Saturday 30 April 2022

Yeah, About That Wing

 

I spent a fair amount of time looking over the photo today (was on Twitter).

Yeah, that's high-grade duck-tape.

According to regulations.....you can do this, and it's 'legal'.

Now if you asked me.....passenger sitting there and seeing this 3 minutes into the flight....it'd scare the crap out of me.

The word is....this was a African airlines (no name job).

Other question here....what triggered the holes?  Bullets?  Rust?

This Heard/Depp Court Episode

 Not that I really care, but I find myself spending an hour each day....watching court reporting over this Johnny Depp court action with the wife (Heard).  

He did a lot of talking this week.

Based on his commenting....she is about a '9' on the crazy scale, and you have to wonder how a guy ever got hooked up to her.  

Course, next week....she's got some chatter to give and it's probably just as bad on his situation.  

Things That I'd Like To SELF-IDENTFY As

 1.  160 pound fantastically fit guy.

2.  Micky Mantle-capable baseball player.

3.  James Bond agent.

4.  Cowboy (without any of the 12-hour horse-rides, or bronco-busting, or sleeping under the stars business), or rodeo-clown.

5.  Last Norman to leave the beach in France for the Battle of Hastings adventure on 14 October 1066.

6. Enlighted.

7.  Plato-philosopher.

8.  Retired secret Avengers member.

9.  Failed 1980s wrestler.

10.  County/western singer, who can't carry a tune.

Yeah, About That Lunch Thing

 Just odd....as VP for Obama, Biden had some deal where he actually sat down and had lunch once a week (well....most of the time, we can say).

At the beginning of his 'era'....Biden said he'd have Harris come for lunch as well.  In the 15 months that passed?  It's happened twice.

Why?  No one seems to know. 

Personally, for most of my life....I liked having lunch alone....giving me a chance to scan the newspaper while eating.  To be honest, with about 50-percent of the people I worked with....I'd just rather not have lunch with them.  

Joe's thing?  Maybe he just doesn't seem to have time to sit down for 30 minutes of a lunch.  Maybe he just chomps down on a pastrami sandwich in 12 minutes and move on.  Maybe Joe farts too much while eating.

A big deal?  No.  It's not like the 1920s when the President might not even see the VP for two weeks straight.   

College Debt Wisdom

 Somewhere out there....ought to be a physics PhD guy who can build a formula that says....x-degree at x-college with x-amount borrowed....gets you typically a x-job, which pays x-amount per year.  Then you figure 7-percent of that toward a college loan for 10 years, and that's all that you will get.  

My humble guess, if you did pursue a fine arts degree (unless your last name is Obama or Clinton).....you'd be cut off at borrowing no more than $6,000 a year.

Our problem is just not wanting to put a rocket-scientist to this task and admitting that college is kinda like deciding between a Kia Rio ($17k) or a Range Rover ($163k).  

Adding to this....no one has ever challenged public colleges to explain their operations cost, and why Michigan State University costs $14,500 per year or why Portland State University is $10,500 per year.  The same folks also don't have great explanations why out-of-state folks typically have to pay 2.5 times the rate, and having kids cross state lines for their goals.....makes the whole thing into a pretty big mess.

There ought to be a general rule on any loan of college money....you only attend your home-state schools.....or we deny you the loan.   

Thoughts On This Misinformation Bureau Created in Homeland Security

 1.  If you just wanted to tackle misinformation within movies and TV series produced or introduced in the US each year....you'd need at least 200 personnel.

2.  If you wanted to engage on misinformation within songs (country/western, pop, rap, etc)....you'd need at least 200 personnel.

3.  If you wanted to engage against misinformation within the 50 states and their leadership/operations....you'd probably need over 500 agents.  Just on NY City alone....probably 25 people.

4.  If you wanted to engage on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter?  You'd need well over 10,000 people on the team.

5.  If you wanted to take on misinformation within TV news (national, regional, local, weather).....you'd need a minimum 2,000 people.

6.  If you were to take on the travel/casino industry (airlines, hotels, etc) on misinformation?  You'd need a minimum of 2,000 personnel.

7.  If you were to take on the meat, fruit and vegetable industry on misinformation?  I'd suggest somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 folks to monitor things.

8.  If you were going to survey misinformation in religion, charity operations, and charity foundations?  Man, that might require 2,000 personnel.

9.  If you were going to monitor misinformation put out by Senators and House members?  That would require at least 300 personnel.

10.  If you were going to monitor misinformation put out by President Biden, VP Harris, and the White House staff?  I'd suggest at least 150 personnel.

You'd be talking about a team of 30,000 folks (minimum).  So it begs the question....if they aren't creating this 'gimmick' for that purpose....what purpose are they throwing 200-odd people at?