Notes And Comment -- Early Saturday Morning -- April 10, 2021

Fluff: what shale growth will hinge on, Rigzone. What do you think GlobalData, a data and analytics company says? Yup.

• growth in the shale sector will depend on the discipline of operators
• yawn.

MLB: all-star game to be held in Denver. 

Tesla: most embarrassing news clip ever in US transportation; link here to Vice; 

Chinese flu update:

• this will keep you busy all weekend, studying the NY Times data; link here.
• confirms Michigan as the "hot spot" du jour; this, too wall pass, and a new state will be the new "hot spot"
• in Michigan, Jackson ranked #1; Lansing is #8 -- nationwide, based on per capita data; link here;
• regions in Michigan take up half of the ten worse regions in the US, New York Times;
• the Michigan cities on the list:
• Monroe: 10th
• Lansing: 8th
• Detroit: 6th
• Flint: 5th
• Jackson: 1st
• turns out Governor Whitmer may have "Cuomo flu"; link here to USA Today, March 19, 2021; if true, explains a lot;

UK: social media suggests UK economy could surge on back of huge number of wealthy Chinese fleeing Hong Kong to "return" to the British Isles; very, very interesting; link here;

India: record 145,384 Covid infections; link here; and, here, Reuters;

Japan: Olympics 202One still in doubt?

• Japan is now reimposing Chinese flu restrictions in Tokyo, capping travel demand over the country's "golden week" holiday season; link here;

Global warming? Not so much. Is mainstream media even reporting yet another cold wave across western Europe?

• could hit rapeseed (canola oil) significantly, but the impact could be more severe in central France than the north of Germany due to varying stages of growth; good news for North Dakota farmers, but I was more interested in the "global warming" angle; link here;

Fargo, ND: the US Army Corps of Engineers has awarded $67 million to a West Fargo-based company to raise a portion of I-29 as part of the Red River diversion project; link here; also, here;

• $2.75 billion project
• $310 million from federal construction money
• ND: $435 million in most recent bonding bill
• website;
• StarTribune story; a must-read story; I completely missed it; is this the top ND story for 2021?

Pop quiz: in what city was the Nation of Islam founded?

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New York Taxes On The Rich

My a-ha moment on this subject. Stay tuned. 

Link here: NYC's ultra-rich face 52% combined top income tax rate, highest in US.