Friday Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

"The walls are closing in" on Justin Trudeau in Canada but don't expect CNN or their ilk to report that. Suddenly one day Trudeau will be the "former" Prime Minister of Canada and CNN viewers will be like "Wait how did that happen? This news seems to be out of the blue?"... On recent Tim Ferriss podcast with tacker Boyd Varty it was mentioned that ancient man tracking animals may have been the start of shared knowledge. This type of track means this type information. Knowledge passed on from one generation of tracker to another. Fascinating premise that all science and philosophy today could be traced back to early man trying to understand the signs of the passings of animals and if those signals could indicate food or threats... Saw this stat reported and it blows my mind: for the first time in the US more people hold cryptocurrency (24%) than have a savings account (23%)... Speaking of CNN - am I the only one with a sneaking suspicion that CNN is moving all the people they wish to jettison from their network (Brian Selter, Chris Wallace, etc.) to CNN+ because they know that service is a dud and the network executives will be able to shut it down and get rid of all the useless flotsam personalities in one fell swoop?... There used to be a website that tracked whether Abe Vigoda was still alive or not. That was the whole purpose of the site. What celebrity today could take Abe Vigoda's spot as the celebrity most people wonder if they have joined the choir invisible or not? Has to be Gene Hackman - right?... In my mind I connect Canadian banks freezing accounts of people who holds views Prime Minister Justin Trudeau disagrees with with the US Supreme Court Kelo ruling. Private property being sacrosanct is a cornerstone of a free society. We are hammering at that cornerstone with sledgehammers... Football is over, haven't paid any attention to the Hunger Games, sorry Olympics, and I don't bother with Wordles. I have so much more time to read!... The sad thing about Justin Trudeau and his advisors is that they probably think they are actually right. Complete delusion from people who never had to work for anything in their privileged lives before... When I see Vladimir Putin I can't help but think he's the real life character Karla out of all those John Le Carre novels... Was re-reading The Lord of the Rings when the thought struck me that if Iron Man was in this - the book would have been 10 pages long. "Hey kid let me fly that ring to Mount Doom for you. Maybe blast some ring wraiths out of the air on the way"... As always if this column has made you smile or think - don't be afraid to hit the like button. Also please subscribe (it's FREE) and share with your friends. Thanks in advance..