Observations: The QandO Podcast

The FBI is under ivestigation. The president is under investigation. What if they're both guilty? There are about 7 billion peple in the world. How many of them should be allowed to come to the US? Millenials are, by and large, entitled little tools. Also,they can't debate their way out of a paper sack. Progressives in general can't, as Jordan Peterson proved this week.

We seem to be at the edge of a Federal government shutdown, which means that the vast majority of us will go to work as usual Monday morning. Republicans say that there is a memo addressing horrific abuses of the FISA surveillance system, but, we haven't actually seen it, so it's probably mainly hype. Still, there's always hope that someone will go to jail, if any of the hype is true. There are 7 billion people on the planet who are candidates to immigrate to America. Opposing a single one of them from coming here makes you a virulent racist. Former FBI Director James Comey is about to embark on an exciting new career. California wants to secede from the union, except for the part of California that wants to secede from California. But, the important question is who is going to pay for the $67 billion bullet train from Bakersfield to Fresno?

President Trump said something true, but undiplomatic, which started the usual, predictable media firestorm. This is getting tiresome. We knew the guy was a loudmouth when we elected him. But, here we are. BTW, there are about 2 billion people living in awful countries around the world. Is it our responsibility to let them all come here? A Federal judge ruled that Trump, as President, does not have the authority to overturn the Executive orders of a previous president, which is insane. Frankly, we have an ailing culture, and the odious political culture we see is just an expression of the larger cultural sickness we're experiencing.

We're back from our holiday hiatus. Donald Trump made very intemperate tweets aimed at North Korea's leader, to much DC condemnation. But, oddly, Kim Jong-Un subsequently opened a hotline to Seoul. The new, Comey-free FBI appears to be investigating Hillary Clinton again. Steve Bannon made himself unpopular with the Trump Administration, based on some quotes from a new book that updates the narrative of the 2016 campaign to inform us that Donald Trump NEVER wanted to win the election he colluded with the Russians to win. Oregonians are facing the existential terror of filling the gas tanks of their own cars, while Iranians are facing the existential terror of standing up to a murderous, repressive government. Which kind of puts things in perspective, really.

Robots and AI may change our future in unknown ways, but, for now, feces is still a winning weapon in our war against the robots. The future, though, looks a bit murkier, and we don't seem to be especially prepared for the disruptive technologies that are coming. Roy Moore lost the Alabama Senate election--though he still hasn't conceded. Still, it looks like he'll have plenty of time to learn to actually ride a horse. Millenials are facing a crisis, as they face their 26th birthday, and being tossed off their parents' health insurance. In DC, Congress is trying to find out what the deal is with the Mueller investigation in their usual ineffectual way.

The Mueller incestigation came under some scrutiny this week, based on the partisan political activities of his FBI investigators and staff. This doesn't look like Efrem Zimbalist's FBI. All Franken and John Conyers resigned for being a little too...um...familiar with the ladies. Though Roy Moore will apparently get to GO to the Senate, if polls are to be beleived. Donald Trump, against all odds, appears to be governing as a Conservative.

The sexual harrassment witch hunt continues, with Matt Lauer being dumped for what seems like pretty sketchy behavior, and Garrison Keillor became a non-person in public radio for what seems like a pretty mild accusation. Mike Flynn pled guilty for lying to the FBI, a crime that seems to have nothing to do with Donald Trump. BTW, never talk to the FBI, or any other police agency about anything. You have the right to remain silent. Use it.

Roy Moore may or may not have touched a 14 year-old. We'll never know, and he's not quitting, so, whatever happens will happen. Unfortunately, Al Franken has a picture if his harrassment. We're in the middle of a sexual harrassment witch hunt. Of course, just because you're in a witch hunt, doesn't mean there aren't witches. Also, Congress is fullor morons who can't do the simplest thing.

Bowe Bergdahl got off lightly, receiving only demotion and a Dishonorable Discharge for pleading guilty to desertion and misbehavior in the face of the enemy. So much for serving, as President Obama once categorized it, with honor and distinction. Donald Trump tweeted stuff this week. So, that was a problem. General Kelly went on TV and mentioned the Civil War, which was another problem. The NFL is managed by dolts. The Astros won the World Series. In the 1970s, we were terrified of being put under surveillance. Today, we carry our personal surveillance/locator devices everywhere we go. But we don't care, because we can also use them to look at cat pictures.

So, we now know the Russian pee dossier was paid for by the DNC and the Hillary Clinton campaign, and wasn't disclosed to the FEC. We know that this dossier was the genesis of the collusion charges, and ultimately Special Prosecutor against Donald Trump. Oh, and the FBI knew about bribery allegations in the Uranium one deal. And who headed the FBI at the time? Robert Meuller, the Special prosecutor. As far as I can tell, pretty much everyone in Washington DC is a corrupt hack. The only question is: when will the electorate take serious notice of that?