Tea Leaves -- Idle Rambling -- October 30, 2019

First things first: before we get to BYD, LOL-funny. Special mid-week edition.

As the Babylon Bee puts it, who knew that Trump could get Democrats to interrupt baseball, condemn dogs, and side with terrorists—all within the space of 24 hours? In any case, who knew that a frequent theme of the Week in Pictures—hero dogs—would become a front page headline?

I haven't seen a Babylon Bee "reference" in weeks and in the past twelve hours, I get two Babylon Bee "hits." One from a reader late last evening, and then the one above.

From the perspective of an old man who sort of watches the EV industry: things don't look real promising.

From this morning:

More and more, EVs look like a toy for the elite.

It will be interesting to see how this story is spun. Ford is betting the company on EVs.