Seven General Questions You Can Use....To ID Your Friend's IQ Level

 What is the capital of your state?

List the zip code of your local town.  

Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?  

What is the chemical formula for water?  

Approximately when did World War II end in Europe (year)?  

From World War II, from the list of USSR, UK, Japan, France, Italy and Canada....who were our allies, and who were the enemy?

How many continents are conventionally recognized on Earth?

If a person can't answer any of these correctly....you can assume the IQ level is 80 or below.  If you can get one of the seven....it's likely a 90-IQ.  

Nikola Tesla

This past week....I got hooked onto looking up the last twenty years of Tesla.  So the story usually went...from 1927 on....he was in some cheapo-slum-like hotel, and just marginally surviving.

Well....NO.

Around 1927....in NY City, they started to build the New Yorker Hotel....which was the exclusive 'brand' of hotels in the city. 

Early 1930s....Tesla is set up in the hotel....two rooms....33rd floor....costly monthly rate.  One room for sleeping....one room for office/'research'.

Who paid the bill?  Westinghouse (the company).

The three generators in the basement?  This story is never fully detailed.  One was enough (at the time/era) to supply all the power needs of the city of New York.  It's never clear why three were built into the building.

When Trump's uncle came to pick up the research 'boxes'?  Most people agree....what was returned to relatives....was a minor portion of what Trump picked up.

The last decade of Tesla's life?  I think he was still toying with communications (long-distance).

Why the dilapidated hotel bogus story?  Yeah, that part is now in my mind.....bogus and made-up....for some odd reason.

14 August Observations

1.  WNBA owners and the league management met Thursday....still unable to define a 'woman'....now saying it may take weeks/months.

I'm of the mind that there are probably over 300 words....which these people are currently able to define (to include dumbass, man, juvenile, grassroots, hocus-pocus, insane, and fruitcake).

2.  I watched some podcast this week....talking over a suggested UAP/alien/UFO subject.  The new suggestion?  There might be tens of thousands of aliens....already walking around us in society.  

I paused over this....IF they looked like us and were simply 6 to 12 inches taller....I doubt that you'd ever figure this out.  Odds of this?  After thinking over it....I'd say 50-50 chance.

3.  Karoline Leavitt, White Press secretary/host....leaving at the end of the month?  Well....that's the initial story.  

My thoughts.....she will exit....no permanent replacement will be selected.  After Thanksgiving and the mid-term election....she will return.  Her job from now to December....talk at campaign stops for House/Senate folks....for Trump's message.  

4.  Among the six-odd podcast folks that I follow....whose whole theme is economics/home-buying....the second half of 2026 is seen marginally 'bright'.  Home-buying....with current interest rates....is locked into a undesirable position.  

5.  Biggest shocker for 2027 'era'?  About 10-percent of the work-force is likely to be told that AI is replacing them.  Additional shocker?  About half of them will be told this....but it'll be a bogus excuse that the company uses....just to shrink the production/service cost to the organization.

This group....will be mentally affected, and trigger a PTSD situation....irrational fear of laid-off....by AI.

6.  I've decided....this 'I-identify-as' BS is legit.  So I am defining myself.....as a Einstein-PhD-level genius.  With the ID, college BS, or testing crap.  

If you feel you are a Roy Clark-type singer, or a Micky Mantle-type baseball player....just ID as such. 

7.   AOC....annual salary for the past 7 years: $174,000 a year.  Net-worth claimed?  $31,000.

Single, no kids, no mortgage, no car.

Something ain't right....did she spend every penny on shoes, or booze?

What Happens In The WNBA, Enes Kanter, Royce White Saga?

I doubt that the WNBA can create a way to avoid the two playing WNBA games....other than saying both do not meet qualifications.

So Kanter and White will end up suing in court....probably for $20-million in damages....which six months of delay will occur....before paying both off.

More of a comedy now?  I'd suggest that.

My Six Primary Problems With The WNBA

 First....if you understand 'traveling' violations....there's an average of 30-plus violations per game....usually never called.

Second....same story for 'turning-the-ball-over'....there at least thirty-plus violations....never called.

Third....if you view games...across the entire league....there's probably 15 to 20 capable/qualified players in the league....enough to have 3 (maybe 4) teams at best.  

Fourth....the league pretends in some way to be roller-derby-type of players (rough), and half of my enjoyment of watching is the anger on display.

Fifth....of the top five players paid (big bucks)....you could dismiss two of them because they are just social-media 'stars'....not real players.

Sixth....whatever was the original intent....they are mostly a collection of LGTBQ-plus people (about 75-percent), and rarely fill an arena beyond 3,000 paying customers.

Four Observations

 1.  Trump-leaves-Turkey-in-alternate-plane.

After reading over this story a bit....I've come to this reality.  The only way it works the way it is....is that the Secret Service knew some CIA hit-team was involved....listening to internal comms....ready to launch a missile toward Air-Force-1.....but 'wakes-up' after the alternate jet has departed (with Trump)....so the mission is cancelled. They basically know....that someone figured out the scheme.

2.  Some West Hardford, CT School board member....made a statement at a meeting....saying black teachers should get paid more because it’s hard to be black.

Bonus-up black teachers over white teachers?  Yeah....she said that.

3.  WNBA owners and league management sat through meetings yesterday...UNABELE to agree on what makes a woman....a woman.

More meetings today.

Some goofy rumor started up....that they have a transwoman or two already....fearing that this might get out and mess up things entirely.

4.  Scientists have figured out....that Denisovans were fairly tall....maybe even 8 inches taller than a average human.

Top Five Democratic Contenders?

 At this point...mid-2026....I am basically discounting all House/Senate potential candidates in 2028....none are 'worthy'.

Governor Newsom?  Based on potential charges....fed-type....he's probably out.

Josh Shapiro (Pennsylvania governor) leads the marginal pack.

Stephen A. Smith (ESPN moderator)?  I'd actually rank him in the top five now.

Mayor-Pete?  Oddly....still in the top five.

I'll just say it....it is the weakest field in three decades....unless Newsom runs.