Argus Hamilton's Rogue Report

The New York Times reported Friday there's growing concern in the Texas oil industry over what seismologists call the significant number of earthquakes rocking West Texas recently. You can't make it up. The cost of doing business is so high in California even the earthquakes are moving to Texas.

• The White House gave a proclamation today designating February as Black History Month. Last year, President Biden raised a lot of eyebrows by announcing a federal handout of thirty million crack pipes in the middle of Black History Month. It solidified Biden's ranking as America's edgiest comedian.

• The United Nations Refugee Agency issued an international plea for flood relief for Central Asia that was devastated by the floods last August. I'm sure they all want to get back to their normal lives. The people of Pakistan say they are in desperate need of fertilizer, nails, batteries, timers and backpacks. Elizabeth Warren hinted Sunday President Biden might find Kamala Harris to be a drag on the ticket in 2024. The numbers say it all. President Biden is polling at twenty-four percent in New Hampshire, ten points behind Pete Buttigieg, while Kamala is polling at two percent, tied with skim milk.

• The White House trumpeted the latest jobs report showing the U.S. employment rate very high and the Federal Reserve says we may avoid recession after all. The polls show the public mood isn't that optimistic. The administration can claim the economy is better, but everything costs and arm and an egg.

• President Biden extended the health emergency which gave health authorities dictatorial powers Monday from March 1st to the middle of May. The virus suddenly fell off the news exactly one year ago and it became an afterthought. You can say what you want about Putin, but he ended the pandemic.

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• Ukraine's President Zelensky traveled to Florida to speak to supporters in Palm Beach last week and expressed gratitude for Allied support. Just last week, Germany set off alarms by announcing they are sending tanks to Ukraine. I wonder if they'll go through Poland just for old times' sake.

• The White House confirmed Monday that President Biden will travel to Poland to mark the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine. They absolutely love Biden in Poland. The people of Poland feel a natural affection for our president because Polish jokes and Joe Biden jokes are interchangeable.

• President Biden thankfully said no Monday when asked by reporters if he's sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to help them fight the Russians. Vladimir Putin is widely rumored in Moscow to be suffering from cancer. It's Joe Biden's job to keep the rest of us from getting the radiation treatments.

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