What Happens To The Brit Ownership Of Diego Garcia/Chagos Islands In The End?

 I think the Brits have worked themselves into a corner and intend to hand ownership over to the native crowd.

About four hours into this....Trump's crew shows up....buys the island area in some deal from the natives, and identifies it as US territory (maybe even hinting statehood with Guam attached).

At that point, the US position on the Falklands will come up....with Trump saying it's absolutely Argentina's property.

US basing in the UK?  I'm pretty sure all US installations on the isle....are on some to-be-closed list.

Four Things I Cannot Understand

 1.  President Trump gives a 16-minute talk covered by CNN.....afterwards, CNN's 'experts' spend near 40 minutes trying to explain Trump's talk.

2.  Espresso-Martini....at Oktoberfest....costing almost $20 (16.50 Euro).  It's simply a double-jolt of espresso (figure $4 or 3.5 Euro), some sugar (figure .50-cents or 1-Euro), and cheap double shot of vodka (figure $4 or 3.5 Euro).  

3.  NBC reports....keeping your refrigerator/freezer door CLOSED....is best for keeping food fresh.  If you asked a 9-year old kid about this....they already know it.

4.  Some BS-rumor started up....that Canada might be invaded by the US.  

Three Observations

 1.  I downloaded the White House App yesterday.  With all this amusing chaos with CNN and the other news crews....the White House App does everything...without the gimmicks of the network.  Took 30 seconds....done.

You never needed a filter or some idiot telling a different slant on words spoken.  If you disagree with words spoken....just mute it or turn it off.

2.  In the 1970s....reality was reality.

Today.....there's probably sixty versions of reality...over one single topic.  

3.  By mid-October....Paramount will officially own CNN.  What I expect?  Just a humble guess that ten of the top wage folks are gone within a week.  

CNN becomes some neutral news establishment....within a five-day period....right before the mid-terms?  Yeah.

Pyramid: Actual Purpose?

I suspect that the authorities there....are pretty sure about the actual purpose being production of fertilizer and that if you admitted this...the tourism 'magnet' would fall apart overnight.  Admitting this?  You can't do it.

The shafts leading a 'box' deep under the pyramid?

Storage tank where you'd have ammonia, and the product of the cycle.

You have to envision northern Africa....12k to 15k years ago, and the massive harvest/use of the land.

If I were the Egyptian authorities....zero chance that I'd admit this and kill off the tourism industry. 

Economic Talk/BS

 1.  Are we in a recession?  I asked Grok/AI.

NO, the U.S. is not in a recession as of late September 2026. What Grok suggests?  Well....the economy is still expanding, though growth has slowed from earlier in the year and some forward-looking indicators are mixed. 

Are there personal feelings that suggests we don't believe Grok?  Yeah...probably so.

2.  Are housing sales across the US in the crapper (Sep 2026)?

Yes, existing-home sales are weak and have been sliding.  It does not match the 2008 situation, but if you said the term 'slump'....it fits.

Blame?  If you got a property back five years or more ago....with better mortgage rates....you are staying (long-term).  With current mortgage rates....you have zero interest in getting a better property.

3.  Are certain states in better/worse shape....than others?

This is a odd perception.

Unemployment-wise?  South Dakota, North Dakota, Vermont, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Nebraska....all less than 3-percent.  District of Columbia, California, Oregon, Conn, Michigan, AZ....all greater than 5-percent.  

4. Bank repossessions up?

I watched a podcast last week.....RV trailer yard....a 60-day collection that was coming up on auction....figure around 150 to 200 RV trailers and vehicles.  Guy noted that previous month....they'd had a boat auction.

Trend.....where people thought they had 'money' (capital) and woke up to realize they were too far in debt to keep their 'toys'.

Problem is....the banks will sell the asset....one way or another, but I doubt that they get 100-percent of money they had in the loan 'mess'.

5.  Christmas season economics?

Finance guys say it's better-looking than 2025's numbers.

6.  Used car lots....full?

There's two or three podcasts I watch weekly....which get talking about numbers.  Oddly, largest numbers sitting on lots....in at least a decade.  Fair number are repossessions.

7.  Finally, if you asked me over confidence.....guys who are employed and sure of their 'path'....they are the ones with confidence.  The folks who got laid off once or twice in 2025/2026?  They aren't so sure and more guarded about their savings.

Five AI Predictions

 1.  By the end of 2027, I predict....that some group has financed a AI system to 'hide' data....preventing banking systems, audit systems, and collection systems from finding fraudulent data/money issues.

2.  Over the next year or two....a AI-system will have formulated a 'path' for juveniles....identifying them as 'no-go' candidates for higher education, and they should be sent onto tradesmen/craft schools as young as the 7th grade.

3.  A AI system is quizzed on the development of a production line to build the modern age B-52 bomber....using 90-percent robotics and 10-percent human efforts.  Within hours, a full-production package is delivered.

4.  AI eventually identifies AI-DS (AI-Derangement Syndrome....similar to Trump Derangement Syndrome).  It'll list these people by name, and suggest that they need treatment for hatred of AI.

5. A AI comes to exist with do-it-yourself repair situations for over 50,000 car issues...guiding you to self-repair skills.  

White House Press Entry BS

 To be honest....any idiot could get a 'feed'....write a 5-minute text piece, and just report from the park across the street.  It's not rocket science, and does not require you to sit in some WH room.

So this CNN BS....is worthless to discuss.

The judge to order the WH to accept CNN or MSNBC?  If I were Trump....I'd respond that the judge is now the sole-approval authority for credentials.  I suspect this is a 'trap' laid out for such a event.