US Senate Confirms Trump's Pick For US Attorney General -- February 4, 2025

Locator: 48476TRUMP.

54 - 46.

One Democrat, Senator John Fetterman from Pennsylvania joined the other 53 GOP senators to confirm Ms Bondi. Every GOP senator voted to confirm Bondi.

Breaking -- USPS -- China -- 9:10 P.M. CT -- Tuesday Evening -- February 4, 2025

Locator: 48475USPS.

If anyone thinks this is a big deal, he/she should look at what Trump is doing with regard to the CIA. The CIA story is also breaking.  

Back to the USPS - China story. Quick: what US retailer will be the big winner? This isn't rocket science.

Symmetry -- February 4, 2025

Locator: 48474AMD.

Link here.

I don't think there's anything new here, but it certainly remains interesting. If you go to the link, be sure to follow the thread.

Six New Permits; Three DUCs Reported As Completed -- EV Battery Factory Proposed For Arizona Scuttled; CEO Resigns; Remains On Board -- February 4, 2025

Locator: 48473B.

Batteries: proposed battery factory for Arizona scuttled, link here --

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Back to the Bakken

WTI: $72.70.

Active rigs: 35.

Seven new permits, #41576 - #31582, inclusive:

• Operators: XTO (6); Empire North Dakota
• Fields: Hofflund (Williams); Starbuck (Bottineau)
• Comments:
• Empire North Dakota has a apermit for a Hornbill well, lot 2, section 1-160-79, 
• to be sited 400 FNL and 1350 FEL;
• XTO has permits for six HBU Marmon / HBU Marmon Federal wells, SESW 13-154-95,
• five wells to be sited 697 / 796 FSL and and 2002 / 2114 FWL,  and the sixth well, 400 FNL and 1350 FEL;

Three producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 36268, 169, BR, George 4A MBH, Mckenzie County;
• 36269, 169, BR, George 4B TFH, Mckenzie County;
• 36833, 1,867, XTO, HBU Muller 31X-12G2, Williams County;

A dry hole reported:

• 32669, dry, Petro-Hunt, Sophus 16-20HS, Divide County;

Just Before The Open, WTI In Free Fall? February 4, 2025

Locator: 48472WTI.

WTI: $71.74. Down another $1.42; down another 1.94%.

Remember, the tariffs on China are still in effect and will be increased.

This did not age well, and it was posted yesterday:

Natural gas? Down a whopping 3.7%. Down over 12 cents and now trading at $3.228, pre-market.

Overall market: animal spirits are back.

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The Book Page

Paris: Secret Gardens, Hidden Places, and Stories of the City of Light, Mary McAuliffe, c. 2023.

Dutch Art in a Global Age, MFA Boston, c. 2024.