Five Humble Thoughts

 1.  On the Haitian-Springfield story....I've done some pondering.

The way this is rigged-up.....a bunch of folks (differing on number from 6,000 to 20,000 depending on who tells the story...'arrived' in a community of 60,000, then suddenly find housing.

I question this.....you can't find housing in any community to say a community of 'X' being able to accept 5-percent  of incoming folks (you can write a mathematical  formula for this).  If you had a town of 3,000....it's likely that you can't exceed 1-percent....meaning 300 new people.  To say more than 1-percent....there's something 'shady' going on.

So this housing?  If you say these were all Haitians without any real technical background....making minimum wage....the only way that you could fix housing is to offer up new house-trailer situation (figure $50,000 in costs to buy, deliver and set-up).....for a guy/gal/family who makes $1,800 after taxes/social security.  

This brings to the huge problem....there has to be fed home-vouchers influencing all of this to happen....where the Haitian family is getting $500 to $800 a month to cover cost of the home....maybe even $1,200 a month to cover the car business.

Did the mayor/city council all know of the vouchers ahead of time, and rigged housing/cars?  

If Trump arrives in January and halts the vouchers?  Well....that's the thing I reached last night in pondering this.  If the system collapses....with no vouchers, they'd all be hitting the street....probably leaving Springfield in a matter of 90 days.

2.  Diddy-climax?  I suspect when we get to early spring of 2025....more than 300 Hollywood types will be under some investigation.....connecting back to Diddy. Another curious thing....being in jail, I suspect this is the first time in 30 years....that Diddy has gone drug-free, and it's 'hellish'.

3.  To be honest, I'm at the point that I'd prefer appliances NOT to have SMART features.  I just want a stove that has some on/off button and a dial on temperature.  Same for a TV, radio, and dishwasher.  I counted on my washer....it's 32 settings on the stupid thing.  I have a living room fan, which offers a remote control situation (for my tab), and at least 40 different settings.

4.  I watched yesterday around 4 video clips of VP Harris from Friday....different locations/talks during the day.  In all four....she seemed either drunk or medicated.  You just can't get up at 6 AM....sipping a glass of wine by 9 AM, and accomplishing this six times throughout a day....to keep a buzz on.  Has to be cannabis or medication.

5.  Based on events I see unfolding over the past five years....I'm reaching a point where I don't see Charles Manson as that crazy.

My Pennsylvania Presidential Numbers Forcast

 In 2020, Joe Biden got 3,458,229 votes (about 50.1-percent) while Donald Trump got 3,377,674 votes (about 48.8-percent).

What's happened since then?  There's probably in the range of 150,000 newly registered Republican voters....the get-out-the-Amish-vote appears to be occurring (for Trump), and it would appear at least two counties that went 'blue' in 2020....will reverse to 'red' in this election.

All total?  I'm guessing Trump will top 3,600,000 and Harris will only manage3,100,000 votes.  

Getting people registered?  Yeah....that seemed to be a major issue that scored this time around.  

Ten Humble Feelings

 1.  This 2nd Trump shooter....seems to travel a good bit....yet has no real income.  Just odd, I think.  Either he's hooked-up to the CIA, or doing money-laundering for some folks.

2.  This week, there was a fair amount of talk about fake musicians....making AI-songs, and getting rich off the 'income'.  Imagine a fake Johnny Cash now existing and making $250,000 a year off AI.

3.   While some consider these talks by Kamala Harris to be 'torture'....I'm getting to the point of enjoying them....but I have to admit.....20 minutes is probably the max I can handle per day.  It's like watching a rocket-scientist guzzling half-a-bottle of whiskey and wondering how things will go in the chat.

4.  I expect some poll to arrive by November...saying 88-percent of aliens support Trump  over Kamala.  At least 1-percent of Americans will believe the poll.

5.  Whenever someone says the word 'fast-track'....I tend to question what they mean, and if their 'fast-track' meaning might equate to five years.

6.  Eventually, people that vote illegally....will end up getting a court summons, and come to grasp that by the time they pay a lawyer....just to represent them....they are $5,000 in debt  and likely to spend three months in some county-jail.

7.  You ever notice....in about 75-percent of Kamala Harris appearances....she wears a scarf?  

8.  To be honest, on influence of hyped-up Hollywood stars....about 99-percent of the time....I don't pay much attention unless they are talking about bar-b-q sauce or toilet paper.

9.  There seems to be some holy-angel factor going on with Trump...like he's got 12 angels deployed around himself constantly.

10.  I noticed a poll done in the UK....since Covid ended....about one-third of people don't really care about their work or their productivity.  

About The Beepers

 Around 15 years ago....a group of Israeli intelligence people met and discussed this crazy idea. 

They looked at Hezbollah (the Lebanese terror folks) and figured out three things: (1) communication between the bosses/commanders and the 'troops' was going to be a big deal, (2) that eventually cellphones/beepers would be the only way to communicate, and (3) that these Hezbollah folks weren't going to be super-smart on how they picked their electronic 'toys'.

So they rigged up a plan....with marginal cost. They lined up some combo of walkie-talkies and beepers.  

They put together a acquisition team....where they would find legit makers of the hardware, and get a clear deal to make such items....pretending they were European-made....when they were actually made in Israel.  Then they sold the items.....delivering them through another company.

Then they waited.

This week, the day came where they exploded the devices.

The dead?  Some folks think it's up near 400.  There's a minimum of 400 other folks were blinded (partially or fully).  Theres another group of guys....who probably won't be able to reproduce any kids for the remainder of their life.

Quietly, whoever dreamed up this whole thing.....they'd disappeared.  The odds that there's already another 15-year plan in place to  do this a second time?  I'd put the odds at 99-percent.  The odds that it's to be rigged via China? Yeah....I'd give it a 99-percent chance as well.

Permanently damage to Hezbollah?  Well...from the leadership prospective....I'd say trust in electronic devices is near zero. 

Trump And The Max Percentage On Credit Cards Talk

 This week, Trump talked up the idea of making the max that credit cards can charge on interest....to be set at 10-percent.

Odds of VISA and Master-Card agreeing?  Zero.

Odds of getting Republicans to agree in the House/Senate?  Near 10-percent (they might agree to set it at 19-percent).

I worked in a office with a female contractor (the multiple-marriage gal).  One day, I had lunch with her and my female co-worker.  Credit debt came up.

What the female contractor had....was around $85,000 in card debt.  Naturally, I was curious, so I asked....how did you arrive at this point?

Basic answer?  Around age 23, she signed up over a 1-year period.....to five credit cards.  

Over a 5-year period...she charged up around $45,000.....where she halted herself, but could not pay enough off on each card....so the 20-to-25 percent interest kept growing.

I asked....where did you spend the $45,000?  Well....this went off to five or six things (car repairs, trips to Vegas, new washer/dryer, weddings (3x), and gifts).  

So I asked....how much are you spending to get it down?  Well....she detailed this out....almost $1,800 a month of her engineer salary went to payments.  But even then.....without any use of the cards....she'd need at least 12 years.

If she'd had a 10-percent interest limit?  That would have helped.  The other thing though.....you need a absolute limit on each card....no more than $10,000, and you need a strategy where you don't do reckless vacations where 100-percent of the cost is covered by the credit cards.

It's been 16 years since that conversation.  I'm guessing she's pretty close to paying off the cards.  Twenty years of her life wasted on this?  That's my gut feeling.  

What happens to VISA if this was forced through?  Their profit margin diminishes in a harsh way (you'd need to dump their stock).   Would something appear to get around the 10-percent interest?  Oh, I have no doubt that some gimmick would occur.

This Oprah-Kamala Interview

 From this 90-odd minute 'interview'....I gave it my best shot.

Somewhere around the 20th minute....I paused, and went to the 30th minute....lasting around 10 minutes there, and then skipping ahead.  All total?  I made it to 45-odd minutes.

Frankly, when questions did come up....seeming legit....she answered like someone stoned-up, or boozed-up.  Bunch of words thrown together, and not really making that much sense.

People watching this and getting a ill-feeling?  I'd suggest most feeling weird and wondering if she was medicated.

There's at least three times where the camera caught Oprah's face, and she had this blank look.....like someone farted in the room.

I have this theory....hanging around Joe Biden for four years.....maybe some of Joe's weird 'chatter' rubbed off  on Kamala.

I just can't remember another election like this....where someone was totally disconnected from reality.

This 'Civil-War' Strategy?

 Well....as silly as it sounds.....Trump would win in November (maybe marginal victory....maybe an overwhelming victory, like 40 states in his favor).

Then you would approach early January, with the arrival of the House and Senate, who might under odd circumstances have a Democratic majority in each (I'm having serious doubts on this angle).  The House would meet and disqualify Trump on day one of their meetings. They'd hand this to the Senate on day two, and Trump would be disqualified from becoming President.

Vance?  No one says of this situation, but he might say it's a all-or-none deal, and refuse to participate.

What happens on 25 January 2025?  Well....without Trump or Vance...the short-term fix would be to appoint the Head of the House (Jefferies).

My humble view of what follows?  At least twenty states would refuse to participate in any business....recall their House/Senate members, and massive chaos would occur.

Wall Street?  I'd suggest a massive fall in stock values over a one-month period.

It's just a weird scenario to discuss, and would require a bottle or two of whiskey.  

I suspect Jefferies would last about 30 days max, and the replacement President probably will be forced to resign by early March.