Friday, February 13, 2015

New Hampshire Cancels Ice Carnival; Twenty-Year History; Too Cold -- February 13, 2015; Brian Williams Has A New "WOW" Moment: Getting Fired

With all the big oil projects that are being delayed or canceled, 2017, and possibly 2016, is going to be a huge year for oil investors.

This is not an investment site. Do not make any investment decisions, financial decisions, or relationship decisions based on what you read here or what you think you may have read here.

Best advice today: don't go to "Fifty Shades Of Grey" today. The lines are going to be really, really long. Take your sweetheart tomorrow. LOL.

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One Week From Today
 
On another note: one week from today -- Trader Joe's opens in Southlake, Texas -- within biking distance. A long ride -- 5.5 miles -- but a nice ride except for that one-mile stretch in which the busies road in the area narrows to two lanes, no shoulder, and no sidewalk. It is very, very sporty. That half-mile stretch needs to be widened but with constraints on either side, it's not likely to happen. It might be the last "country mile" in the DFW metroplex area.

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Really?

It's just hard to believe that these are our Supreme Court judges -- one would think we could do better.


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Gotcha: ObamaCare

CNN Money is reporting:
Early data is in from some tax preparers. Some 53% of Jackson Hewitt clients who received subsidies have to repay part or all of it, with the largest being $12,000.
The rest overestimated their income so they are getting even larger refunds. One taxpayer is collecting an additional $7,500.
Some Obamacare enrollees who have to pay back their subsidies are now thinking twice about enrolling for 2015.

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A New "Wow" Moment for Lyin' Brian:
Getting Fired

Something tells me that Tom Brokaw will weigh in on this. Los Angeles CBS Local is reporting:
While speaking at a forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in 2008, an audience member asked Williams what his “wow” interview was or moment in his career.
“What was my wow … I’ve been so fortunate,” he said. “I was at the Brandenburg Gate the night the wall came down.”
What Williams was referring to was the demolition of the Berlin Wall in 1989, but there are now reports that he actually arrived the day after the wall came down.
Williams’ predecessor Tom Brokaw was the only American anchorman to report live from the scene on that historic day.
A new "wow" moment for Brian: watching the video (over and over and over).

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Can't Make This Stuff Up

Daily Caller is reporting:
Yale anti-fossil fuel campaigners have indefinitely postponed a protest that was set for this weekend due to “unfavorable weather conditions and other logistical issues.”
Fossil Free Yale, a group pushing the university to divest itself from fossil fuels, told the Yale Daily News that frigid, snowy weather set for this weekend will mean their global warming protest will have to be postponed.
FFY’s Mitch Barrow said that “unfavorable weather conditions and other logistical issues, including some cancellations from speakers and performance groups” would mean they would not be able to rally on Global Divestment Day — a day where environmental groups urge institutions like Yale to divest from fossil fuels, like coal, natural gas and oil.
Canada News/Reuters is reporting:
Following a series of record-setting snowfalls, New England on Friday got a new metric for how severe its winter has been: The town of Alton, New Hampshire called off its annual ice carnival due to a forecast calling for more snow and brutal cold.
"It'll be zero degrees and blowing snow, and that's not a good time for everybody," said Roger Sample, who owns a construction business in the town on the shores of New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee and serves as the carnival's chairman.
The carnival, which Sample said has been held for more than two decades, typically draws about 1,000 visitors out onto the frozen lake's Alton Bay for games and rides, as well as to see small planes that land on the ice.

2 comments:

  1. Good luck at the opening of the Trader Joe's! Only two times in my life I have seen stores completely empty: WalMart in Williston in 2008, Trader Joes's in Austin on the opening day.

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    1. I assume you mean "empty" in terms of absolutely nothing left on the shelves before the end of the day.

      I have no plans of visiting Trader Joe's on opening day in Southlake. In fact, I have no plans of visiting Trader Joe's in Southlake on any day except Monday mornings. It will be a zoo. I suppose I could bicycle by to take some photos: there won't be any parking available for miles.

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