1. Yesterday AM....Iraqi Kurds were organized and crossing the border into Iran....invasion-style. Based on reports....I'd say they were armed by the US Army and had clear strategies....hooking up with Iranian Kurds.
2. Odd thing I noticed via Bloomberg News yesterday....Sweden’s central bank advised folks....they should hold a week’s worth of cash at home. Reason? Well....you might need to buy food, essentials...in case of a war or other crisis.
Why drove this advice? Unknown.
3. Putin suggested he might cut off ALL natural gas deliveries to the EU....saying that he has other customers.
4. These big public viewing beer-parties during WM2026 (this summer)? Well....in Hamburg....cancelled. Security requirements make it too costly. Going to be a lot of grumbling how things got this way.
5. Two bomb threats yesterday....Bremen, and Augsburg....shut-down the two train-stations. Nothing found.
6. 143,000 registered cases to go against deportation orders in Germany for 2025. These were people who came into Germany....asked for asylum, were evaluated, and then given the 'nein' paperwork.
You can add up the paperwork, and manpower....probably 40-man-hours for the gov't to defend their decision (minimum)....but this would tie up the German court system for years, and years.
The court system was never made to handle this sort of mess.
7. Cash requirement? If you have something to buy/pay-for....costing over 3,000 Euro, and you pay in cash? Then some ID is required. A bad example here....if you had a used car....pricing it at 2,999 Euro would avoid the paperwork. Pricing it at 3,050....requires the paperwork.
8. When you examine how things went 'south' so fast in Iran....this one meeting about 3 weeks ago....where the Trump folks were trying to deal with Iran's nuclear program....the topic of how much enriched uranium came up.
We are talking weapons-grade uranium.
The response was x-amount....enough for 11 nuke-bombs.
Why this guy was honest? That's really the big question. If he'd say half-a-nuke or less....things might have gone in a friendly fashion
Was he boasting? Was he just a new guy? Was he just a actor in the talks? Unknown.
9. All that 'bad-Spain' talk? Ended. The PM came back yesterday, and said they re-considered....Rota and Moran are open for US operations.
To put things into prospective.
Moran is by Seville, and Rota is by Cadiz.....both were US bases.....paid and kept up to date....for events like this.
Sanchez, the PM of Spain? I'd describe him as 50-percent Gov Newsom (Cal)....male-model type, but being one step above Newsom on IQ, and mostly attached to only focus-groups that get the vote out.
10. Gas prices this AM? In my region.....1.88 Euro for E-10.
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