2021 has flown by . Life moves fast when you're not locked in your home all day like most of us were in 2020.  The Futures are down a bit this morning as both AAPL and AMZN disappointed but, on the whole, earnings season has been pretty good and missteps like those (and SBUX missed too) are being blamed on supply-chain or Covid issues that everything thinks are going away.  Only 1,381 people died of Covid yesterday and we'll be crossing 750,000 total deaths in the US (46M infected) early next week – something to be thankful for if we are not one of the 45,000 people who will be dead by Thanksgiving from this thing we're not at all worried about anymore . The NYPD has 10,000 unvaccinated officers (about 1/3) and, in theory, they are supposed to be put on leave without pay as of this morning.  What will actually happen is interesting as it's in court at the moment with the union fighting against the mandate.  Covid was the leading cause of death for officers in 2020 and is in 2021 as well with 250 NYC policemen dying of the virus – 5 times more than were killed by gunfire yet 10,000 officers will wear a mandatory vest – but refuse to be vaccinated. This is why Covid is never going away – people, even in NYC, would rather lose their jobs than get a shot.  Combine that with enablers like the Police Union, Conservative Judges (lots of those now) and the GOP Death Cult and we're never going to be able to eradicate the disease like we have done with others in the past.   Never before in human history have so many humans gone against the survival of the species – other than Global Warming, of course… Speaking of Global Warming, World Leaders are meeting in Scotland this weekend to do whatever it takes to make it seem like they care without actually doing anything.  Last time they had a meeting like this – a little girl yelled at them but nothing changed and she's not been invited back.  In any case, what more can be said?  …