So, it logically follows that when there is uncertainty, investors and professionals like do not like that type of outcome. While attorneys may, depending on their role, may value the opportunity that uncertain may offer more opportunities for offering legal services, numbers of professionals favor the maximum clarity possible.
With that backdrop, another point is useful in teeing up tonight’s report. Part of certainty is dependent upon information. When there is a dispute, the ability to find competing sources of information so as to be able to gauge what claim might make the most sense is valued by millions.
With that in mind, is this stunning recent announcement by YouTube.
Per Yahoo News, “YouTube’s determination to curb election misinformation is extending to disputes over the results. The Google-owned service has started removing content uploaded from December 9th onward if it alleges that “widespread fraud or errors” altered the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election. States have certified the results, YouTube said, and December 8th was the safe harbor deadline for the election — Joe Biden is the President-elect as far as the government is concerned, and the video site is acting accordingly.”
It is entirely possible that videos that have been posted by MHProNews or others recently may vanish from YouTube.
It is sadly emblematic of the fictional Nineteen Eighty Four (1984) drama that is playing out in America. More on that in the report linked here.
That noted, however much some in media, politics, or elsewhere may dislike the fact that President Donald J. Trump, his legal team, and other de facto legal allies are pressing ahead with their electoral challenges, that is the reality of the matter. As one of several hypothetical paths that could still result in a Trump-Pence second term, several states today have two slates of electors. One set, favoring Biden-Harris, the other favoring Trump-Pence.
That will be our featured focus for tonight. For new readers, the featured focus follows thought provoking quotable quotes, today’s left-right headline recap, and two of the three market snapshots at the closing bell today. The manufactured housing market summary of publicly traded equities at the close today follow the featured focus and the linked recent/related reports.
Quotes That Shed Light – American Social, Industry, National Issues…
Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business
- Going dark, again
- An empty restaurant stands in Brooklyn on December 09, 2020 in New York City. New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, is threatening to close indoor dining as soon as this Monday if hospitalization rates continue to increase in New York City. Currently, there are over 4,800 COVID-19 patients are now hospitalized statewide, which is double the amount reported on November 18 and the highest number of hospitalizations since May 22. Restaurants in New York City, one of the most important business sectors, are already closing at alarming rates due to various health restrictions, a lack of tourism and the disappearance of business clients.
- New York City shut down indoor dining. Restaurants worry they won’t survive
- Meghan Markle is investing in a trendy oat milk latte company
- Why stocks that investors love to bet against often go up — a lot
- Europe’s biggest economy is heading into lockdown. Will recession follow?
- Massive Google outage hits YouTube, Google Classroom
- Employees at Google won’t return to the office until September
- Elon Musk is leaving Silicon Valley for Texas. These millionaires and companies are joining him
- 2020: When electric vehicle excitement kicked into high gear
- The real cost of being the ultimate Apple fan: Nearly $80,000
- Apple rolls out privacy ‘nutrition labels’ on apps
- Uber rides and food deliveries will cost more in California
- Voting technology company sends legal notices to Fox News and other right-wing media outlets over ‘disinformation campaign’
- Wall Street Journal opinion editor defends controversial Dr. Jill Biden op-ed
- Mark Shields, PBS ‘NewsHour’ political analyst, is stepping down
- Mortgage rates drop once again, still below 3%
- The Child and Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) in Lucasfilm’s THE MANDALORIAN, season two. (c) 2020 Lucasfilm Ltd.TM
- Streaming is about to get a lot more expensive
- Serena Williams: Silicon Valley is wrong about Black women entrepreneurs
- The De Tomaso P72.
- Classic luxury car brands are staging million-dollar comebacks
- MARKETS
- UP IN THE AIR
- A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a SiriusXM's SXM-7 satellite launches on December 13, 2020 on Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches satellite, days after another rocket crashed
- Why Space X’s Mars prototype rocket exploded
- Virgin Galactic aborts test flight of space plane
- SpaceX gets $900M in federal subsidies for broadband
- Jeff Bezos: This engine will take first woman to the moon
- BUSINESS OF SPORTS
- An empty court and bench is shown following the scheduled start time in Game Five of the Eastern Conference First Round between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Orlando Magic during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at AdventHealth Arena at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on August 26, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The Milwaukee Buck have boycotted game 5 reportedly to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
- The ‘bubble’ saved the NBA season. But another crisis was waiting
- This extremely intense gym is still expanding
- Apple announces launch date for Fitness+ service
- Exclusive: One-on-one with CrossFit’s new CEO
- Tonal, the Peloton for strength training, isn’t worried about Apple’s fitness play
Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax
- Trump: AG Barr Is Resigning
- Election 2020
- Forensic Audit of Dominion Claims System Designed to Create Fraud
- Biden to Say ‘abuse of Power’ Can’t Stop Peaceful Transition
- Stacey Abrams Brags She Has 1.2M Absentee Ballots for Ga. Runoff
- CNN Parent Rejects Trump Ads About Election Fraud
- Biden Captures Electoral Votes From All States Trump Contested
- Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Trump Election Lawsuit
- Mike Lindell at Rally: Fox News ‘Had to Be in on It’
- US Supreme Court Asked to Decertify Biden’s Win in Arizona
- The Trump Presidency
- Pompeo to Newsmax: Focusing on Next Few Weeks, Not 2024
- Trump Names Newt Gingrich, 7 Others to Pentagon Board
- US Makes Good on Threats of Turkey Sanctions Over Russia Arms
- US Blames Iran in Abduction, Death of Ex-FBI Agent Levinson
- Trump Slams Cleveland for Dropping ‘Indians’ Name
- Trump Raises China Concerns as Reason to Veto Defense Bill
- Manchin Urges Passage of Gang Of Eight $908B Relief Bill
- US, States Crack Down on Pandemic Scams Bilking Desperate Americans
- Federal and state authorities say they are cracking down on a wave of illegal schemes that have proliferated during the pandemic and prey upon the desperation of people who have lost jobs in the outbreak’s economic upheaval. The scams have ranged from the work-from-home…
- Finance
- Oracle’s Larry Ellison Moves to Hawaii, Fleeing California
- Oracle Corp. co-founder Larry Ellison said he has moved his primary residence to Hawaii, becoming the latest Silicon Valley executive to depart the state where they built their fortunes.
- Semiconductor Analysts Bullish Despite Lofty Stock Prices
- Best and Worst Places for Investor Fund Disclosure
- Goldman: US Financial Conditions Easiest on Record
- Fed Failure to Deliver Could Push Bond Yields Above 1%
- Health
- Exercise May Reduce Your Risk of This COVID-19 Complication
- Researchers at the University of Virginia found that exercise can reduce your risk of potentially deadly acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that can affect COVID-19 patients.
- These 2 Food Groups Can Prevent Diabetes
- When to Take Your Medication
- Avoid Allergy Flare-Ups This Holiday Season
- How to Stop Muscle Loss After Age 50
Market Indicator Closing Summaries – Yahoo Finance Closing Tickers on MHProNews…
Featured Focus –
Where Business, Politics and Investing Can Meet
At least four states – Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona Republican Electors – Cast Votes for President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, reported the Epoch Times on December 14, 2020.
Said the Epoch Times:
- Republican electors in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona all said they voted for Trump. It comes as their states formally appointed Democratic electors who voted for Democrat Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).
- The Pennsylvania GOP said in a news release that electors met in Harrisburg to “cast a conditional vote” for Trump and Pence “at the request of the Trump campaign.” Their vote comes as Democratic electors cast their Electoral College votes for Biden and Harris.
- “We took this procedural vote to preserve any legal claims that may be preserved going forward,” said Pennsylvania Trump campaign chairman Bernie Comfort in a statement.
- In Georgia, David Shafer, the chairman of the state’s Republican Party, said that GOP electors made their move today because the “President’s lawsuit contesting the Georgia election is still pending.”
- “The Republican nominees for Presidential Elector met today at noon at the State Capitol today and cast their votes for President and Vice President,” Shafer said in a tweet. “Had we not meet today and cast our votes, the President’s pending election contest would have been effectively mooted. Our action today preserves his rights under Georgia law.”
The Electoral College votes cast on Dec. 14 will be counted on Jan. 6 during a Joint Session of Congress. The House of Representatives and Senate meet.
After states have completed their vote counts and gathered the official results, “the U.S. Code (3 U.S.C. Section 6) requires the state governors to prepare, ‘as soon as practicable,’ documents known as Certificates of Ascertainment of the vote.”
“The certificates must list the names of the electors chosen by the voters and the number of votes received in the popular election results, also the names of all losing candidates for elector, and the number of votes they received,” according to the Congressional Research Service, said the Epoch Times.
“Certificates of Ascertainment, which are often signed by state governors, must carry the seal of the state. One copy is forwarded to the Archivist of the United States, while six duplicates of the Certificate of Ascertainment must be provided to the electors by December 14, the date on which they meet.”
According to the U.S. Code, when the House and Senate meet, they have to look into “all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes.” Several Republican members of Congress have said they would attempt to object to the counting of the Electoral College votes for a state, which would then trigger a series of debates and votes. There is a search for one or more Republican Senators who would join the effort. Two possibilities are said to be weighing that option, with more that might follow.
“The only date in the Constitution is Jan. 20. So we have more than enough time to right the wrong of this fraudulent election result and certify Donald Trump as the winner of the election,” White House Adviser Stephen Miller said on “Fox & Friends,” referring to Inauguration Day.
While there have been times when election results where challenged and no clear winner was apparent, this process is viewed by many as unique.
CHULEY OPINION: Forensic auditors find shocking 68% error rate in one Michigan county’s votes – https://t.co/5uO5DOUJkM – @washtimes “Oops. Big oops. In fact, the system was found to be “purposefully designed w/ inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence … results.”
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) December 14, 2020
Weird that the WH press pool never followed up on this. https://t.co/LfuXl5kuP6
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) December 12, 2020
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 11, 2020
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 11, 2020
MHProNews will continue to weave in industry specific reports as well as other topics that have an impact on manufactured housing.
Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House. Our relationship has been a very good one, he has done an outstanding job! As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 14, 2020
BREAKING: President Trump will pardon Julian Assange.
— Pastor Mark Burns (@pastormarkburns) December 14, 2020
To see the manufactured housing equities snapshot at the close today, scroll beyond the linked recent and related reports.
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Manufactured Housing Industry Investments Connected Closing Equities Tickers
Some of these firms invest in manufactured housing, or are otherwise connected, but may do other forms of investing or business activities too.
- NOTE: The chart below includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry lender
- NOTE: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
Fall 2020…
Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers.
· LCI Industries, Patrick, UFPI, and LP each are suppliers to the manufactured housing industry, among others.
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