Five Things

 1.  There's a bit of hype building up (going several years now) about Starbucks and unionization.  Some folks think the union thing will happen shortly for Starbucks.....I'm less likely to believe that.

One obvious thing....the average cost of a Starbucks non-description coffee is around $2.75.  If you go union.....that will likely rise to $3.20 minimum.  

I'd just ask the question.....just how many regular people would be willing to pay for something like that?

2.  I read a survey (AP/NORC) that suggested that 49-percent of Democrats think that Joe Biden is leading the nation in the wrong direction. Course, on Republicans....it was near 93-percent.

If this were any normal President....he'd be worried over the numbers and asking what can we do?  But he doesn't seem that worried....neither are his 'helpers'.  

Something about this.....doesn't make any sense.  It's like having four low-air tires on your car, and people pointing to them while driving.....yet just grinning as they pass you.

3.  If I were a ethnic-Russian-Ukrainian....having lived forty years of my life in eastern Ukraine....seeing the massive amount of damage, and having some Russian conscript guys arrive for some military parade and them expecting me to appreciate their damage done.....I'd be shaking my head, and probably looking to move elsewhere.   There's just no future.

4.  I think about 10-percent of Americans now suffer from Covid-anxiety, and I doubt that they will recover from this....for the remainder of their lives (big deal if they are approaching 20 years old now).  I'll add....if you were single prior to the Covid era....now having Covid-anxiety....it's going to be hard to find someone who shares your anxiety feeling.  

5.  Twitter deal?  Elon will own the company within 30 days.....it's a sure bet now.  For the Twitter universe.....there's about to be 'snap' by Elon-Thanos, and folks are mostly cheering him on.  For some Twitter employees, it's the end of the universe.  

Here's the thing....if he's right....Twitter will correct itself (probably in one year), and will be a profitable company.  Then the question is.....what's left to change?  Meta-Facebook?  Microsoft?  Google?  

As healthy as he looks....he's got twenty-plus years to reshape the universe.