Once again, it is time for some Random Musings On Current Events from the mind of a quiet, unassuming (at least in my own opinion) person observing the ramblings, rumblings, rants, raves and revelations in the media from behind the front lines of a purple state. I present these ramblings, rumblings, rants, revelations and gratitude’s in a sort of stream of conscious journal format and, yes, there may be some sarcasm thrown in.
A day early for my ramblings which is unusual because I usually run late, however, there is so much going on that I have to comment. This is especially since I will not be available for several days to ramble and rant for personal reasons.
One again California is waiting for mail in ballots before finalizing their elections. I read one report that stated that Democrat voters were not too enthused about the election and so, therefore, were waiting to mail in their ballots until the “last minute”. The way I read that is the riggers and cheaters for the one party machine in California, Democratic, is waiting to see how much ballot dumping will be needed to overcome any Republican gains. This especially considering that Republican Steve Hilton is leading all Democrats in the state gubernatorial race and Republican Spencer Pratt actually is in second place in the Los Angeles mayoral race. Even if the two Republicans make the final ballot for the election this fall this election gives the Democrats a base line to determine how much they will need to cheat this coming fall. Washington D.C. please cut federal funding off to California until their house gets cleaned up. I, as a taxpayer, am tired of funding petty dictatorships around the world to include within my own country.
So, Iran has attacked US bases in Kuwait and the UAE after the US attacked Iranian tankers. I have to commend President Trump for not caving to pressure for internationalists and being measured in his verbal responses. I do pray for those who lost their lives in the attacks and I certainly pray that cooler heads will prevail as it appears President Trump is doing. On the surface it appears that the President is earnest in his attempt at peace, much cooler than the Iranians and Israelis at least who obviously represent those who make money from never ending war.
Speaking of a proponent of never ending war it is gratifying to see that John Bolton has plead guilty to mishandling classified materials. It is nice to see the wheels of justice move equally against those guilty of crimes in the halls of power in D.C. as against those junior sailors and soldiers. Let us hope during his sentencing later this month the judge hands Mr. Bolton some jail time to “set an example” because it sure appears Mr. Bolton deserves some time.
Moving on to another deep state cut out it sure looks like the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is doomed to the ash heap of history. One can only hope that an investigation will continue into where and who the SPLC received their funding from.
One item that I have been pondering over past couple of weeks has been the boom in AI stocks and the subsequent boom in data center construction around the country. Outside of privacy concerns which are being discussed throughout the media, a concern of mine is the stock prices (i.e. ChatGPT etc.) and what appears to be an over inflation in their prices for a product that purports to not expect a profit for another four years. Something smells and what concerns me is who is investing in all of these AI companies and all of the obvious and apparent marketing and hype that is being spent around AI. Is it the fund managers who hold 401k’s that are expecting to draw a retirement from in the near future? How is it that the major stock indices keep going up, primarily driven by tech AI, and everyone is jubilant about it? Who really is picking the winners and losers here and what happens if the bubble burst like it did in the late 1990’s when the intelligence gathering darlings of Google, Facebook, and Amazon were the primary survivors. I for one am extremely reluctant to even give this boom a red cent of my hard earned cash but then again what choice to I have considering I have choice where my hard earned cash that is sent to D.C. is spent. Is this just a gigantic pump and dump scheme being perpetrated on the American people to transfer, yet again, vast amounts of wealth and power into the hands of yet fewer and fewer individuals?
God bless America and all her citizens and residents, no matter whether they are enemies, not enemies or somewhere between. Additionally, forgive me for my trespasses as I forgive those who trespass against me.