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MY CONTINUED LIFE AT 15 CRAIGSIDE...And the World Keeps Turning

Well, Iran and U.S. Memorandum of Understanding representatives met on Sunday, and again today....but issued conflicting statements as to what was discussed .  And in case you were wondering, there are three spellings for the mountain resort where this is occurring:  Bürgenstock, Burgenstock and Buergenstock, the latter one being the English version. I gave most of following numbers last week, but here is Time magazine's accounting of the U.S.-Iran War by the numbers , since 28February2026. Killed. Iran 3,636, but 2,100 were civilians. Lebanon, 4,000, but over a million displaced. USA, 13 service members, but 400 wounded. Israel, a few dozen defense forces, but 39 citizens. Global economic impact:  $2.2 trillion.  Damage to Iran economy, $270 billion. Cost of Operation Fury, $29 billion according to Defense Secretary Hegseth, but some in the media have speculated that the actual amount should be closer to $50 billion. U.S. fired more Patriot missiles in the first fo...