Ramblings from a mind that is often irrationally upset about things

 Wow folks, what a ride. That was the biggest shit show I have seen since..... I don't know when. Quick take from my brother-in-law who called me immediately after. "It was like watching two babies that needed pacifiers." Alright, now my attempt to recap and determine a winner. Quick disclaimer, I'm not doing any deep diving fact checking and I am also trying to guess how the debate affects the general public, not me personally or my beliefs. The first topic was supposedly the Supreme Court. I say supposedly because neither participant could stay on topic. First question was why should the Supreme Court nomination be done before/after the election. Trump went first and did a good job touting his nominee and stating that he was President and this was his job because the people elected him and the Senate. Biden started weakly here by countering with the argument that the people elect the President and the President then selects the nominee. I understand the point he was...

One of my favorite podcasts, Hard Factor News, had Representative Ken Buck on for a great interview Thursday. One of the topics addressed was the fact that Congress hasn't passed a police reform bill, a COVID relief bill, or any meaningful legislation lately. Representative Buck informed the listeners that nothing would be passed this year because it's an election year.  (You can listen here)  This is a problem. Every single person in Congress make $174,000 a year. That's salary. That does not include insurance, pension,  security, staffers, or any of the other fringe benefits. To keep this blog simple, I'm going to ignore all the extra benefits and focus on salary. There are 535 members of Congress. That is $93,090,000 a year that taxpayers are funding just to make payroll for Congress. Again, keeping things simple, I'm going to use a 40 hour work week and assume 50 weeks a year of work. That's 2000 work hours a year. So, taxpayers are paying each member of Con...

People are all being idiots and I'm pretty much over it. A 17 year old who shot 3 rioters in self defense is a demon to the left and a hero to the right. A man with an active felony arrest warrant is called an innocent victim by the left. The right refuses to acknowledge that the system may be broken because the guy had a warrant. Everyone is coming unglued and drawing lines and refusing to back off their positions. There is no room for discussion and a complete disregard for facts that don't fit whatever narrative they want to push. Congress is a joke, getting paid $255,000 a day to do nothing that is relevant. Athletes are using their platform and getting mocked for doing not enough or doing too much. People are screaming "protest peacefully" and then mocking those that do. The blue checkmark brigade is out in full force and they are all stupid. The problem is cops getting put in shitty situations with no good choices and then getting arm chair quarterbacked by idio...

(Disclaimer: This is a rewrite of the blog I wrote yesterday where I became irrationally triggered hearing the words "KB" and "trade" in the same sentence and unintentionally included undeserving individuals in the panic twitter crowd. I fired from the hip and missed.)  A podcast I listen to featuring a bunch of guys that are Cubs fans were discussing Kris Bryant today. The discussion eventually moved to the possibility of trading KB before the end of next season. There are two schools of thought regarding a KB trade. The first is mainly centered around front office/money concerns. I don't like this conversation because in my heart I want KB to get a bag and stay in Chicago for the next decade. However, in my head, I realize it is a conversation that needs to happen because the luxury tax and budgets are real. The second school of thought is Cubs panic twitter screaming "Trade KB now because he is batting .180"!!! These people are wrong.  Look at these...

 I am aware I have been beating this drum pretty hard lately, but I am not gonna stop til this man is fired. This guy is such a joke. This man stated that it was unsafe to play college football, cancelled the season for thousands of kids, doubled down on saying it was unsafe, and then sent his kid to play college football. That alone should have him fired for being an idiot. You cannot say the risk is too great and then send your own kid to play. The kind way to look at it is that he's a hypocrite. The not so kind take is that he knows the coronavirus is not a real threat, but won't admit the season was cancelled to take away the leverage for a player's association. The one small hope I have for this situation is that the discontent seems to be spreading among the coaches, players, and staff at the B1G programs.  ESPN posted an article  about the general attitude around the B1G and it is not good.  "Been in this league for 20-plus years," a league sour...

(Disclaimer: I understand that I am biased and want football played. That being said, there has been nothing released data wise that explains why football is unsafe.) (Someone needs to give this guy the Jim Boylen clown face) B1G commissioner Kevin Warren took the cowards way out and released a statement today, refusing all questions and interview requests. This decision was made in the face of growing outcry from fans, players, player parents, and coaches for more transparency regarding the decision to cancel fall sports. Warren could of came out, made his statement, and took questions, instead he released a statement, flipped everyone the bird, and left. It a ridiculous move from a guy that knows he made a bad a call. You can read his  full statement  if you would like, I'm going to include some excerpts below. "The vote by the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors (COP/C) was overwhelmingly in support of postponing fall sports and will not be revisited....

 Big brother is here folks. Google has now installed contact tracing technology on all Android devices. It's located under Settings in Google settings on all Android phones.  You can read Google's explanation  here . Basically, your phone will talk, through bluetooth connection, to all other phones within bluetooth range and record who you have been around. The phone will then check to see if any phones you have been in contact with have self reported a positive test to the app and notify you and your local public health office if you have been exposed. Sounds great, right? Nope.  First, the problems in regards to coronavirus exposure. Here is a basic summary of bluetooth range.   BLUETOOTH V2.1 BLUETOOTH 4.0 (LE)  BLUETOOTH 5 (LE) Range Up to 100 m Up to 100 m Up to 400 m Max range (free field) Around 100 m (class 2 outdoors) Around 100 m (outdoors) Around 1,000m (outdoors) Frequency 2.402 – 2.481 GHz 2.402 – 2.481 GHz 2.402 - 2.481 GHz Max dat...