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drhoovesSo the S&P decided to crash down early this week, as the contagion in Italy was finally a force to be reckoned with - except it wasn't. Dropping from the low 2720s on Friday, the market emerged in risk off mode after the three day weekend, as traders decided to sell after stuffing themselves silly on beer, hot dogs and burgers. But the scare only lasted overnight, as news that Italy somehow wasn't a problem, that Trump may actually meet with Kim, and with the Middle East not immediately beginning to burn, decided that "sell in May and go away" was not going to be the mantra quite yet. Personally, I feel somewhat like Charlie Brown in his own version of Groundhog Day, where Lucy continues to yank away the football just before I strike it with my bloody foot, only to never learn the lesson, and knowing I'm going to be fooled again soon.
Meanwhile, what's not so humorous is the economy continues to sputter along, everyone has their fingers crossed, and nobody is willing to accept anything but their own personal hopes and wishes for the future. As Chris Irons on Quoth the Raven might say, as long as the Fed continues to keep pushing the flames back inside the Hindenburg of what passes for capitalism, free markets and the American Way these days, "All is Well!"
In other news, Roseanne outdid her normal low-brow humor with a couple of vicious tweets this past weekend, resulting in ABC canceling her show. To the uninformed, this may appear to be a story about insensitivity. To the cynical, it's about money - and why canceling a supposedly successful show doesn't make a lot of sense, there's something deeper going on here. What that is, I do not know, but something tells me down the road the motive will become more clear. Mother Nature continues to get a chuckle, as the volcanic activity on the Big Island of Hawaii continues unabated, cutting into the tourist trade. Imagine the fun when Mt. Rainier kicks loose and starts tossing Volkswagen-Bug sized chunks of flaming lava into downtown Seattle. That'll make Pompeii look like a Boy Scout campfire that burned grass one foot outside the circle of rocks.
The latest Star Wars movie is a dud. Snooze. I saw the latest one, VII?, and thought it was a remake of Episode IV - BECAUSE IT WAS! In political news, the Trump fiascos continues with the investigation, and that pesky Stormy Daniels still getting headlines. If aliens showed up tomorrow, and the human race was left to defend its right to exist, we'd be in big, big trouble. Hillary continues her tour of whining, and now speculation is running rampant about her back brace which appears under her bulky clothing, since she's shown up a recent public events dressed like an Eskimo celebrating the Winter Solstice. There's not even much humor in the news these days, as the insanity of what passes for journalism these days casts too murky of gloom on it all.
Meanwhile, what's not so humorous is the economy continues to sputter along, everyone has their fingers crossed, and nobody is willing to accept anything but their own personal hopes and wishes for the future. As Chris Irons on Quoth the Raven might say, as long as the Fed continues to keep pushing the flames back inside the Hindenburg of what passes for capitalism, free markets and the American Way these days, "All is Well!"
In other news, Roseanne outdid her normal low-brow humor with a couple of vicious tweets this past weekend, resulting in ABC canceling her show. To the uninformed, this may appear to be a story about insensitivity. To the cynical, it's about money - and why canceling a supposedly successful show doesn't make a lot of sense, there's something deeper going on here. What that is, I do not know, but something tells me down the road the motive will become more clear. Mother Nature continues to get a chuckle, as the volcanic activity on the Big Island of Hawaii continues unabated, cutting into the tourist trade. Imagine the fun when Mt. Rainier kicks loose and starts tossing Volkswagen-Bug sized chunks of flaming lava into downtown Seattle. That'll make Pompeii look like a Boy Scout campfire that burned grass one foot outside the circle of rocks.
The latest Star Wars movie is a dud. Snooze. I saw the latest one, VII?, and thought it was a remake of Episode IV - BECAUSE IT WAS! In political news, the Trump fiascos continues with the investigation, and that pesky Stormy Daniels still getting headlines. If aliens showed up tomorrow, and the human race was left to defend its right to exist, we'd be in big, big trouble. Hillary continues her tour of whining, and now speculation is running rampant about her back brace which appears under her bulky clothing, since she's shown up a recent public events dressed like an Eskimo celebrating the Winter Solstice. There's not even much humor in the news these days, as the insanity of what passes for journalism these days casts too murky of gloom on it all.
