With the strong rally in the stock market Thursday, the markets had the “look and feel” (to us) of getting into a “Buy the Rumor, Sell the News” mode ahead of today’s Retail Sales numbers and the Fed Industrial Production data shortly.
The Fed has already taken away the punch bowl with the appearances of chair Jay Powell telling markets there’s only a ‘chance‘ of another cut this year – and that’s not until way out in December.
Despite this “close encounter with financial sobriety” the market has been marching up – and just over a double top at the close Thursday in our Aggregate Index, but things were far less sanguine in the techs.
As you will recall, our Aggregate close December 16th was 52,470.42. When we looked at the pre-open prices it settled (ahead of the data) at 52,429.69 which, while over the early slog price of 52,470.42 was under the Thursday Aggregate close at 52,585.78.
Two charts trouble us. the Aggregate is at another decision point (up or down from here):
Normally, things would be fairly clear and this kind of chart could set up sailing higher. But the bugaboos are inflation, techs, politics, retail spending, the war lobby, and law-faring against Trump. We’ll look at these flashes in a second.
First, though, consider the problem of the techs. In our work, the NASDAQ has [so far] failed to make a new high. And with Gold over $2950 and silver over $34 today, it’s difficult to assess how much “real” demand there is, how much is commercials getting out ahead of options next week, and how much is re-pricing inflation into asset prices.
Techs have a problem: they haven’t busted higher, yet.
Until they do, there’s an Elliott outcome on the table that’s ugly. We won’t call it, but the REAL scary thing to us was how the techs in our Ebbinghaus model had appeared to complete a five wave up move from the bottom of a possible major wave 1 down.
There are about 20-more charts in the Peoplenomics ChartPack, but that will have to wait for today’s data releases to wash through so we can get a clearer (week-ending) view of things. Money has to land somewhere for the weekend and that’s really what seems to matter.
Could the Fed Strike Pre-emptively?
Let me give you a firm maybe on this. See, in the past, when the Fed has moved between sessions, it has always been driven by downside surprises. But now, with inflation re-pricing in gear, the Fed may be forced by prices (and bonds) to do something history-making: raise between sessions. Here’s their track record on between meeting hikes:
- October 1987: Following the Black Monday stock market crash, the FOMC reduced the federal funds rate to stabilize financial markets.
- October 1998: In response to the Russian financial crisis and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management, the FOMC made an emergency rate cut to prevent a market meltdown.
- January 2001: Amid the bursting of the tech bubble, the FOMC announced a surprise interest rate cut to address recession risks.
- September 2001: After the September 11 attacks, the FOMC implemented an emergency rate cut to provide liquidity to markets.
- January 2008: Facing mounting recession risks and a significant market downturn, the FOMC enacted an emergency rate cut.
- October 2008: During the global financial crisis, following the failure of Lehman Brothers, the FOMC made a surprise rate cut to stabilize the financial system.
- March 3, 2020: In response to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, the FOMC executed an emergency rate cut to mitigate economic impacts.
- March 15, 2020: As the pandemic intensified, the FOMC implemented another emergency rate cut, bringing the federal funds rate to near zero.
The motivation for the Fed to pull a “surprise” move to raise rates may be found when considering the inflationary impacts of tariffs going on and Trump has made no secret of his plans to move ahead. If anything, Trump is sounding more committed to tariffs (and getting out of NATO) than ever today: Trump threatens a 100% tariff on ‘dead’ BRICS group if they ‘play games with the dollar’.
The less shrill business problem is simple: The US cannot continue to enjoy Dollar hegemony when we are no longer the “big swinging dicks” of manufacturing, innovation, finance, and articulation of a “worthwhile future.” Sure, populism may get someone elected, but the matter of follow through is what matters.
You have to look at the headlines and sense what’s coming. Europe is still pissing and moaning (Trump’s call with Putin alarms Europe and shocks Ukraine) because they don’t have much future except in warfare – arguably European economics has been cyclical warfare-based for centuries. On top of this PBS (*which leans seriously left and pro war) jumped on the chance to criticize Pete Hegseth Roasted Over ‘Huge F*ck Up’ on Ukraine Policy. Today, we notice that Vance says ‘military tools’ could be used to force Russia to agree a Ukraine deal. There’s some talk that might involve U.S. troops…but I doubt that would fly. Obviously not in Russia: Kremlin seeks clarification on US stance over potential troop deployment to Ukraine. Leaving us looking for the part in Art of the Deal on nuclear war risks…
The NE liberal media is also starting the “hero-making machine” for anyone who attempts to stop the Trump agenda. For example, Who is Danielle Sassoon, the prosecutor who stood up to Trump’s DOJ over Eric Adams’ case?
The Fed – which has to be eyeing re-pricing and the specter of a blow-off market with fear – might find a window in the next two weeks to blow down markets with an “emergency hike” to wash out the speculators. Even though they have never done it before.
Data – Like Retail – Also Figures In
The problem with Inflation is that it can at times lead to a Buying Bubble. In other words, regular people that see that tariffs will increase prices. Middlemen and producers will use any excuse in the book to mark up taxes (which is what tariffs are) to cut a fatter hog for themselves. Working people (and retired like us) will see prices in the pipeline going up and will pre-order and stock up now knowing that Amazon, Wal-Mart, and other retailers will pass through hikes.
OK… a lot to have in mind as we wheel out the Retail Price Report:
Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for January 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $723.9 billion, down 0.9 percent (±0.5 percent) from the previous month, and up 4.2 percent (±0.5 percent) from January 2024. Total sales for the November 2024 through January 2025 period were up 4.2 percent (±0.5 percent) from the same period a year ago. The November 2024 to December 2024 percent change was revised from up 0.4 percent (±0.5 percent)* to up 0.7 percent (±0.3 percent).
With Retail out of the way, we can move on to Import and Export prices also just out::
- The price index for U.S. imports advanced 0.3 percent in January, the largest 1-month rise since the index increased 0.9 percent in April 2024. Prices for U.S. imports advanced 1.9 percent from January 2024 to January 2025.
- Fuel Imports: Import fuel prices rose 3.2 percent in January, after increasing 1.7 percent in December. The January advance was the largest monthly rise since April 2024. Higher prices for petroleum and natural gas contributed to the overall increase in import fuel prices in January. Prices for import fuel rose 2.4 percent for the year ended in January.
- All Imports Excluding Fuel: Prices for nonfuel imports ticked up 0.1 percent for the third consecutive month in January. Nonfuel import prices have not declined on a monthly basis since a 0.2-percent drop in May 2024. Higher prices for nonfuel industrial supplies and materials; capital goods; and foods, feeds, and beverages in January more than offset lower prices for automotive vehicles and consumer goods. The price index for nonfuel imports advanced 1.8 percent for the year ended in January.
- Prices for U.S. exports rose 1.3 percent in January, the largest monthly increase since the index advanced 2.7 percent in May 2022. Higher nonagricultural export prices in January more than offset lower agricultural export prices. U.S. export prices have not declined on a 1-month basis since September 2024. The price index for U.S. exports increased 2.7 percent over the past year, the largest 12-month advance since the year ended December 2022.
Last stop is the Fed’s Industrial Production and Cap Utilization numbers. (click here – they aren’t out at press time.)
After the soup started simmering today, futures were down a bit. BTC was down to $96,631 and West Texas Intermediate was up to almost $72 a barrel. Which we translate as “Trump Talk on energy independence will take a year to show up.” On the other hand, headlines are a little too gushy for us. Like Coinbase Revenue Surges to $2.3 Billion as Bitcoin Booms and Retail Returns – Decrypt. We’ll just have a lemonade and wait for new ATH’s, thanks.
Septic Scrolling
Haven’t heard from my friend Howard seems like forever. But he used to occasionally remind me that when a recession is due, the role of government is to act like something of a “flywheel” to get the country across bad times while the private sectors caught up. It’s a great and important point because while Trump is fighting to disarm the Left’s siphoning of tax money into political agendas, the “flywheel” could get broken by too much federal spending and cutting. So we eye OPM tells agencies to fire federal workers on probation with concern. Baby and bath water both getting tossed, kind of thing.
On the other hand, we figure it’s disingenuous for politicians (who let USAID become a political party hostage taking of taxpayers) to now turn around and lecture Americans: on X: “BREAKING ? Sen. Bernie Sanders is in full panic mode. He’s starting to realize Donald Trump won The Democrat Party is collapsing.
Airplane troubles are still going around: Marco Rubio’s Plane Returns To US Due To ‘Mechanical Issue’.
“That thing that’s going around” – Pope Francis in the hospital to treat bronchitis and perform other diagnostic tests, Vatican says. Say, you don’t think the movie Conclave was a message in advance, do you?
Another leftover Biden problem may be solved: NASA, SpaceX Set New Mission Date to Rescue Astronauts Stranded at Space Station Following Request from President Trump.
Bad news for Big Pharma (and a shot in the arm for Choice): RFK Jr. praises commander-in-chief during swearing-in ceremony: ‘God sent me President Trump’
Weekend Planner:
Valentines Day. (It’s so hard to pass on the lay away jokes…). But here’s your weekend weather planner instead.
South wet and cold in the middle, looks like to me.
At the Ranch: Ham Radio Experiment
Been collaborating with AI on a practical HF radio antenna using scalar technology. Hasn’t been too popular (even for messing around), So we will get into that on ShopTalk Sunday this week.
Markets closed Monday for President’s Day. That means a food run today to stock up.
Ham and scalloped potatoes on my cooking plans for the day…
Write when you get rich,
George@Ure.net
“collaborating with AI on a practical HF radio antenna using scalar technology”
It’s pretty simple: you get on the scale, the lower it reads, the easier it is to put up a good antenna.
Happy Valentines Day to all the Ure Clan! Mrs. E and I are planning to go find breakfast but … it was 3F when the TomCat insisted on going outside and, my thought is brunch might be better?
GU : “chair Jay Powell telling markets there’s only a ‘chance‘ of another cut this year – and that’s not until way out in December”
So wait, the Fed was all FUBAR when lowering (while _some_ thought they should raise) but … now JayPow is a seeing sooth so worth parsing? Nyet George. They most certainly won’t do anything more than issue Fed Speak (which we, the Royal we, rather expect). Maybe roll out something historic like “irrational exuberance” to club the rates?
We are headed for a recession, especially when reducing Fed spend, and that will fix rates matey. No body bosses around the Bond market and, pfew, the short term chart is stunning.
Good news on industrial production just crossed the tape. I wonder what b’fast with eggs cost? We shall see.
Egor
ps – somebody is WAY offside in massive TNX bets. Oops :-O
My eggs from the supermarket haven’t changed in price in several years. When I eat out, I’m still paying $6.88 for bacon & eggs & pancakes & sausage, and coffee, served with milk & honey. I don’t know where those hundred million chickens Mr. Biden had destroyed were roosting, but it was apparently nowhere near me…
Wow…. I wish it was that way here.. better than ten bucks a dozen if..you can get any..went in to Wal-Mart Sams and Costco.. no eggs if they have them then its limited to one dozen..we go through a lot of eggs…. none every place I know..there is a store I’m going to go to.. they will have them.. that’s because one of the staff head a big egg laying operation..what use to be as much for five bags of bro fries now is not even enough for 1 bag of groceries..
Generic eggs went to $3.99 during COVID. They have stayed there. I buy extra large free range, natural organic eggs. They are $5.99/doz and have been for at least the last 10 years.
I spoke too soon. While my organics are still $5.99, generic large eggs went to $5.49 here, this week (probably today…)
Aldi’s was $5.49 when I stopped by Thursday night … though Trader Joe’s held the line at $3.49 – for an EMPTY cooler with NO eggs in it. (limit of one … if there were any to be had that is).
In my neck of the woods (region), which is a very heavy egg producing area, they are now saying nearly 100,000,000 layers have now been destroyed in the last 3 months. At 1 to 3 million per farm, and the reports of this farm then that farm having to shut down and have their chickens be destroyed, I can believe it. Shutting down 40-50 of the big farms would get close to that total. (also now some humans related to those farms, including a couple of vets, contracting the disease are now being reported)
So far there seems to be little impact on Chicken Meat prices … they are basically holding steady to just slightly upwards (boneless skinless chicken breasts on sale are now $2.49 vs $1.99 or when on super sale $1.49) but that isn’t much of an increase by comparison to eggs which just two years ago were $.79/doz.
I heard the “100mln chickens” number, too.
We have no limits on purchasing. There are a couple local eateries that’ve added an “egg surcharge” but they’re national chains (Waffle House and IHOP). The locals haven’t (at least that I’m aware of) and I’m guessing probably won’t. We had those 79¢ eggs too. The price eventually crept up to match egg prices on the coasts, which I assume was a supply & demand thing. I sureashell wouldn’t want to wholesale my eggs for 50¢/dz when my neighbor is sending his to NJ or NY and selling them for $2.00/dz…
One of my first cousins had an egg farm. He had a big old barn, typical of ca. 1880s-1920s Midwestern farms, lined with rows and rows of nests, ramps (both for eggs and for the chickens to go out to the yard) and I think, a packaging facility on the ground floor (the times I was there, I was not very old). He ran 162,000 chickens, along with cattle, horses, hogs, etc., and enough corn and other grains to feed them all (probably a bunch more.) His operation was completely self-contained. In over 50 years I don’t recall him ever having to cull his chickens.
Lol lol..I have been buying eggs at ten bucks a dozen.. was griping about it at the gas station… A local farmer is supplying the eggs for them..4.00 A dozen..farm fresh non bleached eggs.. I can long term store those..
The cheapest I am seeing fresh eggs locally is a little less than $6 a dozen. Frozen prepared foods with eggs haven’t gone up noticeably, though supplies seem to be more constrained. Joe’s was out of eggs last time I was in there. They weren’t all that cheap, either. Their frozen egg frittatas haven’t gone up, but supplies have been intermittent.
This is for Hank In Hawaii,
I do not read George’s column every day, so I missed your comment the other day, and last night a reader sent me an email pointing me to it, and so I read your comment this morning.
Yes, you were one of many critics who I was pointing to in my last post. I have read your snarky comments about Blue Lasers from space, and I don’t take snarky very well, because you have not put in the same research time that I have, nor do you have the same resume.
First, regarding your comments and experience. I am quite familiar with the Inverse Square Law. In fact, I sent George my math work for a version of Archimedes Arbelos that might explain why there is an Inverse Square Law.
I am posting a link here of a video from STS 43, 1991, when a ground-based weapon seems to have been fired to chase a UFO away from the shuttle. At 23 seconds you will see a bright flash of light, a bolt of energy or something come up from the Earth, fly passed the UFO, and then the UFO makes a 90 degree turn to escape.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqoeVxVRLlQ
Here is one of many links regarding airborne laser systems being put on high-altitude aircraft.
https://www.wsj.com/video/the-us-military-missile-killing-laser-aircraft/B4FFE02B-5657-4EFA-8A9A-AB38AC460EC8
And being as how I sell prophecy, here are the Biblical and Nostradamus references to lasers from space.
Revelation 13:13 (King James)
And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in sight of men.
Nostradamus Sixain XXVII
Celestial fire from the side of the West,
From the South, running to the Levant [East],
Worms half dead without finding a root.
Third Age of Mars the warlike [World War III],
From carbuncles [Lasers] one will see brilliant fire,
The age of the carbuncle [Laser] and in the end famine.
The entire point of my post is that we have technology, most likely derived from Extraterrestrial technology, that we have no idea about, and the social engineers are using it on us in some kind of animal husbandry experiments to thin out the herd.
I completely understand that people such as yourselves have problems with even considering such ideas. But in 2004, I sat across from Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the Moon, who also held two engineering degrees from MIT, and discussed these very ideas that you and others like to scoff at and make fun of, so don’t get bent out of shape. You are not in the same league as Dr. Mitchell.
A dozen people at that dinner thought I held my own, and some came up to me after that dinner and thanked me for opening their eyes.
Unfortunately, when you put it out there on the Internet, there are always people who like to throw the cheap shot because it sounds funny in a comment. After doing hours and hours of research, I choose to challenge the wannabe comedians.
I hope you are feeling better. It sounds like the coughing flu people around me are getting.
2 Kings 1:10
“ Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.”
That to me, sounds like a DEW … thousands of years ago. Nothing new under the Sun, as scripture says.
Just a suggestion, when you feel insulted try to change that negative into a positive explanation, without calling out what you feel a “cheap shot” and that you (think) you know more and did more research than anyone else. It’s really all a bit condescending.
Teach by inspiration, let the information speak for itself and stop acting like anyone who disagrees (or misunderstands) you, is a personal attack. Criticism is all part of the game … and words can’t hurt you unless you let them.
Peace
The Buddha replyed thusly when he received a verbal snarkly comment (in place of food) from a woman during his alms round, “YOU HAVE MADE ME AN OFFERING, BUT IF I CHOOSE NOT TO ACCEPT IT, THEN WHO DOES THE OFFERING BELONG TO?
By choosing not to accept these snarkly vibrations, the toxicity simply stays with its rightful owner.
Listen carefully to what they are saying. If you have made a mistake, you have to correct the mistake. If you have not made a mistake, don’t try to prove them wrong. Smile, stay calm, be silent. Leave it behind, you have done nothing wrong. Prove them wrong with your success, not with your words.
I don’t bark back to a dog that is barking at me. That rule is also applied to a person.
Our Gang..
Spelling Bee episode has to be my favorite of all time..
Say the Word, Spell the Word and use it in a sentence.
WORD is DICTATE
Spanky: DICTATE
Spanky: D, I, C, T,A,T, E.
Spanky; Hey Darla, How my dic ate ?
So you still have failed to address my science-grounded physics arguments against ‘blue lasers from space.’ I’m not at all surprised that Dr. Mitchel is smarter than me. I know people who are likely smarter than you, too. So what? Has Dr. Mitchel recently refuted the laws of physics that I posted? The orbital video of a ‘war in space’ is clearly not a laser shot. Lasers propagate at the speed of light. The ‘shot’ is more likely the speed of a hypersonic projectile. There was time for the target to avoid it. Powers of observation are important.
So your argument boils down to there is ET technology, and ‘we’ likely have it. But Such cannot be demonstrated, repeated, nor quantified by any scientific method, only inferred by random observation. And you back up these woo-woo theories with speculative prophesy. Of course I have no rebuttal. But do not be surprised if I make fun of ‘blue lasers from space’… for such is not possible according to the known laws of physics. If that bothers you, that is your personal problem. From a personal observation viewpoint, I find you have a large ego and a thin skin. With apologies to our host, I did not intend for this to become a flame war. I have nothing further to say.
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, mass murder of a group of unarmed bootlegging gang members in Chicago on February 14, 1929. The bloody incident dramatized the intense rivalry for control of the illegal liquor traffic during the Prohibition era in the United States.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Saint-Valentines-Day-Massacre
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967 film clip)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ-gYx7hXZg
Our Gang/Little Rascals – Hearts Are Thumps
Plot: The boys at Adams Street Grammar School have no interest in observing Valentine’s Day, and to prove it to the girls, they found the He-Man Woman-Haters’ Club in order to serve as their united front against the holiday. However, Darla finds a chink in their armor by winking at Alfalfa and giving him an invitation to lunch to exchange Valentines. Spanky decides to teach his wayward buddy a lesson by tampering with their lunch as the two make googly eyes at each other on the playground. Spanky and Buckwheat put a slice of soap in Alfalfa’s sandwich and substitute liquid soap for the cream in his cream puff. This makes for a very difficult lunch and hard to digest meal for the would-be Romeo. Meanwhile, Alfalfa tries to bear through lunch as pleasantly as possible without offending Darla. Back in class, she encourages him to sing as she plays the piano. After a drink of water, Alfalfa sings “Let Me Call You Sweet Heart” as soap bubbles flow from his lips to the stunned surprise of Darla and Miss Jones and the hysterical delight of the class. As Alfalfa runs from the room, the vindicated Spanky tears up the Valentine to Alfalfa.
https://ourgang.fandom.com/wiki/Hearts_Are_Thumps
re: eric adams and trump agenda. is trump’s agenda to allow corruption by public officials? other than giving state secrets away is there any greater violation of the public trust than a politician on the take? this isn’t hard stuff george. you call me a liberal, but i’m overjoyed that menedez was held accountable and is going to do time. if adams did what he’s accused of, we need a trial to find out, he should also do time. i only wish republicans were willing to apply the law as equally and fairly as i do rather than elevating a convicted felon to potus.
sasson was appointed by trump. she has a perfect set of conservative bona fides. the others who resigned because trump dropped the adams’ charges are also republicans.
for you to try to turn it into the the NE liberal media thing is nothing but gaslighting. the media has nothing to do with it. the Truth is – trump is enabling public corruption for political expediency and it’s so disgusting that trump own appointees can’t stomach it. that’s the Truth.
there’s no defense. it’s disgusting. adams should be held to account.
We didn’t get any $$ from USAID so WTF u talkin ’bout?
The gross corruption and mismanagement ..is Tragically shocking…
maybe members of congress will read every bill before they send funds meant to assist American citizens on extreme events.
I want a doge hat or t-shirt lol lol.. Its about time all of this is exposed for who they really are..
G, your response is totally off the mark, evading the subject:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/manhattan-us-attorney-sassoon-resigns-after-request-drop-eric-adams-case-2025-02-13/
Thursday’s resignations sparked comparisons from legal experts to the “Saturday Night Massacre” in 1973, when senior Justice Department officials resigned after refusing President Richard Nixon’s order to fire the special counsel investigating the 1972 break-in by Republican operatives at the Democratic headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington.
Juliet Sorensen, a former federal prosecutor who teaches at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, also said the resignations were reminiscent of Trump’s decision in his first term to fire former FBI director James Comey to stop the bureau from investigating his 2016 presidential campaign.
“In both of those historical instances, as with the events of today, you have the chief executive of the United States bringing extreme political pressure by virtue of their high office against non-political Department of Justice personnel,” Sorensen said.
When you cite a source like this, please take a moment and look up their donation history. This is a democrat source if there ever was one. https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=Juliet+Sorensen
“…., against non-political Department of Justice personnel.”
Seriously?
What friggin rock have you been hiding under?
Wow !
me – ‘a democrat politician who accepts foreign money to game the system should be prosecuted.’
y’all – USAID, little girl, rino, liberal media
it really is 1984 where up is down and down is up. magas defending the non prosecution of a democrat politician on the take. wow.
d’lynn – if sassoon is a political player as you seem to suggest, she is a republican operative. she went to yale, she clerked for a republican judge appointed by reagan, then she clerked for scalia, she’s a member of the federalist society, she was appointed by trump in 2016.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/california-democrat-says-party-needs-to-bring-actual-weapons-in-the-fight-for-democracy-against-elon-musk/ar-AA1yZBi4?ocid=BingNewsSerp
now what part of these type comments is wrong..the democrats seem to be trying a civil war of somekind.. what for ..the deep state corruption and mismanagement.. trillions of dollars of sheer waste of our money.. while veterans are forced to sleep on the streets.. people that are facing cataclysmic tragedies in the USA are being neglected the needed help that some of these funds were set up for..
in my personal point of view that man was not only wrong he should be in jail.
the Tards of Lib fail to realize the Trump phony felon conviction gives more power to Trump,,, and the Fulton Co mug shot is like the Pa rally shotsss, where they missed with the attempted assisination.
Both attempts are lethal in form , one to his politcal life and one to his physical life!
The photo in the WhiteHouse is a reminder to ALL.
She gives a little vocal complaint here,,, it is in Alan’s link, video.
“Kaitlan Collins of CNN is big mad that President Trump is proudly displaying his mugshot outside the Oval Office.
She can’t fathom the reality of how big a loser she really is.”
https://x.com/AlanJacobyJr/status/1890738161749250117
cry harder little libtard
the harder they cry , the more , we are proven correct
why don’t the deep state candidates get shot at or arrested or charged with madeup/phony crimes?
The turning is now,,, the demons are on the run
CRANK IT,, bartender, let the music flow
Zippitiy do dah
I enjoy the posts from liddle truth and @c,,, music to my ears
where did dano go?
No whining when the arrests and convictions come to the other side, but we will present real evidence, follow the money, Elon and don’t forget to get ‘Big Balls’ in on the action, with the trail in the ‘agencies’
I still wonder about that ‘server’ in Ukraine, will the liddle piano player cough it up? There has been no talk about it, that I have heard, it is just one of those things, I keep in memory. evidence is required for a good court case.,,, Not a bunch of she said, about a dress that was not even manufactured when she claimed her assault, in her fictional world, or a NY law that was passed just to get Trump
(“the Tards of Lib fail to realize the Trump phony felon conviction gives more power to Trump,,,”)
exactly.. it sure didn’t take a genius to see that everything they were doing was a snow job on the people of the USA..
Aren’t you going to get upset about Linda McMahon’s child sexual abuse lawsuit (oh only Democrats register on your Pedometer)?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/24/business/vince-mcmahon-wwe-lawsuit-prevented-sexual-assault/index.html
The suit, filed on behalf of five former WWE “Ring Boys,” alleges McMahon, his wife Linda McMahon, the WWE, and TKO Group Holdings, the league’s parent company, knowingly allowed former ringside announcer Melvin Phillips, Jr. to use his position to sexually exploit children as young as 12 and 13 years old.
Many here on this blog will appreciate her Trumpist non-approval of Black History being taught in Public School:
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/linda-mcmahon-black-history-dei-trump-rcna192301
@c,
“””alledges”””
these are civil lawfare by people in public arena,,
where are the criminal charges by a prosecutor?
I do not defend Phillips , let a charge be brought up,,, oh ya , he is dead, so lets bring up dead stuff to defend your pedo protection debate, come on @c lets be realistic.
remember that piece of shit from Penn state asst foozball coach, ya he is not around public anymore!
“Criminal status
Incarcerated at State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands; earliest possible release October 9, 2042
More about Jerry Sandusky”
that is what to look for,,, charges, not lawsuits,
why do all your sources have connections to USAID $,,,?
they might be bias,,, follow the $, for directions on what to publish. All things anti-Trump is their goal.
Trump just got a nice payout by a big news ABC $15 mil, but they ain’t bias, not one iota,,
just like the rest of them BIG name news stations, even Fox faulters and bounces around like kid that can’t make up it’s mind
@c, I am a teetotaler,,, but thanks for the whine!
why attack me for not being up todate with cnn a news source that I do not follow,,, why do you not attack the pedos with me,,,,?
“Aren’t you going to get upset” ya ask me,, well are you upset? about the pedo? instead of worring if I am upset.
instead , you are faulting me for not knowing about a far reach to trying to attach stink to Trump.
And I am not a WWF fan, so I don’t/havn’t keepup or follow news about them, if criminal charges are warrented, please bring them up.
upset? hell no,,, I am Zippitiy do dah happy
the shit is hitting the fan and Trump is just getting started
4 yrs to go,,, hang on to your ass @c
liddle truth is scared of the big orange man,,, ask him y.
rubber ducky song, bath time song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=punrsuK62fM
Personally thought the indictment of Adams was a Political Hatchet Job by the Democrats and Jewish oriented prosecutors off NYC
WHEN was the last time a US Attorney indicted a politician for accepting a FREE TRIP to Israel? (and you can be sure EVERY top Democrat in New York State for the last 50 years has taken such an ALL EXPENSE PAID trip to Israel – in fact most Congress people who have been there a decade or more have taken such ALL EXPENSE PAID trips to Israel)
NEVER would be the correct answer!!
The politicized Justice Department went after Adams because it was a trip to a Muslim Country versus Israel and Adams was making nice with Trump, just like the New York prosecutors at the time were chasing after Trump.
The Adams Indictment was a Jewish/Democrat punishment from the most Jewish place in the US (NYC is 20% Jewish, and if you are talking Manhattan alone it is MUCH higher than that, probably 40%). A true Double Standard of Justice … but that is typical of NY City prosecutors. Just ask Martin Armstrong.
(“And with Gold over $2950 and silver over $34 today, it’s difficult to assess how much “real” demand “)
First off…Happy Valentine’s day..probably one of the most important holidays on the calendar..there are various versions of its beginnings my favorite one..is the little girl that asked to learn to read and write do math..and young men and women that wanted to be connected in sacred marriage.. the punishment to teach a woman or girl to educate them was strictly forbidden by the most severe torture and death..
Valentine did the RIGHT thing.. to educate and connect..
educating women is still condemned and punishment of death still very realb in some cultures..
I think of the story my sea daddy told me..one of the nicest guys on the planet..smart liked to read and the various weird science.. he’s actually the one that got me interested in frequencies..
anyway he won the most prestigious military awards available.. I once asked him how he got it..his answer..I did what I thought was the right thing.
his wife.. he was like most men a little sloppy and busy that certain household chores were a pain. he was stationed in the middle east..he wanted to hire a maid.. do his laundry and clean up his living quarters..women were not allowed a job..you had to own one.. he went to the city square and bid on this lovely young lady she became his property.. after several months they became friends then he got the American sales receipt the marriage license. he insisted she get an education and up until a few years ago was still giving lectures around the country as one of the most influential and best physicians in the who’s who book of the worlds women doctors..
she doesn’t know I heard that story from her husband neither do the kids..
in my opinion he deserved two of those medals..
The only reason their price is going up..is people see that as financial security and seeing what’s happening now they are afraid of what’s coming..
clif’s Valentines pod is vy good: https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=681568&post_id=157142585&utm_source=podcast-email&play_audio=true&r=rw9ss&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0Njg1NTMyNCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTU3MTQyNTg1LCJpYXQiOjE3Mzk1NDM4MDgsImV4cCI6MTc0MjEzNTgwOCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTY4MTU2OCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.aXINKnOC6naboXOE4qo87kIibN2Ed6yCdIEeg-V2WxA&utm_content=listen_now_button
For some reason I was totally moved by the picture and was informed by the audio.
My best wishes for Clif.
Great post cliff had..
either way history was..it was the right thing to do!
I never mentioned to my see daddy’s family what story he told me..was it true or did he just tell a young teenager that story to inspire him.. To always consider the right thing to do..
St. Valentine: The Patron Saint of Love, Marriage, and Devotion
He didn’t educate anyone. He married Christians in defiance of Emperor Claudius’ direct order and was sentenced to the “triple execution” (he was flogged, stoned, and beheaded, then, I believe, burned at the stake, for good measure) for his defiance. BTW, education of the masses, either male or female, was a capital crime until after the Reformation.
Clif’s podcast on Valentines was really good, if you missed it. See Clif High substack for more…
I’d opened a page on it, but not listened.
Interesting, especially if true (and a damnfine theory, if not!)
No one but scribes could read or write in the 3rd Century (becoming a scribe was one of the few sure ways of elevating oneself out of slavery and into the citizenry.) If Valentine sent the girl notes, he had to have not only cured her blindness, but taught her to read, once she gained her sight. That part was not amongst the Catholic Archives I read, and would add two layers to the onion’s skin…
I’m part historian and part researcher. Is Clif the same? I noticed a hint of the same frustration I feel, when some idiot or some natural act “deletes” a segment of history, so the best one can do is guess. Journals and daybooks were some of L’Amour’s favorite source materials. I favor the Icelanders and (obviously) Quaker and LDS Bibles because that is where much individual history is written. Although the LDS is best for genealogy, the Hall of Records in Reykjavik hosts 1400 years of the continuous daily history of the Icelandic People (and outside info periodically reported by passing Vikings) and is the only such archive and resource still extant on the planet…
I realize that there are various versions some even that dive into the pagan faiths..the marriage and such against the employers direct orders.. similar to the legends of mulan another wonderful old legend that has many various stories.. that one of him doing the RIGHt thing is just my favorite one..
if true then he would be the one to let the genie out of the box. The reason that women today are able to have an education..
Cleopatra was an artist, architect, mathematician, and spoke something like seven languages (and a bunch of local Egyptian dialects.) Women weren’t excluded from education or achievement by society, any more than men were. Like men, they were excluded by a lack of wealth and social station. A queen or royal heir could learn or do anything they wished. Societies were all caste, and the only ways off the bottom rung were through service to the King. The “man bias” only existed because it was simply much easier to become a soldier (and later, knight) and climb the ladder into landownership and a title than it was as a maidservant or herbalist/sorceress.
I knew she was an artist..I didn’t know she was a linguist and mathematics.. I find that interesting.
I did know that female members of royal families were educated…one of the greatest treasures would be to find some of the lost libraries of the world. what I wouldn’t give to just view the library from afar.. like the lost library of Ivan the terrible wife.. hidden away ..
@LOOB
“Iknew she was an artist..I didn’t know she was a linguist and mathematics..”
Search her out sometime. She was a fascinating creature, a genius, and likely staggeringly beautiful (you can never tell with an historical royal. Scribes and archivists wanted to live.) Were it not for her libido, I could see her living another 50 years and making a really good run at becoming empress of the known World — She had that kind of potential…
Howard Hill/ Finance Monsters – I found his paperback in the bargain bin at our local library.., interesting read. Didn’t know he was here.
Raised a lot questions in my mind.
Howard Hill, a true math whiz, was one of the original creators of Collateralized Mortgage Bonds sold via their various risk tranches. (at one time he claimed he was the one who actually came up with the original idea .. don’t know if that is true but he was clearly one of the earliest specialists in the field)
It was a great idea that Wall Street just took too far, as they are inclined to do with any product that has a high profit margin built into it.
Silver Futures are at $32.83
.., and that pesky little 13 week bond is “still” over 4.2%
Retail sales drop sharply for January. Business inventories drop for the first time in nine months. Manufacuring output drops in January.
.., and that little boy in the Ukraine stated that he will not consider any deal negotiated between Trump and Putin, regarding the war in the Ukraine – ‘nothing’ – unless he is personally in on the negotiations. [ Ya wanna bet…?] He still doesn’t understand just who it is he is dealing with., does he ?
He also doesn’t understand how business negotiations are done…
14 Feb 2025: Torsade de Pointes: The Twisting of the Points:
George,
Is maximum global equity growth predictable?
A final opening gap to a new high occurred for the 115 trillion dollar global ETF ACWI ending a 13 Jan 2025 5/11/10 of 10 day terminus of a 5 Aug 2024 24/53/59 day terminus of a 27 Oct 2023 55/139/134 day :: x/2.5x/2.5x near maximum growth fractal series with characteristic nonlinear lower gaps in the 139 day second fractal; a bounce concurrently occurred off the 16-17 Sept 2024 US Ten Year Note trendline pointing to higher interest rates for the inflation-and-market driven US Ten Tear Note.
Went outside earlier this morning with my first cup of coffee. 22 degrees [ not too bad ] and it snowed about half an inch overnight light powdery stuff. Looked really nice., and it was quiet – first light casting some pretty cool shadows over the frozen-up koi pond.
Off to my left – coming from raised vegetable beds, a small black round object was slowly moving towards me., tiny hop, by tiny hop., through the fresh snow. A really small field mouse.
He would make a couple of hops and look up at me.., then a couple of more.., take a look.., hop-hop.., look.., pretty soon he was just a couple of feet in front of me.., sitting their starring at me. Cute little face – but what the hell was he doing? That is pretty damn dangerous to be facing down a human.
I spoke real softly., “What are you doing, little one? You’re taking a pretty big risk.”
He made one more small hop towards me., and sat up, with his tiny little arms out in front.
“OK.” I bent down and laid my hand flat on the snow. “Come on..,”
He made one more hop and slowly climbed up into my hand. I stood back up and placed him into the crucks of my arm and setting him into my coat. He curled into a tight little ball and sat there staring at me. He is slightly smaller than a golf ball., and probably a whole two ounces. I barely felt him in my hand.
Now what do I do? I reached over and slowly stroked his head a couple of times. “You are one brave little fellow.” Still speaking low and soft. “But now what do I do with you.”
I took my coffee from my left, bent arm, where the little guy had hunkered down, and took a couple of sips. And it hit me. We have a old Japanese, decorative brass bird cage., that we occasionally use to burn a pillar candle in. About ten inches diameter. The ‘bars’ are crisscrossed in a lattice, with leaves., very close together – even he won’t be able to squeeze through them. And I have some song bird seed, with black oil sunflower seeds and loaded with mealy worms. Fresh lettuce in the fridge. .., and a 25 pound tom cat. This little guy wouldn’t even be a snack. Work that out later….,
Twenty minutes later ‘Valentine’ is sitting at his little bowl inside his ‘cage’ nibbling away.., all warm and seemingly happy. He took a real life chance. Desperation? Someone’s pet that escape and he somehow managed to get to this place without getting snatched by one of the many owls and hawks? Both? Assumed a “he”. I have not lifted his tail to check it out,
So.., now I have a pet mouse. He does have a cute little face. Sits on the coffee end-table right next to me. [ as I write this.] How long does a field mouse live in captivity? I didn’t consider that.
Neither “The Mrs”., or my recuse Tom – “Buddy” have seen him yet. I’ll have to work that out.
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Happy Valentines Day !
Soupy Sales ‘The Mouse’ Stereo Video 1965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnSmpKVT_Ts
Not sure about field mouse longevity since our barn cat made sure it was always “short.” But spouse acquired a white “feeder” rat. Namd her Snookums. We kept her in a fish aquarium. She liked to ride around in Nick’s pocket and on the back of our shepherd/husky. She last a year. We buried her next to the other rainbow bridge crossers. RIP to your little mousie and Happy V day!
Just noticed that was a premature RIP. May your little Mickey live long and prosper.
re: Cupid’s Arrow
dLynn,
May I suggest Gerald or Geraldine as a possible name for your new arrival? It’s supposed to mean rules with a spear. I think Syd Barrett previously of Pink Floyd called his mouse “Gerald” in ‘Bike’ from his ‘Madcap Laughs” album.
correction:
Apologies to Pink Floyd fans hereabouts.
Barrett’s ‘Bike’ apparently showed up on the “Piper at the Gates of Dawn” Floyd album.
I have been waiting for this. Someone was going to step-up.., and was fellow Texan, Dell.
Dell nears deal to sell $5 billion in AI servers to Musk’s xAI .
Five billion. That’s a lot of horse power.., err – chip power!
Yes.., Volume is picking up as well, but with lower highs and lower lows in the last two weeks we should recognize and admit, the bulls are slowly losing their edge.
The “Third Year Gain” is when the S&P has two very good years [ over 20% each, for the past two years.] the third year can be choppy and the average gain is around 2 %. The A/D lines will confirm this.., and most of the sectors A/D lines have not reach a new high this year – they haven’t broken out to the up-side. That should be a red flag for the Bulls. At least worrisome.
If those Advance/Decline lines do break out to the up-side, then the Bears are going to get hurt., as the markets in general will push higher and higher. There is an awful lot of money sitting and waiting to back that up. But like during the Financial Crisis the big boys do not want to get caught this time around, when they had very low cash reserves and too much exposure to stocks. They all got bitch-slapped. Lehman Brothers ring a bell ?
“The Fed”and Trump-ism are playing a very serious game right now.., one major slip., and all of this could come crashing down.., even a minor ‘oops’ could cause some serious pain.., especially in the credit empire.., and it seems to me that way too many are ignoring the bond market and even the corporate credit debt. Ignore those two at your own peril.
It seems right now that all are awaiting to see just who screws-up first. If somehow no one does – this market is going have a very good year.
.., and yes.., I mention the 13 week bond., kind of regularly. I use it a lot. I even paper trade it to keep up with the bond market in general., and use it in a couple of my math formulas for the stock market and indexes. It is probably one of the most ignored fed Bond out there. This morning it was at 4.2% – nicely above “The Feds” inflation rate target and CPI core numbers.
Quote of the Day..,
“End of the day, after the huge gains we saw two years off of the October 2022 lows, it would be perfectly normal to see some consolidation at some point in 2025.”
VIX is getting down towards the Alfred E. Newman level
(“What, Me worry?”)
The Southern California Earthquake Data Center has recorded, an ‘earthquake swarm,’ bombarding the state of California, Bay area, since February 6th, the earth insignificantly or strongly shaking every single day with dozens of minor earthquakes ranging from M0.4 to M4. M4 was the latest.
Is an earthquake swarm a predictor to a large earthquake event? There does not seem to be any consensus as to whether it does, or doesn’t. An Island in Greece has had hundreds of quakes in January / 0.2 to 5.1.., and nothing has happened. [ yet ]
Last night a drone – allegedly Russian, exploded and damaged the outer metal enclosure over the damaged reactor #4 at Chernobyl. The NY Times claims it was Russian, but who really knows? Russia has no interest in doing such a thing or it would have happened years ago. Zelinsky does, of course, since he wants to retain power and continue the war until he’s the last one standing. This has all the hallmarks of a classic false flag and a very dangerous one at that. As of this morning, there seems to be no indication of excess radiation. For a very biased account:
https://dnyuz.com/2025/02/14/russian-drone-damages-radiation-shield-at-chernobyl-ukraine-says/
IMO false flag by Ukraine.
Unless Russia launched it from Belarus (which is certainly possible), it would’ve had to travel an awfully long distance (either over Russia and Belarus or over Ukraine) to hit that dome (more like a steel quonset.) It is both tactically and logistically improbable that the drone’s origin was Russian…
It looks like the Mexican President is now openly siding with the Cartels.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mexico-hits-us-gunmakers-with-new-legal-threat-in-retaliation-for-trump-policy/ar-AA1z4HG9?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=ENTPSP&cvid=cf42b389cff04dbbc7add237e2013edb&ei=59
Man – is that gonna backfire.
Maybe the US will have an excuse to obtain the rest of the Colorado River all the way to it’s mouth at the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California).
Then we could build that Pacific Seaport in Arizona that should have been built 175 years ago after the end of the US/Mexican War!
Sky Pilots, 3D animation of helicopter crash:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/dc-plane-crash-black-hawk-helicopter-collision-timeline/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f011
Does any one here take Red Rice Yeast as a daily supplement for health and longevity?
If so.., which one ?
I am thinking of adding it to my ‘daily stack’
Thanks.
Look at its natural statin levels – which the fooled and drugged administration limited. Some bullshit about protecting statin makes going back 10 years or so…wait I will check with my ai partner:
“Yes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to regulate red yeast rice supplements that contain significant amounts of monacolin K, a compound identical to the prescription drug lovastatin. The FDA’s position is that products with substantial monacolin K content are considered unapproved new drugs and cannot be marketed as dietary supplements. This regulatory stance aims to protect consumers from potential health risks associated with unmonitored statin consumption, such as muscle, kidney, and liver damage. Additionally, the FDA has expressed concerns about the variability in monacolin K levels among red yeast rice products and the potential presence of harmful contaminants like citrinin, which can cause kidney failure. While some suggest that these regulations may indirectly benefit pharmaceutical statin manufacturers by limiting competition, the FDA’s primary justification centers on consumer safety and ensuring that products with drug-like effects undergo proper evaluation and approval processes.:
So, with enough money, you can have unconsensual sex with a whole at risk population.
Great country, or what? Kah-ching…
—
So what other countries are screwing consumers like this – eliminating free choice to use a ntural product?
ChatGPT said:
Several countries have implemented regulations on red yeast rice supplements due to safety concerns, which some consumers view as limiting their choices regarding natural products. Here’s an overview:
European Union (EU): In June 2022, the EU amended its regulations to restrict the daily intake of monacolins from red yeast rice to less than 3 milligrams per day. This decision was based on safety assessments by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which highlighted potential health risks associated with higher monacolin consumption. Additionally, products containing red yeast rice must include specific warning labels advising certain groups, such as pregnant or lactating women, individuals under 18 or over 70, and those on cholesterol-lowering medication, to avoid consumption.
NUTRAINGREDIENTS.COM
Switzerland: Switzerland has taken a more stringent approach by banning the sale of red yeast rice products entirely. This action stems from concerns over potential kidney dysfunction and other health issues linked to red yeast rice consumption.
EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG
France and Germany: Both countries have expressed safety concerns regarding red yeast rice supplements. Germany, in particular, has issued warnings advising consumers against using these products due to potential health risks.
EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG
Japan: In March 2024, Japan faced a significant health crisis when certain red yeast rice supplements were linked to severe adverse effects, including hospitalizations and deaths. Investigations revealed contamination with harmful substances, leading to product recalls and increased scrutiny over red yeast rice supplements.
EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG
These regulatory measures are primarily driven by concerns over consumer safety, especially given the variability in monacolin K content among red yeast rice products and the potential for harmful contaminants. While some consumers perceive these actions as limiting access to natural health products, regulatory bodies emphasize the importance of ensuring that products marketed for health benefits are both safe and effective.
Sounds like anywhere the Borg lives to protecct the Money Treasure, to me… but then I’m grouchy this early. Gettin old and all that
The FDA approved cigs. Seems legit
No, it’s pointless. The FDA neutered RYR. You would have to eat about 1000 one-gram capsules to get the amount of natural statins which would be found in a half-cup scoop of homemade RYR.
Everything’s a business model, and if a pharmco believes it can squeeze a few billion out of people’s insurancecos, whatever the substance, it will be taken off the market, as an “unapproved” drug or agent, then reinserted into the market at a 100,000% higher price point (ask George about his gout.)
However, you can make it yourself without a lot of trouble. It is rice that’s fermented with red yeast. I don’t have the recipe handy, but I’m sure LOOB does…
You have always wanted to see the Red Square in Moscow., and several of the Russian palaces and museums. So., off you go.
You land at the Moscow airport and within five minutes of arrival a police drug dog hits on your luggage. The police start rummaging through your ‘stuff’ and find eight baggies of marijuana.- you are cuffed and lead away. [ all caught on security cameras. Good looking dog.]
You offer a defense – you have an American Marijuana Medical Card. Forgetting the fact that you just flew into a foreign country that strictly prohibits the transportation illegal drugs into their beloved homeland.
It takes the Russian prosecutor, judge and defense less than ten minutes to find you guilty of trying to transport illegal drugs into Mother Russia.., [just play the video.] and off to prison you go., screaming all the time that you have medical marijuana card.
.., and the world goes ballistic that you have been wrongly imprisoned.
[ Lucky it wasn’t Saudi Arabia, you bozo – you would still be hanging by your thumbs.]
.., but, oh my god., he was wrongfully imprisoned ! Shall we launch a couple of nukes?
I’m glad he’s back, but it drives me nuts when I hear some pundit say he was “unlawfully imprisoned.” IMO if’fn you journey to another country, you have an obligation to learn all of the laws of that country (and any intermediate location where you may have a layover) which could run you afoul of the local laws. [Not doing so] is a particularly annoying form of conceit. The Brits were guilty of it between about 1900 and 1935. They enjoyed a degree of privilege when journeying abroad, but every single British encounter increased the resentment of the locals. WE are so stupid (and so ignorant of history) that we failed to learn from the Brits. George Santayana will educate us posthumously, and it’s a shame it will be necessary.
People expect court proceedings to be universal, too. They are not. Our jurisprudential system is the only one in the world where any defendant not named Trump is presumed innocent of guilt or wrongdoing, and the burden of proof of guilt rests with the State.
I don’t know the Russian system. I DO know in China, if you are going to “trial,” the CCP has already decided you are guilty. The Chinese “trial” is the equivalent of our “sentencing hearing.” You go to trial to find out how many years you will spend in prison. I would have let the teacher go last year, but left Greiner in the slam. I understand she’s a world-class athlete. She’s also a conceited pig who learned nothing from her experience…
People who take mind altering drugs on international trips were/are imo riding the shortest of the short busses growing up. How stupid can you actually be?
As a person who used to have to endure a COMPLETE strip search EVERY TIME I ever re-entered the US from overseas, yep even coming by vehicle back from Canada which was fairly regularly at times in my life (because I fit some sort of drug courier profile – a DEA undercover agent told me that over beers one night at O’Hare when I had been bumped from an international flight and so had to hang out for 24 hours) I may be overly sensitized to the issue, but SHEESH.
You aren’t in Colorado anymore when you are climbing onto an airplane to go to another country, or even climbing on a plane in Colorado to go to any other state. (marijuana is still illegal on a Federal Level and if they do a full inspection of you at TSA in Denver – which I have had to go through multiple times – and find it it is still a FEDERAL FELONY … those dogs they have going up and down the lines of people there are mostly sniffing for bombs, BUT they also sometime pick up drugs) (fwiw the total search at Salt Lake City is MUCH more thorough than what they do at Denver … that I know for certain, LOL )
re: “The Fox & the Stork” by Æsop
feat: 13 Archangels
Folks,
A public “X” post by one who would appear to be a fourth mother of child with the Artful Doger has stepped forward. She made the announcement under a platform byline of “Alea Iacta Est” (The Die is Cast) quoted by Gaius Suetonius in “The Twelve Caesars”. AD’s total child head count would now appear to be a baker’s dozen. Recent days saw an older half-brother at play in the Oval Office. Nicknamed “X”, the child’s full namesake is the Lockheed A-12 airplane. My armchair understanding is that the plane is the twelfth Archangel design subsequent to U2 and Project Rainbow. Corrections are welcomed.
Speaking of rainbows, the newly announcing mother previously authored a childrens’ reading book titled “Elephants are not Birds”. A description tells us that even though Kevin (an elephant?) can sing, he is not a bird despite any cultural advice to the contrary. The story is a Christian instruction to children that boys are not girls.
Now that we have seen the elephant out of the room, turn your dial to DJ George of never-ending scalar medley. What better way to serenade a songbird on Valentine’s than with a ditty from the Fab Four recorded before the Artful Doger was even a gleam in the eye:
“And Your Bird Can Sing”.
Jesters Dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmP9b7McyAk
“On top of this PBS jumped on the chance to criticize Pete Hegseth Roasted Over ‘Huge F*ck Up’ on Ukraine Policy.”
Hegseth gave away the probable eventual result, which is his f*ck up. Diplomacy is a negotiation. You never surrender a position or a bargaining chip. I suspect Pete has a speechwriter who’s now on double secret probation…
“Who is Danielle Sassoon, the prosecutor who stood up to Trump’s DOJ over Eric Adams’ case?”
WTF? She didn’t stand up to anything — She ran away like a little girl.
Adams is not a Trump ally. Trump is not an Adams ally. Adams is a hard-line Democrat. He’s also an ex-cop who discovered a 2500 square mile area with ~30mln people in it became rapidly ungovernable when a (comparatively) few illegal aliens came to town. That doesn’t make him Republican (although it might make him call himself one in the upcoming election, since “cop-a-feel and kill all the old folks” Cuomo is contemplating a run for Mayor as a Democrat.) What it makes him is a realist. He got crossways of the Biden Administration when he asked President Soros to do something to stem the flow of criminal aliens into NYC. He was charged via “lawfare” for accepting an upgrade on a plane ticket, even though there was no evidence the u/g had a political motivation.
Like Trump’s cases, Adams’ case should never have been brought, and it should be thrown out on receipt by any honest jury. The fact Sassoon didn’t dismiss it offhand is a testament to her lack of honesty, or Alex Soros’ possession of a nasty control file on her, either of which should forever eliminate her from consideration for any position on any bench, anywhere in the Country…
“Adams’ case should never have been brought, and it should be thrown out on receipt by any honest jury. The fact Sassoon didn’t dismiss it offhand…”
You may want to consider why trump wants the dismissal to be without prejudice..
“Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for January 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation”
Nice graph. February’s should look almost flatlined. The March graph will show auto sales through the roof though…
“BREAKING ? Sen. Bernie Sanders is in full panic mode. He’s starting to realize Donald Trump won The Democrat Party is collapsing.”
Not impressed. First of all, Bernie is a card-carrying member of the Socialist Party USA and has called himself a “Democrat” to have the Democratic Corporation finance his political campaigns.
Second of all, the son of a bitch was allegedly besties with Tulsi Gabbard for years (like East Coasters, Hawaiian Dems are typically, really far left) yet voted against her confirmation. No respect for people who value Party loyalty above filial loyalty (and remember, he’s not even a real Democrat…) Bernie had one positive opinion point with me. He lost it with that vote. I hope Tulsi has his crooked wife tossed in the hoosegow…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on DOGE, Taxes and the Fed
The IRS systems are quite poor. When I started in college in 1980, I learned to program in COBOL. I think there are 12 different systems at the IRS that still run on COBOL. But as of now, there is no engagement at the IRS.
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-on-doge-taxes-and-the-fed
Bessent told Laura Ingraham tonight that if the IRS remained, its computers and programming would be updated.
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Eli Crane to Introduce Articles of Impeachment Against Judge Blocking DOGE Audit of Treasury Payments
Rep. Eli Crane will introduce articles of impeachment against a federal judge who is trying to prevent the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department payment systems to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, the congressman confirmed to Breitbart News.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/12/eli-crane-to-introduce-articles-of-impeachment-against-judge-blocking-doge-audit-of-treasury-payments/
I’m starting to wonder when people are going to figure out that Elon Musk is PayPal, and not many years ago had names, SS numbers, VISA, MC, and bank account numbers for 1.5 billion people.
Yes,
but do you Moo at Cows when driving by if they are Mooing at you ?
When kids were younger, I would pull over to side of road to address Moosie’s by their tag number, an give em a good Moo. Same with Horses, becoming a bit of a “whisperer” in the process over the years.
*Yep still Moo at Cows and Whinney at Horses, along roadside fences, cant help myself..
: )
My wife and I used to ride bicycles in the countryside and moo at the cows. They invariably mooed back and followed us along their side of the fence to the end of their pasture. Fascinating to watch!