SCOTUS Broker Liability Case Signals Major Shift for Trucking
If you aren’t familiar with how insane nuclear lawsuits are - listen to Matt break it down for you. This is why the SCOTUS broker liability case is a much watch for anyone in trucking.
Scott MacFarlane Quits CBS, Citing Frustrations with Bari Weiss
Why did CBS News Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane decide to exit the network? He didn't say in his farewell note to colleagues. But, privately, he had been more candid about his frustrations under Bari Weiss. Details in @get_status: https://www.status.news/p/scott-macfarlane-cbs-news-exit-bari-weiss
Repealing Jones Act Would Instantly Boost U.S. Oil Transport
"On the other hand, repealing the Jones Act, which would allow non-U.S. tankers to transport oil between U.S. ports, would immediately have salutary effects" 🔥 https://t.co/mIuRPyAKFY https://t.co/Rcxft259fv
Chronic Pain Requires Years, Not Two‑Month Fixes
PAIN takes PATIENCE It takes years to develop chronic pain. We can’t fix that in two months. 
Oil’s Wild Swing Reignites Doubts About Market Recovery
Crude oil shot up toward $120/bbl, then plunged back below $90/bbl, swinging stocks, bonds, gold, and the dollar along the way. Is the market meltdown really over? #USIranWar #crudeoil #stockmarket #dollar #macro #trading https://t.co/9oO6NbDLq3
Oil Surge Prompts Trump to Reevaluate Jones Act
"Oil Prices: Crude's Wild Day Has Trump Rethinking the Jones Act" https://t.co/YKhaomLkrd For the record, it's technically not "trutherism" if it's - you know - the actual Truth. https://t.co/7CZuzc3gja
Delta's $6,000 Flight Swap Offer Went Unclaimed
Delta was offering passengers $6,000 to change their flight and nobody took it lol yall got me fukd up cause I would’ve been staying extra day somewhere
WTI Crude Plummets 24%, Speculation Unwinds
Crude Oil WTI Plunged by 24%, Back Below $88, from $116 Overnight. Gasoline Futures -16%. Manic Speculation Unwinds. The Futures Market is where the Imbeciles go nuts. https://t.co/uWAJTgQkXb https://t.co/EdZk8SVqd6
Music Assets Surge While Public Music Stocks Hit Lows
Music is more popular than ever as an asset class in private markets, but publicly-traded music companies are near their all-time low stock prices. Quite the paradox.
BPI's Long-Term Appeal Threatened by Rate Cuts
BPI feels like a long term winner. Then again, the Bangko Sentral is lowering rates and NIM compression should follow
Viral Fame Now only Pays Through Traditional Media Gigs
We're going back to the days when the only way to profit from being viral online was to spin it into some sort of traditional media job :/
He’ll Keep Oil Above $100, Not Below $80
My 2-cent take — he’ll try to jawbone to keep oil below $100, but he won’t deescalate to bring oil below $80 (to the extent he’s really in control here anyway). And the oil floor probably keeps going up while...
VIP Priority Grounds Flights, Passengers Left Waiting
My flight has been stuck on the ground at Miami International Airport for 45 minutes after the pilot made an announcement about a special "VIP" taking off, leading to a stop for all other aircraft. IYKYK...
Trump Hints at Lifting Sanctions Until Hormuz Clears
Unclear whether President Trump referred to the already announced easing of Russian oil sanctions for India, or something new. In any case, this is what he said: "We have sanctions on some countries. We're going to take those sanctions off till...
Oil Slides as Hormuz Transits Expected to Ease War Impact
*WTI OIL DROPS AS MUCH AS 10% TO $85.52/BBL AT START OF [Tuesday] TRADING *TRUMP SAYS IRAN WAR WILL END 'SOON' BUT NOT THIS WEEK Not to be callous ... but the market really cares about oil tankers moving through the Strait...
Babies in Business Class: No Complaints, Great Experience
I just did something controversial. I brought my one-year-old as a lap infant in long-haul business class. And hot take: I’m ready to do it again. She slept 7 hours, woke up for breakfast, and loved watching the landing. And not...
US and Israel Signal Extended Iran Conflict Through September
The signal from Washington and Jerusalem is that this runs through September or later— long enough to set expectations, long enough to signal to the Mullahs and IRGC we have staying power in a war of attrition, long enough to buy...
Tomahawk
There are a finite number of countries that possess Tomahawk missiles. Iran is not one of them.
Supreme Court Ruling Could Obliterate 90% of Freight Brokers
If the Supreme Court rules that brokers can be held liable for accidents, it will be a doomsday event for most brokers. We could see 90% of freight brokers wiped out due to nuclear lawsuits, which they are significantly underinsured to...
Somebody Feed Phil Shifts to YouTube via Banijay
Phil Rosenthal’s ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ Moving From Netflix to YouTube - under new Banijay deal https://t.co/tP88pTFrSk
Lawyers' Lawsuit Threats Keep Brokers Blind to Truckers' Credentials
Because of lawyers and threat of nuclear lawsuits, the brokers don’t want knowledge of a trucker’s qualifications. It’s wrong, but it’s the ambulance chasing lawyers’ fault.
Avoid Federal Limits on Build‑to‑Rent: Preserve Housing Supply
I deleted a couple posts criticizing a letter from 100+ YIMBY groups that was mostly quite good, but erred (IMHO) in supporting what is effectively a partial ban on build-to-rent construction. My word choices in those posts were too callous, and...
50 Buyers Snap Up New eCom Retention Vault
It's been a long time since @yojimmykim and I have launched anything new. 50 people grabbed the eCom Retention Vault in the first few hours. Didn't expect that. https://t.co/Nvu2sCggkD Thank you 🙏
Speculating Maduro's Ouster as Venezuela Insurance Against Iran
Is it feasible that Maduro was taken off the board to use Venezuela as some sort of insurance policy against attacking Iran leading to tighter oil supply or is that silly
Nostalgic Ship 29 View Sparks Hope for V3 Shots
Interesting older view looking up into Ship 29. Hope we get to see some V3 shots like this soon.
Trump Predicts Iran War Ending Soon, Critiques New Leader
President Trump just finished speaking on the Iran situation now. Here is a summary of his key comments. He says the war will end very soon (but not this week) and he is disappointed by the new supreme leader's appointment. Oil...
Risky Raid May Be Only Way to Secure Iran's Uranium
Special Operations Raid To Secure Iran’s Enriched Uranium May Become A Very Risky Necessity A raid is fraught with risk, but it may become the only way to make sure the nuclear material is safe and out of the regime's hands. https://t.co/Wlqxk84kyf
SpaceX Accelerates with First Raptor 3 Test on Pad 2
It may feel like it has been a long time coming, but when you appreciate the scale of the work here, SpaceX have moved at blistering speed. It's a thing of beauty. 😍 https://t.co/1Z2CALxsCe
Trump Overestimated Oil Surge After Strike Decision
President Trump said that he knew oil would go up if he went forward with the strikes...and it went up less than he thought. That's wild. How high was he expecting?
IPV Doesn’t Block Infection, but Stops Paralytic Polio
Actually he has it a bit backwards, those vaccinated with IPV can still acquire poliovirus and shed virus, but it prevents the virus from entering the bloodstream + protects almost 100% paralytic polio, just like the Covid vaccine protects 80-90%...
Mortgage Intent Index Peaks Highest in Over Two Years
A great dataset I recently got access to: Xactus Mortgage Intent Index. Xactus processes credit pulls in the mortgage application process. The index is based on actual apps. It is highly correlated with the Altos weekly pendings data. Now at highest...
USO Gaps Remain Unfilled, Signaling Potential Bullish Move
$USO.. don't count oil out yet... didn't even fill the gap.. could be a bullish sign...+6% from the day's low @stockcharts More from me: https://t.co/AEHbNDK3Qe https://t.co/329u34lpLv
WTI Crashes 10% to $85.52 After Comments
Oil plummeted on these comments West Texas Intermediate slumped as much as 10% to $85.52 a barrel, after climbing to nearly $120
Van Allen Probe A to Reenter Earth Ahead of Schedule
NASA's Van Allen Probe A, launched in 2012, is expected to reenter tmrw (Mar 10) ~7:45 pm ET (uncertainty of +/- 24 hrs). Some components may survive. When mission ended in 2019, expected reentry was 2034, but solar activity was higher than...
Buy Low, Sell High: Leverage Cash‑Flow for $50M Exit
The acquisition math nobody shows you: Buy at 3–5x earnings Sell at 8–12x earnings 10 businesses × $500K profit = $5M EBITDA $5M EBITDA × 10x = $50M exit Businesses you paid nothing for Funded by the cash flow they already produced This is the game. Learn...
Trump’s Oil Sanctions Threaten War Funding, Ukraine Must Counter
Well then, if Trump is going to lift sanctions on Russian oil in order to bring down the sky-high oil prices that he himself foolishly helped trigger, then I think the absolute priority now should be destroying not just Russia’s...
Sunday Ticket Lawsuit Revives: Appeal Court Hearing Update
The Sunday ticket lawsuit is not dead yet, and may have some runway. My story for @awfulannouncing on today’s appeal court hearing. https://t.co/CAof0u2LU5
Oil Market Sees Historic $35/Bbl Intraday Plunge
No doubt a day for the oil market history books. Nearly $35/bbl of intraday crude price chomp is wild. And this is far from over yet. https://t.co/nrgOddtT5n
Weighing Partnership Payoff Against Life Balance
You’re 37, Corporate Lawyer, New York. $550k income. Married, 2 kids. $600k retirement $300k brokerage $200k cash. You’re on the partnership track, but the hours are brutal. Some say partnership is worth the grind. Others say quality of life matters more. Option A: Stay for the partnership...
DARPA's X-76 to Test Fold‑Away Rotors By
Bell’s X-76 Fold-Away Rotor Aircraft Is DARPA’s Newest X-Plane Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed. https://t.co/Q9nYT16ovV
RBOB at $2.52 Signals Potential Gas Price Decline
RBOB $2.52.. is that print right? Oof... gas prices may actually fall from the current AAA average... https://t.co/37XEXRl4Ts
Historically Cheap Gas at $4/Gal Sparks Expected Complaints
$4/gallon gas is extremely affordable, historically speaking.. it's really not a big deal.. but there will be lots of whining (if we get there.. looks like we could top out around $3.80) Chart from Jeff Weniger at @WisdomTreeFunds https://t.co/VHUBGSZ7jG
Oil's Massive Move Shows Perfect VWAP Trend Day
🚨 Oil just woke up. Biggest weekly move since the 1980s Then another 12% move today. Perfect trend day structure: 📈 Momentum leg 📉 Pullback to +1 VWAP deviation 💥 Buyers step in 🚀 Continuation higher Those were clean PDC trades all day. Pulled 6K trading CL today. Comment VWAP...
Airborne Tactics to Neutralize Transformers without Explosives
Taking out a power transformer/relay station from the air perhaps? A couple interesting ways to do that from the air without high explosive.
Iran Vows Economic Chokehold, Dismisses Cease‑fire, Wall Street Skeptical
Iranians told CNN their strategy is to choke the world economy until Trump is forced to remove U.S. forces from being able to threaten Iran. Wall Street doesn’t believe they can or will. https://t.co/iYUzaEGQy7
First Closure Hard, Repeated Closures Become Effortlessly Easy
Shutting down Hormuz the first time is like withdrawing from a golf tournament the first time. The second time becomes soooo much easier and will happen with much less provocation.
Herald Square Exits Hinder Neighborhood Access, Users Agree
It’s the exits from those trains in the herald square station which are suboptimal entry points into the neighborhood. Other use agree with this 110%
Vertex Drug Cuts Kidney Disease Marker in Late-Stage Trial
Vertex $VRTX says its drug successfully reduced marker of kidney disease in late-stage trial https://t.co/TbEkcHVYBB via @Jasonmmast
Oracle Sets New Standard for Intelligent, Secure Healthcare Solutions
Oracle isn’t just working to keep pace with industry change. We’re setting the standard by delivering intelligent and secure solutions that can directly impact patient care and boost efficiency across the healthcare ecosystem. Here’s what you can expect this week at...
China’s Power Grid Outpaces U.S. Capacity by Far
China’s Electricity System Is the Real Story Behind the World's First Electrostate What makes China unique is the scale, structure of its power system. China's utilities control more generating capacity than the entire United States. https://markhamhislop.substack.com/p/chinas-electricity-system-is-the