The Aperion Age?

"Most of us get up in the morning, get dressed, and go to work. We work some normal job, come home, have dinner and the next day start all over again. While we are living in that type of existence, the technologists are busy at work. They are in a race with the technologists from other companies and countries to come up the newest and fastest anything."

I read an article the other day that we might be entering what will be known as the Aperion Age. At first, I had to catch myself. I know I don't have the best vocabulary in the world, but it has been a while since I have been skunked on knowing what a word meant. True confessions - I had to look this one up. What I found was this - Aperion is a Greek word which means basically limitless or infinite. The article I read could then be correct. With all the technologies coming together at the same time, there is no telling where all this could lead us.

Last night (after a four-hour hiatus with no power), I watched something on YouTube which was fascinating to say the least. It was a computer-generated battle between the US and ROK forces against the Norks. A big part of the battle was fought with who had the best AI. The US and ROK forces had robot drones, which could surveil, shoot with automatic weapons, or drop bomblets. They also had small robot type tanks which had automatic weapons on them. The Norks had no such thing, and the battle belonged to the team with the best AI - US and ROC.

Why do I point this out? What is going to change this decade? The better question is what NOT is going to change this decade. Yesterday morning I read about Sam Altman's newest "toy". OpenAI, which Altman is the CEO of, recently announced the release of Strawberry will be coming very soon. Altman said Strawberry could be the bridge between Narrow AI and AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). Why is this so important? AGI will allow machines to think on their own. It is the steppingstone to the long awaited (or feared) Artificial Super Intelligence. That is when the machines will be smarter than humans. What are the possibilities? Infinite. 

Not to be outdone by the advances in AI, quantum computing is also making headway. These machines are scary fast. How fast? A simple quantum computer with 30 qubits, is capable of performing at the same level as a digital computer performing over a trillion operations per second. And now 30 qubits is so yesterday. The newer quantum computers are capable of using 1,000 qubits. What will be the limit to these incredible machines? Limitless. A good fit for the Age of Aperion.

Most of us get up in the morning, get dressed, and go to work. We work some normal job, come home, have dinner and the next day start all over again. While we are living in that type of existence, the technologists are busy at work. They are in a race with the technologists from other companies and countries to come up the newest and fastest anything. They are making things from the very, very small, to the very, very fast. This is the hidden world we live in. Once in a while an article will appear about this hidden world that looks more like science fiction than science. This is all happening right now, right here.

Alvin Toffler touched on a bit of this in his book Future Shock. Part of our future shock will happen this decade when seeing robots proliferate and do some human labor, as well as sharing the road with autonomous cars - will become commonplace. What else is coming this decade? Uknown. Some of it has not even been invented as yet. But it is coming. As is the Age of Aperion. Buckle up and get ready, as it is coming.  

   

Well, at least she is not Joe!

"Want a ray of hope? A financial advisor to the Harris/Walz team was on CNBC defending the unrealized income tax that Harris wants to adopt. Let me put it this way - I have faith once again in CNBC. They bounced this moron from the Harris camp around pretty good. Without calling him an idiot, they sure made him look like one."

Watch an interesting snapshot of the most current polls for the presidential race. Before Biden was "replaced" due to Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump was beating Joe Biden. Not by much, but enough. The race was Trump's to lose. Then all of a sudden, the most amazing thing happened. Joe Biden was replaced as the 2024 nominee by his Veep. His Veep who was polling lower than Joe Biden was. His Veep, that when she ran for president in 2020, did not earn one delegate. Now this most unpopular person is the nominee, and along with her very strange bedfellow from Minnesota - are leading Donald Trump in most polls. Not by much, but enough.

When these poll numbers were discussed on a news show this morning, one of the pundits asked this very good question - "Wait a minute - what has changed?" Translation - none of the Biden era programs have changed. As a matter of fact, Harris has thrown in a few whoppers on top of them. Like, tax on unrealized income. Higher tax on capital gains. Higher corporate income tax. To answer this question "what has changed", the answer is not a dang thing. Then how in the world can she be leading Donald Trump?

First off, she is not Joe Biden. That is huge. She is the new shiny penny. And she could be historic as the first black woman president. But wait - she is an idiot. Her Veep is an idiot. How can this be? Voting blocks. Who will vote for her? Black folks. Brown folks. Jewish folks. Muslim folks. Illegal immigrants. Union types. TEACHER UNIONS. Atheists. Agnostics. GBTQ+ (and so forth) types. Who will vote for Trump? All the rest of us. 

In 2020, Americans were stupid to vote for Biden. He was a poor choice and made a very poor president. The country has suffered under Biden. Will Americans be that stupid again in 2024 to vote for a couple of morons? Two people who don't have a clue about economics. A couple of socialists? I have said this before - if Harris gets elected, she can hurt retired folks. But - that hurt is NOTHING compared to what she can do to middle-aged, middle-class folks. They will bear the brunt of a Harris/Walz empire. And young people just starting out? Good luck to them. The American dream will only end up being American insomnia.

Tonight, Harris and Walz will be on CNN, having their first interview. Hard hitting questions from Dana Lash like, what is your favorite ice cream? Or what kind of underwear do you wear? Or who is your favorite Hollywood star? How do I know? Not my first rodeo. I know how the cabal works. Don't dust up the Democrats - skewer the Republicans. Same stuff, every cycle. 

Want a ray of hope? A financial advisor to the Harris/Walz team was on CNBC defending the unrealized income tax that Harris wants to adopt. Let me put it this way - I have faith once again in CNBC. They bounced this moron from the Harris camp around pretty good. Without calling him an idiot, they sure made him look like one.

My opinion still holds. Those who put party over country are destructive people. They are the "Yellow Dogs". On the other hand, some people will vote for Trump, and not like Trump at all. Why? Because Trump is flawed. I said this the other day to a doubter - Trump is not a perfect man, but he is the perfect man for what this country needs right now. That is a cold hard fact. Full stop.    

Can he stop the killing?

"The choice is ours in November. Re-elect a man who has been successful in everything he has done - including being president. Or - elect an empty suit who will take us into more war, more inflation, more immigration woes. Me? I will stick with the Don - every day of the week, and twice on Sunday."    

Can he stop the killing? Short answer - no. But he can slow it down. Here is something that many of us on the MAGA team understand about Donald Trump. He is somewhat of a peacenik. He detests war. That being said, Donald Trump is no shrinking violet when it comes to the use of force. He is a firm believer in the Reagan doctrine of "peace through strength." Plus, he is a man of his word. When he warned Iran not to harm any Americans, and then they killed an American contractor - well, we all know what happened to General Soleimani. Trump eviscerated him, by slicing and dicing him with a special Hellfire missile.

I have thought for a while now, that Donald Trump has a bit of John Donne in him. His credo could be, "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind...". Shortly after the Ukranian War started, Trump was asked for his thoughts. "I just want the killing to stop. If I were still President, I could have talked Putin out of this war." Trump, who wrote "The Art of the Deal", probably could have. He would have offered some kind of "win-win" solution to Putin and Ukraine, so the war would have never happened. Hundreds of thousands of lives would have been saved - both Ukranian and Russian. 

Donald Trump is convinced that the weakness and confusion we showed in our retreat from Afghanistan, and the loss of thirteen innocent American lives at Abby Gate, emboldened many evil and truculent forces to do unspeakable things. What did Joe Biden show the world in the way we left Afghanistan? America the world's policeman, just retired. America the friend to those who befriended us - were stabbed in the back. Joe Biden became "Hidden Biden", tucked in the confines of the White House basement. Meanwhile - Ukraine happened. The October 7th massacre in Israel (and subsequent war) happened. China invading Taiwan is close to happening.

One might ask, what is it about Donald Trump, who has done so much good for people, who helps his fellow man, who detests senseless killing - what is it that causes so many on the left to hate him? I have yet to figure this one out. Is Donald Trump a tough businessman? Yes. Is Donald Trump a tough counter puncher? Again, yes. Does Donald Trump love this great nation? Absolutely, yes. So, what is it then about Donald Trump, which causes such a "pucker factor" in Democrats?

We have the ability to get Donald Trump back in the White House next January. Should that happen, much of the killing will stop. Many of the border incursions will stop. Much of the inflation will stop. Reliance on foreign sources for gas and oil will stop. Or - we can elect another "empty suit". A woman who never garnered one vote when she ran for president. A woman whose limited vision for American is a mile wide and an inch deep. In other words, a phony.

The choice is ours in November. Re-elect a man who has been successful in everything he has done - including being president. Or - elect an empty suit who will take us into more war, more inflation, more immigration woes. Me? I will stick with the Don - every day of the week, and twice on Sunday.    

The REAL slovenly love affair

"And yet, I still know of people (NOT MAGA types), who like sheeple, watch and listen to one of the alphabet news channels. What is the difference between ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN? Nada. Zip. They are all the same. Liberal, slanted, and in the tank for DNC talking points."

I don't get it. They have been accused, and exposed. But they don't give a rip. In fact, they almost gloat about it. The days of Walter Cronkite are long over. The days of Dan Rather is when the change started. But the Dan Rather days were eons ago, and much has changed since then. If you have not yet guessed, I am talking about the love affair, the slovenly love affair, that the mainstream media has with the Democratic Party. It is shameful; it is wrong. But that is where our corruption has led us. To a real cabal. 

How bad is it? This weekend, Tom Cotton (Senator from Arkansas) was interview on one the alphabet networks by a tool named Jonathan Karl. What at one time would have an impartial interview, due to the cabal, has turned into a debate contest. Even though Cotton (as usual) held his own with Karl, Cotton was still somewhat taken aback that this interview was that slanted. Jonathan Karl stepped out of his role as an unbiased network moderator, and into his role as a Democrat hack. How bad was it? It gave Donald Trump some pause to reconsider taking part in a national debate, hosted by ABC. 

And yet, I still know of people (NOT MAGA types), who like sheeple, watch and listen to one of the alphabet news channels. What is the difference between ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN? Nada. Zip. They are all the same. Liberal, slanted, and in the tank for DNC talking points. What? Want to go more to the left for your news? There is always MPR (taxpayer funded slop-goo) or MSNBC. Bottom line? Fox is the only half-way honest (and I mean half-way at times) news source is Fox News. 

Back in the day, people in the Soviet Union were only able to get their news from a government newspaper called Pravda. Interestingly, Pravda is translated to mean "truth". It was a government rag which deserved to die. And die it did, in 1991 when the Soviet Union died. Today in Russia, freedom of the press is still an aspiration instead of a fact. Not as bad as the Pravda days, but the press better be careful, or maybe face some gulag time. Are we too, headed that way? With our cabal between the DNC and the media, we might be close.

  

The approaching AI roadblock

"Solutions? Unless we can find some hidden deposit, which nobody knows about, our only hope it to find an asteroid which contains enough of these valuable elements to go after. Other than that, we need to go hat in hand to China when our 6% is not enough to suit our demands." 

Who is leading the world right now in AI technology? Many think it is the United States. Why? We have many companies who are sinking zillions of dollars into R+D and coming up with some promising solutions. Take Nvidia for example. They are leading the pack right now, and many Nvidia shareholders are smiling all the way to the bank. Sky is the limit, right? Not so fast - maybe not.

There is a huge roadblock ahead and finding a way over it or around it might be a bridge too far. In fact, it might come down to dancing with the devil (doing more business with China). Why? We have a voracious appetite for materials which go into making these almost magical chips. Some of the key components come out of the Rare Earth family of minerals. And that is where the problem lies.

China is blessed to house over 60% of all the Rare Earth minerals on the planet. Full stop, plain fact. The United States has less than 10% of all known deposits - like 6%. Myanmar has about 15% of the world's supply, but mining there is a fool's errand. Why? It is a mess. Unregulated, and armed camps are trying to control the supply which is mined. It is dangerous place to visit, much less do business there. So, that leaves China as the country we need to go to for more supply.

China and the US have a symbiotic relationship with chip manufacturing. They know we have a technology edge (they would love to steal more trade secrets from Nvidia), and we need some of their supply of Rare Earths. Where does that leave us? If we are not at war with China over Taiwan, we have a very fragile trading platform. However, once war breaks out, both countries are screwed. We need each other, but don't trust each other more than we can throw each other.

Solutions? Unless we can find some hidden deposits, which nobody knows about, our only hope is to find an asteroid which contains enough of these valuable elements to go after. Other than that, we need to go hat in hand to China when our 6% is not enough to suit our demands. 

Is this a dance with the devil? Seems that way. BTW - China also has many of the elements we need to make electric car batteries. Let that marinate as we head for Joe Biden's electric car mandate in our very near future.   

The naked truth...

"Democrats have turned politics into a pitched battle of mud wrestling in this country. It is victory at all costs. Take no prisoners. If someone strays from the herd, let that person be eschewed forever. It is a sad case that America has come to this, but it has. The migration of RFK Jr. to our side of the street was our gain and their loss. They just don't realize it as yet."    

In all my years, I have never heard any Republican, much less a Democrat, strip the Democrat Party as clean as Bobby Kennedy Jr. did. Not one single thing, did he say, was false. It all rang true. But wait - the "party of big pharma"? "The party of war?" "The party of lawfare"? Where was the rebuttal from the Democrats? The Kennedy clan? Not heard. Why? They are all in on it. They know what their party is, and they don't give a wit. Why not? It is all about winning, baby! No matter what - clean, dirty or otherwise - it is all about staying in power! 

I would be embarrassed beyond belief, if a former long-term Republican, with long family ties, had done the same. The first thing I would have thought of, was - is this true? And if it is, how in the world could we not have seen this coming. But the Democrats are different. They knew about this from the get-go. And they did not care. It is all about winning, baby!

Bobby Jr, however, is cut from a different cloth. He really does want to make things better. A cleaner environment. Heathier children. A more peaceful world. What an oddball! Who really cares about all that crapola? Donald Trump does. And in the eyes of RFK Jr., Trump was an island of sanity in an insane world. Coming over to the red side of the street, would have been as easy for Jr. as it would have been for his dad or uncle, should they be alive today. Why do I say that? Today's Democrats are nothing like yesterday's other party. Not a bit.

With Bobby Jr. endorsing Trump, RFK Jr. has gone from a bit quirky, to an outcast. He is almost like Voldemort - his name shall no longer be spoken at family events. But Bobby does not feel the same. He has no hate in his heart for his family. Nor for his former pals in the DNC. He may disagree with them, but the animosity they feel towards him is not reciprocated. Not a bit. Hey Joe Biden - this is how a person of faith is supposed to act. Just saying.

Democrats have turned politics into a pitched battle of mud wrestling in this country. It is victory at all costs. Take no prisoners. If someone strays from the herd, let that person be eschewed forever. It is a sad case that America has come to this, but it has. The migration of RFK Jr. to our side of the street was our gain and their loss. They just don't realize it as yet.    

Children of the atom, all grown up

"The folly of winning a nuclear exchange is as foolhardy as thinking that hiding under your school desk would spare you. It was and still is all smoke and mirrors."

I have recently noticed something interesting going on with You Tube. There seems to be a proliferation of "shorts" about what life would be like in the last few minutes before the bombs hit. Bombs hitting? What bombs? The big ones. The nukes. In most of these "shorts" the sirens are going off, the TV has emergency notifications going on, and people are running around, dazed and confused. Then in most of them, it ends with a blinding light and then nothing.

The "children of the atom", the ones who went to school during the "duck and cover" era, are all now all grown up. Most are grandparents; some are no longer with us. True confessions? I was part of that era. I remember the "duck and cover" days. Many of our fathers went to war in Europe or the Pacific to fight for peace. Kind of like World War One was going to be the war to end all wars. So was World War II. Didn't last long. World War III, fought between NATO and the Soviet Union, seemed to be looming right over the horizon. Only this war will be played with nukes. It will be for keeps.

The "duck and cover" kids, sometimes referred to as the "children of the atom", really thought those nuclear horrors we had growing up, ended with the fall of the Soviet Union. Turns out we were foolish to think that. Why? Russia, coming out of the Soviet Union, still had thousands of nukes. Plus, the "nuclear genie" was out of the bottle. All of a sudden you get countries like China, North Korea and Pakistan who also have nukes. Soon we can add Iran to that list. 

Now we are in a new era. One with hydrogen bombs, many times more powerful than atomic bombs. And we have super missiles to deliver them. Russia is reported to have an "unstoppable" hypersonic missile which can go 20 times the speed of sound. If or when the sirens ever go off, and if a missile is incoming, we will all have just a few minutes between notification and impact. And then the blinding light, and then nothing.

How did we get here? How did we go from MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) to this madness? I think it all started with having a nuke meant deterrence, to having nukes meant you could win a war. Here is a fact which has not changed over all these decades. A nuclear war will yield no winners. Just losers. A poisoned planet, where all will starve. A nuclear winter, where many will freeze.

The folly of winning a nuclear exchange is as foolhardy as thinking that hiding under your school desk would spare you. It was and still is all smoke and mirrors. Right now, we have a madman in Russia, home to the world's largest stockpile of nukes, threatening us almost daily now with nuclear war. One itchy finger on a sensitive trigger, and our final war could start. Intentionally or unintentionally, our final war could start and be the end of everything for everyone forever more. Sorry about the somber note, but it had to be said.  

  

From hero to hated, just like that

"I will give you kudos for one additional thing. You could have done this on Thursday instead of Friday. THAT - would have taken all the oxygen out of the air in Chicago. But you were a gentleman who knows how to play fair (unlike the minions in the New Socialist Party). That way Kamala could give her pointless speech about the great void of nothingness."

Welcome RFK Jr, to the fray. Sorry - I should have warned you that you are no longer lovable. In fact, you are now a pariah. Even some in your own family might turn against you. Why? You have the guts to be a truth teller, and not a gas lighter. Not only did you go on national TV (for those outlets who are not compromised by the Deep State) and give a blistering account of what has happened to the Democrat Party (it was all true), you then put the dagger in the heart of the beast by endorsing Donald J. Trump. 

Welcome to MAGA nation Mr. Kennedy. But hold on - it gets worse. Bobby Jr. might become a part of Trump's Administration. Like, maybe Secretary of Agriculture. If that comes to pass, this will be the first time in just about forever we have someone in that position with some skills. And someone who is not bought and paid for. It seems Bobby Jr.'s pet rock (food safety) is also a high interest item of the Don. In fact, even though Kennedy and Trump don't agree on everything, it is amazing on how many things they do agree on.

I will give you kudos for one additional thing. You could have done this on Thursday instead of Friday. THAT - would have taken all the oxygen out of the air in Chicago. But you were a gentleman who knows how to play fair (unlike the minions in the New Socialist Party). That way Kamala could give her pointless speech about the great void of nothingness.

Dean Phillips has just a smidge of the right stuff that Bobby Jr. has running through his veins. Dean is a "almost" guy. He strayed off the reservation to (gasp!) run against Joe Biden. Dean kept saying this was nothing personal but Biden was way too old to go for a second term. But here is why Dean is an "almost" guy. His voting record. His record is just about 100% with all the crap that Biden put forward. Bottom line? Dean may have been right about Biden's age, but not much else. I would like to say he is a work in progress, but that would not be telling the truth. But heck - anybody can finally see the light and change. Maybe Dean will.

Back to Bobby Jr. joining our team. One of things that Bobby Jr and Donald have already agreed on, is how they will disagree. It will be respectful and informative. I think having a strong voice like Kennedy's in Trump's cabinet could do everyone "a solid". Why do I say that? There are so many weasels on the blue team, finding a truth teller like Bobby Jr. is like finding the golden fleece. In other words, when you find one - keep him. And most importantly - listen to him. 

Our new financial planner

"Folks, the la-la land convention in Chicago is over. Time for the real campaign to start. We have now seen what the other side looks like. Weird, for a starter. Kamala Harris has no platform except more of the same. Only this time, she will add in some real nonsense on how she handles the nation's wealth." 

We have a new financial planner. That is, that is what she really wants to be. Just the other day, we went in with somewhat of a complicated financial restructuring for her to help us out on. I thought she was odd, as she laughed at everything everyone said. And when she talked, it was like talking in riddles. Or a word salad. Oh well, the people that might hire her must know what they are doing.

After my wife and I laid out our plan and what we hoped to obtain, this new financial planner giggled and said, "No silly - I have a better plan for you. I am going to increase your fees to me by tenfold, and then you will get enough money back at the end of the day to live on. Plus, I am going to assess additional fees on your assets you have invested in but have not cashed out as yet. It is all good."

My wife and I sat in stunned silence. Where in the world did this woman come from with such stupid ideas? What kind of a financial planner is she? I mean, this is our money, which we have worked hard for. Then I asked her the tough question - "Do you know what you are doing? And where in the world did you get your financial training?"

Again, she giggled. "I was trained in California. And I do know what I am doing. My job is to make everyone equal. Total equity. Right now, you have too much, and others need some of your wealth. Our motto here is we all do better when we all do better."  

Then it hit me. I recognized that stupid saying. "Are you a Democrat?" I had to ask. "Of course, silly - I am. And when I am done with you and your wife, you will be Democrats also." My wife and I got up to leave. We were both speechless. Who in the world could be this foolish to hire this nincompoop to handle their finances? To ruin everything for everyone.

Folks, the la-la land convention in Chicago is over. Time for the real campaign to start. We have now seen what the other side looks like. Weird, for a starter. Kamala Harris has no platform except more of the same. Only this time, she will add in some real nonsense on how she handles the nation's wealth. The Marxist in her will come shining through. No more pretending. No more hiding. She is after your wealth. She will be the final act in the dismantling of America.

Plus, she picked well in getting "No Balls" Walz from the great state of Minnesota to be her running mate. Timmy, batting cleanup after Drifty Mark Dayton screwed us for eight years, has our state elevated to the number one position. What number one position? According to Yahoo Finance, Minnesota is the most tax unfriendly state in the union. Well done Taxing Timmy! You and Kamala make a wonderful pair (of morons).   

The growing problem of the "nones"

"I guess in the future this might have to be a voting block which is talked about more. Right now, we have the black vote, the brown vote, the Jewish vote and so forth making up the Democrat ranks. I guess we now need to also consider the "none" vote. Sad as it may be, that is something we must address." 

Leave it to Pew Research. Pew always manages to find the sometimes-hidden trend lines. Recently, I was trying to find out information on why (it seems like) many Democrats are not as faith based as Republicans. I mean, was it my imagination, or is the Democrat Party really the party who "booed God"? So, I did some digging.

The first thing I found was the social trending of "nones". "Nones" is a word I have heard in church as of late. It simply means people who have "none" when it comes to any religious faith. This can be atheists, agnostics, and "others". What is disturbing about this group, is that it is the fasting growing group of either faith-based believers or non-believers. How much so? According to Pew, that group is 28% (and growing). In other words, about 1/4 of all Americans fall into that group.

What does that have to do with politics? Again, Pew to the rescue. In the 2020 presidential election, 72% of the "nones" polled were going to vote for the Democrats. That is 4% higher than that number was in the 2016 presidential election. Now we are starting to see what the problem is for the Republican Party.

If these numbers are true, and 1/4 of all Americans are in the "none" category, and 3/4 of those "nones" vote Democrat - that is a huge number. But there is more to this story which I cannot yet figure out. It is the "why". First, why are there so many Americans who are not tethered to a faith? Specifically, Christianity? The next question is why is this large number of Americans siding with the Democrats? Is it the permissiveness of Democrats? The anarchy? What is it? 

Looking ahead, if this number continues to rise, it could spell tough times for the red team. But more than that, it is really bad for the Kingdom. I know our pastor has mentioned many times that 80% if the folks in our seemingly normal middle-class area - are unchurched. That is a huge problem that many churches are trying to address. 

I guess in the future, this might have to be a voting block which is talked about more. Right now, we have the black vote, the brown vote, the Jewish vote and so forth making up the Democrat ranks. I guess we now need to also consider the "none" vote. Sad as it may be, that is something we must address. 

 

The message of Team Blue - what message?

"We used to fear our jobs would be taken over by the Chinese or the Indians. Neither will be true. Many will be taken over by humanoids. Bottom line? If we don't train our kids how to make the makers, many will be sitting around with a whole lot of nothing to do. And that is no way for a country to prosper."    

I have penned recent articles about this issue, and I probably will continue in the future. Why? It is about the future. Things are going to start changing and changing fast. Not just here - all over the developed world. But there is a chink in the armor so to speak. The little bit I have heard on sound bites coming out the Chicago circus, gave me pause to think. And thinking I have been doing.

More and more now, there are written articles on the internet as well as video articles on You Tube. Articles on what? Robots. The closer it gets to "go to market" with the first of the first, the more we will hear about them. Is there really a market for robots to be working in our factories, houses, and cities and parks? The investors think so. The technologists think so. In fact, the market right now is estimated to be over a billion robots. Or, by the time the dust settles, maybe one robot for every three people on Earth. 

Robots which kind of look and act like us, are called humanoids. Jeff Bezos, Open AI and Nvidia have a humanoid which will be ready to hit the market about the same time Optimus Gen 3 (Tesla's humanoid) will also hit the market. Maybe in 2025. Recently, Tesla released a video of an Optimus Gen 2 humanoid driving and parking a Tesla Cyber Truck. Yes, they will be that good. And this is only the beginning. Like I have said before, seeing humanoids working in food establishments, factories, city municipal jobs, and household jobs - will become more common than rare.

One of things I heard repeated from the DNC convention, was we need to prepare our kids for all kinds of jobs, including manual. Some jobs which don't require much training. Here is the bad news for that. Humanoids are going to be a MAJOR disruptor in our labor market. It will start with unskilled jobs. Not my words - the words of many technologists. Preparing kids to work in dead end jobs which will soon go away does nobody any good. Our entire education system needs to be re-done and re-done like yesterday. We need to prepare our kids for tomorrow's jobs, many of which do not even exist as yet.

Somebody should tell that little and very loud Randy Weingarten to sit down and shut it. She is the number one villain for why our kids are failing. Don't believe it? Check out the education stats in Chicago, where the DNC circus is being held. 

We used to fear our jobs would be taken over by the Chinese or the Indians. Neither will be true. Many will be taken over by humanoids. Bottom line? If we don't train our kids how to make the makers, many will be sitting around with a whole lot of nothing to do. And that is no way for a country to prosper.    

Hope for a change?

"We have had a lot of phony baloney, good time rock and roll frauds as presidents. Say much, do little. Tonight, the Democrats will have another one on stage. Slick Willie."

Hope and change. Can we ever forget that slogan that the Obamas used? What were the programs, the promises they ran on? Hope and change. All of a sudden, all the minions who were looking for a "historic" president, knew that new mantra. The combination of this meaningless motto, and an historically weak bench for the Republicans (McCain in 2008 and Romney in 2012), led to eight years of social and racial division in America.

This year, a woman of color is in the mix to be our next president. Like the Obamas, she has nothing but a slogan. This time it is just "hope". Hope for what, you might ask. Hope for a change on how things have been going. That will be a tough one, as Kamala is on the current team with Biden. In any event, after the disastrous proposal for price controls, Kamala is very tight lipped about her plans for the dismantling of America.

This morning on the news, Lawerence Jones from Fox News was in a barber shop asking black patrons whom they are voting for. Some of the responses were stunning. "I need to vote for Kamala because she will be historic". Another person said, "It is time for a woman president". Yet another person said, "We vote Democrat as that is the way we were raised." Interesting however, many also said costs were too high. Taxes were too high. But who cares? We need to vote "historic". SMH.

Again, last night, I did not watch the "show". I caught the lowlights on the morning news. I did hear the new four letter (now five letter) cuss word was said many times last night. That cuss work of course, is Trump. It is amazing how much Donald Trump has screwed things up these past 3 1/2 years when he has not been in charge. But who cares about the details? Donald Trump, if elected again, will destroy our "democracy". But we don't have a democracy. Donald Trump will, however, preserve our democratic republic. Period. And by the way, the biggest threat to our democratic republic has been lawfare, brought to us live and in color by Biden/Harris - not Trump. 

We have had a lot of phony baloney, good time rock and roll frauds as presidents. Say much, do little. Tonight, the Democrats will have another one on stage. Slick Willie. At least Clinton has the where-with-all to realize during his administration he needed to "triangulate" with the House Republicans. Not Biden, not Harris. The hate is way too deep for Orange Man Bad. And any Republican who knows how to spell Trump's name is a "MAGA" (another four-letter word).

If this country is foolish enough to elect Kamala, we will get a historic president - but not for the reasons some hope for. She will be historically bad. Terrible. She will cause great ruin in this country. Donald Trump may act churlish at times, but he is a patriot who loves this country, and most importantly - knows how to run it. Harris on the other hand, will know only how to ruin it. And that is what this election should be all about.     

See nothing, do nothing, say nothing (which makes sense)

"Meanwhile, the protesters are out in force, demanding the Democrat Party become Israel haters. Some of the vile things said by these mutts on Chicago streets are beyond comprehension. Way beyond the pale. But here you have it - Democrats protesting Democrats. A real sight to see. Makes me happy I am not seeing it."  

True to my word, I have not watched the DNC Convention. Last night was easy, as we had our grandson up at our hut, and ended up watching a Suess story called the Lorax. Even though the movie was silly and sometimes pointless, I would have a thousand times preferred watching that over the blather shown at the convention. Plus, I understand that Slow Joe was stuck way at the end of the night, and as we know, Biden does not do well after bedtime.

I did listen to some commentary on the way home. My, my - did some pundits take off on Kamala! Why? The non-stop pass and groveling love affair the press has with her. What are her platforms? First off, she will fix what is broken. That is a great one, as she has been in charge for the past 3 1/2 years. What is broken Kamala? Something you and Joe did? If you need help writing that speech, I will be very glad to chip in.

Kamala is an empty dress. Or empty suit. What she has proposed so far (price controls), even got some boos from her party. Why? It was nutty. It would kill what is left of the economy. Plus - it is something that only Commies do. Not us, Commies. Okay wise guy, what can she talk about then? Certainly not the price of bread. Or gas. Or the southern border. She can't really tout her accomplishments, since there have been none.

Some person on the street was asked about what Kamala has accomplished. "Well, she did what Joe Biden asked her to do." Wow - that was profound. Another person as asked and said, "She chose Tim Walz". What?? That was an accomplishment? How about, she took out the garbage. Or she got her car washed.

Meanwhile, the protesters are out in force, demanding the Democrat Party become Israel haters. Some of the vile things said by these mutts on Chicago streets are beyond comprehension. Way beyond the pale. But here you have it - Democrats protesting Democrats. A real sight to see. Makes me happy I am not seeing it.  

 

The Donald Trump factor

"Will I be glued to the tube this week? Nope. Finally getting a week of dry and gorgeous summer weather. And if I do watch the tube at night, it will be re-runs of Chicago PD. That is the only Chicago I care to watch."   

Watched an interesting news show yesterday. Mostly Republican pundits. The question on the table, on the eve of the DNC Convention in Chicago, was simply this - how in the world can Trump be leading in important categories such as the economy, immigration, national defense and crime, and only be tied with the queen of "word salads"? After these last 3 1/2 years, it makes no difference who Trump runs against - Biden or Harris - he should be mopping the floor with them.

Is it the abortion thing? We all know the Democrats worship at the altar of abortion. And there is nothing the Republicans can do about abortion at this stage of the game - it is baked into the blue political cake. Then Brit Hume (Fox News) had an interesting point. Putting abortion aside, Hume said there were two reasons the race was this close. 

First off, Trump's base is rock solid hard. Has not moved even an inch in the past 3 cycles. That being said, as much as Trump's base loves him, most Democrats loath him. They hate Trump with a deep passion. That is the first reason. The second reason is (believe it or not) hope. With Biden, the Democrats knew they were going down in flames. Now with Ms. "Her Turn", they see a "historic" opportunity to elect the first woman of color. Never mind she has no substance - she is a woman and has some color. BINGO! A tie race!

Another Republican pundit went even deeper. When Trump sticks to the script and lays out his record and then his vision for his next term - he hits gold. However, when he goes off script and acts like he is a bully or gets into name calling - the Surburban woman and RINOS flock to the other side. 

Some of what was discussed I don't buy. If we had clear thinking people in this country, and not mind numbed robots, they could look around and know things are very hosed up right now. Much more so than when Trump was president. This should be a slam dunk landslide victory for Trump, not a nail bitter. 

How bad is it right now? In Chicago, on the eve of their BIG CONVENTION, over 20 people were shot and five died. Many of the store front windows are boarded up. Delegates are encouraged to sign into hotels using fake names, so the protestors can't track them down. And speaking of protestors, over 200 groups are sending in mutts to cause violence and mayhem. Welcome to Biden's (and Harris') America.

By the way, not to let Tampon Timmy off the hook, his largest city (Minneapolis) had four kids shot last weekend in a stolen car. Four kids out of five, riding around in a stolen car at 1 am. What is the difference between Chicago and Minneapolis? Not much - except size. Both cities are wrought with crime, and safe streets are only a thing out of the past.

Will I be glued to the tube this week? Nope. Finally getting a week of dry and gorgeous summer weather. And if I do watch the tube at night, it will be re-runs of Chicago PD. That is the only Chicago I care to watch.   

And what will this week bring?

"Meanwhile on the streets outside of the convention center, all sorts of mayhem could be breaking loose. Why? In the eyes of those who pretend to be aligned with Palestine, Joe Biden and Kamala are traitors to the cause."

For those who can stand to watch it, this week will bring Chicago 2.0, or better known as the DNC Convention, take two. During the 1968 Chicago Convention, all hell broke loose. This year might just be more of the same.

During this year's convention, we will hear more vapid enthusiasm for Kamala's goofy idea known as "price controls". And why pray tell, will there be enthusiasm for an idea which can bring our fragile economy to a screeching halt? Ignorance. And the failure to study history. But there it will be - live and in color. That is, if you can hear her above all the violence.

Meanwhile on the streets outside of the convention center, all sorts of mayhem could be breaking loose. Why? In the eyes of those who pretend to be aligned with Palestine, Joe Biden and Kamala are traitors to the cause. HOW DARE THEY, side with Israel. Even though Biden has done his dead level best to light this candle at both ends, he can't. And neither can Kamala. And if you are Jewish, and a Democrat - just try to square that circle.

Winken and Blinken (our patsy of a SOS) is over in the Middle East trying to get some kind of cease fire agreement during the convention. No telling what Biden is willing to give away for those optics. Meanwhile, the war over Gaza continues. Bebe is still insistent that until Hamas is over with (all dead or captured), peace is not possible. I agree with him. Besides all of which, let us not forget that when the October 7th massacre happened, Israel and Hamas were in a cease fire. Bottom line? Can't trust these guys as far as you can throw them.

How about Iran's plan to attack Israel? Will it happen this week or is this just a feint to have our forces stretched too far. It is a heck of a predicament. If we leave the area, and Iran attacks Israel with the help of Hezbollah, the Iron Dome could be overwhelmed. If we stay, it takes our forces away from the Indo-Pacific, where they are also needed. Iran could just wait us out. As they say in the Middle East, we use a watch while they use a calendar. 

How about Ukraine? Will Putin lose his cool now that Ukrainian forces have invaded Russia? Will he resort to using a tactical nuke? Or will the bloodbath just continue, inch by inch. This entire region is a powder keg right now. Maybe more so than the Middle East with Iran armed to the teeth. If Russia does something to pull NATO into this fray, this could be very, very bad for all concerned. 

This will be a good week to stay alert, to stay prepared. Some think we might be close the end of the End Times. If so, listen for the sound of trumpets. Yes, it could be that close.       

Elon the "pusher man"!

"My advice is to enjoy Elon Musk as he continues to thrive and push different technologies forward. Guys like Elon come around once every hundred or so years. How so? Elon is a very rare breed. He makes very hard stuff seem very easy. And we are ALL benefiting from that skill of Elon Musk."  

Relax. I don't mean Elon Musk is a "pusher man" like in drug dealing. He is however a "pusher" when it comes to new and emerging technologies. For example, his SpaceX company has passed up Boeing and NASA like they were standing still. And Elon Musk is a relative newcomer in space and rocket technology. Or his Starlink program. In five short years, Starlink has grown to over 6,500 satellites and makes and operates the largest constellation program in the world - hands down.

In Musk's spare time, besides running Telsa and making EV's, he is also developing one of the fastest and most powerful AI computers in the world. Like easy-peasy. He is working on a new battery (NOT Lithium) which will revolutionize the industry, and massive power packs which can be used to help power communities in an outage. Plus, he is doing very important work in mapping out the brain, and implant sensors which could help Parkinson's and Alzheimer patients. And don't forget about his Boring Company. And Twitter (now called "X"). 

I mean, does this guy ever sleep? Of all the things that Elon is into, the one which fascinates me the most is his upcoming robot - Optimus, Generation 3. Even though robots are being developed all over the world now, like everything else Elon is doing, he is "pushing" the technology forward. How much so? He would like to unveil Optimus, Generation 3 by the end of the year. And - he would like to go to market selling these robots as early as next year. 

What is unheard of or uncommon today, will become common shortly. Like what? Driving down the street and seeing robots cutting the grass. Musk wants the price points on buying or leasing robots so low, many will be able to have a robot for home use. The robot will be able to do inside chores, outside chores, play games with you, cook your food, guard your house when you are not home and so forth. But be careful - the first time you see a robot cutting the grass, you might drive off the road!

My advice is to enjoy Elon Musk as he continues to thrive and push different technologies forward. Guys like Elon come around once every hundred or so years. How so? Elon is a very rare breed. He makes very hard stuff seem very easy. And we are ALL benefiting from that skill of Elon Musk.  

 

It's her time...(to be like Nixon)

"What can Trump do? He can slow down the bleed. He can get the inflation rate back to 2% or less. But Trump can do nothing about the 20% increase in pricing that Biden/Harris left us." 

Stand by. It is really going to happen. Kamala will hold a presser today (no questions, please), and describe her economic program. She will attempt to distance herself from Biden-omics (sort of) and lay out her plan for the future. Or should I say back to the future. Besides sounding like a parrot of Biden when she plans to blame our steep run-up in pricing on big business and price gouging, she will also take a page out of Dick Nixon's play book. Yes friends, rumor has it she will introduce price controls.

I know, I know. Fewer and fewer of us are still around who lived through the 70's. Dick Nixon did some positive things while president. He also did two boners. One was Watergate - the self-inflicted wound. And the other was price controls. Price controls really backfired badly. Why? Prices were frozen, yet costs kept going up. Some businesses failed because of it. It was a bad mistake; it did not work at all. It was never to be repeated again.

However, the DEI crowd, also known as the Democrat Party, is loaded with stooges who never studied history. Either that or they re-write it. Anyhow, the head DEI mistress (Harris), who thinks work is a four-letter word, knows nothing of why price controls failed before. Heck, she ran it up the flagpole with her DEI focus groups and received a unanimous "thumbs up". Let's do it! (as Pete the Cat would say). 

Yesterday, Trump had a presser which he exhibited different products to show how much they have gone up since Slow Joe took over. Let's just say this without getting into the minute details - most everything is at least 20% more expensive than when Biden took the oath of office. And that 20% WILL BE BIDEN'S AND HARRIS' LEGACY. Let that marinate for just a minute. The good old days of affordability - are gone forever. We are stuck with the legacy of these two nincompoops. 

What can Trump do? He can slow down the bleed. He can get the inflation rate back to 2% or less. But Trump can do nothing about the 20% increase in pricing that Biden/Harris left us. And what will happen should the unbelievable happen, and Harris wins? MORE OF THE SAME - OR WORSE. That is what "It's her time" really means - more of the same - or worse. 

As different as night is to day

"As my profound thinking continued, I came up with this conclusion. Why bother? There is no way I could ever vote for the pablum that the Democrats believe in, and most Democrats would rather stick their arms into a vat of boiling oil than to vote like me."

The Democrat Party of this neck of the woods has a new sign out. "There are more things which unite us than divide us". Really? I don't think so. Each year, each decade, each generation - our divisions grow deeper. So deep as a matter of fact, that one party says high, the other says low. One says inflation is caused by price gouging (big business), and the other party declares inflation is caused by too much government spending. One party thinks a peace dividend comes from cutting our military down to the bare bones, and the other party thinks a strong military yields peace through strength. One party thinks many don't pay their fair share of taxes, and the other party thinks we are taxed way too much. Get the picture?

After hearing a Democrat on Fox News yesterday, spewing the garbage on how our economy is in great shape right now, and Biden performed a miracle by fixing what Trump had broken, I was struck by a very profound thought. What the heck do both sides agree on? Anything? If one says it is cloudy, does the other say "not really, the sun is up there some place." I hear all the time about "reaching across the aisle" or "bi-partisan agreements", but I never see any consensus. 

Look at the past votes on getting Supreme Court Justices confirmed. Split right down party lines. The days of having almost a unanimous vote for approval are long dead. Votes in the House, votes in the Senate - same way. Most are right down party lines. When a topic is voted on where both sides agree (as rare as a Dodo Bird), it makes front page headlines. 

As my profound thinking continued, I came up with this conclusion. Why bother? There is no way I could ever vote for the pablum that the Democrats believe in, and most Democrats would rather stick their arms into a vat of boiling oil than to vote like me. Then I thought - what was it, which bifurcated our brains so much? FDR? The sixties? LBJ? Obama? Is it when our Republic (Democracy for you Democrats) became more like a tyranny? Truthfully, I am stumped. My profound thinking hit a roadblock and stopped.

Here we sit, going into our next election, more divided than ever. How satisfied will we be once it is over? Not very. I heard one biker interviewed in Sturgis say, "We cannot nor will not accept another four years like we just had." Bingo. I think many are thinking or saying the same thing. Those on the left, will not tolerate another four years of Trump. Those on the right, will not tolerate another four years of tyranny and inflation. Why do we feel that way? Because we remain as different as night is from day. 

Buying Fool's Gold

 

"I know, I know. Tell a lie often enough, and some will start to believe it. The administration REFUSES to accept the inflation rate when Biden was sworn in was just under 2%. They will lie, cheat and steal in order to tell a different story." 

I don't do this very often, but I am going to let a hot tip out for my readers to take advantage of. It is going to be worth more than gold itself. Although technically called pyrite, it is known to many as Fool's Gold. Where did I get my information on this hot tip, and how do I know it is true? I received from the economic advisors for the current administration. If they say it is true, then it must be true.

Okay - enough of this gag. Anymore, and it might trigger a "gag reflex". Of course, Fool's Gold is just pyrite. Not totally worthless, but worth only a small fraction of what gold is worth. My point was simply this - for spokespeople from this administration to continue to lie and gaslight day after day, gets old really fast. Why? We are not idiots. Some sheeple might be, but not the patriots and citizens.

I know, I know. Tell a lie often enough, and some will start to believe it. The administration REFUSES to accept the inflation rate when Biden was sworn in was just under 2%. They will lie, cheat and steal in order to tell a different story. And today, the BIG news was inflation was going down. Ah - no it is not. The monthly rate might have gone down to 2.9%, but here is the truth. An item you would buy at $100, would cost you at least $102.90 next year. Prices are going up, just not as fast. People who are suffering under these high prices, will still be suffering next year. And the next. And the next.

The next time I hear that Biden and Harris "fixed" the economy that Trump screwed up, I might either hit something or just puke. That is a LIE and a GASLIGHT. Period. Full stop. And today, it was leaked that woman who had done NOTHING (Harris), will go on a campaign to bring prices down once she is sworn in. How? Blame the producers. The price gougers. Harris will say Trump will not go after the producers, as he is in bed with them. He hates the "little guy", and loves the billionaires and big companies. This is a pile of BS so high; you can't see over it.

For those who are still listening to this sophism and blather, a kindly word of advice. Don't believe one single word of what they are saying. THEY ALL LIE. If they get another four years, they will play us as fools once again. The media is just in bad - maybe worse.  

 

War drums? Maybe

"Where are the nation's eyes right now? Not on Iran. Certainly not in Ukraine. All eyes are on Chicago, with the DNC convention happening next week. If the politics might bore you next week, you can turn in for the riots." 

Two very unusual things have happened in our world as of late. One is all over the news, and one would have to be living under a rock not to know about it. That would be the large armada of ships which have congregated around Iran and their proxies. Not only do we have a ton of assets on station, our Sec Def has ordered the USS Georgia, bristling with cruise missiles to also be stationed close by. Plus, he has ordered the Abraham Lincoln to "speed up" its voyage from the Western Pacific to the Med. This kind of reminds be a bit of Desert Storm, seeing all these assets moved to a troubled region. 

So - what is up? Iran, what are you going to do? Are you going to try and overwhelm the Iron Dome in Israel by firing over 1,000 Katyusha rockets, cruise missile and drones? If that is the case, Israel and its allies, would knock most out of them of the sky. And then what? The return "punch" from Israel will not be an insect bite as in before. This punch could take out Iran's nuclear program. Or it's fuel terminals. Or worse.

But the second thing which has happened is far less reported on, and truthfully, more disturbing. Ukraine. The war has taken an interesting twist. The Ukranian Army has gone from playing strictly defense to some offense. The Ukrainian Army has taken over 400 square miles of western Russia. Taken it, occupied it, and have some Russian prisoners to boot. Why is this disturbing? Mr. "itchy finger" Putin might decide if the war is starting to turn, it might be time to use a tactical nuke or two. That could cause an immediate escalation and draw NATO into the fray.

Where are the nation's eyes right now? Not on Iran. Certainly not in Ukraine. All eyes are on Chicago, with the DNC convention happening next week. If the politics might bore you next week, you can tune in for the riots. It seems the mutts who like to dress up with hoodies and masks, will be out in Chicago in great numbers. "From the river to the see" and so forth. It could be a mess next week. Like, this time, a REAL insurrection.

By the way, if we get pulled in deeper to either Iran or Ukraine, who is our Commander in Chief right now? The real person with his or her "finger on the trigger"? Do we have someone who will try and keep us out of war, or do we have a "hawk" who will take us into WW III? Everything is fine and dandy until the ship hits the sand. And folks, our ship of state is ready to hit the sand.   

  

Voting your principles and/or party

"Get ready for the election of the ages. It is going to be close. It is going to be contested. It is going to be corrupt. When the dust settles and a victor is crowned, Half the country will be spitting mad. Some will refuse to participate. Some will leave the country."

Voting. Not as easy as it once was. I have said this for a while now, voting in the United States, especially Minnesota - is vexing. Not for people of principle - but lackeys who vote strictly down party line - now that is very strange and unusual to most folks like me.

Minnesota has a very high population of Yellow Dog Democrats. Those are the minions who vote blue no matter what the party platform is, or how much of a Bozo is running as their nominee. Minnesota also has a very small number of Blue Dog Democrats. Those are Democrats who cross over party lines due to principle. Ergo, that is why Minnesota has not voted red in a presidential campaign since 1972.

In less than 90 days, election day will be here. Early voting starts even sooner. The Yellow Dogs are barking and yelping with excitement. Most hate Donald Trump. Why, because he gets stuff done? That he is for the "little guy"? No, they hate him because he is successful. He is the antithesis of equity. What in the world then, do most died in the wool Democrats want? They want sameness. No matter of ability, everyone will be on the same level. What these party hacks don't realize, is when all are the same, it is a one-way ticket to a mediocre country. Their motto could be "Make America Mediocre". Note I dropped the word "again". Why? America has never been mediocre.

Here are the facts. Harris is a terrible candidate. She does not know much, and she sure as heck does not do much. She will tell you however, she was a tremendous prosecutor. She did a bang-up job of tossing young black men in prison in California for smoking weed. But as "Border Czar"? She has not done spit. Her experience level to allow her to be POTUS is even thinner than Obama's was. And his was thinner than he was.

After the mess the country has found itself in during the past four years, anybody who would vote more of the same, is nutty. Unfortunately, our laws allow morons to vote. If we did have a law which required some degree of intellect to vote, this country would be red forever. Ergo, that is how we end up with sycophants like Clinton, Obama, and Biden. Heck, those last three Democrats were so bad, they almost made Carter look good. And Carter made a mess out of things. 

Get ready for the election of the ages. It is going to be close. It is going to be contested. It is going to be corrupt. When the dust settles and a victor is crowned, Half the country will be spitting mad. Some will refuse to participate. Some will leave the country. With only half the country participating, our Union will limp along. Will we be great again? Hard to say.

Next week is the DNC convention. The Palestinian protestors are already getting their signs, masks and weapons ready. The good news for the Republicans is a record number of Jews will vote red this time around. Truthfully, I don't understand why any Jewish person would ever vote blue in the first place. The vast majority of Republicans are very pro-Israel. Democrats on Israel? Depends what day of the week it is.   

  

The monsters behind the masks

"So long as we have monsters behind masks telling us lie after lie, many will just trip along fat dumb and happy. Spend like crazy today, and let our kids, grandkids and beyond figure it out when the bills come due." 

Monsters? What monsters? This is August, not Halloween, for crying in the beer. And what is this thing about a mask? Why so cryptic? Speak truth Bird! Okay, I will. The monsters I am talking about is a country wrecker. And it is a country wrecker which is self-imposed. On a much smaller scale, it can be a family wrecker. Or wreck an individual. I am talking about debt, and lots of it. INYMI, the amount of individual debt, has set a new benchmark.

So what? The economy is roaring right now. I was just listening to Kamala Harris, and everything is red hot. She and Joe Biden have created a zillion new jobs, and everything is hunky-dory. Except for one thing. Personal debt is now over $5T, which is twice as high as it was in 2011. And (this is the real scary part) - of that $5T, $1.142T is credit card debt. That is an average credit card balance of $6,500 per person. 

Again, so what? With growth comes debt - right? I mean, look at America right now. We just hit $35T in national debt. And with that, Biden and Harris have told us things are just fine. The stock market is up. People are working. We all owe some money. Big deal.

Here is what the big deal is. The money it cost us now to service this debt (now that Biden and Harris' inflation has juiced the cost of borrowing) is about $700B. That is money down the toilet. We get NOTHING is return for that money. In comparison, our defense budget is about $100B higher than the cost to service our debt. Soon, our national debt will eclipse our defense budget. That is a big problem.

Who then, are the monsters behind the masks? They are the ones who have been gaslighting us about the economy. Lying to us. Hiding the real problems with how our economy is growing. Here is the truth as I see it. It is true we are going 100 mph right now. That is the good news. But we are going 100 mph towards a brick wall. We can take our blue bills, put our blinders on and ignore it. But it is coming. And it is getting closer. 

Will the monsters behind the masks ever tell us the truth? Nope. In fact, Biden was meeting with some media guy yesterday to discuss his legacy. "The most robust economy in our history", Joe told the tool doing the interview. Really Joe? So long as we have monsters behind masks telling us lie after lie, many will just trip along fat dumb and happy. Spend like crazy today, and let our kids, grandkids and beyond figure it out when the bills come due. 

"An amazing lack of curiosity..."

"When you see her or Walz coming on the TV, just reach for the mute button. If that does not help, you might also have to reach for a stiff adult beverage."  

The battle is now joined. Joe has stepped aside, and anointed his untrained, unwanted Veep as his successor. She has picked one of the weirdest governors in the union to be her running mate. That being said, let me detail what the lap dog media has found out so far about Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. (The sound of crickets will now be noted.) That is right - nothing. Nada. Zip. 

Wait - what? Where is the anal exam that Donald Trump has endured for the past 8 years? One of the pundits has recently said this brief snippet of profundity - "The press has an amazing lack of curiosity with Harris and Walz". BINGO! Even after Harris let this whopper out on the campaign trail - "When I am president, my first priority will be to bring down costs." Really? Are you and Biden not the ones who jacked them up in the first place? That would have been the question I would have asked. But no - leave your mitts off the golden girl.

Or how about this one? "When I am president, I am going to take the tax off of tips." Really Kamala? Should we fine you for plagiarism first, as that is Donald Trump's idea? And by the way, isn't Harris part of the administration who wanted to hire an additional 80,000 IRS agents to go after "tax cheats". Like waitstaff who under-report their income by not totally disclosing tips? Where was the questions from the press? Instead, they will ask what kind of ice cream Kamala likes, or what kind of underwear that Tim Walz wears (like they asked Clinton when he was in office).

Kamala has shown she is very good at reading the teleprompter. In every state, the message is the same. Down to any corny jokes. What can you learn from attending a Harris campaign speech? Trump bad, I good. Other than that, you can learn that she is NOT the border czar - never has been. But that does not matter, because the border is just fine, that you. She and Joe fixed it. Trump, the racist, had mucked it up. But no worries - Kamala and Joe root caused the problems and fixed it. Now she wants to make all these "newcomers" - instant citizens.

As the Natives would say, "Kamala speaks with forked tongue". Here is the truth. Harris and Walz will govern in the future the exact same way they governed in the past. Know that to be a fact, and then you don't have to waste your time listening to one word coming out of her word salad. When you see her or Walz coming on the TV, just reach for the mute button. If that does not help, you might also have to reach for a stiff adult beverage.