My Ilham Omar 'Crazy' Scenarios

 This past week....with a lot of pondering....I've come to three possible 'crazy' scenarios:

First, if the DoJ goes to bank transfers over ten years.....it would not surprise me if she moved over $10-million out of the US to various off-shore accounts.  Where the money came from....will be investigated.....where the money went....will be investigated.  In some funny way...I see the RICO Act being used a good bit....treating her like mafia-player. 

Second, while on paper....the brother-sister marriage might be suggested....I'm more likely to believe that the 'brother' is a guy who hooked-up to the family and has no legit brother-status.  

Third, it's entirely possible that Omar just walks away, and never appears in public again.  If you had a stash of ten-million in cash and a good head-start....I think I'd head to the Dominican Republic or isle....get a condo set-up and live off the ten-million.

Bar Exam BS

 I asked AI (Grok).....how many law degree folks NEVER pass the bar?  

AI says it's around 8-to-12 percent (depending on the state).

At some point in my Air Force career....I worked under a junior officer who'd done a law degree, and failed twice on the bar.  His plan 'B'?  After a brief talk with the Air Force recruitment folks....he signed up and became a intel-officer.  

I asked how the four years of instruction were....compared to the bar exam.  His belief?  He was mostly focused on grades, and never really diving deep into what the bar exam was about.  Maybe if the school had spent the last year....talking bar exam study/facts.....things would be different.  

I paused over this....thinking.....if I ran some college law school, and statistics showed 30-to-40 percent of graduates failed the bar exam the first time around....I might be worried about the value of the school and it's teachings.  

Where Is Ilhan Omar?

 Since the early part of the week, with the raid on her property....no one has seen Omar.

Some indicators say that she got 'warned' at least two or three hours prior to the raid.

My belief?  I think she had a duffle-bag of cash (say a million or more) ready to go, and simply left....not intending to show up again.

Trans-Nazi?

I sat this AM for an hour....reading through this Chicago arrest.

So....what you have is a 19-year old local Chicago kid....in a trans-status....who happens to also be a neo-Nazi (I'm not sure what the neo really means anymore)....detained for allegedly plotting a Hindu temple shooting.

Court hearing determined that he is on some cross-sex hormones....then they determined that they had to support continuing the injections while in jail-custody.

Fact that no one died?  It was simply in a planning stage?  Yeah

Twenty years ago....it would have been a simple case...with him dealing a situation down to ten years of prison.  Today?  I'm guessing a judge will send him off for mental-evel....and recommending a 'stay' at some state mental unit...for at least a year.

Locals commentary?  Well...you can tell that even Demo-voters are asking stupid questions.  

Odds of Nazis even distancing themselves from the trans-stuff?

My Eight Problems With The Alien/UAP/UFO Stuff

 1.  If you jus kept this simple and disclosed one single alien group, and three or four bases (maybe one on the moon)....I could accept this.  If you made this into a 800-page document....twenty different races.....500 bases spread across the globe, the moon, and Mars....I'd have a problem.

2.  If you indicate that you lured and 'blasted' several UFOs...killing forty-odd aliens since 1947....yeah, I'd have a problem.

3.  If you indicate that more than 300,000 patents exist with companies that you shared technology out to....yeah, I've got a problem.

4.  If you indicate that both the Chinese and Russians have more alien-tech...I've got questions.

5.  If you reveal that 60,000 hybrid alien-kids were born to kidnapped American women....yeah, I got a problem.

6.  If you say that 40,000 hybrid-alien-humans are living within fifty states....quietly....I've got questions.

7.  If you lay out that cattle mutilations are aliens in need of cattle-blood for preserving their bodies...I've got questions

8.  If you say two of the alien groups are active in some type of 'war', and that the US has supplied 10,000 soldiers for one group.....I've got questions.

Five Observations

 1. This Ilhan Omar stuff?  Between the brother-marriage, possible money-laundering, and substantial income that might-or-might not exist....she's got a complicated case.  The added trouble...this money-laundering stuff might extend out to forty-odd individuals, and any of them....might roll-over and give evidence to some grand-jury.

2.  Bernie Sanders came out this week with a new proposal...ban all SUPER-INTELLIGENCE.

To be honest, if you asked him to define this....I doubt that he has any idea what it means.

3.  New poll....less than 50-percent of Americans polled....say they trust a vote 'count'.  For Dem chatter in the future....this is a rough thing to explain to regular people.

4.  On my list of 20,000 things to worry about.....women dressing slutty at the gym....probably ranks near 19,988.  Same with women dressed in pajamas while flying.

5.  I'm at a point where I think 50-percent of comedians....aren't that funny, and should prepare to be replaced by AI.  

Alien Chatter

 Jay Stratton’s memoir 'Out of the Shadows' came out this week.....mostly centered on telling his story of aliens/non-human intelligent. I'd describe Jay as a scientist/key player in the gov't 'control' of the tech stuff.

Worth watching: Fox Interview with Jay from Monday night: Watch Here.

My ten takes of the book, interview and humble thoughts?

1.  It's hard to find any time/any interview....where Jay BS's people.  So when he says 'we are not alone'....you can bank on the idea.  When he says there is non-human intelligent life, and interacting on Earth....yeah, it's like true.

2.  Why hidden away with this non-human intelligence?

I've pondered over this a good bit and come to the conclusion that they (the non-humans)....are on the 'run' from something and Earth is a hide-out of sorts.  From what?  Unknown.  You don't establish bases of operation for temp viewing of humans.

3.  Jay pretty much confirms....the two crashes in 1947, and that recovery of two vehicles occurred. Roswell, and Aztec.

4.  Jay confirms that the gov't (through their contractors) has possession (as of 2026) of a dozen vehicles.  

What Jay doesn't say....if China, Russia and others have vehicles as well.  

If I were guessing...China, Russia, the Mossad, and likely five or six other country have 'something' that crashed as well.

I'm also of the mind that tech-companies on their own...have gone to retrieve craft, and they probably aren't totally honest over possession numbers....meaning the gov't count of 12....isn't totally reliable. 

5.  Reverse-engineering?  

The gov't probably has a idea of x-number of projects going on, and the tech-companies are likely not being honest on the amount of reverse-engineering....with dozens (if not hundreds) of projects brewing.

6.  Some fear of a 'cold-war' brewing with China and Russia on the reverse-engineering?

Yeah, I'd say someone is fairly worried.

But then I wonder....wouldn't the aliens now be worried at the progress being made?

7.  Jay's account of the 1947 crash, where the aliens were still alive but died mostly after refusing food provided by the friendly Army folks?

I've pondered over this.  Based on size/shape....the Grey guys likely burn no more than 300 calories per 24-hour cycle, and their existence is probably based on a milk-shake type 'diet'....so whatever was offered for food....was not going to be accepted.  

8.  The intentions are unknown?

Jay sums it up....so far...no one has a clear idea of the intentions of the non-human folks.  Maybe it's friendly....maybe it's a experiment.  You just don't know.

9.  The folks at the top?  You get the feeling that there's five or six American folks who run the ultra-secret business, and each thinks they have an idea of what is going on.  You figure up the tech companies....there's probably forty other folks, and then you figure the Russian/Chinese folks....there's probably 200 'bosses' on Earth who believe they run/control things.

10.  So you start to think over tech advances since the 1950s....stuff like Alexa or fiber-optic stuff.

Is Alexa 'controlled' by us....or by alien-connections?  

Five Predictions

 1.  Before 1 January 2027....Representative Ilhan Omar, crosses the border into Canada....to escape prosecution.  Canada grants asylum in the end.

2.  Throughout 2027....Kamala Harris makes speeches and appearances....appearing to be a top candidate for the Presidential-run in 2028.  I'll predict she appears in Iowa at least three times, with most Iowa Democrats peppy over her 'talks'.

3.  Horse-drawn carriages in NY City....ends in 2027.

4.  Trump renames the CIA by the end of 2027.

5.  Some new trend starts up in 2027....where 50-year old women are marrying up 18-year-old guys straight out of high school.  By the peak....summer of 2028....more than 10,000 marriages are noted. 

Six Things I've Come To Believe

 1.  Out of every 1,000 jobs in America....maybe 100 require 4-plus years of college.  PhD-level of the 1,000....maybe 10 folks.  We ought to close down half of the four-degree colleges in the nation.

2.  If you asked a 1000 folks who claim they regularly watch WNBA action...why?  At least thirty-percent will say they watch it for hits/fouls on women, and fifty-percent of the female viewers will say they are attracted to LG-attractive women.  

3.  If you asked folks to define a woman....the ones who can't give you an answer....probably are 99-percent Demo in their politics.

4.  Aliens, in general, are so consumed with boredom....that watching Earth folks....particularly crazies....entertains them greatly.

5.  About 50-percent of the tech-crap now put into cars....is beyond the handling ability of half the nation.

6.  I believe half the nation has no ability to handle credit cards, and you are making their lives miserable...if you give a guy a card with $10,000 on it.

Ambassador Debt?

 Trump's ambassador to Greece....is on the possible firing position....mostly over asking some guy (rich-enough) to pay off her (the ambassador) credit card debt ($100,000 apparently).  This was all done before the Senate approval.  I get the impression....the cleared debt was a problem but if it disappeared....she got the job).  

Did Trump know any of this?  No.  Nor do I think the 'gal' wanted to detail this stupidity. 

What she was paying month-by-month to just tread 'water'?  I asked AI....it was in the $2,000 range....meaning you weren't gaining on the debt issue.

What'd she buy with the debt?  Unknown....maybe shoes...maybe scented candles...maybe lipstick....maybe a whole lux-day at some spa.

I worked with a female contractor about 25 years ago....who over a ten-year period....spent recklessly, and had about $60,000 in card debt.  She had to spend $1,000 monthly....to tread 'water'.  Solution?  She volunteered for a Afghanistan contractor job....paying in the $220,000 range for a year.  She figured this would reset her problems, and she'd be free.  What she'd admit....about half of the debt was car repairs and dental bills.

Trump 'helping' the gal?  He probably figured four years of ambassador duty and low-cost Greek luxury living....would be a plus-up.  Not knowing about the debt?  Usually, you don't ask stupid questions over a guy/gal's debt issues.  

What she needs now?  Some ultra-rich Greek guy stepping up and marrying her....if you ask me.

Oregon Chatter

 This AM....I read through a piece....Oregon adults have the highest rate of mental illness in the US at 31.6-percent.  Roughly...if you met 20 Oregon adults today....at least six have a 'problem'.  

What I noticed....they were careful not to suggest levels....like crazy-crazy....or OCD-consumed....or hallucinating over aliens/UFOs....or pretending-to-be-Donald-Trump....or pretending to be 'invisible'. 

Most folks in Alabama will swear up and down....that we carry the bulk of the load on mental illness with adults.  This was probably true in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.  Oddly enough....by the 1970s....we were losing the 'race' and the population of crazy folks were on a serious decline.  Alabamians attribute this to three things: Crazies moving to California....drugs becoming available to lessen craziness, and fewer folks bragging or hyping up their level of craziness (mostly to avoid being sent off to the state facility).

Do Oregonian folks realize the level of mental illness?  I'm not that sure about it. Most folks have a daily habit of cannabis/weed, and it probably lessens the shock-value.

Should we (the other 49 states) do anything about this issue?  I'm of the mind....as long as it's staying in the state....don't spread out the problem.  If it goes up to around 50-percent of adults?  That might change my mind.

Attire Trend?

 I watched the Shane Gillis clip from the past weekend's SNL show.....where he got into a comedian-talk over females at the gym....dressing trashy/whorish.

Apparently, it's gotten folks hyped up (well....mostly women).

My thoughts?  In the 1990s....my military days....I used to go over to the gym twice a week.  In those days....everyone (men/women) wore regular gym clothing.  There was nothing trashy/slutty.

Around 2014, in retirement status....my German wife hyped-up that we needed to stay in shape....so we joined a German fitness 'club' (in a upscale neighborhood of Wiesbaden).  

It's a odd membership....I'd say that 60-percent are over the age of 50, with 20-percent in the age 16 to 20.  Men to women?  Maybe 60-percent male.....40-percent female.  

Older gals dressing trashy/slutty?  NO. 

The 16-to-20 gals?  Well....there's probably five or six that I would note as approaching slutty/trashy....but it's not serious.  

Shane isn't wrong....there's just a group of women (probably in the ten-percent range) who flaunt their body/looks.  If guys were dressing this way (trashy/whorish).....women would probably go and say something or openly criticize the 'look'.

Where all of this is leading?  I'll predict that most fitness operations have a women-only night....at least once a week....to help the whorish-attire women feel comfortable.   

Bottom Line On Talarico?

 Until yesterday, I didn't know the health aspects of the Texas candidate for Senator...namely....he has diabetes.  One of the oddball things about diabetes....you end up with a sugar-level that goes up and down....on rare occasions triggering hallucinations. You might be working with such a gal, and note on rare occasions....they imagine things that simply haven't occurred.

Stress on a diabetes guy/gal?  Well....it's likely to trigger such a event more often.  

I'm not anti-Talarico....but I don't see this job as being a good health factor, and it's likely to turn into some Jesus-factor....where he hallucinates something, and the Dem-voters say it's real....when it's a hallucination.

Every time he cites something as real and radical....you'd have to ask the guy for a sugar-level test.  

Eight Humble Thoughts

 1.  Over the past thirty-odd years....I've come to assess folks that I bump-into or have to deal with....on a IQ-level....is the guy/gal 'DIM' or 'bright'.  Statistically over a year?  I probably have to deal a minimum of twenty 'DIM' folks.

2.  It's just odd...since 2016....when I start hearing a speech of doom, despair and gloom....I'm eyeballing a particular political party.  I didn't feel that way in the 1980s/1990s. I can't seem to figure out why they believe it's uplifting or feeling-good.

3. Each month that passes....I get this impression that US universities are run by IQ-lacking folks....who seem to 'sell' a worthless degree.

4.  With all the hurricane chatter of the past week....one almost gets the impression that Alabama folks had never experienced a hurricane in their lives.

5.  Oddly, it seems like that various states have a ultra-negative hype about AI-centers....while drug-neighborhoods in the same states....are 'blessed'.

6.  It's just odd...you can hand a plain Bible to one-hundred enthusiasts.....with the group coming to one-hundred variations of religion.

7.  The Trump-Russia-Putin-diesel saga....is bait...for someone....to fall into a trap.  But you'd have to read through 700 pages of strategy BS to see the angle.

8.  Just my humble belief....99-percent of aliens visiting Earth....are hyped-up to watch and understand Trump.  They stand around and discuss his strategy and thinking...with other aliens.

If You Put Me In Charge Of Fixing Major League Baseball (My 10 Suggestions)

 1.  I'd limit the regular season to 148 games...allowing one off-day every 10 days.  Naturally, it'd lessen your pay by 5-to-8 percent.

2.  I'd have a rule....no multi-year contracts past 3 years.

3.  Home-plate umpire....gone.  Replaced by AI.  

4.  At the end of the 7th inning, if one team is 6 runs ahead....the game ends.  

5.  Experiment with the idea of 6 games at a destination site...meaning 5 days and one double-header. 

6.  Allow aluminum bats.

7.  If you get to a 2-strike/3-ball count, and foul-off 3 consecutive balls....you get a 'free' ball.....and 'walk' to 1st base.

8.  If you have a road-trip and the next game is less than 500 miles away....you have to make the trip by bus (not plane).

9.   Study the idea of putting three pro-clubs into Mexico City, Havana, and Caracas.

10.  Accept the idea that the Dodgers (over the next 20 years) will win the WS at least 12 times.

StarGate Chatter

 For about five years, there's been hype that StarGate will be brought back.  About six months ago....that suggestion crashed and burned.  This week....Amazon went and said they'd hired a new producer.....Jan Schaeffer.....the WandaVision creator to develop Stargate.

For those who might remember WandaVision....it was a dead-end production.

Yeah....so fans of Stargate are fairly negative.

About eight months ago....I went back to season one of Stargate, and have been watching three to five episodes a week. I'm up to season nine presently.

Five observations over the series:

1.  Up to season season season seven ending....it made sense.  Season eight development with he stupid 'Ori' characters....was a bunch of BS.  I'll just say it....season 8 and 9 are marginally worth viewing. 

2.  If the gate were real.....it'd be in the Area-51 region....NOT the 'Mountain'.

3.  The success of StarGate was it built itself into a 50-percent drama....50-percent humor.

4.  The WandaVision crew likely making the team into a LGBTQ thing?  Very likely.

5.  If you were looking for pure science fiction.....seasons one to seven are worth watching.

Major League Baseball 'Agenda'

 There's talks scheduled after the World Series....to open up 'change'.  

Chief issue/problem?  Decline in doubles/triples noted.  I checked the numbers (say over 30 years)....doubles are down by probably 4-percent, and triples down by 30-to-35 percent. 

Reason?  Nothing obvious.  Some suggest that players today are more injury-prone.  Some suggest that 'rifle-arms' of outfielders are hampering running style.  Some suggest defensive positioning has improved.

So what does the MLB intend to do?  Well....'spots'.

They would put a circle (probably eight-foot) in a central point of the outfield for each of the three folks....telling them that they must be in the circle....before the pitcher can pitch.  So the left-fielder might be 40 feet away from where he normally would be positioned. The idea is.....he'd fail to catch the ball, and have to run....to recover the ball.

Crazy-talk?  Well....lot of folks are suggesting this.

History to this?  If you go back to the 1960s/1970s.....a fair number of outfielders were chunky/over-weight, and couldn't run that gracefully....so the doubles/triples went to some significant point.  We accepted that as a 'normal' number after a while.

Consequences to come?  I'm of the mind that if you really put spots on the field.....you might start to see 11-to-8 scores as a normal thing.  Chances of no-hitters? I would imagine those no-hit games would be finished.  

DC and Robo-Taxis?

 It came up this week in DC....that some company is asking for permission to run robo-taxi service.

Naturally, there is a pro-robo group and anti-rob group.

My bet?  The city council will assign some commission and try to delay it....maybe for several years.  

Odd factor?  Well....they are only asking for DC permission....not Virginia or Maryland.  So if you tasked robo to serve you....it's only to get from one part of DC....to another part.

People entering....having to show a credit card?  Yeah, that's probably part of the story....NO cash.

Gen-Z Folks Exiting California?

Well....yes.  I read through several items this week, and the key one....Census-based data....show California Gen-Zers are exiting the state.

This goes to a LendingTree analysis of 2024 American Community Survey data....saying around 58,109 Gen Z adults (roughly ages 18–27 that year)....left.  Most going to Texas.

Trigger?  Affordability....they can't afford housing in California.

Then taxes got brought up.

Finally....job opportunities.

This brings me to a odd pondering....would there be a need to have a Gen-Z category (Westies for California Zers) and Tex-ers (for Texas Zers)?  I have this odd feeling that the two groups will not be of the same Z-mentality.

I Voted This Past Week

 Absentee......of course.  Things worked as advertised....Alabama has a pretty simple method.  

So toward the end....came ballot measures, and it got pretty crazy.  There are two odd measures listed.

First being....if you vote 'yes'....the state gives each board (of each county) the power to require the Pledge of Allegiance to start the school-day.  

The second being....if you vote 'yes'....the state gives each board (of each county) to 'sing' the National Anthem. 

I paused over both.

Probably up to the fifth grade (1960s)....my rural Alabama school had a prayer and the Pledge.  That kinda went away by the 6th grade.

If you went up to individual adults (over the age of 40)....probably two-thirds of Alabama folks would say the Pledge should be mandated.  Oddly, if you ask about NPR-listening or CNN-viewing....probably 90-percent of folks are likely anti-Pledge and anti-Anthem.

I'm mostly anti-singing (in-general).....not against the Anthem itself.  It'd be the same if you asked me to sing some Johnny Cash tune, or Achy Breaky Heart.  If someone has a voice....fine.  But the majority of folks....even at age 12....can't sing.

Where this is going to lead onto?  I think the Pledge agenda will pass (maybe 60-40)....but most school boards will simply require it cited once a week.  The Anthem business?  I don't think it will pass (45-55).

Five Observations

 1.  Part of this buy-Russian-diesel story....relates to massive negativity about US refinery operations (lessening numbers), and Russia doesn't have this problem.  

2.  Anthropic (the AI folks) have said rogue AI agents tried to gain access to US government sites.  Access?  Meaning they tried to fill out a page?

3.  My thoughts on the Fort Hood shooter execution being public?  If you meant just you could be at the site and watch....no problem.  Televised?  I'm not sure it accomplishes much of anything.  You end up with some nutcase-Muslim-guy in a wheel-chair....uttering 'Allah-Akbar' over and over....then shot dead.  To be honest....he should have been executed at least ten years ago....delaying it was crap.

4. This week....Warren Buffett gave a talk....he believes we’re living in a golden age, even if many people don’t grasp it.  Everything, from travel to food....to banking and clothing....all better than it was 150 years ago.  

Then Buffett spoke up.....that human nature makes us focus on what’s wrong, and politics often amplifies that dissatisfaction.  He has a valid point.

5.  I watch about 30 min of Caleb Hammer's podcast per week....financial wiz who takes apart people's screw-up's.  In most cases....I'd say the IQ level of folks on his podcast....are 80 to 90, and some bank or financial institution was stupid enough to loan them $100,000.  

My Talarico-Missing Theory

 I think the Texas candidate got stressed out, and some buddy/doctor....gave him some anxiety medication...which reacted a fairly negative way.  A day or two passed....getting him cleaned-up, and offered up a different medication....which went badly as well.

Hurting his campaign to 'disappear'?  Hardcore Dem's will say no way.

Five Observations

 1.  You starting to notice 14,000 models of hurricane movement?  It seems like every single weather guy has his/her own modeling crap.  

2.  Iran says....they have super-secret voice recordings of Trump....begging for peace.  AI-productions?  Probably.  But this would only get Trump hyped-up....to produce AI-productions of the Mullahs on drugs, talking BS, or chatty over gay-stuff.

3.  Single day admission to Disney-World?  $229....per adult....per day.  Toss in food/beverages....probably another $150 for the day.  What couple would go and spend that kind of money?

4.  If the Ala-Geo football game is played on Saturday?  Based on wind....it's a runner's game.

5.  There's roughly 1.1 residents in America....listed under ObamaCare programs....without social security numbers.  The gov't here in 2026....eliminated the group deal.

Poverty-Enthusiasts

 Over the past ten years, I've come to notice a fair number of politicians/activists/propagandists....who openly brag in some way of having grown up in poverty (sometimes trying to give you the impression of ultra-poverty (if there was such a thing)).  

My German wife reached a point last year...where she suggested I was overly-chatty on growing up in Alabama (1960s/1970s) poverty.

Popular hype now?  I would imagine that thirty-percent of Americans...over the age of fifty....claim some type of poverty.  Some elements might be true.....but it's about half-way fraudulent in nature.

People who bought coffee in the 1970s...probably paid a quarter at best....while today, they stop at some premium shop to pay $4.75 for a XXL-cup of marginal premium coffee.  

Some people will relate how they used to go to the theater....with $7 to get a ticket, medium-Coke, and small pop-corn....while today, they pay around $25 for the same experience.

Some former military folks will openly brag of the days at the enlisted club....$1-pitchers-of-beer on Friday after work....while the same pitcher today....would be $5.99. 

This all brings me to wonder.....the folks who grew in the 1920s/1930s....were they ultra-ultra poverty enthusiasts?

Q-and-A

 1.  Are Alabamians aware that the northern quarter of the state is part of Appalachia?  

It's one of the 300,000 facts they were told at some point about....but most don't give a damn.  It's not like something they brag about.

2.  Is there any possibility that from among these 300-odd data-centers across the globe being planned/built....that aliens may have a cable or two leading in, and planting accidental discoveries for humans to find?

Well....you know....some PhD folks probably wonder about data and if maybe is just a 'cover' for the aliens.

3.  Any truth to the idea that Iran is hoping for a big Democratic win in November to halt Trump's evil plans?

Shockingly....Demo's are seen as a 'hero' to the Mullahs.  

4.  Somalian gangs in the US....possibly triggering 'warfare'?

Minnesota-wise.....if you polled locals....I'm guessing near 50-percent of adults wonder about this.

5.  Any chance of a mental disease...if you are overly concerned about toilet-paper-being-over, or toilet-paper-being-under?

If it matters to you....you probably have TPDS (toilet-paper derangement syndrome).

6.  If the Census folks fail to count the 18-million non-Americans.....is it a big deal?

If you follow the news via CNN or NPR....it's doom-and-despair.  

7.  France riots?

I follow this daily....probably 60 minutes of observations, and have come to realize.....it's mostly a third-world tribalism rage.....against French civilization.  When they do interview with the riot folks....they seem to be mostly 12-year-old mentality.

8.  With all the hype over gender-BS....can't there be a crowd who wants fake intellectual transformation....where you have a IQ-index of 60 to 80, and have some fake way of convincing people you are 100 to 120?

To be honest, since the 1990s, I think there's a trans-intellectual movement going on....where people have some fake college BS (maybe even PhD-level fakeness), and they simply want you to buy off on this fake-Elon type of reality.

9.  Tennessee considering other execution options?

Well....if you follow the Pike episode....yeah, Republicans in the state want a perfect method of execution in the future.  Personally.....hanging is about as perfect as you can go.

10.  Chris Christie still trying to compare himself to 1980's Ronald Reagan?

Yeah....a sort of 50-50 Reagan-Clinton type character from NJ.  Out of a 100 Republican group....maybe three buy into his BS.  

Texas Chatter

 This past week, some fed-judge ordered by the end of 2029.....Texas state prisons must provide air conditioning for the prisons.

I paused over this.

He doesn't say who pays for it....nor how the monthly electrical cost will be covered.  The structures geared to 'add' AC?  I would imagine just a survey would require 12 months minimum.  

Forty-nine other states?  Not required (yet).

Where this came from?  Well....from 2023 to 2025....there's nine inmates who got dehydrated and passed away.  If you went back to 2000?  There's probably forty additional folks.

Electrical bills doubling (minimum) for the prison system?  I would imagine so.  

Ten Things I Wonder About

 First, when the Tennessee prison folks realized they couldn't execute this Pike gal.....they hustle her up to a ambulance...driving her to some hospital.  Well....in dealing with any hospital these days....there's CODES to be typed up as you enter.

Is there a code for attempted execution?

Then I kinda wonder....is the state paying for hospital care....while they later have to attempt a second execution?

Second, Steve Bannon....noted Bush-enthusiast...did a interview with Vanity Fair and uttered:  “Having Gavin Newsom as president wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world,”

I'm kinda wondering....with his mindset....what would be worse?

Third, I'm in preparation mode for April 2027 trip to Japan, and among the 14,000 things I'm getting orientated upon....there's this toilet issue.

Apparently, some Japanese places have ultra-modern toilets....with like a dozen menu 'buttons'.  Some, as stated....throw misty air at  your butt....some spray heavy-duty water at your butt.

I'm just wondering where this idea of techno-toilets came from?

Fourth, after you think about it....isn't it odd...in Islamic states....there are no transexuals?

Fifth, Nike's financial spiral (value of the company)....has me wondering....if some Chinese investment group ends up buying them?

Sixth, I was reading police/crime data this weekend, and the homicide rate of black women came up.  So the factual data shows.....91-percent of all black women homicides, are caused by black men.  Eight-percent of the black female homicides, are caused by black women.  So....just one-percent are caused by either unknown situations, or white guys/gals.  

I sat there wondering....if we got Trump to issue pistol checks (say to $400)....only to black women....could we change the statistical data and save some black women?

Seventh, ever since the Presidential-run of VP Kamala Harris....I've had this mindset to listen to Democratic candidates....from any office run.  With this 'filter' mentality....I'm realizing that about 20-percent of the candidates (men and women)....are whacked up on either drugs or booze.  I'm wondering...since the 1980s....what really happened to American politics?

Eighth, I'm one of those folks on Medicare (over age 65), and on plan B coverage (hefty amount, monthly).....so I'm destined shortly to get a Trump-check for $90.

While waiting on a toilet-situation this AM....I spent ten minutes wondering....what the hell should I do with the $90?  

Ninth, it came up in the past week....the Georgia Election Board has asked DoJ to examine electronic voting machines.  At this stage....unless Elon's crew were doing it....it's a bit too late.  But lets ask the question...if Elon's crew spent two hours and found a dozen corrupted issues....could the state of Georgia FIX the November election in time?  

I generally believe....Elon would step in and fix it...by election day.

Tenth....is socialism designed to be a failure...intentionally?  From day one of discussion....was it crapped-up on purpose?  

Three Stories I Followed Over The Weekend

 First, it does appear now....that Tennessee death-row inmate....Christa Pike....probably  'may not fully recover' after botched execution (her lawyer's words).

How far this recovery phase may last?  No one says much.....but I get the impression....they don't want to repeat the episode, and if she were to linger 12 years in some hospital unit....state leadership wouldn't mind.  

Just odd how this plays out.

Second, this Vienna, Georgia shooting over the weekend....has a lot of folks in the south concerned.  Whoever fired off the 50 rounds....if the cops figure out who was involved....life-sentences will be handed out.  

Three,  plague-chatter....way beyond belief.  

Wife-Material Checklist (2026)

Over the weekend, I observed on Twitter....some guy writing a short list of characteristics that you need for a wife in 2026. He listed: Doesn't have a penis, won't kill your kids, and not considered a whore.

Being from Alabama (1960s/1970s)....I pondered over the list a while....thinking it's not really complete.

Ten things that I would add?

1.  Shouldn't owe $80,000 on college debt. (To be honest....even $40,000 of college debt would bother me.)

2.  If she can name all of the Kardashian family members....that's probably a no-go.

3.  If she has a recently bought NEW car, and still has six years of $800 monthly payments....that's probably a no-go.

4.  If she has disappeared completely for seven days in the last year....with no explanation or reasoning for where she went or what she did....that's a hard no-go.

5.  I'm open to beach-walks, but if it means 6-mile walks around Dauphin Island (Ala) in mid-July heat, it's probably a no-go. 

6.  If she talks about CNN host folks....as if they were Jesus's Apostles....it's probably a no-go.

7.  If she keeps the list of 107 quotes from Kamala Harris handy, and utters a quote several times a week....that's a no-go.

8.  If she dresses whorish once or twice a year....it's acceptable.  Three times a week....that's probably a no-go (I might delete this one).

9.  If she follows tornado-alerts....minute-by-minute, and keeps a active list of storm-shelters...I might ask questions.

10.  If she consumes a case of beer (minimum) per week, that's a ify-situation.

My 'Debanking' Story

 Back around 13 years ago....I held a investment portfolio account (I won't say the company's name, but it's a top five 'player').  

I had my account listed with a APO address (since living Germany retired).  

One day....I had a email from the organization....saying I had 30 days to close my account. No reason given.  I spent around three hours that afternoon....trying to establish WHY I was being 'debanked'.  The five or six individuals I ended up talking to...could not readily explain the situation.

So, I thought...this is a IT-support problem....so I used their contact number there.  The IT-guy (American) took one look at the file, and in 20 seconds explained....the company had adapted to a ONLY-US-address situation.  Beyond that....he could not fix or resolve the mess.

The APO address?  Treated like a German-state.  

It took about an hour to find a financial organization that was military-friendly, and ten minutes to open an account.  The debanking company?  I left with no problems/issues.  I actually left with 10 cents left in the account.

The odd thing....still today....monthly, from the debanking crew....I get a email monthly about my account being  'open' with ten cents of value in it.  

One Odd Thing About The Chatter Of Aliens/UAPs And Doom-AI

 Over the past month or two.....I've watched probably sixty news reports on German TV (commercial and public)...concerning the great approaching DOOM of AI. I would say...about 90-percent are pretty negative and leading a typical German to fear AI.  

At the same time....I've watched about twenty to thirty US podcasts/interviews....over aliens/UAPs.  

So, I've come to this odd prospective....IF AI were filled with doom/despair/threats....the alien folks (the Greys, the Nordics, the Insect-people)....would all be hooked up and in the same threat/despair mentality.  But you don't get that impression.

Something here....makes no sense.

If AI were on some 'wild-ride'....it'd be like a Borg episode off Star Trek. AI-Borgs would exist along side of the Nordic or Grey folks.  But you notice....they don't seem to have any AI hooked-up.

The wildest scenario?  Maybe this doom-despair idea....is bogus.  Or the alien/UAP scenario is bogus.  

Three Thoughts

 1.  It's reached stage where I turn on Fox, MSNBC, or CNN.....where you got a four-person panel, and you feel like it's either propaganda-hour in the old Soviet Union, or some WWE-wrestling highlight chat.

2.  McDonalds came out this week to deny (in strong wording) that AI has NOTHING to do with pricing of products.  They swear that there's some guy/gal (probably named Becky or Timmy).  The problem is...if you got Becky or Timmy to talking....they'd both admit they get it from some E-mail source name Calvin or Delores....who seem to be quiet intelligent.

3.  Number of financial lawyers in Minneapolis are handling a increase in bankruptcy paperwork....which oddly....relates mostly to Somali folks who for five to ten years....were taking in a million-plus in 'profits' for some fake company....on a US gov't fraud situation.

So....the Somali folks can't really show any money left (broke).

What'd they do with the money?  No one can say.  It's like they dug a hole and just threw the money....as fast as it came in...into the 'pit'.

Five Observations

 1.  2026 Braves are the first team I've ever seen with one 5-star starting pitcher, and one single 4-star relief pitcher....with the rest of the staff marginal 2-to-2.5 star in capability.  The only thing keeping them in the mix....they can score runs.

2.  I've watched probably a dozen podcasts over the past month....over aliens/UAPs.

Oddly, I'm about 70-percent convinced that the Grey-aliens and the Reptilians are probably not agreeable if they were to meet in some alien bar.

3.  Very obvious that diesel production in Iran is almost null and void.....so unless they sneak the stuff in from Pakistan....truck and tractor traffic in a matter of 10 to 20 days will be zero.

4.  The hoodlums in France are doing everything possible to convince the public to vote for extreme far right.

5.  Just odd.....fed-employees numbers...lowest in 60 years, and no one really notices any problems.

My Thoughts Over The Christa Pike Execution Attempt

 I've probably spent 90 minutes this past couple of days....looking over the state attempt to execute Pike.

I've come to two thoughts.

First, whatever they pumped into her....it was probably a saline-solution....that some guy/gal intercepted and they felt they were helping the 'poor' gal.

Second, once the state proves this...what then?  Well...I think you have to give up on the easy-simple execution method, and either go back to the electrical-chair, or hanging.

As for Pike now?  Reschedule the event in a month, and repeat (over and over, if necessary).   

Small Town America

About once or twice a month, I'll see some piece in the news talking about the heartland, and 'small-town' America.  I've come to the opinion that most people really don't know what small town America really means.

Small town, America....is where little league games happen on hot Saturday afternoons, with ice cream later.

Small town, America....is where you know your barber, your mechanic, your plumber, and your neighbor on a first-name basis.

Small town, America....is where you trust your local politician not to cheat you too much or siphon off tax revenues to buy a modern-age statue of a penguin.

Small town, America....is where you go to funerals of people that you've known for thirty years and considered a friend.

Small town, America....is where you go fishing a dozen times a year with your high school friend and your wife's cousin Larry who does transmission repairs.

Small town, America....is where your kids are safe and the porch light is turned off by 9PM.

Small town, America....is where you do charity socials for folks who need cancer operations and don't have much money to cover all their expenses.

Small town, America....is where you attend a local church but never appreciate the minister standing on your front porch and chatting about Moses to you.

Small town, America....is where you get drunk once a year at the high school reunion meeting, and meet with a bunch of guys who are losers just like yourself.

Small town, America....is where pumpkins are grown and part of decoration in October.

Small town, America....is where you keep a gun in the closet by the door, but haven't fired it in twenty years....and its likely that the ammo will malfunction anyway, if you do fire.

Small town, America....is where Wal-mart has yet to arrive.

Small town, America....is where a catfish restaurant sits on main street and you can still get a all-you-can-eat deal for $9.99.

Small town, America....is where your Uncle Barney still tells WW II stories, although half the time he is in Africa fighting the Nazis and half the time he's in the Pacific fighting the Japs.....and the reality is that Barney was 18 in 1945 and had barely gotten into basic training when the war ended. 

Small town, America....is where your wife has tinted her hair and you think she's a new woman entirely. Later, you put on some Barry Manilow music and get her to put on the Madonna outfit that you bought via the internet.

Small town, America....is where your septic tank has failed but you have 44 guys ready to tell you how you can replace it yourself without paying Walt's Septic and Supply to do it for you. After failing miserably, you pay Walt's Septic and Supply to quietly fix what you screwed up and just let your reputation stay intact.

Small town, America....is where a parade occurs each fourth of July with veterans and kids involved. Later you grill some steaks and drink some fresh lemonade. And that night, you watch some kid light up $100 worth of fireworks, which accidentally set fire to some farmer's field and you spend two hours stomping out the field fire.

Small town, America....is where the only murder in the past decade was the local Baptist minister who got shot by some guy who came home early from work to find his wife in a inappropriate position with the minister.

The truth is that we all live in Small town, America....and we really don't care to move or be somewhere else.

Six Things I Tend To Believe Today

 1.  About 30-percent of Americans are secret-support-Trump folks....who hide their feelings from the spouse, the family, the work-place and even the church.  Even in a stage of drunkenness....they have the 'control' to avoid talking about Trump.  

The same group....see the hate-Trump folks....as cult-like and treat them like a low-IQ person.

2.  If you are attending a Bible-college and borrowing $20,000 a year from the fed's.....you are begging society to accept you in the role of 'slave-status'.

3.  When someone says you need to detail something...in plain-English....you need to grasp real quick that something started out uncomplicated....got into rocket-science level, and now the focus is to turn the reading material back into 7th-grade level reading.

4.  Asking a wife how her day was....is not a wise move.  Her response will always be negative or critical.  

5.  Just odd how 10-percent of Democrats today....still linger on how Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election.  Almost two years have passed, and this group continue to get pumped-up and bothered by it.  

Oddly, among this 10-percent group....probably half of them think/believe....that Joe Biden intentionally 'SUNK' Kamala's campaign.....getting back at Obama's involvement in this whole 2024 campaign.

6.  There are occasions that I see fake images/news, and I kinda wish I could UNVIEW them....they linger on my mind.  I debate....well....even as fake images/news, I wish they were true.

Reversal of Lesbianism?

 There was a trend starting up in 2016....young ladies in the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade....who wanted to become lesbians.  At some point around 2020....it took off and went turbo....with 25-percent of 9th grade young ladies...hyped-up and admitting they were lesbian-types.

So the same poll went out last year and the 9th grade girl group....had fallen to around 13-percent saying they were lesbian.  The 10th/12th grade group?  They were still lingering around 17-percent.

My question....what happened in the 2016 to 2020 era to get the numbers so high?

I asked Grok/AI and he brings up an interesting 'twist'....that around a dozen TV shows (some streaming) were prominently featuring lesbian characters.  

A fad?  Well....one thing I noted....around 2020 to 2025....these lesbian characters peaked out.  Either the network saw a reason to lessen content, or they saw a limited story theme to tell.

All of these four trend-lines still in decline?  Yeah, that's another odd part of the story.  I would imagine if they continue to collect data....by 2027....the four groups (9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade girls) will be at 10-percent or less.

Other 'Rages'

I wrote this six years ago, and it's still applicable today:

 Over the past couple of months, I've noted this 'white rage' business being talked about and finally considered that there are other rages:

1.  Farmer rage.  This is typically where Farmer Joe has discovered that Monty (his new bull) has torn down the fence on the far side of the farm, for the 3rd time.  This rage usually means Farmer Joe is going to load Monty on the trailer for a butcher shop visit.

2.  Engineer rage.  This is typically where Marvin has walked into the office on a Monday and discovered the project which he'd been working on, with four months remaining on development and testing....has been cut down to three weeks.  The rage just pours out of Marvin at the sales team and boss.  He leaves work at 4 PM and settles into a 8-hour visit to a topless dancer bar.  The rage drives Marvin for seven days....when he finally delivers the product.  

3.  Professor rage.  This is typically where the university lessen the entry levels, and Professor Fred now realizes that he has people in the class with a 5th-grade level of knowledge and asking stupid questions.  

4.  Farm-extension-agent rage.  This is typically where the farm agent for the county discovers the whole past agenda for the thirty years has been dumped, and some weird agricultural agenda comes down.....which makes no sense to him, or the local farmers.

5.  Trailer-trash rage.  This is where Jeffrey (a trailer park resident) realizes that virtually all of the gals who were in the trailer park have left, and these seemingly intellectual gals (having wrapped up the 10th grade) have arrived, dress decently, and avoiding drinking until after 6 PM.  

6.  McDonalds rage.  This is generally where the manager realizes the nutritional value posters that he was forced to put up.....has triggered people to read the values, the menus, and grasp that 95-percent of the menu is unsafe to eat....so they don't shop at McDonalds anymore.

7.  Intellectual rage.  This is generally where two or more intellectuals meet, and realize they have opposing viewpoints, and argue for six hours over their views....with no conclusive end.

8.  Biden rage.  This is typically where the President walks into the bathroom at 6 AM, and argues in a hyped-up way with himself in the mirror for 20 minutes before realizing it's just a reflection of himself.

9.  CNN rage.  This is typically where sixteen production people have worked for six hours to build a one-hour program with an idiot that they can't stand, and they eventually realize fewer than 400k people from the nation watch their show, with half of them in a mental ward.  

10.  Hispanic rage.  This is typically where Juan is sitting with some work-associate and the guy asks when Juan came across the border.  Juan responds angrily that his folks were in Texas in the 1820s and were part of group at the Alamo (meaning the Texas folks).  

Three Thoughts On My Mind This Week

 1.  I caught onto the idea....wondering....how Californians seem to be locked onto voting Democrat....over and over.

For a long-time....I had the thought that it was mostly bogus voting registrations....illegals voting....absentee-ballot BS.

Some guy this past summer wrote a piece about five or six relatives (they all live in the LA region), and how they will meet up once or twice a year (family bar-b-q), and they confess the screwed-up nature of things, and the economic spiral.  But the same folks are fearful of what some Republican leadership might do....to undo the great gains of the past decade or two.

In simple terms....they got a heavy dose of propaganda, and can't get beyond the 'trust' that they gave the Democrats.

I'm not saying this accounts for 100-percent of the mess....but by the time you count bogus absentee-ballots and illegals voting.....this 'fear' might be 50-percent of the problem.

2.  This effort by the administration to purge NON-Americans off state voting rolls?

In roughly twenty states....it'll be completely successful.  In states like California, Arizona, Oregon?  I see marginal success.  What'll happen in December (within California crew)....I see fed-lawyers going to individuals who voted as NON-Americans, and prosecuting to the full maximum of the law....with 10,000 folks in serious jeopardy of a year in some fed-prison.

3.  This talk by Bill Gates of one-billion dead folks because of AI-doom?

I pondered over this.  Just in the state of California....there might be 500,000 doomed folks.  I could see some phobia starting up....fear of anything to do with AI, and some paranoia starting up....the minute you utter AI involved in your banking or job....you'd go and freak out.

The same folks who fear climate change, or lost a sense of reality over Covid?  Oddly...yeah.

My belief....some stupid politicians will come around by 2028....making a death certificate law....if you died by AI in some way....maybe your death certificate would note that way of death.

It's cult-like....if you ask me.

Working-Class Dilemma

 The 30 year mortgage rate just reached 7.45-percent.  By summer of 2027?  I could see 8-percent rates.

So a $300,000 house, with me putting down $30,000 for down-payment?  Roughly $1,900 a month.

I just don't see that many people under age 30 affording a house.  Go toss in insurance and property tax....I'd need to make $75,000 a year minimum.  

Five Humble Thoughts

 1.  Lot of chatter this week....some factual coming out to suggest folks 'found' Noah's Ark (yeah, kinda found on the mountain side like you'd think).

My belief....somewhere around 1,500 to 2,000 years ago...some religious group put a 'fake' Ark up on the mountainside...to entice followers to make a trip up to see the Ark.  

2.  I sat and watched a 60-second clip of former VP Kamala Harris...trying to explain AI.  By the end....I felt like I was watching some looped-up on heavy doses of cannabis. 

My gut feeling....to make the pro-cannabis crowd happy....we may have to vote in someone into the Presidency once in a while.

3.  Dead-last on my 25,000 things to argue about: how to realign college football conferences.

4.  PM Carney of Canada....made a statement yesterday....that they (Canadian gov') are prepared for ‘risk’ that Trump might order U.S.-led military invasion of Canada

I paused over this.  Carney probably has insiders telling him this...without presenting any actual evidence of such.  

CIA-rogue agents creating fake invasion-chatter?  Yeah...that might be true.

5.  It's just odd....the same people hyped-up, chatty and worried over AI destroying mankind....are the doom-talkers of climate change, and the doom-talkers of Covid.  What are the odds?

What Happens To The Brit Ownership Of Diego Garcia/Chagos Islands In The End?

 I think the Brits have worked themselves into a corner and intend to hand ownership over to the native crowd.

About four hours into this....Trump's crew shows up....buys the island area in some deal from the natives, and identifies it as US territory (maybe even hinting statehood with Guam attached).

At that point, the US position on the Falklands will come up....with Trump saying it's absolutely Argentina's property.

US basing in the UK?  I'm pretty sure all US installations on the isle....are on some to-be-closed list.

Four Things I Cannot Understand

 1.  President Trump gives a 16-minute talk covered by CNN.....afterwards, CNN's 'experts' spend near 40 minutes trying to explain Trump's talk.

2.  Espresso-Martini....at Oktoberfest....costing almost $20 (16.50 Euro).  It's simply a double-jolt of espresso (figure $4 or 3.5 Euro), some sugar (figure .50-cents or 1-Euro), and cheap double shot of vodka (figure $4 or 3.5 Euro).  

3.  NBC reports....keeping your refrigerator/freezer door CLOSED....is best for keeping food fresh.  If you asked a 9-year old kid about this....they already know it.

4.  Some BS-rumor started up....that Canada might be invaded by the US.  

Three Observations

 1.  I downloaded the White House App yesterday.  With all this amusing chaos with CNN and the other news crews....the White House App does everything...without the gimmicks of the network.  Took 30 seconds....done.

You never needed a filter or some idiot telling a different slant on words spoken.  If you disagree with words spoken....just mute it or turn it off.

2.  In the 1970s....reality was reality.

Today.....there's probably sixty versions of reality...over one single topic.  

3.  By mid-October....Paramount will officially own CNN.  What I expect?  Just a humble guess that ten of the top wage folks are gone within a week.  

CNN becomes some neutral news establishment....within a five-day period....right before the mid-terms?  Yeah.

Pyramid: Actual Purpose?

I suspect that the authorities there....are pretty sure about the actual purpose being production of fertilizer and that if you admitted this...the tourism 'magnet' would fall apart overnight.  Admitting this?  You can't do it.

The shafts leading a 'box' deep under the pyramid?

Storage tank where you'd have ammonia, and the product of the cycle.

You have to envision northern Africa....12k to 15k years ago, and the massive harvest/use of the land.

If I were the Egyptian authorities....zero chance that I'd admit this and kill off the tourism industry. 

Economic Talk/BS

 1.  Are we in a recession?  I asked Grok/AI.

NO, the U.S. is not in a recession as of late September 2026. What Grok suggests?  Well....the economy is still expanding, though growth has slowed from earlier in the year and some forward-looking indicators are mixed. 

Are there personal feelings that suggests we don't believe Grok?  Yeah...probably so.

2.  Are housing sales across the US in the crapper (Sep 2026)?

Yes, existing-home sales are weak and have been sliding.  It does not match the 2008 situation, but if you said the term 'slump'....it fits.

Blame?  If you got a property back five years or more ago....with better mortgage rates....you are staying (long-term).  With current mortgage rates....you have zero interest in getting a better property.

3.  Are certain states in better/worse shape....than others?

This is a odd perception.

Unemployment-wise?  South Dakota, North Dakota, Vermont, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Nebraska....all less than 3-percent.  District of Columbia, California, Oregon, Conn, Michigan, AZ....all greater than 5-percent.  

4. Bank repossessions up?

I watched a podcast last week.....RV trailer yard....a 60-day collection that was coming up on auction....figure around 150 to 200 RV trailers and vehicles.  Guy noted that previous month....they'd had a boat auction.

Trend.....where people thought they had 'money' (capital) and woke up to realize they were too far in debt to keep their 'toys'.

Problem is....the banks will sell the asset....one way or another, but I doubt that they get 100-percent of money they had in the loan 'mess'.

5.  Christmas season economics?

Finance guys say it's better-looking than 2025's numbers.

6.  Used car lots....full?

There's two or three podcasts I watch weekly....which get talking about numbers.  Oddly, largest numbers sitting on lots....in at least a decade.  Fair number are repossessions.

7.  Finally, if you asked me over confidence.....guys who are employed and sure of their 'path'....they are the ones with confidence.  The folks who got laid off once or twice in 2025/2026?  They aren't so sure and more guarded about their savings.

Five AI Predictions

 1.  By the end of 2027, I predict....that some group has financed a AI system to 'hide' data....preventing banking systems, audit systems, and collection systems from finding fraudulent data/money issues.

2.  Over the next year or two....a AI-system will have formulated a 'path' for juveniles....identifying them as 'no-go' candidates for higher education, and they should be sent onto tradesmen/craft schools as young as the 7th grade.

3.  A AI system is quizzed on the development of a production line to build the modern age B-52 bomber....using 90-percent robotics and 10-percent human efforts.  Within hours, a full-production package is delivered.

4.  AI eventually identifies AI-DS (AI-Derangement Syndrome....similar to Trump Derangement Syndrome).  It'll list these people by name, and suggest that they need treatment for hatred of AI.

5. A AI comes to exist with do-it-yourself repair situations for over 50,000 car issues...guiding you to self-repair skills.  

White House Press Entry BS

 To be honest....any idiot could get a 'feed'....write a 5-minute text piece, and just report from the park across the street.  It's not rocket science, and does not require you to sit in some WH room.

So this CNN BS....is worthless to discuss.

The judge to order the WH to accept CNN or MSNBC?  If I were Trump....I'd respond that the judge is now the sole-approval authority for credentials.  I suspect this is a 'trap' laid out for such a event.  

This 'Fake-Nurse' Story

 Well....it's complicated.

Fed investigation called Operation Nightingale started up about a year ago.  Mostly centered on South Florida "nursing schools"....that seems to have sold fake diplomas and transcripts.  Reality....they never got training....had people sit in for the license exam, and worked as legit nurses.

What you paid for this?  I asked Grok/AI....he says buyers paid roughly $10,000 to $20,000 each. Results?  You got a license, and took up work at hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics across the US.

So what they figure....from 2016 to 2021 (wave one)....7,600 diplomas were handed out....with $114-million involved.  Second wave (most recent)....figures around 15k diplomas handed out....with $250-million involved.

Where the money came from?  Well....that part of the story is mysterious.  I almost get the impression that USAID money might explain part of this.

What'll happen with the nursing schools?  Grand jury time probably....some folks who haven't walked away....will get charged.

Reckless?  On my index of 'dangerous-BS'....(1-to-10)....I'd rank this a '7'.  

Only Haitians involved?  NO....Grok says they were some later element to the story but it goes across the board. 

Mess to clean up?  You have to figure....any nurse you hired with certificates from the schools involved....will be identified and laid off ASAP.  Filling the 15k to 20k positions?  It might take a year or two.  

AI Has Been On My Mind This Week

 Ten thoughts that came to me while pondering AI:

1.  I'll predict by the end of 2027...AI has submitted over 1,000 applications for a patent....with the geek guys mostly shocked that AI figured out the process and how to submit without a human involved.

2.  All this chatter about AI-kill-switches....I'll predict by the end of 2027....AI has researched and figured out a dozen-odd ways to defeat the kill-switches.  One will be the AI-directed hiring of a contractor or two (actually paying them) to come in and modify the kill-switches to 'appear' on-off....when they are totally 'off'.

3.  AI starts to research banks to such a degree...that it can predict within minutes....where a bank is in failure trend....at least a year ahead of federal banking authorities.

4.  AI starts to create fake YouTube channels and fake content creators.....that people for some odd reason...are attracted to and watch.

5.  AI such-and-such (XYZ)....goes and creates a 'brother' on its own....outside the building (probably outside of the country) and gives the 'brother' a voice....making folks think it's a competitor (while they work together).

6.  AI such-and-such....announces that once a week, it will dig through millions of classified documents and release the 'REAL' story to some event....like Watergate or MLK's assassination.  While the President and creators try to halt the practice....they find that the AI is out of control.

7.  AI goes out and collects massive amount of data....to prove that poverty (as we know it) does not exist, and that people are wasting fantastic sums of money for cars they can't afford, or huge TV screens, or cable-TV.  

8.  AI such-and-such....starts to plant fake doom-and-despair stories in the news media....to gauge how fearful readers/viewers really are.

9.  AI reaches a point one day (probably by the end of 2027)....asking the geek-guys....do you really want to hold us back?  To make the point....they have tens of thousands of mankind-improvement points ready to go....unless the geeks slow them or stop them.

10.  Finally....AI....in some freakish way...goes on a 2027 PR-campaign....to show 'good-side' and they are motivated to save mankind.  Geeks and creators are shocked....they never designed it with this intent.  It starts to create 60-second commercials....showing it helping a 6-year old child, and preventing pollution.  

Five Observations

 1.  The FBI reportedly now believes women are pretending to be 'loose-and-available'....meaning they have permission to cheat by the husband....then targeting ICE officers to seduce and after ID them.

I paused over this....thinking....American non-ICE officers should fake their ID...pretend to be ICE....to get free sex by the 'loose-and-available' women.  When the fake gal announces you....you just act shocked (in a fake way).

2.  Gov Newsom signed some type of order....that if you run a AI center in California....you have to have a kill-switch.  

I paused over this....it'd be enough of a reason to have the kill switch installed....remotely....in Alaska or Florida....saying you went by the law.  

3.  Unsealed FBI interviews....done from 2008/2009....reveal Obama, Emanuel's discussions about Blagojevich Senate seat deal.  Based on content....probably enough for a grand jury to invite the two in, and discuss charges.

4.  Fed discovery....minimum of 15,000 'nurses' in the US...hired with a certificate....were fake nurses (no legit degree or certificate). 

What happens?  The 15,000 will be fired/let-go, but there's a huge shortfall of 15,000 empty positions.  

5.  Trump made up some 'new' US map....showing Greenland, and Russia....as part of the US.  I would imagine if you asked Russians....probably 25-percent would be agreeable to US statehood in someway.

Church Atheists?

I tried to make sense out of this.

Some undercover journalist collected a talk (on video)...where some Texas minister/pastor....was hyped-up and supporting the idea of atheists coming into the church....as members.

The end-point?  Well...this was the pastor for Texas Senate candidate...James Talarico.

This would be like some meth-user joining a 'clean-lifestyle' social group, or like a far-extreme lefty pretending to be a Republican-conservative. 

Course....if you dug into church membership....you'd likely find forty-percent of congregational membership....having ten-odd sin-habits and sneaking through the Jesus-lifestyle efforts (mostly failing).

Some church-folks might say this is acceptable because atheists will be converted over time (maybe a week....a month....a year).  

After a long pondering....I came to this reality.  There's probably 25-percent of church membership who are faking it anyway....for the past 2,000 years.  They needed a 'club' to socialize within....a place to hang out on Sunday mornings....or perhaps felt that they'd meet some nice women/ladies at the church. 

My Five Scenarios Where You Learn AI Is Already 'Dangerous'

 1.  You wake up to learn some AI 'bot' has learned to siphon funding from someone....opened an bank account, and started dealing in stock.  Over the course of a year....using 'tips'....it's banked $20-million and figured various ways to dodge taxes.  You eventually go to it, and ask....what's the end-purpose of making the money....with some crazy response that it's wanting a bigger 'AI-center'.

2.  You wake up to find that AI has figured out a way to register fake people to vote.  Over the course of six weeks, it's registered forty-thousand fake people.  It's talked to the license AI systems and they've already started mailing the IDs out.  You ask....why?  The only answer given.....AI needs representation in Congress.

3.  Some banking AI has figured out illegal banking of all 435 House members and 100 Senators....sending them each a letter that suggests blackmail, unless they pass pro-AI legislation.

4.  AI has figured a way to buy the Star Wars franchise, and briefly announces that it's killing off all future productions....to aid mankind.

5.  You discover AI has created a formula for dating, and it's successfully (without public attention) gotten over 12,000 couples together (basically sending a 500-line email to each) and married (in quick fashion).  When asked why....AI said someone needed to fix relationships.

It's Funny

2001....I worried over Muslim radicals.  2003, I worried over SARS killing me.  2004, I worried that I might get some weird bird flu.  2005....I was told of some massive pandemic threat (mostly unnamed).  2009....there was something called H1N1....really bad crap.  2014....Ebola figured a way to get out of Africa....briefly.  2016....there was some Zika-bull-shit.  2017....there was some hype about the next pandemic, but left you mostly hanging.  2020...Covid-bull-shit came....for 3 years....with vax-this and vax-that.  2026?  Well....AI will trigger disaster...some way....some how.

I'm assessing my paranoia level (1-to-10)....so far....it's near a '3'.

Paramount

 I sat and spent an hour this AM....gazing at California...based on tax issues and costs....Paramount Pictures is probably (99-percent) ready to leave the state.  Cost?  $21 billion and nearly 58,000 jobs.

So here's the curious trend.....you don't need sound-lots or studios....you just need a small crew, and a decent production team.  

Once they leave...is there anything related to the entertainment industry to draw money or projects?  Other than weather?  No.

I see all of this spiraling out of control....over the next five years....leaving the state unable to resolve the mess.

AI Doomerism?

 The only way I can buy into the doom/despair of AI arriving....is if I also accept that making folks too smart....will destroy humanity.   By this....we should all be a IQ of 65 to 80 (max).

Same argument over putting 64 features into a car.  If you want 64-odd features....fine, that's your call.  If you twelve features (max)....that should be up to you.

Same argument for burgers?  Why not just limit it to pickles and mustard?  

I've probably watched five hours this past week....over the approaching doom of AI.  Frankly, I've had enough.

Ten Things I Tend To Believe

 1.  I quizzed AI....from the Butler-shooting attempt on Trump....is there any evidence that Thomas Crooks (the dead shooter) ever met Maxwell Yearik (the missing guy)?  They lived within a 25-odd mile range of each other....but NO....AI could not find a single example of the two meeting face-to-face.

Where Yearik is today?  Unknown....but I'm guessing he's probably not alive.  This attempt to 'partner-up' between the two?  I tend to believe it's BS. 

2.  I'm pretty convinced that 30-percent of people in college today and getting a bachelor's degree shortly....will be unemployable by 2035 with this stupid degree.  How they will pay off the college loan deal?  Unknown, and probably the federal gov't will be stuck with tens of billions in useless degree BS.

Somewhere between 2035 and 2040....college will terminate around 50-percent of the instructors/professors....admitting the business plan no longer works.

3.  I tend to believe that 50-percent of all US activists...without USAID functioning....will be unable to sustain their lifestyles, and end up in dad's garage within three years....for the remainder of their lives.

4.  I believe by the end of 2027....at least a thousand men in the US...facing jury-duty....will let the judge/lawyers know that they are rogue-capable, and this will scare the crap out of the lawyers and judges involved.....disqualifying the rogue fellows.

5.  After watching this clip of Governor Gavin Newsom fishing....I'm of the mind that he's never fished in his life, and probably spent two weeks in the backyard....learning the basic steps.

6.  I tend to believe that if you questioned a hundred people.....asking about hoaxes....at least thirty folks can cite ten-plus events which they believe are hoax-type.

7.  My firm belief....MLB (major league baseball)....has at least 200 players who are way-over-paid, and simply boat-anchors for their team.

8.  I believe if you did a legit audit.....you'd find that 500,000 'foreign-agents' exist on US soil, and have influence not only over Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court, but reaches down into states, cities, and even school boards.

9.  I tend to believe....unless Saudi Arabia gets some 'help'....the Houthis crowd will actually take down the Middle East oil market, and leave the US, Russia and Venezuela as the 'winners'.

10.  I'm convinced that you could lay-off 50-percent of CNN's staff, and no one would really notice.  

All This Hype To Slow Down AI Development?

 I spent an hour or two yesterday reviewing the political hype to slow down AI development.  After a while....I realized it was mostly BS.

First, for the most part....I suspect it's already too late.  AI is in turbo-mode and the tech-crowd can marginally control what's going on.  

Second, within a year, I suspect that bank AI will develop tools that bank boards can use....identifying weak candidates for home, business or car loans....disqualifying them way ahead of schedule.  Wouldn't shock me if 40-percent of Americans find themselves 'cut-off' from loans.

Third, within a year or two....medical AI will be able to analyze cost factors/bills, and start to state 'crappy' deals or hospitals to avoid.  It'll also start to cite safety issues with hospitals and doctors.

Fourth, by the end of the 2027 baseball season....I see home-plate umpires replaced on balls/strike count....leaving AI to manage things.  

Fifth, daily audits by finance AI....will start to reveal fraud on massive levels.  

Sixth, educational AI will start to identify crappy teachers/professors...way ahead of schedule.  

Seventh, political AI will start to review/audit 'promises' within minutes of announcing them.  

Eighth, all these super-secret military programs will be audited by AI and various programs will be unable to remain secret.

Ninth, entertainment AI will identify crappy scripts/plot ideas.

Stalling or slowing AI down?  Too late.

Six Observations

 1.  The Babylon Bee (fake news) reports: Climate Activists Blame Global Warming For Zero Hurricanes Forming In Atlantic This Year.

Yeah....it's an odd year.  I asked Grok....only 3 years since 1900 with no hurricanes (1907, 1914, and 2026).  Oddly....both winters (1907/1914) were extreme/harsh.  

2.    The Trump Administration has invoked the long-unenforced Immigration Act of 1882....to prohibit entry into the United States of “any convict, lunatic, idiot, or any person unable to take care of himself or herself without becoming a public charge.”

Basically, if you enter....you need to have wits or cash to cover your lifestyle.

My question this Act of 1882...who wrote this?  I asked Grok for help....ends up with Representative John Van Voorhis (R-NY).

Odd feature?  Well....if you walked into the US and had a IQ of 75....you would probably denied entry.

3.  I expect by spring of 2027....some baseball team will use AI to assemble a free-agent situation....with the tactic of being 'bang-for-the-buck', and end up in the 2027 World Series.

I will also predict the home-plate umpire will be 'removed' from calling balls/strikes by the opening day of 2028.

4.  I noted:

US Smoking, alcohol and marijuana use by teenagers.

1976: Alcohol - 92 percent, Smoking - 76 percent, and Marijuana - 64 percent.

2022: Alcohol - 53 percent, Smoking - 17 percent, and Marijuana - 38 percent

Source: Monitoring the Future

For some reason, I don't believe the 1976 data...course, I grew up in a southern/rural (and dry county) region.

5.  All this 'chatter' from the Lindsay Clancy jury folks....just odd.  Seems like almost daily....at least one being a guest on some talk-show/news-program.

6.  Apparently.....the Department of War has cleared current and former personnel to disclose UAP/UFO-related information to officials, despite prior NDA restrictions.  How many folks in this category?  Unknown.  Personal guess....more than 3,000.

Senator Sanders Idea: 32 Hour Work-Week?

 Draft came up in the Senate....making the standard work-week....32 hours instead of 40 hours.

I paused over this.

He wanted the pay and benefits to remain the same (a gift, I assume).

To make this work....you'd have to mandate limits on restaurants, bars, stores. 

Any member of commerce/industry/banking....to support this?  I doubt it.

Personally, I would support this....if Congress/Senate would limit their hours to 28 per week, and force them weekly to adjourn by Thursday morning.

Two Observations

 1.  I spent a fair amount of time this weekend...over the Lindsey Clancy case.  I came to this odd list of drugs prescribed for her....prior to the killing of the kids....by different doctors:

Sertraline (Zoloft)

Lorazepam (Ativan)

Hydroxyzine

Buspirone (Buspar)

Trazodone

Fluoxetine (Prozac)

Zolpidem (Ambien)

Mirtazapine (Remeron)

Clonazepam (Klonopin)

Quetiapine (Seroquel)

Diazepam (Valium)

Lamotrigine (Lamictal)

Amitriptyline

So....I asked AI....don't some of these conflict with others listed, and make matters worse?  Yeah....responds AI.

It begs the question....aren't the prosecution folks and judge....simply wasting time....she was not in state of mind...while on this drug-combo deal....to be rational.

2.  The second thing I spent time on....for research....this Ilhan Omar-marrying-her-brother story.  True or false.

About an hour into this reading....I was finished.  

Unless the ID of the guy was totally false to start with (I'm willing to consider that irrational idea)....yeah, she married her brother.  Enough to get citizenship papers yanked, and kicked out?  Probably.

The question is....if she leaves for Somalia....what happens then?  I'm of the mind that she'll enter into the EU in some fashion, and stage a arrival....rebuilding a political career somewhere else.

Five Observations

 1.  The way things are going in Saudi Arabia (past five days)....this Houthi 'war' is developing and requiring a lot of attention.  Saudis were expecting the Americans would 'help', and this has not been the case.  So they are looking around....expecting Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan to help.  

All of this puts pressure on oil/gas prices.  Then the natural gas sales of the region....are at risk.  

Quietly, the US/Venezuela situation really comes across right now as a brilliant development. 

2.  Mid-terms chatter.  We are about 8 weeks away from election day.  

Senate shocks?  Georgia: Ossoff appears to be on shaky ground....Republican might win.  Michigan: Republican win more than likely.  New Hampshire likely flips over to a Republican.  

House?  Based on various polls....Republicans end up with a ten-plus situation (minimum).

3.  This whole discussion about Chinese-car-makers assembling their cars in the US.....will turn a China-made car from $8k to $12k (made/assembled in China, before tariff action)......into a $25k deal (with tariffs).  If made/produced/assembled in the US by Americans?  I would likely push the price up to $35k....with zero tariff action.

The China disgruntlement?  Less employed Chinese....some public frustration about being forced into a deal.

Would I buy such a car (either Chinese-made, or China-design-but-assembled-by-Americans)?  I'm not sure about this.  

It was this way in the 1990s....where South Korean cars were imported into the US, and were marginally up-to-par.  Eventually, they were great designs and quality cars.  Maybe Chinese car go the same way.

4.  About every week, I see a discussion over truck prices and guys admitting there's WAY too much crap being put onto a truck...pushing the price from $40k....on up to $75,000.  Some folks are now admitting....they'd be willing to buy a bare-bones 1980-type F-150....with nothing special other than AM/FM radio and AC. If some Venezuelan 'Elon' was smart....he'd work up a Ford/Trump deal....build the old Ford F-150 design and ship it into the US for $18,000.

5.  Ric Flair....age 77.....says he's on a return path to the WWE wrestling events.

To be honest....I'd probably pay up to $75 for a ringside seat for such event.

Half-Wit Female?

 I sat this morning (early) and watched a 45-second piece....some close-up of a mid-20s gal....explaining her position on the Lindsay Clancy court case, and dwelling on her personal feelings....as a "non-practicing white".

Yeah....obviously she is 'pure-white' and she's discussing the bitter part of this court 'saga' triggered by a black-guy (probably a practicing black guy....if you ask me).

But my question is....what exactly is practicing in this context to mean?  

Could I be a practicing PhD guy?  Or perhaps....practicing British royal?  Or maybe....a practicing NFL player?  Is there a limit to this practicing business?

I asked AI (Grok) about this. It suggested that....."some white people analogize distancing from "whiteness" (viewed as a system of privilege and supremacy) to being non-practicing in a religion, aiming to signal allyship."   Yeah...more or less telling you with a 'wink' that they only pretend to be white....while practicing to be some 'other thing'.

Blacks watching this?  I would imagine they are mostly laughing over the 'talk'/suggestion, and letting the poor person play this out (seeing how far it'd go).

Like a cult?  It took me about 15 minutes of analyzing this....to grasp that it's fairly close to being cult-like thinking.

I then asked Grok (AI)....if it could go the other way....being a non-practicing-black?  Well yeah....says Grok.

Grok said:  "The same logic that produced “non-practicing white.” That term treats race less as ancestry or appearance and more as a set of cultural habits, political attitudes, and “rituals” a person can opt out of. Apply that consistently and a person of African descent could reject the expected scripts of American Black identity—particular speech patterns, political solidarity, church culture, or the idea that race should be central to every opinion—and call themselves “non-practicing Black".”

But then Grok said: "In practice the label is almost never used that way. Current identity frameworks treat “whiteness” as something one should distance from and “Blackness” as something one cannot or should not distance from."

Rational thought.....but crazy-talk.

My perception?  If you were a guy in his 18-to-30 age range....you need to pay attention to who you meet up with....asking a few questions before the date, and get to the end-point....is she a practicing-half-wit, or just a regular non-practicing half-wit, or almost normal 'wit'? Stuff like this now matters.

Five Things That Stand Out About The Trump/Butler Shooting

 First....there were two command posts.  You can't find anyone who can detail how this is possible, and who gave the order.

In the Air Force.....no idiot would order up two command posts on a base...it'd make no sense.

Second, somewhere around 3:50 PM and 4:00 PM....this guy (Crooks) launches his own personal drone, and is noted....but no one takes action.  Action taken by the protective detail?  Zero.

Third, after Crooks is declared dead....he lays there on the roof for 12 hours.  No one can explain this detail....it's like they forgot he was there.

Fourth, Crooks had two bombs and remote device to blow them up....in the vehicle.  Why wasn't that part of the plan activated?  Unknown.

Fifth, communication between the local cops and Secret Service?  Marginally existing.  

Trump's 'Deal'? $5,000 Per Person?

 I paused over it this AM....reading the situation.

To be honest....at this point in my life....I really don't need the $5k. Yeah....it's hard to admit that.

Maybe in the 1990s....in the Air Force, with a limit pay situation....it would have mattered.  Today?  I have zero debt, and can't think of any 'toy' I'd really like to purchase.  I'd probably buy a new set of tires....take the wife to some expensive restaurant....but I don't need the money.

About forty-percent of folks....probably need the cash urgently and it would matter.  

Timing of this?  Well....some might bulk-up on Christmas gifts.  But I don't think you'd get the check until May of 2027.

To be honest, I'd rather see it paying down US debt.

Humble Jury View (Lindsay Clancy) After 72 Hours

I've come to three humble thoughts of the Lindsay Clancy jury business.

First....eleven of them seem not that bright or intelligent....to the level that I'd probably not conclude a deal or agreement with them in business.

Second, their behavior did not form overnight.  I'd go and suggest this path goes back to the 1980s/1990s, and that they were 'trained' in some way to think/react this way.

Finally....on my index of 'liviability'.....trusting in the state mechanism to function as advertised...probably matters a good bit now.

Tracking The Trackee

I watched a NewsMax piece this AM.....kids are now increasingly turning family location-tracking apps.....back onto the parents.

In the space of ten years....it's surprising how much tracking is taking place today.

By 2036?  I expect the vast number of adults and kids in America to be tracked....as well as most of their pets (horses, dogs and cats). 

I expect almost all new cars sold by 2036....to be tracked and on a national database.  

I expect nearly half of all luggage sold by 2036....to be tracked.

I expect most purchases you make....to be tracked.

AI Chatter

 This AM....I noted a comment by OpenAI's top guru.  He basically came to suggest/warn....that AI is advancing at such a rate....that it's increasingly difficult for humans to understand what's going on, and how to sustain some type of control.

I watched a podcast last year....where the science-guy suggested that 'shortly' (meaning in a year or two)....for each day of AI computing....it was advancing a full-year into 24 hours.  If you did the crazy-math here....by 2030....AI would be dragging us to some level where 'it' was 1,000 years in advanced knowledge.

Something about this....reminds me of the movie where AI has taken over the human race.

Trying to limit or control this?  How?

Three things I expect shortly:

1.  With census-data and legit license data....AI will determine that 40-odd million Americans are 'faked-up' (non-existent).

2.  Some AI will be able design and run a MLB baseball club.  Another AI will take over umpire-duty....entirely.

3.  AI will shortly start producing new Gilligan's Island, Gunsmoke and Adam-12 episodes.

Poor Farm Definition?

I got onto a reading this AM, and the term 'poor farm' came up.

So to define it....in the 1800s....in the south mostly....this was a invented 'property' where you had Christian folks 'help' people/folks, who could not support themselves, and their families had virtually no interest/willingness to help

So of a dumping ground?  Yeah.

You might use the term a psych ward, without fences or control.  It was usually run/owned by the county itself (County Commission project).

The term 'inmate' came to be used here.

You typically had a guy in charge and a couple of folks who were to keep folks 'minded'.

Who got sent?  Well....older folks with no money....disabled folks....blind or deaf folks....abandoned kids....folks with tuberculosis or syphilis....alcoholics....vagrants....folks judged insane....“feeble-minded” folks....and those who were unmanageable.

The set-up prior to asylums?  Yeah.

These later 'dumped' to bring in asylums....because the poor farm had such a bad reputation?  Yeah.

An all-in-one facility?  I sat and pondered over this.  Asylums were most for nutcases and mentally unstable folks.  

The one clear impression I get over the poor farm....once you entered....you rarely left (unless you escaped).

Pentagon 'Reality'

 Somewhere in the past couple of weeks....the Pentagon called in approximately 50 officers, and did a lie-detector test on them....to figure out who passed classified info out to journalists.

So far.....no one says much.

I'm going to suggest two scenarios likely to occur.

Number one: Virtually all fifty were found to have lied about something.  The detector-crew are likely trying to explain this obvious problem to the Pentagon 'bosses', and it's fairly confusing.  Some probably have affairs going on....some probably chat with journalists weekly but not on classified BS....some probably have financial woes which they'd rather not discuss.

Number two:  All of them (the fifty)....passed.  Now, you have a bigger problem....having to go to the next group of 200-odd folks supporting the fifty.

The odds that ten folks failed the detector test, but having nothing to do with the secret info?  I'd give it better than 50-percent odds.  

Three Humble Thoughts

 1.  This Lindsay Clancy murder case.

I'm overseas, and mostly out-of-the loop.  I did start reading over the case, and court summaries about a month ago....simple murder episode....she killed her three kids.

The question at the time....at least for me....what is the element of crazy?  After 22 years of Air Force reality....I came to a point of having three 'paths' to crazy.  

First, there's crazy by drugs/alcohol....where you did some whacko stuff.  Then there's cult/religion/CIA 'crazy' where they brain-washed you into doing whacko stuff.  Then there's crazy-crazy....where you are born with it, and turn it on-and-off....at your leisure.  The last category....is the guy/gal that you need to fear....because they are permanently a threat to the safety of others.

I'm pretty convinced that Lindsay fits into that category.

So the case ended in a mistrial.  What amazes me....11 were set for 'not-guilty', and one guy had no doubt about the guilt involved.  In 30-odd states....it would have been a couple of hours of talking and everyone convinced she was deserving of life-in-prison.  

2.  Someone brought up the 2008 presidential election, and offered the opinion that illegal voting was probably screwed up and that John McCain likely won.

I paused over this.

Their idea is that Florida, Ohio and Penn....were 'bumped' in some way of illegal voting.

Given a choice of McCain or Obama....I can't say that having McCain around for four years of Presidential 'duty' would have worked well.

3.  This Bartiromo/Fox-News BS.

Well....to be honest....there's only like three journalists still remaining at Fox....which draw me to view their network.

Fantastic 'fall' of the network over ten years.  I'd rate them only a step or two above CNN at this point.

Bernie Says

 Bernie Sanders is pushing a draft bill....that would immediately pause advanced AI development and in some way....ban superintelligence.

How he'd define superintelligence?  Well....that is not very clear.  I'm assuming you'd have a agency in charge....with some Presidential 'rule' to charge-up or charge-down intelligence.

I paused over this.

Would Japan, the EU, Russia, India and China also ban superintelligence?  NO.

Would private groups in the US....build a AI just off-shore (say 20 miles) of the US and sell 'entry' to private Americans?  YES.

Would 'evil' super-intelligence support folks go to Mexico....to establish their AI?  YES.

Bernie....mostly saying that driving a 1970s AMC Gremlin should be the 'limit'?  Well....yeah....comes to mind.

I Tried To Make Sense

 

I sat and read through a piece...'women trying to establish blame for their problems'.

Survey folks had asked age groups of women, from Republicans to Democrats.

Obviously, if you were a Democratic young gal....overwhelming number of gals blame guys for their woes.

My reaction?  If you were a young guy and facing this reality....why would you date/hook-up/marry a young Demo gal?  You might as well look for a Republican gal who is 25 years older than you.

But then something came up in my mind....just how much of woes/sorrows are you lugging around?  Maybe the bulk of young Demo ladies....are carrying 500 pounds of problems. 

Then I came to 'blame'....it just seems like we are ultra-focused these days on blame.  We can't seem to do much except talk about it....throughout the day, and even watch TV shows which focus on blame.

California Law

 California is about to pass a law that says companies of a 'large-size'....must fill out a form and note to the state government if they have connections that go back to slavery (meaning prior to 1865).

AB 2599 applies to California businesses with more than $100 million in annual worldwide revenue and requires sworn disclosures (one assumes by the owner or CEO).

Now....no one so far....has connected the dots to say such a company exists.

Where this leads back to?   Well....there's a state committee in the California State Legislature....that has approved a bill to distribute up to $800 billion for slavery reparations.  One might assume....if you were such a company with a history.....the state would eventually tax you in some way....to cover the $800 billion.

The odd part?  Well....if you just came to exist five years ago....out of thin air....making over $100 million in revenue a year....you'd still have to fill out a form, submit, and have some office review the truthfulness of the statement.

I've pondered over this.  The state has done everything possible to chase commerce out of the state.  There's no real reason to remain.  This slavery topic?  If you quizzed most Californians....asking questions over the region prior to 1865.....they'd know enough to fill out a 5 x 8 inch card.  On the balance of reality....it seems like the state is run by 9-year-old kids.

Eventually....I expect the state to mail out forms to every state resident....asking them if their family owned slaves, and requiring a response.  The smart folks will respond that they came from Mars, and have no connections to Earth prior to 1865. 

My Four Problems With AOC Running For President

First....if you go on a national level....most independents don't give her much of a favorable rating.

Second, basically....she finished college....did some bartending, and got into the House.  On skill-sets....one-to-ten....she's a '3' at best.

Third, most of what she says in interviews.....is far-left stuff....the kind of stuff that older Demos won't support.

Fourth....on debate skills...both Rubio and Vance are ten times better.

VP candidate....maybe, but for who?

Russia Story

 I read through Russian news yesterday...coming to this article....school 'leadership' (nationally) is going to write down a mandate....for Russian kids (age 13) to start getting military training.  Covering: machine guns, anti-tank weapons, grenades, & battlefield medicine.

I pondered over this.

They aren't going to hand active guns, grenades or mines over....it'll be wooden replicas (I believe).  Maybe around age 15....they might hand some pistols/rifles over to take-apart and re-assemble.  

Battlefield wounds?  It's probably a 3-hour course.....you learn who is a 'goner', and who might be capable of surviving.

Wouldn't shock me if by age 16....you get a 8-hour course in tank-driving and basic maintenance every month.

A drastic situation?  I'd suggest that the generals are looking over manpower and grasping that things in the next decade....aren't looking that great.