George Bush Reading to Elementary Classroom On 9/11

Radiation is being detected outside of Tokyo. Tokyo is about the same distance from the damaged nuclear reactors as Washington, DC, is from Pittsburg, PA. My hunch: this is much, much, more serious than folks first thought; the story will be told by the end of the week, one way or the other.

Saudi deployed troops to Bahrain to establish order.

UK is ready to go-it-alone to establish a no-fly zone before Western dithering determines outcome.

Hawaii: first state to see $4/gallon gasoline average; permitorium in the Gulf of Mexico continues.

Housing report for February described as "awful" by CNBC Squawk Box; core inflation edging up.

• Food prices up most since 1974; wholesale prices up 1.6 percent.

President Obama's Schedule, Wednesday March 16, 2011

• Absolutely nothing on the schedule. "Obama the Invisible." -- New York Post

President Obama's Schedule, Tuesday, March 15, 2011

• Interview With Three Television Stations on Education Reform
• Videotaping His "March Madness" Brackets

President Obama's Schedule, Monday, March 14, 2011

• Speech on reforming US education at Kenmore Middle School, Arlington, Virginia
• To visit a classroom at the Arlington, Virginia, school
• Bilateral meeting with Denmark Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen
• Meeting with senior advisors and General David Petraeus (subject: most likely Afghanistan)
• Evening: DNC event closed to the press

President Obama's Schedule, Sunday, March 13, 2011

• 18-hole round of golf
• No public events scheduled

[Life is full of irony. I was taken to task for posting a story on investing ideas following the Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and post-quake tremblers. I have to agree; it was in poor taste and has been removed. The irony is that while that comment taking me to task was being written and sent to me, I was working on the above posting. I'll be taken to task for writing this one also, and in due time, it, too, will be removed.]