Simply Observations

1.  This whole thing in Minneapolis....where does this lead 'from'?

Well....the mayor and majority of the city council....are democrats, and they hire the police chief to serve them and their expectations.  So if they hire 'thugs'....it's not just the police chief who triggered the damage, it's the city management itself.

2.  Riots in Minneapolis to lead anywhere?

I would expect ten days of this, with over a hundred buildings looted or burned by the end.  Figure that thirty to forty percent of the folks affected....won't come back and rebuild.  It's kinda the path of Baltimore and Detroit.  Don't worry....this is big-city life and part of the drama that they expect.

3.  West Virginia mail carrier charged up with election fraud?

This dude picked up an absentee ballot requests (plural, so it's more than one), and altering them.  Asked about it....he said it was a 'joke'.  Note, he's a 47-year old guy.  Here's the thing....it's a felony in the state, and a minimum of one year (up to ten) in prison.  So this guy can say adios to the postal job, and figure if he begs his way out.....he'll do one year, and get out at 8 months with 'good' time served.  On the stupid level....it's a solid ten.

Can you imagine being in prison, and some rough dudes come up...asking your crime, and you admit that you corrected some ballot requests from Democrat to Republican?  Their response?  'Man, that's pretty lame'. 

4.  Black guys get killed by who?

Statistically speaking....if you are a black guy, it's huge odds if you die in a shooting, it's done by another black guy.  It's actually 7-times the odds of a black guy doing it to you, than a white guy.

Now, all this said....black guys might put themselves in a risky spot, arguing over a woman or some debt, and not grasp that the other black dude has zero patience or understanding. 

No one ever does the statistical collection to say how the shooting started, if booze or drugs were involved, or if it was just a mistaken identity issue. 

5.  Anything really odd about this Michigan lockdown and 'water' activity?

This is a curious thing.  If you were to go out for a lake visit with a canoe or raft....it'd all be fine and no cop trying to hassle you.  If this involves anything with a motor involved.....you would be all hassled-up and in trouble.  The only difference....is a motor. 

6.  Can you drink while wearing a mask?

No.  But it begs questions....if you 'dipped' the mask for 8 seconds to slurp up some beer.....is it possible to get one virus-bug of Corona?  So far, no PhD guys have discussed this.  It may require a good bit of testing.....maybe ten to twenty kegs of beer.  I would be willing to participate as a tester.  But it has to be premium beer (not PBR).

7.  What sort of action is Trump talking about with social media?

So far, no one really knows.  Social media may have to react, and go to the next level....shutting down YouTube, Facebook, Twitter....for 24 hours, to demonstrate their power against Trump.   This might freak out a whole bunch of folks. 

8.  Fact-checking doing much by social media?

It's adding a cost factor.  No one says how much.

If you go and read the novel '1984'....it usually makes up a hour-long chat by folks over society and the need to control 'facts' or 'truth'.  I have this belief that none of the Twitter or Facebook top level of management have ever read '1984'.