The CPI numbers have hit, and for the first time in half a year, the expectation actually met reality.
Immediate CPI Reaction
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em
You are disappointing me, Slope. Truly disappointing me! I’m in my 21st year of doing this, and in spite of all the features crammed onto the site, this is the kind of subscription “growth” I’ve enjoyed this year. How should this make me feel? Don’t go breaking my heart!
Carvana Nirvana
TACO Strikes Again!
There were two big pieces of trade news over the weekend. First, your hero granted China YET ANOTHER “pause” on tariffs of 90 days, and at this point, let’s just accept the fact the Tubs is going to keep extending and pausing until he drops dead. TACO has struck yet again, because the man’s word means as much as his first two failed marriages, and the performative “Liberation Day” nonsense (complete with all the characters from Sesame Street’s song “Who Are the People In Your Neighborhood?) was clearly nothing more than a cruel joke.
Skid Row Bar
