The judge trying President Trump was just reminded of that. As it was said by Senator Rubio, I think. I am loosely quoting him. They finally found a crime. Only it was committed by the main witness for the prosecution.
The trial is falling apart, bringing the bias to the forefront. And now, his honor is showing his ire.
Write names on paper or some other permanent record. If you don’t, I promise, you will forget the names and regret it.
When you take pictures make a permanent record of who the subject is.
Right now you are sure you’ll never forget, but you will. Memories fade faster than you think. This is especially true for military friends or even acquaintances.
I have a long list of names I don’t remember and I wish I did. I have photos, some photos of relatives I don’t know who they are of.
I suspect you will ignore me. I also suspect you will wish hadn’t.
We’ve all seen them. Some so-called screen writer spins the wheel and it comes up with the plot and he just plugs in the bits as pieces. I mean, all movies and TV episodes must have at least one chase scene. Sometimes, they are afoot, other times in cars. On the other hand, some are both. On rare occasions, it might be at sea.
There is always the innocent person trapped in the little town where the mayor, sheriff, deputy and judge are all related. The tricky part is coming up with a reason for holding the victim. Possibly, the screen writer isn’t very inventive so there is no reason.
Of course there is the kangaroo trial in the kangaroo court and he or she is found guilty and is having difficulty getting word to the outside world. There is no way to get the word to knight in shining armor for the rescue.
Now admit it. You’re reading the only the description of the story and already I have you on the edge of your seat. All I need do is add the proverbial music at the right time, like when the victim is attempting an escape, only to be foiled at the last the very last minute.
The main thing of course, it has to be a small city and a kangaroo court or the plot won’t work. I mean, who would believe a kangaroo court in the largest city in the country where the whole world can watch? Would anyone ever believe that? It would never happen, right?
And yet it has. Perhaps it is the largest most one-sided trial ever of record. Shortly the trial will be in the hands a jury selected from one of the most one sided populations of history. Can any justice system work under those conditions? Maybe, but I doubt it. I really hope I’m proved wrong.
If the jury comes back with an acquittal, it will prove to the world that we had the most innocent president in history. After years of being under the microscope, they have found nothing, which means there is nothing.
On the other hand, if he is found guilty, it will only prove that anyone can be proved guilty in a court that is so heavily biased.
For sure, I do have a list of complaints with MS. I am sure they don’t care. I’m not their only customer. Yet, as far as I’m concerned, all their versions of Windows since XP have been downhill. Worse they have forced me off XP making virtually all my software instantly obsolete.
I didn’t much care for that.
More recently, they wanted me to try out another version of Outlook. I did and found it slow clumsy and it provided me nothing in return. The did add a few things, all useless to me.
So, logically I went back to the previous version. All was fine but for one thing. Every time I start the old Outlook, it kept trying to get me to try the new version. I saw no way of removing the annoyance so I removed outlook. I still get my email on my tablet just fine. Moreover, here lately, I’ve been using my tablet far more than my computer anyway.
Don’t much like MS trying to override me on the control of my computer. If they keep it up, I’ll toss the computer and will rely completely on the tablet.
As an aside, I wouldn’t be updating the software once a week- annoying and time consuming. Moreover, I will be able to drop the $50 internet and just use the tablet’s built-in modem.
Who knows? It is conceivable my idea will catch on and MS will be more willing to listen to their customers. Just, not likely in my lifetime.
The declaration has been made. It has been determinedgames. couple of short decades, maybe a tad more, cars made in the US will not have internal combustion engines. I would argue the point. In fact I have very vigorously. Can’t see how that will happen, but the more I argued the point the less people listened.
So, I have accepted the inevitable. In fact, I bought an electric car. For me, it is really working out well. Considering how little I drive, it is wonderful. About every 4th day, I plug it in and go quietly motoring right by all the gas stations, which brings me to the real object of this post, gas stations.
Can you foresee it, the gradual fading away of something that polkadoted our landscape since, oh, about 1905 or 1910, I guess. Some would have to remain for some gas powered vehicles: trucks, buses, police cars, ambulances, etc, etc, and so forth.
The proverbial gas station will fade, fade away. We can and will likely fight it. However, those ecologist do seem unstoppable.
This means the service station will need to change or go out of business. It makes me wonder what it will be like, though I’ll not ever see it in my lifetime. Oh, I will see a little change here and there. But just how things will be are decades away, maybe longer. To be sure, obstacles will be encountered. Problems will have to be solved.
The way I see it, the biggest problem is charge time. Mostly, it slows the long trip. Let’s say I want to go see the Grand Canyon. It’s around 1500 miles from here. If I have a car that has a 300 mile range, it means at least 5 stops to recharge, more likely 6. That does assume recharge stations are located at ideal spots along the way. Right now, that means each stop must be a minimum of 30 minutes. That does not count time waiting for a charging station. You see that family that left this area 2 minutes before me will get to that charging station before me. That means waiting 30 minutes for him to finish charging his car.
Now, let’s look at the converted recharge station. Instead of 10 pumps, it now has 10 rechargers. Instead of taking 5 minutes to refill a gas tank we’re looking at 30 minutes, six times longer to recharge the cars.
I guess we won’t have as much gas stations, but likely 5 or 6 times as many charging stations.
I suppose this problem might be somewhat resolved with a charging system that is a lot faster. That does, of course, leave those in the future with 2 more problems. Distribution of that much electricity without a big improvement to the grid. The second problem is generating that much electricity without making a bunch of greenhouse gasses.
As the official objective observer of Memphis, I can’t help but think those guys who live north of me can’t seem to go a day without shooting themselves in the foot.
The city government seems to intentionally be driving residents and businesses out of town with taxes and substandard schools. It would seem they are also getting help in their endeavor by the criminal element.
Surely some have already left. Others are standing ready as soon as they are ready and able.
Then, just today, I see a story about people breaking into cars in FedEx parking lots.
Please, please let me explain, warn and caution those who occupy homes north of me. If the Memphis city government and the criminals of Memphis succeed in combining their efforts at driving FedEx out of Memphis….
Stop. Please stop and think just what will happen when FedEx pulls up the anchor, some other location will greatly benefit. Memphis will have a huge problem. People will be wanting to leave by the thousands but the value of their houses will plummet.
That wonderful beautiful home you just bought will become an anchor holding you in place because, guess what. No one will buy that house at half what you paid for it.
Nearly thirty thousand Memphians will either have to leave or find some other way of making a living. Those thirty thousand spend a lot of their earnings in Memphis and the surrounding area. Apartments would be vacated decreasing rental revenues. Sales of many businesses will plumet. When you consider many of those businesses are already on the brink of shutting down already, it might be the final straw. That, in turn will cause more job losses.
Let’s not overlook the big thing concerning the city. Sales tax will drop. Real estate revenues will take a huge hit. Conceivably, the snowball effect just might be the thought no one wants to think. Yet, they better, lest it become a reality, not just a nightmare.
Consider, please? Memphis has roughly 500 thousand residents. I would guess no more than a third bring home a paycheck, many from city and county. You simply cannot cut out 30 thousand of those checks without rocking city and county governments bunches.
Actually, it would like send tremors out into Desoto and Crittendon Counties too. Many FedEx employees live in Mississippi and Arkansas.
For years I have been trying to get a message that to him that, while others might not like his methods, I do. In fact the world would be far better off if more of the world’s leaders were more like him, both in courage and ideology.
I guess I could send a message to someone somewhere but I have never found a way to make sure the message would get through. In fact, in this current world, I suspect there are many who would make sure the message never got through.
I know the message would do him little good, but I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt. For that matter, maybe it wouldn’t hurt for a bunch more folks send him a reassurance now and again. I mean he knows he’s doing what’s right. But it does help to know there are a few who agree.
During the short duration of the pandemic, it would seem the definition as well as the customs of ‘tips’ have changed. Don’t get me wrong. I do believe there are segments of our society who have and should receive tips. However, regardless, tips are not earned simply by being present. By past customs, tips were based on quality of service, not on the quality of the product. For instance, quality of food can not be effected significantly by a waitress.
As we exited the pandemic, it seems they had some success in changing that. Repeatedly, I have entered restaurants lately where tips are expected, regardless of the quality of service or even if there were services rendered. Even more, they want to collect tips before any service at all. How is it that I am supposed to base the tip on quality of service under such conditions, that is, unless I am somehow able to predict the future.
Maybe some ought to be aware that, before the pandemic, a 20% tip was pretty rare. It certainly was not the norm of the day. Nowadays, expectations start at 20% and go up and up. I have no idea how that happened. Many of us are not made of money. 20% tips just might mean a family of 4 or 5 will be eating at home, which will only reduce tip income even more. However, it certainly does not stop there.
My wife and I survive almost totally on Social Security and I am sure there are those who are worse off than we are. Should we be expected to pay 20%, or even 10% when we have to virtually beg for reasonable service. (In one case, we had to wait 30 minutes after getting out meal to get a knife and fork to eat it with. Is there maybe a reason that waitress not get any gratuity?) Should we tip at all when the only service rendered is nothing more than a beverage.
Then too, what about the family with sudden unexpected expenses. There may be medical and or hospital expenses. Just as a reminder, colleges cost can make a poor man out of almost any father. Regardless of the reason, are we going to expect the people with temporary setbacks to continue to tip at a rate of 20%.
Regardless, as I remember it, tips are not mandatory, at least not normally. Some restaurants have actually made the tip part of the bill. Incidentally, I never went to such a place nor will you ever find me in such a place, even should I suddenly become a millionaire. I still maintain that, no matter what, tips should never be mandatory. It does go contrary to my belief that a tip should be voluntary and dependent the quality of service.
I suspect those restaurants will not miss me. There do seem to be many who are willing and able to meet and exceed the new expectations. Just don’t include me amongst them. I would hope and guess that many others would take my stance. I would trust that no one would try to alter that.
And, yes I am cheap. To separate me from my money, you will have to earn it.
It’s what the casinos say. It’s what they say about the lotteries. That is what they promise on the news and ads paid for by the state lottos. Oddly, it even rates a full segment on the news, which does make me wonder, is it news or an ad?
My observation is, if it is fun, it’s not for long. Perhaps it’s seconds, minutes, not much more than a day at the most.
Personally, I would have more fun riding a lawn tractor. I wish I could afford one.
Just finished watching the news, which was followed by an infomercial of hometitlelock.com. I would suspect that at any time of the day or night, I can find a station that is or soon will be advertising it or something similar.
I have no idea how much that advertising costs, but it has to be a bunch.
Do you know what that tells me? That tells me that protecting homes is a very profitable business. Otherwise, there is no way they could afford all that advertising.
So, I think we can safely say, thieves stealing homes are not the only ones who make their fortunes from the thievery. It would seem, the aforementioned corporation, the advertising companies as well as the radio and TV stations are likely making their bundles of wealth from it too.
We can stop all this, you know. We can change the laws and we can change the priorities of law enforcement. We need laws that make it much more difficult. That alone would cause a drop in stolen homes. However, if we zero in on and throw as many house stealers as we can and put the in prison, as well, the aforementioned corporation will no longer be able to afford all the advertising.
My personal opinion is, that is a good thing, though some will need to go looking for other means of earning money, maybe something of more purpose.
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