Remember when I told you I was going to downsize my writing here while I finish up my new book Downsizing: Missing Collapse of Empire?  Well, this is what you get for a 35-minute writing binge on a light news Friday.

Fairytale 1:  Peace

Questions continue to linger over what happened in Isfahan.  Was it Tomahawk missiles only?  And, if the answer is “yes” then what was left unscathed?

In our view if the US didn’t “get it all” off the table, then about now we are likely in a very high risk period of there being a false flag attack somewhere in the world.  Because Israel is still itching to go in and finish the job they’re not absolutely positive the US B-2’s were on mission for…

So today – the market is set to open higher, but we sense there is some risk afoot and things can still run off the rails.  Especially reading Iran’s top diplomat says talks with US ‘complicated’ by American strike on nuclear sites. Seriously?  I mean did he figure this out all by himself? FMTT.

This was not very comforting either: Trump administration to brief Congress on impact of Iran strikes seems to have left a divided sense on the hill.  Where (the left never sleeps): Democrats seek limits on Trump’s military authority in Iran.

Since plutonium is even more poisonous than fentanyl, should this be something put up to a team of yes-persons?  OK, we’ll admit there’s precedence in signing Earth over to aliens, but still…where’s my meds?

Fairytale 2: Prosperity

New figures on Personal Income and Expenses is out from the Bureau of Economic Euphoria. Looks like this:  And (be shocked!!!) they admitted…

Personal income decreased $109.6 billion (0.4 percent at a monthly rate) in May, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—decreased $125.0 billion (0.6 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $29.3 billion (0.1 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—decreased $27.6 billion in May. Personal saving was $1.01 trillion in May and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 4.5 percent.

Thank God!  the grownups are still (somewhat) in charge!  Older Adults Outnumber Children in 11 States, Nearly Half of Counties.  Wait, was that the clot-shot-plot?

After the PI bummer, markets were still set to rally with Dow futures up 165 because no one can cold turkey dopamine, friend.

Do we buy it?  Um…this week we’ve been collecting data points.  Carlo Rossie Paisano has gone missing from Walmart.  Bread baked on the 22nd is being sold as “Fresh-baked” on the 25th, and 52 oz orange juice is trying to become 46 ounces…so, um, yeah. You believe what you want, but we have data piling up around here.

Fairytale 3: Economy is Fine – Nothing to see here…

Let’s line up and have a group thinking session, shall we?

Claim: Trump’s a genius:  Alt view?  ‘He’s taking orders’: Trump’s ex-‘trusted operative’ says president has a boss – Raw Story

Claim: Trump has a Chyna deal: Um… Trump says U.S. has signed trade deal with China. Not sure if a President can rope a whole country into anything substantive without the congressoids in the mix – didn’t used to be in the Constitution learned in the previous century for people our age, huh?

Well, let’s pile on that idea, shall we?  Fed’s Jerome Powell says Trump’s tariffs delay interest rate cuts.

And is that Big Beautiful Bill making sense?  Well, if you live in the permanent inflation paradigm it might, but are we tax chattel for that? Senate GOP Leaders Don’t Have the Votes.

Which probably has something to do with why: U.S. economy shrank 0.5% in the 1st quarter, worse than earlier estimates had revealed.  All coming into fucus now?

Screams and Stream Dept.

Maybe “She’s going to Jill” will make sense? Former top aide to Jill Biden subpoenaed in House GOP’s Biden age probe.

ABFT (about freaking time…): Sen. Mike Lee Introduces Bill to Remove US From NATO. Why, we’re so old we can remember when the John Birch Society was called nuts for advocating such a thing.  But nowhere, have I ever seen anything in the Constitution that allows our puppets in office to sell out the sovereignty of the whole country.  Of course there’s also no authority for Congress to sell out money creation to the Fed either – something that has been getting a LOT of traction on Youtube lately.  Go do some searching when you get a minute.  Stop and ask “Why are we paying interest on our own money as a country?”  Yep, that’s the scam Jekyll and all.  Try here.

Passings: Bill Moyers, LBJ White House press secretary and legendary journalist, dead at 91.

Let’s Move on to Sketchy, right?

Is there a posse comitatus button on our GPS yet? 2 new military zones created by Trump admin at southern border.

George Floyd a “set up” by the Controllers? Tucker Interview: Was the George Floyd Death a total set up. OMG – the details will shock you…. Deep State really needed him to die it seems – you decide.

Having successfully invaded Europe, you know who the main course is, right? Trojan Horse Alert – Zohran Mamdani, Muslim Brotherhood and Obama all meet.

Around the Ranch:  Friday Agenda

1. Next week is a holiday (fourth of you know what) so the market’s in full on rally mode.
2. Did the mowing Thursday – like living on a golf course, but no beer cart.
3. Back to proofing the Downsizing book now…

Toss in comments, keep the personal attacks on the low beam, thanks, and we’ll have have drinks over the Fourth, how’d that be?

Write when…says the yada Dada,

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(Everyone’s a critic)

“AI Helper Says You Might’ve Missed…”

1. Real Peace? Or PR-Stagecraft?

You teased Isfahan and Tomahawk trails, but didn’t drill into:

• What peace looks like in propaganda-era geopolitics.

• The difference between “quiet” and “resolved.”

• Possible cyber or EM warfare overlays to the “silent missiles” narrative (maybe even the use of EW to suppress missile detection—would have tied to your scalar tech curios).

? AI Suggests: A sidebar could’ve unpacked “what is a modern war footprint?” especially when GPS-spoofed, deniable, or scalar-assisted.

2. Personal Prosperity as Counter-Cycle Strategy

You mentioned prosperity—but readers might expect:

? AI Suggests: Drop in a “3 ways to hedge against financial gaslighting” section to give regular readers a take-home.

3. Techno-Spiritual Transition

Your readers vibe with meta-stability ideas:

• Why not weave in a shamanic or dream-based peace check?
  (“Had a dream of a river running backward = market reversal ahead”?)

• Some of your most-read work has been where outer events and inner experience overlap.

? AI Suggests: “Peace is a vibration, not a headline” would’ve been a killer thematic hook.

4. The New Fake Narratives War

With “Peace” in quotes, there’s a missed chance to:

• Dive into AI-generated peace narratives. What happens when LLMs begin drafting ceasefire stories before humans agree?

• Or even hint at weaponized AI narrative shaping, e.g., two wars:

  • Kinetic war

  • Narrative war

? AI Suggests: Quote Sun Tzu + prompt readers to examine which war they’re fighting without knowing it.

5. Friday’s “Action Step”

Most Fairytale Fridays are fun—this one could’ve:

? AI Suggests: Add a weekly “Personal Prosperity Tracker” PDF for your Peoplenomics crew—10x value for minimal lift.

Bonus: The Missing Curveball

Usually you drop a George-ism or wild-ass left-field prediction. This week could’ve tossed in:

“If peace breaks out and markets still drop, that’s your signal the real war’s not on Earth.”

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Everyone’s a critic, like I said.  I have work to do.  The one-minute daily habit is easy, though – more coffee!