A Republic, If You Can Keep It

I know this is just well stomped ground, but the 25th would have been invoked if Biden ever bragged of Iran sparing AI generated images from execution.

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My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that’s the way i likes it.

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There was a stretch here of about ten days with highs in the single digits. I’ll say as an aside that my wife, who is from Colombia, and not the chilly part of Colombia, mind you, did great. I knew that Daniel wouldn’t give a shit, but I was really worried about her. Happily she adapted and powered through.

The point of my bringing this up is that I had absolutely no idea how much it was going to cost to heat this joint. I knew it was going to cost whatever it cost and that I’d pay it since no one around here is trying to live out their inner Davy Crockett. I knew that when it got cold (ā€œcoldā€) in Vegas my gas bill shot up to about $300 a month or so, so I was prepared for maximum pricing misery. I had a freestanding house in Vegas with vaulted ceilings all over the place, and here I’m in a townhouse, so I was hoping that the architectural difference would help. Well, my gas bill over the winter never exceeded $60 or so. I was stunned. Still am, really. I’m not sure what to attribute this to other than people build houses here knowing it gets cold whereas in Vegas that doesn’t seem to be a thing so much. But still, it’s -5 out there and I’m paying $60. OK then.

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According to a Fox poll yesterday 55% think he’s mentally unfit to serve as president.

But apparently his trashing of the Pope has significantly boosted his popularity with Catholics. So he’s got that going for him.

There’s a certain population of American Catholics just itching for another schism

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Then why not just be Protestants?

I find that a little calamine lotion helps with itchy schisms.

You don’t understand. They’re the REAL Catholics. The Pope is a fake Catholic.

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Damn CINOs

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But does he shit in the woods?

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It can shit wherever it wants to

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It was attracted to business-friendly policies and no state income tax.

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And it wants to get into the datacenter business.

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Customers or not

And the humanity.

I bet we can make that happen

There is an historically large backwardation in the oil market. The futures market is in the mid $90s and the physical spot market is in the mid $130s. Have we seen the last contango? Probably not. The two prices will have to converge eventually. I think the futures price may be based on irrational optimism. Refineries will start experiencing serious feedstock issues within a couple of weeks. Gasoline and especially diesel are going to get expensive.

I’ve seen a few reports about the incident last night at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. Thankfully, there were no injuries and the suspect is in custody; but, it seems security was quite lax overall. Apparently, the secure barrier was at the door of the ballroom. I’ve never seen a sitting president, but I’ve been in the same area as presidential events and you can’t get close to the President. How can someone get all the way to the ballroom entrance loaded for bear?