Five Humble Thoughts

 1.  I think everyone should have the right to multiple 'due-processes'....until they get the judgement they believe is 'correct'.  Even if it takes 14 years to reach the right-decision.

2.  I think by 2032's Presidential election....more than 40,000 Americans will be on the payroll somewhere....serving as audience-members, and bused from  political-event to political-event....making over $32,000 a year in this capacity.

3.  At some point, the Harvard University management will wake up and suddenly realize....with gov't funding.....they can't survive.  At that point, yearly tuition will flip to $125,000 a year.

4.  This Luigi Mangione-character....indicted on federal charges for the murder of United Healthcare CEO....is now eligible for the death penalty.  Even if given the  death penalty....it could take 20 years for all appeals to conclude.

5.  I watched a news piece this week....roughly two-percent of Trump voters from 2024....regret their action now.

Oddly, two-percent of Harris-voters....also now regret their voting action.  

DC Chatter

 I was reading through DC news this AM, and this odd topic came up....restaurant  failures in DC.  

A study was released in the past week....stating around 44 percent of restaurants were on the verge of failure. 

What was causing the trend?  Three basic things: inflation, no willing nature to pay higher prices, and credit card swipe fees increasing.

I lived in the region for 3.5 years (2010 to 2013).  I would make a blunt statement here....suggesting that roughly half the restaurants in the region were marginally worth eating at.  You'd sit through a dinner....grumbling over the quality, and then get the $25-to-$35 bill.  

The worst experience?  At a military enlisted club (I'll leave the location out)....to eat Thanksgiving dinner.....priced at $99, and noting about 2 minutes into the dinner....it was entirely cooked in some funny Asian style. 

Gang Chatter

 According to the FBI (2016 numbers), approximately 33,000 violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs, and prison gangs are criminally active in the U.S. 

This came before Tren de Aragua (TdA) (the Venezuelan gang) came into the US, and before various 'others' (including Chinese groups) arrived in the Biden-wave.

So if you were asking real numbers....for gangs, it's probably up toward 42k to 45k gangs total in the US.

This behavior seen in the last week with the Democratic Party?  I would take a guess over the next year.....countering the gang situation will become a major topic, and the public is going to demand a lot more action.

Three Q-and-A

 1.  Does REAL ID change much of anything?

As long as your state requires a birth certificate (or  passport, which required a birth certificate)....you know you have Americans traveling.  However, I'm pointing this out....when this day comes and only REAL ID travelers may fly....how many tens of thousands of non-Americans will be at the airport....denied to their flight?

I'm only suggesting....there's to be a massive collapse of air travel on 7 May 2025, and if you were aiming to travel....expect massive chaos.

2.  What's to  become the hoax-Maryland-guy.....Kilmar Abrego Garcia?

Well...since the Tenn story came out....where two or three years ago....state troopers pulled him over while he was hauling illegals, and were going to arrest him....then they got a call from the FBI....to release him...it's obvious that he's a FBI-asset.

As soon as MS-13 realizes this....he's doomed.

3.  Is IRS collapsing?

Well....20k are considering taking a deal to exit the agency (sooner, than later).

Lecture BS

 My German wife wanted to play a YouTube video for me last night....I guess a effort to lecture me and draw me back from the 'dark-side'.

Topic?  Non-Americans....some NY City lefty comedian, and Social Security contributions for 2024.

So this comedian came out and did a public session on the street....trying to tangle with Trump-people.

The gimmick?  The comedian wanted to point out that all these migrants are working and paying into the system....for 2024....a sum of 20-odd billion dollars.  

He worded this twice....in a odd-way....suggesting a sum ONLY for 2024. He didn't seem to want to discuss 2020 or 2018, or 2015.  Just odd.

After the 2nd occasion, I stopped the wife's lecture and noted....Biden's crew for 2023 and 2024....handed out work-papers and Social Security numbers...even though Green Cards had NOT been approved for the folks yet.

So for some of 2023....there are absolutely contributions going on by non-Green Card carrying foreigners,  and even more so for 2024.

A problem to resolve now?   Well....I'm not sure how the fix would work.   The stay-papers were legal, and the Social Security contributions were legal as well.  

Typically, you wouldn't issue out the Social Security numbers unless certain conditions were met....but in this case....an invented new method came out of thin air.

What Does 'Due-Process' Really Mean?

 Well.....it could be one of three things:

1.  It could mean one-hundred-and-sixty man-hours of judge, court, police and defense time.

2.  It could mean sixty man-hours spread over a six-month period, with the judge, court, police and defense time.

3.  It could mean six minutes of court time, with the judge telling you that he reviewed your case paperwork in 15 minutes, and found you were wrong (maybe even saying 'damn-wrong').

'Talking-dogs'....like you see on CNN....I doubt if they've ever been inside of a normal city-or-county court.

Fitness, Exhaustion, Injury

 For the first ten years in the Air Force....my fitness level....on a scale of one-to-ten....probably was a '4'.  I jogged a 1-to-1.5 miles twice a week, lifted weights for 20 minutes once a week, and did 30 sit-ups a week.  

About a year after arriving in Tucson...I moved my fitness-level  to a  '7'.  I was jogging 3 miles five times  a week, lifting weights twice a week (20-minutes) and doing 30 sit-ups/30 push-ups five times a week.

About six months into this....I started to have 'problems'.  Eventually, I went to the base clinic, and they immediately referred me to the base 'sports' doctor.  They'd actually gone out and hired someone with the credentials.  

She wanted me to bring in my jogging shoes.  We got into this chat.

Looking at the monthly mileage....my $65 tennis shoes couldn't last more than two months.  She said I'd have to go toward higher quality shoes ($120 a whack).  Even then....she was suggesting a new pair every six to nine months.

She dragged me to other weight machines....to lessen anything on back muscle use.

Then we got onto this odd topic.  The Air Force....up to the mid-1980s....had a yearly average for knee problems, hip replacement, etc.  All this hyped-up athletic BS?  By the late 1980s....they were now seeing an average of twenty people a year (from the base) who needed orthoepic surgery.   

Her job?  Basically to reroute people to lesser intensity and cut the surgical situations.

These people averaging 90 miles or more....jogging....monthly?  They were in her 'at-risk' category.

I noticed this AM....new SECDEF put the order out....the Marine PT test standards are now being issued across to the Army, Air Force and Navy.  1.5-mile run?  Out....Marines run a 3-mile test.

I would imagine at least 20,000 Air Force folks (officers and enlisted) are looking at this and shaking their head.  They are going to work on this 'feat' but casually add pages to their medical records....sports-related injuries.  Within a year or two....disability recommendations will be drafted and most of these people will pursue an exit, with disability pensions.

It'll take two years but eventually the Pentagon will admit the physical test change....might have not been that smart.