One thing I do find incomprehensible, which the government and press would like us believe is that inflation is at a level A. Sorry, I know not what the official word is. I do, however, know what I do pay.

The numbers are simply miles apart. I know that. You know that. Yet close to half of the voters in the US have bought the government numbers, lock, stock and barrel. While we know how much more we buy, when we know how much more we give up day by day, so that we can pay for the essentials.

The fact is, the government is selective about what they sample when they announce the increase in the cost of living. When the inflation is 2 %, this selection matters little. On the other hand, when the inflation is 7 or 8 %, it can make a big difference as to what meats they decide to include in their sampling.

It is, as I have said many times before, their deceit always contains an element of truth. It makes it easier to believe when so many of facts are left out.

It does make me want to see their list of sampling. I would also like to see what is dropped off and what new things are included.

Even more, I would like to see a real honest estimate of inflation for the last ten years. I believe it would be very revealing.

I would say many of those holding government positions would be embarrassed, but you and I both know better. It’s impossible to embarrass people like that.

And so it is, most people in this country believe what they know to be deceit, allowing those responsible for the inflation partially off the hook. Indeed, many of those who know of their deceit will vote for them, knowing the other candidate who does not deceive is better for us.

It’s true! It’s now on network news.

Some who have been reading my posts, know this is old news, which I guess is an oxymoron. I have been writing on it for at least 9 years. Drug abuse in general is what got me into writing books. That was back in the early1990s.

However, back in the days before Trump announced his first run for president, the fentanyl really started coming on, about 90 thousand a year, mostly youth, deaths.

As near as I can tell, not many paid attention to me. Yet, everyone started demonstrating over the war in Vietnam, with the total loss of around 60 thousand lost there… In what, 4 or 5 years. Moreover, the death in Vietnam did have a purpose. Deaths by drugs are double tragic as they are pointless.

Trump made a gallant effort to decrease deaths by fentanyl and had some success. If memory serves me correctly, he got it down to about 30 thousand a year. It was still far too many, but at least it was going in the right direction.

Then Old Joe got in there. The deaths went right back up to 90 thousand. Now, last report, 125 thousand. I guess that’s what it takes to make network news…for a while. After a week or two, it will be back to just a few folks like me, and the parents complaining. Don’t expect the network news to stay after it.

After all, after just a week, it’s no longer news.

It would behoove us all to remember, just because they aren’t being reported, doesn’t mean people aren’t still dying from it.

Of all that that Kamala wants to do, interestingly, it is the one thing she is most certain of. Interestingly, it is the one thing that will hurt the middle class the most, which, she says, she wants to help so much.

Please follow this. It is not that complex. When the US corporate taxes go up, the US moves elsewhere, like Mexico. When the corporations head south, so do the jobs, literally as well as figuratively. When the number of jobs decrease, the wages decrease. Then, as I said, the middle class is hurt the most.

It doesn’t hurt the millionaires. If it did, they have planes and boats. They can leave. The middle class, for the most part, doesn’t have that option. It doesn’t hurt those on welfare. They will still receive their welfare, that is until the governments at every level start running out of money.

Oh yes. No problem. The government is getting money from the corporations, that is until that last of them decide to leave the US. They can do that you know. Unlike the Soviets, we don’t prevent corporations or people from leaving most any time they want.

It is the way it was before Trump became Pres. Trump. One of the thing Pres. Trump was to encourage the businesses to move back home. Now Biden and friends are encouraging them to leave again. Hence, it will return to the way it was before Trump was elected.

Incidentally, for those interested, bringing illegals in from the south also drives wages down. Then you already knew that, right? The more folks seeking the jobs the less the value of labor.

Most of those running the shops are armed. I know. I was a marine. I can tell when someone has a gun on them. My guess is that they have also been well trained.

Not many pawn shops are held up.

Maybe the two things go hand and hand, think maybe.

If you don’t like the show put on by Old Joe and friends, what in the world would make a person think they would like the sequel? After all, it might be a different puppet behind the desk in the Oval Office, it would still be the same puppeteers.

I might add, though I am not the best judge of puppets, this one seems to me to be malfunctioning. She’s stuck on using the same words, the ones that have little meaning. Just wondering, am I the only one to have noticed that?

The other day, Nissan sent me a message that my car was due for my wheels to be rotated. When I got there, they told me they were wrong. I suspect the message came from some central place and they didn’t know how little I drove.

At any rate, I did have my battery on my FOB replaced. It is supposed to be good for two years. It likely would have lasted three, maybe four. Just the same, I feel safer to know I have a fresh battery in there.

I guess Monday or Tuesday, I will have the wheels rotated, considering that it is now past time. In the meantime, I did not have any oil or air filter changes. I used to take my Chevy into the Firestone place. Nowadays, I don’t do much business with Firestone, or anyplace for car maintenance. I just drive right by them.

On the other hand, I did go see my insurance agent today. I left with about $2000 less. I could have made almost 3 car payments with that. So, it’s costing about 800 a month to own the car and about 180 a month drive it.

Let’s face it. In these days, wheels are expensive, no matter what kind.

She knew what the questions would be. No one had to tell her. It just stood to reason what the questions would be. None the less, it wouldn’t have surprised me if someone did tell her that someone would ask the one question that was on everyone’s mind.

Moreover, she knew the answer. She knew exactly what she was going to do after taking the oath office. The problem is that she can’t say. You see everyone knows what she would do. She just knows she can’t say. She must go through the pretense of not knowing. If she said what she would do, she knows then that no one would vote for her.

And so it is, she won’t say her answer aloud nor will she say what she won’t reply. And so it is that she won’t answer anything. She dodges all questions and instead of speaking to the question, she speaks about what she wants to talk about. She realizes she is facing the reality that if she says what she will do, she will never have a chance to do them.

And so she sounds very much like I sound here, speaking in circles. It is what politicians do when they know an honest answer is political suicide. I guess a person can assume that they will do what they refuse to say what they will do.

Then too, I guess it is conceivable that she knows not what she will do. I suppose that is possible too. If a person knows not anything, it does make it difficult to sound intelligent.

Incidentally, I would still like to hear Kamala’s definition of a what an assault weapon is. I mean, if she is going to be The Commander in Chief of all our nation’s forces, shouldn’t she know what an assault weapon is? I haven’t heard anyone ask her and I certainly don’t think she is going to just tell me. Do you suppose she might be embarrassed if she was put in a position where she had to come up with one. Would she just stammer and studder as she has been or will she come up with the proper definition, assuming there is one?