1. Around the year 2100....historians will be attempting to explain how for 15 years....no one could understand the whole Epstein story. The 2100 audience will ask....'were these people dumbasses'.
2. It's just odd....the only person that you continually see unaffected by the Epstein-chatter...is Barak Obama.
3. Maybe it's just me.....but it seems odd....absolutely no one seems to want to tell WHO Epstein worked for....intelligence-wise.
A primary residence (also called principal residence or main home)...means the place where you spend the bulk of your time.
So most of us (probably 60-percent of Americans)....have one single unit. Some of us have a condo, a cottage, a cabin, or a 2nd house....where we go for special weekends or summer/winter vacations.
Probably 3-percent of us....have even a 3rd residence.
I worked with a guy who had a wooded area in Minnesota, with a RV trailer, and he'd go for hunting weekends to the trailer...around twice a year (at least....that's the story he told his wife).
Where you get into legal trouble? Well....you with an accountant/lawyer, and sign papers to say both properties are primary (which that can't really occur).
The problem I suspect that is brewing.....it's possible that if we did a true national audit....we might find several million folks who've lied, and the paperwork is truly messed-up. Adding to the burden....half of them have been doing this for twenty-plus years. Plus a added burden....there might be two million couples....dual-residenced, and dual-voters....having voted twice on five or six occasions.
About a month ago....I had a German McDonalds McRib....one of my favorite menu selections.
I paused over it....opening it up and gazing at the slim piece of cheap pork. Cost here? It'll range from 4.99 Euro to 6.19 Euro (figure $5.50 to $7.20).
The problem is....the longer I look under the 'hood'....it's a cheap pork slice....maybe 7 bits of onion, and a high-sugar sauce, with a decent bun. All total? I'd value the 'parts' at no more than 1.60 Euro ($2). The rest? Cost of labor, and profit-built-in.
If they went to automation? That's the funny thing...you could probably have a machine load up the pork patties, and pop one out every 20 seconds. You'd just need one guy every hour to refill the pork-machine, and the sauce/onion/bun machines.
I sat and pondered over this AM....where the hell did car-prices go 'crazy'? I remember in 2012....a general trend....that you could still go and find new cars for $30k and do a 48-month purchase deal that made sense.
So I asked Grok for the story (AI). Grok said:
"Car prices in the United States began to escalate significantly in early 2021, driven primarily by the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on global supply chains. Factory shutdowns and a severe semiconductor chip shortage reduced new vehicle production, while pent-up consumer demand surged as economies reopened. This imbalance caused average new car transaction prices to climb from around $37,000 in late 2020 to over $47,000 by late 2021, a roughly 27% increase. Used car prices followed suit, jumping nearly 60% from June 2020 to January 2022, peaking at over $31,000 in April 2022."
Yep....this goes to Covid, and the 2020/2021 era.
I should add....Covid-era-inflation also started to play a role....so you could add another $5k to $7k to this problem.
Last year....the average base-model of a US car...ran to around $48k (new). For a used-car? For a 3-to-4 year old car....up around $27k.
Once you added the extras? Well...you start talking about $10k to $20k.
Trying to blame Trump or Biden? That's a goofy position to take.
Moving the four-year loan onto six or eight years? You just compounded the chip and inflation mess...adding another layer of banking cost.
Fixing this? You'd have to solve the chip-mess (lessening the cost), and start asking for base-model vehicles....then start looking for a path back to the 4-year loan business.
My humble 'bet'? A quarter of all present car companies will cease to exist in two years. And we will reach a point where most people are driving a 7-to-15 year old car.
1. The 'Superman' Syndrome.
This is where you have an opinion and it's rock-solid for you....plus you need every single relative/friend/associate....to also believe in your opinion. If they can't believe in your mindset....they can't stand in your shadow.
2. The 'fake-Einstein' Syndrome.
You made your way through high school, and intellectually-speaking...you peaked in the 7th grade. Yet as each year passed, and your dimwittedness stalled....the 'system' advanced you....all the way to graduate.
Upon reaching college....rather than deny you entry...they continued the 'fake-Einstein' trend. This is mostly because you were seen as 'crazy-dollars'. After four years, they handed you a degree while privately admitting you were no brighter than when you were in the 7th grade.
3. The 'friend-of-Epstein' Syndrome.
This is a group of approximately 500-to-1,000 folks who openly vouched that Epstein was their 'friend'...until the day arrested....then they went completely silent...never able to say anything.
4. The 'Gotta-leave-the-US' Syndrome.
You've self-hypnotized yourself into believing somewhere is better than the US. The problem here....you might reach a point to believe this....move to London, and discover things are way more screwed up elsewhere.
1. 3I/Atlas.....just a wild theory I have....it was built by 'us'.
Probably guessing 100,000 to 200,000 years ago...sent off on a mission and has returned. NASA is getting signals, and can't really explain this....so it's better to just say silent.
The space crew....shaking their heads mostly....wondering what happened....a bunch of backward folks in charge, and their reality 'gone'.
2. I have this business theory....if you could offer airline tickets with a possible $80 surcharge to pick you up in a wheel-chair and be wheeled through a airport....10-percent of people would pay for the 'push-service'.
3. I have a theory....that if you introduced 11th grade high school kids into economics in a serious way....more than half the kids who had a desire for 4 years of college....would change their mind and go off to community college or trade school....if they knew the finance downside.
4. I have this theory....if you forced everyone on SNAP to attend a 6-hour cooking course once a month....more than half would correct their crappy diets, and live better lives.
5. I have this theory....out of every five New York City residents to leave the state in 2026....two will end up in Florida. A housing shortage will be a problem by the end of 2026 for Florida.
1. I asked Grok/AI how many Americans now have a communist-anti-capitalistic attitude now?
Grok said.....14-percent. But then Grok said....another 18-percent seem to be leaning this way. Population-wise? If you do the rough numbers....it's near 40-to-45 million people thinking this way.
Then Grok noted....among over-age-50...it's near zero-percent thinking this way. But among the 18-to-29 folks....it's near 39-percent thinking this way.
Crazy times.
2. I noted this AM.....Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (D) appointed Giselle Byrd, a man pretending to be a woman, to the ‘Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women’ which advises on policy to improve opportunities for women.
I paused over this...woman-pretender to fill the void. There are probably too many women converting to trans-men/trans-lads....a state-shortage. That's the only way this makes sense.
3. All SNAP beneficiaries will need to reapply for benefits.
Odds of Dem-states fighting this? 100-percent. Odds of judges trying to halt this? 100-percent.
Most European countries? They run their program where you are constantly establishing your situation, and that you applied for jobs.
