Saturday, 23 September 2023

The Movie 'They Live'?

 One of my top ten science fiction movies ever....'They Live'.  I've probably watched it at least four times, and if I'm ever channel-flipping at some hotel, and it comes on....I pause and watch the movie.

Stupid text?  Yeah, but you end up with wrestler Roddy Piper doing a 3-star job, and it's almost believable.  

Getting some movie like this produced today?  I don't think society would be able to handle it.  Too many things going on and they'd be convinced that life is all a CIA-run experiment.  

Your Choice?

I sat for a good ten minutes looking at this 'image'.  To be truthful, I just can't select the table.

If you said it was just Elon and Clarence Thomas....well, that would be awful easy.  

Course, they didn't say what was being served.  If this was Olive Garden food....I'd just pass and leave the building.

 

Friday, 22 September 2023

Vestiphobia?

 Vestiphobia is defined as having a irrational 'fear' of wearing tight-fitting clothing.  This usually starts off with some sweating and anxiety feelings....leading to claustrophobia.  

Back in my early days of the Air Force.....I'd been issued 'greens' and 'blues'.  You had two sets of dress blues....the summer 'lite' version, and the wool version for fall/winter. 

With a passion, I hated the wool uniform.  I won't say I had anxiety problems,  but I would sweat and feel extremely uncomfortable.  If I was forced into wearing it, I'd usually go spend my lunch-hour at the barracks where I took off the uniform entirely for forty-five minutes.  

I came across the term  Vestiphobia this week and thought a good bit about Senator Fetterman....the guy who walks around the Senate in shorts and extremely loose clothing.  It hit me....yeah, he's got a extreme case of Vestiphobia.  

The fact that the Senate is bending over backwards for Fetterman?  Eventually, some member is going to show up in a golf shirt and short-shorts, and they will realize allowing the Fetterman 'rule' to exist....makes no sense. 

Thursday, 21 September 2023

Q-and-A

 1.  This UAW car strike deal.....what is the 'hinge' or real focus of the strike?

Well....the union wants some guarantee of people staying, when the E-car thing takes off.  That won't happen.....E-cars require two-thirds of the 'parts' that a gas/diesel car has.  So from production, to assembly.....you can probably anticipate around 20 to 30 percent of assembly/production guys being 'let-go'.  The car companies will be agreeable to pay more, but the guarantee of man-hours won't happen.

2.  Janet Yellen was asked to explain why the public doesn't believe in the good economic times 'brand', and said she can't understand their feeling?

Yeah, that's the comment that she made.  If you shop regularly....you know the true inflation rate better than Yellen herself.

3.  2030 Census predictions for California being discussed?

Yes, and the current trend is that California would lose five House seats at present.  Redrawing the districts?  You can anticipate a massive problem in telling various current members of the House of the approaching crisis.  Adding to the burden.....the general areas of 'loss' are defined as the SF/LA central region of California.  

4. Columbia migration to the US in 2024 anticipated to be 1-million-plus?

I sat and read a summary over the issue.  Prior to Covid, Columbia had a population of 51-million (at least the government claims that).  

Tuesday, 19 September 2023

Stores Story

 

I sat and pondered over this story.  So the basis of the problem is that theft has escalated around Chicago.....with various grocery operations shutting down.

You might have had three grocery stores within a mile of your place last year, and this year.....none of the three exist.

The problem I see goes to two factors....can you find half-a-billion to fix up a couple of stores to open, and can you stock it to run for a year....without theft occurring?

But then it occurred to me....in a city like Chicago, you'd have management positions to fill in such city-run stores.  Usually, it's either incompetent folks or relatives who end up as managers.....taking bribes or robbing the store themselves.

If they get that far?  Well....I would assume for every hundred dollars spent to fill the store and make a fair profit (5-percent).....you'd probably lose 30 dollars.  So it's a lose-lose-lose situation in the end.

On the list of fifty things that the government (any type) should not provide as a service?  Well....there's that problem as well.  Governments shouldn't be in the football stadium business, or selling booze, or providing free air conditioners.  

What'll actually happen?  Increasing factor at work....more grocery stores will shut down.  The few that remain by summer of 2024 in Chicago....probably will have a entry/exit post, with armed guards. I don't think anyone much believes it's a rational idea to sponsor or run city-owned grocery stores.  

RFK Jr

 Quietly, RFK Jr said that if the Democratic Party denies him primary opportunities....he'll halt his primary campaign and become a third-party guy.  If I were in the DNC....I'd probably start to worry over this threat.

First, in a 3-way match....Biden-RFK Jr-Trump, there's a lot of crazy things that could occur.  

I'd suggest in California....it's possible that RFK could win the state.  There's probably five 'leaning' states where RFK with a lot of effort....could overcome Biden's vote.

Second, the 270 Electoral Votes?  In a 3-way, I'm pretty convinced that no one would reach the 270, and you'd really prefer not to walk into January 2025....having a state-by-state vote in the House.

Third, RFK doesn't need a major campaign effort.  He needs 'X' to function, and have some support of Joe Rogan and a dozen-odd podcast folks.  

So I'm leaning toward the DNC waking-up and saying to Joe Biden....'enough'.....you need to say something about your health, and get out of the race.....allowing Newsom to enter, and allow RFK Jr to be a participant.  

This Whole Impeachment Thing Over Biden

I have three thoughts over how this will go.

First, Hunter Biden had people convinced that special favors could be accomplished via 'dad'.  Whether a single favor was ever truly accomplished?  You might line up forty 'customers' who felt such favors were occurring.....when all they got was three minutes of stupid Joe Biden-stories about his quarterback years or when he played for the Chicago Cubs that one season.

Item by item, you might go down and have each 'customer' stand and describe the situation, and eventually each remarks....they got utter BS for the $1-million they paid Hunter.  

Second, for whatever reason....as Hunter got cash....he distributed it to members of the family.  Bank transfers exist and it's hard not to ague about the movement of the cash.....after Hunter took his 'cut'.  

Illegal?  No.  People like to share their wealth, and if Hunter made $10-million in a year....after he paid $3-million on taxes.....maybe half the remaining amount was just his nice way to share the funds.

Third, if Biden was stupid to promise something for a cash situation, and that event did occur....then Biden is in trouble.  

How  would such evidence exist?  Well....the FSB (former KGB for Russia) probably did monitor a lot of the Ukraine 'deals' and I would imagine tapes do exist.  Joe being able to understand that?  I doubt it.

If only one single tape exists, and Joe promised something....which did occur, then the impeachment has potential to end in a bad way for Joe. 

It's a remarkable thing to observe.