Ten Observations

 1.  Somewhere in the next year....there's a over-correction to a over-correction to take place, and reality is going to be hard to grasp or understand.

2.  This Nazi-event in Columbus, Ohio over the weekend?  Everyone in red shirts/black pants/black shoes and a facial covering?  Hired-up people....probably paid $200 for a two-hour period.  Strangely enough....no journalists interested in where the clothing came from or who paid the fake-Nazis.  The other odd thing to ask....out of the forty-odd Nazis there....how many were Fed/FBI-undercover?  Two....maybe four?  

3.  The Fed right now?  They have a choice.....either go and save the general public from serious inflation....or go and save the banks to ensure cash-flow.  They can do.....but not both.  Some rumors indicate that two rate hikes will occur over the remainder of 2023....so inflation might be slowed down, but if so, there's to be more bank failures.

4.  This Putin comment: '95-percent of the world's terror attacks are orchestrated by the CIA'?  Probably wrong....I would suggest only 20-percent.

5.  I don't think a quarter of society can define the term 'unfair advantage'.

6.  This guy in Texas who killed a group of five....was a Mexican citizen who'd already been deported five times.  The weapon he had....illegally acquired.  Cops have yet to find him.

7.  I have cringe-or-anxiety problems every time that I see VP Harris approach a podium.  She's the only person I know....that will lump 44-word sentences....one after another.  

8.  Is there anything we can do to rid the world of this XX and XY Chromosome problem....so trans works?  Yes....end classes in science at the 4th grade and never bring up XX/XY chatter.  It would take a generation or two, but we'd eventually forget that XX and XY was ever discovered.

9.  I think it's possible now to be a millionaire, and dead-beat....at the same time.

10.  I noticed Joe Rogan's big quote from the weekend: 'No solution for the Democrats in 2024....other than Biden dying.'  It's remarkable that Joe can utter this, and probably 90-percent of society agreeing with him.

The Problem In Selling the Biden 'Brand' In 2024

 There are two Biden 'brands'.....one from 2020....and one that fits into the 2024 election cycle.  Selling each....requires a different approach. 

For each hundred folks that voted for Joe Bien in 2020....I would suggest from the independent side....more than half question his mental stability, and from the Democratic voter side....at least one in ten are shaking their head.

So getting 81.2-million votes a possibility in 2024?  I consider it near impossible.  Plus you have to discount the Covid trend that was mandated in most states.

How many fewer voters?  That's not possible to gauge, but it wouldn't really shock me if we were talking three or four fewer states in the Biden-win column, and a loss of 10-percent of the 81.2-million votes.  

But this leads me to the shock-value sudden episode developing....something where Biden suddenly announces in January of 2024.....he's got ill  health, and pulls out suddenly.....to allow Governor Newsom to suddenly appear.

I sat this past week and counted around a dozen different scenarios....where you could imagine the whole landscape changed in a matter of 24 hours, and the news media just grinning.

I could even see Biden arriving at the Convention in mid-summer 2024....announcing then he's bad-off, opening the Convention to Newsom getting the shock nomination.  

So prepare yourself....whatever you see today as the likely scenario...probably will not be reality in mid-2024.

My 'Dumbass Airman' Story

 I was stationed late in my Air Force career at a base, and about five miles away was a second Air Base (it's best not to mention either of the locations).

One day...an associate of mine at the second base (supervising around six folks) simply noted that Airman X...a guy who'd been at the base for six months was becoming a problem.  

It was a simple story.

Airman X arrived at the site....performed up to standards, never was late, and never had to be 'jerked-around'.....for about 90 days.  

Then one day....Airman X met Airman Wendy.  Airman Wendy was a dental technician....had various body tattoos....several piercings, and you'd probably describe her as eccentric, freaky, and weird.  

Over the course of 90 days....Airman X underwent a transformation.  He got a couple of body piercings, and had a public physical event with Wendy (with three or four folks watching).   Then on one weekend....X decided to get a particular piercing in a sensitive part of the body....in the barracks TV room....with Wendy doing the job, with a audience of a dozen folks observing. 

On Monday, this got back to the First Sergeant.  There was a fairly long counseling session that my associate had to endear, with the 1Lt of the shop and division chief attending, with X and the First Sergeant.  It was one of those drop-dead sessions where you were told what behavior was acceptable and what could not be acceptable.

For about three weeks....things ran fine.  Then the unit held a holiday bar-b-q....where Airman X and Airman Wendy arrived....both with some weird barb-wire head piece.  

The division chief (Lt Col) told my associate in the midst of this bar-b-q....come Tuesday morning....he was to accompany the Airman to his office.  

What transpired that Tuesday.....the Lt Col had gone to base legal and done his homework.  Out came the fitness paperwork....declaring the Airman not mentally fit.  

Up until that point, in most cases I'd seen in kicking people out....it normally took around two-to-three months to discharge people....unless they were nutcases.  

In this case, Airman X was walked to each point requiring dismissal, and the discharge paperwork was finished on Friday morning.  Flight arrangements were arranged for Saturday morning, and he departed Germany.  

It was one of those things where everyone in the shop was told not to bring up Airman X's name again or get into conversations about Wendy, the barbed-wire, or the piercing in the TV room.  It was to be forgotten history.

This ending Airman X's career, and his intense relationship with Airman Wendy?  Well.....yeah.  That's the thing about it.  Wendy stayed on....never affected by any of this.  The medical folks didn't see anything really wrong with her behavior.  That was the one odd part of the story....she continued on.

I've wondered about Airman X, and what became of him.  He probably asked himself later....where he went wrong, and how he got all messed up with Wendy.  Life is that way....you stumble into a pit and usually climb out.  In this case, he just kept lingering in the pit, and getting deeper as each day went by.  

My Redhead Story

 On day one of my Air Force period (1977)....I was at the recruitment center in Nashville, and four of us were set to leave in mid-afternoon for the boot-camp experience (San Antonio).  Three guys and a redhead gal.  I was from NW Alabama, the two guys were from Iuka, Mississippi, and the redhead gal was from the Hackleburg area of Alabama.

At the Nashville Airport, we were given the ticket by 'Sarge' and provided just three instructions....stay together, don't drift off, and hand over the 'records' at the boot-camp processing station.

Boarding the plane...we sat together.  The redhead gal got pretty talkative and seemed to be overly religious and very moralistic.  As the plane taxied around....she insisted we pray for a safe flight.  This being my first ever flight....I kinda wondered if this was necessary.

About 12 minutes later....the stewardess came around and offered up drinks.  The two Mississippi guys ordered beer....which got the redhead a bit disturbed and she told the stewardess that she didn't think that was right.  I asked for a Coke, and a small bottle of whiskey....which got the redhead more disturbed, and she said she was going to report the three of us once we got to boot-camp. I sat for the rest of the flight...fairly worried over getting 'reported'.

Getting into trouble on my first day in the Air Force....brought on anxiety.  

Once at boot-camp, the next 'Sarge' got about 8 seconds of the redhead's report, and told the redhead to concentrate on boot-camp.  That ended my anxiety.  

After that.....I didn't see the redhead for six weeks.  Then I ended up in Wichita Falls...at the Tech School....where on day one....they had a in-processing episode, and here was the redhead again.  This was an morning spent on 'I'm-ok-you're-ok' counseling.  

The Air Force for years and years....spent time each year on this 'I'm-ok-you're-ok' gimmick.  It was supposed to stress to you....that you needed to control your talk or commentary to some degree.  

She was attempting to explain some chapter out of the Old Testament (as much I could figure) and within her 'group'....she was acting in some 1977-version of 'woke' (in a extreme conservative way).

I didn't see the redhead again....for about two years.  

Then at Rhein Main Air Base....in the medical clinic....I sat in some hallway awaiting a vaccination.  Next to me was a open-door, and this conversation was underway between two people.   The subject was....the junior person had apparently had some paperwork done on them....to prevent/forbid re-enlistment.  

For about five minutes, I listened to this 'talk'.  The NCO was explaining that the airman was overly argumentative....constantly trying to one-up authority...everything was a battle. This attitude was continually creating tension within the group.  

Then it kinda hit me....this voice of the airman sounded familiar.  I got up and walked by the open-door, barely gazing over, and yes....it was the redhead from Hackleburg.  

Usually with this prevention-paperwork....it's just awful rare.  The few occasions I ever saw it used in the Air Force....usually for nutcases, serious alcoholics, or low-IQ people who never should have come into the military in the first place.

What happened to the redhead after her four years in the Air Force?  Over the years, I wondered about that.  I would imagine she went back to Alabama....maybe attended some university....probably became a teacher in this highly rural area of Alabama.  And yes, she probably continued to create tension out of thin-air.  

Five Things I Believe Today

 1.  I don't think Fox 'just suddenly' released Tucker Carlson.

I would imagine that by the end of 2022....they (Fox) were already discussing the next contract, and the potential of just not following a new contract.  

2.  On my 'thrill-index', just looking around at how the public has reacted to Joe Biden announcing his 2024 campaign....I'd say for each ten Joe-voters in 2020....I think at least four of them aren't that hyped-up or thrilled.  They were thinking Joe wouldn't run, and that Newsom would be the replacement.

3.  With this pronoun/misgendering gimmick....it's reaching the point where if you did bump into or have to engage upon such a person....you'd mentally 'mute' everything they say and in your mind....focus on them being mentally unbalanced.  Respect is non-existent. I think most people are headed that way, and the enraged crowd hasn't figured this out yet.

4.  Some massive weekend race in progress for FDIC to sell First Republic Bank....to literally anyone....before Monday AM.  Some weird belief that a massive tidal wave will occur.  Where the hell did this occur?

5.  Progress....in some cases....means nothing has changed in thirty years.  

Humble Opinions

 1.  VP Harris?  I think she's wired-up (mentally speaking) to jumble six thoughts into a 44-word sentence...whenever possible.  

I also think she's been that way all the way through high school and university.

I also don't think you can fix this, or cure her of this mental behavior (unless alcohol is involved).  

2.  If you gave most kids the choice of a drag-queen story hour, or an hour of circus clowns.....in 99-percent of the cases, the kids would select the circus clowns.

3.  Whatever definition guys had for 'whores' in the 1970s.....probably still works today.  No evolution or change has occurred.

4.  Presently, I'd say the brightest kid in some 6th-grade class....probably could debate President Biden and in 50-percent of cases....win the debate. 

5.  Tucker Carlson episode.  If you sell a flavor/brand of ice cream, and one-quarter of your profits revolve around that flavor/brand, you don't want to wake up and realize your whole operation is intensely attached to that flavor.  Fox came to that moment, and will attempt to invent a new flavor to make you happy.  If you don't like....then go elsewhere (we still live in a place where a thousand flavors exist).

6.  Existing without an ID on you.  I believe you can still exist in America....without any form of ID.  Naturally, you'd be living in some shack....gathering firewood, relying upon your good health and no prescription drugs.  You wouldn't be cashing checks, owning a car, or flying in a plane.  But you could survive, in the barest fashion possible.  But part of me just wonders....is this what people generally set as goals?

7.  Temptation is a cruel master....particularly if you are in a all-you-can-eat-buffet-restaurant.  A big platter of crappy two-star food....replaces logic/reasoning.   

8.  1991 was the last time that I touched a rotary phone.  I just started to think about that this week.  Over thirty years ago.....and I haven't missed it a single bit.

9.  The idea that all these dedicated transwomen will wake up and realize that only gay guys are interested in them....idolizing them for being a guy looking like a gal.....will unsettle the whole reality approaching us at lightning speed.

10.  I think we've reached a point where being 'kind'....probably won't work with a quarter of the population.  Once you identify such people....being 'unkind' is the only method to handle their behavior.  

Regulating Things Talk

 In my home state (Alabama)....there was a funny turn of events this week.

For over 200 years, the state had never seen a need to regulate drag shows.  They had regulated just about every 'arousal' show that had ever been introduced around the state, and decided this week...that things needed to be made clear on drag hows.

The new law basically says....you won't have a drag show in a library, a school or in the presence of school-age kids. Anywhere else?  Appears ok....if you wanted to do it at a gas station, cattle-sales barn, stripper bar....not a problem.  

I sat and pondered over this.  In 1977 when I graduated high school, if you'd brought up drag shows....most folks would have thought you meant 'tractor-pulls', then you would have corrected them.

Then they would have responded that yeah, they'd been at comedy shows (like the Grand Ole Oprey (GOO) type)....where men dressed up as ugly women.  In this case....you would have correct them again....saying it wasn't a ugly woman contest....but the 'OTHER' type.

In the whole state in 1977....I doubt if there was a single club that featured drag shows.  I might go as far as suggesting that drag shows probably didn't start to be a thing until after 2000.  

Today?  Far as I know....there's just one single place in the state which is a authentic drag show club, and it's in Birmingham.  That's it.  

Again, I go back to the GOO-mentality...I'd suggest that still today (2023)....a quarter of the population thinks what you are talking about is a ugly women contest with guys participating in comedy.

Did we need some law?  It's hard to say....but suggesting that some drag-queen show was open to 8-year old kids, why wouldn't the same 8-year old kids get a right to see a authentic topless stripper show (my humble opinion)?

It just seems like we are on some path where 'shock-values' are seeing how far things can go....before just about anything is accepted....even a 12-year old marrying another 12-year old.