Quebec, Alberta, and This 51st and So-On State Chatter

 Over the weekend.....some political officials from the province of Quebec....finally said that they are also looking at exiting Canada.

So what are the numbers here?

Quebec: 8.7-million, Alberta: 4.5-million.  British Columbia: 5.3-million, Manitoba: 1,409,223, and Saskatchewan: 1,194,803.

If you agree that there's to be five states (figure 10 more Senators, and at least 25 House members split up).

At the point that Quebec goes....will the rest say 'enough', and walk away?  I would imagine it'll take a year or two....but yeah....all will go this way.

The Senate design having to change?  I would go and suggest that the Senate chamber will max out.....around 110 seats, and then you have to survey the idea of a whole new structure for daily business.   More House problems? Just basic  math.....I'd say the new states would need in the range of 85-to-90 House seats.

The Yukon being part of Alaska in the end?  It's possible.....same story for the Northwest Territories.  

An odd historical era about to unfold? Yeah, remarkable and shocking at the same time.

Four Humble Observations

 1.  By the end of 2026....I expect a grocery store trend to start up....where you have to swipe a credit card to enter a store, and the cart will be taken by the door to scan, and deduct from your credit card.  By the end of 2027, I expect most all stores (including Wal-Mart) to have started the trend to prevent shop-lifting.

2.  Either in 2026 or 2030....a Census will occur, and I predict it'll lessen the US population by 30-million (mostly illegals). The exit of population in California will carve massively into the districts allocated...taking away 10 districts minimum.  

3.  I suspect if you did a complete audit of all homeless funds handed out by state and federal groups.....more than 50-percent went into a money-pit with no value for homeless folks.  

4.  I think all of the networks (NBC, CBS, and ABC) are adding up the losses.  If you run a show, and it's a no-profit/no-loss situation....you probably will survive.  Everyone else?  It's probably the moment that everyone has waited for....for  30-odd year.

Saturday Night Live To End?

 I read through some stuff today, and NBC is having a talk.....losses of $100-million a year are now 'average'.  So the question is...do you just terminate the show completely, or fire the production-bosses?

So five observations:

First, probably from the start (Oct 1975) to around the late 1980s.....it was funny.  At some point around 1992/1993....after viewing an episode....I considered not that funny.  It'd peaked.

Second, there's an era of a dozen years (late 90s to 2009) that I didn't watch it at all. When I started to watch again....I'd generally say that just one or two skits in the show were funny....the rest were marginally worth worth watching.

Third, the slant since 2008 being anti-Republican/pro-Democrat?  Yeah, that's oblivious. 

Fourth, just laying off the production team?  Then what?  

Fifth and final....if you ended the show.....the network would just say it's free-and-open for stations to find their own 'show'.  I'm not sure of what would happen.  Maybe some science-fiction hour?  Maybe roller-derby?  Maybe a whole hour of one single-skit....just comedians allowed to go as far as they want?

My three most favorite skits from SNL:  Washington's Dream (2023), anything with the Californians, and 1976's Samurai Stockbroker with John Belushi (yeah, that was a real Samurai blade used).  

Time Covers

 

I actually remember the Time issue from December 1973....bought it, and read the entire global cooling piece.  

As the mid-80s came around and global warming was hyped?  I stayed true to the global cooling position.

When climate change came in the 2004 era?  I stayed true to the global cooling position.

As the carbon BS started....I stayed true to the global  cooling position.

Interesting Idea

 The State Department is looking over this idea to connect to tourist and student visas....a $15,000 'bond'.  

If you over-stay....they keep the bond, and upon arrest....you get sent out (deported) and can't  re-enter for a decade.

How many people violate the student/tourist situation?  Unknown.  I would be guessing....in the past....maybe in the 20,000 range (per  year).

If so....that's $300-Million a year that they would generate.  

How much would the bond cost?  No one says much about this, but I would imagine that bond-companies would want a minimum of $1k  (probably off a credit card) to cover the bond, and the cost factor is a $100 fee. 

Would this lessen tourism?   Yeah, I'm of the mind that a German, or Italian....would say no to visiting the US.

A Whats App Story

This is a true story, and you might be amused by it.  I told this about six years ago, and about once a year....it pops into my mind.  

So it's mostly about 'Ms X', who is a 53-year old woman.....three times married, and currently with husband three.  I should note, she has a cellphone and uses What App a good bit.

So, X had health issues, and the doctors finally came up to say she had cancer....stage one, and in a resolvable state.  She's sent in the local area to meet Doctor So-V-So.  He's a young guy (early 30s), intelligent, and knows a good bit about uterus cancer (what she had).

Treatment starts up.

A lot of one-on-one conversations.  X was worried about her 'abilities' after treatment, and Doctor So-V-So got really into this topic and discussed it at length.

For whatever reason.....X felt that the doctor was going to the next level....'real friendly'.  We are talking about secret relations 'friendly'.

X handed Doctor So-V-So her cellphone number.

A week later, someone sends X some text via Whats App, and she thinks it's Doctor So-V-So.

Over the next five months, this hot-flash impluse thing starts up, and X is all fired up to have an affair with Doctor So-V-So.

Well....here's the thing.....that text?  Well....it wasn't from Doctor So-V-So.  It was from some guy who'd mistakenly sent her number a text.

As each day passed in this five month period....she was fantasizing a minimum of five hours a day on dumping her husband, and running off with Doctor So-V-So.

Remember, not a single word or text came from the real Doctor So-V-So.  And to be honest, from this mistaken guy.....I doubt if there were more than five text messages exchanged, with limited dialog.  He just didn't realize the mistake that started this.

Then one day, all of this fantasizing reached some peak, and she sent some long extended chat to the phone, and the mistaken guy gets this whole blunt message about him 'toying' with her.  He comments back to her.....well, he ain't Doctor So-V-So.

So begins to unravel this whole secret fantasy situation via Whats App.  The fact that she was entertaining 'firing' her husband and easily running off with someone else who she'd never even had a drink with or lusty moment in bed? 

Five to six months of this, and it comes to some abrupt end, without a real ending.  Just all an illusion. 

Would make a great five-star script for a movie. 

Four Things

 1.  If Trump goes to a fresh new Census?

I would imagine Congress/the Senate....would deny any funding.  However, if Trump performs the Census with postal employees, and avoids the cost....there will be some lawsuit to arrive at the Supreme Court. 

So here's the odd factor....lets say the Census is done (by alternate means) and the count says nationally (avoiding illegals)....is 26-million LESS.  It begs the question....does this screw with all 50 states, and massively with redrawing districts in all fifty for 2029/2030?  

I do agree....Texas and California will both lose districts, and this re-drawing will turn into a civil conflict for the courts to handle in 2030.  I'd also agree...the ONLY topic for the 2032 election will be this effect forced upon the nation.

2.  When you ask Grok (the AI on Twitter) a question....it's only examining reports and coming to a balanced decision.  'Best guess' is the product in  the end.  Frankly, you can ask a 12-year old kid, and get the same answer.

3.  I think it would be helpful if you took all 17-year-old kids....tazed them...forced them into a jail-house for 48 hours, and made them rough-camp for a week in some wilderness....to demonstrate civilization and it's values.

4.  If you finished high school, and were tested on stupidity.....repeating the test five years later....how many people would improve their stupidity score (getting more stupid)?  Five percent?  Ten percent?