I am a fan of the TV series 'Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage'. Along about the 10th episode....I came to realize....it's an attempt to run a modern-day 'Our Town' play (by Thornton Wilder).
A bit of humor, human reactions, successful failures, and a taste of drama.
1. I don't take anyone that feels the need to announce their pronouns seriously....on any given level whatsoever. Doesn't matter if they manicure nails, dig ditches, or sing gospel.
2. I tend to believe almost a quarter of Americans are useless in any occupation or job.
3. If the federal government 'fake-jobs' routine never returns....there's probably two million people who seem destined to brew coffee for people.
4. In my mind....a $4,800 Louis Vuitton bag....in reality....is probably a really nice Sears $99 bag.
5. I've reached a point where I think half of what is portrayed on the news....is propaganda at best.
I tried to make sense out of this Minnesota story this AM.
The state food-bank CEO...stepping down....when the legislature came to realize that they were paying this person $721,000 PER YEAR.
Up until that point....on paper, the highest paid state worker....was Ahmed Shabeer, a psychiatrist at the Anoka Regional Treatment Center.....making $581,000 a year.
From my home-state of Alabama....the highest-paid state worker is David G. Bronner, the CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA). His pay (2023) was $834,000. Course, he's paid to make sure the state retirement system is profitable and not about to collapse.
Just shaking my head.....you basically need Elon's DOGE crew multiplied by fifty and sent out across the various states.
1. This talk of the US spiraling into a recession now?
Well....there are key factors existing in 2023....which suggest the US was in a recession then, and more so in 2024. Grok quote: "Some observers point to early 2023 concerns—like a prolonged yield curve inversion (a historical predictor of recessions) or the banking stresses following the collapse of three U.S. banks—as potential recession signals. However, these did not translate into broader economic contraction. GDP growth defied expectations of a downturn (many economists had predicted a recession with 0.2% growth), and the banking issues were contained without triggering systemic decline".
2. Does the tariff-war and recession alleviate the bank-worry-collapse?
Well....NO. The banks are still holding failed commercial property loans, and unsellable commercial buildings (malls, hotels, restaurants, etc).
3. NY Prosecutor Leticia James? Seems to be fair amount of proof of mortgage fraud, income tax fraud, campaign finance fraud, and state disclosure law fraud. I'd say a 50-50 possibility that she's charged up by early 2026.
4. China seems ready to ban the import of US films in China as retaliation against US tariff action. Black-market opening? I'd suggest more than 100,000 Chinese will be engaged in such behavior.
5. US and Iran having face-to-face talks on Saturday. In terms of economic crippling.....Iran is in a pretty deep pit currently.
6. FBI has now released the writings of the Nashville trans shooter....held for 3 years. Audrey Hale wrote a lot of blunt BS over her leftist hatred of whites & America.
This will beg a lot of questions....what was she doing the whole previous decade, and who she was hanging out with. This decline in mental health? Plainly hidden from family and doctors. This plan to kill people? Probably five years in the making.
Added note....in 2011....after a couple of years of treatment starting at age 6....at Vanderbilt....she had been diagnosed with anxiety disorder, social phobia, dysthymia, major depressive disorder, and autism spectrum disorder. Full blown by the time she was a teenager. In simple terms....she should have been in a highly controlled compound.....by probably age 12.
This increased around age 18....going off to the Air Force, and at least once a week....I'd encounter a new stupid person. My patience was often tested....like Daniel in the pit of lions.
Somewhere around age 55....my patience rapidly drained with stupid people. I usually require 30 second to note the status of a person, and if the problem can't be rectified in 30 second.....I turn and leave.
The challenge of watching CNN? Well....I often identify this spiral and simply hit mute. It's like they go out of their way to find stupid people....put them in a Wal-Mart-suit or $99 Sears dress....trying to convince me that they only have 'mild-stupidity' or 'stupidity-that-comes-and-goes'.
It'll surprise me on occasion....they start off saying they have a degree from Yale, or some science degree from MIT, or maybe a PhD from Hocus-Pocus-University. Then you come to realize about 3 minutes into their talk.....it's mostly BS, with a fact or two.....selling you something that relates some magic-bean-product, or invisible-jacket.
I do acknowledge.....we need stupid-people....mostly to remind us how corrupted the world is....and that we should pay attention to what is said or suggested. But it just seems like there are a lot of them.
There's a new product that drive-around German food-wagons are selling.
So you go and buy a medium-sized bag of Dorittos (figure 1,350 calories).
You go to the food-wagon 'boss' and ask for the special. He opens the Dorittos bag (along the side). He adds pork or chicken or thin strips of beef. Then he adds peppers, cheese, bar-b-q sauce, and some half-cup of seasoning.
End? You have a bag with about 5,000 calories, before you even get to the Pepsi or Coke.
1. As the Berlin Wall fell....basically....for the first 24-hours....99-percent of people walked from old East Germany....into free democratic West Germany. Some lingered for hours.
2. Just odd.....enormous number of women having public toilet 'phobia'....thinking that transwomen are there and using it. Imagine it was 1975.....where no such phobia existed at the time.
3. Just interesting.....Idaho, Missouri, and Iowa, have found over 300,000 ineligible voters in their voting lists. Some are dead....some are inactive (having left the state), some are non-Americans...and some are simply duplicate listed (meaning they probably moved from country-to-county).
4. You could list a hundred potential questions for Kamala Harris, and find that even if she pre-read the questions the day before....there was a 50-50 chance that she'd be unable to remember the 'answer'. Just makes you wonder how she ever made it in college.
5. Just odd....roughly a hundred countries had tariffs against the US, and these 'experts' are saying 'in-general'.....tariffs are BAD.
6. Odd statistically speaking....of all 2024 dead females in Spain with a known killer....half of the known killers are non-Spanish and non-EU guys.
7. Amazon MGM is planning a ‘Fresh, Exhilarating New’ James Bond Movie. I'm just a bit skeptical of what they mean by 'fresh' or 'exhilarating'.
8. About 20 years ago....I rode in a Jaguar Land Rover with a co-worker to lunch. Overly designed, highly technical (gadgets) and more of a luxury vehicle than the 1960s design which was made to handle elephant attacks, and crossing jungles. Today? Would I buy one? No.
9. Just seems to be an awful lot of people...consumed by some 'battle' going on between GOOD and EVIL Probably half the 18-to-25 year old 'kids' now see life as some Avengers landscape.
10. New study done (Epoch reports this)....ALMOST half of depression patients now fail to respond to antidepressants. They indicate....multiple treatments are now in this category.
Meaning? Well....all that crap that kids got....then evolved into young adults....have reached a peak point. Either we find new treatments....or admit long-term depression is around the corner any day now.
11. If I were flipping channels and came to a 1960s Merlin Perkins-and-Jim episode....where they were in some rhino-attack, or handling a 20-foot long python situation....I'll stick with the show and watch the remainder.
12. I think its reaching the point where you have to treat/judge one out of five American adults (appearing over age 18) at the maturity-level of a 11-year old kid. I would not have patience to be a cop or security guard or Nat'l Park Ranger.
