Idle Rambling On A Sunday Afternoon -- Nothing About The Bakken -- October 14, 2018

Fun with photos.

At this site, scroll down to "Tower Arch 360."

At that photograph, in the lower left-hand corner, you can move the "marker" to zoom in / zoom out of the photograph. But even more fun, to the far left in the lower left-hand corner is a spherical icon with an arrow on the equator: click on that arrow and watch the panoramic view of the tower arch.

Lots of fun.

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Not So Much Fun

Tesla bonds. If there was a question the other day whether Tesla bonds were at an all-time low, it is no longer a question now. Clearly, Tesla bonds at an all-time low:

Portland. "Law and order march": no law, no order, no march. A bloody brawl.

Saudi Arabia: threatens "sanctions" if anyone takes action against the Saudi family for the alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. It will be interesting if Scott Adams offers any advice to the Saudis regarding "persuasion." I think the Saudis would have been better off by offering to help with the investigation; round up the usual suspects; clear the royal family of any wrong-doing; and, then set up a multi-billion-dollar fund for journalists around the world, for health care and retirement.

Saudi Arabia: Vision 2030 -- Saudi Aramco IPO -- petrochemical behemoth -- down the tubes?

Honduran march: if this all works out, hundreds of Hondurans will hit the US southern border during the week leading up to the US mid-term elections. I think the Roberto (pro "open borders") and Ted Cruz (pro "law and order") -- Texas US Senate race -- debate -- their last debate -- is scheduled this week. I'm hoping the network that covers the debate has a split screen with Beto's call for "open borders" on the left, and the Honduran march on the right.

Iran sanctions: I thought sanctions had already gone into effect, but Oilprice.com is reporting that "in less than a month, US energy sanctions will come into effect, and Tehran is desperately looking for a solution to move its oil." Wow, things move slowly in the world of diplomacy.

Wishes she could take that back: Hillary defends Weinstein; doesn't understand definition of abuse of power. DOD does not accept this, either. From Fox News reporting on Hillary's interview with CBS today:

Hillary Clinton, who went on to be elected to the Senate and served as President Obama’s secretary of state, said the relationship [between President Clinton and the intern] was not an abuse of power because Lewinsky “was an adult.” At the time of the affair, Lewinsky was 22.