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Might be a good idea to postpone any flying until your bad vehicle patch has passed.

I think they missed a few letters in the title. The full word is "Megalomania"

The latest on Alex Pretti, the Vet Nurse shot by ICE, is that the bullet was not the cause of death, according to the autopsy. He had serious internal injuries, including broken ribs, which may have caused the death when they pounced on him. He had a run-in with ICE a week or so earlier. I saw the video where he charged the ICE agents, shouting and cursing them, kicked their car breaking the tail light, and spat on the car. This could have caused the agents to attack him when he returned. The story goes that he resigned from his nursing position a month or so ago, jooint some protest group or other, and have been acting erratically. These details, including the autopsy report were supplied by him widow according to the report.

US debt is around US$38 trillion & most of it is owned internally. About US$8 trillion is owned by foreign countries. Japan, China & UK are the biggest external owners of US debt. When the value of the US$ drops so does the value of the debt. Investors are slowly moving away from the US as a safe investment & this is being reflected to a degree in the loss of value of the US$ as well. Trumps dumb and erratic policies will probably see interest rates rise to try to stem the outflow of investment in the US. He's only been there a year & the rot is setting in already.

Trump is promoting the Melania movie "....Selling out, fast" One the opening night, a number of theatres reported not a single ticket sold. Others reported less than ten. And it's getting rave reviews on social media... I'd rather poke my eyes out with a burnt stick. If they showed this on a plane, people would walk out. As someone said, "It's all about ME."

Marty, I used to be able to pull wheelstands on that Suzuki 50 stepthrough before I put the sidecar on it. It didn't have it's own power to do it, so you had to stand up on the pegs and start bouncing the weight over the bars a couple of times and on the right bounce, heave back on the handlebars while you gave it a handful. Once up on the back wheel, it was all balance.

I am not having a great run with vehicles lately. First the deer and the mini.. And on the weekend, the Volvo decided to emit clunky noises from its rear end. So off to the local mechanic, and since it is the only one around after their competitor retired, I am in for a wait as there is a solid pipeline of work to be done ahead of mine. No probs. Thought I would hire a car for a week. This evening, driving through the village down the road, I hit a massive pot hole at low speed but enough to cause some rumblings coming from its front end. FFS, another damaged vehicle. Thankkfully I took full fat insurance, but crickey, I have just had enough of cars at the moment. Have to be thankful of small mercies - although I got my medical, I am not flying yet.