Potpourri for 500

1. In memoriam:
1. Charles Percy, former Illinois Senator.
2. Eleanor Mondale, reporter, political campaigner, and radio host.
2. Detroit has clinched AL Central Division; Cleveland and Chicago didn't make it.  The Dodgers are also eliminated.  The Wild Card races are getting warm.
3. Senator Bernie Sanders on Wall Street oil price speculation.  (I get the newsletter.  You can, too.)

   The same Dodd-Frank bill that required commodity regulators to limit speculators included my amendment calling for an audit of the Federal Reserve from Dec. 1, 2007, to July 21, 2010, the period of the financial crisis. What we learned was that the Fed provided $16 trillion in secret, low-interest loans to every major American financial institution and to other central banks, large corporations and wealthy individuals. The audit provision was vigorously opposed by the Federal Reserve chairman. It was right, however, that the veil of secrecy at the Fed was lifted and the American people learned about its actions.
   
   Now it is appropriate to lift the veil of secrecy in the oil futures market. The American people have a right to know how much excessive speculation has driven up oil prices and which Wall Street firms are doing it.

4. Dolphins murdering porpoises?
5. Via seattlepi.com, woman sues JetBlue after incident with creepy supervisor.
6. And goodness, that moon is bright!