RBOB futures over the last ten years.
Inflation, my left hind leg
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How obituaries got a jolt of new life in the Internet era – The Washington Post
Good article. This just jumped out at me:
«After [Brittany] Murphy and [Michael] Jackson’s deaths in 2009, though, some obituary editors took a hard look at some younger superstars with chaotic lives. And when British pop diva Amy Winehouse died at age 27 in 2011 after a public struggle with addiction, The Washington Post had a prewritten obituary ready to publish.»
Also this:
«“I believe everyone has one good story in them,” said Kay Powell, a like-minded former obituaries editor for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, whose subjects included a woman who sang at Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral and a health department bureaucrat who introduced pasteurized milk to Georgia. “It’s up to us to find it and write it.”»
EXCLUSIVE Rating agencies say Biden’s spending plans will not add to inflationary pressure | Reuters
Ah. SUDDENLY I understand why we’re hearing about inflation now. Republicans have started the election.
Oklahoma Guard goes rogue, rejects COVID vaccine mandate after sudden change of command
My dad was in the 45th Division. Pretty sure he would not have been on board with this ho…gwash.
Happy Veterans Day! ^_^ Thank you for your service! ^_^
We have two, count ’em, two, holidays in which we celebrate military service and zero holidays in which we celebrate the orderlies who will be changing my bedpan in 30 years when I’m scared and in pain, and grouchy, or the teachers who did their best to instill critical thinking and good social habits into my kids.
Apart from whatever holidays Congress has enacted in order to score votes.
Incurvatus in se – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incurvatus_in_se
Ha! A fancy way to say “self-centered”!
Covid Gets Even Redder – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/08/briefing/covid-death-toll-red-america.html
«the immunity from vaccination appears to be much stronger than the immunity from infection, which means that conservative Americans will probably continue to suffer an outsized amount of unnecessary illness and death.»
Who’s Afraid of What Happened in Virginia? – by Jill Filipovic – Jill Filipovic
https://jill.substack.com/p/whos-afraid-of-what-happened-in-virginia
Good post. No neat answers, lots of stupidity.
How War With China Begins – The Atlantic (Maybe?)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/us-china-war/620571/
«The People’s Liberation Army Navy is churning out ships at a rate not seen since World War II»
Did some more reading after the above article.
China now has the world’s largest Navy in terms of raw ship count, I guess, but it has a different shape from ours.
And I guess we shouldn’t ignore our allies: https://thediplomat.com/2021/04/yes-china-has-the-worlds-largest-navy-that-matters-less-than-you-might-think/
«“We’ve got a Navy that we’ve worn out bombing trucks, weddings and huts in Afghanistan for 20 years,”»
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/04/12/chinas-navy-has-more-ships-than-the-us-does-that-matter/
«Japan, Australia and South Korea all sport robust navies in the region, and the United States is increasingly working to bring India into the fold as that country deals with its own Beijing-related rivalries.
“We just take for granted the incredible network of allies we have around the world,”
(ibid.)
(And then we just dump on them because we think we’re the mighty, mighty exceptional United States and we stand alone.)
I voted
I voted (for school board, because, somehow, these elections always seem to go sideways and there’s a guy running who thinks school kids should not learn about systemic racism).
Where’s my social media flair?
