should offer?   Offer one-way tickets to  a alternate country where you think democracy works better, and is mostly chatty on their version of capitalism/socialism.  Once they leave....don't let them come back unless they pay for the trip we gave them.

Last year....there was some lesbian couple that hauled-off, and left for Canada....mostly over Trump.  About 6 to  8 weeks into the hauling-off....they noted things in Canada weren't better, and this was mostly a mistake.

Reality works more effectively....if you give folks a dose or two. 

People Asking Don Lemon To Run For President?

 I sat this AM...reviewing this 12-line story.  Some podcast folks were talking to Don, and he insisted that he's being asked to run in 2028.

On my list of 15,000 possible folks to run in 2028....he's around 14,988 (just to be honest).

I'm not anti-Don....I'm just focused on competency for journalists....with Don ranking a '1' (1-to-10 ranking on my index)....meaning he'd have to improve a lot.

What people are asking Don to run?  Unknown.

They might be long-haul truckers....retirees from Tampa....Michigan hunters....roller derby 'freaks'....dwarf wrestlers....meth-heads....etc.

Frankly....I could see Don as a VP....getting some guy there who is constantly 'wrong'  on every issue, and getting CNN headlines on a daily basis.

Being Irrational About The Economy

Irrationally living paycheck-to-paycheck or carrying high consumer debt for non-essentials.

Irrationally buying status things (cars, phones, clothing) that depreciate rapidly instead of assets.

Irrationally obsessing over homeownership even when renting is financially superior in many markets.

Irrationally pursuing college degrees with poor ROI while trade skills and apprenticeships pay well without debt.

Irrationally blaming "corporations" or "the rich" for price increases while ignoring monetary policy, regulation, and supply constraints.

Irrationally expecting endless government benefits without considering who ultimately pays via taxes, inflation, or debt.

Irrationally ignoring automation/AI displacement while demanding wage floors disconnected from productivity.

Irrationally high spending on entertainment, subscriptions, and convenience while complaining about "not getting ahead."

Irrationally avoiding  building emergency funds up despite repeated economic shocks.

Treating student debt as uniquely unforgivable while other consumer debt is not.

Irrationally supporting policies that increase housing costs then blaming landlords or "greed."

Irrationally overvaluing credentials and degrees over demonstrated skills.

Irrationally ignoring inflation's effect on cash savings.

Irrationally supporting large fiscal deficits and then surprised by interest costs or future tax burdens.

Irrationally.....over and over.....blaming capitalism for poverty while it has coincided with the largest reduction in global extreme poverty in history.

Irrationally expecting perfect equality of outcome rather than equality of opportunity and rules.

Seventeen Ways In Which Americans Have Turned Into Irrational 'Tribes'

 Oddly....started a irrational voting 'path'....where the specific policy has clear negative data (crime rates, housing costs, test scores).

Irrationally started to treat political opponents as morally evil rather than people with different information, priorities, or incentives.

Irrationally started dismissing statistical patterns on crime, family structure, or academic outcomes in favor of single-cause narratives.

Irrationally started to support "defund the police" or reduced prosecution....while living in or near areas that later saw measurable crime increases.

Irrationally started to make-believe or identity-based credibility selectively rather than by evidence.

Irrationally came up with the idea of canceling or deplatforming people for past statements....while ignoring context, satire, or changed views.

Irrationally came up prioritizing diversity metrics......over competence in hiring, admissions, or promotions.  Later....acted irrationally surprised at performance gaps.

Irrationally insisting biological sex is a spectrum or socially constructed in policy (sports, prisons, shelters).....despite consistent physiological and performance data showing large average male advantages post-puberty.

Irrationally went to medicalizing rapid-onset gender dysphoria in adolescents with weak long-term evidence.

Irrationally started allowing biological males in female sports/categories.....then expressing surprise at dominance or safety issues.

Irrationally started redefining basic words ("woman," "mother") for ideological consistency while complaining that communication has become confusing.

Irrationally started  to attribute virtually all group outcome gaps to systemic discrimination.....while downplaying culture, behavior, family structure, and cognitive distributions backed by decades of data.

Irrationally started to support policies that demonstrably reduce housing supply (strict zoning, rent control).....while decrying high rents and homelessness.

Irrationally started expecting open borders or very high immigration levels without serious planning for assimilation, fiscal costs, or cultural cohesion data.

Irrationally  started to believe stricter gun control would disarm criminals who already ignore existing laws.

Irrationally started to romanticize socialism or heavy state control despite repeated 20th-century examples of economic failure and authoritarianism.

Irrationally started to judge historical figures solely by 21st-century standards without technological or cultural context.