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Saturday, July 27, 2024

Saturday -- Time To Stop And Smell The Roses -- July 27, 2024

Locator: 48246ARCHIVES.

Comment: the more I watch sports (e.g., the Olympics, PGA), CNBC (to some extent); and, the more I read (particularly good literature), the more I detest "news" outlets (particularly the lead stories on the evening news) and political tweets on X. 

Olympic coverage: right now, on Hulu, I have access to not less than six networks that are covering the Olympics, to include NBC, CNBC, USA,

And so it begins: time trials -- the most-watched event this Olympics -- if I did the math correctly, it was a blowout -- not even close, winning by four seconds! This is the premier race for Ledecky!

EPIC! I have no idea when this will be televised -- check your local listings. HULU --> sports --> huge Paris 2024 banner --> epic choices -- NBC, USA, etc.

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The Book Page

New book, arrived yesterday. Link here.

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Portland: City of Roses

Time to stop and smell the roses:

Judah, age 4

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Fashion: For Only $530

No, thank you.

It's embarrassing that The WSJ even prints these stories.

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The Movie Page

Friday night movie, last night: "Blue Angels" -- Amazon original. Produced by Glen Powell!

Week 30: July 22, 2024 -- July 28, 2024

Locator: 48245TOPSTORIES.

Top story

  • Prop 22 in California, upheld by state supreme court
    • Uber, Lyft drivers: independent contractors, not company employees
  • Biden finally exits race
  • Official: Trump struck by bullet
  • Trump having second thoughts regarding JD Vance?
  • Kamala Harris pulls ahead of Trump in national polls

Biden:
  • recovers from an uneventful "cold": Covid-19

Top international non-energy story:

  • Israeli's Netanyahu vists Biden, Kamala, Trump
  • Olympics -- Paris 2024 -- opening ceremonies

Top international energy story:

  • WTI continues to trend down
  • after market sell-off, huge surge at end of week
  • huge rotation from Dow to Russell 2000 -- epic in nature
  • huge sell-off in tech; signs of recovery by end of week

Top national non-energy story

  • global IT outage: one-day debacle; Delta Airlines worse affected

Top national energy story:

  • WTI trends toward $75

Focus on fracking: current link here. Generally updated late Sunday night.

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

Top North Dakota energy story:

  • Bakken production down; likely to remain down for next two or three months

Geoff Simon's quick connectslink here.