Monday Musings - September 16, 2024

 

1. Welcome to the third Monday of September. The month is speeding past meaning that there remain only 15 Monday in the year. 

Kayaks on the Beach
Cove Road Park, FL
September 4, 2024

2. Chris and I completed a 12.5 mile ride on Saturday through Seabranch State Preserve and near Port Salerno. We stopped at Cove Road Park to enjoy the scenery as we looked out upon the ICW. Along the ride we saw three tortoises and enjoyed a relatively quiet Saturday morning. 

3. The news has been crazy lately. I am distressed that some people feel the need to determine the upcoming election through the use of bullets rather than the ballot box. I would hate to have one of the candidates martyred. 

4. Family NFL Report. Family teams went 2-3 this week. The Steelers remain the only undefeated team, while the Ravens are struggling for their first win. 

Ravens (0-2) lost to Raiders (1-1), 23-26 

Steelers (2-0) defeated Broncos (0-2), 13-6

Cowboys (1-1) were blown-out by Saints (2-0), 19-44

Commanders (1-1) defeated Giants (0-2), 21-18

Dolphins (1-1) lost to Bills (2-0), 10-31

5. Financial snapshot past to present:

    S&P 500

         January 15, 2021 - 3768.25 (Last Friday of Trump presidency)

         September 13, 2024 - 5626.02 (Most recent Friday of Biden presidency)

     Change: +1857.77 or 49.30 percent increase

6. Today in History. On September 16, 1620, the Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the Americas with 102 passengers. The ship was headed for Virginia, where the colonists—half religious dissenters and half entrepreneurs—had been authorized to settle by the British crown. However, stormy weather and navigational errors forced the Mayflower off course, and on November 21 the “Pilgrims” reached Massachusetts, where they founded the first permanent European settlement in New England in late December.

Thirty-five of the Pilgrims were members of the radical English Separatist Church, who traveled to America to escape the jurisdiction of the Church of England, which they found corrupt. Ten years earlier, English persecution had led a group of Separatists to flee to Holland in search of religious freedom. However, many were dissatisfied with economic opportunities in the Netherlands, and under the direction of William Bradford they decided to immigrate to Virginia, where an English colony had been founded at Jamestown in 1607.

To learn more about the Pilgrims and their time in Leiden, before sailing to England and boarding the Mayflower in Plymouth, read the Pilgrims in Leiden.

Dana Bash and JD Vance clash over baseless claims about Haitian immigrants - CNN

The man detained owns a construction company in Hawaii, had criticized Trump on social media and is a Ukraine supporter - CNN

Germany angers European neighbors as it tightens migration along all land borders - CNN

Boeing strike: bosses bruised, blindsided and on brink of crisis - Reuters

Central European flooding widens as death toll rises - Reuters

US Naval Academy to defend race-conscious admissions policies at trial - Reuters

Ukraine asks UN, ICRC to join humanitarian effort in Russia's Kursk region - Reuters

Ukraine's spy chief says North Korean military aid to Russia presents major battlefield problem - Reuters

Fed Enters Tricky Terrain: Rate Cuts in a Decent Economy - The Wall Street Journal

-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL 

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