Movie Night -- January 30, 2025

Locator: 48447ARCHIVES.

American Graffiti, Making Of: link here. Titans: Hitchcock, Lynch, Spielberg, Lucas.

Pure insanity, link here:

The UK has a legally-binding target of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. More urgently, the UK needs to slash its emissions by 81%, compared with 1990 levels, in the next 10 years to meet new climate targets submitted to the United Nations. Air travel currently contributes about 7% of UK emissions.

Top ten movies:  tonight I will be watching two movies, maybe three. Starting with American Graffiti, and then Casablanca. I don't think I have the energy to watch three. If I do, the third will be Citizen Kane. 

Here today, gone tomorrow: what do the recent empty-hydrant fires and the runway 33 crash have in common? 

Those "stories" are horrific, unprecedented, totally preventable, and then 72 hours later, they are forgotten by the press and the politicians and the news media. Something new, something bigger, something worse comes along.

Already, in less than twelve hours we've gone to ATC DEI-hires. And, again, Trump is correct. FAFO. 

What might be worse a week from now? RFK, Jr, as head of HHS.

A week ago Friday, the mayor of Los Angeles promised the president that folks in Los Angeles who lost their homes would be back to work, putting things back together in the Pacific Palisades. Has any reporter gone back to see that promise is coming along? Time for another "town hall meeting" in Los Angeles.

Top ten lists: wow, I haven't used that tag ("Top Ten Lists") in a long time. From August 30, 2019, the top 10 CLR-operated wells in the Bakken. Not really, but they were good wells at the time. Since then, many better:

Later, 4:01 p.m. CT: looking at the top 10 CLR-operated wells listed below -- the following updates (note: all are still "flowing,"  no pumps):

• 31520, SI/NC--> F/A; CLR, Steele Federal 5-24H1, no production data; SI/NC noted SI/NC; t1/20; cum 332K 11/24;
  
• 31521, SI/NC--> F/A; Steele Federal 6-24H, no production data; SI/NC noted SI/NC; t1/20; cum 371K 11/24;
• 31522, SI/NC--> F/A; CLR, Steele Federal 8-24H1, no production data; SI/NC noted SI/NC; t1/22; cum 252K 11/24;
  
• 31523, SI/NC--> F/A; CLR, Steele Federal 9-24H, no production data; SI/NC noted SI/NC; t1/20; cum 374K 11/24;
  

Biggest surprise today (for me, probably no one else): BKR raises its dividend by two cents. 

FBI: overnight Trump offers top staff opportunity to resign before being fired. Acting director doing just fine. No need to worry about whether Trump's nominee gets confirmed.

Doug Burgum: easily confirmed as Secretary of the Department of the Interior. What a huge breath of fresh air. I'm surprised that -- as much as the Dems hate Trump -- any of the US Senate democrats vote to confirm a Trump appointee. I'm surprised Republicans like the senior senator from Alaska and the moderate Republican from Vermont and MM from Kentucky vote for any Trump appointee.

Common thread among Trump's administration, cabinet? Risk-takers. Highly successful. Self-made. There are exceptions.

Weekends: we now have another reason to look forward to the weekends. On weekends, the US Congress "shuts down" as well as mainstream legacy media, but Trump has 48 hours of productive work. 

ATC: I wonder when the nation gets to meet the ATC controllers on duty that night? I'll bet the Washington, DC, ATC control towers are well staffed for the foreseeable future. 

RACE: link here.