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Nice! With a little time and effort, you should have positive equity in it pretty soon. If he lives in it for a few years, he wouldn't have to pay taxes on it if he decides to sell. I see a lot of cars online for sale at almost giveaway prices because they don't run. He could have a side...

I'm not sure that will last. A bunch of oil storage got hit in Iran, and I think that caused some panic. So far, it doesn't look like production facilities got hit, and Kharg Island is still untouched. If Kharg gets hit, Iran's oil goes offline for probably a few years at least.

Fors is taking a beating. When the bottom hits, I'll buy a decent chunk if their future looks good.

Cubans tend to assimilate well, and Cuban Americans tend to vote Republican. You could do a lot worse. But there's no reason to bring them to the US. They're not becoming a state, so they will still need visas. And with a change in government, they're unlikely to be granted asylum.

For starters, 11 million people who own nothing. It's an untapped market for literally EVERYTHING. Electronics, furniture, appliances, clothes, food, liquor, financial services, entertainment, cars, building materials, machinery, weapons, communications, energy, you name it. As the people...

I'm moving into AI and humanoid robotics. I still have a lot of reading to do, but that's what I'll be looking into tomorrow before trading starts. Might take all week to figure out everything, but I'm starting to feel like it's the play for my.long-term holds.

I planted a bunch of apple seeds and some acorns the last few days. My apple seeds were sprouting in the fridge, so it was a time crunch. About half of the acorns were showing root radicals, so they got potted.

I'm not going back until they get some cash influx to spruce up the place. The hotels are mostly old and dingy. I stayed a night at Melia Cohiba, and it was nice, but expensive. The tourists in Cuba are not fun. There's a lot of sex tourists and Canadians who go there to avoid Americans, and...

I went for two weeks on vacation when Obama was president. The poverty was shocking. People are desperate to leave. I had guys asking me all the time if I could help them get a job in America, if I knew anyone who could help them get out. And a lot of women offered me intimate services. It...

Heh. I put a thermal on my Savage. It was pretty ugly. But if you get one of the expensive ones, they look more like regular scopes. I have QD mounts so I can swap back and forth.

I'm aware. That's what we did in Iraq, and I like to think we learned our lesson. I don't think Pezeshkian has control over the military, and I'm worried he might be assassinated by fanatics within the IRGC. So far, he seems like the best option for a transition government. Fingers crossed.

Holy cow, Trump is on a roll. If he's right, and Cuba wants to abandon communism, they could be brought into the fold and join the North American economic bloc. They're dirt poor and unskilled, so a trade agreement could be a reality, as well as a complete extinguishing of Chinese and Russian...

More good news. Ukraine is getting more involved in the Middle East war. Hopefully Trump takes note and starts to see the value in helping Ukraine in exchange for drone technology. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/07/world/ukraine-counter-drone-expertise-middle-east-intl-cmd

Someone in Congress bought it, I think. Something about their food additives working as an insulator for microprocessors? I'll look into it more Sunday evening. Haven't bought any yet.

Finally some good news. Pezeshkian seems to see the writing on the wall. I'm praying like hell he can hang onto power and steer Iran in the right direction. I wouldn't be surprised if he's using back channels to talk to the US and Israel about clearing the way for him to take more authority...