The Debate - National Election

comment posted on 09/30/2020 to Philip DeFranco video uploaded on 09/30/2020

I did not watch the "debate" or whatever the was I saw in news clips.  I knew the "debate" would be useless, pointless and migraine-inducing. Do I have ESP you ask? Nope, the past 3 3/4 years have contained more than enough data to be able to make an accurate prediction. In a true debate, there would be discussions on current and future pandemic management, medical insurance costs/coverage, police reform, economic assistance for small businesses and individuals.  Proposal, all Americans (me included) watch or rewatch the 1959 film, The Mouse That Roared. Now picture Canada in place of the U.S. in that film...let's make it happen. Seriously VOTE November 3 2020, because voting is our only hope.

Enola Holmes (2020) Netflix movie

comment posted to YouTube (Breakfast All Day) video uploaded 09/25/2020

 Thank you headed right over to Netflix. This seems like a movie to occupy me without depressing me. I have given up on my Matrix hypothesis, no proper AI would ever run our current scenario. I do enjoy this channel. If we ever get affordable medical care I will head over to Patreon for an additional show of support...not much of a promise, sorry.

Just saw Enola Holmes. Totally agree. Although some "mysteries" were obvious, the actors, set design, soundtrack and editing were on point. Sorry Alonso, I liked Enola breaking the 4th wall, admittedly with a less gifted performer it might have become grating.

Philip DeFranco video - uploaded to You Tube 09/23/2020

comment to Breonna Taylor segment 

Were I a citizen of Louisville, KY I would appreciate a step by step listing of all the changes that will go through their police system, including but not limited to psych evaluations of individuals before entering the academy, non-lethal methods of force taught at the academy, an evaluation of the chain of command at the police stations and higher, along with removal of combat/insurgent weaponry and vehicles from police stations. That speech by the Kentucky AG did not contain much except platitudes and a retelling of the event. The sole charge being leveled is at one officer basically for being a bad marksman.  I hope that the anguish and anger at Breonna Taylor's death channels itself into changing the system by replacing those who were elected or appointed as caretakers as they have been proven to be abject failures at their jobs.

Philip DeFranco video/comment

My comment posted to Philip DeFranco channel uploaded on 08/13/2020

Comment posted  08/14/2020:

Proud to be one of those 47, although judging by the amount of comments I challenge that figure even as I exude false hubris. Anywho, regarding the way schools should be set up and the USPS funded why reinvent the wheel. Where is the U. S. pandemic response team that you know who fired back in 2018? Maybe they would have some valuable input? Where is the concept of compromise, schools need a plan set up to shorten the school days/weeks for this time without vaccine. They need help from a centralized well-informed non-partisan group of scientists and psychologists. While it might be easier to find a living dodo (extinct for several centuries) in Washington DC, compromise and support is what we need. Having a Trump top contributor at the head of the USPS is rather depressing albeit predictable. One thing that Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr.(probably the de-facto U.S. leaders, may the creator help us all) need to realize the venn diagram linking Trump supporters and those dependent upon the USPS for many things in addition to mail-in voting is quite large. So everyone needs to get a dose of reality and work for the people, ALL of them.

Late Night with Seth Meyers - uploaded to YouTube 08-10-2020

My comment posted 08/11/2020

It is hard to decide which is worse the factual ignorance matched with purposeful confabulation (aka double-fail) of our leaders or the fact that U. S. citizens are expected to believe it all.

 

 

Philip DeFranco video uploaded 08/10/2020

My comment:

I am reserving my anger for governmental officials who are lazy, incompetent, narcissistic and basically brain-dead. Singers and other entertainers are not THE problem. I can appreciate the need for national security (aka ByteDance), however when it becomes a smokescreen to obscure ongoing problems (aka unemployment and COVID) I just wonder....  The Lebanon situation is more than sad as they (as do we in the U.S.) appear to be in a loop of: disaster occurs, ignorance shown, corruption uncovered, apologies made, restructuring put in place...then back to step one of the loop. Argh, I think that Philip DeFranco is going to have to make a more nihilistic merch line.

Response to a comment on same video:

Sad how no one realizes that the world is not filled with places that allow that freedom of choice. So yes, if it upsets you turn it off. Yoda may not be real, but the message is: “Fear is the path to the dark side…fear leads to anger… anger leads to hate… hate leads to suffering.”

Doctor Mike on You Tube (video published 07/26/2020)

Comment posted:07/26/2020


Due to a lack of effective leadership in Washington DC, we have 50 states with wildly divergent levels of infection and death from COVID-19. Betsy DeVos has not been very helpful (https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/07/12/do-what-i-want-betsy-devos-tells-school-districts-trying-open-2020-2) in giving us a workable program for school re-opening. By default it falls to each state to set up a tracking system for the spread of this disease, balance with the stats and re-evaluate schools being open at a central meeting several times a week. I disagree about a blanket (send all the children back to school) edict. As was said in this video, a hybrid of in-school and at-home learning is necessary. After decades of increasing pupil quantity per class, now we have to jump backwards to class sizes of 15 (perhaps 20 depending on room size) students per classroom. Ironic, sad and this situation we find ourselves in did not have to happen. We (the U.S.) need to swallow our pride and study how other nations have coped with this situation and not try to waste previous time "reinventing the wheel".  THANK YOU Doctor Mike for another invaluable video. Logic, science and patience seems to be in short supply along with COVID-19 infection and antibody tests.