What Vision Does NBC Have For A Rockford Files 'Reboot'?

 I paused over this reading in the AM.  NBC says 'go'....produce a season of Rockford Files  for September.

Will 'Rocky' (dad) be a alcoholic in this version?

Will Evelyn "Angel" Martin (played by Stuart Margolin) still be Jim's scheming former cellmate and con artist buddy?  Or will he be a Trans-lady?

Will Beth Davenport (played by Gretchen Corbett) as Jim's lawyer be crazy-crazy?

Will the show revolve entirely around LA corruption?

My vision....just use the 1980s version and don't screw up the basic storyline. 

Humble Observations Over ICE/Arrests

 1.  I've probably watched 150 clips of car 'action' where the driver was told to exit...wouldn't....ICE guys broke the glass.  Half were migrants....but the rest were mostly women (say 6 to 1 over males).

Glass repair guys are probably getting a ton of calls....coming ahead.

2.  Once you've been in a ICE-broke-my-window situation....dealing with issues....your frustration level will double.

ICE, after yanking you out and carrying your car downtown....call the tow-service for your vehicle, and it's taken to a yard (figure the tow, and storage...being near $300).

Then you talk to your husband/spouse, and they ask if this were really necessary.

3. Lawyer fees and fine?

Figure around $1k for the lawyer fee....if you just admit you were stupid.  The fine?   Figure up around $2k to $5k. If you fight it....figure 30 to 90 days in a fed-jail.  If you tried to ram ICE?  Figure 6 months in fed-jail.

4. Bail bondsmen?

Nine out of ten of these  idiot have never been arrested or put into a bail-situation.....so getting 'Larry' (the husband) or cousin Wanda to bail you out....might require some talking.

5. After you've been arrested and convicted....say for ramming....this conviction  sticks with you and will be a job-problem (most HR folks will ask questions).

Functionally Illiterate?

 Someone did a survey of the Philadelphia area....over functional literacy.  Fifty-two percent of residents are functional illiterate. 

Then they went to the second listing....saying that 62-percent of residents function at the 6th-grade level or less.

I paused over the numbers.

It kinda means that of a hundred people finishing high school....the majority are probably only able to handle to the 6th or 7th grade level of comprehension.  Yeah, I'm suggesting near three-quarters of society.

The question to ask....can these people even handle voting?

Across the US....like this?  I wonder about that.

My question would go to the next level....of college-graduates...how many function as marginally literate (say the 9th grade level)?

Q-and-A

 1.  Can you use plural pronouns for strictly one person?

Yes, in English, you can use plural pronouns like "they," "them," "their," and "theirs" to refer to a single person. This is known as the singular "they," and it's been part of the language for centuries (dating back to at least the 14th century in works like Chaucer's Canterbury Tales). 

2.  What kind of person leaves their house in Minnesota....in the midst of winter....to campaign/demonstrate....again ICE....for 6 to 8 hours per day?

Consumed person, without any life or hobbies,  or interests....other than fighting 'evil'.

3.  What I think Trump gets out of the Greenland 'deal'?

Basically....a submarine 'base' (with a US Navy presence), and some kind of economic understanding that China can't be in the Greenland economy (ever).

4.  Isn't it just odd....narco-fast-boat deliveries have gone to near zero near both Columbia  and Venezuela?

Yeah....no one really wants to take up the profession. I expect within 30 days....a cocaine crisis in the US....where prices double.

51st State Chatter

 Yesterday, I woke up to the new scenario....that Greenland, as part of the Trump deal....might be offered statehood.  Essentially, getting to be the 51st state.

Then I kinda noticed...there are a number of folks now suggesting that Venezuela might fit better into being a 51st state.

Then I noticed that Cuba is on the tipping point....where in 30 to 60 days....the gov't may fall apart, and some were suggesting they would be a better fit for the 51st state.

Then I went back to the 2025 chatter....Alberta,  and Saskatchewan....going to independence in 2026....becoming the 51st, and 52nd states.

Then I remembered the other two Canadian provinces discussing this idea....Manitoba  and  British Columbia....wanting 51st and 52nd status.

Then I remembered the Guam suggestion....that they should get 51st state status.

Then I remembered the Puerto Rico suggestion....51st state status.

Then I remembered the 2017 American Samoa idea....51st state status.

Then I remembered the discussed idea of a Navajo Nation (parts of Utah, New Mexico and Arizona)....getting 51st state status.

Then  I remembered the ongoing discussion of Guyana (next to Venezuela) getting US state status.....getting 51st state status.

Yeah....potentially 12 states.

The growing spiral theory?  Well...once you get 'X' state as 51....the path to 52, 53, and so on....is a faster pace.  So I'm of the mind....if we arrive at Greenland as 51....the  path to Alberta as 52 is probably only six months away, and the path to Guam and Manitoba is probably 12 months away. 

A plus-side?  Transforming Cuba into a advanced nation?  It requires dependable power (nuke-energy), and it offers a 5-star hotel/tourism opportunity.  Guyana? It's about to be a major energy producer (for decades ahead).  

Being realistic?   I can probably see three new states by the end of the Trump era, and another four to six in the Vance era. 

Drones?

 For the record....President Donald Trump has directed his Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, to “immediately” determine the cause of the “drone scare” in New Jersey so he could inform the public. 

So a year into his administration....he White House has still not identified who or what was responsible for the unidentified drones.

My take?  There's only two likely scenarios.

First....the Chinese wanted to display their advanced 'tech'.

Second....several US companies have advanced 'tech' drones, and oddly...around the same time period....tested their stuff in front of the public.

Alien invasion crap?  No.

What Is With All This Fed Investigation Stuff?

 First, if you just wanted to renovate  a single bathroom in a DC fed building....by the time you finish with the simple project....you probably would have spent near $200,000.  So with the one  single Fed building....you can  figure any upgrade/improvement....would have been $500-million.

Second, at the end of 2024.....at the one-third point of  the project....they'd spent near $700-M.  

By the end of 2025, they'd spent near $500-M.  

At present, the end-total will be in the range of $2.5-B.  

Third, none of the money is congressional-given funds....it's  Fed-profits.  

You can figure that the project....probably still 30-to-40 percent to be done....will go past the $2.5-B. 

So Powell probably didn't grasp the full details of what was going on, and some investigation will reveal crappy planning.  Worth jail-time?  I doubt it....but some kind of change has to occur to prevent this from repeating.