Saturday, October 31, 2015
Gut And Brain
Scientific American: The Tantalizing Links between Gut Microbes and the Brain
summary - Neuroscientists are probing the idea that intestinal microbiota might influence brain development and behavior
Cruz Is Now Third
The GOP field goes from bad to worse. Cruz? WTF?
MSNBC: Poll: Carson and Trump lead the GOP field, Cruz gets a bump
MSNBC: Poll: Carson and Trump lead the GOP field, Cruz gets a bump
Another Blow To Democracy
Guardian UK: FBI planes that flew over police protests had sophisticated surveillance cameras - Full capacity of flights that monitored unrest in Ferguson and Baltimore are unknown but would have needed warrant to use infrared cameras, ACLU reveals
The FBI flew surveillance flights over Baltimore during the unrest that followed the death of Freddie Gray and over Ferguson, Missouri following the death of Michael Brown, using advanced surveillance techniques including infrared cameras, documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have revealed.
Global Warming - Putin's A Denier
Well what do you know, the globe is warming and somehow, almost magically, Russia is not affected.
Strikes me that what the GOP is really saying when they want someone, a strong bold leader, who will be tough on Putin, is that they want someone who is dumb enough to relate to his stupidity. The GOP certainly can accommodate that one.
Reuters: Russian media take climate cue from skeptical Putin
Strikes me that what the GOP is really saying when they want someone, a strong bold leader, who will be tough on Putin, is that they want someone who is dumb enough to relate to his stupidity. The GOP certainly can accommodate that one.
Reuters: Russian media take climate cue from skeptical Putin
Poor Babies
Uh oh, the delicate itty bitty feelings of the GOP candidates were really hurt bad by CNBC. Poor babies, can you imagine the crying and tantrums? I sure hope The Donald, Ben, Carly, and Chris are not suffering from severe PTSD. I'm shedding tears here.
GOP.com: Letter from RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to NBC News
GOP.com: Letter from RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to NBC News
The CNBC network is one of your media properties, and its handling of the debate was conducted in bad faith. We understand that NBC does not exercise full editorial control over CNBC’s journalistic approach. However, the network is an arm of your organization, and we need to ensure there is not a repeat performance.
CNBC billed the debate as one that would focus on “the key issues that matter to all voters—job growth, taxes, technology, retirement and the health of our national economy.” That was not the case. Before the debate, the candidates were promised an opening question on economic or financial matters. That was not the case. etc etc etc
Friday, October 30, 2015
Crack
Nice take on the recent debate and GOP by Rich.
New York Magazine: Is the GOP Cracking Up? By Frank Rich
New York Magazine: Is the GOP Cracking Up? By Frank Rich
...the tenaciously tedious Carly Fiorina.
And Carson — the new favorite — well, he makes Trump sound like Disraeli.
Sweden
Guardian UK: Refugees refusing to leave bus in 'too cold' Swedish village to be removed - Fourteen people have stayed on the bus since it reached Limedsforsen three days ago, saying the village is too cold and isolated
Sweden, with a population of 9.8 million, expects to receive up to 190,000 asylum applications this year, putting it among the EU states with the highest proportion of refugees per capita as the continent struggles with a massive number of displaced people.
Friction
Reuters: China naval chief says minor incident could spark war in South China Sea
While the U.S. Navy is expected to keep its technological edge in Asia for decades, China's potential trump card is sheer weight of numbers, with dozens of naval and coastguard vessels routinely deployed in the South China Sea, security experts say.
Speaking Of Benghazi
With the exception of the usual conservative media outlets with their grind 'em out Hillary as liar and or conspirator articles, Benghazi is fading, and fading fast in the general public memory. Noted conservative Charles Krauthammer reflects on the GOP's inadequacies in conducting a hearing or as I refer to it, a brutal interrogation.
Krauthhamer is of course beyond partisan and he assumes the objects of the hearings somehow out-manipulated the honest hard working GOP 'truther' committees. How he knows this one must simply wonder at the amazing prescient knowledge quality so often found in GOP circles.
Business Insider: KRAUTHAMMER: The Benghazi investigation has been a total PR disaster for the GOP
Krauthhamer is of course beyond partisan and he assumes the objects of the hearings somehow out-manipulated the honest hard working GOP 'truther' committees. How he knows this one must simply wonder at the amazing prescient knowledge quality so often found in GOP circles.
Business Insider: KRAUTHAMMER: The Benghazi investigation has been a total PR disaster for the GOP
From Benghazi all the way back to Operation Fast and Furious, its hearings' impact on public perception has been either zero or negative.
Same Brain
Science Daily: Male/female brain differences? Big data says not so much
summary - A research study has debunked the widely-held belief that the hippocampus, a crucial part of the brain that consolidates new memories and helps connect emotions to the senses, is larger in females than in males.
Out Here
Guardian UK: 'Out here, I still don't know how to live': 6,000 drug convicts brace for release - This weekend, the last of prisoners granted reduced sentences under a federal reform plan will be released. But advocates say the government continues to overlook and ignore ex-convicts
“I can go into any prison right now and within 10 minutes I’m going to know everybody, what’s the scheme, how the power structure works. Out here, I still don’t know how to live.”
Global Warming - A Very Long List Of Questions Deniers Need To Answer And Explain
Slate: If Global Warming Is a Hoax …
… then why are we losing 450 billion tons of land ice every year?
… then why have we lost 5 trillions tons of land ice just since 2002?
Indoors
Get outside, go for a walk, get some fresh air, do it today.
AlterNet: Being Inside Is Making Us Stupid: How Indoor Air Pollution Impacts the Function of Our Brains - An alarming study finds that normal levels of indoor air pollution has a significant effect on human cognition
AlterNet: Being Inside Is Making Us Stupid: How Indoor Air Pollution Impacts the Function of Our Brains - An alarming study finds that normal levels of indoor air pollution has a significant effect on human cognition
...the study has found that normal indoor levels of carbon dioxide and volatile organic compounds negatively impact human cognitive function and decision-makingThe Study
The Market On Friday
Good morning. It is 50 degrees and cloudy sunny here in the Upper Hudson Valley. A sunny day in the 50s is expected. Alas the Knicks lost their Madison Square Garden opener to the Hawks last night. After the Knicks devoured the Bucks on Wednesday, the team looked very confused and tentative on Thursday. Yes, they did execute a few nice plays and there were indications of good potential, but overall the team is a work in progress.
At 9:00 a.m. ET futures are modestly higher and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open higher.
Relatively speaking I am personally somewhat neutral about the market. This is life in 2015, this is our economy, this is how things work with money globally. We can be idealists and write about its massive and unlimited failings, the way it vulture-izes areas of the world in so many destructive ways. We could wish for a better more humane economic system, but this is what we have. We are sitting in the harsh reality of an economic system that has more faults than one could even count, and more faults that are unknown. There are hidden aspects that occur in investment houses, dark economies that we barely know about. Most Americans are clueless on this stuff. Having said all this, notice that First Solar showed a better than expected earnings report and the company's stock is rising.
CNN: Stocks: 5 things to know before the open
At 9:00 a.m. ET futures are modestly higher and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open higher.
Relatively speaking I am personally somewhat neutral about the market. This is life in 2015, this is our economy, this is how things work with money globally. We can be idealists and write about its massive and unlimited failings, the way it vulture-izes areas of the world in so many destructive ways. We could wish for a better more humane economic system, but this is what we have. We are sitting in the harsh reality of an economic system that has more faults than one could even count, and more faults that are unknown. There are hidden aspects that occur in investment houses, dark economies that we barely know about. Most Americans are clueless on this stuff. Having said all this, notice that First Solar showed a better than expected earnings report and the company's stock is rising.
CNN: Stocks: 5 things to know before the open
Investors in First Solar (FSLR) are in for a treat after the solar panel manufacturer released better-than-expected earnings on Thursday evening. Shares are rising by about 11% premarket.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Oil
As we know, the world's oil glut has driven the price of oil way down since its high point during the summer of 2014. Oil producing countries which are very responsible for the glut itself are starting to feel the pinch of oil in the $40 per barrel range.
CNN: Venezuela is running out of cash and selling its gold
CNN: Venezuela is running out of cash and selling its gold
"The bottom line is that the (Venezuela's) spending is unsustainable with oil below $50 and needs to be reined in..."
It Gets Worse
The Daily News: Life is even harder now for the South Carolina teen assaulted by ex-Deputy Ben Fields — she's in foster care
In an interview with the Daily News, Todd Rutherford, the respected Columbia, S.C., attorney representing the assault victim of the recently terminated Deputy Ben Fields, revealed that his client, in addition to suffering injuries on her face, neck, and arm, is living in foster care.
Wipe Away
The slate is now going to be wiped clean. Translation - the GOP will double down on opposing everything. The do nothing GOP Congress will somehow be doing more nothing.
NPR: Pledging To 'Wipe The Slate Clean,' Wisconsin's Paul Ryan Elected House Speaker
NPR: Pledging To 'Wipe The Slate Clean,' Wisconsin's Paul Ryan Elected House Speaker
One Ninth Grader, Mostly Middle School, And Trump
When CNBC says elementary school they mean grades 1 through 5. Most of the candidates were in the grades 6 through 7 area, and then rounding out the field, Trump with his notorious 5th grade level speaking achievement. Go Donald, dumbing it down but good baby
CNBC: College-level speaking not required at the GOP debates
CNBC: College-level speaking not required at the GOP debates
And at least one front-runner was in elementary school territory. (Trump)
Young Stars
Science Daily: New component of Milky Way discovered
summary - Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown component of the Milky Way. By mapping out the locations of a class of stars that vary in brightness called Cepheids, a disc of young stars buried behind thick dust clouds in the central bulge has been found.
Three
Sounds like the biggest loser in the GOP debate were the American people.
MSNBC: Three takeaways from the GOP debate
MSNBC: Three takeaways from the GOP debate
Asked about his call for a flat tax based on Biblical tithing, Carson struggled to articulate his plan after telling moderators the original figure he floated – 10% – was only an “analogy” and that estimates that he would blow a huge hole in the deficit were inaccurate despite his calls for drastic cuts from current tax rates.
Nonsense
In the alternate reality, GOP land, media bias means that talking heads are not unquestionably buying their nonsense and are questioning how the GOP comes up with it's distorted 'facts'.
Guardian UK: Republican candidates attack media over tough debate questions - Trump, Rubio, Cruz and Carson ganged up on CNBC and the mainstream media for political biases as debate moderators grilled candidates on their fiscal policies
Guardian UK: Republican candidates attack media over tough debate questions - Trump, Rubio, Cruz and Carson ganged up on CNBC and the mainstream media for political biases as debate moderators grilled candidates on their fiscal policies
Global Warming - Tanzania
What a travesty, talk about making America great again. this right here is one of America's major failings. We have a country like Tanzania, Tanzania for f**ks sake, their government has plans to go very solar. Instead in the USA, we have the GOP, running its crazed mouth about Obamacare.
Guardian UK: How Tanzania plans to light up a million homes with solar power - In a country where only 40% of people have access to grid electricity, the government is looking to sunshine to power health centres and homes
Guardian UK: How Tanzania plans to light up a million homes with solar power - In a country where only 40% of people have access to grid electricity, the government is looking to sunshine to power health centres and homes
The GOP Debate - Making It Up On The Fly
Shame on Chris Christie for the big SSI lie, and basically shame on all of these idiots for twisting facts and scaring people. As we know, it's difficult watching the GOP's constituency, many of whom are people who are fundamentally hurt over and over, repeatedly, by GOP economic and social policies.
AlterNet: 8 Lies, Distortions and Misrepresentations From the Third GOP Debate - The debates took place in an alternate reality, where facts are made up on the spot.
AlterNet: 8 Lies, Distortions and Misrepresentations From the Third GOP Debate - The debates took place in an alternate reality, where facts are made up on the spot.
7. Lie: Social Security is going bankrupt.
Chris Christie repeatedly tried to paint a picture of a depleted Social Security fund, with claims that the government “stole” everything out of the funds and the program won't be there for seniors. The reality is that Social Security is funded for decades, and a minor change to the tax cap would keep it funded through most of the 21st century.
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. It is a whopping 65 degrees and it is presently very sunny here in the Upper Hudson Valley. We got ourselves a boatload of rain last night, so it's a little damp out there still. Like I said yesterday, if I wanted to watch on TV brutal trash talking, flagrant fouling, and threatening body slams, I would have watched the GOP debate, instead I opted for the gentler Knicks vs Milwaukee NBA season opener. The Knicks surprised the hell out of all Knicks fans globally and easily coasted to a 20 plus point win. We shall see. I'm reading about the debate now and we'll try to parse it a little bit today. The consensus seems to be that Bush failed, Rubio did great, and Trump was more presidential. I mean all the guy has to do to be more presidential is shut up for a second. Poor Jeb, he must feel like such a failure being the non-presidential sibling. Ha!
At 9:00 a.m. ET futures are moderately lower and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open lower.
Well after Wednesday's nifty little rally the morning is looking like a downer. The US third quarter GDP came in at a measly 1.5% growth rate, grow we did not. The Fed announced that there is no change to the base interest rate and investors like that.
CNN: Stocks: 6 things to know before the open
At 9:00 a.m. ET futures are moderately lower and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open lower.
Well after Wednesday's nifty little rally the morning is looking like a downer. The US third quarter GDP came in at a measly 1.5% growth rate, grow we did not. The Fed announced that there is no change to the base interest rate and investors like that.
CNN: Stocks: 6 things to know before the open
U.S. stock futures are taking a dip and there's a general negative mood in the markets.
In the oil market, crude futures are slipping by 1% to trade around $45.50 per barrel.
...on Wednesday...the Federal Reserve opted to keep interest rates near zero, yet again.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Slugfest
I've got a tough choice, GOP debate or Knicks opener in Milwaukee. As far as hard flagrant fouls, body checks, disgusting trash talk, and all around violence goes, the GOP debate wins hands down. I may opt for the kinder gentler NBA game...
Mother Jones: The Carson-Trump Slugfest, Plus 9 Other Things to Watch at Wednesday's GOP Debate - A new front-runner, desperate candidates, and a formula for bedlam.
Mother Jones: The Carson-Trump Slugfest, Plus 9 Other Things to Watch at Wednesday's GOP Debate - A new front-runner, desperate candidates, and a formula for bedlam.
Sonic Tractor Beam
Science Daily: Sonic tractor beam moves stuff with sound
summary - Scientists have built a novel sonic tractor beam that can lift and move objects using sound waves. High-amplitude sound waves are used to generate an acoustic hologram which can pick up and move small objects.
Trump's Insults Of The Month
I hope and pray he can find it in his heart to insult me. Unfortunately I'm not a billionaire, but I would feel so - privileged, like a warrior knighted by the king...
Incidentally the list is humongous.
MSNBC: Here’s everyone Donald Trump has insulted in October
Incidentally the list is humongous.
MSNBC: Here’s everyone Donald Trump has insulted in October
Global Warming - Greenland
If you take a look at a Google search for "global warming" this morning you will find many articles on the web excoriating this NYT article linked directly below. It all comes from the usual suspects chief among them at the moment ultra-rightwing site - 'The Daily Caller'. The Daily Caller has figured out how to make its ranking in a Google search for global warming right at the top or near the top usually supplanting accurate information from news outfits and researchers globally, yes globally. A denying outfit like The Daily Caller now supplants real information in a Google search. I personally find that infuriating. Look at this article, follow the link, you will see actual evidence, actual images of Greenland melting. And yet we still have to be assaulted by the denying cult of the conservative party. That's America.
NYT: Greenland Is Melting Away
NYT: Greenland Is Melting Away
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. It is 44 degrees and cloudy here in the Upper Hudson Valley. A rainy day is expected. Wow, did you see 'The Donald Meltdown' in front of an Iowa crowd of his constituents? Call it 'Donald-gate'. I almost felt bad for the the guy, he sounded and looked like a four year old that just had his most prized toy taken away, poor baby. He was literally having a tantrum in front of a crowd and the crowd loved it. It kind of makes you wonder exactly who is supporting this guy. In olden times, times of yore, candidates would get in front of a crowd and rally them around brilliant ideas, I guess that's significantly out of vogue in the modern age. The fundamental problem still remains, if The Donald disappears, take a look at who is standing in line behind him. It seems appropriate that this is right around Halloween, it's like a waiting line of monsters all vying to get the candy except in this case the candy is the presidency.
At 9:00 a.m. ET futures are slightly higher and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open slightly higher.
In my opinion it will be a statement from the Fed later this afternoon on the base interest rate that is the most salient potential market mover of the day. My sense is that it will be a no news is good news event. Prediction - base interest rates remain as is.
CNN: Stocks: 5 things to know before the open
At 9:00 a.m. ET futures are slightly higher and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open slightly higher.
In my opinion it will be a statement from the Fed later this afternoon on the base interest rate that is the most salient potential market mover of the day. My sense is that it will be a no news is good news event. Prediction - base interest rates remain as is.
CNN: Stocks: 5 things to know before the open
The Federal Reserve will issue its latest decision on interest rates at 2 p.m. ET.
"A change in policy is not, perhaps, terribly likely..."
The world is waiting for the Fed to raise rates but it's been holding back over lingering concerns about the strength of the U.S. economy as global growth slows.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
No Exceptions For The GOP
Slate: Rape Exceptions Are the GOP’s New Litmus Test - Several Republican presidential candidates oppose abortion in all circumstances. That’s terrifying.
... as much as half of this year’s GOP field—including Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Scott Walker, and even resident nice-young-man Marco Rubio—opposes exceptions for rape, incest, and, in some cases, protecting the life of the woman.
Solid-Like And Liquid-Like
Science Daily: How ants and ketchup are alike: Both solid-like and liquid-like - Just like ketchup, more pressure means ants flow easier
summary - Collections of ants have a remarkable ability to change shapes and tasks based on the demands of their environment. When floodwaters hit, they self-assemble and form rafts to stay alive. They can also use their bodies to build bridges and span gaps. What are the properties of these ant aggregations that allow for this wide range of abilities? New research says it's because the insects are actually liquid-like and solid-like simultaneously.
TRNN - Why Ben Carson Is Leading In Iowa
Highly recommended discussion to help fill you in on the political contingency that would support Ben Carson.
Ring Of Fire - Sarah Palin Destroyed The Last Of GOP’s Intelligence
I personally do not agree with the premise of this clip - Sarah Palin as GOP intelligence destroyer. I think Sarah Palin brought forward a trend that was already right there in the GOP. She merely gave that reality a bigger voice. It's not important to describe it as intelligent or not. Also I do not agree with the presumption that Nixon, Bush 1, and Bush 2 were all people of below average intelligence. Certainly Nixon was very crafty, although his paranoia seemed to catch up with his demagoguery producing a debilitating result.
Following politics is very interesting right now, we are witnessing extreme opposing forces, Democrats vs Republicans, vie for high political office, and regional office as well although the latter is barely mentioned or reported on. The overall feeling tone of it is darker, more grinding and the stakes seem higher like something is about to bust open.
Following politics is very interesting right now, we are witnessing extreme opposing forces, Democrats vs Republicans, vie for high political office, and regional office as well although the latter is barely mentioned or reported on. The overall feeling tone of it is darker, more grinding and the stakes seem higher like something is about to bust open.
The Quake
Guardian UK: Earthquake aftermath in Afghanistan and Pakistan – in pictures - Rescuers have been picking their way through rugged terrain and pockets of Taliban insurgency in the search for survivors after a massive quake struck Pakistan and Afghanistan, killing nearly 300 people. The death toll is expected to rise as search teams reach remote areas that were cut off by the 7.5-magnitude quake, which triggered landslides and stampedes as it toppled buildings and severed communication lines
Guardian UK: Afghanistan earthquake: Pakistan army leads rescue as death toll rises - Work begins to clear landslides and reach remote valleys amid fears casualties from Monday’s magnitude 7.5 quake could be higher in isolated regions
Guardian UK: Afghanistan earthquake: Pakistan army leads rescue as death toll rises - Work begins to clear landslides and reach remote valleys amid fears casualties from Monday’s magnitude 7.5 quake could be higher in isolated regions
Sugar
Yesterday bacon, and today, it's sugar.
Guardian UK: Health threat of sugar is vastly underestimated, study claims - US research says sugar causes high blood pressure and heart disease regardless of weight gain but critics doubt results
Guardian UK: Health threat of sugar is vastly underestimated, study claims - US research says sugar causes high blood pressure and heart disease regardless of weight gain but critics doubt results
The Market On Tuesday
Good morning. It is 30 degrees and sunny here in the Upper Hudson Valley. A sunny day in the 50s is expected. We see that Trump is now losing in double digits to Carson in the latest Iowa GOP caucus poll. Could this finally be the long awaited decline of the Donald or will he rally. It sounds like a reality show and the truth is, it is, no better no worse.
At 8:30 a.m. ET futures are lower and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open lower.
Many large and well known corporations will be revealing their third quarter reports today so the market has the potential to really move one way or the other. Oil is trending lower towards $40 per barrel, presently it is in the $44 per barrel range after recently being in the $50 range. In addition to corporate reports, investors will be parsing data on home sales and my favorite - consumer confidence. Consume and be confident.
CNN: Stocks: 5 things to know before the open
At 8:30 a.m. ET futures are lower and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open lower.
Many large and well known corporations will be revealing their third quarter reports today so the market has the potential to really move one way or the other. Oil is trending lower towards $40 per barrel, presently it is in the $44 per barrel range after recently being in the $50 range. In addition to corporate reports, investors will be parsing data on home sales and my favorite - consumer confidence. Consume and be confident.
CNN: Stocks: 5 things to know before the open
The price of natural gas continues to drop, down another 3% to trade around $2 per million British thermal units. Prices have declined by nearly a third since the start of 2015, and losses have accelerated in the last few days. Oil prices are also falling by nearly 1% to below $44 a barrel.
Monday, October 26, 2015
Hair
Science Daily: Blocking enzymes in hair follicles promotes hair growth - Two FDA-approved drugs reawaken dormant hair follicles
summary - Inhibiting a family of enzymes inside hair follicles that are suspended in a resting state restores hair growth, a new study has found. In experiments with mouse and human hair follicles, researchers found that drugs that inhibit the Janus kinase (JAK) family of enzymes promote rapid and robust hair growth when directly applied to the skin.
Freak
Ring Of Fire: Iowa Loves the Carson Freak Show: Says He Will Outlaw Liberal Speech
“I actually have something I would use the Department of Education to do,” said Carson. “It would be to monitor our institutions of higher education for extreme political bias and deny federal funding if it exists.”
Romney, 47 Percent, Benghazi
I hope to write more but think about it, you have World War Two followed by the dissection of the globe into the Democratic west and the Communist east. Ten years later you have ultra conservative Senator Joe McCarthy purging the US government of alleged communists by mostly focusing his gaze on Democrats and liberals. In 2001 we have 9-11 and the beginning of the War On Terror with Iraq and Afghanistan and more. Ten years later we have ultra conservative Congressional leaders attempting to purge the US government of alleged terrorist and Muslim sympathizers by mostly training their gaze on Democrats and liberals. Think about Hillary Clinton's interrogation by the GOP and the presumption that she was a sympathizer doing dastardly things to hide her involvement in Benghazi, she is a 'brazen liar' according to many conservative publications, and on and on. Also, recall that Obama is not even a US citizen according to the ultra conservatives/birthers and many on the right, he is allegedly, no surprise here, a Muslim. So we have a pattern - a major tumultuous event like World War Two and 9-11 followed by a ten year gap in which the ultra conservative wing of the US government festers and decides to purge the entire government of those officials who are allegedly in the same league as the enemy and those enemies are primarily Democrats and liberals.
Salon: How the “47 percent” video started the right’s Benghazi hysteria — yes, really - The video of Mitt Romney's epic gaffe contributed to his defeat. It also contained the seeds of the Benghazi circus
Salon: How the “47 percent” video started the right’s Benghazi hysteria — yes, really - The video of Mitt Romney's epic gaffe contributed to his defeat. It also contained the seeds of the Benghazi circus
Reich's Latest
Robert Reich: On Leaders and Demagogues
A leader brings out the best in his followers. A demagogue brings out the worst.
Leaders inspire tolerance. Demagogues incite hate.
The Market On Monday
Good morning. It is 40 degrees and sunny here in the Upper Hudson Valley. Looks like we are in for a very nice cool and sunny Fall day. I hope you had a good relaxing and enjoyable weekend. My weekend was pretty ordinary and I did manage to get outside for some decent walks and outdoor activities. There's been a major earthquake in Afghanistan and that is harsh news. That country is in hard shape, I hope at some point the people of Afghanistan can find a modicum of peace and security.
At 8:50 a.m. ET futures are slightly flat and the price of oil per barrel is down now trading below $45 a barrel. The market is poised to open lower.
The German economy has easily weathered the storm of the Volkswagon fuel emissions fiasco. Oil and gas prices are once again sinking and we see there is a report from the IMF that Saudi Arabia will soon run out of cash with oil prices so depressed. Somehow that makes me happy as it is Saudi Arabia that is partly at the center of the world's oil glut. The country deliberately began overproducing in an attempt to secure world market share.
CNN: Stocks: 5 things to know before the open
At 8:50 a.m. ET futures are slightly flat and the price of oil per barrel is down now trading below $45 a barrel. The market is poised to open lower.
The German economy has easily weathered the storm of the Volkswagon fuel emissions fiasco. Oil and gas prices are once again sinking and we see there is a report from the IMF that Saudi Arabia will soon run out of cash with oil prices so depressed. Somehow that makes me happy as it is Saudi Arabia that is partly at the center of the world's oil glut. The country deliberately began overproducing in an attempt to secure world market share.
CNN: Stocks: 5 things to know before the open
The Census Bureau will release its September new home sales report at 10 a.m. ET. Sales were up 5.7% in August.
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Closed Sundays
JCSande.blogspot is closed on Sundays. See you bright and early on Monday morning and have an excellent day.
'The Conspiratorial Right-Wing Hive Mind'
Exceptionally good article on the weight behind the Benghazi interrogations.
Salon: Benghazi, Joe McCarthy and the witch trials: Trey Gowdy’s farcical hearings tap into a deep, dark American current - Sure, Hillary trounced those clowns. But Benghazi true believers will fight on to save America -- or destroy it
Salon: Benghazi, Joe McCarthy and the witch trials: Trey Gowdy’s farcical hearings tap into a deep, dark American current - Sure, Hillary trounced those clowns. But Benghazi true believers will fight on to save America -- or destroy it
For the conspiratorial right-wing hive mind, Benghazi is the gate and the key to the gate, like H.P. Lovecraft’s ancient and indescribable entity Yog-Sothoth. But as with the One-in-All and All-in-One of the Lovecraftian universe, opening that gate leads only to madness and oblivion: What lies beyond is the “amorphous blight of nethermost confusion which blasphemes and bubbles at the center of all infinity,” otherwise known as the legislative agenda of the House Freedom Caucus.
To the ideologues of the Freedom Caucus and their public cohort, it is axiomatic that Benghazi, if properly understood, will reveal the perverted depths of the left-wing conspiracy to enfeeble America still further and enslave us to Sharia law and soccer and gender-neutral bathrooms.
Planned
A new GOP interrogation investigation begins...
MSNBC: New GOP-led special committee set to investigate Planned Parenthood
MSNBC: New GOP-led special committee set to investigate Planned Parenthood
Summing It Up
I must admit that after the Benghazi Committee hearing on Thursday I was very angry. I'm not especially a strong defender of Hillary Clinton, what I found to be extremely offensive was the tactless posture taken by the GOP members of the panel in the questioning of Clinton. They were nothing short of being assaultive, they were bullies, they were thugs. They failed, and they failed miserably primarily due to Clinton's unflappable demeanor over an 11 hour period, but I believe they need to be held accountable for such atrocious and obviously partisan political low balling. Generally speaking the committee was a disgrace in that they continued to lower the bar on the entire political process. You might think that this is a long standing battle, the GOP versus Hillary Clinton. To think that would not be correct, recall how Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Obama are demonized to the point of lunacy by the GOP. Make no mistake this hearing was conducted to ruin Hillary Clinton's presidential aspiration.
Chance
Science Daily: CEO effect on firm performance mostly due to chance
summary - A researcher calls into question the common notion that CEOs have a large effect on firm performance. Instead, he suggests that most of the performance attributed to CEOs could actually be due to chance.
Poor Baby
MSNBC: Donald Trump goes on attack after Iowa poll shows decline
“I honestly think those polls are wrong.” Trump then said that the two polling groups responsible for the numbers, Quinnipiac and Bloomberg, “do not like me.”
Trump has, however, previously touted these same polling institutions this election cycle, frequently citing them in speeches while discussing his lead.
Clowns
I couldn't resist the article's title...
Ring Of Fire: Hillary Makes the Entire GOP Look Like Benghazi Ass Clowns
Ring Of Fire: Hillary Makes the Entire GOP Look Like Benghazi Ass Clowns
Bush, Trump, Carson
NYT: Bush Cuts Costs, Carson Eclipses Trump in Iowa and G.O.P. Frets
A focus group of Republicans in Indianapolis this week, conducted for the nonpartisan Annenberg Public Policy Center, called Mr. Trump “self-serving” and “disturbing.” In contrast, Mr. Carson was called “wise” and “a gentleman.”
Friday, October 23, 2015
Farce
So many articles on the farce today, the GOP f-d up royally.
The Nation: The Day the GOP Turned the Benghazi Tragedy Into a Farce - Enduring an 11-hour festival of mansplaining, with a sexist assist from GOP women, Hillary Clinton looked calm and presidential.
The Nation: The Day the GOP Turned the Benghazi Tragedy Into a Farce - Enduring an 11-hour festival of mansplaining, with a sexist assist from GOP women, Hillary Clinton looked calm and presidential.
11-Hour Gift
The terms 'pile of garbage' and 'pile of trash' seem to be coming up a lot today in articles describing the Benghazi Committee. This is an exceptionally good article and Jeb Lund makes liberal use of pointing out just how absolutely stupid ignorant the GOP questioning tactics were.
Rolling Stone: Republicans' 11-Hour Gift to Hillary Clinton - Conservatives on the Benghazi committee practically picked Clinton up and carried her toward the White House
Rolling Stone: Republicans' 11-Hour Gift to Hillary Clinton - Conservatives on the Benghazi committee practically picked Clinton up and carried her toward the White House
That this committee has lumbered over the political landscape like some idiot golem willed into existence from a pile of trash only highlights the insignificance of its focus.
Short of Ted Cruz, Jordan probably set the land speed record with most Americans for going from "guy I’ve never heard of before" to "guy I wish would jump up his own asshole."
But what's downright hilarious is the entire hearing's premise: that Hillary Clinton is simultaneously a conniving political manipulator who has bedeviled the American people and the Republican Party for nearly 25 years, and someone so stupid and incompetent that exhausting her with hours of parroted questions she's heard a dozen times would make her fall apart. That's just some primo thinking right there.
Transparent Solar Cell
Another game changer, we can hope.
Digital Trends: Fully transparent solar cell could make every window in your house a power source
Digital Trends: Fully transparent solar cell could make every window in your house a power source
Arctic Plastic Litter
Science Daily: Plastic litter taints the sea surface, even in the Arctic - For the first time, researchers survey litter on sea surface at such high latitudes
summary - For the first time, researchers show that marine litter can even be found at the sea surface of Arctic waters. Though it remains unclear how the litter made it so far north, it is likely to pose new problems for local marine life, the authors report.
Deflating and Decompensating Trump
What an idiot.
Ring Of Fire: Trump Tweets Iowa Residents are Brain Dead for Supporting Carson Over Him
Ring Of Fire: Trump Tweets Iowa Residents are Brain Dead for Supporting Carson Over Him
Unanimous Approval For Clinton
As I tour the media outlets this morning, there is unanimous approval for Hillary Clinton's deft handling of the beyond highly partisan brutal GOP led Beghazi committee hearing.
Guardian UK: Benghazi hearing: Hillary Clinton shows yoga poise through 11-hour stretch - House committee members turn on each other as Republicans fail to land a blow over former secretary of state’s conduct surrounding Libya consulate attack
Guardian UK: Benghazi hearing: Hillary Clinton shows yoga poise through 11-hour stretch - House committee members turn on each other as Republicans fail to land a blow over former secretary of state’s conduct surrounding Libya consulate attack
But it was ranking member Cummings who obliged in delivering that moment. Late into the hearing, the Maryland Democrat erupting with a bellow that jolted the fatigued crowd. “I don’t know what we want from you!” the Maryland Democrat told Clinton.
“Do we want to bash you over and over again? We’re better than that … We are better than using taxpayer dollars to destroy a campaign.” He turned to Clinton: “You can comment if you like, I just had to get that off my chest.” Onlookers burst into applause.
Absurd
New Yorker: The Hillary Hearing
...it seemed to dawn on her that the proper response to her Republican interrogators was not outrage but pity.
...Clinton responded, with a friendly wave of her hand. From then on, she was in control. “I’m sorry that doesn’t fit your narrative, Congressman. I can only tell you what the facts are...”
At 7:15 P.M...Martha Roby, of Alabama, asked Clinton about her movements when she went home on the night of the attack. “Were you alone?” she asked. Yes, Clinton said. “The whole night?” Clinton started to laugh once more. “I don’t see why that’s funny,” Roby said. Not funny, perhaps, but, like the Benghazi committee itself, absurd.
Ridiculous
The word ridiculous in this context is inadequate. It's way beyond ridiculous.
HuffPo: Even Conservatives Realize Hillary Clinton's Benghazi Committee Hearing Was Ridiculous - The 11 hours of questions were "a waste of time," one pundit wrote.
HuffPo: Even Conservatives Realize Hillary Clinton's Benghazi Committee Hearing Was Ridiculous - The 11 hours of questions were "a waste of time," one pundit wrote.
FOX News - Shame On The GOP
You read that correctly. Even the epicenter of the brain dead GOP, the phony news incarnate, FOX, has produced a news article articulating and identifying the vicious partisan GOP's assault on Hillary Clinton. Democrats, get furious, this was a travesty.
FOX News: Hillary Clinton's Benghazi testimony is over. Looks like Kevin McCarthy told the truth
FOX News: Hillary Clinton's Benghazi testimony is over. Looks like Kevin McCarthy told the truth
I know many of you reading this piece on the Fox News website do not support Hillary Clinton and I respect that. But I tell you with 100 percent sincerity that if a Republican Secretary of State had ever been treated this way by a Democratic congressional committee, I would be ashamed as a Democrat. And would say so.
The Market On Friday
Good morning. It is 41 degrees and sunny here in the Upper Hudson Valley. A beautiful sunny day with temperatures in the 50s is predicted. What a week it has been, it did not disappoint. I guess I could write an endless stream of negative comments about the GOP. I'll just write a few. The GOP is no longer a functioning political party, it is now a hostile headless fear crazed insurgency bent on destruction and essentially devouring itself and anything else that happens to stray too close to its chaotic brainless black hole center. I applaud Hillary Clinton's calm and articulate responses over a deliberately brutal period of time from an essentially vicious and extremist hostile group of GOP alleged politicians. The GOP literally needs to be stamped out, it is a smoldering garbage heap at this point in time. I could not be possibly more convinced that the country needs to be divided into two separate entities - America and Red America.
At 9:00 a.m. ET futures are significantly higher and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open higher.
A severe interest rate cut by China's central bank is driving up futures this morning. Along with that reality is the possibility of another interest rate cut for the Euro by the ECB. Investors like interest rate cuts because it means money is more liquid.
CNN: 6 things to know before the open
At 9:00 a.m. ET futures are significantly higher and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open higher.
A severe interest rate cut by China's central bank is driving up futures this morning. Along with that reality is the possibility of another interest rate cut for the Euro by the ECB. Investors like interest rate cuts because it means money is more liquid.
CNN: 6 things to know before the open
China slashed key interest rates on Friday, the latest in a string of measures aimed at boosting its economy.
The ECB could cut interest rates even deeper into negative territory or increase the size and scope of its program of quantitative easing -- printing money to buy government bonds and other assets.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
GOP Disgraced
The GOP has solidified itself as a reckless tone deaf harmful insurgency. I've never seen such a disgraceful fiasco on TV and I watched quite a bit of it. Hillary Clinton literally amazed me, withstanding a relentless assault all day and night long. She was masterful. And here we have a spineless bragging thug like Trump whining about standing there for three hours at a debate because it's too hard, poor little baby.
WaPo: Hillary Clinton triumphed at the Benghazi hearing by not losing her cool
WaPo: Hillary Clinton triumphed at the Benghazi hearing by not losing her cool
Good
The bill put forward by the GOP, of course, would have cut trillions from Social Security, Medicare, and Food Stamps. These people are vicious.
Politico: House GOP likely to abandon debt-limit bill - The move throws into question how Congress will meet a Nov. 3 deadline.
Politico: House GOP likely to abandon debt-limit bill - The move throws into question how Congress will meet a Nov. 3 deadline.
Partisan Lunatics
Ridiculous.
Mother Jones: What GOP Candidates Are Tweeting About Clinton's Benghazi Testimony
Mother Jones: What GOP Candidates Are Tweeting About Clinton's Benghazi Testimony
Huckabee - Chris Stevens died, Hillary Clinton lied, and the Obama administration tried to cover it up. Time to tell the truth!
Jeb - Benghazi security failures were a stunning example of an incompetent foreign policy. @HillaryClinton’s role as SOS deserves scrutiny today.
Please Say Thank You
Science Daily: The power of thank you: Gratitude linked to positive marital outcomes
summary - A key ingredient to improving couples' marriages might just be gratitude, according to new research.Researchers say they "found that feeling appreciated and believing that your spouse values you directly influences how you feel about your marriage, how committed you are to it, and your belief that it will last."
Trey's On The Take
Shocking! Surprising! Not...
Ring Of Fire: GOP Head of Benghazi Committee Received $6,000 from PACs Connected to Anti-Clinton Group
Ring Of Fire: GOP Head of Benghazi Committee Received $6,000 from PACs Connected to Anti-Clinton Group
Global Warming - Productivity
NPR: The countries where global warming will shrink bank accounts
If global warming isn’t checked, the team expects average global incomes will be slashed by a quarter by 2100.
And To The Left And Right
Hmm, Rubio. I wonder what the odds are on Rubio.
NPR: Carson, Rubio To Flank Trump In Next GOP Debate
NPR: Carson, Rubio To Flank Trump In Next GOP Debate
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. It is 56 degrees and cloudy here in the Upper Hudson Valley. The forecast is predicting a 20% chance of precipitation. Today is the big day, Hillary goes before the Benghazi committee and testifies. As we know with Biden out of the race Hillary's chances are better. Also as we know, she is a skilled lawyer and a skilled politician so it will be interesting to see who wins this chess match. No doubt the FOX News crowd has already prepared its victory and vanquishing narrative. Reality will show us a different story.
At 9:00 a.m. ET futures are moderately higher and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open higher.
Third quarter earnings reports continue to roll in and the market is remaining firm meaning that the reports are strong enough. Oil is now trading in the $46 per barrel range and the $45 to $50 range has been embedded in for several weeks. This does not mean that oil will remain at this level. Onto Benghazi.
CNN: 5 things to know before the open
At 9:00 a.m. ET futures are moderately higher and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open higher.
Third quarter earnings reports continue to roll in and the market is remaining firm meaning that the reports are strong enough. Oil is now trading in the $46 per barrel range and the $45 to $50 range has been embedded in for several weeks. This does not mean that oil will remain at this level. Onto Benghazi.
CNN: 5 things to know before the open
In Europe, the parent company for Mercedes-Benz cars -- Daimler (DDAIY) -- reported record sales in the third quarter and strong growth in China.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Go Pro
Guardian UK: Probiotic bacteria may aid against anxiety and memory problems - People who took capsules containing Bifidobacterium longum 1714 reported less stress and fared better on memory tests, study finds
“When they were given these bacteria they were less anxious and their capacity to memorise material seemed to be enhanced..."
Heroin
There's an epidemic use of heroin going on out there. Richmond Vt has a population of 4100, and towns this small are in the middle of the epidemic. This has got to stop. This is really bad.
WMUR: Police find toddlers inside Vermont home while searching for heroin
WMUR: Police find toddlers inside Vermont home while searching for heroin
Buck said other burglaries and thefts around town are also linked to drug addiction.
"And not just here in Richmond, but all throughout the county and all throughout the state," he said.
Julián Castro As Clinton's VP
We've pointed Julián Castro out before but now with Biden out, it becomes even more relevant.
The Texas Tribune: Castro's VP Buzz Hits New High With Clinton Endorsement
The Texas Tribune: Castro's VP Buzz Hits New High With Clinton Endorsement
Bonkers
San Antonio Current: 'Texas' is Slang for 'Crazy' in Norway
..."det var helt texas." It roughly translates to "that was totally/completely bonkers."
What Is This?
If I'm writing this article, I would title it - 'Hell has frozen over.'
WaPo: Is it time to concede that Donald Trump is likely to win the GOP nomination?
WaPo: Is it time to concede that Donald Trump is likely to win the GOP nomination?
Comets, Meteors, Mass Extinction
Science Daily: Scientists find link between comet, asteroid showers and mass extinctions
summary - For more than 30 years, scientists have argued about a controversial hypothesis relating to periodic mass extinctions and impact craters -- caused by comet and asteroid showers -- on Earth. Now scientists have concluded that mass extinctions occurring over the past 260 million years were likely caused by comet and asteroid showers.
United We Stand
As one MSNBC commentator said last night about the chances of a united GOP Congress, "The chances are slim to none, and slim just left the room."
Guardian UK: Paul Ryan offers himself as speaker if House Republicans unite in support - Wisconsin congressman confirms willingness to take over from John Boehner but needs to muster votes across conservatives, moderates and hardliners
Guardian UK: Paul Ryan offers himself as speaker if House Republicans unite in support - Wisconsin congressman confirms willingness to take over from John Boehner but needs to muster votes across conservatives, moderates and hardliners
Global Warming - War, Syria, Drought
The Cornell Daily Sun: Global warming and war
But nowhere has the punishment of climate change been harsher than in Syria. For three years Syria experienced a heavy drought.
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. It is 53 degrees and slightly cloudy here in the Upper Hudson Valley. The weather logo is indicating a cloudy day, maybe it'll rain. We see that Trump is now really drumming up the right with scare tactics. Trump is claiming that Obama wants to now issue an executive order to take away people's guns - Trump warns of an imaginary anti-gun executive order. That is just plain outright disgraceful, the man knows no limits, he is a vile individual. America, wake up, you're knuckle dragging.
At 8:50 a.m. ET futures are moderately higher and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open higher.
As of today one can now purchase shares of Ferrari. It sounds like fun in a car loving, sporty type of way. Oil is once again heading lower more than likely based on China's tiny slowdown. Oil inventory data comes though this morning and that will no doubt move oil up or down again.
CNN: 6 things to know before the open
At 8:50 a.m. ET futures are moderately higher and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open higher.
As of today one can now purchase shares of Ferrari. It sounds like fun in a car loving, sporty type of way. Oil is once again heading lower more than likely based on China's tiny slowdown. Oil inventory data comes though this morning and that will no doubt move oil up or down again.
CNN: 6 things to know before the open
Weekly crude inventories data will come from the federal government at 10:30 a.m. ET, which could move prices.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Not Going To Happen
A bipartisan speaker:
- a concession to the Democrats, the Democrats of course are hated beyond reason.
- interference with the 2016 election.
- the GOP wants to keep the Tea Party/Freedom Caucus under its roof, because they need all the votes they can get.
Ultimately when the GOP chooses a partisan speaker, the Tea Party/Freedom Caucus will continue to be their further undoing.
MSNBC: Pelosi: House Dems are ‘open’ to a bipartisan Speaker
- a concession to the Democrats, the Democrats of course are hated beyond reason.
- interference with the 2016 election.
- the GOP wants to keep the Tea Party/Freedom Caucus under its roof, because they need all the votes they can get.
Ultimately when the GOP chooses a partisan speaker, the Tea Party/Freedom Caucus will continue to be their further undoing.
MSNBC: Pelosi: House Dems are ‘open’ to a bipartisan Speaker
Webb Out
NPR: Jim Webb Exits Democratic Primary, Leaves Door Open For Independent Bid
Raising money to fuel a run is only half the problem; getting on the ballot in all 50 states would be an expensive proposition.
GOP - Cut Social Security, Medicare, Food Stamps
What is so interesting here is that there are millions of seniors out there who will happily vote for the GOP year after year in spite of their party's interest in hacking away their own benefits.
CBS News: GOP conservatives unveil debt ceiling hike that comes with steep price
CBS News: GOP conservatives unveil debt ceiling hike that comes with steep price
The bill would require congressional committees to produce legislation within 90 days that would cut more than $3.8 trillion in mandatory funding over the next decade. Mandatory funding covers programs like Medicare, Social Security and food stamps.
4.1 Billion Years Ago
Science Daily: Life on Earth likely started 4.1 billion years ago, much earlier than scientists thought - Evidence that early Earth was not dry and desolate
summary - Geochemists have found probable evidence for life on Earth at least 4.1 billion years ago -- 300 million years earlier than previously documented, pushing the origin of life close to when the planet formed, 4.54 billion years ago.
Black Cloud
You know it's hard to take away any good news from a GOP poll as every single one of these people is terrifying in their own special unique horrifying way. It appears that Carly Fiorina is losing her following and I suppose this is good news except that what's left over is equally scary.
MSNBC: Poll: Trump hits highest mark yet, but Carson is close behind
MSNBC: Poll: Trump hits highest mark yet, but Carson is close behind
...Carly Fiorina, who fell from 11 percent last month to 7 percent this month...
Why?
Fake news outfit, fake experts, what's the problem?
Ring Of Fire: Fox News FINALLY Apologizes for Hosting Fake ‘Terror Expert’
Ring Of Fire: Fox News FINALLY Apologizes for Hosting Fake ‘Terror Expert’
The Dalai Lama On Global Warming
How is it that an elder Tibetan monk gets it and the entire rightwing in America does not?
Guardian UK: Dalai Lama says strong action on climate change is a human responsibility - Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader says humans caused global warming so must now take action to protect fragile environments including Himalayan glaciers
Guardian UK: Dalai Lama says strong action on climate change is a human responsibility - Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader says humans caused global warming so must now take action to protect fragile environments including Himalayan glaciers
Canada Goes Left And Keeps It in The Family
Justin Trudeau is the son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau. The Canadians are keeping it in the family similar to the US with the Bush family and to a lesser extent so far, the Clintons.
Guradian UK: Justin Trudeau begins first full day as Canada's prime minister-designate - Liberal leader expected be sworn in before 15 November following dramatic victory over Conservative Stephen Harper
Guradian UK: Justin Trudeau begins first full day as Canada's prime minister-designate - Liberal leader expected be sworn in before 15 November following dramatic victory over Conservative Stephen Harper
Global Warming - India
From reading the article there is no direct scientific study correlation between global warming and increasing lightning strikes and deaths as a result of the strikes in India. However as global temperatures continue to rise, extreme weather changes also continue to occur.
Over the years we have taken note of many subtle types of changes in the environment from insect migrations, blights, extreme and unusual weather, fish population changes, and on and on and on. This one might also go into that category.
WSJ: As Lightning Deaths Surge in India, Some Blame Global Warming
Over the years we have taken note of many subtle types of changes in the environment from insect migrations, blights, extreme and unusual weather, fish population changes, and on and on and on. This one might also go into that category.
WSJ: As Lightning Deaths Surge in India, Some Blame Global Warming
The number of annual reported lightning deaths across India has climbed by about 40% compared with 10 years ago. Last year, 2,582 Indians were killed, according to the official government tally. While the deaths are usually spread across the subcontinent, almost all of them are in rural areas.
Toddlers With Guns
I hope Wayne LaPierre can explain how his "only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun" meme works in this scenario. Clearly we need 'good' toddlers with guns.
Forgive my sarcasm but this is just horrible and is another unfortunate aspect of a country up to its ears in guns.
AlterNet: Toddlers with Guns Shoot Someone About Once a Week in America: 6 Horrifying Recent Incidents - This issue is a national tragedy. The crime is that something could be done.
Forgive my sarcasm but this is just horrible and is another unfortunate aspect of a country up to its ears in guns.
AlterNet: Toddlers with Guns Shoot Someone About Once a Week in America: 6 Horrifying Recent Incidents - This issue is a national tragedy. The crime is that something could be done.
The Market On Tuesday
Good morning. It is 47 degrees and cloudy here in the Upper Hudson Valley. According to the weather logo the temperature will get up into the 60s today and there will be sunshine. We really had a glorious day on Monday even though it was pretty cool, outside I had on almost the real deal Winter clothing. I watched quite a bit of MSNBC last night as I am fond of Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow. There's still a lot of talk on the upcoming Benghazi hearing with Hillary on Thursday. The mess will be broadcast on TV and it is thought that it will last all day. A lot of people are commenting on Ben Carson's odd performance with George Stephanopoulos over the weekend - check it out for yourself -
George Stephanopoulos Makes A Fool Out Of Ben Carson Without Even Trying (VIDEO). It's actually a very disturbing video because Carson comes off as profoundly confused, I mean you or I could have answered the questions better. I don't know how an intelligent person could watch Ben here and then go away with the sense that he is presidential. Ben Carson is not presidential material folks.
At 9:00 a.m. ET futures are slightly lower and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open slightly lower.
Third quarter reports continue to roll in and one must still assume they are good enough especially with the DOW perched so high. Notice that Canada has elected a liberal government replacing 10 years oftotalitarian conservative rule.
CNN: Stocks: 5 things to know before the open
At 9:00 a.m. ET futures are slightly lower and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open slightly lower.
Third quarter reports continue to roll in and one must still assume they are good enough especially with the DOW perched so high. Notice that Canada has elected a liberal government replacing 10 years of
CNN: Stocks: 5 things to know before the open
Canadians have voted in their first new leader in 10 years. Justin Trudeau is the son of a former Canadian prime minister. He led his Liberal party to a majority government, dealing a stunning blow to incumbent leader Stephen Harper.
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