Saturday, December 30, 2023

New Year's Eve Eve -- December 30, 2023

Locator: 46428NCAA. 

Now we know why the selection sidelined FSU.

Right now, 63 - 3.

From the net:

 
The record spread: 58 points. Greogia set the all-time record: a 60-point spread. 

I was disappointed in the way the commentators discussed this during the game: not once did they say this was a bowl game and a highly embarrassing bowl game. A lousy competition. Except for the Georgia fans, I assume most folks watching the game quit watching well before the game ended.

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The Cowboys Know They Were Outplayed

They won on a technicality. 

Detroit Lions at Dallas.

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For The Archives

Where was the Israeli military on October 7, 2023?

As you read through this, it reads a lot like At Dawn We Slept, the story of the Japanese attack on Hawaii during WWII.

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Ford -- November Sales -- December 30, 2023

Locator: 46427FORD.

I've completely lost the bubble on Ford's sales. 

Like the economy and the weather and global warming, everyone has his/her own opinion on Ford.

Three links:

  • electrek: Lightning becomes bestselling electric truck, edging out Rivian RT;
  • Reuters: Ford's November US vehicle sales slip; EV sales rise;
  • CBT: Ford's sales fall slightly in November, 2023 on both a monthly and yearly basis, but achieved success through its hybrid andd EV lineups

It must be noted that Ford has chopped off $15,000 from MSRP for the Lightning. Some say that Ford loses money on each Lightning sold and now cuts $15,000 from the MRSP.

In addition, Ford has cut back on the production off its electric Mustang. 

Ticker F:

  • past five years: up 50%.
  • past one year: up 4%.
  • past six months: down 20%.
  • past month: up 16%.
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Stuart Wallace On 2023 -- Investing -- December 30, 2023

Locator: 46426INV. 

College bowl games. How did "they" get it so wrong?

  • FSU: #5.
  • Georgia: #6.
  • At 8:52 in the third quarter, 49 - 3.
  • The big loser, Florida State? Nope, the advertisers. Anybody still watching this debacle? It's so bad, I just switched to ABC Evening News.
And this is pretty much the norm for the Bowl games this year.

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Back to Investing

Link here.

What a great year to be fully invested throughout the year. 

Closed at / near 4,800.

Forecast: to close at / near 3,800.

1,000 / 3,800 = 26%.

BRK-B: 15% and paid no dividends. Warren's benchmark: the S&P 500.

The NASDAQ 100: 55% over the past year.

Cathie Wood's ARKK: 79%.

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Bloomberg: Peak Oil Demand

I skipped over this earlier, on peak oil demand, a Bloomberg op-ed. It’s a must-read. Link here. This probably needs to be a stand-alone post. It’s that good.

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Art Berman: Peak Oil Demand

Link here. Also good.

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Eric Nuttall

Link here. Folks may want to "connect" with Nuttall.

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Best Deli In Texas -- Top Delis In The US -- December 30, 2023

Locator: 46425TXDELI.

In Grapevine, TX -- whoo-hoo!

Just down the street from us!

Link here.

Weinberger's Deli.

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The Book Page

This next week:

  • Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East, Scott Anderson, c. 2013
  • The Tempest, William Shakespeare, Folger, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, 

Languages on the Italian peninsula, 6th century BCE: a lot of history in this one graphic --


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The Movie Page

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Amazon Prime Video

  • price drop, to buy, from $14.99 to $4.99

I had not noticed this before but in the scene in which Dr Frankfurter is introduced, his two ladies-in-waiting are wearing Covid masks. LOL. 

It makes sense, they are coming out of surgery, but still ....

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Most-Watched Prime Time Telecasts 2023

Locator: 46424TV. 

Tag: TV watched Nielsen rankings ratings television streaming

Updates

January 31, 2024: AFC championship, Chiefs vs Ravens hits viewing record for AFC championship game, at 55.47 viewers, link here. 

January 23, 2024: Chiefs / Bills divisional -- 40 million. 

January 17, 2024: The Hollywood Reporter, Peacock's NFL Playoff  games.

  • Link here. Dolphins vs Chiefs. Peacock says 23 million; writer says 16 million using same "apples vs apples."

Original Post 


From July 9, 2021,  this did not age well:

Top 100, “all NFL.”

  • TNF
    • TNF: 2 in the top ten
    • MNF: 0 in the top ten
    • top TNF, #6; top SNF, #7
  • in full year, 2023, TNF equaled MNF
  • of the 11 TNF games, three included Dallas or Kansas City

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Original Post

Link here.



NFL

Dallas or KC

TNF

MNF

1

Super Bowl — KC

2/12/23

1

1



2

AFC Title — KC

1/29/23

1




3

NFC Playoff — Dallas

1/22/23

1




4

NFC Playoff

1/21/23

1




5

NFL Playoff

1/15/23

1




6

NFL TNF — KC

9/7/23

1

1

1


7

NFL SNF — KC

10/1/23

1

1



8

NFL TNF

11/23/23

1


1


9

NFL SNF — Dallas

10/8/23

1

1



10

NFL SNF — KC

12/3/23

1

1



11

NFL SNF

1/8/23

1




12

NFL Playoff

1/14/23

1




13

NFL SNF

10/22/23

1




14

NFL SNF — Dallas

9/10/23

1

1



15

The Oscars

3/12/23





16

NFL SNF

9/24/23

1




17

NFL SNF

11/19/23

1




18

NFL SNF

11/5/23

1




19

NFL SNF

9/17/23

1




20

NFL WCG — Dallas

1/16/23

1

1



21

NFL SNF

1/1/23

1




22

Cooking

2/12/23





23

NFL SNF

10/15/23

1




24

NFL SNF

11/26/23

1




25

NFL SNF

10/29/23

1




26

NFL SNF

11/12/23

1



1

27

NFL MNF — KC

11/20/23

1

1


1

28

NFL MNF

9/18/23

1



1

29

NFL TNF

9/14/23

1


1


30

NFL TNF — Dallas

11/30/23

1

1

1


31

NCAA Championship

4/3/23





32

NFL TNF — KC

10/12/23

1

1

1


33

NFL TNF

9/21/2023

1


1


34

NFL TNF

9/28/23

1


1


35

NBA Finals

6/12/3





36

Grammy Awards

11/16/23



 


37

NFL TNF

2/5/23

1


1


38

NCAA Final Four

4/1/23





39

NFL MNF 

1/7/23

1



1

40

60 Minutes

1/8/23





41

60 Minutes






42

NCAA






43

Fire Country






44

NBA Conf Final






45

NBA Finals






46

NFL TNF

10/5/23

1


1


47

NFL WCG — Dallas

1/16/23

1

1



48

NFL MNF


1



1

49

NFL MNF — KC


1

1


1

50

NFL TNF


1

 

1


51

The OT (Fox)






52

Yellowstone






53

NFL TNF


1




54

NBA Finals






55

NCIS






56

NFL MNF


1



1

57

NBA Finals






58

NFL MNF — Dallas


1

1


1

59

Accused






60

NCIS






61

NBA Finals






62

60 Minutes






63

NCIS






64

FBI






65

NFL MNF — Dallas


1

1


1

66

FBI






67

60 Minutes






68

60 Minutes






69

NCI





 

70

NFL MNF





1

71

NCAA






72

NCIS






73

NCIS






74

NCIS






75

FBI






76

60 Minutes






77

60 Minutes






78

NCIS






79

Young Sheldon






80

FBI






81

NFL TNF


1


1

1

82

NCIS






83

Young Sheldon






84

Blue Bloods






85

Blue Bloods






86

Chicago Fire






87

Blue Bloods






88

NCIS






89

Young Sheldon






90

Chicago Fire






91

NFL TNF


1




92

Young Sheldon






93

NCI






94

Night Court






95

Blue Bloods






96

NCIS






97

NCIS






98

Blue Bloods






99

Chicago Fire






100

Chicago Fire






101







102

Total


44

14

11

11


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