Signatures

 I noticed today....federal judge got into the middle of a mail-in-vote situation....where a state had a rule, if your mail-in-vote papers arrive, and it doesn't match the signature on file....it was NOT accepted.  Judge said 'no'....you can't do that.

I sat and pondered over that.

From August of 1977 to now....I've probably signed around sixty-thousand signatures.  Just in Air Force boot-camp (six weeks)....I would estimate that I signed my signature at least four-hundred times.

I signed the meal rooster three times a day.  Every occasion that they gave me something....even a hat....I had to sign for it.  The eight-hour pass into San Antonio?  You had to sign for it.  The weeks after boot-camp in Wichita Falls?  You had to sign into the class each morning, plus the three meals of the day, and if there were any documents created....you had to sign them.  

The stupid AF form 341?  The disciplinary form for screwing up?  It had a nice block at the bottom where Sarge had to sign....with his explanation on how you screwed up.

On a daily basis, from the 1990 era to 2013....I probably signed at least ten times a day, and on some occasions....it probably went near sixty times in a single day.

Even now in retired status?  Whenever the FEDEX guy comes by....I have to sign for those stupid packages.  

So if you went back and analyzed all sixty-thousand....would there be much difference?  Somewhere in the early 1980s.....I developed one single change on a letter.  Other than that....it's the same signature for sixty-thousand occasions.  

I'm not really buying into the judge's order or his sense into this.  Either the signature is the same one on file....or it's not.  If there is some conflict....call the call up on the number listed for his home, and ask him to show up and sign once again.  If it doesn't match to what is on the envelop....call the cops and report the guy for fraud. 

Observations

 1.  Maybe you know this....maybe not.  On Roe versus Wade (1973)....which liberals often want to hype up.....only went in this direction because three Republicans on the bench crossed over and agree with four liberal judges.  Shocker?  Just something to think about.

2.  This whole riot business in Philly?  All based on a black guy who'd had mental issues for most of his life.  How'd the police get called?  An older member of the family was in fear of her life.  

The comment that police need to be trained to react correctly?  I'd suggest that they just drive up....lock the doors to their car and use the speaker to get his attention to come out.  If he kills the relative?  At least the guy is still alive, and the police are alive.

Here's the thing you need to think about....there's probably over 500 people in Philly who are crazy-crazy, and ought to be locked in a facility.  All it takes is one good argument to set them off......with the cops pulling up and another incident starting up.  

3.  Postal clerk getting federal felony charges for messing around with 100-plus absentee ballots.  Real jail....probably more than ten years.  

4.  Hunter Biden, in five years?  I see him basically broke, and begging Dad for an allowance of $10k a month to survive.  

Calling Oregon a Trump-Win State

 Normally, Oregon would go to the Democrats....in most all elections of the past fifty years.  I think it's close enough in reality now....to be a Trump-win.

Observations:

In 2016, Trump carried 782k votes (39-percent of the vote).  Libertarian candidate Johnson?  He took 4.7 percent (94k votes).  Johnson is around in this election, and the Libertarian candidate isn't attracting that much attention.  So I would suggest 50k votes going from this group in 2020, to Trump.

Added to it....around the five major urban areas of the state....this defund the police effort, rioting, looting....has escalated local feelings in a negative way.  So I'm forecasting roughly 120k of Hillary's 1-million votes in 2016....will go to Trump.

Finally, when you go and count the Latino and black vote in the state.....which the vast number in 2016 went to Clinton....I would suggest that near 20k of such votes this time around....will go to Trump.

By my math....190k votes flipping to Trump.  The unknown factor?  How many democrats got sour and left for the Republicans in the past year or two?  Difference without knowing this number between Trump and Biden....probably a difference of only 3k to 5k.  Biden might still win, but this unknown factor of Democrats who left the party is what would make it a Trump-win.  

Shocker?  At the end of this evening, if Trump were to win Oregon....it's be a massive state of disbelief among far-left folks in the state, and likely to trigger more riots in Portland (once again).  

Camp Idea

 Over the past couple of years, I've come to note a number of young people (mostly college-age or in their early 30s)....jabbering about the great advantages of living a highly socialist world.  They usually mean Finland, Germany or Iceland.  

Their general problem, is that they've never been to these places, and they certainly don't have a frame of reference for what they are talking about.

Added to this....they'd like for the government to set income levels, pricing for housing, and see that that no company makes any profit.  In simple terms....no poor people, no rich people. 

So I'd like to put a suggestion out there....around age 15....to send kids off for the summer to 'Camp Soviet'.  It'd be a four-week experience where you get dumped into a 1970s Soviet-type kid's camp.  You give them the whole experience of communism and socialism, for four weeks.  

I suspect after that month-long experience....they'd get all of this out of their system, and never talk about this ever again.  

The Coyote Talk

 There are several topics which came over the Trump-Biden debate which seem to linger as folks talk about them.

The 'Coyotes' are one such topic.

Trump got into a border-type discussion, and talked about how 'Coyotes' are helping to bring the illegals over the border, and pro-migration folks (liberals) are drifting around on this....thinking Trump is crazy, and the term 'Coyotes' means actual animals.  

In their mind, you (the illegal) just walk up and cross the border on your own.

The reality?  In most all cases, as you near the border on the Mexican side....you have the Coyote-guides who you pay.....several hundred dollars to....to get you to the border and hopefully five to ten miles into the US....maybe even have a truck there to pick you and get you 300 miles away into the US (safely).

In the liberal mind, you (the illegal) do this all on your own.

It kinda demonstrates the lack of understanding on  their part.....with a key subject apparently, and the desire to just believe in some fantasy.  

On this part, Trump is correct.  

Newest Worry for Tesla Factory in Germany

 RBB (Berlin public TV) got around to an interesting update on the Tesla factory being put up about 45 minutes SE of Berlin.

The local water association.....Strausberg-Erkner Water Association (WSE)...started chatting this week over a fear that they will not be able to supply Tesla with water on a long-term basis.

Their direct thoughts?  Basically a two-year supply or reserve on hand, and then the water would be turned off.

True or not?  Unknown.  A lot of criticism has been generated in this area to hinder or halt the placement of this factory.  In terms of reacting and putting in more reserves or drilling for more wells?  Well....no one seems to say a word, and you kinda wonder if they are extremely set in a pattern, without change.

If the factory construction halts, and the whole thing goes away....to say....Czech?  You would basically mark off all of eastern Germany as unable to accept a factory or desiring to create jobs.  For almost thirty years.....this lack of job creation has been talked about greatly in what was old DDR (East Germany).  So along comes the first real company to talk technology type jobs, and then hindering the progress.

Added to this whole discussion.....this entire region (southeast of Berlin) is full of lakes and there appears to be an abundant watershed in the region.  If you have a shortage....get the state government involved.....drill wells, and lay out pipes to the WSE site.  

Or if this is all too much to handle....just say so, and let the factory go to Czech.  I'm sure they know how to handle situations like this.  

Wind Generators, Dead Birds, and Trump

 Trump laid out a comment at the debate which got pro-Biden people upset.  The comment?  It centered on wind generators producing dead birds, and one reason why they might not be the greatest answer in the world. 

So, around twenty years ago, I sat and watched a German documentary piece which was supposed to hype people on wind generators.  

The public TV crew arrived in early AM hours at a site (3 x generators).  Here was 'Marvin', the guy who was supposed to spend about 60 minutes at the site, and he had responsibility over a dozen sites.  

Marvin got out of the van, and opened the back to take out a plastic glove and a garbage bag.  The crew asked....what's that for?  Marvin walks over and picks up a dead bird and then explains....the birds hit the blades...killing themselves.  They kinda cut at that point, and go to Marvin at the control box....writing down numbers and inspecting things.  

How many birds did Marvin pick up? Unknown.  From the three generators.....there might have been a dozen birds laying there....to be picked up daily.  

I noticed about a month ago.....some crew had experimented and painted the blades black.  Just about all blades in Germany are white presently.  In this experiment, they discovered that birds see the black blades and avoid them.  You would have thought that they would have tested this color idea two decades ago.

This imaginary shock by pro-environmental folks with Trump?  Well....Trump is correct....the wind generators kills birds, period.