Political Splitsville?

 Weekend 9/20/2026

Scotland, Wales, and Northern ireland sign memof of understanding to split form the UK. 

This article suggests a vote failed to split from the UK previously failed and another is not schedule. 

Still, interesting that this is happening now. 

 

Positive social mood is inclusionary, let's get together. Negative mood is exclusionary, as in the above. 

Ukraine wants nothing to do with Russia. Iran, despite VP Vance illusion, has no interest in being a 'normal nation.

Meanwhile in Texas, from wiki

 When Clements first entered office in 1979, he was the first Republican to have served as governor of Texas in over a century. When Clements left office for good at the end of his second term in 1991, his eight years in office were the most served by any Texas governor until Rick Perry surpassed his total in 2009. Clements was the first governor to be elected to multiple terms since Texas changed its constitution in 1972 to extend its governor's term of office to four years. Since then, George W. Bush, Rick Perry, and Greg Abbott, also Republicans, have all won multiple terms.

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Gov Abbott apparently cannot think of anything to do sother than run for Gov a fourth time. Dem Gina Hinojsa looks to be running neck and neck with him in this race. Trump dumped US Senator John Cornn for ethically challenged former AG Paxton. In a race with two terrible choices Talarico,a member of the Texas House, is running slightly ahead of Paxton.

 Clemnents turned Texas red in 1979. A change in Governor and Senate would be a big change. 

We'll see. 

The social mood point is that a throw the bums out movement is afoot.  

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Warren Buffet steps down as Chair of BRK 

As he says at 96 Father Time  is around the corner and now his son, Howie, assumes the role.

But I note he started this back at the dawn of the bull market or rather before 1982. Now that the DOW has hit  54,000, a good time to exit at a market top. Ditto for Tim Cook at Apple. The fold phone actually pioneered by Android is the latest Apple idea, good time to exit.