Evil Carbon Story

 I spent a good hour reading this piece on climate change, and trying to soak in the bottom line.

Basically, if you felt  really good and positive about having your half-acre garden and saving the Earth from carbon crap....you were lying to yourself, and creating a carbon footprint five times greater than that commercial farm operation. 

So I came to this one odd detail....carbon isn't really a bad or evil thing.  It's not exactly a demon thing worth worrying about.  

In fact, it's just odd how carbon came to be on some bad-boy list from a decade ago.  If you went back to the 1990s....no one ever wept over the bad-boy status of carbon.  

But now I wonder....if you have a bunch of folks read this news piece....will they cease their garden plots and chat over how they will only buy commercially grown food....to save the carbon problem facing the Earth?

UFO Chatter

This past week, I sat and read through a piece coming out of the Pentagon.  Basically...the insiders to the Pentagon issued a report that said the county IS NOT equiped to protect the country in a 'potential' alien invasion.

So they suggested eleven ways (fixes) to upgrade and resolve issues.

After reading it....I put it down and have spent a couple of hours pondering over this.

First, they still haven't admitted to anything (you know...like having a couple junked-up UFOs/UAPs or dead alien bodies).  They simply say.....if aliens came....they ain't got no way of defeating them.

Who wrote the report?  That was a big unknown.  I'm guessing it wasn't some Army major or Air Force captain.  It was probably a contractor....working for some aerospace company.....that has a crippled-up alien ship and is prepared to sell the Pentagon the technology to defeat the aliens.

Are the aliens evil?  Well....no one said that.  So where does the threat come from?  Unknown.

The fact that we can't even hinder or hold off alien-folks entering the Texas border?  Well....yeah, that does come to mind.

Do we even have anything that aliens want?  Like diary cows, peanut butter, gold, sport-related videos, dirt-bikes, Tom Cruise movies, waffles, flashlights, or Tab?

Yeah, it's just a lot missing....other than some guy saying we can't fight the evil aliens with what have today.  How can you grade or fantasize about this threat....without having something to look over?

What if the aliens really fear us....worrying that we are fairly advanced and might go off to Raja-Nine and steal their stuff?   

On my BS-meter....this whole statement by the Pentagon ranks on a scale of one-to-ten....near a '9'.  Now, if they pulled out a UFO in pieces and a dead alien body......I might be willing to believe in part of this. 

Selling Michelle Obama For The Presidency (Like Selling A 1974 AMC Gremlin)

 This week, I've contemplated the idea of Joe Biden exiting the 'race' and some point between May and August....Michelle Obama is now heavily rumored to be 'THE' candidate.  

Problems?

1.  Basically Joe Biden has to say either he's too old, too ill (in some fashion) or he's been told he can't repeat the 2020 numbers.  Its hard to imagine this guy doing that, and just going into lame-duck status for six to eight months. 

2.  On speech-giving....I've just never seen Michelle Obama give a 5-star speech.  I've seen around six interviews with afternoon TV moderators, but they weren't really memorable or dynamic.  

3.  Michelle Obama would have to walk up on a stage and invent some interest in international affairs, economics, legislation, and cultivating fusion among people.  Where exactly will this talent come from?

4.  Taking the step from non-elected to anything....to the Presidency?  Tyler, Grant, Washington, Hoover, Eisenhower and Trump....those are the only people to ever accomplish the act.  

5.  Resolving or fixing the immigrant mess created?  I suspect she'll just say that the House just needs to give her more money.  Beyond that?  Nothing.

6.  Selling the black-brand to black communities?  A lot of things happened since 2016, and in Chicago (for example)....they want the migration mess cleaned up asap (she can't deliver that).  

7.  In several states, she'll have to compete against RFK Jr.  I think he can win in California....against her.

8.  From the announcement day, to election day....isn't this really a hyped-up race where Barak Obama is the focus in 90-percent of interviews and speeches?  

9.  Other than writing a couple of books.....there's not much to say on the resume, other than being the wife of Barak.

10.  Will Joe Biden stand there and muddle up her campaign....explaining how he was the 'big' guy?

Yeah, so this is like trying to sell me on a 1974 AMC Gremlin.....as much as you might think it has value.....it doesn't.

Q-and-A

 1.  What happens to Nikki Haley as she exits the race?

Well...she waits until summer...hoping Trump picks her up as VP (he won't), then she waits to November...figuring she'll get a cabinet post (she won't).  

My guess is...in mid-summer of 2025....she's hired by a SC university board to be a Chancellor/President of the college.  She'll write a book or two, and then in the spring of 2026....as Graham retires....she seeks his Senate seat and will attempt to sell herself as Republican.  

2.  What did the Supreme Court really say on Texas, razor-wire, and the federal gov't?

The ONLY thing they said....the feds can come in and remove the razor-wire.  They didn't say that Texas is banned from putting up razor-wire.

3.  Did NY City really say that social media is hurting society?

Yeah.....but as they put this 'idea' out....it went to social media.  Not sure if it matters or not.

4.  Is Joe Biden a unifier?

Oddly, yes....he's got more than 25 states unified to support Texas.

5.  Have I developed a Romney-mute-twitch with my finger?

Yes, I've noticed that my mute finger goes to turbo anytime Mitt Romney comes on for a comment or interview.  It's like a three-quarters of a second reaction.

6.  All this Civil War chatter going on....doesn't it seem odd....the good guys in 1860 were the Republicans, and the bad guys were the Democrats.  Today....2024....it seems the roles are reversed.

Yeah, plus you could say that Joe Biden is Lincoln in some way.  

But in this scenario....who are the 'slaves' for 2024?  Migrants or US citizens themselves?

Layoff Chatter

 Over the past six months, I'd say that I've noticed at least twenty-odd newspapers, news magazines, and networks....on a layoff  'binge'.

The chief problem?  It's such an industry that is seen as toxic....that there is NO real recovery process possible.

Adding to the burden....once you get the layoff notice....then what?  No one is hiring.  Even if you are employed....the odds are that you are looking at a 10-year period of stalled pay-raises.

Continuing trend?  Well....if you have a newspaper or network with marginal public respect....the odds are that the layoff pattern will just continue on.

If you were in your second year of college and preparing for a journalism degree?  You might want to ask for some advice, and dump this field of study.  

How we got to this point?  I would suggest since the 1990s....the management of most news units have been compromised and turned mostly into propaganda units.  Even if you sat down with reporters from SF or LA....explaining that they need to ask demanding questions of city council folks or state authorities....most of the journalists would suggest that this is unfair journalism.  

Interesting trend....like the way that blacksmiths went....as cars evolved.  

How Does Joe Biden Say He's Exiting?

 Over the past week or two....I've pondered over this scenario developing where Joe arrives at the Democratic Convention (19 August), and declare either on day 1 or day 2.....he's out...allowing for Michelle Obama (likely to be slated for the big evening speech on day 1) to catapult herself into the fill-the-gap position?

You see....if he says bad health....well, then you'd have to ask....why are you still at the White House?  Shouldn't you be allowing VP Harris to take charge?

Could he say he's got a bad heart?  No....VP Harris would have to take charge.

Could he say he's been weak for the past 6 months?  No...VP Harris would have to take charge.

Would he admit he's got lousy numbers and can't win?  That's not Joe Biden's style.

I am at a loss on how....day 2 of the convention....how he walks in and says 'I'm out'.

The only thing you can count on....Michelle Obama is giving a major prime-time speech on day one (ever before a schedule even comes out), and it'll be crafted by some former speech-writer for President Obama.

Selling People On Michelle Obama As Presidential?

 For the past week or two....I've tried to contemplate the Presidential election of Trump versus Michelle Obama.  I've come to four observations.

1.  It's an enormous amount of burden shifted to the news media....more than 2016's effort with Hillary Clinton....more than 2020's effort with Joe Biden, and even more than what was generated in 2008's election with Barak Obama.

CNN running 12 hours a day of hype for Michelle Obama?  It's hard to imagine that you'd find enough commercial backers to make this hype possible.

2.  This ending up with RFK Jr getting one out of every three Democratic votes?  I'd go out and say in several states (NY for example)....it might be possible to get 50-percent of the Democratic votes.

I don't think RFK Jr will run in all fifty states....but if he just runs in half of them....it'll dissolve any chance of Michelle Obama of winning.

3.  On debating between the three?  No....I don't think Michelle Obama will agree to a single debate.  Trump and RFK Jr probably will debate, and that will shift votes around.

4.  I've seen the Oprah-like friendly interviews that Michelle Obama has done and she handled those in a positive way.  Going to the level of blunt talk that either Joe Biden or Barak Obama have given?  I've yet to see a single occasion of that type of talk.

It's like bringing up one of Hillary Clinton's top three problems....talking tough while speaking.  She could not really deliver at the level required.

All of this effort now to open a 'path' for Joe Biden to exit,  and this is the great replacement?  I don't really buy into it.