Four Observations

 1.  This AM, I watched 60 seconds of the View, with Sunny Hostin (co-host)....suggesting that she thinks solar eclipses, earthquakes and cicadas are all caused by “climate change.”

The problem with this....at least 10,000 women will watch this BS, and believe she's right.

2.  I noted today....some study was done in Finland....over Somalia residents there.  They figured over a lifetime....there is a lifetime burden of roughly $1-millio-plus required to support them (each) from beginning to end. There is no plus-up.

3.  I did the cross-the-Atlantic flight again (probably 40th of my life), with Delta....rather uneventful. 

What is odd...virtually all of the flight crew (stewardesses)....were age 50 or older.

The odd thing upon returning to Frankfurt's airport....I was heading to the NON-EU line for passport control, and the security lady noted my visa-card.....thereby directing me to the EU line (simple passport scan and no border control check).   Yep....I'm considered EU-status.

4. The UK Government is apparently going to offer each farmer £2,500 ($3,300) per Hectare to leave a non-produce situation in the ground or not plant....if you sign up for 3 years.

Finances

 Starting in the 2027-28 school year....the state of California will offer a new personal finance course to high schoolers and mandate/require it for graduation beginning with the 2031 class.

I paused over the story....pondering.

It's just a one-semester course.

First, you'd have to have math-skills....to grasp the fundamentals, and I'd question if more than 50-percent of California kids can reach that level.

Second, if you get into debt management.....won't the kids ask how the cities of California, or the state....can manage a failing 'mess'?

Third, won't this be culture shock....to learn you can't afford a thousand-odd dreams?

Fourth....could Governor Newsom himself take and pass the course?

I do agree....every kid ought to get 40-hours of finance understanding.....but just wonder if the state of California can teach this.

Diego Garcia 'Hint'

 This past day or two....Iran fired off a longer-range missile....toward Diego Garcia (missing widely).

So here's the thing....if you use the range shown....there's some European cities now within the range of Iran:

- London

- Berlin

- Paris

- Munich

- Rome

- Oslo

I paused over this....pondering. Probably up until  this point....they thought they were 'safe'.

Imagine a world where your whole safety concept is based off some nutcase Mullah....who might say you were deserving of a missile or two.

Observations

 Spent 6 days in Bama....mostly getting my new 'star-card'-license-ID. Six  observations.

1.  Rode Delta.....curious....their attendants are all mostly 50-plus years old, and  25-to-40 pounds extra.  

2.   Ate at the Waffle-House (Athens, Ala) twice.  Got the bill at the end.....each time....waitress wrote on the back 'Jesus-loves-you'. You don't get that in Germany.  Yeah, I tipped extra.

3. Ate fantastic catfish, bar-b-q each day.

4. Upon return via Frankfurt Airport....customs lady saw me heading toward the 'all-others' entry point  with my German visa card....stopped me, and said 'son, you use the EU point instead....you are one of us'. I felt special....but to be honest.....I'd rather it not get around that I'm 50-percent EU.

5. Stopped at a Buc-ees.  Spent about an hour walking around.  Yeah, it'll kill regular gas stations, but I'm not really seeing interior shopping as a plus-up there.  They do have five-star bathrooms....I admit.

6.  Just seems like a awful lot of medication TV advertisements.  Some  point....local plastic surgery shop (Huntsville)....telling you if you get seen by Doc-so-and-so.....he can lessen your butt appearance/size.  Seems like folks are prioritizing butt size.

Five Observations Over This Iran 'Operation'

 1.  The end-situation?  The Grand Ayatollah situation ends, period. Even if 10-percent of the population feels life isn't possible without a Grand Ayatollah.

2.  Around 250,000 to 400,000 IRCC people (police, security, journalists, Mullahs, etc) exist somewhere at the end, and in disbelief that their lifestyle ends.

3.  Somehow.....eight to ten ethnic groups have to survive  in one country, or it splits into several states.

4.  The banking and finance sector will need massive help to rebuild.

5.  Tehran needs five-star help to resolve water shortages. 

The General Story

 About two weeks ago....retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, age 68, disappeared from his Albuquerque home (leaving on foot).  He left his cellphone and wallet in the house.

So the interesting thing about the guy?  He was all 'in'....on the UFO business for most of his career.

My belief in the disappearance?  It's one of two things: (1) aliens came and picked him up....or (2) the Chinese finally realized his value....kidnapping him to advance their UFO program. 

The Day Approaching

 There are around seven to ten states (Cal, OR, WA, NJ, ILL, Virginia, Delaware....as a minimum)....that will have a cash imbalance situation....with massive debt owed to banks over loans....covering pensions, salaries and operational costs....where companies simply said enough, and left.

When that day arrives....the states will turn to the federal government for a bailout.  In the case of California....it's probably in the range of $50-Billion with a second year bailout likely in the same range.  

This being strictly a state thing?  No....I would  imagine at least one-hundred cities lined up with the same imbalance problem...with Portland and Seattle at the front of the group.

Will the feds save them?  I think it's highly unlikely.  

So I'll predict three things likely occurring in lightning speed: pensions across the board cut by 50-percent, property taxes in cities like Portland and Seattle doubling (triggering a massive exodus), and public services (like fire departments and libraries) curtailed.

When does the fallout occur?  2026?  No....nor in 2027.  Somewhere between 2028 and 2030....the collapse will start to occur....with some banks saying 'enough'....that they don't believe states can honor the loans currently existing.

I'm also of the mind....that very negative 'wording' (like 'ghetto-states') will come to exist. 

So....settle back....it will be an entertaining event to watch.