This Sunday will be the first night of Chanuka. Its English calendar date is not fixed; Chanuka always falls on the 25th day of Kislev, which has a different English date every year. (This year, the first night is the 18th of December.)
Continue reading Chanuka is almost here
I know, I know. You are pissed as hell that gasoline prices are over $ 5 a gallon. And, that means freight prices are zooming up, so our food and sundry items are also manifesting inflationary increases.
Some 22 days ago, I agitated that President Biden and Mitch McConnell (as the titular leaders of their respective parties) lean on (at least) the smaller oil producers in the South and the Midwest to up their production. Not just to counteract the removal of Russian Oil from the market place , but because, as happened in the past, as our oil production increases, the price per barrel drops precipitously.
Continue reading Let’s Pump More Oil to Punish Russia.
Putin has decided to flaunt the current world rules and invade Ukraine. After all, the world did little (almost nothing?) when he stole Crimea, and even less when he had his cronies claim semi-autonomy for the Eastern provinces of the Ukraine.
Continue reading Stop Putin Now!
WooHoo! As I told you on the 13th (which was Friday the 13th), today is the first day of Chanuka. (That also means last night was the first night of the holiday.) It’s not usual that Chanuka virtually coincides with the holiday of Christmas. As a matter of fact, just a few years ago, Chanuka coincided with Thanksgiving. The holiday of Chanuka always falls on the 25th day of Kislev, which has no “fixed address” on the Gregorian calendar.
Continue reading The Festival of Lights
We’ve heard TheDonald claim that it’s Saudi Arabia that is keeping oil prices down. Except, it’s the good old USA that’s performing that task.
Continue reading Crude- and Crude
The economy is picking up. Maybe even to a level that will truly change the situation for the Middle Class. But, no matter what any politician says, one of the biggest reasons The US economy is picking up is because the price of oil is tanking. (Don’t you just love that metaphor?)
Continue reading A little crude?
