Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Odds and Ends: March 2026

- An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

- Jacqueline Kennedy

Did Spring, Spring?

Last week we talked about the volatility in the market and world. The calendar moved along. Jackie's words of wisdom seemed lost in time. The up and down news just adds confusion, doubt and fear. The market continues its thousand point swings. Are only the influencers, evil doers and manipulators pointing to an aim? What that is is cause for more worry. Somewhere below the ground seeds are germinating. We noticed this sprout in the news.

Best Thing Trump did was he gave the go ahead for a new oil refinery. Now, the climate people, Sierra and green energy groups will consider this blasphemy. As much as I am for alternative energy, I still see the greatness in this approach. Dear Reader, this refinery will use our produced sweet crude. Somewhere in time, the crooks and manipulators made all our refineries and all the products from their plants to use imported, dirty sour oil. This is Brent. This is what most of the world and the Arab oil cartel produce. This is the biggest reason why our monthly import/export bill is always negative. We export our cleaner oil which is better for the environment (compared to sour oil). In addition, when supply chains get interrupted like the present situation, we will not have to worry. We use our own. Great move, Donald.

Like We Said...

...we are for alternative energy. We love solar and wind, but there is a new entry into the mix. It is Geothermal energy. A start-up in Utah has successfully demonstrated the extraction from beneath the surface to their equipment to produce energy. Fervo will supply 400,000 homes with this clean source of power. They have a plan (just need financing) to provide power in multi-states. All the best!

One More

solar plug-ins is the latest idea to use free, sunbeams for power. Small units that can be attached to your balconey to lower your energy bill. Get this! They plug-in to your wall outlet. Wow! Now, there are old restrictions in place with HOAs and zoning, but new legislation could offer a waiver. Great idea!

We Also Said...

...there is bad news. From an economic standpoint the Epic Fury campaign has resulted in oil supply disrruptions, destruction of plant systems (infrastructure) to produce oil and gas and it will spike inflation. It will add to our national deficit which eclipsed $39 billion last week. The foolishness and lack of conviction was displayed when Trump allows Russian oil for sale. It gets worse. Trump also allows Invidia to sell their advanced chips to China. We said it before and we will repeat it here, our two political parties are corrupt! We need a new, third party. One that follows our founders thinking. One that is really for America and its people. We call it the Liberty Party. 

Related

The Department of Justice charged three leaders associated with Super Micro Computer for allegedly smuggling billions of dollars in US artificial intelligence technology to China. These are AI Invidia server chips. It is about time that our government people wake up to business theft and dangers to our security. If they had any real guts, we would end all trading with China and their outlets in other countries. The same with Russia.

Role Model

Apparently, our most recognized leaders are not true role models. It is no wonder like the three greedy people above in the DA charge with chip smuggling are grabbing what they can. How about Warren Buffett? He controls Pacific Corps. His influence has changed laws pertaining to wildfires. He got caps for claims and loopholes for filing claims. Case in point: Fred Cuozzo was awarded $6 million for a wildfire destruction of his rural home and property back in 2020. He is still waiting for his money.

We dislike ending on such a sad note. We have one kernal of good. Russia ordered and so far, has honored a ceasefire around a nuclear plant that could cause another terrible, environmental disaster. There is a need for repairs. Hope that they get this dangerous, but necessary work complete...Peace.