Demonizing Wealth and Success

 In the 1990s, you might have bumped into five people in an average year (traveling around or working) that had problem with people who amassed wealth or showed success in their life.  Today?  An average guy probably bumps into forty people minimum in a year....that have a problem with successful people or people who have wealth in their background.  

You can call it jealousy....resentfulness....whatever.

Via the internet, you see a lot of college students who show this behavior and often want to accuse the guy/gal of being 'greedy' or 'selfish'.  So the chatter starts up....we need to tax that guy more....to redistribute their money to others.

You notice occasionally people trying to lecture others....not to be successful....hold back your 'urges'...or to demonize you over your 'evils' in life.

Where this all leads onto?  You have to sit and ponder over the future, and how regular Americans will survive.  Our heart and soul has been to get ahead....work for goals, and achieve success.  This resentment group are standing in the midst of our path for the future.  

Cognition Tests?

 I noticed in the past couple of days....Senator Bill Cassidy (actually a doctor) has suggested that cognition tests ought to be mandated no only to the executive branch of government.....but also to the leadership legislative branch.

So what would happen if a mandate occurred and you demanded not only the President and Vice-President took the cognition tests yearly, but the rest of the cabinet officials and the next 500 executives/generals of the government?  Personally, I'd take a guess that at least a dozen would fail the first round of the tests....openly challenge the quality of the test, and five or six would be forced to retire.

If forced in the House/Senate....just among the top of each party, the House Speaker, and the head of each committee?  Presently, I'd suggest at least three people failing the cognition tests.  

What'd we notice is that it's mostly all people over the age of seventy or people who'd been identified as heavy drinkers for the past thirty years of their life.

Is it even possible to mandate this?  I doubt it....without the power of the Constitution....it won't occur.  

What'll eventually happen?  I suspect at some point in 2022....some episode will unfold at the White House where Joe Biden goes to some extreme and spends five minutes lecturing people over some silly non-existent problem, or talking about his brief non-existent season in the NFL as a quarterback for the Rams.  

At that point, the general public will ask why we can't test these folks. 

The 'Bad' Joe Story

 So Mark Dice (the guy who shows up on college campuses and asks stupid questions)....does a bit on a campus....letting people (college kids) know that Joe Rogan shot and killed a triceratops (the dinosaur).  He has a petition to say that Joe is 'bad', and asks if the 'kid' would sign it....to condemn Joe.  You can view it here. 

Several observations:

1.  People (college kids) actually signed it.  I get the impression that 'bad' Joe is on their list to condemn.

2.  The triceratops angle doesn't seem to catch them at all.....meaning their critical thinking skills (while in college) are near zero.

3.  They all seem eager in some weird way to condemn Joe, without thinking much of what's said.

4.  Each are over the age of 18, and it is worrisome that they can vote.

5.  A fair number of the folks were at least in college, but it begs the question....should they be there or selling used cars?  It just doesn't seem they are getting critical thinking skills, and will be utterly dependent for the rest of their lives on others to think for them.  

Just something to think about.

Gut Feeling on Netflix's 'Another Life'

 This is a science fiction series....opening up the second season in the past week or two.  

I sat through season one and just kept thinking....surely they will hire new writers and improve the script.  

Chief problems?

Most everyone on this space vessel....is a 'loser'....to the 3rd degree.  The characters....even the 'Captain' were written that way.  If they were on a truck going to Nashville and the tire went flat....they'd all stand there for an hour....talking about the implications of the tire, and suggest six different ways of resolving the flat tire problem.

The aliens?  You keep thinking....they might actually be 4-star bad guys, but then something will come up to suggest they are just neutral bad guys.  I'm to the point where I think the aliens are just some AI computer and punch-drunk on some Bill Gates code-writing.  

Exciting?  There's maybe a 60-second piece in each segment where you kinda feel excitement, and then?  It just drains into a pile of crap.

The AI-guy?  Zero character....zero charm.....zero likeability.  You could do better with the idiot robot on the 1960s 'Lost in Space'.

They spent a ton of money on graphics, and it shows like a five-star series....that's the weird part of the series.

Sexual issues?  Various little elements pop up and there's a ton of gender problems going on, or just plain regular sexual tension.  They all seem to need entry into some Daytona Beach swinger's bar but just keep talking about how it was weeks or months ago.

I'm up to episode two of the new season, and just shaking my head.  So much potential and it's run by juvenile management and no real theme.

Pentagon and the Covid-War?

 Two odd things are going on with the US Navy and the Covid vaccination business.

First, the Seals are using religious conviction to decline the vaccinations.  Odds of this working?  They've probably already gotten the Yellow Fever and Cholera shots.....so the religious angle is questionable.

But in the midst of this.....the Navy said that if you do this (as a Seal)....they can demote you....seize some of your pay....remove you from your Seal duty....then make you pay your money back.  

Naturally, this intensifies the court action (roughly 34 Seals have a case brewing)..

Second, the Navy says all money used to produce a Seal (going up into several million) will have to be repaid.  

The problem here....once they reach the Supreme Court....the Navy will be asked if the lowest cook on the Covid-kick-out list is required to pay his training money back. 'No' is the likely answer.  The radar-guy?  The firemen?  The nuke-power technician?

The court will establish that if you died on day one of official duty as a Seal.....no one takes a penny out of your paycheck to pay for past training.  

In simple terms....this whole mess will linger around for 2 to 3 years.  Counter-suit?  More than likely and I'm guessing each guy affected will ask for lawyer cost, and at least half-a-million in damages.  

Massive public relations damage done in the midst of this business?  Yeah....even if they wised up in 2022 (don't expect it).....it'd still linger as a frustration item for five years minimum.  

What Does 'Irish Democracy' Really Mean?

 The Irish people learned long ago....that democracy revolves around politicians doing things which have no plus-up or benefit.  So they invented this society situation where you just avoid doing things that the law says you must do, or mandate you into doing.

If the law says you should only have 3 ales in one sitting at the bar.....you sit and keep drinking without counting (meaning you might have consumed six ales).  

If the law says you can only purchase a used car under these conditions.....you might stand there and violate the conditions without much discussion or guilt.

If the law says the sitting/standing capacity of the bus is 42 people....you might be the driver and just forget to count.  

For this reason, Irish politicians are happy because they can write a hundred laws per year with no benefit other than front-page material, and the Irish people are happy because they don't really observe or obey the hundred laws anyway. 

The Next Biden 'Stumble'

 It's been a crazy year for President Biden, and you'd think that the stumbles would eventually be seen ahead of time, and avoided.  Well....no.

Around the 28th of November, the Navy will start processing non-vax folks 'out' (honorable discharge is the term used presently).  

How many Navy folks are vaccinated?  Unknown, but a month ago....they said it was around 82 to 84 percent.....meaning around of the 332,000....meaning around 59,000 would be in the line to be discharged.

How I expect the 28th to arrive?  Just a humble guess that 10k to 15k will suddenly get the vaccination, but 45k to 50k will be in the line to be ushered out.  

These people worried about jobs?  No.  They probably already have the resumes filled out and mailed to future employers.  

Hurting deployment or operational capability?  OH YEAH.  In fact, I doubt any unit in the Navy will be fully capable of 100-percent capability for at least a year, and probably even going up to two years.

Only a Navy problem?  No.  They actually have the better vaccination rates. The AF, Army and Marines all have a lesser number of vaccinated people.  In fact.....active duty folks are much higher than Guard/Reserve people.

All added up with active duty....I would suggest at least 100,000 and possibly going up to 200,000 if you count Active/Guard/Reserve total.....being discharged out.

What'll happen?  I expect within two weeks....hearings to start in both the House/Senate....centering on the Pentagon and asking how missions will be accomplished.  The 4-star crew will just be sitting there and grinning.....knowing that virtually every single mission is affected.   Some naval vessels which were slated to start a patrol in early January....will have their mission delayed or cancelled.  

Somewhere around mid-November.....massive chaos will erupt in the White House as Biden now tries to explain this blunder, and international leadership will ask the question....is the US finished as a first-tier country?

The discharge game to be recalled?  I don't think the Biden-crew responsible for this mess....really wants to admit they screwed up.

But you have to wonder....from late November....for about three months, this Pentagon chaos will reign....turning into a major topic....whether Pentagon is capable of handling any emergencies.  

This all begs the question....if this is the next stumble, what comes after this?  Is there already brewing a major chaos for January....that we simply aren't seeing presently?