I don't think anyone ever gauged public 'use' of the train.
I don't think anyone from the top 500 politicians in the state ever believed it was a good idea.
I think the funds 'movement' was mostly to pay off lobbyists....giving cash back to the politicians who supported it.
Oddly, with Vegas dying now....the path from Cal to Vegas via the bullet-train....makes no sense.
Finally....I would readily agree....there's probably over 200 similar projects in California....developed the same way.
Once Iran and the US agree on a deal....the nuke material is to be delivered to a 3rd-party (someone like Pakistan for example). Then probably....the US will ask for a sample-or-two.
So, this will say who manufactured the radioactive material.....either Iran, Russia, or some third-party.
The worst scenario? There are two: One that this started out as US-made and sold to Russia....or Israeli-made....then sold to some country other than Iran.
Another weird scenario? North Korea-made. This is less-likely.
But if it's US-made....all hell will break loose, and it'll be a five-star mess.
1. In the US/Iran deal being worked up....the US will arrange for possession of the Uranium to be held by a third-party.....with a inspection involved. What happens if we find out that Iran obtained from another party?
Well...there are two scenarios....one goes to the Clinton Foundation deal with Russia, and US-Uranium getting into Russia.
Second scenario. this is possibly Israeli Uranium.
In either case....it's a five star story.
2. There is some honest belief that the 700-odd 7-11 stores set to be closed later in 2026....were mostly surviving off EBT-funds being used for soda/candy.
3. This Trump-project....the Trumphal Arch....about 300 ft in front of the Arlington Cemetery...but still on the west side of the river....is NOT on Cemetery property. On two occasions...I've walked across from the Cemetery to the Lincoln Memorial, and will vouch...it's a scenic walk.
4. Just interesting....virtually every weapon that China and Russia sold Iran....came up short. Whatever Iran paid....didn't amount to much.
1. It came out yesterday.....the military 'speaker/talker' for the nightly news in Iran...to get and keep Iranians hyped-up....got bombed (dead) on 7April. Confirmed by the US/Isreal.
So who has been giving the nightly updates? Well....a virtual reality 'character'.
Anyone noticed? Apparently not.
Will they keep using the AI-guy? Because of the internet being off in Iran....no one much knows about the dead guy....so yeah....I think the AI-guy will remain.
Question? Well....if he's dead....from the next 200-odd VIP Iranians who get interviewed daily for TV-propaganda....how many of them are AI?
2. US fed folks showed up yesterday at renovation project for the Federal Reserve building. Yeah....they were asking questions.
I expect any minute now....a raid to occur, and charges pop up....for the contractor folks, and the fed folks.
3. Gov Tim Walz.....I believe by 2030....will have been convicted on charges and spend three to five years in prison.
So the evil one....that crazy guy....Scott Bessent...has spoke up and said regulations will be created shortly (I imagine by the end of April)....where banks have to certify your citizenship as a customer.
How? No one says.
I would imagine you'd present a passport, Star-Card, military ID, or a birth certificate.
He's not saying you'd be 'dumped' if you were a non-American.....just that in the banking data.....you'd be noted as American or non-American. Green Card people OK? Yeah.
These Democratic women who got all hyped-up....that they didn't have birth-certificates? Well....now, they've got a problem with their bank requirement.
But here's the odd thing....after three or four months of this....there's going to be ten-million-plus accounts where identification has NOT been achieved. Reason? Either the guy/gal is dead (for maybe 30-odd years), or the guy/gal never really existed in the first place.
This moment...probably occurring toward December....will bother Senators/House members. There might be a billion dollars sitting there....with the person dead.
In the 1970s...as 'LHOTP' came out....I noted some article in the paper at the time, which brought up two issues, and for all these years....it's stuck on my mind.
First....Walnut Grove is in Minnesota, and the landscape simply didn't fit for the Hollywood back-lot that was used for the show.
Second....the real location has WINTER conditions for about five month out of the year. I'm not talking about inch or two of snow.
These two things always stuck out in my mind.....so I saw the show as Little House in California.
From the previews of the new series? I'd say it's set for the real Walnut Grove.
Maybe it's better in some way.
I believe if you go back to Eric...at age 15....he was bumping up against girls, and doing lots of stupid crap, but never seemed have police involved.
I think he went to college....and did the same thing.
I think he went to the House, and did the same thing.
How many women did he hook up with? Probably over a thousand, and half of them probably didn't appreciate the hook-up.
What he does now...if the House kicks him out? Well....that's the big question.
Run for office? Maybe as some mayor?
Around the summer of 1981....after intel-school for the Air Force....I arrived at Barksdale (Louisiana) and one of my five primary duties....was burn-bag handler. So in the back of the vault....we kept this pile stashed away, and about every eight weeks....dragged them all down to the burner in the rear of the building.
It was crappy work (you hated August most of all for the heat). You typically started around 9 AM, and by 11 AM....it was mostly burned, and you were raking ashes to dump. You'd go through two Mountain Dews.
In 84/85....it was mostly a shredding experience.....every 8 weeks....about four hours with two other folks. At some point, the big burn occurred, where we had around 150 bags of plastic crap and they wanted it burned at the Landstuhl medical facility (med-waste).
In Panama, for 86/87/88? We had a half-ass burn unit which worked sometimes....and sometimes not. Two of us would be standing there in the noon-heat.....both sipping a beer or two...until the burn was done.
By 1994, I was noted at a rank where the burn-experience was not required.
1. I've come to the point of believing that at best....Kamala Harris had a IQ of probably 80-to-85....meaning she was borderline. How she got through college? She was able to impress her instructors in some fashion.
2. Some Iranians have Star-Link (Elon's stuff) and can communicate with the outside world. I noted over the weekend....commentary to indicate that only half of ATMs in Iran function....but there's typically a limit of 15-to-20 dollars in local currency coming out. Cash-flow in Iran is now at a harsh level.
3. A couple of Demo states looking at taxing folks as they leave/exit. Just suspect....some folks are just going to up and disappear....without saying anything much.
4. Noted over the weekend....some new App invented....'talking-to-Jesus'. You'd hook up, for about a dollar-per-minute....have a chance to converse with Jesus. Not saying if it's legit or not.....but it might be a trend (talk-to-Moses, talk-to-Fred Flintstone, talk-to-Satan).
5. Noted over the weekend.....Canada says it is preparing the entire country for a major global war that could erupt (shortly). Who with? Unknown. Where funding would come from? Also unknown.
I sat and read through a couple of pages of a 'paper' written by two researchers from University of Penn and Boston University. Title? "The AI Layoff Trap"..
What they got into....there's layoffs going on....with AI coming to replace the folks.
These laid-off employees used to spend money. Now? They don't.
The economy is designed for people to have money....spend money, and not really capable of evolving.
So the companies that laid people off....will likely go bankrupt down the line....because there's cash flow with the economy with no purchasing power. AI certainly isn't going to buy a bass-boat....spend five days in Aruba....or ever need a $88k Ford pick-up.
What the report leads to.....these top level managers have to grasp the situation and realize the impact approaching. Great quote....."Fire workers.....Lose customers.... Lose revenue.... Collapse."
There's also this other odd 'twist'....if people are eliminated from jobs....purchases decrease....sale tax-revenue starts to crap out....states and cities can't manage their yearly spending, without more new additional taxes.
There's a tidal wave approaching, but it's probably too late to say or do much of anything.
I've watched the movie two times now.
So the story goes this way:
Aliens have arrived, and shockingly enough....can't get their message across.
American Army brings in this language lady, and they waste about 80-percent of the story....going back and forth.....marginally getting a hundred-odd phrases connected.
The Americans....in total fear....urge killing the threat.
The gal suddenly has the clear message...somehow, the aliens come from 3,000 years in the future, and their world is under some threat (they never say who or how), and only by getting Earth-folks involved and helping them....in 3,000 years....can this alien folks survive.
I paused at this point....thinking, well....how do they know this works? Seems like it'd be a guess if Earth-folks were helpful or not. Seems like it could make the situation twice as bad.
Anyway....that's the final outcome, and you are left to wonder....did we screw it up?
1. With two or three exceptions....I can't watch NBA basketball anymore. On average, per game, there's at least twenty 'traveling' violation...which the ref's never call.
2. Hunter Biden is claiming he is $17-million in debt....no way of ever repaying it.
3. You just sit and wonder....four years of the Biden-crew, and zero interest in Epstein or the files.
4. I asked Grok (AI) if a recession is existing in the US.
It eventually came back and said 'NO'.
The labor market is adding jobs. GDP growth is going on (slowly). Various forecasters are saying a trend is seen but in late 2026....suggesting the Xmas season may be awful crappy.
The states in a spiral? Well....California, Illinois, Washington, NY, Michigan.....the states 'owned' and run by the Democratic machine.
The rest of the nation....mostly in positive numbers.
5. CNN? It's mostly a sail-boat now....with the sails missing and drifting. The first week of October? It can't come soon enough.
1. Here in 2026.....even though living standards appear to be improving....there's this gut-feeling that overall happiness is in some way....declining.
Or is it a case that the happiness 'scale' is frozen and hasn't moved since the 1980s?
2. You might want to pay attention to the postal system....it's under one of the biggest crisis's of the past forty years. This week....they (the bosses) halted pension plan payments temporarily. We are at a point where we need a 'Elon' to revamp the system.
3. Was reading yesterday.....the Federal workforce is smaller today than at any point since 1966. Oddly, we don't seem to be suffering.
4. A normal mid-term election (coming up in 7 months)....revolves around your pocketbook/economy, healthcare (both cost and access), immigration, negative crime numbers, and perceived threats to democracy.
This year? It'll revolve around five 'other' things: the threat to impeach Trump, marginal accomplishments by the Democratic Party, perceived downward economy in five to ten 'blue' states, crazy political videos shown freely on Twitter, and possible UFO 'truths'.
5. Ninety percent of society want a lifestyle and landscape that seems to be affordable and proven reliable.
This AM....I read through a portion of a study....done in 2024, statistics show in the US....1 in 3 adults age 18-34 still live with their parents.
It's done by states, and yeah...Demo-states....dominate the list of highest percentages, while red states are less.
It's an odd problem.
You might have wrapped up community college, or regular college, and found that whatever job prospects you imagined five years ago.....have flatten-out and gone dismal....with rent way out of your league.
So it begs the question.....in 2030....will the numbers in Demo states increase....say to 50-percent?
If you were a 60-year old parent with two of your three kids...in their thirties....still lingering....what's the strategy to get them out?
The other question to ask....did you get really stupid and get a occupation or skill....that won't cover rent or buying a house?
For about six months....I've been following commentary by Palmer Luckey.
He's a tech-geek....kinda like Elon. He's also the founder of the defense-technology firm Anduril Industries, who seems to be getting a fair amount attention.
This week....he had an opinion on UFOs/UAPs that he shared. He says that UFOs come from the past (way back).
He suggests....they are technology from an ancient breakaway civilization that survived some type of cyclical event, and that they are piggybacking on the current civilization....to use us as resources.
Interdimensional aspect....well...yeah....it would connect to that idea.
If it were true....the question is....should we get tangled up into this....helping some group that didn't make it in their time-period?
On my weird theory 'index' (1-to-10)....yeah, this is a solid '10'.
Within this idea....could we be dealing with both the 'good-guys' and 'bad-guys' at the same time? Yeah, that came into my mind.
1. Around 2023....I was on Ramstein....taking a coffee break in the 'mega' mall. Two NCOs (early 30s)....were discussing their impending PCS back to the US, and the topic came up....medal action. Both were getting accommodation medals, and both had seen/read the text.
The one critical comment out of this? One of the two was getting a medal....where the stuff he did over four years warranted the medal....but 20-percent of the text related to 'crap' he'd done for Covid. He asked for them (the leadership) to remove that part....but it'd already gotten to the approval point.
I won't use the term....'worthless'....but in some way, he didn't want it on his accomplishments.
2. I hate to say it....but TV from 1969 to 1973....was probably better than 90-percent of the BS you see on TV today.
3. I've reached the point where I don't see the UK in the top dozen countries, and by rejoining the EU (now very likely in 2027)....financially-speaking....they probably be at the same level as Greece.
4. This Ghost Murmur tech-crap that the CIA showed off.....tracks people by their heart-beat....not just 10 feet, or 100 ft, or ten miles.
Within ten years....it'll probably be used to note precisely how many people live within each state.
1. Maybe in California....Gov Newsom's 'act' sells....but if you walked most southern states...it's a joke.
Looking at 2028....limited accomplishments for Newsom, if he is the winner of the primary, it's a downward spiral for his campaign.
2. AOC for 2028? Her weakness is debate, and you'd require a lot of 'fence-mending' by news journalists to explain her word-salat.
3. CNN was carrying the bulk of brand-selling for the past two decades for the Democratic Party. If they are neutral now....a new brand-seller must emerge.
4. If Trump dissolves all fed taxes for people making $100,000 or less.....it's an enormous burden to overcome that 'brand'.
5. Thomas Matthew Crooks (Trump-shooter), just curious....not a single news source wants to go and dig into his background/story.
Gregg Phillip....FEMA official (up in the chain) gave a interview...he was on some phone, and BAM....he was picked-up...teleported over to some Waffle House forty miles away.
I watched the interview five or six times.
If you asked me to grade it on 'truth' (1-to-10).....I'd rank it a '3'...mostly because he can't substantiate any of it.
So I went to the destination topic. If I were dealing with aliens, and they were teleportation-crazy....then yeah, I'd be thrilled to end up at a Waffle House, and probably have the All-Star-Special ($14.99).
But the reality of this....sitting there at the Waffle House....I'd have to call the wife afterwards and ask her to come to pick me up. She'd have questions....mostly over my drinking or what buddy dropped me off there. The alien-teleportation story wouldn't work.
As you dig into the story....the FEMA guy was sitting in his car....when the teleportation took place (his story). So you'd wonder....why didn't the car teleport?
The problem in this story....if you were in Alabama....folks would ask fifty additional questions:
1 Were you traveling on highway 99, between Cider-Town and Harper-Town?
2. What kind of attire were you wearing....Sunday clothing, or your Braves T-short with shorts?
3. Did this occur after dark?
4. After you got there in one-piece....did you praise Jesus?
5. Did you and the aliens discuss this destination before it took place, or was this just a goofy 'prank' by the aliens?
6. Was the Waffle House next to a strip-club?
7. Aren't you fearful that they might teleport you to California (hell-hole of the Earth)?
8. Did all your 'pieces' arrive with your at the Waffle House?
9. Were you on some drugs when this took place?
10. Did you talk to the aliens about teleporting you back home after the breakfast?
Yeah, the story sounds like something you'd make up.
I paused yesterday....reading over a comment by former Rep. Matt Gaetz. I originally felt it was a April-fool's story....but came to realize....it was till 31 March....so it's not a 'joke'.
So what he said: “I had someone come and brief me who was in a military uniform, worked for the United States Army, that was briefing me on the locations of hybrid breeding programs where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create some hybrid race that could engage in intergalactic communication".
Yeah....alien-human sex scene.
Alien....being male or female? Never laid out.
Volunteers from the human side? Maybe they told Private Jones (Army guy) that he/she was alien-like. Maybe they didn't mention the alien situation.
Maybe halfway into a liaison.....Private Jones realizes it's a combo situation....the alien is both male and female.
Maybe as Private Jones entered the room....he reassessed the situation...realizing the alien-gal was 9-ft tall, and maybe he was the wrong volunteer.
Maybe the alien-gal was Klingon-warrior-like, and a beasty-type gal.....way too much for mortal men.
After an hour of fantasy-thinking....the reality of this....it's way too much for Private Jones, and I just hope he got a medal for his act, and a week off following the experience to recover.
BS? Well....I'm from Bama, and there's probably 300 guys from around the state have alien-sex stories that they tell...of which are totally bogus. It comes from drinking too much and watching Star Trek late at night.
