Ten Humble Thoughts

 1.  I seem to 'cringe' an awful lot.  Meaning? I'll be watching some news program, and some idiot will say something that makes me think they are mentally ill, or dosing up on some nifty drugs.  I won't even hit mute....because I'd  like to see what else they might say in crazy-talk.

2.  It's just odd....when you have someone doing BOLD talk over misinformation...if you just halt the talk or a minute and ask 'what is a woman'....the misinformation chatter will halt the conversation.  

3.  If you asked Kamala Harris why clouds move....she'd likely respond: 'I grew up in a middle-class household'.  

4.  Eventually....some American guy who speaks Spanish well...will walk into Mexico legally....re-enter the US illegally, get caught, and be integrated into Homeland Security's database as 'Juan Sanchez'.  He'll get a $10k credit card....get a bus ride to New York City, and sit in a $200 a night hotel for a month.   The story will be made into a HBO series, and shock people how easy it was.  He'll eventually go through a English-language school....get hired at minimum wage....live in a house with sixteen other migrants, and vote illegally under the name of Juan Sanchez.  

5.  With each week that passes since Joe Biden dropped out of the race....he seems more sane and competent.  Was he drugged-up for the past four years?

6.  It seems like half the sixteen year old kids in America....are hyped up about 'rights'.  

7.  I read this week....the vacation trend for 2025....appears to be 'sense of adventure'.  Meaning?  Trekking off into the jungles of Peru.....spending two weeks in a Vienna ballroom dancing school....or spending a week  on the streets of San Francisco. 

8.  Selling Twitter off to Elon, was the biggest mistake ever for the Democratic Party.  

10.  Seventy-two-percent of Gen Z females were polled and said  "mental illness is an important part of my identity."

I paused over this for several minutes.  They are in some form....happy over their mental illness and admit it without any hesitation.

Could you....as a boss go out and hire such a person....even if to sell pet supplies?

'Lost' Revisited

 About two weeks ago, I started re-watching 'Lost' (the TV series).  I'm about half-way through season one at present.   Ten comments:

1.  I finished off 'Lost' in 2010, and haven't watched it since.   To be honest, I was rather disgruntled by season five  and six. Seasons one through four?  It was probably the best written series that TV ever produced.   

2.  My heroes of the series?  Mostly Hurley, Mister Ecko, and Desmond. 

3.  This whole time-travel gimmick, flash-forward, flash-sideways and hell-versus-heaven  concept?  It failed in the end.

4.  How Hurley survived on the island....never losing weight?  I kept coming back to this key point.

5.  'Little Smokey'?  It made no sense.

6.  Doctor Artz...the high school science teacher?  The guy who got blown up after showing up in one single episode?  I kept thinking....what if he'd survived and been around at the end.

7.  Selling me on polar bears on the island?  It didn't work.

8.  Too many characters with speaking parts?  This was a big negative to me.  Through the six seasons....there must be at least a thousand characters.

9.  Too many 'hints'?  Per each episode....I'd say you got at least 15 serious 'hints', and at least half of them....in the end....meant nothing (just added to make the show 'juicy').

10.  Finally....in the end to counter the evil 'John Locke'.....I would have preferred Mister Ecko to pick up the task (instead of Jack). 

Three Things

 1.  When some idiot says their friend flipped 360 degrees.....it literally means they are back  to where they started.  You need to utter 180 degrees, or else just keep your mouth shut.

2.  I sat and watched some video clip of Harris doing a Mexican forum talk.....with people asking questions, and she'd respond.

At some point....I noted as the camera moved around the room....Harris was getting verbal comments from the monitor in front of her....so it wasn't really her responding....it was a 2nd person talking via  Harris.  

3.  Presently, I'm counting 6 accents by Harris.  Amazing....all these years and just one single accent, then suddenly she bumps her head and gets 5 more.

Argentine Story

 I read a 20-line piece from Argentina this AM.  Odd order given by the government there.

They've identified 40,000 government official jobs....which require a aptitude-test.  If you pass...you are offered a contract for your current job.  If you fail?  No  contract  for your current job.  'Up-or-out'...would be my description.

If you count all gov't employees in the country....local, state, federal....they have around 2.7-million people....so I imagine that the 40,000 are mostly 'bosses' or supervisors/chiefs.

Any guesses to pass/fail rate?   Not really.  I would imagine  that if you were 30 years out of school or university....the odds might be against you passing....meaning that your score will be less than 60-percent. 

If 10,000 fail?  Well....they get sent to the civilian sector and probably a pay-cut.  Then you go and offer a temp promotion to some folks into the chief's positions.....then you test them.  Eventually, you might weed-out 100,000 employees out of the gov't sector.

Fixing Climate Change

 I sat and pondered over this story.  After a while, I felt guilty.  

I've taken a few breaths over the years.  On some occasions while working out or jogging in  my youth....I probably  took an excessive number of breaths.

What we can all do?  I'd  suggest that on every 5th minute....we hold it for 30 seconds, then exhale.  

Five Things I Think

 1.  I think the key to Diddy being in jail....his little-helpers at various times over the past 20 years....sold tapes of the sex-action to bidders (say half-a-million).

The bidders?  They turned the tape around and went to the guilty party on the tape, and blackmailed for a million.  You might have have five-hundred folks....who've lost $20-million each....trying to cover their ass.

So I think this group of guilty folks finally went to the FBI and they added up the amount ($1-billion-plus) of tax-free funds that moved around.

Just a theory.

2.  I don't think Barak Obama coming out this final month to campaign for Kamala Harris....helps.

Maybe some media types or news journalists still feel some Obama-thrill, but that's not true for the black community.

3.  To be honest, saying FEMA is coming to help/save you....might not thrill folks.

4.  Up until recently, Sweden never did have to make a law to prevent you from marrying your cousin.  The Swedes recently decided....'enough', and made a new rule, but it won't  be forced until 2026.  So if you wanted to marry a first-cousin....you'd best do it soon.

5.  Among black guys voting this time.....I think more than 75-percent will vote for Trump, with NY City black guys probably voting near 90-percent.  

IQ Chatter

 I sat and watched an interview yesterday....podcast guy talking to a PhD-gal who specialized in education.

So at some point, PhD-gal notes that US colleges have reached a point where just about anyone can sign up, and get in the front-door.  Reflecting upon this....she then noted that low-IQ folks  now have the greatest opportunity in history....to attend college.

I reviewed a number of sources.  The college crowd generally believes that getting inside the door of a college....requires a IQ of 115 (minimum).  I should note here....100 is considered the 'average' of society (in America).

However, a study done in the 1990s....says that even at a IQ  level of 85....most folks can survive basic college (probably not engineering or the sciences).

Going back to the PhD-gal....she commented at some point, if you had low-IQ folks (say at 85) attending, if they did graduate....there's nothing much to really say they improved their low-IQ situation.  This group would also go  out and impress people as intellectuals....when they were still low-IQ.

At the end....I pondered, if the low-IQ folks graduated college and got jobs teaching at high schools, then all they'd produce were low-IQ high school folks.  Evidence?   Well....you just look around and start to grasp how crappy things have developed into...over the past thirty years.