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I’ll begin this morning with a remarkable apt and unintentionally amusing graphic illustrating the sea-change which is coming up in U.S. politics in nine short months. Of course, pedo-tubby will try to subvert the entire election process, but it won’t work. This bungled war is going to be the coup de grace.
We are interested in markets here on Slope, and lately there has been an explosion lately in what are essentially legalizing gambling sites known as prediction markets. The largest is Polymarket, where you can be on just about anything imaginable, including this unlike scenario:
We greet a brand-new day of General Bonespur’s Epstein Fury, and I am delighted to see a sea of red quotes.
Most indexes have cut below the panic lows of Sunday/Monday, and in spite of the market’s absolutely BIZARRE rally yesterday to levels that were seen before the war even started, all our bullish friends have had their clocks cleaned. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch.
Let’s tackle a big subject today, which is how to live our lives thoughtfully. I’ve been giving this some thought and would like to share them with you on this Presidents’ Day. Forgive its length, but, c’mon, the market is closed, so what else are you gonna do?
