Pronoun Chatter

 I sat and read over aa Twitter comment today, and it's been on my mind.

Topic?  Trying to play the pronoun game with hyper-sensitive people.

In dealing with people...even for a 1-minute situation at a coffee shop or pizza situation....I really don't care to KNOW you.  I don't want to know your name, your likes, your hardships, your woes, or your mental condition.  It's nothing personal, but you can figure on a 365 day cycle....there's only about forty people that I meet multiple times.  The other 3,000 people....it's probably a single chance meeting...where I'm asking for a cup of coffee, turning the car over for a tune-up, or asking the butcher just for deli items.   

To get all into this pronoun business....it's like you expect me to return or really get to know you.  That's not going to happen.

If I had to compliment you on clothing?  Well...even when I worked in the Air Force period....other than telling you to get a haircut or shine your boots....I'm not going to say much positive over your attire.  

It just seems like some people are asking for people to get to know them...in some vast way that isn't normal.  

Five Things I Expect To Happen In 2024

 1.  I expect some revealing of alien/UFO technology to occur, and at least two companies named as holding of such technology.  One will be in the military technology sector, and the other in vaccine technology.  Both will have their CEOs subpoenaed to a House hearing, and both will refuse to engage...citing a 1970 Nixon executive order.  

2.  I expect at the Republican convention (15 to 18 July) that CNN will utter the phrase of 'Hitler' at least 788 times in describing Trump.  By the end, some non-CNN analyst will suggest that CNN staged a propaganda show....worthy of the Nazi regime of the 1930s.  

3.  I expect Governor Newsom to emerge out of the Democratic Convention (19 to 20 August) as the Presidential candidate.  I expect various riots and demonstrations to occur...making the focus of the Newsom less productive during the convention there in Chicago.

4.  I expect around 15,000 high school kids to return after summer vacation...to self-identify as 'demons'...with actual demonic names, and acting out as crazy-nutcases as they progress into the new year of high school.

5.  I expect both the Air Force and Army to admit major recruiting problems, and showing a willingness to pay a $100,000 bonus for a five-year contract.  Even that will not change the trend.  

On The Topic Of Leprosy

 I saw this in health news....new outbreak in the border states of the US....Leprosy.

It is a curable disease, but it takes a bit of effort.

As for going from one person to another?  You'd have to be around the Leprosy guy/gal for weeks at a time....for you to get it. 

Freaking out folks?  Well, yeah....if you said in some community that it'd been discovered...people would have some serious level of fear.

Just A Fading Memory Now

 One of my favorite episodes from the Covid era (2020-2022) was a visit in mid-2020 to my local German car repair shop.

This was the sign outside the building....which was limiting entry to just 2 customers at a time....so I had plenty of time to analyze it.

They were offering a 49.99 Euro deal (around $58).....they would disinfect your car....killing the crappy Covid 'bugs'.

When I finally got inside....some old lady was asking about the service....she'd just dropped off a friend, and was worried that maybe the friend had Covid.

When the lady left and I came up....I asked the guy bluntly....what was the 'service'.  

Well....it was a misty solution they'd bought....I stopped and asked....so it's a commercial house-cleaner?  

Well....yeah, was his response.  With a fresh-lemon scent....he noted.

I stopped him and asked....isn't this like 2.99 Euro for a full-up bottle?  Well....yeah, he responded.  So I could do the same thing myself and not waste the 49.99 Euro?  Yeah....he grumbled.

They ran this service for several months.  I would imagine at least two or three people a day showed up and asked for the deal.  So in a month, there's probably 120 of these service deals to come up.  

Some smart 12-year old kid could have offered the same type service....for 6.99 Euro.  

Conspiracy Chatter

I spent about an hour this AM....pondering over this news item.  In summary, some scientists (you are left to wonder what their field is about)....believe that regular people doing research...are triggering themselves to format something that is a conspiracy is faked-up.

How?  Well....as you read over some story that sounds fake, the scientists say there are empty 'pits' of reality or data....to reach a conclusion.  In their mind, a conspiracy should remain a conspiracy, and never proven faked-up.

The fact that scientists and researchers readily go back and update/correct things they said were 'facts' to start withh?  Well....yeah, that's a problem by itself.

About That Balloon Business

 I pondered for the last day or two...over a national story that I read.  Apparently, when all that Chinese balloon business occurred (early on)....the White House was set to a decision....to keep the public from finding out about the balloon.  No balloon....no worry.

Why?  Well....no one can really say.  I'm sure after the holidays...one of the chief questions to be posed to the WH press-spokesperson....will be 'why'.

So I analyzed this from several prospectives.  

Their vision?  They probably thought it would be like some satellite, and just not visible to the normal eye (that was NOT the case).  But maybe in talks with Biden....he just kept you can't see balloons that high up.

Then I thought....as dementia prone as Biden is....maybe he's got people around him who think the the same way he does.

But this led me to a meeting-mentality....where you have eight folks in a room....suddenly keyed-up on a balloon threat from China, and the general discussion wasting ninety minutes of your time....with no one really wanting to engage upon the idea of shooting it down.  Chief reason?  How would you explain this on CNN?

These are simply rough times for the average White House 'expert'.  You get dragged into a meeting with the boss....knowing that he's mentally ill-prepared for the job, and crappy situations demand some kind of response.     

Hot Political Chatter

 States planning an agenda to remove Biden's name from ballots: Georgia, Penn, and Arizona.

States planning an agenda to remove Trump's name from ballots: Alaska, Arizona, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Carolina,  Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

I would imagine by mid-January....at least ten more states will go remove either Trump's name or Biden's name.

What may happen here?  It's possible that two dozen states end up in a refusal to have a Presidential ballot....meaning that the Electoral College is not capable of working....and everyone goes into mid-January to vote by state's House members.  

Odds of states rigging a new selection system (redrawing districts) to ensure maximum Democrat Party 'wins'?  Yeah, it's possible.