Notes today: 

• A federal judge has dismissed the National Rifle Association's petition for bankruptcy, saying it was filed in "bad faith" in order avoid litigation by the New York Attorney General's Office, which has sued to dissolve the NRA for allegedly misusing charitable funds.

• Someone over at Bloomberg seems to think it’s time to start coming up with a contingency plan for what to do if the dreaded inflation monster does awaken from the slumber it’s been in since the 1980s.  Well, I would suggest learning how to trade futures asap!

        Gallup: 71% of Americans, up from 40% in 2020 and a new high in Gallup’s trend,   believe local home prices in their area will increase over the next 12 months. 

• CNN: “Expelling Liz Cheney from leadership won’t gain the GOP one additional voter, but it will cost us quite a few,” tweeted the Utah senator Mitt Romney (and 2012 Republican presidential nominee).

• QuantumScape  (QS) said that it plans to have “commercial relevant” prototypes to auto makers in 2022