Welcome to a new week, and that one awkward time of the year when we’ve just emerged from weeks of on-again, off-again holidays only to face in just a matter of days ANOTHER freakin’ holiday. Groan. Ah, well. Let’s focus on what’s before us.

The big news today, of course, is that on top of overcharging the government for its “defense” contracts, Boeing has found itself in the business of selling planes whose parts come flying off during midflight. In a rational world, this would crater the stock 90%, it’s down just about 8% this morning, since they figure that Yellen will introduce the Boeing Support Finance Program or some such thing. In any case, a drop is a drop, so I’ll take it.