Fast And Furious -- Tesla Sales Plunge; Swedish Deaths Surge -- June 18, 2020

News stories that deserve another look. Links below the fold.

• Tesla registrations crash in California; forget the hype, the numbers are amazing shocking;
• Tucker Carlson eclipses the competition; Rachel Maddow making a comeback;
• Sweden: "herd immunity is surprisingly slow";
• Oxford: "no scientific evidence that social distancing works"
• Kroger's sales surge 1Q20
• jobless report in line with expectations
• Ron Paul: Texas is doing just fine, thank you

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The Links, The Stories

Tesla, link here. Also linked at WSJ.

• 15 million automobile registrations in California
• Tesla registrations in California (new):
• April, 2020: 6,260; 16% decrease y/y;
• May, 2020: 1,447; a 70% decrease y/y;
• EV sales in California:
• 2017: 95,000
• 2018: 153,000
• 153,000 / 12 = 12,750 EV registrations each month back in 2018 in California
• in May, 2020, California: 1,447 Tesla registrations

Tucker Carlson: link here.

Sweden: incredibly good interactive graphic at this link. You can compare the countries you want to compare. Unfortunately still not "per capita" data which makes the data somewhat meaningless, and completely meaningless when comparing countries with vastly different populations. Article here.

Social distancing doesn’t work: link here. Of course, it doesn't. If masks worked and staying six feet from folks worked, we would have nothing to fear from polio, smallpox, or pneumonic plague.

Kroger: expects to top 2020 guidance; posts almost 60% growth in 1Q20 profit -- Americans stockpiled enough toilet paper, hand sanitizer, disinfectant to last through 2040. Link here.

Jobless numbers, link here:

• prior: 1.542 million
• revised: 1.566 million
• forecast consensus: 1.220K
• actual: 1.508 million

Texas: Ron Paul's weekly column.

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Sweden

Any doubt the Swedish Covid-19 meme is a myth?

Link here.