Chinese Cars

I still know very little to nothing about Chinese cars other than the hype that "soon" they will be very good. But can someone explain why there's no similar hype to Korean cars, which are here and now totally awesome? But also, Japanese and German cars remain pretty damn awesome too. As are Teslas. The only thing that seems to make the Chinese cars interesting is that they are Chinese. What am I missing?

Netflix Shows Losing Viewers

Could it be because Netflix sucks and doesn't know how to make TV? 

AI

Am I the only one who finds AI kinda stupid at the things I would like it to do?

 

The Kimmel Joke

Reading all these things second hand, but Kimmel arguing the "joke" is about Trump and Melania's age gap is an obvious lie. The joke is an expression of the hidden desire of Kimmel and his fans for Trump to die. Put another way, would the joke be funny if made about Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones? Would it be funny about Beyoncé and Jay Z?  Of course not. Kimmel is not calling for his assassination, but he and his fans are indeed wishing for the result. In this respect, Melania is correct.

Trump Shooter

From what I read so far, the weirdest part about this latest Trump shooter is how un-weird and un-crazy he seems at first glance. Cal Tech grad. MS in Computer Science. Had a job. Had hobbies. Built stuff. Seems like a pretty average-to-above-average American nerd. What's going on here?

I hold that the right-wingers have a point on this - assassination chic is a real thing on the left these days. I was just waiting for a cappuccino yesterday, and had to listen to some goofy lady chatting with her friend about how men were all evil and how Trump started the Iran war to distract from his pedophile crimes involving foreign children. What is this nonsense people come up with? Where is this information coming from? This is just a normal public conversation that people have in public now? Lunatics. 

The SPLC

And for the record, even the SPLC's excuse for their payments to hate groups, that they are paying "informants," is completely bonkers. They aren't law enforcement! Why should they be undercover? It's freaking insane and corrupt.

Timelines are Dumb

Germany to build Europe's most powerful military by 2039. 

If I were an enemy of Germany, then I'd be incentivized to attack now. 

Lies and Propaganda

An article headline in the LA Times: "In Your Face Racism at Pomona College." 

In which the most egregious case of "racism" is a professor using the N word related to a discussion about a documentary film in class. Another incident seems to be a discussion of a student's hair amongst friends. Come on now...we're really stretching here guys...

It's Called Being Run

Turns out hate groups were being run by "anti-hate" groups. No surprise to me. 

Unleash The Disease, Sell the Cure

So SPLC was really funding the KKK and the Democratic Socialists? 

This makes a ton of sense. So much of the "chaos" we see in the US is just folks doing dumb shit to protect jobs and funding rackets. 

A Middle East Round Up No One Asked For

I wish all the critics of the Iran war would contend with the main issue - Trump clearly thought Iran was close to making a nuke. Why does no one address it in the discouse? Do they believe that Iran wasn't close to making a nuke? Or, it that it doesn't matter if Iran makes a nuke. Or, do they argue now Iran is now even closer to making a nuke? Since no one talks about it, I can't really assess their point.

Yes, Israel wants to undermine and destroy the societies that define themselves as in opposition to the Israeli state. A lot of folks like to rebrand this as genocide. Uh...no...they just want their enemies to be weaker. Anyone would. Plenty of countries like Saudi, Egypt, and Jordan shifted how they engage with Israel and Israel leaves them completely alone. That's called evidence! And don't give me the Palestinians were there before nonsense. 75 years ago, maybe. But these days? Come on... 

Good Work, If You Can Get It

Obamas part ways with Netflix, pocket 40 million. For what content exactly? 

Chimp Civil War

Has anyone looked into their iPhone usage as a potential cause? Systemic racism? Economic inequality? 

Truth

Mt. Rainer can rarely be seen, even from up close. She's a big giant mystery wrapped in a riddle.

The Problem With Communists

Is that every problem and question has the same solution: more communism. 

Agreed

War has risks. 

Why the elites favor war over the people is the possible benefits. If a political leader "wins" a war, they go down in history. Regular folks who pay for it, or fight it, generally do not.