First an apology for those of you still checking in…just a combination of busy, lazy and burned out of late.
My views on the economy, the markets and the world remain unchanged. That is to say, I continue to believe we’re headed down a very unfortunate path. The near term stats don’t do as much for me as do the smoke and mirrors by which said stats are being produced. I could highlight numerous news items since my last post, but I’m becoming bored with what seems like the economic equivalent of Jerry Springer. Things are becoming so mind-numbingly ridiculous, it’s hardly interesting anymore.
From a geopolitical standpoint, our upcoming elections are an embarrassment. I have completely lost my patience with the majority of people in this country who feel that our self interests will be best served by continuing to behave as thoughtless drones, easily manipulated by farcical statistics produced by either the left or the right. Newsflash: narrow-minded thinking is going to kill this country.
Further from Mayberry, recent tensions in the middle east should clearly be a concern to all of us. This is the type of powder keg event that could change everything overnight. There are so many illogical elements that I typically try to avoid wasting time trying to figure it out. While I’m interested in understanding the ramifications of an Israeli strike on Iran, I find the whole fanatical religious landscape too annoying to navigate.
I’ll sign off for now, but didn’t want anyone assuming that I’d receded into a Disneyesque realm in which everything’s good….it most assuredly is NOT.
TD
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