the *DON* JONES INDEX…
		GAINS POSTED in GREEN LOSSES POSTED in RED 11/12/22... 15,060.30 11/12/22... 15,017.33
	6/27/13… 15,000.00
(*THE DOW* JONES INDEX: 11/19/22…33,745.69; 11/12/22…33,747.86; 6/27/13… 15,000.00)**

LESSON for November 19, 2022 – “LADY MAGAGA!”

LESSON NOTE: We have had the elections, “all over but the shouting”, and then “the shouting” and had intended to follow up with what comes after the shouting... the thrilling exultations of winners, the agonized weeping of losers... recedes: “the connivings”. Persons of interest stepping back to plot and plan the next go round... November, 2024... to marshal allies (and resources) and to throw tacks on their enemies’ Highway to Hell. To strain and strive... to connive. Thus: “The Connivings.”

But then we watched internet feeds of Donald Trump’s announcement that he would be a third-time candidate on Tuesday evening (not live... none of the networks carried his tirade and we don’t have C-Span or even Fox News, which, notably, also cut off The Exile in mid-declaration) and observed that he has a new slogan.

Goodbye: “Make America Great Again.” Welcome to the world: “Make America Great And Glorious Again.”

MAGAGA

And some thoughts came to mind... first, an exhortation of Lady GAGA? And then a different singer and a different song. And because our scheduling is all freaked out due to Veterans’ Day on Monday and upcoming Thanksgiving, we’re pushing our schedule forward a few days and back a few days and, while we’re sort out the shouting and the conniving – now that it’s clear that Democrats have retained control of the Senate while the (perhaps former) Party of Trump POTheads seize Congress... with Kevin McCarthy, despite winning the party nod as Speaker-in-waiting, facing a possible MAGA (or is it now MAGAGA) insurrection which would find them joining Nancy Pelosi’s purgatives to throw America into chaos, just for the spite of it... and a higher chaos ensues – we’ll just shorten this lessen by a few dozen thousand words and, instead, bring forth said little ditty (with due credit, or apologies, to Lennon/McCartney).

Instrumental intro

Lady Magaga, losers at your feet

Wonder if you’ll manage to accept defeat

All your dark donors, creeping out that door

Restoration pinned on Russian billions more.

Instrumental coda

Tuesday night’s great, glorious frontrunners

Oz, Kari, Mastro, Masters – one and all

Wednesday morning’s electoral stunners

See how they fall...

Instrumental coda

Lady Magaga, such a vain announce...

Traitors scatter; shysters, pawns and liv’rals pounce

Longer Instrumental

Fox on the run!

Longer Instrumental

Lady Magaga, crying on your bed

Reptilian conspiracies hiss through your head!

Longer Instrumental

Polish up your swastikas and jackboots

Sharpen your knives and load your gun.

RINOs are escaping by the back routes

See how they run...

Instrumental Coda

Lady Magaga, such an epic fail

Wonder if you’ll manage to stay out of jail

Instrumental Outro

November 5th – 11th, 2022

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Dow: 33,747.86

Dominoes (and MAGAcandidates) are falling. Former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly is re-elected to the Senate from Arizona, Adam Laxalt leads in the other contested race (Georgia is already runoff bound) by 800 votes in Nevada. Nineteen Congressional races too close to call... G.O.P. needs only seven to flip.

On the heels of the pundits and politicians come the lawyers. Former President Trump sues the lame (and soon, probably dead) duck One Six Inquisitors to block their demand for more documents. In civilian life, Alec Baldwin sues the “Rust” crew, the bullet makers and whomever, generating cross-complaints and more publicity if the movie ever airs.

Sam Bankman Fried is fried as CEO of bankrupt FTX cryptoscammers as victims (like Tom Brady) sue to recoup their losses with over a billion dollars simply vanishing. Their collapse causes Miami to rename its stadium.

Far, far away, President Joe treks from Egypt (failing climate change summit) then to Cambodia to Bali to mend relationships with Asia, hook up with Japan and SoKo to confront (or comfort) NoKo and to sound out President Xi on ‘dis and ‘dat/

Sunday, November 13, 2022

Dow: Closed

Catherine Cortez-Masto is called the winner in Nevada’s Senate race, ensuring a Democratic hold and rendering Georgia irrelevant.

With elections over (except in Georgia) the winners, losers and interested bystanders hit the TV talkshow circuit. Speaker Nancy tells George Stephanopolous that Paul is recoving and congratulates her own foresight in asserting that democracy and abortion would trump Trump and inflation. Michelle Obama confesses to having had “low grade” depression, Mike Pence hems and haws on his plans for 2024 and everybody has books to sell.

A prolonged cold snap brings the deep freeze down from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. Fuel oil prices are up, electricity not so much – at least Don Jones is not in Ukraine where retreating Russians bomb power stations, making for a cold, cold winter. But a happy one. “No more power,” says a Uke in liberated Kherson, “and no more heat. But no more Russians.”

Monday, November 14, 2022

Dow: 33,536.70

Back to work go the remaining campaign narrowcasters and pitchpockets. With the Congress still in limbo (and Ace Denialist Loren Boebert climbing back into contention in Colorado), Republicans begin the blame game. Sen. Scott (R-Fl) blames the voters for poor turnout, and the voters blame Rick for saying that, if the GOP won, they’d cut Social Security and Medicare. ABC predicts Kate Hobbs will defeat Kari Lake and the undecided seats shrink to 17.

But politics are starting to retreat like, again, those Russians from Kherson. Suddenly, the talking heads are quiet and the campaign commercials gone... televisions are replete with cute babies, mocktails and animals in funny clothes. Normality briefly rises, but...

Campus murderers strike Universities of Idaho and Virginia. 16 injured when drunk dump truck driver rams school bus. Syrian terrorist kills seven Turks in Istanbul.

The world’s population hit eight billion sometime overnight. Rather too many of us, but social and actual Darwinism has a remedy for that...

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Dow: 33,159.85

Russia ups the ante by firing missiles into Poland in a direct violation of the NATO charter provision that declares it an act of war just as President Zelenskyy is comparing the times to the Allied invasion on D-Day (but without allies). Americans, however, apparently adhering to the bywords of the New New Hampshire advocate “Live Free, but Learn Russian.” The only serious debate centers around the US and NATOcrats disputing whether the bombing was a Russian mistake... apology forthcoming... or a Ukrainian false flag attack designed to squeeze more money out of the decadent West.

Oh... and Iran escalated its war against humanity by starting to execute protesters. And Donald Trump announced his candidacy for 2024, but the nasty networks ignored him.

Turkey (the bird, not the terrorist target) prices are up 17% leading many downscale Dons to consider Thanksgiving alternatives... chicken, pigeons, crow? Fortunately, prices on side dishes like stuffing, apples and potatoes are down.

And for those seeking escape from inflation, crime and the Russians, NASA has decided to make a fourth try at launching its giant, unmanned moon rocket, preparatory to further launches of manned spacecraft that can carry Americans away from America.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Dow: 33,553.83

Timorous NATO, including U.S. and Poland call the bombing of the latter “an unfortunate accident” created by off-course Ukrainian anti-missile as Russia sends Britney Griner away to a Mordovian labor camp and keeps up shelling civilian targets and infrastructure. President Z. is outraged, but outvoted. No WW3... yet.

On its fourth try, Artemis moon rocket blasts off from Florida. Spaceman Elon Musk takes time off from his explorations to purge critics and command ordinary Twitterserfs to work Russian prison camp-like hours and be “hard core” for soft pay while blue check paywall abuse provokes a maelstrom of fraud and imposture. Jesus Christ gets a blue check and starts tweeting proclamations.

Labor and financial troubles also rife at tech competitors like Apple, Amazon and @ - laying off workers in droves and still drowning in red ink. Ticketmaster glitches enable scalpers to snap up Taylor Swift concert tickets and resell them for up to $32,000. Each! Starbucks workers strike, so the company closes a store in Maine, which provokes more strikes while fast food workers in LA begin organizing.

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Dow: 33,596.32

It’s National Bread amd Butter Day. These and other foodstuffs increasingly dis-affordable to Don Jones and the family: turkey prices up (due, in part, to bird flu) but stuffing and veggies comparably reasonable.

Unreasonable and unseasonable early blizzard dumps feet of lake effect snow around the Buffalo area. Four feet so far, knocking at record five feet in 2014 and a hard freeze down to the Gulf with temperatures in Montana falling to -25. Weather is not expected to moderate until Thanksgiving, if then.

With Mike Garcia (R-Ca) victorious, Republicans take control of the House, sending Democratic lame duck majority into a frenzy of legislative action, including a codification of gay and interracial marriage so toxic to MAGA that 12 Republicans join in supporting. Mormons throw in the mysterious underware and supports gay marriage, too. Not supportive – putative Speaker McCarthy who gloats: “Today we have fired Nancy Pelosi!” He’s right... Nancy soon says she’s stepping down, anointing Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as probable minority leader, the first black to hold such position. And Karen Bass becomes the first female Mayor of Los Angeles.

Friday, November 4, 2022

Dow: 33,745.69

The white stuff keeps piling up – ten feet in some Buffalo suburbs and “thundersnow” dazzles and frazzles inhabitants. Roads are closed and the Bills’ game is moved to Detroit as there seems no end in sight (and Detroit is freezing, too, but less blizzardistic).

AyGee Garland appoints a Special Counsel for Donald Trump’s One Six and document stealing probes; Trump... now accused of 56 crimes... calls the move political. In other legal news, Theranos fraudette Elizabeth Holmes gets eleven years, a Federal judge suspends Trump’s Title 42, leading to new migrant assaults on the border, the Dancing Grannies car rundown killer gets life without and a war crimes tribunal convicts three Russians of shooting down a jet in Ukraine and killing hundreds. Problem: they are under Putin’s protection, so not likely ever to see a day in prison.

The World Cup begins in Qatar, where human rights advocates decry cruel working conditions for the imported laborers toiling in 112° heat. Qataris make the situation worse for themselves by banning beer consumption by foreigners. Not likely to go over well with the Brits. Nor Americans, nor Germans, nor... in effect... all the non-Islamic tourists (and some of the fundamentalists too!). But tourists are better off than in Cabo, Mexico, where a woman is killed by snuff porn producers.

The Don’s big boost was entirely the result of jobs percolating unemployment that is continuing to fall like the temperatures in Buffalo, NY. Cynics, of course, might say that the reason is that Americans are having to take two or three jobs to afford the holidays, but the numbers are up, way up, and that’s what we report.

THE DON JONES INDEX

CHART of CATEGORIES w/VALUE ADDED to EQUAL BASELINE of 15,000

(REFLECTING… approximately… DOW JONES INDEX of June 27, 2013)

See a further explanation of categories here…

ECONOMIC INDICES (60%)

CATEGORY

VALUE

BASE

RESULTS

SCORE

OUR SOURCES and COMMENTS

INCOME

(24%)

6/17/13 & 1/1/22

LAST

CHANGE

NEXT

SOURCE

Wages (hrly. per cap)

1350 points

10/8/22

+0.32%

11/22

1,396.64

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/wages 27.86

Median Inc. (yearly)

600

11/12/22

+0.13%

11/26/22

606.61

607.41

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 36,109

Unempl. (BLS – in mi)

600

10/1/22

-6.67%

11/22

608.03

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000/ 3.75%

Official (DC – in mi)

300

11/12/22

-12.40%

11/26/22

326.61

367.10

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 5, 074

Unofficl. (DC – in mi)

300

11/12/22

-3.86%

11/26/22

299.41

310.96

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 10,282

Workforce Particip.

Number

Percent

300

11/12/22

-0.27% -0.17%

11/26/22

299.705

299.18

In 158,562 Out 99,897 Total: 258,459

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 61.35

WP % (ycharts)*

150

10/1/22

+0.16%

11/22

150.72

https://ycharts.com/indicators/labor_force_participation_rate 62.20

OUTGO

15%

Total Inflation

1050

10/15/22

+0.4%

12/22

1002.57

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm +0.4

Food

300

10/15/22

+0.6%

12/22

282.16

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm +0.6

Gasoline

300

10/15/22

+4.0%

12/22

230.08

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm +4.0

Medical Costs

300

10/15/22

-0.6%

12/22

291.10

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm -0.6

Shelter

300

10/15/22

+0.8%

12/22

287.63

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm +0.8

WEALTH

Dow Jones Index

300

11/12/22

-0.06%

11/26/22

281.83

281.81

https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/index/ 33,745.69

Home (Sales)

(Valuation)

150

10/8/22

-1.875% -1.30%

11/22

141.72

286.29

141.72

286.29

https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics

Sales (M): 4.71 Valuations (K): 384.8

Debt (Personal)

300

11/12/22

+0.025%

11/26/22

282.83

282.76

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 72,139

NATIONAL

(10%)

Revenue (trilns.)

300

11/12/22

-0.08%

11/26/22

409.67

409.34

debtclock.org/ 4,913

Expenditures (tr.)

300

11/12/22

+0.02%

11/26/22

344.63

344.57

debtclock.org/ 5,980

National Debt tr.)

450

11/12/22

+0.045%

11/26/22

431.52

431.33

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 31,289

Aggregate Debt (tr.)

450

11/12/22

+0.11%

11/26/22

428.70

428.21

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 93,167

GLOBAL

(5%)

Foreign Debt (tr.)

300

11/12/22

+0.013%

11/26/22

328.92

328.96

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 7,494

Exports (in billions)

150

10/8/22

-0.35%

11/22

164.35

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html 258..0

Imports (bl.)

150

10/8/22

-2.43%

11/22

163.74

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html 331.3

Trade Deficit (bl.)

150

10/8/22

+9.68%

11/22

288.11

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html 71.3

ACTS of MAN

12%

5120

World Affairs

450

11/12/22

+0.1%

11/26/22

457.70

458.16

Big Ben’s $95M renovation complete and it’s tolling again. (For me or for thee?) Qatar bans beer for FIFA world cup where the US will kick off against unhappy Wales!

Terrorism

300

11/12/22

-0.3%

11/26/22

299.56

298.66

Evil empires act evilly – NoKo copycats Polish missile flap, says their ABM test went “off course” in grazing Japan while Iranian regime executes more protesters and fires on crowd menacing the mullahs. Skyjacker with boxcutters overcome on Frontier flight to Atlanta while Syrian terrorist kills seven in Istanbul.

Politics

450

11/12/22

-0.1%

11/26/22

465.05

464.58

(See above!) 2024 is only 103 weeks away! MTG voyages to Vandalia, OH to inform the local vandals that she is declaring war on “traitors and criminals.”

Economics

450

11/12/22

+0.1%

11/26/22

433.14

433.57

FTX crypto collapse doesn’t hurt stocks. They got what they deserved for being stupid. Inflation bedevils Thanksgiving tho... turkeys, air fares, gas at the pump back up. Merger mania finds Estee Lauder buying Tom Ford.

Crime

150

11/12/22

-0.4%

11/26/22

279.46

278.34

Collegiate killers strike Virginia (caught), Idaho (not caught). Chicago’s catalytic converter thieves start gunning down car owners, L.A. driver runs down 25 police recruits. Police say he was not drunk, nor a terrorist... maybe asleep at the wheel? Also in L.A. a homeless stabber targets two at a Target and a severed foot found at Yellowstone Park identified as belonging to a Californio. Insane swordsman disarmed attacking NY Times office, Ohio police chasing traffic violator storm the day care center he escapes to, rescue kiddie hostages. 10 year old boy rescued from (female) stalker in Pottstown, PA.

ACTS of GOD

(6%)

Environment/Weather

450

11/12/22

-0.4%

11/26/22

443.79

442.01

Prolonged cold snap will bring freezing temperatures (including thundersnow blizzards) through Thanksgiving. Earthquakes rock... Texas?

Disasters

450

11/12/22

+0.2%

11/26/22

438.26

439.14

Saved: seven seniors from burning DC building, 56 rescue does from plane crash in Wisconsin, man who fell into a grain bin. Not saved: six die in Dallas air show crash. 24 Ian-damaged buildings in Daytona Beach, Fla. further damagd by Nicole face demolition. Retail extortion – thuggish Ronald proferring, then cancelling the McRib, followed by Wendy’s replacing strawberry shakes with peppermint, but only until Xmas. Barbarians!

LIFESTYLE/JUSTICE INDEX

(15%)

Science, Tech, Educ.

600

438.26

+0.3%

11/26/22

621.62

623.48

Musk’s blue check trolls are hacking Jesus, Tesla and Space X. Not NASA tho’ – Artemis takes off successfully Best Twitprank is Coke tweeting they’re bringing back cocaine. FDA says they will greenlight “lab grown” meat.

Equality (econ/social)

600

+0.3%

11/26/22

595.52

597.31

Pioneering black House Minority Leader and female Mayor of Los Angeles highlighted (see above). NASA names a female astronaut among Moon Return prospects while Alabama purges confederate statues in Montgomery.

Health

600

621.62

-0.4%

11/26/22

485.98

484.04

Alzheimer’s drug fails in later tests. Back to the drawing board. Doctors call smoking marijuana worse than tobacco... not big news, the dopers inhale... and loud music is causing one billion young people to lose hearing. Other doctors say American sperm counts are declining, despite world pop hitting unsustainable 8 billion. Adderall shortage creating busy children and dangerous online imitations.

Freedom and Justice

450

595.52

+0.1%

11/26/22

453.10

453.55

Bobby Bostic pressure-paroled after 27 years of a 241 sentence imposed when he was 16. Lawsuit Nation stars perennials Alec Baldwin, Rudy G (and, of course, DT), Google spyware, airlines that delay and cancel, Twitter, Ticketmaster - and the usual parcel of rogues who believe (or contend) that their electoral victories were stolen.

MISCELLANEOUS and TRANSIENT INDEX

(7%)

Cultural incidents

450

11/12/22

+0.2%

11/26/22

471.70

472.64

Black Panther Two opens with November record $180M. Will it survive Avatar Two, Guardians Three, Mission Impossible 7 and Marvel LXVII? It’s awards season: rookies of the year are Michael Harris (NL) and Julio Leonard (AL), Cy Youngs go to Sandy Alcanatara and Series hero Justin Verlander. And no surprise: Aaron (“62”) Judge wins MVP. Grammy nominees include the Beyonce/JayZ family, Kendrick Lamar and more.

Misc. incidents

450

11/12/22

+0.1%

11/26/22

467.92

468.39

Jeff Bezos donates $100M to Dolly Parton to donate to her charities (but fires 10K workers; redundant because the Covid cocooning that compelled people to buy stuff online is over). Doctors say that Black Friday suckers are the victims of their own genetic footprints. Elections over, cute stories swarm the mediasphere: a horse returning home after 8 years lost, a baby chimpanzee reunited with Mommy.

The Don Jones Index for the week of November 12th through November 18th, 2022 was UP 52.97 points

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