Real Estate Story

I sat and viewed this commentary on social media this AM.  Basically, some real estate gal in Tennessee....noting that she got a message from a prospective buyer that Tennessee values were not what they were seeking after the last week of hot political chatter.

So I sat and pondered upon this.

First, Tennessee residents (the ones who grew up there) don't give a damn if you move there or not.  They will say it bluntly to your face....either before they start drinking or after they've had four beers.  

Second, in regards to picking where you live....there probably are over two-hundred 'values' at work now, and 'lawmakers of color being expelled' might not even make it into the two-hundred group.  You might want to remind yourself of the tornado statistical average for Tennessee, the average number of copperheads per square mile, and the fact that yes....they do have nuclear power units in the state (if this was a hot priority to avoid such doom.....you might not want to live in the state).

Third, by disqualifying Tennessee....and the state you were apparently leaving (California or NY state)....you only have 47 states left (I should assume Alaska and Hawaii are both no-go places).  It appears that no one exits California....to move into Michigan, NY state, Illinois, or NJ.  

Fourth, the kind of people who get drawn into this type of chaos and propaganda....probably aren't the type of people you'd want as residents of your state anyway.  

In a way, it's become a reality TV show, with side-doors opening....characters walking across the stage (like VP Harris) and then exiting side-door on the other side of the stage.  You might applaud, but then you wonder....what is the real subject of the opera show you just watched. 

Can House Representation Occur Without Drawing Lines and Using Gerrymandering In Some Way?

 NO.

I sat and read through some blunt comments yesterday of an individual who wants absolute gerrymandering gone....that it's unfair and discriminants against the public.  

Once we established that 435 members is the limit, that the Census would give us the right balance, and then handed it to each state to manage....the ONLY outcome is using data and gerrymandering.  Both parties do it.

If you wanted to toss Gerrymandering?  Well...about the only two methods left is: (1) just have one big massive vote in the state to allow party percentages to occur and allow the parties to fill the seats (like the German method) or (2) dictate no lines and mandate that you have to use already existing country lines.  No one seems to respect the county line idea because there's some element of unfairness there as well.

Under the German method....it does not matter if 16 states exist or that you have 401 counties/districts.  You have one election....nationally, there is a split of party votes, and then you tell X-party they get 40 seats, and Y-party that they get 130 seats (remember there are usually six parties to get seats).  

Why all this unfairness about gerrymandering?  It's been around for over 200 years and you can make the case since the early 1900s....it's been data-driven.  The funny thing here, is that people with agendas....typically fail to mention that in their highly urbanized city (Chicago for example)....the districts in the city for city council.....are gerrymandered as well.  Portland is about the only US city in existence which avoids districts in the typical fashion.

A lot of hype over nothing?  I get that impression. It's like trying to make a Long Island Ice Tea, without any booze and be happy over the taste.  

This Dylan Mulvaney-Bud Light Episode

 Four observations:

1.  Frankly, I've never tried Bud Light in my life....while admitting I've probably tasted over 200 European beers, and around eight US/Mexican beers.  I'm pretty partial to German beers.....so this Bud hype is a mystery to me.

2.  Dylan Mulvaney a bit bizarre?  On my scale of one-to-ten.....I'd rate the character near '8'.  Perhaps not Alabama-crazy, but I'm not likely to sit next to the person on a flight.

3.  Did Bud management screw up?  For some reason, they felt there was a 'gain' in the mix.  I fail to see it. If they lost 10-percent of the balance?  It's not the end of the world, but if they were losing 20-percent on a permanent basis....yeah, it's a big deal.

4.  Finally, all of this occurred via Twitter for the most part.  It's curious how the the story just rumbled around for a week and was picked up.  

Good Quote To Remember

 

Harris Speech

“A democracy says you don’t silence the people, you do not stifle the people, you don’t turn off their microphones when they are speaking…That is not what a democracy does.”

-- VP Harris at a Tennessee University last night

Yeah, it is a bit difficult to grasp what she meant, and how she meant it.

She did try to voice it in a MLK-manner, which is not that typical for her, and it was probably not a wise manner to conduct the speech.

All of this referring to the three individuals in the Tenn state-house who were in the bad-boy/girl situation?  Yeah.

The problem for the Democratic Party at present....President Biden go and speak like Clinton or Obama, and if he did show up....hecklers would make the event into a circus.  So you are left with Harris.

Deception By Numbers

 I noticed this 'slide' brought around on social media today.....to lay out murders....mostly in southern states.

It's a deceptive 'slide'.

From Mississippi, if you deducted Jackson, Cleveland, and Pascagoula....the murder rate for the state would drop by 50-percent.

From Louisiana, if you dropped New Orleans, and Alexandria....the murder rate for the state would drop by half.

For Alabama, if you simply dropped Birmingham....around half of the state's murders would drop.

Tennessee?  If you dropped Chattooga, Memphis, Knoxville and Nashville....around half the state murder count would drop.

It's a BS statistic....trying to bundle states in this case of murder.  Where you have virtually no poverty.....you have virtually no murders.  

What are Boogaloo People?

 Well....these are people who 'IDENTIFY' as (notice how I worded this) a fairly loosely gathered group of far-right antigovernmental extremists.

They seem to chat a bit on inciting or creating a 2nd Civil War.  They have a tendency to always be pro-gun, leaning toward pro-white topics, shuffling around on neo-Nazi topics, and at times condemning racism/white supremacy.  

The odds of FBI infiltration?  I'd say it's 100-percent possible, and there might be more than a hundred FBI guys who are fake-boogaloo types (my humble belief).

Where the term originates?  Back in 1984....a movie came out called 'Breakin II: Electric Boogaloo'.  This was an American 'dance-musical' which centered mostly around a script where the local community center was supposed to be torn down.....and locals set off to oppose this.  They spent around $3-million on the movie, and via critics....it was mostly given a dismal review.

How this movie translates to the movement?  You'd have to be looped-up on drugs and booze....to figure some connection.  My gut feeling is that some FBI folks wrote up a white-paper on how to create a crazy movement, and just for the hell of it....put one together....just in time for the internet to carry it nation-wide.

If someone were to chat over them and try to convince you to come to some meeting?  I'd decline and limit this person who tried to entice me to marginal friendship (they probably are FBI-related in some way).