NO!
We are not talking about the ludicrous South Canadian publicity films of the Fifities that abjured sense and fact in lieu of 'Duck And Cover', which would protect you from a nearby nuclear explosion. In your dreams. Art!
No, I have no idea why he's wearing a bow-tie. Well-dressed for the apocalypse party?
ANYWAY that's not what we're on about here at BOOJUM! No, today we are going to cover 'lame duck' as I've threatened before, and the entities involved do indeed covet, except what they covet is a time-machine so they can turn back time.
SO, a Lame Duck is described in my Brewer's as a "Stockjobber or dealer who would not, or could not, pay his losses, so that he 'had to waddle out into the alley like a lame duck".
I know what you're thinking. 'What the deuce is a 'stockjobber' when it's at home? Not the same as a stockbroker. A stockjobber held stock in their own account, seeking to make a profit thanks to variations in the markets. Art!
Because a stockjobber is irredeemably dull
Over time this expression expanded to include people or entities that cannot compete with their peers, and in South Canadian politics has come to mean the sitting Prez who loses the election in November but doesn't leave office until January. Or whom looks weak in office thanks to Einstein Phials (sp?). Art!
Welcome back to the share price of DJT's stock! We haven't visited this graph for months and months, yet here we are again. You can see from the dates that DJT's value was highest when the Orange Land Whale took office in January of this year. Art!
Since then the value of his stock has steadily diminished, with a rally in April that didn't last, and as the chart show, each share is now down to $11.07. We mentioned 'lame ducks' above and the continued fall of his DJT stock may reflect the fact that none of the candidates he endorsed for state elections in early November were successful. Neither is his stock if it's lost 75% of it's value in 10 months. So much for those who bought them hoping that their value would soar stratospherically once he was Prez. Alas no. Art!
This is 'Ryan Kinel', whose self-named Youtube 'Ryan Kinel - RK Outpost' channel you see now. Ryan is always worth a watch as his vlogs are always very succinct, usually no more than 5 or 6 minutes long, and his kinetic - and often swear-laden - commentary leaves you in no doubt where he stands on any particular issue. In this vlog he takes aim at Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, and lambasts him severely, both for causing the problems that led to him resigning before they got too bad, and then coming back like a knight in rusty armour to turn things around. Ryan quotes data from Disney's quarterly earnings report, and - you may be ahead of me here - they aren't good. Art!
Allow me to post another graphic that illustrates how the shareholders felt about the verrrry disappointing news concerning Disney. Art!
A $12 dollar drop overnight. The reasons are that Disney has not made a mint from their streaming service Disney+, nor have they been anywhere near anywhere near successful at the box office. Ryan states that the only thing keeping Disney financially viable are their theme parks, which are now hiking prices to try and recoup their entertainment arm losses. Art!
The House Of Mouse Lacks Nous
Since Iger's return in 2022 their share price has hovered at just under or over $100, which is not the return investors were promised. O what these people would give for a time-machine! Art!
Thanks to 'Beefeater' for posting this Tweet on the morally dubious Twitter platform. Lukoil and Rosneft were placed under sanctions by South Canada recently, and Holy Heck! what happened here is unprecedented, since sanctions normally take months if not years to have an effect. Not in 2025. This is the worst position on the stock market for Lukoil in 2 years, with investors now horribly anxious that their refineries abroad are going to be seized by the Global West, har har!
Being slightly more serious, this is an 18.6% fall in share price, wiping $9.5 billion from their portfolio. Who wants a time-machine now?
I cannot find an up-to-date graph for Rosneft, only that their share price has dropped by 35% to ₽382, or $4.75. TARDIS, anyone? Art!
Conrad's Mordant Prediction
If you are currently watching, or intend to watch 'Billionaire's Bunker' then I strongly suggest you skip this item, as there will be SPOILERS.
Quite sure you want to continue? Fair enough.
Okay, the premise is that a luxurious underground bunker has been created in an existing cavern deep beneath a lake, where for between $40 or $80 million, you can buy a place. Hence the title. Art!
Shortly after the 'guests' get the warning to enter the bunker, World War Three breaks out on the surface above and the bunker goes into shutdown, cut off from the outside world by lack of antennas.
Except none of the above is true. It's all smoke and mirrors, revealed in Episode 2, as the 'staff', led by Minerva and her creepy brother Zico, intend to fleece the guests of every last cent they have. Art!
We are supposed to believe that this is the only access and egress from 'Kimera', the bunker in question. How did they manage to get industrial plant down that exceedingly narrow lift to excavate and construct? Now that they're sealed inside the bunker, what about emergency exits? Art!
A plot point our hero takes pains to explore.
My cynical self also reckons that Minerva and Zico cannot allow any of the guests or staff to ever leave Kimera alive, because the guests will be tearing mad and set on revenge, and why share your embezzled gains with 20 other people when you can leave them sealed in the bunker to die? All it takes is M & Z ducking out via the emergency exit, with the AI running Kimera to cut all power permanently 30 minutes after they're gone. You cannot risk the staff getting drunk or high and boasting about their achievement, nor getting arrested for anything and trying to parley their way out of it, nor attempting blackmail or trying to publish a memoir. Dead is a lot safer.
The Jig Is Up
In orientation, anyway, which makes doing it sideways on a tad disruptive. Still, we are getting somewhere. Art!
This is the tricky orientation I have to manage with, as otherwise it's too long to be able to reach the top.
Back To The World Of TANK
At BOVINGTON TANK MUSEUM. I bet you've been thirsting for this update. Art!
This is our view from the staging area on the concrete apron outside the Conservation Centre, where we got an excellent close-up of various tanks as they entered the Kuwait Arena. What you see here is a Lee tank, I think the only working one across the globe. Extremely noisy, I have to say. Art!
The M5 Stuart. You can tell the difference by the turret, as the M3 had a more 'dustbin' shaped turret. Used for scouting and reconnaissance in Europe as it lacked the firepower or armour to indulge in stand-up fights. Art!
This is the mock battle that was fought out between various tanks and a bunch of re-enactors on either side, and it was ear-splittingly LOUD. Even the infantry small arms were noisy, never mind the tank guns. In the immediate foreground is a Dingo scout car sitting things out.
Mister Zeppelin Ego Strikes Again
I had to click on this item, just to see what, exactly, the Orange Land Whale was up to, or down to. Art!
They are referring to a recent photograph of Donold Judas Trump on the cover of 'Time', where he has both hands concealing his hideous turkey-wattle neck. Art!
He was irate about a cover photo from last month, which showed him in an extremely unflattering light, and which editorial integrity insists I post here. Art!
Turkey-wattle neck on full display and thinning hair revealed. Of course - obviously! - the man whose intellect and mindset reflect that of a spiteful, petty 7-year old hated hated hated this cover.
That is all, folks.
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