Pelosi Syndrome

 I have to admit....it's just an odd thing where about 30-percent of America....deeply cares about the events that occurred with Paul Pelosi.  There's at least a dozen questions standing there, and revolve around a nutcase Canadian guy who just never seemed to be crazy enough to lock up.....until the day he shows up at Paul Pelosi's house.

It's reached one point where the city DA now says....he'll make everything of factual value....a complete secret.

Hammer-dude ever doing time in prison?  I'm of the mind that things will go harshly for the guy....with some mental exam proving once and for all....yep, he's five-star crazy and a threat to people.

But if you admit this.....then the question will arise from the public....aren't there around 500 paranoid schizophrenics in SF.....crazy enough on the threat business to lock up?

Hammer-dude being declared crazy but instead....sent back home to Canada....to be released there?  Oh yeah....I believe this.  But then, he'll be back in SF within four weeks....unless you lock the guy up.

So we are left with this syndrome....wondering what happened, and knowing that they will do marginally nothing to make the city safe, but just spend energy on classifying some secretive report about the events of the evening.

Q-and-A

 1.  Having Oprah come out to hype support for Fetterman in Pennsylvania's Senate race?

Here's the thing....some poll found weeks ago that white middle-class women weren't thrilled with Fetterman.  At the time, they were figuring a loss of one out of every three middle-class women.  So this is a last ditch effort to bring those silly women back to the 'herd'.

Frankly, out of the whole state....with the Oprah gimmick....it probably brought twelve votes back to Fetterman.  

2.  If Stacey Abrams loses this governor's race in Georgia?

I kinda think that's it for her.  I think President Biden will hire her for some temp DC job for the next two years and she'll end up at some foundation job.

3.  Rumor of Hillary Clinton running in 2024? 

98-percent BS.  

4.  What I think of Paul Pelosi's episode?

I think Paul had a drink or two.....maybe a sleeping pill added, and in the night....got woke-up by hammer-dude.  Being half-asleep.....he discussed Chinese food, crappy smells, the problem with heated car seats, the ratio of left-handed hitters on the Giants, his aspiration to be a cowboy as a kid, the worst Star Wars movie, best song from the Who, his favorite character from Days of Our Lives soap opera, and how to bet on horses.  

Then Paul kinda woke up....realizing he was in the middle of a room with a nutcase, got to a phone and called for help.

5.  How long will the new Brit PM last?  

I'm giving the guy 90 days before he's shown the door.

6.  Are the former employees of Twitter screwed?

They are to be given around 3 months of continued pay/benefits.  Course, most are paying around $4,000 a month on rent, and they will quickly pack up to leave Silicon Valley.  

The problem for some.....their whole function was 'moderating', and frankly.....I just don't see much of a career path for this to be happy about.  I'm guessing the moderators will be long-term unemployed (more than 6 months).  

Six Things I Think

 1.  If you were a Twitter employee 'let-go'.....you'd probably be a bit nervous and calling around to find a new job.....finding that it's not a good time to be unemployed.

I'll suggest that more than half of this crowd, will be moving out of their apartment by the end of November, and half of these folks will be calling a relative to see if they can find temp-quarters for a month or two.

2.  I think after the massive election 'twist' for the Democrats.....that President Biden will announce by January....he's not running in 2024.  

3.  I think that car loans in the next two months will go into a tight situation....where one-third of people will be told that limits exist (forget about a $40,000 loan for a new car), or that they don't qualify for a car loan (period).  

4.  Most of the charges against the Hammer-Dude in SF.....will be dismissed in early January as the guy's mental state will qualify him for a long-term stay in a mental hospital.

5.  Most of the headlines for the FBI in 2023....will be about various investigations by the House....on their failures and behavior.

6. Shep Smith, formerly at Fox News, apparently let-go at CNBC now.....will find virtually no news group interested in his 'brand'.

My Five Fixes For Voting

 1.  You close the poll station at 6 PM and start counting Presidential votes.  At precisely midnight....the count stops.  Either you finished the count....or the votes for President fail to be counted.  

The rest of the situations (governor, Senator, etc)....get counted after the Presidential count.

2.  Absentee ballots?  They have to be arriving three days prior to election day, or they will not be counted.  The will be counted 48 hours prior to the polling stations being opened.  That sum of votes will be announced by mid-day of the vote by the county judge.  

3.  ID required.  If you can't provide a state or federal ID (or passport), then you probably have a problem.

4.  Been in jail?  Once released, you get your vote back.  While in jail or prison....no vote.

5.  If you double-voted in some way?  Just one single extra vote?  You get taken to the state prison system for two years, or you pay the county 'offended' a sum of $25,000 per vote.  

Aren't Misinformation and Disinformation The Same Thing?

 NO.

So, to make this simple....MISinformation occurs daily and it's a pretty routine thing.  

This is where false information comes out and it's just mixed with various facts to make you buy something or avoid something.

It's like your teacher telling you to avoid fatty food for x-reason.  X-reason might only be half-right....but she mixed the facts with some premise that she believed.

Or it's like the teacher having the schoolbook text to evolution and just finding forty reasons to skip that part of the lesson plan.

DISinformation is typically propaganda, where you are told facts, which are absolutely designed to bring you to one conclusion.  

It's always intentional when disinformation is handed out and geared to make you react in a certain way.  

Up until the last decade or two....disinformation was just occasionally occurring.  Today?  You probably get around forty bits of disinformation on a daily basis....handed out by news organizations who may or may not realize what the source is doing.

You could receive disinformation from your minister, your professor, or even your kid's teacher.  

I Tried To Make Sense Out Of This

 Up in Ohio, in some small town....the police have a mounted patrol situation....at least with a couple of horses.  For whatever reason, they decided that they'd get into the Halloween spirit and dress the horses up.

The chosen attire?  Well....they were supposed to be ghosts.

What came across to just about everyone except the police.....the horses appeared to be Klan horses (you know....KKK-wise).

I spent several minutes gazing at the picture, and frankly....whoever picked this attire....has to be just awful simple-minded or a person who knew what they were picking....wanting the KKK-image to stand out.

The horses?  They probably just stood there.....shaking their head....wondering who was responsible for this.  

Just Something To Think About