Last week, off Netfli....the 'Electric State' came up (new movie).
Look, it's marginally a two-star movie...costing $320 million to make.
The sy-fi script? Crap.
The acting? Marginally acceptable.
I'd advise you....if you need entertainment off Netflix....go look for South Korean productions.
1. Whats to come of these judge situations and the Trump Administration?
Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution says....judges can hold their office/power....as long as they show "good behavior".
I would speculate toward July....patience will have run out, and compensation/pay will be terminated because of the behavior issue. At that point, the President will give the Supreme Court one chance to clean up the mess, and they will fail. Then you will have one-hundred-plus judges working for free. We'll see how long this can work.
2. By the end of 2025....the news media will actively discuss the idea that the Democratic Party is 'broke'.
What comes in 2026? At least forty House seats held by the Democrats will likely shift to Republicans, along with six Senate seats. In 2027, I would suggest at least two groups trying to rebuild the Democratic Party....one to a far-left extreme and one to a moderate degree. 2028? Building up to be a mess.
3. Chatter off the internet says (BS maybe)....you can earn $100 if you attend the "Oligarchy Tour" run by Bernie Sanders and AOC. The tour? Roughly a 90-minute event, if the chatter is true. So you could waste 1.5 hours of your time.....earning a $100.
I grew up and finished high school before DoE came to exist (1979). I guess I was in the lucky group.
Around the late 1980s....I worked around older NCOs who had kids in school, and 'changes' were being discussed. 'Sarge' was disgruntled over various little changes....where the kid didn't 'get' it. A change in education tactics was taking place, and the teachers were wasting twelve hours....trying to get a simple process across (the old process would have consumed four class-hours).
In the 90s....these changes started to occur in college environments....where they were getting less-than-average students, and expected to bring them up a notch. I'd offer the observation....this simply meant colleges were starting to set themselves up as the 11th/12th grade-plus education system (what was not taught in high school...the college would make up the 'loss').
Around 2011, I worked with a guy whose daughter was wrapping up high school....considered highly gifted....and applying for George Mason University. They accepted her, but required a English and math assessment test. Failing both....the college required her to take a pre-college course (actually two courses). Dad had to pay for this and was peeved....why didn't she have the knowledge required for a 12th-grade assessment test.....was the question asked. I didn't say much but thought....well....she's really not so gifted.
This 'gifted-label' gets tossed around a good bit these days. I imagine that the majority of gifted folks....are actually less than average. But it's probably a bad thing to mention this in public.
So while all of this was going on....more fake gifted-teachers completed college, and got jobs in schools across the country.
I doubt that this was a design or planned-out....but you end up now with most kids probably at the 8th/9th grade level....finishing high school, and colleges wasting 1 to 2 years....teaching 11th/12th grade topics, and most folks wrapping up college at a junior college level. The cherry on this cake? You borrow $80,000 in student loans.....have what is a junior college degree.
