Weekly Highlights!

April 27, 2023

My wife and I were on vacation in the Dominican Republic for 10 days. What a beautiful country! So, I am slightly behind in writing. These are my comments for the past week:

-I had to travel with a passport and complete immigration papers to get into the DR. I also had my picture taken. All my travel luggage and carry-ons were X-rayed. Migrants illegally crossing the US. southern border just walk in!

-NC elections laws are being changed. No more late ballots and drop boxes. Good idea.

–Narcan has been approved for OTC sales. Narcan is a nasal spray used to reverse opioid overdosing. Sales to begin this summer. This drug will save lives, but also increase opioid use. Closing the southern border will save more lives.

Bud Light lost its Marketing VP. She selected a trans man as the national spokesman. Sales for that Belgium Company owned beer dropped through the floor.

Biden needs to focus on China’s mineral supply chain. China processes 68% of the world’s nickel, 59% of lithium, 73% of cobalt, and 40% of the world’s copper. China has mines all over Africa. The Biden administration is more focused on diversity and racial justice.

Cal-Maine is America’s largest producer of eggs. That company produces about 12 billion eggs per year. Egg prices have risen from $1.80 to $4.25 in the last 15 months. Avian flu, fuel prices, feed prices and labor costs resulted in this increase.

Gas prices are back above $4.80/gal. See Chart below. Thank You Joe Biden.

The 3 major credit bureaus in the US. have removed most medical debt from consumer credit reports after pressure from the Biden Admin. Currently, forty-three million people owe a total of $88 billion in medical debt. The federal spokesperson said, “medical debt is really not debt.” Debts under $500 are targeted for removal from credit scores. Can you imagine what will happened to those unpaid debts?

Lastly, Biden pledged $500 million of taxpayer money to help end the de-forestation of the rain forest in Brazil. I say let Brazil handle that problem. The country has grown rich from the sale of timber and has a GDP of $1.6 trillion.