TV Review: The Days (Netflix)

 This past week, I completed a Japanese series (8 episodes) entitled The Days....which covers the Fukushima disaster. Four observations:

First, first class production and I ready recommend viewing it.  

Second, you come to the end with a really harsh critical view of the Japanese government officials, and in some cases....there are various 'bosses' who were readily incompetent.  

Third, I think around about the third complete day of rescue operations....with no time off and no sleep....they were making a fair amount of mistakes and respect outside of the emergency center was dropping  hour by hour.

Fourth, Netflix paid a pretty hefty sum to produce this, and it is a quality production.

Three Observations

 1.  PTTS: Post Traumatic Twitter Syndrome.

What you get after Elon buys Twitter, and you think it's the end of the world.

2.  Just odd....Senator Dick Durban has tested positive for Covid (again)....third time in 12 months...dispute being double-bostered for Covid.  Has to beg....who the hell is he hanging around with?

3.  Some group of research folks at Oregon State University were on a 'mission' to gather up data via a online questionnaire....about undergraduates in computer science and engineering fields of the university.

So after they went the results of the questionnaire.....things fell apart, as students....well....got extremely cynical and started mocking the responses in this 'woke' survey.

What cam back?  Well....'hate-speech'.

I sat and pondered upon....having worked around the computer field and knowing my brother (the electrical engineer).  Just in general.....they can be extremely sarcastic, and just not take your serious subject very serious.  The research folks picking the wrong crowd to get feedback on woke stuff?  Yeah.

Is There a Turtle-Race Existing For Joe Biden To Be Impeached?

 One almost gets the impression that various groups have some type of schedule going on....about when to 'dump' Joe Biden and move out into a different landscape.  Problems?  Well....Joe is collecting campaign funds presently....ton of money, and if you dumped him presently...he might not share the money with the new person.

The anticipated 'filler'?  If you really pay attention....the one-and-only is Governor Newsom of California.  

The only scenario to make this work?  Have Senator Feinstein retire 'suddenly'....bring VP Harris up for the empty Senate seat....allow Joe Biden to bring in Newsom as the new VP....then allow the impeachment process to work. 

Timing is critical....to make this all work, and avoid the impeachment being a big deal in 2024's election.  All of this has to occur before the end of 2023.

Five Problems That Biden Has To Overcome

 1.  He needs 81-million votes and the Electoral state thing to repeat precisely as in 2020.  The people who got the 81-million ballots in his favor?  I would imagine they will approach the campaign folks and let them know the 2024 'cost' has doubled (I would state a price between double and triple the last time around).

2.  Between now and election-day....Hunter needs to downsize his issues.  Joe needs a full-time baby-sitter over the guy.  If you haven another cocaine 'day'?  The Secret Service is not going to be willing to cooperate. 

3.  There has to be zero debates for Joe Biden....period..  

4.  Joe needs absolute repeats of Georgia, Penn, AZ, Wisconsin and Michigan. For some reason....I just don't see three going this way.  In AZ?  If the jokers try the 'form-won't-fit' gimmick....it's going to be a massive problem for the public to accept this time around.

5.  Joe probably needs a new VP on the ballot....that gets public numbers.  

The No License Generation And No Interest

 Around 2002....as a retired Air Force NCO...working as a contractor on a base....I came to this odd phenomenon....young recruits (19 to 21) who were arriving on base with no drivers license, and no interest in getting one.

In this group I worked with....two young ladies presented this issue.  One had finished school in California the year prior, and the other was a product out of the Seattle region in the year prior.

I posed the question to each young lady....weren't you going to proceed to get a license?  Both answered 'no.....why'?

 Last year, I got into a conversation with a AF NCO....he had the same issue brewing.  This was a shop which required vehicle use, and from the 15-odd enlisted people in his group....two young men and young lady....had no state license.  His position?  He could force the issue that they get training to operate a vehicle on base, but beyond that....he couldn't force them to apply for a state license.  

I asked him....where was this attitude coming from?  His feeling was that this 'culture' were used to the parents getting somewhere and if they couldn't go....they either walked or just 'stayed-put'.  He even noted....they weren't into vehicle ownership as well.

Weird?  Yeah, and you just wonder where this started?

Nine Observations

 1.  RFK forcing Joe Biden into more appearances in the fall?  I'll go and predict that Joe has to make a minimum of four events a week by October....meaning the staff is risking a lot for Joe talking on things, and making his position even weaker.  Presently, some people have suggested that Joe is running a 'hidden' campaign presently (no idea what they really mean).

2.  Noticed that some folks are suggesting that WaPo (the newspaper) is sliding south on finances, and they figure for all of 2023....it'll be a loss near $100-million....meaning that the ownership is holding the paper 'up'.  

3.  Odds of Trump showing up for any debate in 2023?  I give it zero chance.  Threats from the Republican Party?  They won't work this time around.  Trump might play this in an unusual way.....suggesting a Trump versus RFK debate,  with a totally neutral moderator.  That would shock a lot of people and reset the whole national campaign.

4.  After watching a number of movie reviews over the Barbie movie....I've come to believe (having not seen it) that it's mostly a Kensurrection type move (mean Ken is trying to bring down the Barbie reality).  Odds of me wasting money on this money?  

5.  My humble feeling of VP Harris?  Low IQ, and given a 'pass' through high school and college.  Throughout her life/career....there was always a 'pass' existing.  She's probably stunned to have made it this far, and 'inches' from being President.

6.  If I were joining the Air Force today?  I'd announce on day one of the physical and paperwork....I was an American Indian (100-percent).  It'd guarantee promotions ahead of all others.

7.  For the past seven days.....cloud cover around my valley (central Germany near Wiesbaden) has been massive.  I doubt if I've had more than one hour per day of sunshine....if I were using solar panels for electrical production.  Just odd weather.

8.  I noticed this AM....China has officially banned gay-pride parades.  

9.  If you asked a thousand adults to define tyranny.....I suspect that fewer than twenty could give you a simple two-line answer.  A quarter of them might respond it's a dating App that they've hear about.

Just A Scenario You Might Want To Ponder Upon

 If we reach a point where three candidates are in the running for President, and the third-party guy is able to swing a couple of states....denying the other two of the 270 Electoral College votes?

Well....the 'system' is that as the House convenes in early January of 2025....the House of Representatives would open up and group by state delegates....to elect the President from the three Presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes. 

Each state delegation would have ONE vote.  

If the state had four Republicans and four Democrats?  Well....it'd be a zero vote unless someone crossed the line.  

If the state got into a highly delayed status for six of it's Republican House members....unable to certify they 'won'?  In this scenario, lets assume that four Democrats were on the other side, and were approved to proceed.  Unless the House stepped in...to half voting, that state would be a Democratic-win (4-0, instead of 6-4 for the Republicans).

I should note here....DC has no vote.

The winner of this House-race?  You'd have to have 26 votes.  

Lets assume that three states have a 2-2 or 3-3 situation, where they can't reach an end.  It's possible that you might go through two or three elections per day....for several days....where the magic number of 26 cannot be reached.

Meanwhile, the VP race?  It goes to the Senate.....where each Senator gets ONE vote.  The guy/gal who gets 51?  Winner.  Also note here....they only get to pick the top two with Electoral votes.....not three.  

The fact that some Republican Senators might cross the line and vote for the Democratic candidate?  Yeah, that's a pretty likely possibility.

If the House fails by Inauguration Day?  Well....the scenario gets interesting....the VP (you would assume this is a easy one-day vote)....would go to the status of 'acting' President, until the House can finish its vote.  This being a week or a month of status?  Yeah, and you can imagine how heated things would be with this scenario. 

If RFK were the 3rd party guy?  This is an odd scenario to imagine. 

Would some small group of states compromise...to deny both Trump and Biden....making it a failure to reach 26?  Probably so.

If we reached no solution by Inauguration Day....would the VP list his/her choices for a cabinet....to go into an approval process by the Senate?  More than likely.  If a Supreme Court member died and needed a nomination process....would the VP go to select someone?

Would House members go to a bribe system and demand some 'gift' to vote along his party lines?  I could imagine that occurring.

Could you end up with Biden winning but stuck with a Republican VP....like Lake from AZ?  Yeah, and that would torment Biden a good bit.  

For some reason....I'd go and suggest you better prepare for a failure of the Electoral College and 270-vote situation.  If you thought things were bad now.....it'll be a full-up circus with my scenario.