Five Humble Thoughts

 1.  Recognizing Palestine?  

In the end, if you recognize it as a state....you might as well call it Hamas-i-stan, which leads directly back to Iran.

2.  If you really sat down and reviewed comedians...probably 10-percent would be better qualified as a activist....than a comedian.

3.  Just a guess....but by the end of 2026....at least 3,000 Antifa guys/gals will be detained, and charged-up.  The question is...if convicted....do you lock them into a special prison, or a random regular prison?

4.  I had to watch a fairly indepth news report here in Germany....that I need to worry about mosquitos (the Tiger-mosquito).  I guess I'll add it to the 3,000 things on  my worry-list.

5.  The VP quest for Vance in 2028....is finished.

Jimmy Kimmel (Until May 2026)

 My four observations:

First, somewhere in the range of 30-to-40 percent of ABC stations will probably find alternate shows to run....admitting locals aren't watching, and commercial profits are too marginal to openly discuss.

Second, both ABC and Disney will be mostly silent on profits/commercial prices....but they will support a charity operation....paying Kimmel/crew their salary...while eating up NFL profits.

Third, late-night comedy....by the end of 2026...will end.  There will be no discussions, no chatter, no weeping. Not just ABC....all of the networks will find a exit-door to leave.

Fourth, as the Kimmel 'circus' continues on....it'll be painfully obvious that it's less humor than ever before, and mostly some witty intellectual BS-session.

Odds Of Tyler Robinson (Kirk's Shooter) Dead Within 30 Days?

 Suicide...odds?  I give it near 99-percent chance.

What'll Happen In the Jimmy Kimmel Situation?

 First, I think the meeting between ABC's lawyers an Jimmy's lawyers...will last about an hour.   There was supposed to be a new contract worked up by May 2026 (where the current contract was to end).  

I think Kimmel's lawyers will be told  that the potential for a new contract is now zero.  

Then the argument will be that ABC should allow Kimmel to continue until May 2026.  ABC will respond that the advertising profits aren't covering cost/salary.  Then ABC will bring up the stations....where sixty-plus percent are asking for something new, or just to end the 'pain'.

Kimmel's lawyers will respond that ABC needs to pay for salary ($15-M per year) until May of 2026.....which ABC will say that the 'just-cause' with words uttered by Kimmel is reason to just it now....without further pay.

Then both groups will leave and agree to meet by Thursday (my guess) for one final round of talks.

Kimmel thinking he can make a successful podcast?  Well....he may believe that....but the $15-M a year is NOT possible.  I'm guessing he might be able to make in the $1.5-M a year as a podcaster.  

I  believe ALL of the networks are finished on late-night talk shows.....handing the hour back to stations, and letting them do their  own thing.

As for success following Kimmel?  Comedian-wise....his glory days of 2014...are long-gone.  

Five Observations

 1.  Jimmy Kimmel gone?  Well...yeah.  I sat and thought about the last time that I watched 50-percent of his show....probably going back to 2011.  Even then, it just wasn't that funny (like in the beginning....2003/2004/2005).

The growth of streaming video/Netflix?  A lot of the cause of growth....goes to people who left ABC, CBS or NBC.

2. On this $100k per work-visa....to  get a international guy into the US to work for someone (Trump's order).  If you lined up 500 companies....I would imagine fewer than 20 would pay $100k.  

3.  Just my humble thought....if you are struggling with depression....flipping your gender over to something else....probably won't relieve you of depression.

4.  I intend to use  Grok in 2026....to stage my investment strategy for my IRA.  I know.....it may be crazy, but I'm crafting ten questions to lead Grok (AI) to review and give me five to ten ETF's invest in.

5.  After reading the complete resume of Erika Kirk (wife of Charlie)....I hate to admit it....but if this were basketball, with Pete Maravich out on the court, and Larry Bird on the bench....Bird (Erika) will take the 'game' to an entirely higher level once she enters.

'Internal Logical Connection'

Each of us are born with something called 'internal logical connection'.   It's basically a common sense 'patch' in your head where you hear X-comment, and you relate it to X-feeling, X-observation, X-crap, or even X-stupidity.

Some people have gone and basically turned this 'off'.  Maybe they had help....maybe they had some instructor, teacher or parent who figured it wasn't something you needed in life.

So around psychologists and marketing experts, it is known that people, when hearing sentences, do not retain the internal logical connection in their heads. 

Someone could say "The assassination of Charlie Kirk cannot be justified by anything, not even by the fact that he was a far-right racist," what sticks in the head is not "The assassination cannot be justified by anything," but rather "Kirk = far-right racist = assassination." Thus ultimately: "Kirk was murdered because he was a racist, so he kind of deserved it anyway."

The problem here...you walk into work or church, or some college-class...letting folks know you turned this 'internal logical connection'....then someone will ask...what ELSE did you turn off?  

Step by step....your lack of behavior or maturity....now worries folks.  Maybe for flipping burgers....it's enough to just let  the guy go.  Beyond that?  You start to ask HR about dismissing the poor fellow.

Observations

 I spent about 45 minutes this AM....reading/rereading  the full text exchange between Tyler Robinson and his trans-girlfriend/roommate.

Four observations.

First, it just doesn't read like two 20-year old types.  Words used.....I would suggest two 50-year old guys.

Second, in some odd way....it was like you asked AI to create a text between two people who can't read or write.  

Third, in the end.....Robinson asks the idiot friend to delete the text....which any dimwit would figure out....somewhere in the system....it will remain.

Fourth, on my Oswald-conspiracy-index (1-to-10)....I rate the exchange near a '8'.

Finally, just odd.....99-percent of folks would write a manifesto. Robinson?  No.