I travel a good bit....around the world. For me, it's a learning experience and generates a lot of pondering over how cultures exist, remarkable alternate paths, or fail to achieve success.
So last year (in the spring), I went to South Africa for 17 days. I saw a good bit of Cape Town, and the far northeast (the safari-park landscape).
South Africa is this unique land, which whites came into (both the Dutch, and the British) and made into a developed country, with blacks given a diminished role (saying it nicely). Based on pressure in the 1980s, a change occurred. People can argue over the success or failure of the change, but in the end.....all the white leadership business got dumped, and everyone got the black leadership business. If they didn't like that either.....well, there is no other alternate path ahead.
So I had conversations with three folks in this trip. One was a former Rhodesian farmer who'd left after the Mugabe land screw-over. One was a South African who'd got fairly educated and was middle-class. And the third guy was a over-60 guy who'd seen the 1980s, the change in the country, and frowned over the results.
What all three openly admitted, is that South Africa has so much to give, and to achieve.....but everyone with status or 'power' is working on their own personal agenda. If you are black, you get ahead based on your 'friend', and not your efforts to get ahead.
Nothing in South Africa works as advertised....all three readily admitted that. The police aren't your friend....the laws are never enforced....murders happen on a daily basis, with the public simply entertained by the news people now.
The former Rhodesian farmer? He looked off into the distance and described all of this potential and tens of thousands of Rhodesians being part of the farm industry. They weren't just feeding Rhodesians themselves (cheaply), they were marketing to half of Africa, and in the decades ahead....they could imagine themselves marketing to the Middle East and Europe. All of that came to a complete end....where the farms were so crapped-up....that they couldn't even feed Rhodesians themselves.
So as I flew out of Cape Town, on this 12-hour flight....I just sat there pondering....so much potential, and no one trusting in the system to work.
It is becoming this way in the US. If you go to Baltimore, Detroit, or Chicago....you get this feeling of a urbanized up-to-date 'township'. People standing there and being told about all these opportunities and just not seeing any of them to advance upon.
Imagine a circus-advance team coming around and hyping this big circus which coming to town in the future. Lot of talk, lot of dynamics, lot of elephants and lions, lot of clowns, etc. So folks wait. And wait. And wait. And wait. When they do finally start to see some evidence of a circus....it's basically one-crippled-up elephant, four meth-head clowns, and free marginalized ice cream (one dip per cone). That's what the black communities in these maga cities have come to expect.
Mayors come and go....city councils come and go.....prosecutors come and go....judges come and go. No one delivers anything related to the big circus that folks were told about thirty and forty years ago.
Schools in these urbanized areas? They hire up 'friends-of-friends' and give out significant money to produce marginalized students. You can task people to assess and value the local school system. What you typically find is that private academy operations do a better job than local public schools....so the black parents who have money....send their kids there, and the kids 'soar' because of the better environment. The rest get crappy one-star education.
Leaving the mega city? Occasionally, you find people who finally woke up and found some town a state away or three states away.....where promised 'circuses' are given a lesser prominence, and they hire up professional DAs and judges who fairly assess things, until they get run out of town by progressive politics.
As for the destruction you see in Minneapolis? A lot of this was led on by white Antifa people, who have no investment and no anchor to the local town. They simply came to destroy public property and to send a message. It took a day or two, but local blacks kinda woke and grasp the nature of this message and the fake nature of the future talked about.
There is a dead black guy, and you've got more than enough evidence to prosecute the cop and hand him a 25-year sentence for 3rd-degree murder, and a charge or two for a hate-crime. The three other idiots? Lesser crimes, but they contributed to the stupidity of the moment. None of the four will survive more than three years in prison, where gangs there will take care of the revenge required.
We can argue about marginalized idiots hired up as police across the nation, and probably agree that somewhere between 10 and 25 percent of the police in the nation aren't qualified for this type of duty. Whose fault is it for the idiots remaining with a badge? Well, it goes back to the mayors, city councils, and DAs. Remember, they were the ones elected into their jobs for a reason.
So I'm suggesting a darkness is developing over our landscape, and those in the urban areas are the first one to see it, and feel the pain. Go look at cities like St Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, etc. Population-wise, each decade they decrease. People see the issues, and move beyond the darkness....an hour of commute is not a big deal.
I grew in the state of Alabama. Birmingham is the mega city there. You can assess since the 1970s....people with jobs in Birmingham and real salary....left the city for suburbs safely outside of town. They didn't see a need to stay, and found urban areas 30 to 60 minutes away. The mayor and city council? Every generation comes and goes, and it's like the circus routine I discussed....one day....a big circus will come....you just gotta wait for it. So folks for 50 years have been waiting, and other than observing the 'darkness'....there's not much patience left.
Resolving this? You'd need the right people, and a thousand-odd things working in a different direction. So far, that hasn't fallen into place.
So a few final note. In roughly five years, 'THE' minority party will be the Latino folks (not blacks). Whatever gain that they thought they had in the works....with the Democratic Party....has five years to work itself out. In roughly twenty-five years.....the Latino folks will be THE majority, and things will go along a different route.
Thursday, 4 June 2020
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
The Plain Blunt Truth About Confederate Statues
I know it's hard to believe, but if you assemble the statue by statue list (at least those which were standing prior to 2008)....the vast number were erected by Democratic political figures or Democratic 'groups'.
In northern states, where you find Union statues standing....they were all erected through Republican political figures or Republican 'groups'.
Just something to think about.
In northern states, where you find Union statues standing....they were all erected through Republican political figures or Republican 'groups'.
Just something to think about.
The Minneapolis Court Episode to Unfold
One of the things which hasn't really been discussed.....if the court case will be held in Minneapolis.
Based on the eruption of violence and chatter....I'd say it's a 99-percent chance that the case will not be heard there.
Once this fact is admitted by the Attorney General....I think various mayors in the state will start to freak out. You can go down the next three or four significant cities in the state, and find that they will be extremely unhappy.
Chief reason? If you go through the whole case, and it's a hung jury....that means violence will erupt, and their town will be burnt to the ground. Even a promise by the governor to bring in 5,000 National Guard troops....won't be enough to assure the community.
To suggest that it'd be in Bimidji? I'm guessing that 10-percent of the town would pack up and leave for the whole period, and shut down their business operations.
So the five star circus we've seen....is just the start of issues and problems.
Based on the eruption of violence and chatter....I'd say it's a 99-percent chance that the case will not be heard there.
Once this fact is admitted by the Attorney General....I think various mayors in the state will start to freak out. You can go down the next three or four significant cities in the state, and find that they will be extremely unhappy.
Chief reason? If you go through the whole case, and it's a hung jury....that means violence will erupt, and their town will be burnt to the ground. Even a promise by the governor to bring in 5,000 National Guard troops....won't be enough to assure the community.
To suggest that it'd be in Bimidji? I'm guessing that 10-percent of the town would pack up and leave for the whole period, and shut down their business operations.
So the five star circus we've seen....is just the start of issues and problems.
Some Things to Wonder About
With demonstrations and riots in the mix, just some odd things to pop into my head:
1. In the metro-cities (Philly, Atlanta, or Chicago for example)....won't all of this lack of respect and lack of authority reset recruitment drives for the police? Is it possible that one-third of the Minneapolis police will send their resumes out to smaller red-state cities?
2. Won't price escalation start now with grocery operations in cities like Minneapolis, St Paul, St Louis, NY City, etc? If I were a trucker, I'd be asking for a $500 daily danger fee to drive within the city limits. Suddenly, the price of getting 100 cases of Coke would jump by $10 to $15. Everything would rise by 25-percent in a matter of days. Shortages of food? I could ask about that issue and wonder if some truckers will just refuse to deliver anything after 10 AM or unless they have an armed police escort.
3. Why do these black folks readily accept some privileged leftist white kid in their neighborhood? Ten years ago, they would have beat the crap out of the kid.
4. So once you finish a evening of rioting....where do these rich privileged leftist white kids go to sleep? Seems like no one talks about that.
5. Level of incompetence of journalists? That seems to be an obvious problem, and everyone of them seem to think that I will read their material or watch them 'chatter' like 9-year old kids. The issue....I won't respect them or their marginal stuff.
6. With all this Corona-exposure on the streets....you'd be thinking in seven days....there ought to be 300,000 folks with the Coronavirus. If it doesn't happen? Hmmm.
7. All these white dimwits on their knees, raising their hands, and asking for forgiveness from blacks? Very cult-like. You have to wonder what kind of world they live in, and work in.
8. This DC Bishop Buddle, from the Episcopal Church on Trump.....probably is more suited to hang out with retirees, sipping coffee, eating crumb cake and pondering over how Moses stumbled his way to four-star success. Stuck on Trump now? You'd question how she got this far, but this is the Episcopal Church, and it is a dying church organization.
9. Loss of tax revenue. So all these shops that are looted and shut-down.....already damaged by the Corona shutdown....had tax revenue which would be collected. Nothing now? So these cities....will they be missing a quarter to half of all tax revenue? And the states? It has to be into the tens of billions at this point, which will be missing. Who will pay for the burnt police cars?
1. In the metro-cities (Philly, Atlanta, or Chicago for example)....won't all of this lack of respect and lack of authority reset recruitment drives for the police? Is it possible that one-third of the Minneapolis police will send their resumes out to smaller red-state cities?
2. Won't price escalation start now with grocery operations in cities like Minneapolis, St Paul, St Louis, NY City, etc? If I were a trucker, I'd be asking for a $500 daily danger fee to drive within the city limits. Suddenly, the price of getting 100 cases of Coke would jump by $10 to $15. Everything would rise by 25-percent in a matter of days. Shortages of food? I could ask about that issue and wonder if some truckers will just refuse to deliver anything after 10 AM or unless they have an armed police escort.
3. Why do these black folks readily accept some privileged leftist white kid in their neighborhood? Ten years ago, they would have beat the crap out of the kid.
4. So once you finish a evening of rioting....where do these rich privileged leftist white kids go to sleep? Seems like no one talks about that.
5. Level of incompetence of journalists? That seems to be an obvious problem, and everyone of them seem to think that I will read their material or watch them 'chatter' like 9-year old kids. The issue....I won't respect them or their marginal stuff.
6. With all this Corona-exposure on the streets....you'd be thinking in seven days....there ought to be 300,000 folks with the Coronavirus. If it doesn't happen? Hmmm.
7. All these white dimwits on their knees, raising their hands, and asking for forgiveness from blacks? Very cult-like. You have to wonder what kind of world they live in, and work in.
8. This DC Bishop Buddle, from the Episcopal Church on Trump.....probably is more suited to hang out with retirees, sipping coffee, eating crumb cake and pondering over how Moses stumbled his way to four-star success. Stuck on Trump now? You'd question how she got this far, but this is the Episcopal Church, and it is a dying church organization.
9. Loss of tax revenue. So all these shops that are looted and shut-down.....already damaged by the Corona shutdown....had tax revenue which would be collected. Nothing now? So these cities....will they be missing a quarter to half of all tax revenue? And the states? It has to be into the tens of billions at this point, which will be missing. Who will pay for the burnt police cars?
Russians Russians Russians
Well....CNN did the big interview with Ms Rice, and she laid out the evidence (actually none). She just said with a grin....'Russians are at the heart of the riot business'.
If they are involved, then Ms Rice, the best reaction is to openly declare war on Russia and send tanks. Right?
I'm guessing that she'd suddenly back down and admit there are no Russians involved.
The bothersome part of this is that idiot-Blitzer goes and thinks that Rice has something great to say or contribute. And what you get is fake-chatter that you'd expect out of a nine-year-old kid. People sitting there and marginally watching CNN, and just laughing.
Just Something You Ought to Know About Fentanyl
For the record, morphine is an awful powerful drug, and typically....you only issue it or prescribe it, when the person is in serious pain/suffering.
So here's the fact....Fentanyl is designed in such a way, in comparison to morphine....to be 100 times the POWER of morphine. If you were in really bad serious pain, like having three root-canals in one day, or having serious medical procedures done, once that doctor says Fentanyl in the pain-relief, it's a serious matter.
You only want Fentanyl if under a doctor's care, and usually in a clinic or hospital itself.
Why? There is a very small margin between a therapeutic issued dose, or a doomed-to-die dose. You wouldn't want Marvin (your local transmission mechanic) to just hand you Fentanyl and swear he knows the right dose. Nor would you want 'Binky' (your cocaine dealer) to hand you the bag with four doses, and swear he knows all about this stuff.
Overdosing? Here's the thing, Fentanyl acts in a fairly fast way, and could easily trigger you to stop breathing. When this moment happens, you need medical professionals around to give you a chance of surviving. Five to ten minutes of waiting? That's probably going to guarantee death.
If you were to be seriously out-of-shape, and with high blood pressure? Maybe in your 20s or 30s....you'd still have decent odds in your favor. After 40? The age, the physical shape, the high blood pressure, the Fentanyl, and use of meth in the deal? Everyday is a 50-50 deal on survival. Some live and some die.
This Minneapolis dead black guy? Yep, blood tests done....meth and Fentanyl in the system, and serious health issues. Plus he was over 40.
The course of things in court? The lawyer is going to open up a minimum of forty-odd pick-up cases by ambulance crews in the local area....all leading back to meth and Fentanyl. Death certificates will be put out on the table. Conviction in this case? I give it less than a 25-percent of happening.
So all this rioting business....over Fentanyl? That's the amusing part of the story. Here's the other funny thing. Today, across most of the US....a minimum of 500 episodes will occur where cops had to react to a drugged-up guy/gal.....acting funny, and trying to get them on the ground, and using some effort to calm them until the ambulance gets there. Some will live because of the cops efforts.....some will die waiting on the ambulance.
Weird world, huh?
So here's the fact....Fentanyl is designed in such a way, in comparison to morphine....to be 100 times the POWER of morphine. If you were in really bad serious pain, like having three root-canals in one day, or having serious medical procedures done, once that doctor says Fentanyl in the pain-relief, it's a serious matter.
You only want Fentanyl if under a doctor's care, and usually in a clinic or hospital itself.
Why? There is a very small margin between a therapeutic issued dose, or a doomed-to-die dose. You wouldn't want Marvin (your local transmission mechanic) to just hand you Fentanyl and swear he knows the right dose. Nor would you want 'Binky' (your cocaine dealer) to hand you the bag with four doses, and swear he knows all about this stuff.
Overdosing? Here's the thing, Fentanyl acts in a fairly fast way, and could easily trigger you to stop breathing. When this moment happens, you need medical professionals around to give you a chance of surviving. Five to ten minutes of waiting? That's probably going to guarantee death.
If you were to be seriously out-of-shape, and with high blood pressure? Maybe in your 20s or 30s....you'd still have decent odds in your favor. After 40? The age, the physical shape, the high blood pressure, the Fentanyl, and use of meth in the deal? Everyday is a 50-50 deal on survival. Some live and some die.
This Minneapolis dead black guy? Yep, blood tests done....meth and Fentanyl in the system, and serious health issues. Plus he was over 40.
The course of things in court? The lawyer is going to open up a minimum of forty-odd pick-up cases by ambulance crews in the local area....all leading back to meth and Fentanyl. Death certificates will be put out on the table. Conviction in this case? I give it less than a 25-percent of happening.
So all this rioting business....over Fentanyl? That's the amusing part of the story. Here's the other funny thing. Today, across most of the US....a minimum of 500 episodes will occur where cops had to react to a drugged-up guy/gal.....acting funny, and trying to get them on the ground, and using some effort to calm them until the ambulance gets there. Some will live because of the cops efforts.....some will die waiting on the ambulance.
Weird world, huh?
Disinfecting Story
Here at the front door....was this 'deal'. They'd disinfect your interior for 49.99 Euro (roughly 60 dollars).
I walked in and did my paperwork for the tires, and then asked the 'dude' about the deal. German guy, 50s, fair to good English.
Basically, whatever the spray is....it kills everything (including ticks and fleas). Leaves a pleasant oder (he claims).
I turned down the deal but later sent a text message to the wife, if I should reconsider this. 'NO' was the immediate response....don't waste freaking money on this.
Basically, it's probably about $5 worth of some type of Lysol-product, and $15 of actual work-time, with $40 profit.
But here's the thing.....you'd have Gerta walk in and having the car serviced. She'd get all peppy about this, and worried about people riding in the car with her. This Corona hype is still going on. So she'd sign up for this. And in a month, she'd revisit....worried about more passengers in the car. They might have a hundred people a month buying this disinfectant business.
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