My Thoughts On Canada

 First, if you asked most folks (Americans)....not from the northern tier region....they would admit they've never met a Canadian.

Second, I would take a wild guess.....more than 75-percent of Americans have never  crossed the border into Canada.

Third, if you asked a thousand Americans to name a product they buy/use from Canada.....other than Molsen Beer, or Crown Royal Whiskey.....they can't name anything.

Fourth, if you asked Americans to name a province (a state) in Canada....more than seventy percent would be unable to list one.

Fifth, if you asked Americans to name a Canadian sports team....the number one listed....would be the Expos....who haven't existed since the 1980s.

New Country Chatter

 In the past couple of days....the three most western provinces/states of Canada (Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia)....started a chat over the idea of dissolving the relationship with Canada, and becoming their own state.

Blame?  Well....the election from the past week had odd results....majority of  voters in the three provinces....didn't vote for liberals.

In theory, the law allows for this....but it's not a simple process.

What happens if Canada breaks 'apart'?

This new western 'country' probably gets favored trading partner status with the US, South Korea, and Japan.

The remaining Canada?  I'd say they are in a difficult situation (economically), and will obviously become part of the EU....thinking they can fix things.

Four Things

 1.  My gut feeling....this fall...CBS's Sixty Minutes 'ends'. 

2.  My gut feeling on Letitia James and her real estate woes?  By the end of June....the Governor calls up James and says 'resign'. James  resigns, and ends up paying back taxes/fines....adding up to around $1-million by the end.

3. 'Sensationalist' is a new job title.....you get news....re-work it....pump it up....and get more readers/viewers.   

4.  AI replacing teachers?  This has been on my mind, and I suspect by 2035....at least 100,000 kids in America are taught by AI.  I'm not saying it's a good thing or bad thing....just that your kid will be taught by a system.

Seven Things Likely To Lead Me To Vote Against You Or Your Party

 1.  NPR saying glorious things about you for eight minutes straight.

2.  Your program having some kind of pronoun stuff listed.

3. You being pro-gang.

4.  You are asked a simple 5th-grader question, and it takes you seven minutes to give an answer....with nothing making sense.

5. Misusing public funds for personal use.

6.  Nepotism/Cronyism in your background.

7.  Signs of getting bribes.

Trying To Make Sense

 I looked over a YouGov piece....they had polled Americans on favorable views....an odd topic.  This was done back in Feb of 2025.  

So first up....are you favorable, neutral or negative....about castles?  75-percent said favorable....while 17-percent were negative. Yeah, there were 7-percent negative.  

I pondered over this....thinking...if you asked  most  Americans....have you ever been to an actual castle...98-percent would probably say no.  If you were in the Army or Air Force....the odds are that you've been to one or two. Me?  I've been to  probably twenty over my entire life. I'm not really positive or negative over castles....if asked, I'd probably prefer not living in a castle.

But the poll didn't stop there.....there were a number of odd questions.  Like the Crusades got mentioned...with 41-percent of people negative about them, 27-percent neutral, and 32-percent positive.  If you asked most Americans to explain the Crusades....fewer than 10-percent could give you three lines of text on details.

The plague got a polling....with 74-percent negative, 17-percent neutral, and 9-percent positive.  How those  9-percent could see anything positive about the 'Black Plague'....amazes me.  

So here's the thing....out of the dozen-odd topics....the vast majority of Americans have little in the way of knowledge....to relate a feel....either positive or negative...on such topics.

They might  have watched the History Channel, and have some TV show to base a topic on....but otherwise...know almost nothing over the topic. 

LIkely Words

 What's likely said here, with Trump?

'Listen, you went as far as you could....there's no deal to get status in NATO, and you've lost 750,000  people so far in this war.  I can get Putin up to a certain point, and get this war over.  Deal, or no-deal?'

The Next Chaos

 “We’ve got $1.7 trillion in student debt on the books and we’ve got 7.6 million open jobs right now.....most of which don’t require a 4-year degree.”

-- Mike Rowe quote

I paused over this yesterday, and it's been on my mind.

If you use BLS numbers....around 60-to-64 percent of jobs in America require NO degree or college time (2020 data).

I would imagine if you asked questions....from  the remaining 35-percent....at least a third of those jobs could be done by a person with a year (or two) of community college.

This student debt crisis to turn into a big deal?  I'm guessing by late summer....this will be a top-three problem.

Numbers?  Presently, around 42-million Americans have some type of student debt. It's roughly 16-percent of 'adults'  in the nation.  Amount?  $1.6-trillion (more or less).

I spent an hour yesterday watching videos where the 'stupid-students' vowed not to re-pay the loan.  One sat admitted....they had a worthless degree and were barely making it with $40,000 on income.

My general prediction?  This group of angry graduates who are super-under-employed....standing there with worthless degree and refusing to pay....will spoil the whole government loan  'Frankenstein'.  So by spring of 2026....it'll be noted that gov't loans will come to an end.

What follows then?  Massive chaos with the colleges, and meetings over how to cut payroll and costs. I'll  suggest that almost 30-percent of all professors will be let go.  What they do next in life?  Unknown.

The curious thing will be the 'rage' of 16/17 year old high school students...realizing their dream of x-college....is now doomed.