This week....AOC said: "Elon is one of the most unintelligent billionaires I've met or seen."
I pause over it, and realized that we need a opposite-approach to IQ.....where ZERO is Elon-range....and '10' is AOC-range.
The lower the score.....the more intelligent you are.
1. Car loans for $75,000.
The idiot who decided that cars would be sold at $60k to $90k on the lot....getting banks to agree to a 8-year loan payment plan.....has a mostly failure state in existence.
2. A Vegas weekend (3 days) costing in the $4k range for a couple.
After Covid....room prices, beverage/food costs....all escalated to such a degree....that it'd be actually half this $4k cost to go off to some Turkish 5-star resort for 10 days.
3. Mailing a letter to a business establishment 10 miles away....requiring a 600 mile trip.
Once you pop the letter into the box....it has to be picked up and carried to state distribution point, then rerouted back.
4. Kennedy Center.
Attitude developing....lot of folks suggesting that 'it' fund it's own renovation/repairs....let the fed-dollars just stop.
Look.....the cost of BS-work in DC is such...you would have to charge $500 for crappy seats, and $1,000 for a great seat....for the place to have a income level to pay for stuff.
This is probably the literal end of the Center.
5. High-speed rail in California.
Getting obvious....it'll take 70-plus years to build a 700-mile track. Even if you hire Mexicans....I doubt that you can improve the outcome.
1. The ongoing level of economic illiteracy....with regular folks and politicians....simply makes matters worse. In some cases....it's like they never advanced past the 3rd grade.
2. Some day....the gov't will attempt to tax imaginary/invisible digital game pieces/ponies/swords.
3. The most important button on a remote control.....is 'MUTE'.
4. Somewhere in the statistical world.....there is a 'number' for 'idiots', and once you discover it.....you will always approach a building or work-place....with the attitude that 1-percent, or 3-percent, or 5-percent of people there....are idiots. It will forever change you.
5. Something designed to be a failure....can never be made into a success....no matter how much money or time you put into it.
California this week.....some gal...who had worked as a signature collector for ballot initiatives....got dragged into court.
She'd been in the 'job-field'....for at least a decade.
Deal time? Well....yeah....she basically pleaded guilty to paying homeless people in Los Angeles’ Skid Row....$2 to $3....to register to vote.
Sentencing? Yet to occur....based on the charge....max is five years in prison. My guess....depending on how many were paid....it could go pretty light (three months in jail is my guess).
Where her cash 'purse' came from? Unknown, and it does not appear that they will be asking about that.
Did any of the new registered voters actually vote? Another unknown.
So each guy/gal....got enough to pay for a McDonald's sausage biscuit and coffee (if you had a discount coupon)? Yeah.
I asked Grok (AI) to list the top ten states for new employment in 2026:
Texas (energy, tech, manufacturing, and population-driven demand).
Nevada (tourism, logistics, and business expansion).
Florida (population influx, tourism, finance).
North Carolina (banking/finance, tech/biotech, and manufacturing).
Arizona (semiconductors, tech, aerospace, and migration from higher-cost states).
Vermont (High ranking in overall employment strength and steady job gains).
Oklahoma (Energy sector strength and business-friendly environment).
Idaho (Tech, manufacturing, and population growth driving gains).
Michigan (Auto industry recovery, manufacturing, and diversification supporting job additions).
Virginia (Government contracting, tech, and professional services in the D.C. metro area).
Grok also listed the three bottom states (W-Virginia, Maine, and New Hampshire).
I'll make three observations:
First, it used to take three to five years to see a downward/upward job trend....I'd go and suggest we've reached a stage where it's 12 to 18 months to see a trend.
Second, states with a upward trend....means they are collecting income taxes, sales taxes, property taxes. These are states with tax revenue flowing (not stagnant).
Third, fifteen years ago....I remember the odd Obama quote.....it went along the lines of 'those-jobs-are-gone....you-just-to-accept-that'.
First, this post office threat by Trump.....that they will refuse to handle absentee ballots if you (as a state) don't hand over the voter-rolls....will have a massive affect.
I suspect more than 20-million imaginary, dead, or non-Americans are listed as voters.
Once this is laid out....a lot of people will lose respect in democracy.
Second, once the smoke clears on the DoJ subpoena of banks in the political bias inquiry (debanking).....it'll be hefty damage for the banks in terms of lawsuits (into the tens of billions I would suggest).
Third, this Bill Gates-the-Victim claim......that Epstein used his personal infidelities as blackmail? Prepare for a hundred other VIPs (even Bill Clinton) to utter the threat.
Fourth and final.....I finally sat down and started watching 'The Middle'.....have to admit....it's not a bad comedy series.
If you have twenty minutes.....look up on YouTube for the highlight film from yesterday. (Video here).
All total on yellow/red flags? 21.
In a normal game....usually, three to five are expected. In a fairly rough game (with fake injuries)....you might see seven to ten flags.
At some point....the Brazil coach/assistant coaches....are red-flagged....sent off.
US win? Yeah....1-0.
Karmelo Anthony in my humble thoughts....was drugged-up enough to think he could out-run anyone, and in failing....went to the knife as a 'solution'.
His parents knowing this? I doubt it.
His lawyer knowing? Probably, but it doesn't help the case.
Thirty-five years of prison? I doubt that he survives more than five years.
I've devoted some time this past year...subjects you should avoid discussing in the holiday period with family affairs. I pondered over topics that should be avoided in a conversation....because they get people riled-up. It got up to around forty items, and I finally asked Grok/AI for help. So the list is up to about 100 things that I probably won't talk to you....unless you hint you might be 'normal':
Politics – Political affiliations and ideologies. Religion – Beliefs, doctrines, or critiques of faiths. Abortion – Views on pro-choice vs. pro-life. Gun control – Firearm laws and rights. Climate change – Debates on causes or solutions. Vaccinations – Efficacy, mandates, or skepticism. Capital punishment – Death penalty morality or application. Immigration policies – Borders, deportation, or asylum. Taxation – Tax rates or fairness of systems. Healthcare systems – Single-payer vs. private healthcare. Euthanasia – Right to die or assisted suicide. Same-sex marriage – Legal or moral stances. Gender identity – Transgender rights or definitions. Racial issues – Systemic racism or affirmative action. Police reform – Defunding or supporting law enforcement. Free speech – Limits or extent of expression rights. Censorship – Social media or government regulation. Conspiracy theories – UFOs, 9/11, or other events (note: this covers about 18,000 separate stories). Evolution vs. creationism – Origins of life (but does not concern drop-off theories where aliens just planted life). Wealth inequality – Redistribution or capitalism critiques. Foreign policy – Interventions or isolationism. Military spending – Budgets or global presence. Education reform – School choice or curriculum debates. Animal rights – Veganism or animal testing. Genetic engineering – GMOs or human modification. Drug legalization – Marijuana or harder substances. Pornography – Morality or regulation (but if discussed as art, it's ok). Sex education – Curriculum content or age appropriateness. Parenting styles – Discipline or child-rearing methods. Divorce – Personal opinions on marriage dissolution. Polygamy – Cultural or legal acceptance. Feminism – Definitions or critiques of movements. Patriarchy – Existence or impact debates. Cultural appropriation – Fashion, music, or traditions. Reparations – Historical injustices or compensation. Nationalism – Patriotism vs. globalism. Monarchy – Relevance or critiques of royal systems. Socialism vs. capitalism – Economic system preferences. Privacy rights – Surveillance or data collection. Artificial intelligence – Ethics or job displacement. Cryptocurrency – Legitimacy or regulation. Labor unions – Benefits or drawbacks. Welfare programs – Scope or dependency concerns. Minimum wage – Increases or economic impact. Corporate greed – CEO pay or business practices. Globalization – Trade or cultural impacts. Historical revisionism – Rewriting or interpreting history. Colonialism – Legacy or modern implications. War crimes – Accountability or specific conflicts. Terrorism – Causes or responses. Death penalty – Justice or ethical concerns. Surrogacy – Ethics or commercialization. Adoption – Open vs. closed or interracial issues. Mental health stigma – Treatment or societal views. Addiction – Personal responsibility vs. disease model. Obesity – Health or body positivity debates. Diet fads – Keto, vegan, or other trends. Cosmetic surgery – Vanity or empowerment. Ageism – Discrimination or generational conflicts. Retirement age – Policies or fairness. Inheritance – Wealth transfer or taxes. Gambling – Legalization or addiction concerns. Prostitution – Legal or moral perspectives. Poverty – Causes or solutions. Homelessness – Policies or personal responsibility. Education costs – Student loans or free college. Standardized testing – Fairness or efficacy. Homeschooling – Benefits or drawbacks. Charity – Effectiveness or motivations. Organ donation – Ethics or mandates. Cloning – Human or animal ethics. Space exploration – Funding or priorities. Nuclear energy – Safety or necessity. Fossil fuels – Use or environmental impact. Renewable energy – Practicality or costs. Overpopulation – Control measures or concerns. Urban vs. rural living – Lifestyle critiques. Public transportation – Funding or efficiency. Monuments – Removal or preservation debates. Statues – Historical figures or symbolism. Cancel culture – Accountability or overreach. Social media – Impact on society or mental health. Influencers – Authenticity or cultural impact. Celebrity culture – Worship or criticism. Sports salaries – Fairness or market dynamics. Esports – Legitimacy as a sport. Tipping culture – Fairness or expectations. Work-from-home – Productivity or fairness. Four-day workweek – Feasibility or impact. Automation – Job loss or progress. Universal basic income – Viability or effects. Intellectual property – Piracy or creator rights. Advertising – Ethics or manipulation. Fashion industry – Sustainability or labor practices. Beauty standards – Media or societal pressure. Reality TV – Cultural value or harm. Video games – Violence or addiction concerns. Astrology – Belief or skepticism. Superstitions – Cultural or personal beliefs. Personal finances - Too much debt or stupid spending.
Note: I'm also working on a list to go-to-subjects (things you can readily discuss without problems): Space-Ghost cartoons, zombie movies, discussions over gin, quality of roller-coaster-thrills, county fairs (in-general), hatred of NCAA football decisions/schedules, Hee-Haw humor, any Steinbeck novel, slutty nature of women who wear tube-tops, why the 'L' and 'G' crowd should leave LGTBQ, incompetence of Governor Newsom of California, pro-wrestling, the decline of CNN, stupid people, the Matrix movies, hauling hay in July, Old Testament verses, Civil War battles, crazy relative stories, screwed-up Star Trek stories, and stock investment strategies.
I was yesterday at a German theater....presenting Disclosure Day....in English. Six comments:
1. Sound quality (1-to-10)....maybe a '7'. Don't know if I should blame the production people or the theater management.
2. EMPATHY is the key pitch of the whole movie.
3. One key and serious discussion about 60-percent into the movie about the 'threat' to religion and belief in God. Interesting discussion.
4. Worth watching? Yeah....but it's mostly motivating you to think a lot about things as the movie concludes.
5. Oddly, you only see the alien toward the last 10 minutes of the movie.
6. In the middle of the week....2 PM....it was mostly deserted in the theater....Germans don't usually show up for movie at this time.
This year....I've watched highlights of all 65 games....watching four entire games (streaming).
This is not a normal year, or a normal team.....it's some fantasy group of characters like a DC-Marvel 'team'.
Presently at 41-24? At the current pace, yeah....they will easily pass 100 wins (probably around game 140). Yeah, it's possible they might even pass the 120 win threshold. If you were wondering....the record was the 1906 Cubs....116 wins in a season.
So....what are the odd five factors?
First, if you ask about a 'ace'.....they have only one. They have six starters....who can hold earned-runs to a minimum. Sale at the end of season? Likely to be near 25 wins.
Behind Sale? Elder, Holmes, Strider, and Perez. The four are likely to have 15-plus wins each.
If you knocked out any of these five early? They've got five guys ready to go and save the game.
Second, Olsen will have a 100-RBI season, but they've got five additional players who are likely to produce 80-plus RBIs.
Third, Jurickson Profar was worthless for 2025....disqualified for drugs for 2026, and questionable for 2027. Hasn't affected the team whatsoever.
Fourth....there's probably ten players who've been injured for 2026 so far....yet the team has not suffered.
Fifth and final....there's probably 10 players on the bench who could step up...start....and deliver.
Yeah, they might be better than even the 1927 Yankees (I'll say it).
1. Bears Leaving Chicago?
I'll just say it....it was about $$$$ in the end. Chicago and the state of Illinois went through a process where they could not play in a capitalistic 'game'.
But I'll also say this....there's at least twenty sports 'teams' (baseball, NBA, NFL)....that will review how this was done, and over the next decade....they probably will exit from states like Washington, California, Minnesota, and Illinois.
I believe it's possible that both the White Sox and Bulls....might entertain leaving Illinois as well.
2. I see a long 2027 baseball strike coming....consuming most all of the season.
3. It'll reach a point in the 2030s....where California colleges are restructured, and mostly set at the 9th-grade level upon entry, and 12th-grade level upon graduation....with no major companies in the US hiring their college graduates. No one from California will seem to grasp this, and know what to do with 1-million college dimwits.
4. By the end of 2027....several mental health clinics in the US (I Believe)....will offer a one-month rehab.....where they transit you from TDS.....to accepting Trump. Cost? $8,000.
By 'bubble-people'....I mean the people who only read WaPo/NY Times, or watch CNN/MSNBC.
At some point....around July/August....a subpoena will be handed several folks (to include former President Obama)....to appear before a Florida grand jury within two weeks. A couple of folks will appear to exit the US within 24 hours (particularly former President Obama). He flees into London, and is given some type of protected status.
The grand jury project continues.
CNN and CBS....unhooked from former ownership/management....lay out tons of criminal behavior problems, and coup-like actions.
The bubble-people start to collapse....realizing they lived in a faked-up-world, and were deceived for almost 20 years.
President Trump orders massive 'controls' for the November election....voter ID is mandated.
In the UK....questions now arise over how long Starmer knew the whole story and who else is involved. Quietly, someone notices about three weeks into this mess....that both Hillary and Bill Clinton are residing in some estate.....hidden from public view.
By the end of 2026....half of the bubble-people are seeking mental health care...not able to handle reality.
I sat this AM...watching about 15 minutes of Fox News. It was mostly over this Maine situation with Platner.....the Democratic candidate.
Graham Cunningham Platner....for those not following the state contest....is an American oyster farmer and former Marine Corps member....who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Maine, to replace Republican senator Susan Collins.
It apparently got noticed that he has a Nazi tatto on his chest, and some former girlfriends have come out to say he's a bit weird.
So Fox folks went to Maine voters, and asked one guy to explain things. His comment: "If we want folks that are representing us from the working class, they're not necessarily going to have a groomed and perfect political record."
Being from Alabama....I can understand this belief. You want a guy who might binge-drink once in a while....who is on his 3rd marriage....did six months of duty in the National Guard before being discharged for rage-issues....is a on-and-off member of the Klan....has six non-felony charges in Fort Lauderdale for bad-boy behavior.....fakes some Baptist religion commitment but has been baptized eight different times by eight different churches, and claims to have Bigfoot evidence.
The problem....if you think about it....working-class people have a unlimited amount of 'FUN'....without worrying about being a candidate for something. Then one day, you cross the line....coming off a binge-drinking episode....realizing you announced you are running for mayor or senator.
1. If you asked a hundred democratic-voters.....to name a agenda on the list to accomplish...other than opposing Trump....most have some dazed-look, and a majority can't list anything much.
2. All this BS/wasting of time/crap chatter of fixing the reflective pool by the Lincoln Memorial.....for fifteen-odd years.....finally done. It looks great.
3. Some chatter out of Russia....shortage of manpower. Discussion going on....to bring the work-age down to 12.
4. I have this gut-feeling.....three out of five Seattle adults....enjoy watching chaos with the city and the mayor.
Around December of this year....the current players/owners contract ends.
The owners....over the past decade....have come to a reality....around a dozen clubs are anchored down and not in a position to get quality players. At the top level....there's around ten clubs who have the cash flow to hire top-level players. In the middle....around eight clubs have enough cash flow....to occasionally challenge top clubs.
The owners have wised-up....they want a pay-cap. The players? They refuse to consider the idea.
So I'll just say it....by early 2027....a strike is likely to occur, and I doubt that any games are played in 2027.
By the summer of 2027.....with no 'rescue' in sight....some folks start talking of a rival-league....eight teams....mostly in the south.
Two fixes:
1. Mandate all non-voting (absentee/mail-in) ballots to be done and dropped off four weeks prior to election day....guarded and protected by Nat'l Guardsmen with machine-guns.
2. Bring in Florida vote-counters....to count the California ballots.
I sat this AM....reading a WaPo piece....troubling news....the Trump administration is diverting at least $90 million from entry fees to national parks to fund a $1.6 million fireworks display and $76 million to repair fountains in the DC area....of which the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is such an asset.
The piece....carried on....like a hit-piece....against Trump.
So I went Grok and asked....what are the other facts?
National Park Service policy (for over 20 years) allows up to 20-perecent of entrance fees for system-wide projects rather than keeping all revenue at the collecting park.
This D.C. monuments stuff? Well....they are under the Nat'l Park system, and in a mess with $24 billion in deferred maintenance backlog.
So? It's all legit.
WaPo missing half of the story? More or less.
So...for about a year....Amazon (who owns the rights to the Stargate series).....had a crew of writers working on season one of a 'reboot'. In the past week....Amazon bosses met...discussed the matter, and decided that whatever the writers were attempting.....would ONLY old normal fans to view it...NOT new fans. So the 'reboot' was cancelled.
All hell broke loose after this announcement
Five observations:
1. It's not clear what Amazon executives expected. Maybe they wanted BOLD drama. Maybe they wanted a all-female team. Maybe half the team had to be gay or trans. Maybe the bad guys had to resemble Trump in some way.
2. Maybe the Stargate had to be in some Russian bunker instead of being in Cheyenne Mountain.
3. Is it possible that none of the Amazon executives have ever watched the series?
4. Maybe the Hammond-character has to be trans?
5. Maybe Amazon would be better off selling this project to Paramount?
I sat yesterday....reading this short article.
So....what the PhD guys/scientists say....AI has decoded some communication patterns in mice, dolphins, apes, birds, whales, & cuttlefish....where they think....it could eventually lead to humans communicating directly with animals.
In six months or a year? No....I seriously doubt it. It's probably five to ten years away...where a 500-word AI-system could convey what 'Rufus' (your Border Collie) is complaining about.
It may not be a pleasant conversation. Rufus might be demanding twelve-hour walks....wanting wider menu selection....wants bottled-water....and wants a $700 mattress.
Cows chatting? Well....they may ask what happen to 'Larry', 'Erwin' and 'Dale'.....they seemed to have been taken somewhere.
I'm not buying into this chatter being a good thing.
At some point in the late 1990s....before I retired, the topic of mental illness popped up. We had some guy in the organization either was faking mental issues, or was fully blown walking around with mental illnesses. In the vault, we got into this discussion.
I was nearing age 40, and over a 22-year period....I'd observed probably a dozen folks who had issues, or worked with folks who were in the middle of 'chaos'.
One of my co-workers had been forced into instructor-status, and had some young female airman who had a imaginary 'friend'....to the point that she talked to 'Jessica' (the invisible friend). She'd made it through basic training and around six weeks of technical training....when the friendship came to be known. For some reason, the Air Force couldn't deal with Airman 'Jessica' (the invisible airman). Took the mental health folks about a week to validate the situation and ease both the real person and the invisible gal out.
I had another co-worker who had a young airman arrive at the base (in Germany) and over a 6-month period....the kid got heavily into BDSM (to the point that he was very open and wanted to profess his 'religion'). I asked how he got so deep into this kinky stuff, and the response was some relationship-deal (Air Force female dental hygienist). His boss spent several months trying to get him to some neutral point (just don't make it so obvious)....with that failing. Commander came up....requested a mental fitness exam....the guy failed....a week later, he was 'out'. Oddly, the female dental hygienist wasn't kicked out or treated to a mental fitness exam. Yeah, it's possible that she lasted 20 years.
The problem is....most folks (probably in the 60-percent range)....don't want to hang around, or put 'trust' into folks they consider mentally ill or unstable. I also would agree...maybe two folks out of ten....like to view stuff like this as a theater-situation and allow it to go to the maximum crazy-level.
Asking people to accept mentally ill folks? If you were just asking a gal/guy to accept working around someone who says they are 100-percent Cherokee-Mexican....but are plain regular white dude....I think most folks would go and sign off...without any mental therapy forced upon them.
Maybe it'd be the same with some female who only wants to wear male-like clothing and 'pretend' she's mostly a guy....without any surgical stuff or forced pronoun mandating.
But eventually.....you reach a point where you don't want to participate in 'theater-operations' and keep reminding yourself of something that seems crazy.
Around March of 2011....I went to Madam Butterfly. The ticket-price? Around $80.
Friday night....I got there early to get the full experience.
So....from a structure view....it's very 'AGED'. Marble cracks....where there was carpet....it needed replacement.
Bathroom? Functional but you could tell....nothing had been renovated since the 1970s.
A week or two after this...I brought up the experience with a guy who'd been there five or six times...going back to the early 1990s. His response.....the tickets basically pay for the salary of the boss/crew.....the show.....electricity, and general cost. He didn't think renovation cost was covered (he figured Congress was on the hook).
I watched a podcast recently....where several folks talked about the building from day-one.....that the original 'build' was crap. No one was willing to sue for repairs.
The House/Senate stuck now? I'm guessing that experts will say to tear the mess down.
My impression of the night? Half-way....we have a pause, and some 60-year-old lady (in a tight grown)....passed out about six feet behind me....ambulance crew arrived. I got nauseous....got a Coke, and decided it was best to leave. Never knew how the show ended.
99.9-percent of scientists will say that the human was all domesticated and later came the introduction of 'Rufus' (the dog).
I have a different theory (although admitting I'm not a scientist).
I would suggest around 20,000 years ago....in some remote valley, Yorg (the cave-guy) walked over some hill, and here was a Border Collie who he affectionally named 'Marvin'.
Marvin (the Border Collie) felt generally superior, and over the next week came to notice several traits about Yorg that needed improving.
Namely? Well....Yorg never walked in a straight line from point A to point B. Marvin began to grasp this and 'bump' Yorg's leg....to keep him focused and walking in a straight line.
Then there was the intense stare of Marvin upon Yorg....which unsettled Yorg a bit....causing him to scrutinize his habits and behavior.
The herding business? This also caused Yorg to change his daily actions.
If they didn't do the daily walks? Well....Marvin would start to develop demanding tasks of Yorg, to keep him busy.
Hatred of lightning or thunder? Marvin convinced Yorg to seek caves and shelter.
As the weeks went by, Yorg became more domesticated and moved from number 8 status within the tribal unit.....to number one. Tribal women began to notice Yorg and his faithful companion Marvin. The women would compliment Yorg on his hygiene, analysis, and cleverness.....never grasping that Marvin was the cause.
As generations would come and go.....each went to a higher level of domestication....all triggered by the original Border Collie....Marvin.
Anyway, that's my theory of human evolution.
A judge ruled Friday....that Trump’s name has to come off the Trump Kennedy Center....so Trump said "I have instructed the Department of Commerce to make all necessary arrangements with Congress to allow a full and complete transfer of this Institution, giving them the responsibility for its Operation, Maintenance, and Management.”
His view....dump the 'fix'.
So my three predictions. First, Congress will dwell on this topic for remainder of 2026 and all of 2027...getting nowhere. They will agree by spring of 2028....to a committee to review the repairs necessary....being shocked at the price-tag six months later.
The new 'boss' of the Kennedy Center? He/She will demand a monthly salary of $100k, and a expense account of $100k a month as well.
Congress will eventually demand that it MUST sustain a profit....meaning the cheapest tickets to a show will run $90, and good seats will be in the range of $300 (each).
By 2035....the Center is shutdown for repairs, and people admit that it can never function as a legit show center.
1. I used to put Trump as number one for sense of humor within this administration. Lately, I've moved Rubio up to number one. He has at least a dozen one-liners per day....that trigger me to replay a video-segment.
2. This James Talarico-for-Senator-guy.
Plainly, the most goofy minister character I've ever seen. The Texas Democratic Party must have some rule....only weird folks can run as a Democrat.
I will agree....he has a 110-plus IQ, but he says stuff that you'd think some guy on LSD would say.
3. I would imagine if you asked most folks....over a 7-day period....that they encounter at least ten mentality ill folks....bad enough....that they ought to be in a facility.
I asked Grok (AI) to gather up all theories....explaining why aliens 'stay' on Earth:
Grok says: The most likely explanation—if we hypothetically assume advanced extraterrestrials have secretly established long-term bases or stations around Earth (orbital, lunar, underwater, underground, etc.)....is scientific observation and non-interfering study of our planet, its biosphere, and our emerging technological civilization. This aligns closely with the well-known zoo hypothesis (also called the "quarantine" or "cosmic zoo" idea in discussions of the Fermi paradox).
I gave it thought and would add....if you were 500 to 10,000 years more advanced....you might live on a pretty low-stress landscape and be mighty bored. A year on Earth....might be rewarding.
Yeah, there might be 300,000 aliens as 'guests' on Earth....treating themselves to McDonalds, or Jim Beam whiskey. There might be 5,000 aliens just here to observe the Atlanta Braves baseball team. There could be 3,000 aliens tangled up in Civil War re-enactments. And I would venture to guess that 30,000 aliens are visiting to consume Trump-reality.
This being a good thing or bad thing? I don't think this can be argued on either point. It's like a circus has arrived at the end of town, and everyone is focused on crazy stuff that might occur.
1. Missing Air Force General Neil McCasland?
It's apparent that his mental side was in decline, and whoever 'runs' THE program (with the aliens)....simply removed McCasland from the public view.
2. Neil deGrasse Tyson is publicly demanding that President Trump go and introduce the public to an Alien or to bring out an alien dead-guy from a UFO Crash Site.
I just don't believe it'll happen, but if Trump stages some Vegas speech and brings a alien up on the stage.....things will go crazy for 24 hours.
3. Just wild speculation....Musk is looking at the idea of combining Space-X and Tesla into one single company.
For about 30-odd years....I've followed this Anunnaki story...which basically is told this way. A alien race arrived around 450,000 years ago....in need of gold....had manpower issues, and eventually infused some portion of their DNA into humans...to get 'workers', and some cosmic event occurred....so they left, and mankind survived. This story is mostly laid out in Sumerian text.
So, my six humble thoughts:
1. Prior to the 1970s....the story doesn't really exist. In 1976, the book The Twelfth Planet....written by Zecharia Sitchin started the public interest.
He claims....that the Anunnaki were actually an advanced humanoid extraterrestrial species from the undiscovered planet Nibiru, who came to Earth around 500,000 years ago and constructed a base of operations in order to mine gold.
His effort to translate the text? Always questionable. Maybe he got it right...maybe half of the translation is BS. You just don't know.
2. The Anunnaki 'crew'....led by their boss 'Anu'....came with the agenda of finding, then mining gold. The way that the story reads....this crew were all the 'ranked' folks, and no one really wanted to mine (get their hands dirty).
So this crew brought a second crew....non-Anunnaki people. This group were Igigi-people....who lacked 'status'.
As you gaze at the story told....this group lacked science/knowledge skills, but eventually came to realize that mining was crappy-work, and there was no plus-up for them personally.
So the solution by Anu? Take the primative beings on Earth already....infuse some of their DNA, and get a sub-worker to the Igigi folks.
How this makes sense? Whatever they created....had to have IQ-lacking (say a 80 or below guy/gal). Oddly, this would make you think...whatever being existed on Earth....probably had a IQ of 50 or less. It's the only way that this makes sense.
So you start with one male and one female. The story makes little sense....if you are dedicated to the 450,000 year segment. Or you have 10,000 Adam-and-Eve couples....reproducing every year.
3. Then you get to the sex part. Anu didn't want the Anunnaki or Igigi folks having sex with Earth women. Well....it seems like that Earth women were all desireable, and massive amounts of DNA got mixed into the system.....with higher IQ kids coming out of this 'event'.
4. At some point....enough gold was mined, and the value of keeping the operation going came into being.
5. The more you read of the Anu-leadership....it reads like a Dallas-TV-show soap opera.
6. Finally, proof to establish this all as true? Marginal to zero. Good story....but limited path.
I read through a summary that the Democratic National Committee paid a sum of money to 'explain' how they lost the 2024 Presidential election...report was a hundred-odd pages of which I read around six pages of summary.
If you were asking me personally? I'd go to three basic problems:
1.Over three years....there's nothing much to brag about or say 'accomplished-on'....from the Biden crew. Note, I don't use the term President Biden....because he was mostly 'out' for the whole four years....the crew ran things.
2. The DNC should have forced Biden into a primary scene in 2024...but did nothing.
3. Finally, Harris was on a scale of one-to-ten....as a replacement....a 'three'. It was like the DNC standing there....gulping twelve shots of booze, and saying 'trust-us'.
Looking back....2024 was something that should never have developed like it did.
So....there's this story out there (from Thursday) that the various DNA analysis companies are hooked up to the gov't in some way, and they are looking for Nordic aliens....who seem to have 'settled' into the US and tried to quietly blend-in.
The way that the story goes....this likely occurred in the 1950s/1960s, and that the Nordic's blended with normal Earth folks....had kids, and the kids are 50-percent hybrid.
The suggested location? Colorado.
I paused over this....giving it some thought.
First, I'd ask why they needed to escape the Nordic world, and resettle into the US (particularly Colorado). Was it crappy, or in decline?
Second, if you inter-bred with Earth folks....did you tell your new husband/wife that you were a Nordic-alien?
Third, why Colorado? Scenic mountains....harsh winters....pro-cannabis situation?
Fourth, are they registered to vote, and how did they get into the 'system'?
I'm not discounting the story....I've often wondered about the business model for the DNA companies and how they were making a profit. It's just a question....are there five to ten thousand Nordic aliens walking around Colorado?
1. Governor Newsom: Maybe in a enclosed 'bubble'.....you might find the guy and his 'pitch' worth something. Nationally, folks won't buy into this. The minute he comes on for a interview...I'm drawn to his hand 'signs', and more impressed how many gestures he can make in a 60-second period.
2. AOC: As long as she doesn't talk about world events or economics....I can probably devote three minutes to her 'chat'. Frankly, I question how she got a bachelors degree.
3. Vegas 'A's'? Vegas is on a decline, and I'll predict by 2032....the A's baseball team will exit the city and admit this was a financial disaster in moving there.
4. I noted this AM.....Florida’s population is 425-percent higher than it was in 1992.
5. Hakeem Jeffries gave a 'pep-talk' yesterday: “We have to defeat them (GOP) electorally and then we have to break their spirit.”
Just seems like you'd go and focus on doing something that makes folks overall....happy. Pretty simple task.
6. Noted yesterday.....28 states being sued by the Feds....to clean up their voter rolls.
For some reason....they just won't do it unless some judge is involved.
7. Lue Elizondo gave a UAP/UFO account....where an Air Force officer allegedly vanished from beside his sleeping wife, woke up in a mysterious silver room, then suddenly reappeared back in bed.
I think a lot of AF officers have this story always ready to go, and their wives tend to believe the BS.
Having lived around the area (in Arlington) or 3.5 years....I have a pretty good idea of what is required:
1. Create a 'bed-time' for all local kids under the age of 17 of 10 PM (Sunday to Thursday) and 11 PM (Fri/Sat). You get caught.....you get dragged to a lock-up for the remainder of the night, and released only if a parent comes to get you.
2. Fire the current mayor/city council.
3. Install a 'manager' of the city for a 3-year term...with the President listing three candidates, and letting the House (only) selecting one of the three (most votes win).
4. Improve Metro security, and arrange a Metro 'court'....where a judge and prosecution team exists....if you challenge safety/security....you face a fed-charge.
5. Hire up one single security police force....for the city, and House/Senate.
1. World Cup Games
I believe various negative situations will develop....with five US cities....causing the fan base to get hostile (Seattle, SF, LA, Philly and NY).
I'll also say that narco-war will be noted in some of the Mexico games.
2. Past week.....'Mayor Pete' Buttigieg has been brought up a good bit as competition for Vance in 2028.
Obviously.....some folks are not buying into Governor Newsom, and this is the only alternate they seem to believe in.
3. Warren Buffett comment: "Owning five homes doesn't mean anything to me because I'm happy in one home. If I've got two homes, I know I've got more problems, and I don't have more happiness."
Best quote of the week so far.
1. I've heard the term 'FREE-STUFF' about a dozen times this week. There's no such thing....somebody...somewhere...paid for it, when you gave it a away
2. Crazy image of former Confederate-states....mostly all lined-up to be Republican districts. The reality? The war and its effects...finally ended.
3. Atlanta would be Memphis-sized today.....without Ted Turrner. The airport? No necessity to build to this size....without Ted Turner
4. Just odd....right before the LA mayor election....Google has restored maps/imagery to show houses before the fire....instead of the 'dead-zone' that exists currently.
Folks asked Google about this.....no comment yet.
5. Trump says...out of Maryland's 2020 election....there were supposed to be around 500,000 legit absentee ballots made. Election results? 500,000 somehow turned into 1-million.
No one can explain how. The odd factor? Well...besides the 5 states which folks figured to be false-Biden-wins....you have to now include Maryland, and start to wonder about a dozen other states.
6. Congress is now investigating whether private defense contractors were used to conceal/hide alleged UFO/UAP programs from Congress/President. Comment by Rep. Eric Burlison.
If true? There's problems for CEOs on the horizon.
Escaped the hospital yesterday....six days of treatment (Shingles)....fairly serious. Focus of the bout? My head and a area about the size of a grapefruit above my eye....swelling up the eye big-time. So I ended up getting three IV bags of solution per day....in a semi-luxury hospital room in Wiesbaden (it had a 48-inch TV, refrigerator, and free coffee/water/sodas).
So the the GPS topic.
I watched a podcast where some younger guy asked the question....how did we survive before GPS came along?
He kinda has a point.
At various times (Tacoma, Shreveport, Denver, and Tucson)....I kept a city paper-map in the car....under the driver's seat. It was 'survival-driving'.
It was not the best way, and it forced you to plan as much of a your trip ahead of time....as possible.
These map-talents existing today? I doubt it. From the over-50 folks.....they probably still have it....but the under-30 group? No....they won't be needing map talents.
My use today of GPS? It's inter-connected with the bus-rail App. Plus the car itself has a independent program.....which you need to program on some trips.
Yeah, I've gotten use to it.
Doc says shingles....wants to put me in a local Wiesbaden clinic....for treatment. So for a couple of days....no chatter.
I sat and read through/viewed....the gov't UFO/UAP file release from Thursday. You can do so yourself....here at...https://www.war.gov/UFO/.
I'll make three observations.
First, nothing fantastic. If you were waiting for the big-release...this isn't it.
Second, several space items...stuff seen while on the Apollo mission (for example).
Third, there's some video from the past 10 years....Army/Air Force recon vehicles 'seeing' spheres.....which can't be explained.
Yeah, it's just enough to ask more questions.
Former National Science Foundation Program Director Dr. Anna Brady-Estevez gave a talk in the past few days.
What she said? She's about 95-percent CERTAIN....multiple nonhuman species (aliens) are here on Earth....interacting and living among us.
I sat and pondered over the talk.
If you'd asked me....I'd give the talk a 50-50 chance (nowhere near 95-percent).
What she basically hints....dozens....hundreds...thousands....of non-humans are walking around...engaged in Earthly affairs. Some probably voted for Trump. Some probably own gas stations. Some probably star in zombie movies. Some probably distill whiskey. Some probably play for the New York Yankees. Some probably are dance-instructors or reality-TV stars. Some might be meth-addicts or coffee-bingers.
The next step....well, you will start to eyeball your neighbor...your wife....your boss...even your President....wondering if they are the non-human.
I had to look up the term.
Dyscalculia means you have a lifelong neurodevelopmental learning disorder. Roughly....one out of twenty have this problem.
Effect? It causes persistent difficulties in understanding numbers, quantities, and basic arithmetic.
This is the kid who you tell some word-problem....indicating 16-percent being the end-result, telling you that that this represents 30 people....and the 'game' is to figure what you really started with. The kid looks at you....thinking it's a rocket-science problem. No matter what you do....he's lost.
As you expect...mental math is impossible....and there's constant anxiety in this one single class.
The guy/gal isn't stupid or low IQ....they just have math jumbled up in their head.
I sat yesterday and watched about ten minutes of a guy talking over the newest rumor/BS....that somewhere in the US government....a group is planning to stage a fake alien invasion.
I pondered over this for the past twelve hours.
First, within the state of Alabama....we are fully prepared (armed)....with enough ammo to hold off the fake aliens.
Second, to reach a point of a quarter of society accepting this....you'd have to have some 'event' where 50,000 Americans die, and I just don't see gov't idiots willing to go that far.
Third, if this amounts to just six football field-size alien craft....no one is going to believe the event.
Fourth, you likely get one single chance on this....if you ever try to stage a 2nd or 3rd fake invasion.....no one will fall for it.
Finally, just a bet....the minute the fake invasion starts up....it's likely that the good-guy aliens will say 'what-the-hell' and blast the fake aliens.
Wild times.
1. My wife's co-worker had a new washer arrive Thursday of last week....with a wi-fi connection. I asked why.....neither the wife or her associate had a good explanation.
I just note...dryers....toasters and coffee-machines come this way now...making no sense..
2. Someone noted how much wealth has left California in the past two years....saying it's in the $700-Billion range.
3. I generally believe that if you grew up in the 1960s/1970s....you could generally handle any stress/chaos.
4. Tucker Carlson claims.....that Donald Trump has some kind of a “supernatural component” that puts people around him in a “dreamland.”
Alien-BS?
5. What job would I hand de Santos as he exits Florida governor-job?
House-Speaker is not required to be a House-elected member....I'd tell the House GOP to hire him up and give him that job for 2 years.
Somebody this week asked Starbucks CEO about their newest coffee and cost ($9). What he said....he says a guy needs to just not think about it as a $9 cup of coffee, this is about paying for the “experience” of getting a Starbucks coffee,
I paused over this.
I can remember when coffee (plain/regular) was around 25-cents.
I can also remember being at some airport in the early 1990s....paying $1.
I can remember around 2013....getting a premium coffee of Starbucks....paying around $4.50 (grande/large cup).
At the point where it was near $5....I sat and thought....two premium beers from the grocery across the street...with sales tax...probably would equal the coffee.
To be honest...at least here in Germany, I could buy a whole bottle of vodka now for about $7...which would barely get me two medium cups of coffee.
The experience thing he talks about? Well....if this were a stripper-club...maybe the $9 cost is appropriate. But if the coffee lady is some dimwitted 18-year-old gal with florescent-orange hair, has seven piercings being obvious, and she talks demonic BS about politics....then NO, the $9 is not a reason to drink the coffee.
To be blunt about this...if I ever did buy and drink the $9 coffee....I'd be fearful that my German wife would find out and spend four hours lecturing me about being frugal, and that I should fill a thermos at home with coffee to lug around.
It's not often I recommend a Netflix series....but I've wrapped up 'Department Q', and would strongly recommend it.
Detective series....missing person....'bad-boy' cop given the job.
Somewhere in the beginning....they've given the detective a 'helper'...basically a immigrant guy from the Middle East....named 'Akram'.
I'll just say that every scene that Akram appears in....he's like 'Billy-Jack' character, and dominates the scene. Akram has no respect for rules or regulations.
Season two? Approved.
Since last year....I've followed almost daily....the ramblings and commentary of Seattle's socialist mayor....Katie Wilson.
I consider her to be rather 'gifted' intellectually....to the point where you would describe her as a idiot-servant.
How she was elected as mayor? I have this theory.
I think a majority of voters saw her as useless and lacking....but were drawn to vote her into office because they wanted chaos. These are voters who knew she'd fail to deliver, and likely open various 'exit-doors' for the well-to-do voters to leave the city and state.
These are 'agents' who want disorder and daily theatrical shows.
Wilson is set to be mayor (unless she quits or is taken out by the state mechanism)...until the fall of 2029.
My humble view is that the tax revenue folks will have a talk with her around the first of 2027, and note they are missing around 5-to-10 percent of normal collection. Whether she'll connect the dots or not....I think she'll just say 'move-on'...continue operations, and some financial officer will note that somewhere in the budget....at least five-percent has to be cut/gutted.
At that point, Wilson will tell the state to make up the difference...refusing to cut.
This will go back and forth....to the point that the state tells Wilson....that Seattle's damage crosses over into state-damage, and they are missing tax revenue as well. 'Sorry' will be the response....but the state can't cover the losses.
By mid-summer of 2027....Wilson probably will have public appearance issues....not wanting to talk about the mess.
1. The future. I watched a podcast this week, which got into the design/capability of Grok/AI (Elon's 'creature').
The thing pointed out making Grok different.....'he' reads everything....from printed science papers....to useless junk. The thing pointed out....from the useless junk....Grok might find a thousand pages of such material....binding them (individually together)...to present some idea/concept....as legit.
In so doing this...every single day....Grok might add another layer to technology.....that didn't exist yesterday. So, you can imagine....a year or two might pass, and by this Grok path....things that would have been created in 2040....might actually be created and working by 2030.
Just me talking....but I suspect this worries people.
2. Just by the exit-path created in Portland and Seattle....I'm likely to believe that both will be on the 'road' to Detroit-status within the next three to five years.
Note....I don't believe the locals grasp that, or even worry about it. It's just an odd perception....wanting a city to dissolve into nothing.
3. Over the past week, I've watched/read several hours of stuff over the re-districting 'game' being played out. Personally, I don't think the Democrats (even from the 1960s/1970s)....ever imagined that the correction would occur....where gerrymandering would be thrown out.
At this time...oddly....states are being forced to clean-up their voting rolls....with several million names removed.
Yeah....it's possible that you see forty-odd districts shift....to the Republicans.
4. Finally, rumors started up today....Venezuela is set to depart from OPEC. If you ask me....oil prices in about four months will be down to around $50 a barrel.
1. By the end of 2027....at least forty actors/actresses of Hollywood that you 'know'....will have quietly disappeared...over use of Ozempic. Their looks/face....changed to such a degree....that they can't market themselves.
2. By the end of 2027....at least one-third of cancer patients will decline chemo....going to alternate medications...sending the chemo 'industry' into turmoil.
3. A lot of science 'geeks' over the next year....are going to start talking more on time-travel....giving the concept 'status'. It won't be considered crazy-talk.
4. By the end of 2027....two out of three people will believe that Epstein is not dead.
5. Minnesota AG Keith Ellison....is probably going to be dragged into a grand jury situation, and face jail-time. Deal-making? My bet is that he spills a massive amount of state crimes.
Look....OPEC is and has always been a legal cartel unit. They meet and agree to sell their product (oil)....at x-price, and limits per member are set.
Presently....UAE could produce 4.85 million barrels a day.....that's their plannedd and max-limit. But by their OPEC agreement....they can only sell 3.2 million.
The 1.6 million 'extra'? It's not produced or marketed.
You can do the math....but if they went max....that's around $100-million that they miss....DAILY. Figure in the range of $30-billion (minimum) for a year.
So they finally said 'crap'....screw this OPEC limit stuff.
Largest oil producer in the world? Yeah....so they have 'status'.
My prediction? Remaining members....Algeria, Republic of the Congo (Congo), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela....are going to each have a meeting and discus the same option. Probably in two weeks....at least four other members will go to max production (Venezuela will likely be one of the four).
July prices? So much production....that oil drops to around $60 a barrel.
Iran? Royally screwed, if you ask me.
And yes, this will come to a end by early 2027....with limits re-established.
Four observations:
1. As intellectual as he claims as a status....he's one of those intellectual guys without any common sense....like a 12-year old kid....with no ability to 'steer' his life.
2. He's one of those guys who will have trouble in prison, and probably not survive there more than a year or two.
3. DC judge is likely to have a mental exam done on the guy.....with results being the first proclaimed TDS-sufferer. Judge will mandate some type of holding in a mental facility.....which the gov't goes to appeal this....getting the TDS label dumped, and his court crap is done in another location.
4. If you ask me....there's probably 10,000 Cole Allen-idiots running around, and a threat to the nation.
I don't think anyone ever gauged public 'use' of the train.
I don't think anyone from the top 500 politicians in the state ever believed it was a good idea.
I think the funds 'movement' was mostly to pay off lobbyists....giving cash back to the politicians who supported it.
Oddly, with Vegas dying now....the path from Cal to Vegas via the bullet-train....makes no sense.
Finally....I would readily agree....there's probably over 200 similar projects in California....developed the same way.
Once Iran and the US agree on a deal....the nuke material is to be delivered to a 3rd-party (someone like Pakistan for example). Then probably....the US will ask for a sample-or-two.
So, this will say who manufactured the radioactive material.....either Iran, Russia, or some third-party.
The worst scenario? There are two: One that this started out as US-made and sold to Russia....or Israeli-made....then sold to some country other than Iran.
Another weird scenario? North Korea-made. This is less-likely.
But if it's US-made....all hell will break loose, and it'll be a five-star mess.
1. In the US/Iran deal being worked up....the US will arrange for possession of the Uranium to be held by a third-party.....with a inspection involved. What happens if we find out that Iran obtained from another party?
Well...there are two scenarios....one goes to the Clinton Foundation deal with Russia, and US-Uranium getting into Russia.
Second scenario. this is possibly Israeli Uranium.
In either case....it's a five star story.
2. There is some honest belief that the 700-odd 7-11 stores set to be closed later in 2026....were mostly surviving off EBT-funds being used for soda/candy.
3. This Trump-project....the Trumphal Arch....about 300 ft in front of the Arlington Cemetery...but still on the west side of the river....is NOT on Cemetery property. On two occasions...I've walked across from the Cemetery to the Lincoln Memorial, and will vouch...it's a scenic walk.
4. Just interesting....virtually every weapon that China and Russia sold Iran....came up short. Whatever Iran paid....didn't amount to much.
1. It came out yesterday.....the military 'speaker/talker' for the nightly news in Iran...to get and keep Iranians hyped-up....got bombed (dead) on 7April. Confirmed by the US/Isreal.
So who has been giving the nightly updates? Well....a virtual reality 'character'.
Anyone noticed? Apparently not.
Will they keep using the AI-guy? Because of the internet being off in Iran....no one much knows about the dead guy....so yeah....I think the AI-guy will remain.
Question? Well....if he's dead....from the next 200-odd VIP Iranians who get interviewed daily for TV-propaganda....how many of them are AI?
2. US fed folks showed up yesterday at renovation project for the Federal Reserve building. Yeah....they were asking questions.
I expect any minute now....a raid to occur, and charges pop up....for the contractor folks, and the fed folks.
3. Gov Tim Walz.....I believe by 2030....will have been convicted on charges and spend three to five years in prison.
So the evil one....that crazy guy....Scott Bessent...has spoke up and said regulations will be created shortly (I imagine by the end of April)....where banks have to certify your citizenship as a customer.
How? No one says.
I would imagine you'd present a passport, Star-Card, military ID, or a birth certificate.
He's not saying you'd be 'dumped' if you were a non-American.....just that in the banking data.....you'd be noted as American or non-American. Green Card people OK? Yeah.
These Democratic women who got all hyped-up....that they didn't have birth-certificates? Well....now, they've got a problem with their bank requirement.
But here's the odd thing....after three or four months of this....there's going to be ten-million-plus accounts where identification has NOT been achieved. Reason? Either the guy/gal is dead (for maybe 30-odd years), or the guy/gal never really existed in the first place.
This moment...probably occurring toward December....will bother Senators/House members. There might be a billion dollars sitting there....with the person dead.
In the 1970s...as 'LHOTP' came out....I noted some article in the paper at the time, which brought up two issues, and for all these years....it's stuck on my mind.
First....Walnut Grove is in Minnesota, and the landscape simply didn't fit for the Hollywood back-lot that was used for the show.
Second....the real location has WINTER conditions for about five month out of the year. I'm not talking about inch or two of snow.
These two things always stuck out in my mind.....so I saw the show as Little House in California.
From the previews of the new series? I'd say it's set for the real Walnut Grove.
Maybe it's better in some way.
I believe if you go back to Eric...at age 15....he was bumping up against girls, and doing lots of stupid crap, but never seemed have police involved.
I think he went to college....and did the same thing.
I think he went to the House, and did the same thing.
How many women did he hook up with? Probably over a thousand, and half of them probably didn't appreciate the hook-up.
What he does now...if the House kicks him out? Well....that's the big question.
Run for office? Maybe as some mayor?
Around the summer of 1981....after intel-school for the Air Force....I arrived at Barksdale (Louisiana) and one of my five primary duties....was burn-bag handler. So in the back of the vault....we kept this pile stashed away, and about every eight weeks....dragged them all down to the burner in the rear of the building.
It was crappy work (you hated August most of all for the heat). You typically started around 9 AM, and by 11 AM....it was mostly burned, and you were raking ashes to dump. You'd go through two Mountain Dews.
In 84/85....it was mostly a shredding experience.....every 8 weeks....about four hours with two other folks. At some point, the big burn occurred, where we had around 150 bags of plastic crap and they wanted it burned at the Landstuhl medical facility (med-waste).
In Panama, for 86/87/88? We had a half-ass burn unit which worked sometimes....and sometimes not. Two of us would be standing there in the noon-heat.....both sipping a beer or two...until the burn was done.
By 1994, I was noted at a rank where the burn-experience was not required.
1. I've come to the point of believing that at best....Kamala Harris had a IQ of probably 80-to-85....meaning she was borderline. How she got through college? She was able to impress her instructors in some fashion.
2. Some Iranians have Star-Link (Elon's stuff) and can communicate with the outside world. I noted over the weekend....commentary to indicate that only half of ATMs in Iran function....but there's typically a limit of 15-to-20 dollars in local currency coming out. Cash-flow in Iran is now at a harsh level.
3. A couple of Demo states looking at taxing folks as they leave/exit. Just suspect....some folks are just going to up and disappear....without saying anything much.
4. Noted over the weekend....some new App invented....'talking-to-Jesus'. You'd hook up, for about a dollar-per-minute....have a chance to converse with Jesus. Not saying if it's legit or not.....but it might be a trend (talk-to-Moses, talk-to-Fred Flintstone, talk-to-Satan).
5. Noted over the weekend.....Canada says it is preparing the entire country for a major global war that could erupt (shortly). Who with? Unknown. Where funding would come from? Also unknown.
I sat and read through a couple of pages of a 'paper' written by two researchers from University of Penn and Boston University. Title? "The AI Layoff Trap"..
What they got into....there's layoffs going on....with AI coming to replace the folks.
These laid-off employees used to spend money. Now? They don't.
The economy is designed for people to have money....spend money, and not really capable of evolving.
So the companies that laid people off....will likely go bankrupt down the line....because there's cash flow with the economy with no purchasing power. AI certainly isn't going to buy a bass-boat....spend five days in Aruba....or ever need a $88k Ford pick-up.
What the report leads to.....these top level managers have to grasp the situation and realize the impact approaching. Great quote....."Fire workers.....Lose customers.... Lose revenue.... Collapse."
There's also this other odd 'twist'....if people are eliminated from jobs....purchases decrease....sale tax-revenue starts to crap out....states and cities can't manage their yearly spending, without more new additional taxes.
There's a tidal wave approaching, but it's probably too late to say or do much of anything.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Gregg Phillip....FEMA official (up in the chain) gave a interview...he was on some phone, and BAM....he was picked-up...teleported over to some Waffle House forty miles away.
I watched the interview five or six times.
If you asked me to grade it on 'truth' (1-to-10).....I'd rank it a '3'...mostly because he can't substantiate any of it.
So I went to the destination topic. If I were dealing with aliens, and they were teleportation-crazy....then yeah, I'd be thrilled to end up at a Waffle House, and probably have the All-Star-Special ($14.99).
But the reality of this....sitting there at the Waffle House....I'd have to call the wife afterwards and ask her to come to pick me up. She'd have questions....mostly over my drinking or what buddy dropped me off there. The alien-teleportation story wouldn't work.
As you dig into the story....the FEMA guy was sitting in his car....when the teleportation took place (his story). So you'd wonder....why didn't the car teleport?
The problem in this story....if you were in Alabama....folks would ask fifty additional questions:
1 Were you traveling on highway 99, between Cider-Town and Harper-Town?
2. What kind of attire were you wearing....Sunday clothing, or your Braves T-short with shorts?
3. Did this occur after dark?
4. After you got there in one-piece....did you praise Jesus?
5. Did you and the aliens discuss this destination before it took place, or was this just a goofy 'prank' by the aliens?
6. Was the Waffle House next to a strip-club?
7. Aren't you fearful that they might teleport you to California (hell-hole of the Earth)?
8. Did all your 'pieces' arrive with your at the Waffle House?
9. Were you on some drugs when this took place?
10. Did you talk to the aliens about teleporting you back home after the breakfast?
Yeah, the story sounds like something you'd make up.
I paused yesterday....reading over a comment by former Rep. Matt Gaetz. I originally felt it was a April-fool's story....but came to realize....it was till 31 March....so it's not a 'joke'.
So what he said: “I had someone come and brief me who was in a military uniform, worked for the United States Army, that was briefing me on the locations of hybrid breeding programs where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create some hybrid race that could engage in intergalactic communication".
Yeah....alien-human sex scene.
Alien....being male or female? Never laid out.
Volunteers from the human side? Maybe they told Private Jones (Army guy) that he/she was alien-like. Maybe they didn't mention the alien situation.
Maybe halfway into a liaison.....Private Jones realizes it's a combo situation....the alien is both male and female.
Maybe as Private Jones entered the room....he reassessed the situation...realizing the alien-gal was 9-ft tall, and maybe he was the wrong volunteer.
Maybe the alien-gal was Klingon-warrior-like, and a beasty-type gal.....way too much for mortal men.
After an hour of fantasy-thinking....the reality of this....it's way too much for Private Jones, and I just hope he got a medal for his act, and a week off following the experience to recover.
BS? Well....I'm from Bama, and there's probably 300 guys from around the state have alien-sex stories that they tell...of which are totally bogus. It comes from drinking too much and watching Star Trek late at night.
1. Bob Lazar, the Area-51/UFO 'talker'.....I've reached the point where I think he's not bogus....most all of what he says....is probably true.
His IQ? I would assess to 120-to-125.
His most interesting 'talk'....well, he gets into how he was hired (that guy met a unfortunate 'end'.
2. Just about every German has this mental image of 'clan-warfare'....where non-Germans fight other non-Germans.
3. It's just odd....so many white fragile folks....who have an anxiety problem....if they walk into a store, and it's 100-percent whites in the store already.
4. I've come to a point where I equate TPUSA.....as a carnival side show.
5. There ought to be one single federal budget, and if you fail by 1 October to approve it (Congressional vote)....then everyone's pay (House and Senate, their staff)...ought to stop completely.
I watched the German news last night.....they wanted me to know about the great success with the hate-Trump/NO-KINGs stuff.
The problem in telling this story? Well....as you look at DC and its staging....I do agree that around 20,000 folks appeared there.
In Alabama? State sources mostly argue....a couple of groups appeared....maybe forty to eighty in each group. State-wide? They might have had 800-to-1,000.
For most states....they were like Alabama.
I noted that one guy mingled with the DC group....at the conclusion...his group met up with the bus, and some guy came to collect signs. Then he paid them....appeared in that case....for four to five hours....they got around $600 each. They got on the bus and rode home.
Odd factor? Well.....images from DC and other locations....NO blacks....just mostly white retirees...in their 60s/70s. That was also seen in the German video...although their 'talker' didn't really notice that.
I'll say this....if I were retired and you came to offer me a 18-hour bus/demonstrate deal....free breakfast ($20) at a Waffle House, $600 cash, and free supper ($20)...yeah, I'd hold a sign. But the max I'd ride is 6 hours (say 400 miles max). I'd also have to be assured of toilets, and no rain.
The attempt by the German news to say this was a big-deal? Well....NO. Just saying its a big deal....I'm not that stupid to believe that BS.
As for Trump flipping this around as a clown-show? Yeah, he has pretty much done that.
Yeah, it's all a comedy show at this point. Maybe on the next Saturday deal....guys could mingle in with NO-QUEENs signs.
1. Iran will collapse....with Trump declaring victory. Within six months of this event....the US does a drawdown of troops in NATO.
2. Oil will drop to around $60/barrel.
3. Interest rates will be cut 3 times.
4. As late-night comedy shows dissolve away....no one seems to really miss them.
5. With the exception of the west coast....unemployment will drop below 4%.
6. Republicans will win mid terms. Figure a shift of 30 Democratic seats....flipped, and at least three Senate seats.
7. At least ten small airports are ordered shutdown by President Trump...over the TSA crisis (still unresolved). Oddly, all ten are in Democratic districts.
I sat and read a piece yesterday.....it's been on my mind.
The Army wrote a new regulation....you can enter Army bootcamp up to age 42.
I tried to imagine....me at age 40 (I was still in decent shape....running 4 miles a week, and spending three morning at the gym)....signing up for Army bootcamp. But that was my Air Force period. If I were farmer-status....I doubt if I could handle the fitness requirement.
How many plus-35-year-old guys will sign up? I would guess a couple hundred guys....maybe more women than guys.
The thing is.....you'd approach age 60....retire for 50-percent of your pay, and four years later...pick up social security.
"We in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West's managed decline."
- Marco Rubio
'Fake-intellectual' equals 'polite'.....my view.
Trump has removed the speed-control-system to Rubio....where he can say just about anything he desires, and Trump simply grins when he hears what Marco said. If you gaze around....there's probably seven fantastic Rubio quotes per day.
1. The TSA crap....within about 2 weeks will flip to one of two scenarios....the President will convert all TSA slots to ICE positions, or five to ten minor airports will be shutdown (probably in key Democratic districts).
In either case...Dems will be freaked out and end the crisis.
2. People freaking out about a $4/gallon of gas, but standing in line for a $8 latte at Starbucks. Make sense out of that.
3. Reading through some news pieces.....early 2024....U.S. intercepted Ukraine government messages discussing plot to route money to Biden re-election (before he exited the race).
4. Between 180,000 and 300,000....religious instructors are in Iran. Basically....they have to 'go'....so it's curious, where will they end up?
1. Looking over five states and their taxation plans (Cal, OR, WA, IL, and NY)....it's obvious that sports teams in these states are about to 'dumped' upon....with four-star players mostly saying no to future contracts.
Teams like the Angels, Padres, Giants and Dodgers? Screwed.
2. The topic rarely came up in the 1970s/1980s/1990s....but if you ask folks if there are states which they WON'T move to....more than 50-percent of folks will list five to ten states of which they can't possibly move to.
3. Someone brought up a growing German issue....that schools used to openly offer free music lessons, and today....don't.
Chief reason? Well...if you openly offer music....Muslims get offended because they consider it a 'grave' sin.
4. After viewing the TSA mess (no pay)....I have the solution.
Charge me as I enter the airport for security....$10. Hand me a voucher for the $10....which I can flip to the bank after Congress resolves the mess, and pay me the $10 back later.
5. It just seems odd....bunch of news folks freely admit that Joe Biden was goofy and 'suffering' for four years, and now admit they noticed this.
Someone ought to invent a mental condition....for seeing reality but can't admit it until five years later.
6. This past month....I've seen various folks freely admit they can't find or resolve their birth certificate situation. It's like they are mentally handicapped, or freely admitting a IQ level of 65.
I noticed a Supreme Court episode yesterday....arguing over 'counting' votes past election day.
Roughly 19 states (Ala is one)....allow for mail-in votes to be counted after election day. Some allow a day or two....some allow almost 3 weeks.
1978....I was stationed in West Germany, and we were all told....to vote....do it as early/quickly as possible, and mail in the ballot at least seven days prior. The Air Force was flying at least twice a day from Frankfurt....to get ballots to the East Coast. The warning given....if your ballot didn't get to the state by election day...it would NOT count.
The key problem in this whole 'count-business' for mail-in-voting? Well....the postal system.
While stationed at Bitburg (1993)....this topic came up and someone had run a 'test' mail-in.....finding that a letter mailed on day ZERO....took around 12 days to reach some rural location of Idaho. Course, what they didn't test....if you mailed from north Idaho...to southern Idaho....it probably took 6 days to reach the end-point.
In Alabama....if you were to mail from your house....to the guy six houses down....the letter gets picked up. Then it gets dumped into a bag at the local post office, and sent to Birmingham (3 hours away)....then gets checked....to come back to the local area, and then delivered to the neighbor. Amount of time involved? You can figure a minimum of three days....probably five days if mailed on a Thursday.
My general advice....if you were living overseas....hand the ballot to FEDEX, and feel pretty sure of its arrival in 72 hours.
The court action? Most folks think the 19 states will be directed to count only up to election day.
