Five Humble Thoughts

 1.  I think everyone should have the right to multiple 'due-processes'....until they get the judgement they believe is 'correct'.  Even if it takes 14 years to reach the right-decision.

2.  I think by 2032's Presidential election....more than 40,000 Americans will be on the payroll somewhere....serving as audience-members, and bused from  political-event to political-event....making over $32,000 a year in this capacity.

3.  At some point, the Harvard University management will wake up and suddenly realize....with gov't funding.....they can't survive.  At that point, yearly tuition will flip to $125,000 a year.

4.  This Luigi Mangione-character....indicted on federal charges for the murder of United Healthcare CEO....is now eligible for the death penalty.  Even if given the  death penalty....it could take 20 years for all appeals to conclude.

5.  I watched a news piece this week....roughly two-percent of Trump voters from 2024....regret their action now.

Oddly, two-percent of Harris-voters....also now regret their voting action.  

DC Chatter

 I was reading through DC news this AM, and this odd topic came up....restaurant  failures in DC.  

A study was released in the past week....stating around 44 percent of restaurants were on the verge of failure. 

What was causing the trend?  Three basic things: inflation, no willing nature to pay higher prices, and credit card swipe fees increasing.

I lived in the region for 3.5 years (2010 to 2013).  I would make a blunt statement here....suggesting that roughly half the restaurants in the region were marginally worth eating at.  You'd sit through a dinner....grumbling over the quality, and then get the $25-to-$35 bill.  

The worst experience?  At a military enlisted club (I'll leave the location out)....to eat Thanksgiving dinner.....priced at $99, and noting about 2 minutes into the dinner....it was entirely cooked in some funny Asian style. 

Gang Chatter

 According to the FBI (2016 numbers), approximately 33,000 violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs, and prison gangs are criminally active in the U.S. 

This came before Tren de Aragua (TdA) (the Venezuelan gang) came into the US, and before various 'others' (including Chinese groups) arrived in the Biden-wave.

So if you were asking real numbers....for gangs, it's probably up toward 42k to 45k gangs total in the US.

This behavior seen in the last week with the Democratic Party?  I would take a guess over the next year.....countering the gang situation will become a major topic, and the public is going to demand a lot more action.