Odyssey Movie On My Mind Over The Weekend

First, some folks suggest a Odyssey II movie might be made.

I thought about it...maybe you could bring King Kong in....perhaps have the sister of the snake-hair-lady get introduced as a nice person.

Second, some lightly educated folks are asking questions over this 10-year war....how was this possible?

Third, it is obvious.....the book/story by Homer....is a guy-thing....not designed to  be liked by women.

Fourth, if you interest folks in the story....to read the book....it might dismay them. Movie is a bit different.

Quad Bike 'Adventure'?

 My German wife gave me last year.....a intro-to-quad-bike-riding...which I used this  weekend while up in Koln (Germany).

So I drove 'out'....this is 50 miles east of Koln...to what I call....the 'boney' of the bonies, of  the extreme bonies.  Yeah....middle of nowhere.

I got there (thanks to GPS).

So the 'guide' ('Frank') gave me  and four other guys (all in their 40s)...a 20 minute lecture....all in German.  I got about four points....out of forty.  

Brakes, turbo, 'hot', and something-something about making turns. 

I had thought this  would all be woods/dirt-roads. Wrong....paved roads.

'Frank' led us way out in the middle of nowhere.  There are farms out there....where four cars a day might pass through a point.

Roughly 2.5 hours.....getting  up around 40 mph at times. 

Dangerous?  Yeah....kinda what you should do before age 40.

I asked 'Frank' at the end....did he ever  have ladies attend? 'NO'....was response...awful rare.

Fourr Things About Homer, The Iliad, The Odyssey (The Story And Movie)

 First, there is a debate over if Homer wrote both the Iliad and the Odyssey.  If you use the Greek text....the wording is different between the two. 

What people believe? Some folks suggest a Homer-1 and a Homer-2.  My belief?  I think verbally....a Homer-1 developed both as entertaining pieces to be told around the camp-fire at night.  Along came some Greek to write down the story....earning the title of Homer-2, and  later....a third Homer (Homer-3) pieced together the last story.

Second, the entire story of the Iliad laid out in simple fashion? Well...it goes this way:

Homer tries to lay out the final weeks of the Trojan War (a 10-year epic period over Troy.

The 105 months of the war?  Not mentioned....just the ending.

So the weight of the story is about guy Achilles...a Greek warrior (described as the greatest of the great).  The Greeks  have raided some town and taken a virgin-gal captative (this is Chryseis....if you were curious).  Her  dad demands the return.  Eventually....this occurs....but the Greeks did go and grab Achilles’ own prize, Briseis.

There's some chatter where Achilles talks to Gods....at least he says this, and Homer relates it.

So we have this week where the Trojans lack Achilles....to make  up for that...Achilles’ close friend/buddy....Patroclus puts on the Achilles gear and pretends to be him.  He dies in a fight with Hector.  

Achilles arrives....peeved....bothered greatly....killing off a bunch of folks, and finally getting to Hector (killing him).  It's a messy end....He drags Hector’s body behind his chariot.

The poem ends with some words over Hector’s funeral.  

For a camp-fire story?  It's five-star, and a epic.  

Third.....the Odyssey?  I  consider it the 'lesser' of the two  (my humble belief).

This story the Greek hero Odysseus (king of Ithaca).  Oddly the Trojan war has ended after ten years, and his journey (about 300 miles in reality) consumes 10 years itself (part of the bogus-nature of  the story).

Here....Homer skips almost all of the 10 years of the war, and 95-percent of the trip home....talking mostly about 6 weeks of adventure.

 The key story-piece?  Back in Ithaca, Odysseus’ wife....Penelope...has stayed loyal (for almost 20 years).

Toward the end....they now assume that Odysseus is dead.

There's some words over Athena....goddess of wisdom....helping the son.

Apparently....at some point Odysseus has been held for years by sexed-up gal (Calypso) on her island. He finally escapes....gets shipwrecked and washed up among the Phaeacians.

There's some witch adventure....then a Cyclops adventure....then a Underworld adventure....then a monsters adventure (Scylla and Charybdis). 

The boys finally bring him home to Ithaca. He gets back with the wife....after 20 years.

Fourth, my view of the movie deal?  I think Nolan was led to make a movie that ha little  to do with Homer's story.  If this were Frankenstein....it'd been done with the guy being half-man, half-woman, half-beast (ManBearPig).  If this were Uncle Tom's Cabin....it'd been mostly a story of a Mexican 'Tom'....growing up in  Texas.

Are folks going to the movie?  I really don't buy into that....unless it's a money-laundering operation.  To be honest....I could  design the movie and the theater creation....as such.  

Debt BS

 "Nearly 10 million people in the U.S. age 50 and older have student-loan debt," per WSJ.

I paused over this.....reading several times.

To be fair....debt in general is a national issue  now.

I read a piece last week.....working couple....early 30s....both own 'new' cars.....each in the range of $70,000 spent on their car.....8-year loans.  Together....they still had around $60,000 left on the loans, with 3-to-4 years left to pay.

Somewhere....probably around 2035 to 2040....there's some massive financial collapse coming.

The four 'folks' who are going to be hurt the most?

I'd say the BIG banks, four-year university operations, the car-makers, and the housing market.  

Crazy-Crazy

 Past 3 days....I've watched this cop-video....University of Florida scene...trans-lady....goes crazy for about 8 minutes.

You can browse for it over YouTube....Hicks is the last name of the 'gal'.

Cop is responding to a call from the college....out-of-control nutcase.

I figure....I've watched it at least six times. 'She' is desperately seeking a 'safe-space'.

What bothers me....there are probably 20,000 individuals like this in the US presently....making me wonder about everyday interaction that you might be drawn into.

Mentally unbalanced?  Yeah....from this is the prospective of rural Alabama and growing up in the 1960s/1970s.  Up until 1980....I'd probably only run into two or three nutcases, and I was mostly entertained by the characters.

By the 1990s....at least once a year....I'd run into a full-blown nutcase.

That 3.5 years of work in Arlington, VA?  Oh, I ran into a nutcase at least once per week....but none of them were trans-types.

Here in Germany?   If I try hard.....discounting drugged-up cases....I might run into one  nutcase every six months.

What the court ought to do with this Jarrett-character?  I'd give him 60 days of a 'stay' at a mental clinic, and stipulate.....you need to have a normal interaction with people, or you will stay for a extended visit.

Nicaragua

Nicaragua’s socialist President, Daniel Ortega, has announced a change....to end Presidential elections. 

Reason?  He’s doing this to stop popular right wing opposition from coming to power. 

What replaces elections?  He's not really clear about that.

This being a 'winner' for a comedy script....3rd world country that 'saves' democracy....by ending  it.

If You Are On Public Assistance/Welfare, and Sending Money Out Of The Country.....

 I've tried to make sense of this.

Obviously, welfare situation....yet you seem to have a cash-flow that makes no sense.

Either you have a secret income  (like selling cocaine or selling sex)....or you fence-off stolen goods.

Seems like the logical Trump 'fix' would be....put a 75-percent tax on money-transfer that exceeds 50-percent of your monthly income.

Eight Thoughts

 1.  If you lined up the thousand-odd comedians of the US....on my index of 'funny'....at least three-hundred are not funny....to the point that they need to return to Pizza Hut or selling tires.

2. Every time that I see...."SHOCKING ADMISSION FROM A CERN SCIENTIST: "BEINGS ARE COMING OUT OF THE PORTA".....I'm pretty convinced that drug usage is massive.

3.   Personally....if you are without an ID of any type....I don't see how you can function in the modern era.   You could have done this in the 1960s/1970s....but not today. 

4.  Mayor of New York....Zohran Mamdani....says he will launch a pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.  

I pondered this....NY City....night-out....it's not like living in Iowa or Kentucky....you'd need a minimum of $100 for  dinner/drinks....before you even get to the theater.  Where does that money come from?

5.  In the 1970s....there might have been  2,000 Americans confused about their sexuality.  Today.....it's probably near 5-million.  What happened?

6.  These CIA burn-bags that were supposed to be burnt....weren't.  Why?

I have this theory.  I think the 'gang' involved in the anti-Trump 'mission'....reached a end-point where the mission collapsed, and they left the job for some low-ranking guy in the agency to perform, and he never got the message to burn the 500-odd burn-bags.

I also have another theory....that the CIA guys will come to admit they've found six additional rooms....from the 1940s to 2010....each with some weird purpose to fake intelligence realities, and each left hundreds of burn-bags....that  were never burnt.

7.  Paul Pelosi....husband of Nancy....probably has a drinking problem.

8.  If you graded states by allocation of SAFE-SPACES.....Alabama probably has the lowest allocation.

You can ask a resident of Alabama....where there might be a SAFE-SPACE, and most likely the answer will be the barn-loft, or some snake-infested area of Bankhead National Forest. 

Ten Opinions

 1. 2020 Senate 'winners' in Georgia....Ossoff and Warnock....probably never got more than 25-percent of the state vote.  The question is...how would you yank both out and run a fresh new election?

2.  CNN has done everything possible this past week....to convince me....they are still corrupted/screwed-up.  

3.  You could kill 10,000 of the Iranian Mullah-bosses tomorrow, and the system there is designed to replace them in a matter of minutes. This design....is something Trump can't defeat.

4.  This AZ Senator....Gallego.....is 'toast'....he'll be gone by the end of the year....on sex-stuff.

5.   This Maine Democrat....Ashley Webb....translady....claims in Reddit posts that he "ovulates" and has a monthly period.  However....the way he describes the blood....it's out of the anus and likely to be ongoing bouts of hemorrhoid's.

It doesn't appear he wants to 'cure' the hemorrhoids.

6. For some reason....whenever I watch TV news....I'm  always assessing propaganda value....like it was old Soviet or DRR crap-TV.

7. At least 10-percent of the leaders/'bosses' of the Democratic Party....probably should have a mental or IQ test performed.

8.  If you've ever been to Italy....going back to the US and eating at the Olive Garden....makes no sense.

9.  I suspect that a quarter of the Democratic Party agenda....is to shock you to such an extent....that you fumble around and wonder if it's a Twilight Zone episode.

10. As much as Epstein's stuff with juvenile girls seem to shock folks....a Muslim guy marrying a 11-year old girl doesn't seem to have the same shock value.

Three Things I've Noticed

 First, it appears (based on Trump told the story).....that the CIA (via USAID) funded some Chinese folks....who funded again.....some American journalists to write bogus/fake stories  over Trump.

I paused over this. How did they report the new income to IRS....or did they fail on that matter? Did guy come by the house at midnight with a paper-bag of $3,000 to bribe the guy? And did the majority of news folks do this?

Second, all this chatter about Nolan's movie....The Odyssey....mostly BS?

As a kid....around 1968...I went to the Scottsboro trade-day and found the comic's guy.   He had probably 5,000 comics laid out, and I ended buying 'Classic Comics'....the ones that told great literature in comic form.  By the end of the summer.....I had finished off reading around sixty of these.  I always felt they did a better job of telling the story....than $100-Million movies did.

Third, I have this gut-feeling....that ten times the number of people with phobias....now exist...compared to 1980.  At the present pace....I suspect it will expand another ten times by 2035.  

It's like....people feel more positive....with a phobia....like a member of a 'team'.

A Brief Talk On Capitalism/Democracy

 "Americans’ confidence in capitalism and democracy has fallen sharply." 

Article per WSJ

I sat and pondered over this.

This group....comes out of a NORC poll.  It says that only 48-percent of Americans feel capitalism works.  56-percent rationalize that democracy is not working well.

I looked at the poll....what they don't say....if a major amount of the negativity people....are college-educated (brain-washed).

One funny element of this....there's simply a lot of students who wrapped up college...got a debt of $80k, and found that jobs aren't plentiful.  

What the gov't should offer?   Offer one-way tickets to  a alternate country where you think democracy works better, and is mostly chatty on their version of capitalism/socialism.  Once they leave....don't let them come back unless they pay for the trip we gave them.

Last year....there was some lesbian couple that hauled-off, and left for Canada....mostly over Trump.  About 6 to  8 weeks into the hauling-off....they noted things in Canada weren't better, and this was mostly a mistake.

Reality works more effectively....if you give folks a dose or two. 

People Asking Don Lemon To Run For President?

 I sat this AM...reviewing this 12-line story.  Some podcast folks were talking to Don, and he insisted that he's being asked to run in 2028.

On my list of 15,000 possible folks to run in 2028....he's around 14,988 (just to be honest).

I'm not anti-Don....I'm just focused on competency for journalists....with Don ranking a '1' (1-to-10 ranking on my index)....meaning he'd have to improve a lot.

What people are asking Don to run?  Unknown.

They might be long-haul truckers....retirees from Tampa....Michigan hunters....roller derby 'freaks'....dwarf wrestlers....meth-heads....etc.

Frankly....I could see Don as a VP....getting some guy there who is constantly 'wrong'  on every issue, and getting CNN headlines on a daily basis.

Being Irrational About The Economy

Irrationally living paycheck-to-paycheck or carrying high consumer debt for non-essentials.

Irrationally buying status things (cars, phones, clothing) that depreciate rapidly instead of assets.

Irrationally obsessing over homeownership even when renting is financially superior in many markets.

Irrationally pursuing college degrees with poor ROI while trade skills and apprenticeships pay well without debt.

Irrationally blaming "corporations" or "the rich" for price increases while ignoring monetary policy, regulation, and supply constraints.

Irrationally expecting endless government benefits without considering who ultimately pays via taxes, inflation, or debt.

Irrationally ignoring automation/AI displacement while demanding wage floors disconnected from productivity.

Irrationally high spending on entertainment, subscriptions, and convenience while complaining about "not getting ahead."

Irrationally avoiding  building emergency funds up despite repeated economic shocks.

Treating student debt as uniquely unforgivable while other consumer debt is not.

Irrationally supporting policies that increase housing costs then blaming landlords or "greed."

Irrationally overvaluing credentials and degrees over demonstrated skills.

Irrationally ignoring inflation's effect on cash savings.

Irrationally supporting large fiscal deficits and then surprised by interest costs or future tax burdens.

Irrationally.....over and over.....blaming capitalism for poverty while it has coincided with the largest reduction in global extreme poverty in history.

Irrationally expecting perfect equality of outcome rather than equality of opportunity and rules.

Seventeen Ways In Which Americans Have Turned Into Irrational 'Tribes'

 Oddly....started a irrational voting 'path'....where the specific policy has clear negative data (crime rates, housing costs, test scores).

Irrationally started to treat political opponents as morally evil rather than people with different information, priorities, or incentives.

Irrationally started dismissing statistical patterns on crime, family structure, or academic outcomes in favor of single-cause narratives.

Irrationally started to support "defund the police" or reduced prosecution....while living in or near areas that later saw measurable crime increases.

Irrationally started to make-believe or identity-based credibility selectively rather than by evidence.

Irrationally came up with the idea of canceling or deplatforming people for past statements....while ignoring context, satire, or changed views.

Irrationally came up prioritizing diversity metrics......over competence in hiring, admissions, or promotions.  Later....acted irrationally surprised at performance gaps.

Irrationally insisting biological sex is a spectrum or socially constructed in policy (sports, prisons, shelters).....despite consistent physiological and performance data showing large average male advantages post-puberty.

Irrationally went to medicalizing rapid-onset gender dysphoria in adolescents with weak long-term evidence.

Irrationally started allowing biological males in female sports/categories.....then expressing surprise at dominance or safety issues.

Irrationally started redefining basic words ("woman," "mother") for ideological consistency while complaining that communication has become confusing.

Irrationally started  to attribute virtually all group outcome gaps to systemic discrimination.....while downplaying culture, behavior, family structure, and cognitive distributions backed by decades of data.

Irrationally started to support policies that demonstrably reduce housing supply (strict zoning, rent control).....while decrying high rents and homelessness.

Irrationally started expecting open borders or very high immigration levels without serious planning for assimilation, fiscal costs, or cultural cohesion data.

Irrationally  started to believe stricter gun control would disarm criminals who already ignore existing laws.

Irrationally started to romanticize socialism or heavy state control despite repeated 20th-century examples of economic failure and authoritarianism.

Irrationally started to judge historical figures solely by 21st-century standards without technological or cultural context.

Orchestrated Politics

When you go digging through history....you can find orchestrated fake episodes which the news media helped to funnel to the public, and shape public opinion to a particular conclusion.  So there's the bonus-Army episode of 1932....which I will explain in detail.

For decades in American history, it was common to offer up a bonus to people who would sign to help fight in some American war.  Typically, you got land or property, for a set period of time. By the end of the Civil War, it was becoming apparent that there was a limit on open land left and this idea of land-grants for military service....had to come to an end.  In the case of the Spanish-American War....luckily, it only last about one-hundred days and no incentive was required.

However, as you come to WW I....we had a slightly different case building up.  In this episode....the entry of the US didn't occur until early 1917 (note, after the November 1916 election, where President Wilson campaigned to stay out of the war)....that the US entered the brief war, and spent barely eighteen months in the engagement.

A bonus deal?  It's an odd thing....the war actually ended and folks went home.  Wilson's term would end in early 1920, with President Coolidge entering office.  Four years go by....a GOP-led Senate (figure near 60 Republicans, with a majority)....set up legislative matters to hand out a Army-bonus for WW I (having ended five years prior).

All of this comes up early in 1924, and is passed by the House and Senate.  Coolidge?  He vetoes the bill....but the vote comes up in the Senate and they overturn his veto.  Imagine that.

The deal?  Well....every guy who spent time in service for the war received a dollar for each day of service, with a limit of $500 maximum.  If you did overseas service (actually in France), then you got $1.25 for each day....but there was a $625 limit on that.  Amazingly enough....anyone who had very limited time and had fifty dollars or less owed....they got paid immediately.  Everyone else?  They got this certificate which they could hold and would be paid out in twenty years....1944.  In truth....the government had some money sitting there and could afford the group owed the $50 or less.  The rest?  They simply didn't have the money, and this was a debt that would be invented out of thin air in 1944.

There were a minimum of three million certificates created for this, and the debt listed was between three and four billion dollars.  If you did this by 2017 numbers....it was roughly fifty-billion dollars to be paid out.

No one says much between 1924 and 1929 over the deal.  But you have this odd episode of the Wall Street crash, and depression setting in.

So around by 1930, there some hyped-up nature over the bonus deal.  Some folks want the bonus open to a loan out....so you could walk in and get a partial payment (a loan).  This starts out at the twenty-percent level, and later....there's talk of a fifty-percent loan-out.  It goes nowhere.  Why?  The House and Senate sit there....in the midst of a depression....talking about finding money which doesn't exist, and suggesting higher taxes to pay out the bonus money.  No one wants higher taxes.

By January of 1932 (an election year), there are marches conducted on Washington by disgruntled former Army members.  Protests are set up in Washington DC....with approximately 25,000 folks there in the spring period....coming and going. By July, it's suggested that ten-thousand protesters are now in a camp atmosphere (intending to stay long-term).

As July arrives....the political atmosphere in DC is charged up.  Protests are common.  Some people think that anarchy could be on the verge of occurring.  So President Hoover (the GOP guy) orders the Defense Department to take action.  Note, there's virtually no real cop presence in the city to handle this type of mess.

On 28 July 1932....a brief one-day episode unfolds.  US Army versus ten-thousand former Army members....on the far east side of Washington DC.  The print-media at the time lays out the whole episode, and a massive amount of blame gets dumped on President Hoover for the way that this was handled.  Four months later, the election shift has occurred....one of the worst election defeats for a sitting President occurs....all going back to the Bonus-Army riot.

Oddly enough....in 1936...the topic of the bonus money came up through Congress again....passing through both House and Senate, with FDR vetoing the pay-out.  This time?  They voted again and overrode the veto....paying out roughly 2-billion dollars of bonus money.  Taxes?  No one says much....it was simply debt added to more debt and everyone looked the other way.  Who passed the bill?  It was a massive Democratic House and Senate that had taken over in 1932 and 1934.

One can look back at 1924 and how a bunch of politicians screwed up....how Hoover screwed up with the handling of the protesters....and how the Democrats made everyone happy in 1936 over the bonus...all neatly created or orchestrated.

Watching Caleb Hammer

 I've reached a point this summer....where I watch about 90 minutes a week of Caleb Hammer's podcast (being honest, it's the most I can handle).

Describing it?

Well...Caleb is a financial audit guy, and he brings on couples (straight, gay, whatever)....who are deep into a mess, and he digs into what went WRONG.  I'd describe the WRONG-moment (my index of 1-to-10) as mostly '10' moments.

The couples....in most all cases....are losers (to the 9th degree), and I can't see the marriage  surviving more than a year or so....after doing the show.

My thrill?  Well....in about half the cases....you have some wife who has purple-hair, or forty-odd piercings....who seems to be a die-hard socialist...showing a bizarre behavior as a nut-case, and the guy seems really stuck on this type of gal.

I paused over this....frankly....if this were my wife, and she was this dimwitted and trampy-to-the-9th-degree....I might stick around a while (for the fun).

The sad thing?  They are all deep into debt (bad enough that they ought to be placed into a jail).

Testosterone Story

 Pentagon has ordered new testosterone-deficiency screenings for members over the age of 30.  The expectation?  A percentage (probably 10-percent minimum) will have low T-deficiency numbers (my bet).

So, I'll tell this story.

In the early 1990s....the Air Force went in a massive way toward fitness/'the-look'/exercise.  About six  months into this....you started to notice several trends.

Folks had sleep issues....guys seemed overly tired (especially the over-35 age group) in the afternoons.....probably one out of three guys in the older age bracket had mood swings, which unsettled marriages/relationships.

I knew two guys in this period....who accidentally got some Air Force doctor curious....who tested them on testosterone....finding them low.   One of them just said 'finished' and ended up medically-discharged over the problem/treatment. 

The sleep-issues crowd?  By the time I retired in 1999....probably 5-percent of folks  I knew....were on some sort of treatment. 

What I expect out of the Pentagon?  By 2030....they come to admit the current fitness program and fitness expectation....is causing health issues. 

Eleven Irrational Behaviors With Technology

Heavy phone/social media addiction....while people crave for 'it'....showing mental problems. 

Irrational privacy complaints....while showing wiliness to share vast personal data.

Irrational fear of AI job loss.....while quickly adopting to AI tools.

Irrational trust based on 'facts', while showing marginal-to-no track record.

Irrational minor rule-breaking....while expecting others to follow the norms.

Irrationally expecting experts to be infallible on politicized topics....then seeming to ignore expert failures (COVID origins, economic forecasts, etc.).

Irrationally accusing the each other of "misinformation" while spreading their own selective framing.

Irrationally short-term emotional decision-making on long-term issues (retirement, health, family, national debt).....over and over.

Irrationally showing tribal loyalty to brands, sports teams, or subcultures.....that seem to have zero to no real evidence.

Irrationally expecting society to accommodate every individual preference without some type of trade-off.

Irrational pattern of knowing better (data on health, money, relationships, policy) yet acting against that knowledge due to emotion, status, convenience, or group belonging.

On the Subject of Meetings

At some point in the early-1990s....I moved from a player-mode to a manager-mode, and then came the realization that you had to go and attend meetings.  Some were a mere fifteen minutes long and drilled quickly down into the issue, and were worthwhile as a meeting.  Some were 90 minutes long, and basically accomplished next to nothing.  I came to value most meetings as worthless.

At some point around 2002 to 2004....I probably was wasting four hours a week in meetings.  In 2010 to 2013.....as a manager within the Pentagon empire, I was lucky to get myself down to 180 minutes per week.  The only enjoyable meeting each week in that last year was the building custodian meeting where all kinds of building renovation or history came out from the chief of the Pentagon building.

I brought this up years ago with a older guy who could remember the 1970s era, and how there were rarely meetings.  In his mind, when the internet and computer era arrived....meetings increased.  As he pointed out.....more people wanted 'stock' ownership in decisions made, and success from meeting decisions rarely paid dividends.

At some point about fifteen years ago....I worked with a female who had a husband who had a degree in business management (the master's degree), and he had weekly meetings with his staff (the wife, and the two kids).  One of the kids was a teenager and had become anti-meeting....thus causing friction in the household.  The wife tried to explain to the husband that these meetings were not of much value, and instead got lectured on the necessity of a 'focused-team'.  I asked the co-worker how would this all end, and she felt the kid would be out the door as soon as she graduated from high-school.

As much as I hate to suggest it....meetings have turned into some kind of rocket-science.

Why Iran Keeps Adding Layers Of More 'WAR'

 As a kid....I noted that probably 3 or 4 dimwits existed in my class, and it didn't matter how things were explained....they just didn't 'get it'.  We'd go to a second details-explained situation....a third details-explanation situation, and even a fourth details-explanation situation.

Years later....I would associate this to a low IQ.

Iran simply runs....as a nation....with authorities mostly geared toward a 75-IQ, and if you said something would occur tomorrow....to cut-off power/electricity for 6 weeks....they wouldn't see a big deal.

If you said all gas stations would only sell 10 liters of gas per week....again, no big deal.

The problem here....they've had 50 years to built the nation into a land run by the Three Stooges.  Trump calls up, and it's either Curly, Larry, or Moe answering the phone.

The funny thing?  Persia....before Mohammad came along....probably was the most advanced country on the face of the Earth.  

How Was The 'Faces and Phone Numbers' Program Connected to Charlie Kirk and TPUSA?

 Well...it's a '10' on the conspiracy BS.

Apparently, some US intelligence agency....had gotten into a surveillance 'game' with Kirk's TPUSA....where they would catch 'faces' at these Kirk events, and have cellphone numbers collected.

There is some belief that toward the last month of life...Kirk was figuring some of this out.

Illegal?  Well....yeah.

Odds that this was active on 6 Jan 2021?  I started to ponder upon this.

Requiring a massive data storage point? Yeah....that's another part of this story.

On my BS-meter?  It started out as a '10'....I'm probably lowering this to a '5' now.

If 2020's Election Was Corrupted, What Else Was Screwed-Up?

 President Trump on Thursday night....will talk  over the corrupted vote in 2020.....so I sat and pondered from the Senate races...what else occurred?

The two Senate races in  Georgia? Perdue lost to Ostoff. Loeffler lost to Warnock (both were 2-point margins)

Michigan?  James lost to Peters. (1.68 margin)

Arizona?  McSally lost to Kelly (3 points)

So the odds....in the three states....4 Senate seats were corrupt-voted? I'd say it's higher than a 50-percent chance.

Fixing this?  How?  There's no Senate rule for a mess like this.

Three Things I See Approaching

 First, MLB (Major League Baseball) is going to dump long-term contracts....pissing off the union and probably creating a walk-out for 2027.

But I can look around....there's twenty-odd players with 8-to-10 year contracts....still with four to five years left, and nothing much to show value.  They can't trade or dump the guy.

Second, WNBA....will probably dissolve within 12 months after Caitlan Clark deports to Europe.  Nobody wants to watch 2-star basketball mostly with toxic women.

Third, there's probably several hundred  Georgia residents this week....talking to lawyers, and worrying over voter fraud that they participated in.

They probably are asking relatives for cash....to pay off high-cost lawyers.

Six Things I Think

1.  Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (Dem)  WILL in two weeks....announce he's signing papers to appoint a replacement for Mitch, and it's  to be a Democrat (violating state 'law').

He'll indicate that Mitch is veggie-status, and that the legislation is wrongly worded.

Challenged to the Supreme Court....Gov Beshear is probably correct.  

2.  By the end of August....Iran is fractured-up...at least three countries (maybe even six in the end).  Kurds will take Tehran....with 5-million folks/residents....on the run....leaving...creating a massive asylum mess.

3. Shortly...the California Energy Commission is to vote on mandatory appliance registration. 

Basically....BEFORE you can buy a gas appliance, AC unit, water heater....you'd have to fill out paperwork showing where the unit will be installed. Wording suggests that a building inspector would have to visit and approve the acquisition.

Why would you stay in such a state?

4.  It is rocket-science....when you ask...what's the difference between regular-socialism and Democratic-socialism.

5.   Thursday night: President Trump is set to out....the 2020 election in Georgia was massive fraud, and that both Georgia Democrat Senators are illegitimate....over massive election fraud, Ossoff and Warnock’s seats zeroed out.

What  will happen?  I'd suggest 3 things: first, several republican/democratic figures in state politics will be brought up for charges and offered a one-way deal to avoid jail....admit the crime and accurately report cash they received. Second, Ossoff/Warnock likely to lose committee seats.  Third, emergency election for both in November.

If Osssoff/Warnock knew about the crap?  Charges.

6.  RFK Jr quote: "We're seeing in our population people who are obscenely obese and at the same time malnourished."

On a average day....you come across 300-odd people, and probably one-third of them are obese, and half of that crowd is probably malnourished.

My Thoughts On The Passing Of Lindsey Graham

 First.....the guy was carrying 50 pounds of extra weight.

Second....he goes off on a fairly stressful trip to the Ukraine, and 'parties' with the in-crowd....at age 71.

Lifestyle choices....on his own.

As for the replacement?  I suspect the governor will discuss the idea of selecting himself. 50-50 shot that this is the end-result. 

Three Random Thoughts

 1.  WNBA.

The leadership of the league....the team 'bosses'....the 'influence' over the league....like a little 'Frankenstein' that was allowed for 30-odd years to exist in a marginal way.

Then one day....this Clark-gal enters and the league is being  dragged toward higher profits/viewership, and it's unprepared for the 'trip'.

Just amazing to watch this controllable stampede.

2.  This week...Oregon Governor signed the bill removing reading, writing, and math requirements for high school graduation to help ‘students of color’.

Finally....someone doing something for the dumbasses of America. 

In 30 years....folks will begin to take jobs with newspapers, government offices,  and  rocket companies....with no real competence in anything.

3. Just curious....Buc-ee’s is now paying more than some career people spend for four years in college.

My Thoughts On This Trump-Iran Situation

 You can basically sum this up into three pieces.

First, if you lined up the top 300 Iranian 'bosses' back a year ago, and lay out their situations in life today....250 are either dead, or in physical situations where they are 'laid-up' (not coming back). Those 250 folks were replaced, and in further action....there's probably 100 of them....either dead, or 'laid-up' (not coming back).  So there is a fair amount of 'boss-chaos' going on.

Second, IQ-wise.....the Iranian national average swings from 87 (fairly low) to 97 (about 5 points less than average).  If you ask me....the 'boss' recruitment angle is mostly leaning toward hardline Islamic trends, and the majority are probably in 85 to 90 group.  Logical decisions.....don't come easily.  I suspect Trump felt he'd eventually find a smart Iranian, and that hasn't worked  well.

Third and final....the Kurd-card is about to be played....where non-Iranian  Kurds see a chance to  probably take over one-third of Iran.  I'm not saying this is a improvement, but it will change the dynamics.

The key 'play' to avoid?  You don't want 20-million Iranians rushing around to be exiting Iran....with half of them destined toward Europe.

My Take On This Mitch-Is-Dead Gimmick

 I spent an hour today....reading up on Senate powers to confirm Mitch's health....basically, they ZERO-power over this.

His wife could settle things.....his kin-folks could settle things.  None of them seem keen proving Mitch lives.

The governor?  He sent a note.....but it's basically going to the staff. 

This turning into a joke?  Yeah.

Trump settling it? He could  walk into the hospital, but I doubt that the guards would allow him into the room.

As the smoke clears (he's a vegie-guy)....the House/Senate need to hire a doctor and mandate once a month.....you prove you live and breathe. 

Fear-Mania

 Over the weekend....I noted that co-host of The View....Sunny Hostin...got hyped-up and uttered that she does NOT feel safe in a neighborhood....if there are American flags on display.

I sat and pondered upon it.

Generally....growing up in the 1970s of rural Alabama....there might have been two or three folks out of 300 houses around the farm....where a flag was on display.  

The flag-thing....took off in the 1980s...as Wal-Mart arrived, and suddenly you could buy flags (yeah, K-Mart and Piggly-Wiggly never saw this as a 'hot' item).

But this safe and unsafe BS?  I can't think of much of a threat from 'flag-houses'.

If you feel this way....wouldn't Easter bunny decorations, or Halloween 'skulls' freak you out?  Wouldn't fireworks for the 4th of July freak you just as well?

This leads me to a thought....that probably 25-percent of society is in a permanent fear of something.

They probably don't want to talk about it.....fear of Trump....fear of raccoons....fear of white-women  playing basketball....fear of eagles....fear of flying....fear of Covid....fear of rational people.....fear of Fox TV news....fear of Gunsmoke episodes....fear of logical engineers....fear of the Bible....fear of honky-tonk women....fear of people who can't be trans-something....fear of people who seem competent.....fear of fear.

The crazy thing?  This is the kind of BS....that in the 1970s/1980s....you would never have brought up to a friend/relative/co-worker.  You'd keep this fear-crap internal and avoid admitting it.

Dumbass Discussion

 Big scientific study of 160,000 people....discussing numbers....large percentage of college students operating at the 5th-grade level.

Then they add....same group....intellectually....think at the 10-year old level.

I paused over this yesterday.

It's been on my mind for several hours.

Numbers?  14-percent of US college students ranked at this 5th-grade level.  They read at 10-year old level, and their comprehension at same level.

OECD study.

So...my 3 questions:

If this 'crew' is that stupid....does it mean that colleges are recruiting instructors to be 6th-grade level....just above the 5th grade level?

What happens after four years....do they graduate at 9th-grade high school level?

Finally....how exactly will we utilize a bunch of educated dumbasses?

My Thoughts On M K ULTRA (The CIA-Owned Operation)

 First, a great deal of the 'science' that started the program....came from the Germans (1860 to 1945).  I don't think anyone has clearly laid out this path, in book form.

Second, when the CIA said they 'dumped' M K ULTRA....in 1973....I think 99-percent of the program  went to non-CIA gov't programs (to  hide)....mostly in the health services landscape....mostly overseas.

Third, I would suggest that M K ULTRA played a role in the trans-crap over the past 20  years.....getting people to accept castration, and drug-use to make believe in some miracle 'change'.

Fourth, a lot of this irrational behavior BS....probably goes to some M K ULTRA program.

Fifth, the Butler-rally where shots were fired at Trump?  Part of me believes some element of M K ULTRA was active....same story for the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Sixth, I suspect one of the M K ULTRA  'cells' exists in Israel.

Seventh,  50-50 odds in my mind....that some process of M K ULTRA was active in getting Putin to believe he could win a 'war' against Ukraine.

Eighth,  I believe....if you dragged out the top five CIA 'bosses'.....they probably know nothing of the current program.

Ninth, wouldn't shock me if five to ten managers of CNN....were involved in the program, and arranging news bits to confuse you.

Finally, the bigger question is....does China and Russia have their own program, and trying to hype Americans in some way?

Three Observations

 1.  New York Times/CNN journalist/news-activist LuLu Navarro....spoke up over the weekend and said she was having a nervous breakdown and PTSD from the America 250 flyovers and fireworks displays.

I usually reserve criticism over folks with PTSD....it is generally a legit problem.

The general problem I see....we are at a point where there's probably 500,000 Americans with PTSD, and only half of them are military-occupation folks.

At the pace of things...by 2035....there's probably over 2-million that will ID'ed with PTSD.

2.  The movie 'Citizen Vigilante'....I'm  predicting at least three additional versions.  One for the US.  One for Japan.  And a third set in a Scandinavian country. 

3.  The 'Mitch-is-dead' comedy lingers on.  

He's obviously on life-support and will linger (in my humble  thoughts) until late August. 

Is WNBA Action....More Or Less.....Glorified Demolition-Derby Crap, Pro-Wrestling, And Roller-Derby?

I paused this past week....realizing that much of what you see on WNBA....is just faked-up action....with poor ref's....mostly women crashing each other, and crappy basketball skills on full-display.

I worked with a Air Force guy who  was big into demolition-derby action here in  Germany.  I asked....is  there any point to the race.  NO....it's purely for thrills.

Yeah, it's taken me a long time to reach this level.

It explains a lot....lessens my criticism....and gets me to the point of saying  'don't-worry' over the show.

Gavin's Wire Story: The Way It Looks

 What we know as a fact....Alexis Podesta (a longtime Democratic operative, lobbyist, and Newsom appointee to the State Compensation Insurance Fund board) wore the wire....starting around 2 years ago.

Start-up?  June 2024....while DoJ/FBI were under Biden's crew.

So you can discuss the idea that 3 to 6 months prior....Podesta was on someone's target list, and that they probably felt Newsom...sooner-or-later....would be president and prone to 'control'.

Trump's crew arrives.....just notes this, and continues on...taping Gavin.

So...at some point, they will bring Gavin in and ask....would you trade some  information....to get charges dropped?

What does Gavin know?  Unknown.

Whatever the Biden crew intended....they pretty much figured it would carry 'on'....with President Harris.  Well...that plan crapped out, and the crew never halted or cleaned up their mess.

A nifty TV series?  I was thinking that.

The Present Generation

I watch probably an hour each week of the finance wiz....Dave Ramsey.

This week, he got onto a statistical issue...saying America is broke.  Approximately 78-percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.

Homes, cars, trips....drowning in debt.

I kinda felt this way the first four years of Air  Force time....paycheck-to-paycheck. Along about the 5th/6th year....I started to get ahead.

When I worked in the Pentagon (15 years ago)....there was a local couple interviewed....both husband and wife worked. One was earning in the $140k range....the other was in the $225k range.  They were a paycheck-to-paycheck couple.....had been for more than five years, and weren't expecting much to improve their situation.

For some reason....I just see this reality as being pretty close to the 1930s, and the hobo-generation.

Four Observations

 1.  Some suggestion that the chief-of-staff for Governor Newsom was wired-up by the FBI for the two years.  If true....there's probably three-hundred folks minimum....that would be charged-up.

2.  WNBA.  My honest thoughts....in terms of quality players....across the entire league....there might be a dozen gals who have talent.   Rest are 2-star and mostly thugs-in-a-uniform.  What keeps the league going? Mostly an appearance to lesbianism and pro-wrestling (combined). 

3. Reading through a UK piece.....UK police now can threaten arrest for “Future Crime”....meaning it hasn't happened yet, but if you says 'such-and-such'....triggering a guy....that would be a future crime.

4. The whole gimmick with Mitch's delayed death?  If he dies now....they could run a primary, and have the election in November.  The 'controllers' don't want that much interest....so Mitch has to dies toward September....making this a Jan/Feb 2027 election.

Four Thoughts

 1.  Entering 3rd week of Mitch McConnell in the hospital. No pictures....no interviews.  I don't think he'll leave the place in a  'living-condition'.

2.  I was supposed to show up at a German gov't office and renew a 'process'.  I show up on time....gal spends 20 minutes in the backroom....comes out and says the server system (40 miles away) is 'off'....AC broke (hard).  

I asked if I should come back in 2 hours....'NO' is the response. Wednesday, I asked....'probably not'.  'Maybe' on Thursday.

I have this gut feeling.....AI and server farms....are going to be a problem in summer periods.

3. To be honest....over a 'normal' year in Germany.....you typically need a air-conditioner unit about 16 days.  Do you really want to go and spend 500 Euro for something that might only be used 48 days over three years?

4.  That Hantavirus stuff.....did it just up and disappear?

Three Thoughts Over WNBA

 First, there needs to be a dozen-odd 'crews'....who review the game tape after each game.  If you traveled/turned-the-ball-over.....they need go back and deduct a quarter-point for each occasion.

If you watch the typical game....there must be sixty occasions where you observe the crappy-play.

Second, flagrant fouls. Same crew.....you see a flagrant foul.....you assess a four-point deduction for the team,  and you suspend the player for three games.   You have five of these over a season....season-long suspension.

Third, ref's are barely doing the job. Bring in NBA refs for one season.

Seven Humble Thoughts

 1.  I never used the term 'FAFO' (Fu*k-Around-Find-Out) prior to Covid (2020).  Today....I'll probably observe five items minimum in the news daily....where some guy/gal has been irrational (without the use of drugs/booze), and gotten themselves into some serious consequences.

2.  I noticed in the news....15 Antifa folks (guys/gals from Minnesota) are identified for federal felony charges....conspiracy charges.  It's probably enough...where if convicted....you'd do minimum of two years of prison.  As confused, and mentally-challenged as they seem....they may think prison-life is pretty simple.

3. Just odd....there must be five or six National Guard 'patrols' around the clock....at the reflection poll in DC....ready to detain folks for the Capital Police.  Pro-algae folks....apparently not fearful of the detention or fed-charges.

4.   Weather gal (German in nature) says for my village...come Friday....37 C (99 F). Doubt if anyone much survives such heat.

5. If you feel oppressed.....you might want to ask who or what is holding you 'back'.

6.  Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson stood up yesterday and blocked the Trump order.....that was restricting SNAP benefits use for soda and candy.

Frankly....you just can't deny candy and Doritos....to the welfare folks. Same way....you can't dictate to folks to eat 'good' food.

This Reflection Pool 'Trap'

 With all the fix-it talk, algae BS, and TDS issues.....this AM....I noted that the cops in DC have gone to some storage unit....found a Antifa 'lab'....preparing quantities of Algae for release.

The problem I see growing here....domestic terror charges are probably going to occur, and some folks (intellectual dimwits) will end up in court facing 10 years of fed-jail.  I don't think they are capable of handling it.

The LE at the Reflection Pool?  I bet daily now.....they are handcuffing five or six folks. 

At some point.....I'll bet at least thirty LE people constantly on duty.

The 'Other' World?

 Over the weekend....I read through some science 'news', and some PhD group has   written up a new quantum theory concept.....suggesting that 'OTHER' versions of people....sitting in some alternate universe....are changing/effecting your life....your fate.

I paused over the idea.

The 'other' me....might have gone to Georgia Tech....developed a taste for Asian food...moved to Portland, and got radicalized.  The 'me' me...realizing the fate of getting to Portland....went in a opposite direction.

Proof of concept?  Well....that's the thing about quantum theory....you can say some BS....with zero proof.

The 'other' Donald Trump?  He probably lives a healthy lifestyle....weighs 160 pounds...avoids McDonalds, is fairly unsuccessful, lives in Rhode Island, and  is married to some Venezuelan gal for forty years with 16 kids.

To be honest....I'd pay money to venture into the 'other' world for a week or two....just to check things out. 

Movie Idea

 I'm thinking of writing a movie-script....entitled: 'Hobo-Man'.

The story would go this way....some down-and-out guy...mostly a loser throughout life, has gone to homeless status in California.

At some point....he's drawn to a testing-program for $300 in cash per month....to take a pill.  He's told over and over....it would stimulate the mind.  As part of the program, you  have to agree to a  hook-up for one hour per day after taking the pill.....to some AI-system...to fuse knowledge into his mind.

He gives a talk one day at the homeless camp hangout....saying something wittty/clever.  Some news team uses the sixty-second clip. 

Within hours....half-a-million people  have viewed the clip....thinking this is the guy who should be governor of California.

A political party begins to develop....the 'Hobo-Party'.  

Over the course of a year.....Californians buy into this guy's reality, and he's elected.   A year or two passes....the guy is running for President.

At  the peak....hours after being sworn in as President....the drug company comes out to admit the pill that this guy was continually given.....was just a Tic-Tac.

The question is....did he just need a boost?

Five Thoughts

 1.  All this reflecting pool/algae BS......if you get arrested for 'any' damage....it's felony charges in a fed-court,  with the Park Service on your 'ass'.

I'll predict.....as this matter continues into 2027 (probably 3,000 detained)....we reach a point where your mental stability is questioned, and the Park Service lawyers finally start requesting a mental exam.  By the end of 2027, I'll predict a minimum of fifty folks kept for 30 days of mental-hold.

2. Past day....Israeli forces say they have seized a strategic Iranian-built Hezbollah underground command center....up on the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon.

So, here's suggestion they put out....they think a couple of hundred terrorists are stuck there....unable to reach any of the exit-point. IDF strategy?  They intend to blow up the entry/exit points.  

3. If you perform a 'hate-Trump-act'.....with a consequence of two years of  fed-jail time.....do you have any mental 'control', or are you just doped-up around the clock?

4. Some Oregon school made the decision to drop the valedictorian honor....saying  it was removed to prevent other students from feeling bad about their performance.

Pondering it....you should just make all kids valedictorians....letting all of them speak for ten minutes....even if it amounts to six hours of BS-talking.   Give the idiots a chance to shine.

5.   Not much hope for Iran to survive as one-country.  I'll predict by early 2027....with no peace deal acceptable....it dissolves into 3 to 5 countries.  

Ten Humble Thoughts

 1.  This week....I probably wasted an hour thinking over the pro-algae folks in DC....with the reflecting pool....who desperately don't want 'Trump-success' in fixing the situation.

They appear so focused.....that they'd get arrested/detained....get dragged into fed-court, and maybe pay damages/fines....up into the $10,000 range.   It just seems like....they need a month or two in some farm-work to clear  up their mind, and get rational.

2.  Obama library.

I'll just say it.....within 20 years....there's  likely to be structural issues, and I'll predict safety issues cause a period of shut-down.

3.  I tried to make sense out of this....some sex offender (in the state of Georgia).....an Indian (Bombay-type).....got listed on the sex offender registry.  Issue?  Under the ethnic category....he's listed as a native American male.

4.  I noted this week.....CNN went out and asked Americans.....if they got their 'NEWS' from them....only 2-percent said 'yes'.

I have to be honest....about five minutes out of each month....I'll drift over to CNN for some hot-item....but that's typically my limit.

5. HUD Secretary Scott Turner says he will kick out any illegal aliens from Section 8 housing. They have to show proof of citizenship to get the deal.

How many?  Well.....25,000 roughly.

Legal challenges?  Yeah....I would imagine so. But here's the thing....you were an person....claiming to be American, but having no birth certificate.....yeah, you probably also get kicked out.

6.  From all this investigation-into-Gov Newsom BS....just odd....wire-taps done on his wife.   Just appears that she has some connection to 'crimes' and will also be dragged into a mess.

Some advice....if you are a shady character....always assume your phone is bugged.

7.   Amazon 'boss'....Jeff Bezos....said this week....while AI might eliminate some jobs in the beginning....the technology will generate massive demand for human workers.

Now, you notice....'workers' doesn't exactly mean white-collar management jobs paying $100,000 a year.

If I were looking at this....AI needs massive air conditioning support, and probably five-million Americans by 2035....would need to be AC-technicians.

8.  I asked AI (Grok)....to look over data and suggest how many college students have an IQ of 90 or less.  

Grok says...."approximately 21-percent of college students have an IQ below 90 (on average, across all undergraduates).  This estimate comes from a 2024 meta-analysis by Uttl, Violo, and Gibson."

100...on an IQ is considered average.....90 would be less-than-average.  

But here's the thing....from this 21-percent group.....how many drift down  to 80, and you end up with a college graduating a thousand students a year....who marginally can be educationally 'fit'.  Imagine if they end up as school-teachers.

9.  I read through a science piece this week....elevated levels of a highly abundant chemical messenger in the brain.....seem to be linked to a heightened sensitivity to making mistakes. 

Basically....this is a guy/gal....who makes a mistake....realizes it....then goes into a fit of anxiety/depression. 

The other guy/gal who does make a mistake.....goes to the logical step....learn from your mistake....avoids the fit of anxiety/depression.

Risk-takers?  They are forever learning from mistakes and lessening any waste of time on anxiety/depression.

10.  From the remaining guys in charge of Iran....I'd say they have one particular problem....a IQ level of 80-to-90.  Sadly.....they are the ones that Trump has to deal with.

The Birth Certificate Chatter

 I asked Grok/AI to assemble the data....how many Americans don't-got a birth certificate.

A 2023 national survey (Brennan Center for Justice, in partnership with the University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement and others) asked around 2,386 U.S. citizens aged (age 18-plus).....the question.

Based on their numbers.....nationally, they figure around 3.8 million voting-age U.S. citizens currently LACK any form of documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) or US birth.

The details?  Well....concluding they were mostly lost, destroyed, stolen, or never obtained. 

I paused over this.

You can't join the military or get social security....so this really crimps-up the lifestyle of the 3.8-million.

So, part of this story....if you were born in the US prior to the 1950s.....in a lot of cases....the fed/state gov't was not involved, and thus no certificate awarded.  I don't argue about that.

What is obvious here.....how would you conduct banking/investing, report taxes, or get social security later in life?  No one talks about the 'details'.

The $50 An Hour Idea

 Barbara Lee is running for mayor of Oakland, Cal.

In a debate setting.....she made it clear....she wants a $50 federal minimum wage.

I sat for about 20 minutes....pondering this.

Pizza made by a kid making $50 an hour?  It'd probably cost near $75 (include tax nearing $90).

A beer at the sports bar?   Well....probably near $19 once the bar-keep  presents it.

McDonalds menu selection?  Nearing $50-to-$60.

How quick would businesses shut-down?  Probably within 60 days.....half of all businesses would close.  The path 'out'?  Well....you need to leave as quickly as possible.  

Amazing world we live in.

Explaining The DC Algae Problem

 Basically....the science is....green algae or cyanobacteria grows exponentially when three main factors align.

Factors?

1.   Excess nutrients (especially nitrogen and phosphorus)....acting like fertilizer. Phosphorus is often the key limiting nutrient in freshwater systems.

2.  Sunlight....for photosynthesis and energy.  If you had 3 to  6 days of clouds....it would be slow in  appearing.

3.   Warm temperatures.....warmer speeds the process...cooler lessens the speed.

If you replaced the water hour by hour, or cooled it....algae would marginally appear.  If you 'flushed' it every twelve hours....that might help.

It's NOT rocket science.

Note: you could fool folks into believing that global warming triggers this, and most would readily buy into it.

Six Things I Now Believe

 1. Starbucks premium coffee ($4-plus dollars)....is sip-by-sip.....same as McDonalds coffee ($1.69 to $2.29).

2.  Whenever you utter 'consenting-adults'....I get the humble feeling that 100 folks would have 100 differing consents....making things hard to define.

3.  I have this 'lecture-alarm' in my head.   Oddly, about twenty times a day....it goes 'off' and alerts me.  I hit my mute-button  (in the head) and the lecture dissolves into thin-air.

4.  It's painfully obvious now...that there must be over 50,000 sexual fetishes.....with some folks hyped  up to sex-up with people in McDonald uniforms, or dressed to appear like Nancy Pelosi.

5. There are seven and eight year old kids being introduced to Alexa and Grok, and half of their knowledge base by age twelve....will have come from the two....NOT from schools or their buddies.

6.  Cultures are different. When a rainbow appears in Japan....folks see seven colors.  In Germany, they see five colors. England....six colors.   They all see the same thing but perceive it differently. 

Emergency Thinking

Yesterday....I noted that the city of Annapolis, Maryland....put out an emergency preparedness guide....that was designed primarily (only) for LGBTQ people.

The hint I got....via the city folks running this program....that LGTBQ folks are 'more-likely' to be affected by some natural disaster (I assume they mean hurricanes, earth-quakes, floods, wild-bear-attacks, etc).

I probably spent 30 minutes this AM....thinking about this.

Having been in the military for 22 years.....it was embedded in some way....you needed to think about emergencies, and that the Air Force always had a plan-A, plan-B, plan-C.   I guess  if you never did any military time....you don't think about disaster much.

But then it came to me....is it possible that LGTBQ folks are so much in a 'bubble'....that anything....even a hail-storm....could set them off into a chaotic mentality?

Living in Germany....I'm understanding the German mentality....that a funnel-type cloud (dark as hell) might be approaching the valley, and the German quietly gazes at the cloud.  Not really fearful  or reacting....mostly sipping a beer slowly, and simply observing things. Henrick....as the wind picks up....might ask: 'you reckon we should move to the basement?'....not really feeling stressed about things.

Thinking over this Maryland/LGTBQ problem....it's obvious....you as a city need to hire 'helpers'....say one for each four LGTBQ folks....to personally guide the poor folks to safety when chaos sets in.  Obviously, they probably should not be LGTBQ themselves....otherwise, the helpers will need helpers.

Sheltering separately away from non-LGTBQ folks?  Well....that's something else that I'm pondering upon.   

Vance and the View?

 Vice President JD Vance will be appearing on The View today, Tuesday (16 June) at 11:00 AM (ET).

It should be an interesting Q-and-A....where hundreds of thousands of women....are lined up to get their dose of anti-Vance/anti-Trump, and find their 'strength' diminished.

Framing....de-framing....re-framing....etc.

I don't think the View-ladies are in the level of debate required for this situation.

Why Did The US Step In And Sponsor Bio Labs in Eastern Europe In The 1990s?

 Evidence presented in the past week...says the US had 46 labs just in Ukraine alone....maybe around 120 total.

Reason?  Fear.

As the Cold War ended....all this expertise sitting....formerly Soviet-run.  So...rather than let some crazy guy enter the picture....the  US entered and gave the folks tasks....paying them.

I  won't  say it's legal or ethical....but at the time, it made sense.

Elon's Space-X Stock Opens Monday At $160.95

 So, there's positive and negative chatter. Negative?  It's not worth the money and over-priced.

My take?  You just don't know where the company will 'march-off-to'.  It might develop into a dozen products/services....each with profit.

If  I had  the cash....I'd buy 40 shares at $6,400 roughly, and sit. End of 2026....it's probably at $300 a share and  be happy with doubling your money.

If you held the stock ten years?   It'd probably reach $4,000 a share ($160,000) minimum.

The one prospect here.....first man on Mars....will not be a Russian or NASA employee.....it'll be a Space-X employee. 

Five Things That AI Over The Next Decade Will Give Us

 1.  Within a couple of years....AI will be used by singles to assess through various questions (probably over 2,000)....where successful relationships can occur.  Your scores, preferences, spending habits, education.....will be matched to the perfect-partner.

I'm not saying it'll fix things....but you will end up with person that best fits your chaos/mess.

2.  AI will start to assess dependability of cars....to the point that some brands will dissolve away (they were developed and marketed.....as CRAP).

AI will start to tell you when each issue starts to decline....getting you into a shop earlier.

3.  AI will start to score teachers/college-instructors....to the point that the crappy ones are dismissed by the 2nd year.

4. A AI-scoring service will start up....giving 'scores'.....to TV journalists....to show 'slant'.  

5.  AI will begin to monitor voting registrations....actual existing people....fake people, and voting patterns. It will assess some US cities with 30-percent 'Casper-voters/non-existent people)......forcing courts to throw out election results entirely.

AOC-Reverse-Index-IQ-Scoring

 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.

Five Things That Have Reached A Failure Mode

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.

Five Things I Now Believe

 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.

Vote Story

 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.

Jobs Chatter

 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'.  

Four Opinions

 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. 

How I Think The Iranian Uranium Saga Will Go?

First, if you weren't  aware....uranium has a 'fingerprint'....so you know where it originally came from.

In the early Obama years....a Canadian company sold uranium to a Russian nuke-plant.  There is zero evidence that Hillary Clinton was in the deal (in case you wonder).

There were two Kazakh companies involved in this deal (not really Russian companies, but you might assume some 'ownership').

Around 2013....the two Kazakh companies bought the Canadian operation.  $1.3-billion is involved.  Where did the cash come from?  No one really says much.

Could Iran have funneled money to make the deal possible?  Maybe.  But it'd have to be in cash....which is oddly....what Obama delivered to Iran around 2013.

What is odd....right around 2013....the Clinton Charity Foundation....ends up getting around $145-million....from the Kazakh company ownership. 

If the Iranian uranium comes up identified to the Canada/US 'pile'?  Well....it probably can only come from the Kazakh company operation, or it was simply stolen from the US  (I'm willing to believe this).  

The odds of several Kazakh company folks disappearing shortly?  50-50 odds.

The US-Brazil Women's Soccer Game

 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.

My Thoughts On This Karmelo Anthony Case

 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.

Things To Avoid Discussing

 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.

Movie Review: Disclosure Day

 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.

Braves Chatter

 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).

Four Opinions

 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. 

How The 'Bubble-People' Will Evolve?

 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.

The 'Grooming' Problem

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.  

Four Observations

 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.

The End Of MLB (Major League Baseball)?

 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.  

How To Fix The California Count-The-Votes Problem?

 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.

Divert Hit Piece?

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.

Stargate Drama

 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?

Talking Animals

 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.

Service Time And Dealing With Mentally Ill Folks

 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.  

My Experience At The Kennedy Center

 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.

Which Came First? Domestication of the Human, or the Dog?

 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.