Saturday, June 13, 2026

Yeah well, Gene Shalit was with NBC for 40 years, lightweight Bryant Gumbel, who had a knack for saying the wrong thing, for only 15

 May Eugene's memory be a blessing.

 


 

... During his tenure, he traded quips with anchors ranging from Edwin Newman, Barbara Walters and Jane Pauley to Tom Brokaw, Bryant Gumbel, Katie Couric, Jane Pauley, Al Roker and Meredith Vieira.

Gumbel was not always a fan, once saying Shalit's reviews "are often late and his interviews aren't very good." The critique came in what was supposed to be a confidential memo to Marty Ryan, the show's executive producer at the time. ...

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Not to mention Jane Pauley. 

Gold and silver are down year to date, but not copper

 Copper is up because high oil prices are bullish for all things electric.

 




 

 

Trump merely decimated Iran, but Cushing he has annihilated


 


Trump was going to halve our energy bills by now, instead he's emptying our tanks to zero


 

 The tanks in Cushing, Oklahoma, are hitting bottom. The oil market is about to hit a tipping point 

... Cushing is running out of oil because America has become the supplier of last resort for regions of the world that typically get their oil and fuel from the Middle East. Demand for US oil surged to a record high during the Iran war, and crude has flowed out of Cushing faster than America’s oil drillers can refill it.

But it’s not just a Cushing problem.

US diesel stocks recently hit their lowest level since 2003. Gas inventories have been falling, too – about 5% below where they were a year ago. Other US commercial crude storage facilities outside of Cushing are also getting drained fast – by 7.2 million barrels last week alone. ...

Tank bottom at Cushing OK projected for July

 



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