Emergency Thinking

Yesterday....I noted that the city of Annapolis, Maryland....put out an emergency preparedness guide....that was designed primarily (only) for LGBTQ people.

The hint I got....via the city folks running this program....that LGTBQ folks are 'more-likely' to be affected by some natural disaster (I assume they mean hurricanes, earth-quakes, floods, wild-bear-attacks, etc).

I probably spent 30 minutes this AM....thinking about this.

Having been in the military for 22 years.....it was embedded in some way....you needed to think about emergencies, and that the Air Force always had a plan-A, plan-B, plan-C.   I guess  if you never did any military time....you don't think about disaster much.

But then it came to me....is it possible that LGTBQ folks are so much in a 'bubble'....that anything....even a hail-storm....could set them off into a chaotic mentality?

Living in Germany....I'm understanding the German mentality....that a funnel-type cloud (dark as hell) might be approaching the valley, and the German quietly gazes at the cloud.  Not really fearful  or reacting....mostly sipping a beer slowly, and simply observing things. Henrick....as the wind picks up....might ask: 'you reckon we should move to the basement?'....not really feeling stressed about things.

Thinking over this Maryland/LGTBQ problem....it's obvious....you as a city need to hire 'helpers'....say one for each four LGTBQ folks....to personally guide the poor folks to safety when chaos sets in.  Obviously, they probably should not be LGTBQ themselves....otherwise, the helpers will need helpers.

Sheltering separately away from non-LGTBQ folks?  Well....that's something else that I'm pondering upon.   

Vance and the View?

 Vice President JD Vance will be appearing on The View today, Tuesday (16 June) at 11:00 AM (ET).

It should be an interesting Q-and-A....where hundreds of thousands of women....are lined up to get their dose of anti-Vance/anti-Trump, and find their 'strength' diminished.

Framing....de-framing....re-framing....etc.

I don't think the View-ladies are in the level of debate required for this situation.

Why Did The US Step In And Sponsor Bio Labs in Eastern Europe In The 1990s?

 Evidence presented in the past week...says the US had 46 labs just in Ukraine alone....maybe around 120 total.

Reason?  Fear.

As the Cold War ended....all this expertise sitting....formerly Soviet-run.  So...rather than let some crazy guy enter the picture....the  US entered and gave the folks tasks....paying them.

I  won't  say it's legal or ethical....but at the time, it made sense.

Elon's Space-X Stock Opens Monday At $160.95

 So, there's positive and negative chatter. Negative?  It's not worth the money and over-priced.

My take?  You just don't know where the company will 'march-off-to'.  It might develop into a dozen products/services....each with profit.

If  I had  the cash....I'd buy 40 shares at $6,400 roughly, and sit. End of 2026....it's probably at $300 a share and  be happy with doubling your money.

If you held the stock ten years?   It'd probably reach $4,000 a share ($160,000) minimum.

The one prospect here.....first man on Mars....will not be a Russian or NASA employee.....it'll be a Space-X employee. 

Five Things That AI Over The Next Decade Will Give Us

 1.  Within a couple of years....AI will be used by singles to assess through various questions (probably over 2,000)....where successful relationships can occur.  Your scores, preferences, spending habits, education.....will be matched to the perfect-partner.

I'm not saying it'll fix things....but you will end up with person that best fits your chaos/mess.

2.  AI will start to assess dependability of cars....to the point that some brands will dissolve away (they were developed and marketed.....as CRAP).

AI will start to tell you when each issue starts to decline....getting you into a shop earlier.

3.  AI will start to score teachers/college-instructors....to the point that the crappy ones are dismissed by the 2nd year.

4. A AI-scoring service will start up....giving 'scores'.....to TV journalists....to show 'slant'.  

5.  AI will begin to monitor voting registrations....actual existing people....fake people, and voting patterns. It will assess some US cities with 30-percent 'Casper-voters/non-existent people)......forcing courts to throw out election results entirely.

AOC-Reverse-Index-IQ-Scoring

 This week....AOC said: "Elon is one of the most unintelligent billionaires I've met or seen."

I pause over it, and realized that we need a opposite-approach to IQ.....where ZERO is Elon-range....and '10' is AOC-range.

The lower the score.....the more intelligent you  are.

Five Things That Have Reached A Failure Mode

1.  Car loans for $75,000.

The idiot who decided that cars would be sold at $60k to $90k on the lot....getting banks to agree to a 8-year loan payment plan.....has a mostly failure state in existence. 

2.  A Vegas weekend (3 days)  costing  in the $4k range for a couple.

After Covid....room prices, beverage/food costs....all escalated to such a degree....that it'd be actually half this $4k cost to go off to some Turkish 5-star resort for 10 days.

3.   Mailing a letter to a business establishment 10 miles away....requiring a 600 mile trip.

Once you pop the letter into the box....it has to be picked up and carried to state distribution point, then rerouted back.

4.  Kennedy Center.

Attitude developing....lot of folks suggesting that 'it' fund it's own renovation/repairs....let the fed-dollars just stop.

Look.....the cost of BS-work in DC is such...you would have to charge $500 for crappy seats, and $1,000 for a great seat....for the place to have a income level to pay for stuff.  

This is probably the literal end of the Center.

5.  High-speed rail in California.

Getting obvious....it'll take 70-plus years to build a 700-mile track.  Even if you hire Mexicans....I doubt that you can improve the outcome.