Saturday, January 21
No Respect for Law Enforcement
They installed radar in their vehicles and we purchased radar detectors made by the same company... Capitalism at its best...
Some of us did not have radar detectors so we had to develop a keen eye for where they might be hiding... and, when he spotted a HIDER, we would blink our lights to warn unaware traffic that they were there.
I remember on the interstate, these highway patrol would hide in the grassy valley between the two highways going in separate directions, and the only way that I could spot them was to see the sun's reflection off their antennas.
Unmarked cars were more difficult but they could still be detected because of the typical model they purchased, until they started buying cars were not typical like Mustangs. Now, they are easily spotted.
Back in the 60s, only teenagers, young adults, and mature adults who felt they had a right to drive fast so as not to spend that much time driving, especially if they driving at night, broke the speed limit laws.
In 2000 until present, EVERYONE breaks the speed limit laws when there is no enforcement around. When there is, only ONE can get caught, so drivers take their chances...
These speeders are male, female, old, young, single, married, clergy, etc... it no longer matters, everyone breaks the law and gives the middle finger to law enforcement.
Drivers get themselves in packs on the interstate and the highway patrol does not have the manpower to stop them all. So, they either get the last one in line or stop the one who is trying to get into the pack.
With all this disrespect for the law, it makes sense that we have a problem with ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION...
COME TO THE USA AND BREAK THE LAWS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES...
China's Declining Population
China's population has fallen for the first time in six decades, official statistics revealed earlier this week - but this trend may not spell doom for the country in the short term, experts say.
Beyond 2030, however, demographic stress will be a drag on growth in what is currently the world's second-largest economy.
The number of Chinese people fell by 850,000 from the previous year to 1.4118 billion, the statistics showed. Its birth rate had been slowing for years, prompting a range of policies to try to slow this trend, including scrapping the country's infamous one-child policy seven years ago.
But there are no easy fixes to this conundrum, economists and demographers say, given the unique trajectory in which the Chinese population has aged in recent years.
While ageing populations have posed a challenge to economies around the world, the greater concern for China is the rapid pace at which this has been unfolding in the midst of its middle-income transition.
In short, China is getting old before it gets rich.
Its statistics bureau said this week that its population had fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the birth rate also hitting a record low - to no surprise. Some researchers believe the population decline started in 2018 and census estimates have been inaccurate. READ MORE...
Friday, January 20
Mafia Boss Second Hideout Found
A second hideout used by Italy's most wanted mobster Matteo Messina Denaro has been discovered at the back of a wardrobe with a sliding base, Italian police have said. The newly-discovered armoured bunker is in a house about 300m from the Mafia boss's first hideout in the Sicilian town of Campobello di Mazara.
He was arrested on Tuesday at a private clinic in Sicily's capital, Palermo. Police had been hunting Messina Denaro for three decades.
How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. Messina Denaro was undergoing treatment for cancer at the clinic, and had made the appointment under a false name.
The alias, Andrea Bonafede, aroused the suspicion of police when they realised it was the name of deceased Mafia boss Leonardo Bonafede's nephew. Phone-mapping showed the real Bonafede's mobile was not in Palermo in 2020 and 2021 when a man using the name had surgery in the city.
During his time at the top of the Cosa Nostra organised crime syndicate, Messina Denaro oversaw racketeering, illegal waste dumping, money-laundering and drug-trafficking. READ MORE...
Looking into 2023
- We will have higher gasoline prices.
- We will have higher grocery prices.
- We will have higher clothing prices.
- We will have illegal immigrants who live all around us that speak no English.
- We will have increased crime and violence in our larger cities.
- We will have our children being told they should seriously consider their gender.
- We will have blacks wanting reparations because they are the descendants of slavery.
- We will have claims of equity being expressed over the claims of equality.
- We will have politicians continuing to lie to us, expecting us not to notice.
- We will continue to live in the turmoil of a divided nation.
HOWEVER... life will continue to continue and we will continue to survive as we have always done... and, we may bitch a little and complain, but life for us will be managable. Some of us will envy those who have more than us... but, regardless of the situation, those same people have always had more than us, and we were able to survive just fine.
For my wife and I...
- we have a debt free life
- we have plenty of clothes
- we have reliable vehicles
- we have plenty of food
- we go out to eat often
- we have interests that keep us busy
- we have friends to see
- we exercise regularly
- we eat healthy
- we want for nothing even with increase prices...
NOTHING FOR US WILL REALLY CHANGE... but, that is not the case for many others... I feel sorry for them...
Porn Star Declared Incompetent
US adult film star Ron Jeremy has been declared mentally incompetent to stand trial for alleged sex crimes.m Mr Jeremy was indicted on 34 counts of sexual assault - including 12 of rape - over a period of more than 20 years.
A Los Angeles judge said on Tuesday that Mr Jeremy could not face the charges, as he was in a state of "incurable neurocognitive decline". The 69-year-old has been in prison since his arrest in 2020. He denied any wrongdoing and vowed to clear his name. He was not present for the latest hearing.
Mr Jeremy - whose legal name is Ronald Hyatt - became one of the most prolific performers in the adult film industry during a career that began in the 1970s. He is believed to have featured in hundreds of titles, and looked to extend his profile in the world of showbiz more widely.
Prosecutors said he attacked 21 women - who ranged in age from 15 to 51 - between the years 1996 and 2019. The alleged offences took places at bars and nightclubs in the Los Angeles area, and at Mr Jeremy's home.
He was first charged in 2020. Other allegations emerged, resulting in the indictment issued the following year through a grand jury - a similar tactic to that used against Harvey Weinstein. Mr Jeremy denied the charges against him.
Court proceedings were suspended last year after Mr Jeremy's lawyer said his client had not been able to recognise him during a visit to his cell. The Los Angeles Times reported earlier this month that Mr Jeremy had "severe dementia".
Following the judge's declaration on Tuesday, the same lawyer told the AP news agency: "It is unfortunate due to mental condition he will not go to trial and have the the opportunity to clear his name." A hearing on whether to put Mr Jeremy in a state-run hospital was set for next month, AP reported.
Thursday, January 19
Job Automation Risks
The Great Resignation led businesses everywhere to face dire labor shortages, from retail to the supply chain and logistics industries enabling them. The figures are bleak, with 40% of workers in 31 global markets quitting in record numbers. Despite over 75 million Americans being hired in 2021, nearly 70 million still quit. (Deloitte, 2022) This then begs the question: is the job loss that the University of Oxford in 2013 finally coming true? Perhaps not.
Americans quit their jobs due to low pay, the lack of opportunities for advancement, and feeling disrespected (Parker & Juliana Menasce Horowitz, 2022). Whereas the University of Oxford, in their study, The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation? predicted the job loss will be due to computerization and automation. (Frey & Osborne, 2013). Records so far show that workers are leaving on their own accord, not forced out because of robots, machine learning, and automation.
But we cannot deny that automation is here to stay. So, in the face of these developments, does the original prediction still hold? Are our jobs really under threat from automation?
The Oxford study has been challenged, critiqued, and scrutinized for possible gaps many times over. In 2018, its authors themselves even said this study only tackles one aspect of work and cannot determine how many jobs will be automated or if other factors will come into play. While automation is indeed taking over certain human tasks, the World Economic Forum says how people handle the change will determine its impact. That task now is not to protect occupations that computers can do better, but to train the workforce for future work. (Advaithi, 2022) As such, people must be trained to succeed in this new environment. READ MORE...
IN LIEU of Reparations
If my father was a seriel killer, should I be held accountable for his crimes? NO... I should not!!!
However, I sympathize and empathize with the descendants of slaves and I would like to propose that our US Government, give these descendants of slaves, LAND... just like we gave the Native Americans for the damage we did to their relatives. I would also suggest that we allow these descendants to build, own, and operate casinos, just like the Native Americans, and use the profits as reparations to be distributed as these descendants decree...
The other opportunity that I would like to suggest is to let these slavery descendants SELL ILLEGAL DRUGS LEGALLY and use those profits to be distributed on the basis of equity. However, I would stipulate that sense these drugs are illegal at the present time, that the US Government be allowed to regulate and oversee their manufacture to minimize the harm to other Americans.
These are unusual times and as such, they require unusual solutions...
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