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It looks like WSJ journalists and editors took personally the arrest of Evan Gershkovich in Russia. Since his detention by FSB eight months ago, the paper published a number of blockbuster articles about Russian affairs, including today's expose about Patrushev's role in the killing, with Putin's approval, of Prigozhin, his closest advisors and the plane crew. The conclusion that Russia is run like a mafia state is inescapable and I hope the paper is going to go after the khuilo himself. The sooner, the better.
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The WSJ's Editorial Board sums up the Arizona "audit" debacle:

Former President Trump claims Arizona’s ballot audit found “massive fraud,” yet the new recount says he actually lost the state by 360 more votes than originally reported.
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The report offers no evidence that any of these people [23K alleged address discrepancies between voter lists and commercial databases] voted illegally.

The audit takes aim at other alleged discrepancies, but without providing conclusive explanations, much less proof of wrongdoing.
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The GOP should quit chasing him [Trump] down rabbit holes.
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He can’t admit to his fans that he lost, since it would undermine his rally attendance, fundraising and teasers about 2024. Perhaps Mr. Trump can’t even admit to himself that he lost, and in his final days he’ll be raging on the heath about “ballot dumps.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-loses-arizona-again-maricopa-county-recount-2020-election-11632604370

As in:

Bosses have gotten accustomed to using technology in ways that seemed necessary during the prolonged shutdown—scheduling video meetings back-to-back or on a moment’s notice, for instance. Those worked in the short term, especially when people were stuck at home. But the resulting tech exhaustion won’t be tolerable as things return to normal.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/bosses-mistakes-return-work-11628795898?

There's even a mug for it on Amazon.

Why then Tik-Tok doesn't cause tech exhaustion?

Even though vaccinated people can catch and in some cases spread Covid-19, data suggest vaccines provide protection against infection and transmission. In Santa Clara County, Calif., the recent seven-day average of daily cases among vaccinated people was roughly 6.8 per 100,000 people on Aug. 4; the case rate among the unvaccinated was nearly four times higher.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/highly-vaccinated-states-keep-worst-covid-19-outcomes-in-check-as-delta-spreads-wsj-analysis-shows-11628328602

This looks like a late stage of the cycle, when rent-seeking biz models become more profitable than tech-driven investment.

Mineral owners take home a cut of the oil and gas pumped on their land in the form of royalty payments, often 12.5% to 20% of the value of the fuel. They don’t control the pace of development, but they aren’t on the hook for drilling or overhead costs either, an attractive proposition for investors frustrated with shale companies living beyond their means.
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The misfortunes of shale companies have weighed on the industry more broadly. Oil-and-gas companies now represent around 5% of the S&P 500, down from nearly 11% just five years ago. A broad index of U.S. oil and gas producers has fallen by roughly half since the beginning of 2015, when the U.S. benchmark oil price was about $53 a barrel. The S&P 500 has gained about 45% in that time.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-drillers-struggle-shale-investors-seek-safety-in-mineral-rights-11563814128

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