For The Archives -- Upstart: The Rest Of The Story -- October 13, 2024

Locator: 48573ARCHIVES.

Tag: EVs, Musk, SpaceX, 

NFL: Dallas got walloped today. Again.

NASCAR: from USA Today:

The eight drivers who will continue to battle for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series championship are Kyle Larson, William Byron, Bell, Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, Tyler Reddick and Joey Logano.

Alex Bowman originally was one of the eight drivers to advance to the next round, but was disqualified after his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet failed post-race weight inspection. The DQ wiped away all but one of his points from Sunday's race and dropped him below the cutline to advance.

Logano became the lucky recipient of Bowman's misfortune and moved up to eighth in points, snagging the final berth in the third round.

Speechless: link here. As incredible as this is, even more impressive:

• someone even thought of doing this; and,
• done by a private individual, not the government

Absolutely amazing.

Clearing off the desktop:

• Anti-woke: billionaires backing a new "anti-woke" university ... in Texas. Austin. Link here.

• Electric school buses: an update. Link to The WSJ.

• Nvidia is not Cisco: link here

• Upstart: link to Evan.

Ticker:

The rest of the story! Up 150% in the last six months!

There's a lesson here.

Groceries And Inflation -- October 13, 2024

Locator: 48572INFLATION.

Tag: groceries.

Updates

October 14, 2024: related but a different theme --

October 13, 2024: Walmart: awesome. Protein at 88 cents / pound is pretty cheap source of protein. Salmon $5 for four ounces, or $20 / lb.

This is an incredible "moment" for Walmart. They love "rolling back" prices and as fast as wholesale prices are falling, Walmart is passing those savings to retail customers as fast as they can. "Our" Walmart was filled with "rollback" tags today. But frozen turkeys is what caught my eye. At 98 cents / pound, less expensive than last Thanksgiving, and now Walmart has rolled back that price to 88 cents / pound.

Original Post

Locator: 48556INFLATION.

Groceries, link here.

Re-posting from yesterday, groceries, link here:

Rambling On A Sunday -- October 13, 2024

Locator: 48571ARCHIVES.

NASCAR: playoffs. Round of twelve.

Walmart will thrive in a disinflationary / deflationary environment. 

Walmart: awesome. 

This is an incredible "moment" for Walmart. They love "rolling back" prices and as fast as wholesale prices are falling, Walmart is passing those savings to retail customers as fast as they can. "Our" Walmart was filled with "rollback" tags today. But frozen turkeys is what caught my eye. At 98 cents / pound, less expensive than last Thanksgiving, and now Walmart has rolled back that price to 88 cents / pound.

Walmart: has gone paperless. Digital receipts. Amazing.

AI: I don't think folks get it. Maybe we will come back to this. If I find time. Too much reading to do.

AI Spend "This Year" -- October 13, 2024

Locator: 48570AI.

Link here.

A Red Line In The Sand Just Turned Pink -- October 13, 2024

Locator: 48569MIDEAST.

Yesterday: the Biden administration says it won't assist / defend Israel if the latter attacks key oil, nuclear sites in Iran.

Today, link here. This is probably not a first but it's a huge development -- the US is sending ground troops into Israel to help protect Israel in an all-out war with Iran.