Some situations are just plain murky

 The Case of the Cornell 7 as it's come to be known.  The frat party from hell.  The "Trauma Takes Time" movement.  OK so after going down this rabbit hole a little bit here's where I come down as a conservative.  Even if a young woman goes to a party and agrees to use drugs and alcohol and consents to having sex with more than one guy things can cross the line in a hurry.  Consent may not be given every step of the way.  One version of the events makes the alleged victim Jane Doe look bad.  Another version makes the  Cornell 7 look bad.  Yet another version makes everyone look bad.  Murky at best.

Does anyone go to college or university to learn anymore?  Costs a pretty penny.

Why do old houses appreciate over time?

 According to my real estate report my house was built in 1920 yet I still pay A LOT in property tax.  The math makes no sense.  Everything else depreciates over time.  They say once you drive a new car out of the showroom it starts to depreciate.  I think I got the housing thing figured out though.  Your home equity benefits banks.  They then offer you HELOCs and Home Equity Loans.  I get these in the mail all the time.  This would partly explain why my Yonkers property tax seems to go up a little bit each year instead of going down as you might expect.

There is an old old saying.  Follow the $$$$$$.

How woke got out of control

 Formerly PC or social correctness now it's just Woke.  Recently rewatched Last Tango In Paris a couple of times and then googled as part of my informal film studies.  Exaggerated commentary infected by woke all zeroed in on the butter rape scene and how it ruined actress Maria Schneider's life.  The woke crowd acted like this was a literal surprise sexual assault by Marlon Brando and orchestrated by Director Bernardo Bertolucci.  It was all in the script albeit tweaked late in the day and anyway even the NC-17 version is not hard-core with the actress just walking around in the nude a lot.  I doubt the woke critics have even seen the movie for the most part as the character of Jeanne shoots Brando's charactet Paul in the end make of that what you will.  No context as usual so the woke movement has only gathered steam and power over the years and moved on to other things.  Used to be if you were a grown adult it was your right if you wanted to become the other sex even if the rest of us didn't understand it now we got trans surgery for minors and you're somehow a horrible person if you have issues with this.  FF to the absolutely tragic Lindsay Clancy case.  Somehow it became the default position and somehow proven that Lindsay Clancy had absolutely no awareness that she was strangling her three young children during the 18 minutes it took her to complete the act aka post-partum psychosis.  Lone holdout juror was relentlessly attacked for acting completely within our system but disagreeing with the rest.  Most recent case of woke run amuck Shane Gillis' SNL gym joke which you all know by now.  Shane now contributing to rape culture and making it harder for ladies to go to the gym.  Now there are left-wing comedians out there, middle-wing and right-wing ones each with their own styles and takes.  They tackle a wide variety of subjects and make all kinds of social observations.  Shane didn't tell a Holocaust joke.  Free speech move on laugh or don't laugh you have a remote.  This is a long one for me but we've reached a crescendo of absurdity.  What's the next one gonna be and there will be a next one.

Maybe it's all Brando's fault;)

It doesn't take much to get people upset these days

 Reading about the Shane Gillis controversy.  Not familiar with him as a comedian.  Until recently never heard of him or Bill Burr.  Not up to speed.  Many years back SNL fired Shane Gillis but he's come back a couple of times.  Past my bedtime.  Most recently hosted SNL again and folks or certain groups were offended.  Let me find out.  So he said in his monologue he hasn't been to a public gym in a while and didn't know women dress like whores.  OK so I keep reading figuring I'll get to the part that got everyone upset...Oh wait that was it?!?  Fairly mild.  A jalapeño and not a habanero.  What can we say these days?

Never been to a public gym myself.  Doesn't appeal to me and not in my budget.  People obsessed with their bodies.  Germs and sweat and used gym equipment.  Don't know how their public restrooms are.  I might get on a treadmill and get a percolation in my bowels.  My YouTube search history filled with minor health issues.   I have trouble walking to my local bodega.  Gotta go feed the cats.

Random thoughts with my CB

 I see a lot of news stories on my phone but don't really click on them or go down the rabbit holes if you will.  The Cornell rape case only tangentially aware of the particulars so don't really have a firm stance on reopening or not reopening it but the thought occurs does anyone go to college just to learn and study and earn a degree anymore?

Tiger maulings.  Do we need signs at zoos now in addition to No Smoking?  Do Not Jump Into The Enclosure Containing The Tiger?  Few years back went to the Bronx Zoo.  I'm good with just looking at the creatures.  Don't really wanna shake hands with the gorilla.

Man falls to his death from some roller coaster ride at a Six Flags in Florida.  I thought the attendant operating the machinery makes sure everyone is safely buckled or harnessed in first.  LAWSUIT.

Trump tells a MAGA audience he can say the stupidest things and they'd all cheer and clap.  Is it all shtick?  

Not that long ago got an inflation rebate check from NY Governor Kathy Hochul.  $200.  More recently she sent most New Yorkers an energy rebate check to help with utilities costs.  Mine was $100.  Then there's Trump's theoretical rebate checks which never seem to arrive.  So far Hochul has Trump beat 2-0.

If movie critics know how movies should be made why don't they make the movies themselves?  It's easy to point the finger.

Have a good one;)

Islamophobia? - It's not that simple

 Do women have rights in Muslim countries?  How do Muslim countries view and treat gays?  You can walk and chew gum at the same time.  You can hold that the majority of Muslims are not terrorists while at the same time recognizing there is a problem with radical Islam and certain interpretations of the Koran.  Certainly 9/11 was inspired by radical Islam and definitely the actions of the Fort Hood shooter yet anytime I hear the pejorative that somebody is "anti-Muslim" it tends to oversimplify a complicated issue.  It's as if those who decry Islamophobia don't even recognize the fact that radical Islam does indeed exist and you hardly hear any of these people drawing attention to the issue of women and gays not having full rights in Muslim countries but God forbid a Christian baker doesn't want to bake a cake for a gay wedding.  'Tis strange this selective outrage.  Nuanced positions are not in style anymore if they ever were.  Everything is binary there is no grayscale.

Is this an anti-Muslim screed?  No, just thinking out loud here:)

Let's have a livestream of Trump crapping his pants

 Livestreaming public executions (check TV Guide).  CNN will carry anything.  Botched executions.  Trump term becoming like Faces of Death.  Give Trump a toga.  If you dropped a match on Hegseth's head would it go on fire?  (Please algorithm don't report me).  IRAN - wrap it up already!  Only the Hannitys of the world can afford to fill 'er up.  Latest episode of Trump brain neurons misfiring - If you don't refer to AI as Super Intelligence you're the enemy.  AI can't even handle my smartphone app.  Diddy fighting in prison.  What else?

Finally have a financial plan in order.  It ain't great but it'll do.  Went home after work yesterday and Yonkers Water Bill in my mailbox.  Water bill shot way up.  Dunno what happened.   Now I can't take that bubble bath with the CB.  Do I make the check out to AI?