BA obviously can’t land its 2009 numbers. So when does arrogance become fraud?

Luckily, I was bearish on oil until recently. I said to short oil when it was at $120 per barrel on 04/23/08. I was a little early to the party, but oil did drop below $33 a barrel in December of 2008. Oil plummeted $114 a barrel after reaching its record high last summer.

Canada’s consumer price inflation rose 2.2% year-over-year in May, edging ahead as the Bank of Canada signaled it would last week. The spike suggests Canada’s economy of is also sputtering alongside that of the United States, but soaring commodities costs just may help our northern neighbor skirt recession.

What has really changed?…importing inflation…hoping to prove Friedman wrong…Can the U.S. central bank really begin fighting inflation in a serious way? Ah, dear reader – there’s a cruel twist to this story…The cure for high prices is high prices…and so the global economy lurches forward…and more!

Rail has a powerful tenfold advantage over trucking when fuel costs are high. Heavy Trucks require 3,357 BTU per short ton mile while Class 1 Railroads use only 341 BTU per short ton mile.

Soaring oil prices have forced Indian authorities to raise subsidized fuel prices and risk propelling inflation that is already running at a three-year high.

As a result of soaring fuel costs, aircraft demand forecasts are being revised… upwards. Yes, that’s the latest news. What has happened to all the green intentions that columnists are trying to inspire?

In the energy market Wednesday, crude for July delivery rose after Tuesday’s knockdown, closing at $131.03/barrel, up $2.18. July reformulated gasoline gained 6.78 cents, to $3.4476/gallon.

I hope you enjoyed the Memorial Day weekend – and that your wallet still has a pulse if you did any traveling.

Look at a nationwide map of foreclosures, and you just might be looking at a hollowed-out future of exurban America. I alluded to this phenomenon a couple of days ago in musing over Sen. Obama’s ill-considered remarks that implied giving the developing world effective veto power over American driving and dietary habits.