Seven Things To Be Honest About

 1.  In all the years of use of Yahoo, Google, YouTube, and the one year of Twitter use....there's NOT a single product/service advertised....that I purchased.  Nothing.

I suspect if you asked a thousand people....more than 900 of them would say the same thing.

2.  If I walk into a hardware store (like Home Depot)....I'm there to buy something already in my mind, and needed to for a project.  I've never walked in, with intent of browsing.

3.  Based on the suggestion of cocaine/drug use....I'd say out of the past dozen years....for Hunter Biden, he probably doesn't remember much of anything for twelve months of that period.  It's not a bad thing, but 99-percent of people aren't of this type of memory 'loss'.

4.  If you review all of the J6 coverage, you come to this odd situation where 99-percent of the accused or convicted J6 people....are men.  The gals?  Either they stayed home, or were in some DC bar drinking while their guy was 'flag-waving'.  Just odd on the statistical average of this.

5.  My mute-button-finger is getting awful sore.  I seem to be hitting mute at least twenty times a day now.

6.  Is there really anything worthwhile on Disney-plus streaming video to have the service?  

I joined in the service back in the early part of Covid.  After about 30 hours of use....I came to the point where whatever remained (probably 3,000 hours of stuff)...wasn't of interest to me.  By the 7th month.....I quit.  Maybe they are adding new material every month or two, but it's of zero interest to me.

7.  Reviewing crappy behavior of House/Senate members.....there's probably two-dozen folks who need to be either expelled, or sent off to their district/state jail-house.  Both parties have issues.

Things That Offend Me

 I have to be truthful....in terms of offend-to-the-ninth-degree.....like I see with some folks at the airport situations or in some shopping situation....I'm not that way.

1.  It does offend me when I go to the Air Force clinic, and I have that questionnaire to fill out....asking me if I smoke or how much I drink.  Since the 1990s when they started this 'crap'....I've probably had the questionnaire or some verbal questions posed...at least thirty times.  I've often thought about admitting I smoke cannabis or that I drink a case of beer each evening....just to get the 12-minute lecture of good health.  Lately, they've added one....do I feel down-and-out or depressed?  

2.  It offends me when I'm at a bakery...buying coffee and one single pastry....to have the clerk remark that today is such-and-such, and that I can buy one pastry and get the second one free....when I really don't want to eat the second pastry.

3.  It offends me when I'm in a elevator with some woman who has dosed herself with six times the legit amount of perfume, and I feel like passing out from the fumes.

4.  It offends me when the wife has gone out and bought single-ply toilet paper, and then 'issues' it to me....saying that we save money by her effort.

5.  It offends me when I'm out on the German economy, and order a Coke (in a glass) and they bring the Coke out....with two single small ice cubes.  

6.  It offends me when I'm at the gym/fitness studio, and I observe four young lads (say 16 to 20 years old) who spend about eight minutes actually working out, and the other fifty-odd minutes BSing about some crappy date or reciting fitness BS they heard....while just standing there.  Either get serious about working out, or go back to the bad date gal and share your anger with her.

7.  It offends me at a beach when some fifty-year old gal is dressed as brief as you can imagine....while weighing 200 pounds, and I'm trying hard as heck not to observe or comment.

8.  It offends me while at a German restaurant where I might need ketchup, and they want to bring a packet out for me....at 50-Euro cents.   I suggested to the wife that we ought to carry a bottle of ketchup in her purse when we eat out....to which I was told it was a bad idea. 

Three Things I Got Out Of Elon's 'F*ck-em' Interview

 First, when you add up all the productions of the past decade, there's not much doubt that Disney is on the negative side...producing mostly crap entertainment (either by accident or intentionally.....which I can't figure out that end-game). 

Second, Elon isn't fascinated by money.  I think he could go broke tomorrow, and it would not bother him.

Third, his statement of folks going around to say they are accomplishing something, but the end-product is sh*t/crap/bogus?  I've generally felt this way for twenty years now.  Toward the end of my Air Force era....you could see signs of fake accomplishments being the norm, and it bothered me.

Funny review of Disney stock....going back to 1970s.....your return on the stock if you bought it when Walt was around....is 8,400-percent gain.  Think about that.

Past five years?  17-percent loss.  Peak around 2020?  Yeah, and it's on a trend line for more losses unless change comes, or they break the company up into pieces.

DeSantis and Newsom Debate

 I watched between 30 and 40 minutes of the debate, and I'll make 4 observations.

1.  Lets all be honest, having a one-on-one debate is better than this crap of 5 or 6 guys up on the stage who get two or three minutes to say 'something'.

2.  Once DeSantis held up the poop-map....that carried the audience to his side.  'Mister-Poop' lost points.

3.  I wasn't that thrilled over either guy, and if asking me to place a vote for either....I' rather step out and get a hair-cut.

4.  Newsom looked 'great' (suit-wise, tan, smirk, etc).  Just seemed very 'Hollywoodish'.  

Q-and-A

 1.  After viewing this comical chatter over Mrs Carter's funeral, and Melanie Trump showing up in a gray jacket, not a black jacket....is there anything 'wrong' in fashion committed?

I'm no Tom Ford, but gray or black are perfectly acceptable for funerals.  Air Force uniforms are perfectly acceptable.  

Wrong attire?  Tennis shoes, white ties, and Klan suits.  

Beyond that, this is a bogus discussion.

2.  Is it just odd that a big-time Black Lives Matter organizer came out this week for Trump in 2024?

The guy (Mark Fisher)....went and said that Trump was a better choice over Biden.  Far as I can tell....he wasn't drunk or doped-up.  It does make me pause and wonder if the UFO guys are now manipulating society.

3.  Isn't it odd that when you see Elon Musk....he's not on some $300-million yacht, or attending some Hollywood party in a $20,000 suit, or wearing a half-million-dollar 'bling'?

Yeah....you get the impression....money isn't all that important.

4.  To avoid getting incited or angry....wouldn't it be better to avoid news content entirely, and go back to cowboy westerns, sex content, and cooking  shows?

It seems logical....social media and the news media.....have to clear their establishment and shut-down....if you wanted hate-speech to be zeroed out.

The Pause

 Last week, CNBC did an interview with Elon Muck. You can view a portion of it here (off Youtube).....about five minutes worth.

CNBC journalist is trying to 'key-in' on Elon's often public comments and why he has to do it.

So note at the 2:20 minute point....where the question has been thrown at Elon, and you see this 15-second pause, and his eyes are in some calculation situation where he is assembling the 'data' to deliver.

It's an interesting aspect where you don't answer the question immediately but you reflect upon the twenty possible answers to give, and eliminate nineteen of them for varying reasons.  

We probably should all reflect and think in this fashion.

Ten Things I Expect To Happen In 2024

 1.  I expect a record number of US banks to announce crisis changes to business operations, with fees likely to double, and limits to cash withdrawals.

2.  Over the next 268 days (when the Democratic Convention), I expect enthusiasm for Joe Biden to decrease to epic levels....where eight out of ten people polled....want him  to exit in 2025.

3.  We will reach a level where disinformation....is openly dumped on the public....about disinformation.

4.  Memphis will pass Chicago on the dangerous city list.

5.  A majority of Americans will want insane asylums re-opened in 2024....asking this to be a top ten political priority.

6.   Fifty-percent of all newly created conspiracy theories in 2024....will remarkably be proven factual within 365 days.

7.   Three-quarters of Americans in 2024 who admit millionaire-status....will also say that they are 'middle-class' and just barely making it. 

8.  A new fashion trend will start up in the US....where men and women dress in tactical Army-like clothing....confusing the public because the police already dress in this style.

9.  A poll in 2024 will show two Americans out of ten....feel oppressed in some way but can't exactly define oppression.

10.  A record number of male juveniles will identify as girls....participate in girl's sports....just to be bully-types.