H.O. - thanks for the insightful reminders that 1)the U.S. isn't/wont be the first place that signs of trouble appear and 2) trouble doesn't always appear as newsworthy catastrophes, the way down is the way of a 1000 tiny cuts.

Nepal is to the world as North Dakota is to the US - the end of the supply chain, it seems.

Taxis are an indulgence - the future belongs to Jitneys and Camels - but not in Cuba, for the latter - seems they've replaced them with cheap Chinese built buses.