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?

Five Humble Thoughts

 1.  With two or three exceptions....I can't watch NBA basketball anymore.  On average, per game, there's at least twenty 'traveling' violation...which the ref's never call.

2.  Hunter Biden is claiming he is $17-million in debt....no way of ever repaying it.

3. You just sit and wonder....four years of the Biden-crew, and zero interest in Epstein or the files.  

4.  I asked Grok (AI) if a recession is existing in the US. 

It eventually came back and said 'NO'.

The labor market is adding jobs.  GDP growth is going on (slowly).  Various forecasters are saying a trend is seen but in late 2026....suggesting the Xmas season may be awful crappy.

The states in a spiral?  Well....California, Illinois, Washington, NY, Michigan.....the states 'owned' and run by the Democratic machine.

The rest of the nation....mostly in positive numbers.  

5.  CNN?  It's mostly a sail-boat now....with the sails missing and drifting. The first week of October?  It can't  come soon enough.

Five Humble Thoughts

 1.  Here in 2026.....even though living standards appear to be improving....there's this gut-feeling that overall happiness is in some way....declining. 

Or is it a case that the happiness 'scale' is frozen and hasn't moved since the 1980s?

2.  You might want to pay attention to the postal system....it's under one of the biggest crisis's of the past forty years.  This week....they (the bosses) halted pension plan  payments temporarily.  We are at a point where we need a 'Elon'  to revamp the system.

3. Was reading yesterday.....the Federal workforce is smaller today than at any point since 1966. Oddly, we don't seem to be suffering.

4. A normal mid-term election (coming up in 7 months)....revolves around your pocketbook/economy, healthcare (both cost and access), immigration, negative crime numbers, and perceived threats to democracy.

This year?  It'll revolve around five 'other' things: the threat to impeach Trump, marginal accomplishments by the Democratic Party, perceived downward economy in five to ten 'blue' states, crazy political videos shown freely on Twitter, and possible UFO 'truths'.

5.  Ninety percent of society want a lifestyle and landscape that seems to be affordable and proven reliable.  

Numbers Story

 This AM....I read through a portion of a study....done in 2024, statistics show in the US....1 in 3 adults age 18-34 still live with their parents. 

It's done by states, and yeah...Demo-states....dominate the list of highest percentages, while red states are less.

It's an odd problem.

You might have wrapped up community college, or regular college, and found that whatever job prospects you imagined five years ago.....have flatten-out and gone dismal....with rent way out of your league.

So it begs the question.....in 2030....will the numbers in Demo states increase....say to 50-percent?

If you were a 60-year old parent with two of your three kids...in their thirties....still lingering....what's the strategy to get them out?

The other question to ask....did you get really stupid and get a occupation or skill....that won't cover rent or buying a house?

Alien Theory

For about six months....I've been following commentary by Palmer Luckey.

He's a tech-geek....kinda like Elon.  He's also the founder of the defense-technology firm Anduril Industries, who seems to be getting a fair amount attention.

This week....he had an opinion on UFOs/UAPs that he shared.  He says that UFOs come from the past (way back). 

He suggests....they are technology from an ancient breakaway civilization that survived some type of cyclical event, and that they are piggybacking on the current civilization....to use us as resources. 

Interdimensional aspect....well...yeah....it would connect to that idea.

If it were true....the question is....should we get tangled up into this....helping some group that didn't make it in their time-period?

On my weird theory 'index' (1-to-10)....yeah, this is a solid '10'.

Within this idea....could we be dealing  with both the 'good-guys' and 'bad-guys' at the same time?  Yeah, that came into my mind.   

Four Observations

 1.  Around 2023....I was on Ramstein....taking a coffee break in the 'mega' mall.  Two NCOs (early 30s)....were discussing their impending PCS back to the US, and the topic came up....medal action.   Both were getting accommodation medals, and both had seen/read the text.

The one critical comment out of this?  One of the two was getting a medal....where the stuff he did over four years warranted the medal....but 20-percent of the text related to 'crap' he'd done for Covid.  He asked for them (the leadership) to remove that part....but it'd already gotten to the approval point. 

I won't use the term....'worthless'....but in some way, he didn't want it on his accomplishments.

2.  I hate to say it....but TV from 1969 to 1973....was probably better than 90-percent of the BS  you see on TV today.

3. I've reached the point where I don't see the UK in the top dozen countries, and by rejoining the EU (now very likely in 2027)....financially-speaking....they probably be at the same level as Greece.

4. This Ghost Murmur tech-crap that the CIA showed off.....tracks people by their heart-beat....not just 10 feet, or  100 ft, or ten miles.

Within ten years....it'll probably be used to note precisely how many people live within each state.

Five Political Observations

 1.  Maybe in California....Gov Newsom's 'act' sells....but if you walked most southern states...it's a joke.

Looking at 2028....limited accomplishments for Newsom, if he is the winner of the primary, it's a downward spiral for his campaign.

2.  AOC for 2028?  Her weakness is debate, and you'd  require a lot of 'fence-mending' by news journalists to explain her word-salat.

3.   CNN was carrying the bulk of brand-selling for the past two decades for the Democratic Party.  If they are neutral now....a new brand-seller must emerge.

4. If Trump dissolves all fed taxes for people making $100,000 or less.....it's an enormous burden to overcome that 'brand'.

5. Thomas Matthew Crooks (Trump-shooter), just curious....not a single news source wants to go and dig into his background/story.