the DON JONES INDEX…

 

 

 

GAINS POSTED in GREEN

LOSSES POSTED in RED

 

 

 

  11/26/21…    14,540.13 

  11/19/21…    14,537.69 

    6/27/13…    15,000.00

 

(THE DOW JONES INDEX: 11/26/21… 35,804.38; 11/19/21… 35,870.95; 6/27/13… 15,000.00)

 

 

LESSON for November 26, 2021 – DON JONES is THANKFUL, FOR…

 

Don Jones and the family sat down, yesterday, to eat turkey… or, if inflation overpowered income, mac and cheese and rutabagas… and give thanks for what 2021 has wrought, and brought, to date.

For example: it’s not 2020.

 

The rich and famous – most of them were happy.  Really!  Really happy!

 

Don Jones?

 

All things considered, here at his Index, we have totaled up the indicators and found 2021 to have been a pretty good year, so far.  Not so bad, especially compared to 2020 which began with the Dow five thousand points and the Don five hundred lower.

So, herewith, are the good things of 2021, as captured by the DJI from assorted media and other sources, month by month.  (For the implacable haters, we also include the worst developments of the month.)  Take note that, as ever, our Index fingers the good, the bad and the ugly without regard to partisan or special interests, but only on balance.  So, for example, January’s failed election coup was a good thing because, on balance, overthrowing a democratic government in favor of a fascist dictator is a step in the wrong direction that, in the past, has led to bad things for the country, and even for the dictators (Hitler a suicide, Mussolini hanged, Qaddafi, Saddam and several others, untimely demises).  One could argue, if one was MAGA, that it was a bad thing, but this would have been a minority position.  Elsewhere, inspirational children, miraculous rescues and falling unemployment were adjudicated good things.  Gun and highway carnage, bridge and road collapses, civil wars, terrorism and rising inflation are bad (except to some few hedge fund operators who can turn failure and tragedy around and make a profit).

Critics have criticized our Indices and our Lessons as biased… usually to the point of excess optimism (especially in categories such as Crime, Disasters and the plague half of Health)… and they would be correct.  However, inasmuch as the print, social media and broadcast news sources that we steal from to compile our Index are heavily biased (for their own profit) towards the spectacular and the disastrous, we keep in mind that for every Afghan terrorist, New York hedge-fund profiteer and Chicago or Colorado active shooter, there are millions of ordinary Joneses, going to work (some, like the My Pillow People even making things other people can buy, and use), raising their children as good Americans, consuming consumables and maybe even taking small steps in a positive direction by donating to charitable causes or refraining from throwing their Burger King paper and plastic waste out the window whilst on the highway.  Their struggles and sacrifices seldom make the New York Times or even local evening news, but we appreciate them, all the same.

And so, month by month, here are a few things we had to be thankful for, yesterday, (and one incident, per month, that most of us did not).  Some, designated by (Par.) had partisan connotations… good for some, but not so for others.  (A precious few, designated (SPar.) gladdened most but made a few very, very angry.)  As Kyle McLaughlin and Laura Dern commiserated in “Blue Velvet” (RIP that fuckin’ suave Dean Stockwell), it can be a very strange world.

 

Dji.2021 Month by month to date…

JANUARY

The Good: 

The J-6 insurrection had its upsides and downsides.  For the majority of Joneses, the upside was that even Mike Pence (love ‘im or hate ‘im) wasn’t hanged.  Order was restored, the election results (love ‘em or don’t) was certified and Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States two weeks later.  That has also had its up and downsides… as well as partisan outcomes… but it did, and does, demonstrate that the American process is stillworking, for better or worse.

Also:

Sen. Majority Leader Mitchy concedes… evil Joe Biden won the election.  Democracy survives.  (Par.)

Ossoff and Warnock win in Georgia, Senate now in 50-50 tie with VP Harris the tiebreaker.  (Par.)

First babies of 2021 coo’ed over and gifted. 

Impeachment Two proceedings under way as Don Jones reacts, in his own way, to the J-6.  (Par.)

Betty White turns 99.

Joe Biden inaugurted as 46th President, issues 17 Executive Orders.  (Par.) Peacefully.

Youngest inaugural poet Amanda Gorman reads a nice poem.

Capitol police officer hero Eugene Goodman promoted to Acting Deputy.

Dr. Fauci calls Washington’s pro-science pivot “liberating”).  (SPar.)

 

The Bad: 

If you believe that the 2020 election was stolen, the insurrection and subsequent confirmation were a bitter disaster.  But take heart!  Mister Hitler’s 1923 beer hall putsch in Bavaria was also a failure and he was locked up in jail, but he used his incarceration to write “Mein Kampf” and, upon leaving prison, founded a political party, was elected Vice-Chancellor and, upon the death of Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany.  He started World War II, conquered most of continental Europe and would have become Master of the World but for the American intervention after Japan’s misguided sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.  Take heart!

 

The Dow:  30,606.48           The Don:  13,930.44

 

FEBRUARY

The Good:

So-called “plague plateau” augurs the end of Covid and the survival of humans on earth?  Perhaps.  If not, Perseverance survives its “seven seconds of terror”, landing safely on Mars.  Astronomers marvel over Mars photos – they’re in color and have a soundtrack of blowing Martian wind (for kit-fliers and balloonists). That’s the good news to dig under the surface of the planet in search of non-infectious life (and have a back-up planet to move to).

Also:

Now ex-Pres. Trump survives Impeach Two.  (Par.)

After saving Djonald from ImpTwo, Rudy G. is fired, then stiffed on his fee.  (SPar.)

Bucs defeat Chiefs on Super Sunday.  Old guys win!  Old guys win!

Americans celebrate Presidents’ Day with their new boss patrón, Jill Biden celebrates Valentine’s Day, Chinese and Chinese Americans celebrate the end of a dreadful Year of the Rat (or bat, as the case may be).

 

The Bad:

With Djonald Unhors’d in the rear view mirror (but leading among 2024 contenders… a mixed blessing for Republicans), America turns to face an old and new devil: bad weather and the plague.  Hospitals nationwide report running out of beds and supplies as the toll of infections and deaths goes up, up, up!

Silver Medal:  Tiger Woods breaks leg in car crash.

Bronze Medal:  Bruce Springsteen arrested for drunk driving!

The Dow: 30,982.22           The Don:  13,847.97

 

MARCH

The Good:

Plague in full retreat.  Fewest new cases since October, 2020.  Positivity in Los Angeles testing drops from 19% to 2%.   FDA approves Johnson & Johnson single dose vaxx, making three (if American arms want to get shot) and earning the Don a 100 point bonus (well, 80-something after all the other grim news is factored in).  Dr. Jah says “we’re rounding third and headed for home, (but Dr. Fauci warns that variants might “come around and bite us”).  Ridiculous!

Also:

DJI proposes making Trump a King… King Donald I.  (But only ceremonially)  (Par.)

Stim Three checks roll out, some Republicans cry foul (but cash them anyway).

CPAC holds its alt-right convention, proving there’s life in Republicanism yet.  (But is it real life or alien zombie life?)  Speaking of Republicons, Ted Cruz enjoys a merry vacation in Cancun.  (Par.)

Predicted “Q-Day” riots and revolt on March 4th (old Inauguration Day) fail to manifest.  (SPar.)

Six Dr. Seuss books cancelled by publisher resulting in copies being sold for over $400 by deplorable.  (Par.)

FCC slaps robocallers with $225M fine.

 

The Bad:

Mister Trump continues fulminating against vaccines to the extent that his 30 to 40 percent base follows dutifully refuse the shots, preferring to get sick and die, but in doing so spread the plague on to other (mostly unvaxxed) Americans and children, (for whom the bureaucrats are still shuffling papers on dosages).  Sort of like Islamist suicide bombers.

 

The Dow:   30,924.14    The Don:   13,928.57

 

APRIL

The Good:

Derek Chauvin found guilty on all counts in murder (2nd and 3rd degree) and manslaughter (2nd degree) of George Floyd after only ten hours’ deliberation.  Blacks celebrate.  Most whites at least acknowledge the presumption of guilt, especially after so many of Chauvin’s fellow cops testified against him, as did a winsome nine year old witness, Judeah, and, of course, the video. Pertinent quotes include…

“Don’t judge us, get to know us.  We’re not animals.” (George Floyd’s brother)

Blacks experiencing “bio-psycho social stress.”  (Black trauma Professor Dr. Wizdom of UConn)

“My mom says we brought change.  My dad says we won.”  (9, now 10 year old witness Judeah)

Black protests must get “more confrontational.”  (Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Ca)

“This was a jury of Americans.”  (A TV legal expert)

“We won the championship.”  (BLM signs held up and waved in George Floyd Square)

A day of “justice for Black, Latino, Asian and Native Americans.”  (Lawyer Benjamin Crump)

Blacks comprise “19% of population, 63% of arrests” and 500% traffic stops.  (ABC researchers)

With riots failing to manifest, blacks and whites are both “beginning to exhale”. 

Also:

Pope touts Hope for Easter.  Trump rolls Easter Eggs at Mar-a-Lago and hosts a wedding.

Our DJI contest asks: are you an April Fool who can tell true from fake news?

Stuck ship that stuck the Suez Canal finally pried away… freeing up supply chain.  (For now!)

Vegas back in business.  Plague?  What plague!

Cher adopts a “lonely” elephant and relocates him from Pakistani cage to a new luxury mansion in Cambodia with two females on hand. 

President Joe convenes Climate Summit, tells world that he’s not Trump.  (Spar.)

With that behind us, he signs legislation making Juneteenth a flash Federal holiday. “We’re headed into a summer of joy and freedom,” he says as a 6 foot tall bust of George Floyd’s head is unveiled in Brooklyn.

Advice from scientists Kaku and Tyson on what to do if you’re kidnapped by a UFO… and more!

 

The Bad:

Cancel culture slaps down everybody from Sharon Osborne to Pepe le Pew to the World Champion Atlanta Braves (soon to be renamed Atlanta Victims).  Red states are passing pre-emptive legislation prohibiting mandatory vaccine passports for a number of occasions such as going to college at Rutgers, Duke or Brown.  “You have a right to live your life,” the Governors say (as infection rates bottom out and begin climbing again).  Despite eight killed at Indiana Fed Ex by a faux-Brooklyn boho, Senate filibusters gun control to death. Volcanoes erupt in Caribbean and Iceland while Texas has three earthquakes.

 

The Dow:    33,101.48   The Don:   13,913.18

 

MAY                                

 

The Good:

President Joe’s climate summit comes to a close.  Even Vladimir Putin and President Xi of China say nice things (but it helps that they’re on video and don’t have to travel to the dirty and dangerous America).  “We must be committed to harmony between man and Nature,” declared the avatar of Chinese President Xi (or, at least, his speechwriters did). “All things that grow live in harmony and benefit from the nourishment of Nature… Mother Nature is the cradle of all living beings, including humans. It provides everything essential for humanity to survive and thrive. Mother Nature has nourished us, and we must treat Nature as our root, respect it, protect it, and follow its laws. Failure to respect Nature or follow its laws will only invite its revenge.”  Poor countries (and especially low-lying island nations) are grateful to be heard, but skeptical of results.

 

Also:

Everybody agrees – Bhutan is full of virtuous people.  (But nobody wants to move there.)

All fifty states show plague declines as masking and vaxxing spreads.

J-6 investigation vote passes Congress with 35 Republicans telling Mitchy and McScratchy “hell, no!”

Once in 17 years cicada invasion – adventurers tell Don Jones to “eat them tasty bugs!”

 

The Bad:

Disastrous US pullout from Afghanistan reflects the pathetic Vietnam retreat… screaming people stranded at airports, American soldiers left behind, billions in lethal military equipment abandoned for the Taliban or ISIS or whomever to confiscate.  (It also marks the beginning of the Biden pollslide and ramps up chances for Trump 2024.)

 

The Dow: 34,548.43  The Don: 14,210.73

 

JUNE 

The Good:

Economic recovery continues; Labor Dept. reported over 600K new jobs added.  Stocks are soaring, most corporations earning record profits and turning them over to top executives – leading to a spike in sales of luxury items like yachts to Beemers to private islands.  “Tax the Rich” legislation fails.  Pro Publica releases tax returns from the rich (like Mr. Bezos) – they pay less than the average burger flipper.  But the little people are gaining, too… new unemployment claims dropping for 6th straight week… and long-brutalized workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers.

 

Also:

Facebook grows tired of Trump’s bitter rants… suspends him for two years.  Others soon follow suit. (Par.)

State and local governments offering Big Prizes! to those who get vaxxed.  (The sticks fall later.)

Unfilled jobs swelling… 500,000 each in retailing and manufacturing, a cool million in healthcare. (Par.)

More signs of recovery: housing values up, gas prices down and a rare dip in government spending.  (Par.)

The newly divorced and wealth Mrs. Ex-Bezos donates another 3B to charity making Jeffy wince (that’s a thousand voyages into space!). 

Actor Armie Hammer drops into rehab to deal with his cannibalism “issues”.  (Par.)

Diana Warren, a songwriter for Celine Dion does a Cher, giving sanctuary to the sole successful escaped L.A. slaughterhouse cow.

 

The Bad:

With Covid still in retreat, Americans fall back on the Old School method of death… gunfire.  The month’s toll includes a road rager killing 6 year old on LA freeway; 14 shot at NJ house party, ten in Minneapolis, three killed at Ohio bar, three more in Atlanta condo, 22 shot, 2 (later 3) die at Miami rap concert, 8 shot in Savannah, 5 in Cleveland, 4 in Cincinnati, 4 in Yonkers, NY.   Gunslinger clocks thirteen in and around Surprise, AZ; 3 more in Palm Springs; Michigan creep shoots two kids.  Psycho killer ravages Oregon.  3 cops shot in Dallas. 3 more accused of Floyd-like strangling of black man in Tacoma, WA.  A mass shooter clocks 13 in Austin, another kills mother, child and self at a Palm Beach Publix after posting on social media that children should be shot.  Different grocery cashier shot and killed by mask refusehik in Georgia.  Race War heats up – Ocean City, Md police beat, tase and arrest black vapers while Black Revenge Matters vigilante guns down random white people in Columbus – Phenix City (Ga/Al) and the usual gang retaliation toll doubles 2020s.   Killer drivers ram Pride parade in Florida and bicyclists in Arizona.  Tennessee woman deliberately runs down a line of pro-vax marchers, protest-protester runs down woman protester in Minneapolis; presumed nonpartisan car runs down crowd at racetrack in Texas.  New York has 634 gun deaths in first half of 2021, up 64% over last year. 

But plague-lovers take heart… a mysterious new “Delta Variant” is appearing in  the U.K. and especially targeting unvaxxed teens.  (But prior variants like the Peruvian and Vietnamese have come and gone and affected hardly anybody.)

 

The Dow: 34,464.64  The Don: 14,210.59

 

JULY

The Good:

Plague progress splits along party lines.  Red states, loyal to Donald Trump’s “what, me worry?” dictate have largest population of mask and vaxx refuseniks, hospitals are overwhelmed (especially in POThead strongholds like Arizona, Utah, Southwest Missouri and South Dakota), supplies running out, some traitor politicians even bringing back quarantines!  Blue, bicoastal states, on the other hand, are exhumed and reanimated… Bruce Springsteen will play Broadway soon, the Washington Monument and Hollywood’s Chinese Theater to reopen and even some red states bring back the Fourth of July fireworks.

   The bottom line is that, if MAGAnation suicides itself with Covid like the craziest Mideast terrorists with their suicide vests, they’ll do a lot of collateral damage (to grandparents, mostly) but will then die out, leaving America to a Biden dictatorship.  Mixed message, but positive, on balance – unless you still believe in the stolen election.

Also:

A soluble dilemma – too many refugee migrants, too few workers… presto! Braceros!  (Par.)

As Village People sue to stop “YMCA”, Trump rally train tests a new theme: “The Snake”.  Al Wilson’s heirs sue him, too.  (Par.)

America inches up from 19th to 18th place on the World Happiness Index despite the plague.

Optimists say that booster shots won’t be needed for years, if at all.   (Par.)  “Wrong-o,” Rush (doesn’t) whisper from Hell - DJI

Also shot (into space) Bezos and Branson.  They envision private space travel within a few years.

Dems exploit Florida condo collapse as evidence that infrastructure bill needs to be passed.  But all America hails the heroism of rescue workers laboring through storms and heat.  And everybody applauds at the rescue of Binx the Cat.  (Par.)

 

The Bad:

Delta Variant now comprises 20% of US cases and rising while an even stronger Delta Plus is emerging in India.  With ten percent of the Joneses (15M) refusing second shots, leaving them vulnerable to the vaxx-resistant ΔV, Government and corporate goons shelve the carrots and break out the cudgels… Wall Street and Texas hospitals firing resisters and students at Indiana U. are expelled.  42, then 44 states report increases in new cases and/or deaths.  A grim TV doctor warns viewers: “You are either going to get vaccinated or get Covid.”  More fighting and firings to come.  As well as Hurricane Elsa and the assassination of Haiti’s leader (which will lead to more trouble shortly).

The Dow: 34,633.53  The Don: 14,304.62

 

AUGUST

The Good:

President Joe extends the moratorium on evictions of Americans who can’t pay their rent due to the plague – either they’ve gotten it, or their job has disappeared.  (There’s some relief on mortgage payments, too.)

Homelessness, men and women of medicine mostly agree, is not conducive to good health.  People freeze to death in winter, die of heatstroke in summer and are frequently targeted for beatings, or worse, by the police, by cruel teenagers and POTheads (followers of the Party of Trump who direct their anger downwards) out for kicks or, lets face it, each other.

“What the pandemic is doing is it is upending all the structures and supports that we have in place to handle emotional unrest in a small number of people. Now we have a whole lot of people that are experiencing increased anxiety and depression all at once,” said Jonathan Singer, President of the American Association of Suicidology and associate professor of social work at Loyola University in Chicago.  In separate interview with The Guardian UK, Singer also said the there could be a “dramatic increase in suicide deaths, or at least despair.”

Also:

U.S. Olympians gain cereal box covers (and more medals)… notably backup gymnast Suni Lee, replacement gymnast Mykala Skinner and swimmer Caeleb Dressell at the strange, truncated Tokyo Olympics.

700,000 maniacs converge on Sturgis, SD for resumptive biker rally.  To Hell with the plague.

The dangers of the Delta Variant conceded, economists, employers and workers all celebrate a massive half-point drop in the unemployed ledger. 

MTV turns 40, nostalgics remember “when they actually played music videos. 

Animals in the news: Gangs of monkeys battle on the streets of Thailand.  Nanook, the car-chasing abandoned husky finds a forever home.

New Lambda variant fizzles.

Dominion voting machines sues Rudy G. and My Pillow for accusing them of fixing election.  (Par.)

Fellow celebs like Paris Hilton and Cher applaud Britney Spears’ liberation from her father’s conservatorship.

Party of Trumpsters (POTheads) promulgate a strange scenario – G.O.P sweeps House and Senate, impeaches Joe and Kamalala, Speaker McCarthy becomes President, appoints Trump Veep, then resigns so that ol’ 45 becomes the new 48.  (SPar.)

Rising wages and housing values mean more money in pockets to buy Chinese toys.

A pop psychologist declares: “Stressed spelled backward is ‘desserts’.”

 

The Bad:

Back to school nearing and confusion reigns… masks or no masks, vaxxes or no vaxxes, in person or remote learning.  Violent local school board meetings add to chaos.  Refusenik Gov. Ron deSantis (R-Fl) orders his own children not to wear masks.  Delta also causing employers to reimpose mandates and remote employment… which many workers like.

Afghan withdrawal proves an unmitigated disaster. While partisan vaxx and mask marauders do battle on the streets of America and Haitians start digging out of quake rubble that has claimed an official 700 lives (and double that, unofficially), the Taliban take Kabul with little or no resistance.  “Polls showed Americans experiencing bipartisan war fatigue,” said ABC’s Jon Karl.  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani scarpers off to Tajikistan with as much as 169M in cash and the old folks at home call it “Saigon on steroids.” 

 

The Dow: 35,064.25  The Don:  14,296.17 

 

SEPTEMBER

The Good:

Three days after the Nine Eleven, California held its elections to 1) recall and 2) replace Gov. Gavin Newsome.  Part of the million-signature effort was simple revenge against a Democrat for the two impeachments of and stolen election from Republican hero and once and future President Donald Trump.  And Newsome was not without baggage.  Back in the day, CalVoters recalled colorless Gov. Gray Davis and replaced him with Arnold Schwarzenegger… but there was no terminator among potential replacements – only he/she celebrity Caitlin (nee Bruce) Jenner.  Also a man who campaigned with a live bear, a porn star and 43 other assorted California fruits and nuts… the likeliest of which was talk radio host Larry Elder.  Given this menu of alternatives, the voters returned Davis to office by a two to one margin, sending Elder back to his microphone and the rest back to from whence and wherce they came.

President Joe promises to declassify 9-11 documents.  Someday.

Also:

Many inspirational speeches and soundbites attend 20th anniversary of 9-11.

Ordinary citizens and first responders step up to save lives during Hurricane Ida.

Apple CEO Tim Cook gifts himself with a $750M bonus… just because he can.  (SPar.)

March podcast sponsored by The Atlantic cites the 1905 Jacobson v. Massachusetts decision which legalizes government-mandated vaccination, arguing that collective good sometimes outweighs individual rights. (Par.)

Heroic overland escapes from Taliban-tortured Afghanistan by Americans and others.

California Governor Newsome defeats recall by 2-1 margin.  No Governor Caitlyn! L (Par.)

New book credits Gen. Mark Milley with stopping Trump from starting nuclear war.  (Par.)

U.K. P.M. BoJo invokes Miss Piggy and Kermit on climate change 40 days to Glasgow.

Heroic firefighters and lots of silver mylar save General Sherman… the world’s oldest/tallest tree.

 

The Bad:

New infections and deaths rose and fell and rose and fell again until starting to decline in January as the vaxxs rolled out.  They continued to fall until late July, when a sudden spike… attributable to the Delta Variant, holiday gatherings, a loosening of travel and, above all, the politicization of vaxxing which, like masking, could be seen as disloyalty to President (then ex-President) Trump.  This rise only recently peaked and has begun to fall but… as the pessimists (or realists) among doctors and medical reseachers warn… new variants are on the way, some of which will not be affected by the existing Pfizer, Moderna and J&J vaccines (as well as pig dewormer and bleach).

 

The Dow: 35,443.86  The Don: 14,361.00 

 

OCTOBER 

The Good:

With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden, on Thursday evening, signed legislation to avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3. Congress had passed the bill earlier Thursday.  “The back-to-back votes by the Senate and then the House averted one crisis, but delays on another continue as the political parties dig in on a dispute over how to raise the government’s borrowing cap before the United States risks a potentially catastrophic default,” reported the Associated Press.

The House approved the short-term funding measure by a 254-175 vote not long after Senate passage in a 65-35 vote. A large majority of Republicans in both chambers voted against it. The legislation was needed to keep the government running once the current budget year ended at midnight Thursday. Passage will buy lawmakers more time to craft the spending measures that will fund federal agencies and the programs they administer.

 

Also:

The Senate, on a 50-to-50 party-line vote, squelched an amendment by Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas to cut off aid for things such as housing, food and medical benefits after March 31, 2023, for Afghan refugees.  (Par.)

Dr. F. and CDC say holiday family gatherings are a no-no, then pivot, say a maybe-maybe (if every celebrant is vaxxed and there are no old or young people around). 

More good news for kiddies: Pfizer’s juvenile vaxx at 1/3 dose is 91% effective for 5 to 11 year olds while ICE to stop raiding schools, dragging out screaming migrant children and sending them back to from where they came. 

Britney Spears, liberated from conservatorship, thanks her fans and gets a whole “Dancing with the (infected) Stars” soundtrack to herself.

House J-6 committee issues subpoenas to 15 people, including four Trump aides: former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino, former Defense Department official Kashyap Patel and former White House strategist Steve Bannon (who vows to resist). (Par.)

Captain Kirk shat to space for 11 minutes; says “Wow!” One of only 600 now and oldest (90), he philosophizes: “Out there lies coldness, down here, sustenance.”  Sponsor Jeff Bezos dons a cowboy hat.

Speaking of billionaires, MicroSoft says it asked Bill Gates to stop “flirting”, while US Marshalls rescue eight children and bust 18 pedophile kidnappers. 

Not to be out-ego’d, Amazon dubs Jeff’s NHL Seattle Kraken rink “Climate Pledge Arena” after he’s dethroned as Number One by Elon Musk, who garners a $13.8B gift of charging stations for all those Teslas sold to Hertz while embattled Mark Zuckerberg changes FaceBook’s name to Meta to throw authorities off his trail and Richard Branson’s Space X suffers a toilet malfunction.  (Par.)

Unemployment tumbles, so Starbucks responds to worker shortage by raising wages while Ben & Jerry raise prices and cut less profitable flavors.  Good bye, Grey Poupon joint venture (but they still have their mustard wine).

More books, articles and anecdotes about the horrors of Trump manifest for Halloween – old Nixon-slayer Bob Woodward praises National Security Advisor Gen. Mark Milley for preventing Djonald from starting a nuclear war. (Par.)

Celebrity Gaby Petito’s killer Brian Laundrie does all America a favor by killing himself in a swamp.

The week ends on a happy note for the old folks… Social Security payments will rise by an average of almost six percent. 

And McDonald’s brings back the McRib.

 

The Bad:

It was disclosed (and not convincingly refuted) in Michael Wolff’s “Landslide” that, after he abandoned his supporters at the Capitol, ran (or was driven) home to the White House and watched the rest of the J-6 riot on television, former President Trump (reportedly) told a sixpack of sidekicks, including family members and aides Justin Miller and Mark Meadows, that his own, much beloved POTheads looked “like a bunch of Democrats.” (See Attachment One, here).  Parsing this particular truth, Djonald Unaware was far nearer the mark than all of the liberal crybabies in the mass and class media; if anything, he grossly underestimated the comparison of his mob to the left-wing revolutionaries of their grandfathers’ generation who took to the streets of burned out inner cities, various placid university communities and, ultimately, a Democratic convention… sometimes peacefully, sometimes with bombings and terrorism… inaugurating racial and cultural conflicts that persist to this day – strangely linked, through a dark, magical mirror-image, in bipartisan disgust with and disbelief in America’s government and institutions.

 

The Dow: 33,843.92  The Don:  14,369.19

 

NOVEMBER

The Good:

J-6 fades behind us (except for the swelling carbuncle of mass arrests and draconian sentences… active plotters like Steve Bannon face two years max while ordinary rioter who punched a policeman gets 41 months for J-6, the “Q-Anon shaman” gets 51… for real or nebulous crimes such as wearing a horned helmet or “parading”).  A Federal court rules that unindicted mastermind Trump must hand over boxes of incriminating J-6 documents… a higher court overturns this, so it’ll be going to the Supremes.

America goes back to settling personnel and policy by free (maybe not always) fair elections.  Winners include a Trump-dodging Republican in Virginia, a Democratic cliffhanger-er in New Jersey… also an Asian woman as Mayor of Boston.  Minneapolitans decide disbanding the police is a bad idea.

 

Also:

Anti-Trump conservative Kevin Williamson posits the J-6 insurrection as an episode in an Apollonian-Dionysian (as opposed to right-left) feud - Ol’ 45 squarely in the camp of change and chaos, along with Hitler and the 60’s student protests (See: “The American Right Hits Its Hippie Phase” in National Review, Attachment Four, here.)

Pope Francis says President Joe can continue taking Catholic Communion, regardless of the cabal of bishops who want him excommunicated for supporting Roe v. Wade. ((Par.))

Also in Rome, Biden promotes “green steel” (whatever that is) at G-20 summit, then it’s on to Glasgow. (Par.)

Bipatartisan eulogists (except Donald Trump) shower praises on Colin Powell, RIP.  (SPar.)

Atlanta Braves win World Series, then go back to fending off Native Americans who demand cancellation. (Par.)

Monthly economic report cites 500,000 new jobs – many holiday related. 

Split decision on racially charged trials: Ahmaus Arbury defendants (Brunswick, GA) guilty, Kyle Rittenhouse (Kenosha) not.  (Par.)

Traditions return: the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, the Rockettes, in-flight liquor sales, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade and, of course, turkey day itself.  (As ever, President Joe pardons those two fat, spoiled birds while Sen. Cruz (R-Tx) chows down on a Muppet.)

100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  “If we could all live together,” a veteran observes, “we’d do much better.” 

 

The Bad:

Titled and freelance observers largely determine the Glasgow climate summit bottom line to have been below the horizon of expectations.  Failure was in the cards once news that China and Russia would not attend the meetings wafted eastwards from Moscow and Beijing like a cloud of dirty pollutants – not only CO2, but pig, cow (and Biden) farts and… particularly prescient given the extra days and hours of dealmaking, coal smoke.  Particularly offended by the outcome were small island nations that will disappear beneath the waves before the dawn of the 22nd century and young protesters like Greta Thunberg, who called Glasgow a "global north green wash festival."

Back home, inflation strikes Don Jones’ warmth and comfort – heating oil up 39%, propane up 48% and electricity up 6%.  Overall, it’s up 6.2%, highest in 30… no, 31!... years.  And food costs more too… bacon is up 60% to $15 in NYC.  Milk up 9%, Eggs 11%, Beef 13%.  Also: Tyson raises chicken prices (as Trader Joe’s bad birds are recalled)… clothing (up 13%) and televisions (up 10%); holiday inflation finds turkey up 23%, rolls 15%, cranberries 11% and best bargain Pumpkin Pie 7%.  Also up: usuals like gas, General Mills cereals and Chinese toys.  More supply chain victims include Victoria’s Secret – a Christmas without lingerie? 

And breaking just tonight: here comes a brand new, bad new plague variant… Omicron (?) that transmits faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a Delta, able to leap national walls at a single bound: fighting for Truth, Justice and the American Way oops, cancelled, maybe “a sicker tomorrow”?  Not thankful!

 

The Dow: 36,327.96  The Don: 14,550.86

 

 

 

 

NOVEMBER 19 – NOVEMBER 25

 

 

Friday, November 19, 2021

 

Infected: 47,660,779

Dead:  770.691

Dow:  35,601.98

 

 

It’s National Play Monopoly Day!  (Some of us play more seriously than others… )

   A blood moon eclipse welcomes several bloody vigilante murder trials… Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse is found Not Guilty on All Counts.  In Georgia, defense lawyers at the Ahmaud Arbery case protest the presence of a “woke mob” led by “black pastors” like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson trying to intimidate the nearly all-white jury.  And a tipster provokes the FBI to search a New Jersey landfill for long-missing Jimmy Hoffa.

   On the other hand, President Joe pardons Peanut Butter and Jelly, those two insolent, white turkeys gobbling up their feed on the taxpayers’ dime.  And, in a possible case of non-partisan dementia, the Governor of Oklahoma commutes the death sentence of a black prisoner to life.

   The woke (and sleeping world) asks: What have the Chinese done to Peng Shuai? (the tennis star who accused a top Communist official of rape… to each according to his need!... and then disappeared, or was disappeared.)  Rumblings and mumblings of a girlcott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics are heard.

   House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy entertains (or horrifies) colleagues with an Up All Night 8½ hour filibuster not without its own Fellini-esque aspects and remarks.  The Infra 2 bill at issue passed, nonetheless (party-line vote, one Democrat dissenting) – headed to its Manchin of Doom in the Senate.  A rare copy of the Constitution sells for $43M… presumably not to McCarthy (but possibly to a cabal of Wall Street and Oil Street monopolists who plan to set it on fire during one of their weird, witchy rituals).

 

 

Saturday, November 20, 2021

 

Infected:  47,701,872

Dead:  771,013

 

 

           

 

Except in Kenosha, where Rittenhouse riots blaze (and a few of the usual other antifa hot spots like Portland and Minneapolis) and in Washington, where President Joe says he has to stand by the jury’s decision (but Kamala won’t), Don Jones’ attention was turned towards the holidays and the twin terrors of travel and inflation.

    Plane, train and automobile traffic (well, maybe not train) is expected to be at pre-plague levels, airports fully booked and complicated by Biden’s vaccine mandate, which could disappear TSA workers just as the crunch begins.  Road warriors face gas prices higher than $6/gal in California and, once they get to Grandma’s house, inflated turkey, cranberry and turnip casserole outlays (as well as a shortage of toilet paper for post-feast issues).  It won’t get any better next month, either, Christmas trees are in short supply and prices are breaking through the roof, even on the puny Charlie Brown models.\

   Over there, the U.K. faces allegations of racism in, of all things, cricket!  (Send for Malala and her husband.)  A Thames River cleanup proves a mixed blessing… sharks return, and are hungry!

 

 

 

Sunday, November 21, 2021

 

Infected:  47,730,391

Dead:  771,118

                

 

 

Dr. Walensky touting boosters.  16% now have them – they will be made available to everybody soon, and to children now (children infection rate exceeds that of adults).  2021 plague deaths top 2020 toll.  W.H.O. predicts 500K more deaths over winter. 

   Official officials say that the TSA refusenik purge “won’t affect” air travel… as mandate gets extended, TranSec Buttigieg says enfocement will not be a “cliff” (at least not until the holiday rush is over).  Violence is a different story – one gunman in El Paso kills a Southeast employee in the parking lot while another shoots up the Atlanta airport.  Atlanta described as the worst travel hub, along with B and C (Boston and Chicago).

   But there is, at least, some good news… after weeks of menacing silence (and, probably, back-channel negotiations) the Haitian kidnappers agree to release two of their 17 hostages.  Refugees, however, continue to cross into Mexico then congregate on the Rio Grande.

 

 

 

 

Monday, November 22, 2021

 

Infected:  47,888,144

Dead:  772,343

Dow:  35,614.25

 

               

 

Criminal maniac escaping police in a red SUV deliberately plows through crowd at a holiday parade in Waukesha, Wi – a suburb of Milwaukee not far from Kenosha (where the Rittenhouse riots are dying out).  Six are killed, including a child and three members of the “Dancing Grannies” – sixty two injured including more children and a Catholic priest.  The suspect, a rapper and career criminal, was out on one thousand dollars bail for previously mowing down his baby mama with the same SUV.

   Crime towers over the holidays.  Police are still searching for the Atlanta airport gunman.  A pregnant woman is murdered at the baby shower.  Coroners say that celebrity killer Brian Laundrie shot himself to death in the swamp.  And the “flash mob robberies” spread from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Chicago.  (Perhaps a job for Kyle Rittenhouse?)

   SPACE FORCE! on the attack against a harmless asteroid being used as a test to see if they can crash it out of orbital path before another space rock with badder intent menaces the earth (as they do every 16 million years).  And GMA’s Michael Strahan (the gap-tooth wonder) chosen by Jeff Bezos to be a passenger on the next Blue Origin private jaunt.

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

 

Infected: 47,980,780                  Dead:  773,780

Dow:  35,313.80

 

 

With Infra2 passed by the house and on hold in the Senate while Dems lobby Manchin and Sinema, President Joe attacks inflation (and his sagging popularity) by releasing 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Reserve.  Critics say it will lower gas prices by only a dime or 15¢ at most.  In other automotive news, Dodge says it will phase out its greediest gas guzzlers in three years, while Tesla gets unflattering reviews from consumer media and a glitch locks drivers out of their vehicles.  No collaboration implied…

   Mixed news on old problems.  Supply chain concerns ease as stranded container ship backlog drops by half.  But plague is on the march again… particularly among children, whose new infection rate is up 40% for the month.

   Capitol riot probers keep churning out subpoenas.  Targeted this week: conspiracy theory and snake oil peddler Alex (“the Mouth”) Jones, and giant Nixon tattooed Trump sycophant Roger (“the Penguin”) Stone.  Convicted lawyer Michael Cohen, freed from house arrest, rats out Erik Trump.  “Daddy, help!”

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

 

Infected: 48,091,937

Dead:  775,397

Dow:  35,804.38

 

 

 

Busiest travel day since the start of the pandemic.  Psychologists advise Don Jones what to do at family gatherings among people he doesn’t like.  Grief counselers address the empty places at the Thanksgiving table, formerly tenanted by persons who died of Covid (or gunfire or something else).  Professional shoppers advocate moneysaving tips like smaller turkeys or substituting hard-to-find vegetables with other stuff nobody eats.

   Latenite ringmaster Stephen Colbert mocks Biden’s floating of 50 million barrels of oil (hopefully into refineries, then pumps, then cars – not the ocean) and his bandleader Jon Batiste scoops up eleven Grammy nominations.  Other big winners include Billie Eilish, Oliva Rodrigo, H.E.R and Lady Gaga (whose “Versace” movie also opens tomorrow).  And, of course, the Beebs.  

   Also returning after their plague hiatus – the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade,

   Einstein manuscript on relativity reportedly sold for $15M… no confirmation that the buyer was either Marvel Studios or Djonald Unstuck-in-Time – scheming to go back and relive 2017-19 over and over again.

 

 

 

Thursday, November 25, 2021

 

Infected:  48,126,574

Dead:  775,797

Dow:  Closed for Thanksgiving

  

 

 

It’s Thanksgiving Day!  (See Lesson)

   Ahmaud Arber’s relatives and numerous black pastors give thanks as Brunswick, GA jury finds all three defendants guilty of murder and other crimes and face life without for their “driveway assumptions”.  Kyle Rittenhouse, not guilty, is called a “hero” by ex-President Trump and Q-Queen Marjorie Taylor Green nominates him for a Congressional Medal of Honor.

   As for the current Chief Executive, President Joe wishes Don Jones a happy and “closer-to-normal” Thanksgiving.  Then he eats some other, unluckier turkey with Jill while Peanut Butter and Jelly loll and gobble on the taxpayers’ tab.

   And normality may be a thing of the past… a new variant, more transmissible more vaxx-proof and more deadly than the Delta is emerging in South Africa.  Happy holidays?

 

 

 

Fat and stuffed with turkey and grease, Don Jones sat back, watched the games, and then got up to go to the bathroom and excrete.  Mightily.  All of the Index Indicators were maybe up or down a fraction, but it was evident that real movment (not that other movement) would not commence until Monday… when it will be humongous (Christmas shopping madness, debt ceiling crisis, and the just announced new Omicron Variant (the Dow, early today, was crashing).  Enjoy your R&R now because December will be incoming.

 

 

 

 

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%)

 

 

DON JONES’ PERSONAL ECONOMIC INDEX

 

(45% of TOTAL INDEX POINTS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CATEGORY

VALUE

BASE

RESULTS

SCORE

SCORE

OUR SOURCES and COMENTS

INCOME

24%

6/17/13

LAST

CHANGE

NEXT

 11/19/21

 11/26/21

SOURCE 

Wages (hourly, per capita)

9%

1350 points

 10/8/21

   +0.42%

 12/3/21

1,487.38

1,487.38

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/wages  26.26 nc

Median Income (yearly)

4%

600

 11/19/21

  +0.03%

 12/3/21

675.91

676.12

http://www.usdebtclock.org/   35,741

*Unempl. (BLS – in millions

4%

600

 10/1/21

   -4.35%

 12/3/21

436.39

436.39

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS140000004.6% nc

*Official (DC – in millions)

2%

300

 11/19/21

  +0.19%

 12/3/21

528.58

529.58

http://www.usdebtclock.org/      7,374

*Unofficl. (DC – in millions)

2%

300

 11/19/21

   -0.07%

 12/3/21

436.06

436.36

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    13,279

Workforce Participtn.

     Number  

     Percent

2%

300

11/19/21

 

 +0.027%

    -0.55%

 12/3/21

 

 

321.10

 

 

319.34

In 154,148  out 100,469 Total: 254,617

 

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 60.15

WP %  (ycharts)*

1%

150

 10/8/21

   -0.16%

 12/3/21

152.23

152.23

https://ycharts.com/indicators/labor_force_participation_rate  61.60 nc

OUTGO

(15%)

Total Inflation

7%

1050

 11/12/21

+0.9%

 12/3/21

964.60

964.60

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm     +0.9 nc

Food

2%

300

 11/12/21

+0.9%

 12/3/21

270.11

270.11

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm     +0.9

Gasoline

2%

300

 11/12/21

+6.1%

 12/3/21

236.57

236.57

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm     +6.1*

Medical Costs

2%

300

 11/12/21

+0.5%

 12/3/21

283.62

283.62

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm     +0.5

Shelter

2%

300

 11/12/21

+0.5%

 12/3/21

285.89

285.89

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm     +0.5

WEALTH

(6%)

 

Dow Jones Index

2%

300

 11/19/21

    -0.19%

 12/3/21

383.40

382.69

https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/index/DJIA 35,804.38

Home (Sales) 

   (Valuation)

1%

1%

150

150

 11/19/21

   +0.79%

   +0.31%

 12/3/21

199.77

177.56             

201.36

178.11            

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

     Sales (M):  6.29 6.34 Valuations (K):  352.8 nc 353.9

Debt (Personal)

2%

300

 11/19/21

   +0.13%

 12/3/21

265.33

264.99

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    66,558

* Fuel oil up 12.3 for November, 59.1% for year!

 

AMERICAN ECONOMIC INDEX (15% of TOTAL INDEX POINTS) 

NATIONAL

(10%)

 

Revenue (trilns.)

2%

300

 11/19/21

 +0.012%

 12/3/21

346.36     

346.40     

debtclock.org/       4,051

Expenditures (tr.)

2%

300

 11/19/21

  -0.08%

 12/3/21

218.79

218.61

debtclock.org/       6,855

National Debt tr.)

3%

450

 11/19/21

 +0.06%

 12/3/21

317.09

316.89

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    28,991

Aggregate Debt (tr.)

3%

450

 11/19/21

 +0.05%

 12/3/21

371.77

371.59

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    85,089

GLOBAL

(5%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Debt (tr.)

2%

300

 11/19/21

 +0.16%

 12/3/21

274.14     

273.70     

http://www.usdebtclock.org/   7,671

Exports (in billions)

1%

150

 10/8/21

  -2.79%

 12/3/21

 184.54

 184.54

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html  207.9 nc

Imports (bl.)

1%

150

 10/8/21

 +0.52%

 12/3/21

 113.20

 113.20

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html  288.5

Trade Deficit (bl.)

1%

150

 10/8/21

 +9.39%

 12/3/21

   85.46         

   85.46         

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html    80.9

 

SOCIAL INDICES (40%)  

 

ACTS of MAN

(12%)

World Affairs

3%

450

11/19/21

     -0.1%

 12/3/21

381.73

381.35

Olympians and the concerned curious ask: “What has China done to (tennis star) Peng Shuai?  Plague spike motivates Europeans to re-impose travel bans.

Terrorism

2%

300

11/19/21

     -0.4%

 12/3/21

219.07

218.19

SUV ramming Thanksgiving parade in Waukesha called deliberate – kills 7, injures 62.  Amok Time in Jerusalem: Hamas gunman killed by cops.

Politics

3%

450

11/19/21

     -0.1%

 12/3/21

439.47      

439.03      

Congress up all night enduring Kevin McCarthy’s anti stim-2 filibuster.  For its part, the Pentagon will launch another UFO investigation.

Economics

3%

450

11/19/21

     +0.2%

 12/3/21

403.03

403.84

Fed. Chair Jerome Powell re-nominated as new unemployment claims hit 52 year low.  But holiday inflation finds turkey up 23%, rolls 15%, cranberries 11% and best bargain Pumpkin Pie 7%.  Also up: usuals like gas, General Mills cereals and Chinese toys.  More supply chain victims include Victoria’s Secret, foreign automakers and lotsa Big Boxers, but the ranks of waiting container ships in harbors are being lowered by half.

Crime

1%

150

11/19/21

       -0.3%

 12/3/21

237.78

237.07

Oregon state troopers seize 250 tons of “illegal” marijuana.  Holiday flash-mob “shoppers” commit waves of smash-n’-grab robberies at high-end boutiques, ordinary muggers and mall murderers attack the dollar store shoppers while cybercrooks create a 300% rise in ransomwarring.  500th  murder recorded in Philadelphia as FBI, over the river, sifts through New Jersey landfill for Jimmy Hoffa.  California couple in the wind after stealing Covid relief funds.  Evil woman convicted of burglaries plotted after reading obituary pages.  Haitian kidnappers free two of 17 hostages.

 

ACTS of GOD

 

(6%)

 

Environment/Weather

3%

450

 11/19/21

        -0.1%

 12/3/21

380.97

380.59

Thames River cleanup has unexpected problem: sharks.  Summer fires destroyed 20% of all giant sequoias.  Fresh off Glasgow summit, Biden will float 50M barrels of oil to depress prices.  Weathermen predict a La Niña (mild) winter.

Natural/Unnatural Disaster

3%

450

 11/19/21

        -0.1%

 12/3/21

218.63

218.41

Hundreds of FedEx packages thrown down a ravine in Alabama.  Two bags of cash fall out of the back of speeding armored car.  48 killed in Bulgarian bus crash, 57 in Russian mining disaster.

 

LIFESTYLE/JUSTICE INDEX   (15%)

 

Science, Tech, Education

4%

600

 11/19/21

     +0.3%

 12/3/21

401.66

402.86

NASA launches rocket to knock asteroid off course in test.  Blue Origin selects GMA host Michael Strahan as next celebrity astronaut. Old Apollo hand’s advice: “look out the window.”

Equality (econ/social)

4%

600

 11/19/21

     +0.1%

 12/3/21

406.40

406.81

Biden overturns Trump jihad against gay foster parents and nominates a “woman of color” (unnamed by the media) as new Budget Secretary.  Liberals call for “reparations” for illegal border crossers who suffered “trauma”. 

Health

     

          

            Plague

4%

600

 11/19/21

       nc

 

 

  

      -0.7%

 12/3/21

396.86

 

 

 

- 102.92

396.86

 

 

 

- 103.64

U.S. birthrate declines for sixth straight year (WashPost).  Flu revivifies after an off year due to Covid-imposed masking and social distancing.  Facebook/META investigated as harmful to children’s mental health. The crazy and menacing posts are harmless to adults?

Omicron (potential planet-killer) Covid variant emerges in South Africa as  Eurospike brings lockdowns, riots and panic.  American fourth-wave plague creeps in too, despite public denialism: 2021 toll exceeds 2020’s, FDA recommends booster shots for everybody.  General Hospital refusenik star Steve Burton gets his walking papers.

Freedom and Justice

3%

450

 11/19/21

     +0.5%

 12/3/21

460.42

462.72

Three Ahmaud Arbury defendants guilty.  Kyle Rittenhouse not – he hits the interview circuit, tells Tucker Carlson he wants to be a lawyer.  Riots fail to manifest in former, fizzle out in latter. Happy holiday for prisoners: Oklahoma Governor commutes inmate’s death sentence, Missouri man freed after 43 years (witness admits she lied).  NYC vows to “rein in” creepy AI hiring tools.  Neo-Nazis face $125M judgment in Charlottesville riots.  House probers indict two more J-6 clowns (Stone, Jones) and members of alt-right groups like Proud and Boogaloo Boys, Three Percenters and Oath Keepers.  All of them!  Michael Cohen, sentence served, rats out next patsy: Erik Trump!  “Daddy!”

 

MISCELLANEOUS and TRANSIENT INDEX           (7%) 

 

Cultural incidents

3%

450

 11/19/21

   +0.3%

 12/3/21

 535.16

 535.77

It’s award-a-palooza time!  Bryce Harper and Shohei Ohtani win AL and NL MVPs.  BTS rocks AMA.  Bandleader Jon Batiste nominated for eleven Grammies (see list here). 

Miscellaneous incidents

4%

450

 11/19/21

   +0.2%

 12/3/21

 487.92

 488.90

Millions of Americans hit the road, air and water for (almost) back-to-normal Thanksgivings with the Macy’s parade, turkey n’ dressing, NFL and scolding wokesters.  JFK and son again fail to manifest in Dallas, but Q-Anon faithful are undeterred… they’ll stay through the winter if they have to.  RIP: Peter Buck (Subway sandwich founder)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Don Jones Index for the week of November 19th through November 25th, 2021 was UP 2.44 points.

 

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