I know, it's insane. Plus it really pissed off a lot of graphic novelists who could no longer say they were a "NYT Bestseller" as an advertising point, even if they sold more copies than the bestselling hardback.

Maybe they are trying to discourage the, "don't worry a superhero will handle it", thinking in the younger set. If they see a villain don't wait, kill him/her yourself with that gun Dad keeps in the nightstand. 

Anyway Big Banks, where are they?




 

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

  I read this summer heat wave that baked the US also baked China. 

That heatwave and drought was observed all over the world.  Friends took a Rhine River ship this summer.  They had to disembark at one port near Frankfort.  Were transported by bus to another port.  And then reloaded onto an identical ship.  To bypass low water.  This has happen now twice in the past five years.

Britain scored record high temperatures this year at over 100 degree F.  In a nation that typically does not have much air conditioning because temperature normally do not reach such levels.  Also unusual is a hurricane forming north of Bermuda and this late in the year. A subtropical storm striking Alaska.  India was setting new high temperature records (ie 120 degree F) in April - before summer heat.

High temperatures and drought were unusually common this year throughout the world.

Due to high temperatures, Europe has a problem with too much natural gas even with a Russian cut off.  LNG tankers are not sitting at sea full and awaiting orders.  All tanks in Europe are full.  Demand is missing.   Prices for gas dropped from $300 per KW-hr to about $35.  Some were reported paid to take gas shipments - a negative price for gas.
 

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California has had 1377 wells go dry so far this year, 37% ahead of  last year. One woman who's retire and has two pet horses had he 348 ft well dry up and had to scramble to water the horses. Of course all the drillers are up to their ears so she is on the waiting list. To put in a 600 ft well the low bid is $54,318.

Back to charts...









  

And in conclusion...











There, those 11 will give you food for thought.

Who owns the land?
♫ And the sign said
"Anybody caught trespassin'
Will be shot on sight"
♪ So I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house
"Hey! What gives you the right
To put up a fence to keep me out
But to keep Mother Nature in?
♫ If God was here, he'd tell you to your face
'Man, you're some kind of sinner'"



 

Something is wrong with that chart.  Since inflration in the UK (in other sources) is slightly higher in the UK by about  or just under one percentage point.

There's a kink in the renewable electric supply, no good making power if you can't get it sold.











 

Who do Americans trust?


Who does the rest of the world trust?


Stereotypes are strong in Europe.

Updated for 2023. I listen to NPR daily followed by the AP and pick up the WSJ on rare occasions. The rest of the chart is good to know if you're spending a lot of time surfing.

i mean on one hand it's ludicrous to think you could beat a lion or elephant unarmed

on the other hand the goose has this crazy achilles neck, very grabbable, and if you grab it you automatically win

the eagle has wildly powerful talons, and can grab so strongly it's impossible to release, but that's its only attack, grab and fly off. it can't fly off with a human. you will be horribly injured where it grabs you, but once it does, you have many ways to gain the upper hand

medium sized dog, pit bulls do kill people, but i think people kill them too, any animal you can reasonably kick is at a disadvantage

human can NEVER beat a chimp as any Rogan listener knows

king cobra, who cares about the royalty, once again you avoid its only attack and stamp on it near the head, i think that would work

croc, seen many southerners taking them on and as long as you know the tricks you can beat it

have britons never considered how to fight various animals? this is basic stuff

surround it with thorns

there is a tale as old as time... let me fetch it from the interwebs:

An elephant, wandering the jungle, gets a thorn in its foot
Unable to extract the thorn itself, the elephant leans against a coconut tree, waiting for some other animal to come along and help him.
Hours pass and no animal appears. Just then, an ant comes crawling along.
"Oh, Brother Ant!" the elephant says. "Could you please help me take this thorn out of my foot?"
The ant sidles up. "Sure but, uh ... what's in it for me?"
"I have very little, but I'll do what I can," the elephant says. "What would you like?"
The ant smiles salaciously. "I've always wanted to fuck an elephant."
The elephant blinks, offended. He looks at the ant, and - judging by his miniscule size - decides to let the ant have at it.
"Sure, go ahead," the elephant says.
Triumphant, the ant climbs up the elephant's leg, positions itself at its rear, and goes at it.
Of course, the elephant can't feel a bloody thing, but he can hear the ant grunting and working away.
As he starts to picture the image in his mind, the elephant starts to laugh. He laughs so hard, he shakes the tree. Suddenly, a coconut drops off and hits the elephant square in the head.
"OW!" the elephant cries out.
The ant says, "Yeah that's right, bitch - take it, take it all!"
 

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