Five Observations

 1.  If you asked a hundred American adults to define Oligarch....fewer than five would  be able to do so.  Same problem with intersectionality.  

2.  Some media chatter....a minimum of 50-odd Hollywood personalities (mostly all  guys) to be held by fed LE...related to sex with underage girls at Diddy parties.  My humble guess....they will all offer to 'rat' on others,  and this leads to 500 other personalities.

3. Those DOGE folks  have apparently submitted a list of 163 Congress members to the IRS for an “immediate audit.” 

The majority (156) were Democrats.

Hidden income?  Well....this apparently relates to USAID money that quietly funneled back to campaign efforts.  If true?  It means IRS combing through a lot more than just gov't funds.

4.  It bothers me greatly to view President Biden public statements from 2023/2024....knowing full-well that he was 'out'.  Like watching 'Being There' with Peter Sellers.

5.  For decades....Syria has been an Iranian/Russian proxy.  They only survived  because of cash-flow from the Soviets/Russians and Iran.  Now that both are in a money-pit with no cash flow....Syria finally has to write a fix-it policy. 

NPR Chatter

 Over the weekend.....the former NPR CEO....Vivian Schiller....gave a talk.  So in the middle of this....she said.....'people in rural areas rely on public radio and TV to get their information'.

I paused over this. I grew up in a pretty rural region (NW Ala) in the 1960s/1970s.  Yeah, we had four channels (ABC, NBC, CBS and public-TV) and just one local paper (usually not more than 24 pages). But radio-wise, there were probably sixteen FM channels, and on a clear evening....I had probably 200 AM channels....some as far away as St Louis.   

The perception of Schiller?  It's a mystery to me.  Even in the 1930s....folks had newspapers and AM radio.

By the 1980s....you had talk radio and extended news features  by channels beyond NPR or pubic-TV.

It's like Schiller never got into a car and drove around the country.

Greenland Story

 Denmark's PM said yesterday....'you cannot spy against an ally.' This came up after some reports of the US starting to spy on Greenland.

So I dug into the story.

Apparently, the comment got people bothered....so Denmark summoned the top American diplomat in for a talk...after reading a Wall Street Journal piece about several high-ranking officials under the U.S. director of national intelligence (Tulsi Gabbard) giving directions to the intelligence folks to collect information on Greenland’s independence movement. Key chatter?  Just how the independence movements sees things.

So I went to polls of Greenland folks.

2016? A survey found that 64-percent of Greenlanders supported full independence (Denmark out).

2017?  This poll asked a carefully phrased question....if independence meant a lower standard of living.  In this case....78-percent said 'NO WAY'.

2019? This poll showed 68-percent of Greenlanders supported independence from Denmark.

2025? A general poll revealed that 84-perent of Greenland folks....supported independence from Denmark.....however once you put the lesser standard into play....roughly half the folks polled were totally against the independence.  They added a question here....about US statehood....to which only 6-percent were agreeable to that idea.

So to save Tulsi time, and wasting 15,000 man-hours on conducting intelligence collection....I'll do the assessment for you.

Three observations:

1.  Probably around three-quarters of Greenland folks just don't get a happy feeling from years of Danish 'management'.  You could say it was incompetence....probably a bit of intellectual stupidity...or simply too many rules.

2.  This Greenland idea of 'freedom'?  They simply want a country....run only by Greenlanders, and some 'deal' on the table where better economic conditions would be guaranteed in some way.  If you asked about limiting 'entry', and keeping the population near the current 55,000....I would imagine the vast majority would readily agree....they don't want 2,000 refugees arriving yearly and seeing a 'boom' to occur.

3.  Finally, you can absolutely forget about statehood. Maybe you could get a independent nation status, with a 100-year economic treaty with the US.....where every single resident (the 55,000) would get a yearly check of $5,000....for 100 years....for mineral rights.  But this would have to stipulate limits.

As for the spy efforts?  I would imagine some James Bond-like character coming in as a tourist....asking sixty people stupid questions, and then some 400-page study gets produced.

Maybe Denmark ought to do counter-spy work....sending their spies into the US....to ask stupid questions.

Final note?  No one yet says why Greenland is that important....which is just odd to be this far into a chaotic mess.

Basement Trip Yesterday

 This week, I lugged out of the basement....my last duffle-bag from the military years.  Containing?  Well....my two fatigue-jackets (1977 and 1994). 

I put them through the washer, and will sell them at a flea-market in July.

When the Air Force issued my first fatigue-jacket....boot-camp (1977)....I looked at it and asked how it'd keep you warm.  It wasn't that thick, and it was mostly heavy-duty green cloth.   Sarge said I'd get a 'liner' at the first duty-station.  The 'liner'?  Mostly a cheap-made vest that you'd button into the fatigue-jacket.  

Eventually, someone led me around to high-quality non-military vest-liners, and I'd get a lecture about this article of the uniform not being military-issue.  

Eventually in the mid-1990s.....the Gore-Tex jacket came out....I ended up spending $140 for it, and it literally filled every possible need in winter months. 

So I'm disposing of that 'era'.   Anyone bidding 5 Euro gets one (of the two).  At that point, other than a 1980s helmet....I'm done with uniform items.

Prehistoric Chatter

I sat and read through this story yesterday, and it's been on my mind.

First, there is no real evidence to say this.

Second, I tried to imagine this from a tactical stand-point....believing yes...if you had eight hunters and at least 2 of them were female....they probably got 'smart' and strongly recommended the safest way to hunt (ensuring survival).

But then I came to the issue....what if the team were seven women out of the team of eight....how much arguing would have taken place....with 'Larry' simply shaking his head over the level of debate going on.

What I expect here?  Within a year....the question will drift over....what if 3 members of the eight were transmen or lesbians?  Or if four of the eight were gay men?

Personally, it's all indicators of too many scientists existing.
 

What Is This Pakistan and India 'War' About?

 Well....tensions arose between India and Pakistan, escalating on 22 April2025....in Pahalgam, Indian-administered Kashmir.  26 civilians dead.  

It's a tourist area....so most of these dead folks  are simply Indians on vacation.

The attackers? India says....linked to The Resistance Front (TRF), believed to be an offshoot of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba. 

Pakistan says no-way....simply saying the attack was a "false flag" operation by India. 

So the nuke side of this?  India and Pakistan  has roughly 340 total (pretty equal) nuke warheads.

There is a pretty solid belief (by non-Indians and non-Pakistanis)....that this is going to be a nuke solution episode in the end.  Military analysts lean this way, and both sides seem to be hyped-up to the max.

As for a 24-hour nuke war?  I could see both testing each other....with two or three nukes launched, and a 2-to-3 nuke counter-response.  I don't think either wants to launch all 340 nukes.   

The interesting thing.....I've seen video of this Pahalgam area  of Kasmir....very similar  in nature to western Oregon....loaded with pines and snow-covered mountains off in the distance.

I Have This Idea

 I want an AI-program called 'DUE-PROCESS'....where it's programmed to handle a 8-minute session.  You allow the illegal-guy to talk...let DUE-PROCESS evaluate in 3 seconds, and then print-out a sheet.  The guy has a deputy there who reads the paper, and routes you to the bus, or to a holding cell.

I figure DUE-PROCESS should be able to handle 200k people a day.