With the return of G2 to family lands this past week, we’ll start with the father-son diet challenge part. Because I’ve watched my son’s approach to dieting and it’s really interesting. Almost Goggins-like hard core… When left (gun-banning) Washington State, he was about 200 pounds. A week later he was at 184. The secrets he used … Read More
Which we hinted at in the UrbanSurvival. column Friday. Today, we look into the rabbit hole and see how our “lookahead” is looking, if that makes sense. Quiet and busy spring day and the scent of coronation silliness hangs heavy in the air. So let’s focus on the useful part: Making a little money in … Read More
A short ramble today about investing in the stock market. There is no more “investing.” Unless you are Warren or Charlie, have the patience to go looking for under-valued stocks, have a buttload of money and more patience than Job, investing is in the same category as unicorns and honest elections. Maybe… The reality is … Read More
Stock futures were pointing to another down opening to markets. In the wake of the Fed hike Wednesday to the highest level in 16-years. Naturally, loving free dough, we snagged a little “lunch money” in the deal, but (I know this will sound odd) there’s no real pleasure to making a few bucks on a … Read More
A note from our Houston Bureau today drew our attention to a MARVELOUS post over at May 2, 2023 – by Heather Cox Richardson (substack.com). She – a history prof – does a great job of reciting the importance of the 14th Amendment which Slow Joe and Minions (plus pretenders in Congress) are ignoring when … Read More
This week, our research focuses on calendars behind human cycle recognition. Ever since the (failed) 2012 “End of the World” predictions of others, we have been fascinated with the question “What did they get wrong?” Turns out, there is plenty of opportunity to have screwed up a lot. Worse is that the Mayan Long Count … Read More
Fed meeting is likely to result in a quarter point hike in rates tomorrow afternoon. The only Big market mover (at least from our 5:30 AM vantage point) is that the Labor JOLTS report will drop at 10 AM Eastern. Set an alarm and click over to see the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey … Read More
[Reader note: We have discontinued MailChimp notifications of new content. Only 500-odd people were using it and it was costing almost $350 per year. We MAY go to “push notifications” – but your input is welcome.] Will today be “Normal?” Remote viewers have their shields up. It is the first of May, after all. Big doings … Read More