Extraterrestrial Inflation Phenomena
X-Files references were pervasive on Monday.
"If the truth is out there, it certainly is not apparent yet," The New York Times joked, in a lead article documenting the Pentagon's efforts "to make sense" of the three UFOs US fighter pilots shot down over Alaska, Canada and Michigan since Friday.
A NORAD general refused to rule out "aliens or extraterrestrials." "I'll let the intel community figure that out," he told a reporter. That's just conspiracy fodder for Americans who desperately want to
Reading this article brought to mind A Canticle For Leibovitz, by Walter M. Miller,Jr.
That is to say an eerie and concerning feeling of similarity.
Note also that the Author of the partlally Nuclear related book–A Canticle for Leibovitz– took his own life in 1997.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_M._Miller_Jr.
They certainly are not of alien or extraterrestrial origin. My chief concern is that they contain some sort of jamming equipment to be used against missiles directed at Russia or China in the event of a nuclear exchange.
Here’s what I know for sure: We have more pins than are needed to pop these balloons, the pins are much more expensive than the balloons they are popping, the ‘nese have a sense of humor and know how to laugh out loud, oh, and I don’t think we have silos in Lake Huron. We did used to have Nikes (for those that still remember) right on Lake Michigan.
“Geopolitics can hijack markets”
What a quaint old notion. Alongside earnings mattering.
All we should care about is whether or not the algos care.