Status Chatter

 There's a podcast I watch several times a week....which deals with US economics, finance, real estate and money-issues.  

So this AM...the guy brought up this poll (2,000 people), and how 45-percent of folks now state....for whatever status they 'had'....they can no longer cover the cost of that status.

Meaning?  If this were a couple making $120,000 in combined income, with x-amount of vacation....two new cars (with payments)....and 'comforts', then they've reached a point where something has to go or be dropped.  Maybe it's the premium cable package....maybe instead of the $4k vacation to Aruba gone, you end up in Reno for a weekend....maybe it's one of the new $78k cars has to be sold (with a 8-year old Honda to fill the void).

It means of the 25-odd people that you know from work, from the church, or the neighborhood....there's ten of them in dire straits.

My question....back around 2000 (for the past 25 years)....were they continually on some track of spending excessively?  With each pay-raise....they bumped their status up a notch?

Then I start to wonder....how much of a status-fall has to occur?  Would this start to get on people's nerves?

How The Trump 'Lead' Should Go

 As Trump sits down with Putin....he ought to center on four central topics:

1. What's the current demographics situation of Russia, and this Russia-ethnic area of Ukraine?  It's dismal.  Within the past month...Russia classified all demographics data....you can't talk about it....without facing charges.  

2.  What's the financial situation for Russia currently?  It's crap and like some third-world country.  Banks are pretty close to failure, and most Russias...if given a chance to exit....will leave.

3.  Where is the bold plan of fixing this three Ukrainian states that Russia is all intent on 'taking'?  Crap plan?  Non-existent?  Are you taking an area to convert into some Russian ghetto in five years?

4.  Finally, if you take the three districts....do you (Putin) really think NATO will sit idlily by and not massively bulk-up for the next confrontation?

Putin will sit there and silently agree....there is no advantage to taking the three districts, and that he needs a massive recovery in terms of the economy.

Trump will lay down twenty-odd recovery projects....that the US and  Russia could engage upon.

Maybe by the end....the war just ends....no lines changed on the map.  Maybe.

My Advice On Handling A Highly Irrational Individual (5 Steps)

 1.  Ask yourself....do you really need to be there?  If you can find an exit, or just avoid the irrational person....take this step first.

2.  If you stay?  Go to de-escalation first.  Keep your tone neutral, maintain steady body language, and avoid taking their behavior personally. 

3.  Logic versus counter-logic?  If they are giving some opening to TALK....offer some logical points to dissolve the irrational point.

4.  LISTEN, before getting full-up engaged.  Maybe around the ten stupid things they said....there's one single fact that matters. 

5.  If irrational to the point of violence....put some space between you two....but prepare yourself to beat the crap out of the person (even if a lady).  Keep it in your mind....it's nothing personal, and most folks after a good threshing....will have a fear of being irrational around you a 2nd time.

Climate Chatter

 I watched a piece this AM.....Kamala Harris’s step-daughter....saying she’s really struggling now because she’s experiencing “climate anxiety.”

She didn't go into great detail....but it seemed like this is on her mind....all the  time now.

The non-worriers?  Well....you just observe someone  like this and wonder....how will they survive in the future....with this phobia continually on their mind?

Any storm front approaching....worry about climate change.

Any 95-degree temperature?  Worry about climate change.

Any snow-storm?  Worry about climate change.

Tornado warning?  Worry about climate change.

At some point around 2040....I would  suggest that 20-percent of society will be drugged-up...in order to survive the climate change phobia.

All This Governor Newsom Talk Of Redesigning Districts To Be 100-percent Democrat Wins?

 There is this odd reality going on in California, if you think about it.

Newsom says the redesign will convert all districts to be Democratic-only 'wins'.

I would challenge this....there's been an effort to clear voting registrations.....getting dead people and illegals off.

Of the present 52 districts....nine are Republican-win and 43 are Democrat-win situation.

So....after the new map is published and challenged (forget about results coming in 2026 mid-terms)....it'd be 2028 before the real results occur.

I'm of the mind, with folks cleared off, and a new design.....Newsom might not even be able to clear 43 districts.  Yeah, I'm suggesting Republicans might clear 12 to 14 districts.

A bad situation for Newsom and who comes after him?  Yeah.

It means lawsuit after lawsuit, and the Supreme Court likely drawn into a dozen gerrymandering fights.

Vagrancy Laws: 1930s and Today?

 Most of the vagrancy laws created in the 1930s.....targeted individuals perceived as "out of place" socially.....economically....or geographically. They criminalized statuses or behaviors such as being poor, unemployed, homeless, or loitering without apparent lawful purpose.

So it became a offense....to beg, wandering around without visible means of support, or being deemed "idle".  Yeah...it meant police could interpret things in a broad way.

Coming out of thin air?  Most historians suggest that there were some type of vagrancy laws....even going back to the 1600s...in early colonial America...depending upon  where you were.

So you come to  the 1930s, and this surge in transient populations (the "Okies" and "Arkies" fleeing the Dust Bowl).  No matter where they went....they overwhelmed local resources and heightened fears of crime and disorder.  So the vagrancy laws got even more strict.

In some ways...as President Trump talks about cleaning up DC....he's simply creating the vagrancy path of the 1930s again, and giving people a choice....get cleaned up and working.....take rehab in a facility.....or leave entirely.

The odd thing?  Well....the Democrats appear to  be anti-vagrancy and pro-hobo.  Trying to sell this to the general public?  It just doesn't appeal to most folks.

What'll Happen.....?

 1.  Senator Schiff.

Well.....there will be two confrontations (if you haven't figured it out yet).

First, this mortgage 'crime' will be dragged out in a grand jury, and it'll be apparent that he used fraud to get a better deal on the Maryland house....claiming to be a Maryland resident, while maintaining he's a California resident.  If he were smart....he'd admit it....settle on a fix-it agreement, and pay a fine.  If he drags this out....sooner or later, someone will ask WHO ELSE in the Senate/House did the same thing, and fifty-odd people will be pointed out.

Second, all this stuff he did with J6 and releasing intelligence information on Trump?  Federal crime situation. Another raid....another grand jury, and timed to hurt most of the 2028 election period for the Democratic Party.  On this....he might actually go to jail for 6 months.

2.  The UFO/alien business.

There's likely to be a point-of-no-return to occur in a year or two.....where the facts add up, and there's 'something'....meaning a visit, a crashed craft, or some massive hidden program by the US authorities.  

The problem is....after you get hit with a massive dose of reality...after a week, you will settle back, and just worry about normal stuff.  You know....NCAA football, price of eggs, Governor Newsom dimwit chatter, and CNN falling further in a spiral.

3.  LGTBQ.

I see this opening to occur....probably in 2028....where about half of gay guys just stand up and denounce the association....admitting they are not benefiting in any sort of way.  The L's might swing the same way, then some idiot will proclaim a LG-only association, and saying LG-Lite-and-TBQ are on their own.

4.  Triggering as a national crisis

Triggering normally means provoking an emotional or heated response, often intentionally....meaning you want folks angry

A majority of Americans will admit that they are now prone to be triggered, and some national crisis will follow....where we all need triggering rehab.

5.  John Brennan in Austria

Well...rumor has it that Brennan has left the US...hiding out in Austria, and won't agree to a grand jury situation.

Trump has the authority to freeze/hold all his financial assets....making life  in Austria awful hard.  I would imagine  Austria doesn't want the guy to stick around, and I'd be asking more questions.