Culinary art in progress.

Investors Balk at Plan to Buy Coal Mines and Close Them - WSJ

Citigroup Inc. and its partners abandoned the creation of a fund that aimed to shorten the life of coal mines after the group struggled to convince investors of the plan’s green-energy merits

Apparently the Market doesn’t like to put money into stupid ideas.

And that’s saying something in a year where GameStop is up 802%, AMC is up 1,349%, and Dogecoin is up 2,980%.

For the record, S&P 500 is +25% for the year, and Citigroup is -0.6%.

Morning garage projects with son:

✔️Replace truck side mirror

✔️Build jellybean dispenser

Army And Navy Both Forfeit Football Game, Leave Billions Worth Of Equipment On The Field - The Babylon Bee

In a press conference later that day, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin proudly announced that it was “the greatest football game ever played in history.” 

Vladimir Putin Names His Price - WSJ Opinion

“The line pursued by the United States and NATO over recent years to aggressively escalate the security situation is absolutely unacceptable and extremely dangerous,” a Russian foreign ministry official said, apparently without irony.

118 years of flight.

Southwest Airlines CEO Tests Positive for Covid-19 - WSJ

Stop writing these stories. This is not news.

Hillary Clinton Reportedly Considering Losing Again In 2024 - The Babylon Bee

ITT Tech Political Science Professor Glenn Measure commented, “Again and again, public opinion polls show that vast majorities of people would choose Hillary Clinton as the person they would most want to see the Presidency dangled in front of, only to have it yanked away in the most painful and humiliating way possible.”

Psaki Blames Inflation On Little Elves That Change Prices In The Middle Of The Night - The Babylon Bee

The White House is pushing back at the idea that inflation is related to any of President Biden’s policies.