Reopen Rally, Vet’s Partial Holiday, “Earth Ride” Reframing

TL;DR: Unless we get new highs – before Friday of next week – the smell of “we’re toast” will be back. Vets – thank you for your service, now back to work – and at the ranch? Enjoying the “Earth Ride” review.

“Toast or Rally?”

In modeling the future – which we do almost compulsively around here – there’s a possible fork in the road that comes a week from Friday.

A large cross-market study examining 48 major stock indices over multiple decades found that average returns tended to be meaningfully higher during new-moon periods than full-moon periods, amounting to roughly a 3–5% annualized differential. Researchers noted a statistically detectable pattern in the data: new-moon windows correlated with slightly elevated equity performance. That said, the magnitude is small relative to normal market noise, the causality is unproven, and the effect is not robust enough to serve as a standalone trading signal.

BUT…having disclaimed that enough for legal…we may drop a show with the next lower waffle.  As the late Martin Zweig always advised “Never fight the Fed.”

How does it feel to live in an Economics Lab?  We explained in the Monday column (“Tariff Dream or Debt Scheme?“) how government could – at least in theory, do a “People’s Hyperinflation” if they are clever about it.  Send out made-up “tariff rebates” (or call it some other name) then tax people at a rate high enough to make it partly “pencil-out.”  People dumb enough to dribble their lives out on social media, you know they will believe anything, right?

Besides, penciling out may not be necessary.  Back in the Peoplenomics archives somewhere we did some work on Stephanie Kelton’s idea.  Remember her?  She’s an economist associated with Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and wrote the 2020 book The Deficit Myth, which argues that sovereign currency-issuing governments are not financially constrained in the same way households or businesses are, and can create money to fund public priorities as long as they manage inflation risks.

She wasn’t arguing just for the “free lunch” idea.  Nope. She went bigger. Enough money for breakfast, too, plus dinner, a private jet and a month in Europe, too, if government were so caring.  (Don’t worry, it’s not.)

With a variable pay-off plan (and a tax-gizmo for plausible deniability), who cares, right?  The public gets to keep working its ass off (until the die-off plans kick in) building out dream lands for the survivors a generation or three ahead…so yeah.  Take the reopening and relax.

Or, here’s  documentary from the Babylon Bee: Congress Prepares To Pivot From Doing Nothing Because Of The Shutdown To Doing Nothing Because They’re Congress.

Here’s Where the Future Matters

The lah-lah-nomics aside, there’s still the matter of clocks and Reality Discovery points.

Any one of these (hell, worst case all of ’em) popping before the turkey thermometers is possible.

Nothing you and I can do about it.  We’ve been strapped into bodies and tied into social rolls. About all we can do is “Eyes Wide Shut” and try not to mess ourselves.

Which we might, say the catastrophists, pointing to the possibility of a major Earth-directed X-class solar flare.  For us (only slightly less worried), there’s one eye on this NRT JSON file.

Scaling News Mountain

Here’s a morning set of pitons to climb out of mental fog.

The Future looks gruesome: Gavin Newsom, Eyeing 2028, Tries to Mess With Texas. Maybe appealing to Austin City Dimwits… Otherwise, if we want to sniff BS, we have cattle, thanks.  Oh, and we also know how to run our oil and gas business, thanks.  Saw Gruesome genius at play in Lining Up For Gas In California – Issues & Insights. Go back to Cali – and take Beto with you.

Thing is, lawfaring is becoming a two-way street.  Trump’s sweeping 2020 election pardon raises alarms ahead of the midterms – POLITICO.

Monday I mentioned demographic shifts wrecking the UK.  And now the follow-on: English Councils Say Cost Of REMOVING English Flags Is “Money Well Spent”

A Climate of disgust? As they paved how much of the Amazon for roads to climate ego confabs?  Sheesh.  The article The Myths We’re Told About Climate Change could have used the world “lies” instead, but a summary of the issues…

Squishy-think in the courts again: Supreme Court Agrees to Decide If Mail-In Ballots Must Arrive by Election Day.  The libber-left can’t handle deadlines like the word “Day.”  If they can’t tell time…don’t get me started.

The Seattle Follies

Are you ready for the Big City Failures to begin?  Keep an eye on Seattle and New York.  NYC for the obvious: Mamdani has made enough promised that the city may never be able to keep.  When it dawns on “real people” we expect the NE Diaspora to begin in earnest.

But watch Seattle, and to a lesser extent Portland.  Seattle has a two problems: inexperienced social government on the one hand, and grandiose non-worker’s paradise designs. In the latest Seattle’s SODO housing ordinance blocked after Port of Seattle wins lawsuit. While the politics sound all high falutin’ the reality is Boeing bounced from the PNW, silicon split for east of Lake Washington, and now? Looks like the left of commies are trying to run the Port out, too, with city land grab designs.

At the macro level?  Big Cities because almost like ancient city-states.  But now, with overnight everywhere and Starlink, if you want to live in traffic jams, that’s a choice – and not a particularly good one.

Elaine and I are typical elders.  We can afford to live anywhere.  Neither one of us would return to a Big City on a bet.  We’re safer out here with guns, food, and silence – all of which would be instantly lost if these mini-Kremlins ran things.

Set a watch: We are setting up for Big City Failures – the likes of which America hasn’t seen since the Great Depression.  Oh, you forgot, did you?  During the rabble rousing festival?

Lots of major U.S. cities hit the wall during the Depression, unable to meet debt service or payroll. Back then: Detroit, Michigan, which defaulted on bond payments in 1933; Cleveland, Ohio, which entered state oversight and emergency financing arrangements; Boston, Massachusetts, forced into state-controlled receivership for a period due to inability to cover obligations; and Chicago, Illinois, which faced de facto insolvency in 1931–33 and resorted to issuing “scrip” to pay employees when cash ran out. These cases didn’t always involve formal bankruptcy filings—municipal bankruptcy law wasn’t fully formed—but they were effectively insolvent by any practical measure.

If we were in the (non-existent) “forward-planning office” of the FedGov (when they get back from vacation) we’d be suggesting the Feds have a bailout plan for big cities. Seattle, Portland, NYC, Chicago, SF (not south bay).

Around the Ranch: “Earth Ride” Reframing

Look for columns to return to less “all-day reads” to more pointed. That’s because we’ve crunched numbers and seems readers are “thought skimmers” more than “future projectors.”  The latter is something you can do yourself – if interested – you just need the grist.

Having just published my latest book (Mind Amplifiers) I’m enjoying the afterglow.  The biggest one is reframing of life as a long-time based Space Mountain amusement park ride.

The “Earth Ride” begins with boarding the (body as a) ride car at birth.  Climbing the ride tower (growing up and education) and then letting loose at the top. Like a roller-coaster. Mid-life.  Finally, out here at the 80 year mark, you know you’re coming into the “ride station” where everyone has to get off.  But, it would sure be fun to go again…

There – “Earth Ride” complete.  Take your Live Videos to the “life review experience” and let us know if you want to ride carbon or silicon on the next ride.  Unless you were misbehaved on “Earth Ride” (a carbon-friendly ride) in which case there are  sulfur-based rides with reptilians…

Yeah – life simplifies.  But here we are – on the ride for another day- and it’s been a great one.

Write when you get rich,

George@ure.net

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  1. perhaps a few things in your analysis might be questioned George.
    The inflation scenario reuires more income than costs in order to self perpetuate. Driving around my neighborhood I see every car lot filled to bursting with unsold inventory. Like they are packing the unsold cars onto adacent bare lots. Housing here is so expensive that the median income can nowhere near afford th median house. The lines at the food banks grow daily. I guess living in the piney woods of TX helps insulate you from those stark images. The assumed inflation game requires two sides to play. Right now there is no way of boosting incomes to cover the cost demands.
    Per your review of the Depression city defaults, it looks like the whole US will be up for a default, taking the rest of the land with it. Only taxing the obscene wealth of the billionaires could do anything to ameliorate the situation. While MMT might have had some effect 20 years ago, the current level of debt to the banksters and the other foriegn bondholders is beyond any capacity for repayment.
    That all said, I don’t see any way the current debt can be inflated away. Perhaps street corner kiosks handing out bags of cash coupled with super harsh cost controls. Such systemic failures however can only be papered over by the corporate press while the bulk of the population gets madder and madder. I wonder how much of the army will defend the crooks and incompetents in the Administration and Congress if they are suppposed to fire on their parents and friends. Interesting times.

    • “the median income can nowhere near afford th median house”

      Trust the plan as new factories dot the land!

      But what I know what you mean. 200K doesn’t buy much anymore.

      Little Bush said it best:

      “I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system,” Bush told CNN television, saying he had made the decision “to make sure the economy doesn’t collapse.”

      “I am sorry we’re having to do it,” Bush said.

      People took the cash and blamed the black guy for Socialism.

    • “President Donald Trump dismissed concerns about the U.S. economy during an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, calling such worries “fake.” He claimed, “We have the greatest economy we’ve ever had.””

  2. Slaughterhouse-Five, a novel by Kurt Vonnegut.

    Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.

    The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. The Tralfamadorians can look at all the different moments just that way we can look at a stretch of the Rocky Mountains, for instance. They can see how permanent all the moments are, and they can look at any moment that interests them. It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever.

    When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in that particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is “So it goes.”

  3. With mass exodus from liberal havens and the build out of Texas Wall Street in Dallas – its easy to see a massive expansion eastward. The Tyler area ie Bullard continues to see very aggresive building. A builder lives cati-corner to me says he can’t build enough 2,200- 2,500 square foot homes and often has dueling bids for the properties once completed. Will be interesting to see if that holds up,

        • Retired a year ago December and moved to Bullard. A former customer and friend is Chairman and President of a local bank. Other than that i know folks in the neighborhood and those I have met at the fitness center. No Toons – sorry

  4. George : writing cause I *feel* rich (enough to suit).

    First and foremast (OBSCON) : Hats off to those who served. I used to mark off Veterans Day to contact oldsters who kept us safe. The phone calls (and taking one guy to lunch) used to consume the entire day. Now? I personally know (4) Vets. Lost the WW2 best gen. then Korean guys and now lose fellers who went to Nam. Some are here.

    Thank you for your service! Thanks for making us safe(r). Sorry for your loss(es).

    dLynn : “… if you stop complaining long enough to look around you in a new light – you can manage it …”

    That’s ^ a good motto dLynn. I had the benefit of growing old(er) with *can do* guys. They wouldn’t spent a minute beefing if in that same minute things could be made better. Doers. Somehow, posting on FB or Reddit has become “doing” to many. Nope.

    GU : “… here we are – on the ride for another day- and it’s been a great one …”

    That’s ^ pretty much my gusto every time I wake up (*) -or- when the MedEvac Helo flies by but doesn’t stop for me! It’s been a very good ride and when my good on date passes, so shall I. A couple weekends ago I attended the 100th BD of a Lake Grand Dame. Nope.

    (*) cept for this morning, typical spinal agony roused me at 3-something, turned on the TV and dozed on the couch. Woke thinking there were other voices, another show? Geez, is Mrs. E also awake? Nope. AMZN Alexa dot apparently heard her name and started playing some radio show (circa War of the Worlds). Really? I want to rename my audio assistant. Or, will start routine to shut her off?

    ATL : it’s now a sizzling 30F here, chill wind knocking down remaining leaves. The nightly wet snow has really created a speedy fall. Yesterday I went Recon to check roads, fill gas tank, etc. Nearly didn’t make it a 1/4 mile. The 50 degree hill had about 6″ of fresh fallen with snow on top. Lots of fallen timber. Clearing leaves is a chore but sooner the better. Or, the wind will out?

    Call a Vet. It will make you feel warm and fuzzy (short supply but).
    Thanks to all who served.
    Egor

  5. I’m curious why your preps don’t include chickens and a meat animal like goats that will trim your grass for you.

    At 73 ,if I live 10 more years I’ll be grateful. I’m aiming for 90 but the odds are against me. Supposedly people with RA die 15 years before their peers. I’ve outlived 4 of my siblings and about half of my high school homeroom. I’m feeling lucky and grateful to be able to read your column every morning and to spend time with family.

    I saw a post with a list of food for $40 at Aldi’s that will feed 10 people for Thanksgiving so I decided to try it. I followed the list with a couple of substitution for $44.26. Great job Aldi’s. Supposedly Walmart is doing something similar but I haven’t seen their list.

    • the attached link is to a mid western doctors latest on Stomach Acid/Gut Health, and some direct links to RA and Asthma. Old is new again or so it seems with this piece.

      My hope is you find some useful and therefore valuable information in this piece. Cheers and Good Luck..

      -https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/stomach-acid-is-vital-for-health

  7. Russia says it foiled UK-Ukrainian plot to hijack jet armed with hypersonic missile

    Where’s Clint Eastwood when you
    need him …
    Firefox is a 1982 American action techno-thriller film produced, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood.
    The film recounts Eastwood’s mission to secretly enter the Soviet Union, hijack a cutting-edge fighter plane, and fly the aircraft back into American hands.

    • That was fantasy MiV.

      In realty US (SEALTEAM 6) did steal the latest missile(/missile tech.) from Mother Russia. They are on display at SF museum in Tampa area. Also same time frame as first cell phone BOMB (C4) in Beruit. Never did find that tangos’ head, and best part? israhell got the blame for that one..again.

      No one got close to the Jet & Kinzal – just bribes/offers. Although they did get a Helo and its pilot early on in conflict. 2 Crew members were executed upon arrival in ukraine. They whacked that pilot a year later in Spain – shot down in cold blood, the traitorous dog.

      Ukraine is done, over, just mopping up last two towns in donbass now. Imagine the lil peckerheaded zelensky will be beating feet shortly for Switzerland or some other refuge for jewish war crimminals..like Epstain.

  8. Thanks for adding the date and day to each day’s Headline posting. My complaining brain will now stop complaining when I have trouble finding an exact column from a week, or a month ago (date sorting and date memory for when something was written has always been a high point for my brain … doing advanced math and foreign languages was always like going to the worst dungeon in existence)

    • well now, do tell, what he has to pay !!! your source,,,
      “The two sides said in a filing in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Friday that they have agreed to permanently dismiss the suit against the former New York City mayor and former personal lawyer to President Trump.

      The brief filing doesn’t cite the settlement terms. Spokespeople for Giuliani and the Colorado-based Dominion said Saturday that the terms are confidential and declined to comment further.”
      well now I see that
      “Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official”
      axios,,, a source I dislike but you like
      https://www.axios.com/2025/10/09/dominion-voting-machines-sold-elections

    • re: matters cerebral
      feat: Python speaks

      c,
      Thank you for the link. It’s amazing the quality a news network can produce when subsidiary to a parent run by a son of the sometimes second richest person in the world depending on tidal money flows.

      Speaking of parents – per “Fortune” when picking up the story from competitor “Bloomberg” a couple of years ago – apparently the three-quarters private share co-owners of Mr. Giuliani’s esteemed opponent previously made excellent returns on their original investment when “Fox” dropped off a $750+ million settlement cheque. One of the dynamic duo private owner’s published cv offers experience with that investment firm naming itself after the three-headed hound guarding the mythical Greek underworld. The other counts amongst prior employers that firm no longer extant in original name credited with allegedly sparking the 2008 financial crisis.

      Hear that foghorn sound, everyone? DJ George must have sighted schools of plankton from the bridge. Cue the Whale Song!

  10. Have you noticed your favorite desktop browser app now has groovy sign-in or profile buttons?

    The Internet ID approachith. Likely facial recognition will be required to access Internet. Positive ID every time keeps us safe. Or don’t participate.

  11. I have not gotten a dump like this from SIDC in several cycles. Y’all can decide its importance. Personally, I’m going to venture out in the snow to attack a large portion of chicken soup. My kitchen is down for cleaning and realignment/re-storage (fancy talk for double-checking the dates and can integrity in the pantries) so I’m using the community feedbag out of need, rather than just generosity and inquisitiveness. La cocina del Ray will be back up on Thursday night or Friday. ‘Hope I still have utility-supplied lighting…

    ——————————————

    Solar Influences Data analysis Center
    Royal Observatory of Belgium

    Solar Active Regions and flaring: Solar flaring activity was high over the
    past 24 hours. Eight numbered sunspot groups were on the disk. The largest
    flare was an X5.1 event that peaked at 10:04 UTC on 11 Nov from SIDC
    Sunspot Group 687 (NOAA AR 4274) at N23 W23. A Type II radio emission was
    observed around 10:40 UTC, which is associated with the X5.1 flare. Two
    M-class flares were also produced by this region: an M1.5 at 19:57 UTC on
    10 Nov and an M1.4 at 08:09 UTC on 11 Nov. Solar flaring activity is
    expected to remain high over the next 24 hours, with M-class flares very
    likely and a chance for X-class flares.

    Coronal mass ejections: A full halo CME was observed on 10 Nov following
    the X1.2 flare (SIDC CME 559) from SIDC Sunspot Group 687 (NOAA AR 4274).
    The true radial speed is estimated at about 1300 km/s. The arrival of the
    associated interplanetary shock at Earth is expected late on 11 Nov to
    early on 12 Nov. A Type II radio emission alert was observed at 10:40 UTC
    on 11 Nov. This burst is associated with the X5.1 flare that peaked at
    10:04 UTC from SIDC Sunspot Group 687 (NOAA AR 4274). Type II bursts are
    typically linked to shock-driven eruptions and often indicate an
    accompanying CME, from this an estimated shock speed of 1350 km/s was
    given. However, speed estimates from radiospectrography carry
    methodological uncertainties and should be treated as preliminary. Further
    analysis is ongoing as additional coronagraph imagery becomes available to
    refine the true speed and assess any Earth-directed component.

    Coronal holes: SIDC Coronal Hole 126, an mid-north coronal hole with
    negative polarity, has returned on the disk and is currently situated on
    the western side of the Sun.

    Solar wind: During the last 24 hours the solar wind speed ranged around 410
    to 590 km/s. The total interplanetary magnetic field, Bt ,varied between
    about 0.4 and 8.7 nT, while the southward component, Bz, ranged from
    roughly -4.6 nT to 6.4 nT. Conditions are expected to become disturbed late
    on 11 Nov into 12 Nov with the anticipated arrival of interplanetary
    coronal mass ejection (SIDC CME 559) associated with the X1.2 event (SIDC
    Flare 6010) that peaked on 10 November at 09:19 UTC, and produced by SIDC
    Sunspot Group 687 (NOAA Active Region 4274).

    Geomagnetism: Geomagnetic activity was quiet to unsettled overall with
    periods of active constions. NOAA Kp reached 4 around 15 to 18 UTC on 10
    Nov, otherwise 1 to 3. The Belgian K index similarly peaked near 4 in the
    late afternoon and briefly again around 23 to 00 UTC, then eased to 1 to 2
    through the morning of 11 Nov. Over the next 24 hours, quiet to unsettled
    conditions are most likely, with isolated active periods possible if Bz
    turns persistently southward. Additional disturbances remain possible late
    on 11 to early 12 Nov with the expected CME arrival. The geomagnetic
    response will depend on the magnetic field orientation within the ejecta
    and could reach major storm levels (Kp 6 to Kp 7).

    Proton flux levels: The greater than 10 MeV GOES proton flux crossed the 10
    pfu threshold at 11:30 UTC on 10 November following the X1.2 flare from
    SIDC Sunspot Group 687 and has remained at event levels since then. Around
    10:00-10:10 UTC on 11 November, coincident with the X5.1 flare from the
    same region, the flux increased further. The higher energy channels
    responded promptly as well, with clear rises at ?50 MeV, ?100 MeV and a
    noticeable rise at ?500 MeV, indicating a hard-spectrum SEP component.
    Proton flux is expected to remain elevated over the next 24 hours, with
    additional enhancements possible if further major flares occur or as CME-
    driven shocks propagate from SIDC Sunspot Group 687 (NOAA Active Region
    4274).

    Electron fluxes at GEO: The greater than 2 MeV electron flux measured by
    GOES 18 and GOES 19 was above the 1000 pfu at the start of the reporting
    period. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux is expected to fluctuate
    around the 1000 pfu threshold over the next 24 hours. The 24-hour electron
    fluence was at moderate levels, it is expected to remain at moderate levels
    over the next 24 hours.

    TODAY’S ESTIMATED ISN : 150, BASED ON 07 STATIONS.

    SOLAR INDICES FOR 10 Nov 2025
    WOLF NUMBER CATANIA : ///
    10CM SOLAR FLUX : 180
    AK CHAMBON LA FORET : ///
    AK WINGST : 019
    ESTIMATED AP : 014
    ESTIMATED ISN : 157, BASED ON 15 STATIONS.

    NOTICEABLE EVENTS SUMMARY
    DAY BEGIN MAX END LOC XRAY OP 10CM Catania/NOAA RADIO_BURST_TYPES
    10 1946 1957 2003 N21W20 M1.5 2N ///4274 VI/2
    11 0802 0809 0813 N21W31 M1.4 SF ///4274
    11 0949 1004 1017 ////// X5.1 ///4274 II/3VI/3III/2
    END

    BT

    #——————————————————————–
    # Solar Influences Data analysis Center – RWC Belgium
    # Royal Observatory of Belgium
    #
    # Website http://www.sidc.be

  12. “Are you ready for the Big City Failures to begin? Keep an eye on Seattle and New York. NYC for the obvious”

    Actually, I don’t think NYC is going to be as bad as the Scaricans say. Mamdani took $37mln from George Soros. I’m assuming this means Soros owns him, at least to a degree. Soros’ plan is to conquer and subjugate or destroy the United States. It is therefore in his interest (and I assume Alex’ interest also) to not let the Commie of Fifth Avenue go all Stalin on the Boroughs, but travel a narrow path designed to show how good, benign, and beneficial fascist Socialism is, so The Soros Group can rope in enough other cities that our takeover is both subtle and unassuming — until they can win the entire government at the ballot box.

    Understand, too, that unlike stupid idealist politicians in Left-Coast cities, the Mayor of New York is severely hamstrung by “legislative oversight.” IOW, there’s a bunch of stuff (s)he can’t do, without the approval and backing of Albany. Personally, I’m hoping the Legislature cuts him loose so he can destroy the Rotten Apple, but I don’t think he will be able to move as quickly into ruin as the mayors of Seattle, Portland, and L.A. (SanFran has done got theirselves a Trumpy-style mayor who, even though not a MAGA Republican, is making inroads toward fixing the city.) I suggest one take the wailings of the Repug pundits with a measure of sodium chloride until we’uns all see how Albany is going to treat the Zoronator…

    Socialists have been fighting this battle against “the West” for over 400 years — Moslems for nearly 1400. As social movements they are very patient. “Westerners,” especially 21st Century Americans have the patience (and attention span) of a gnat.

    ‘Nuff said…?

    Good! Let’s wait and see which town goes down the porcelain poo-receptacle first — maybe have a friendly lottery, or sumpin…?

  14. (”
    Stephanie Kelton’s idea. Remember her? She’s an economist associated with Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and wrote the 2020 book The Deficit Myth, which argues that sovereign currency-issuing governments are not financially constrained in the same way households or businesses are, and can create money to fund public priorities as long as they manage inflation risks.”)

    Phew…Stephanie Kelton’s Deficit Myth argues that deficits aren’t inherently dangerous for sovereign currency issuers—that governments like the U.S. can spend freely to meet public needs, constrained only by inflation and real resources.. that may have worked …IF… our political leaders had secured the essential needs of the people in the usa… It’s a hopeful framework and can be a positive appearance to those that don’t face the business model and the weapon using of essential needs by deregulation and incorporating them into the business model.. from where I stand, it overlooks a deeper truth: history is littered with civilizations that collapsed not from lack of currency, but from mismanagement, hubris, and the erosion of public trust. ( let them eat cake if they don’t like it..comes to mind..Mari Antoinette would have probably lived to an old age if she had acted on what her advisors suggested)
    Modern Monetary Theory may be technically sound in the isolation of the gated neighborhoods where the life experiences don’t enter, it assumes a level of stewardship and work ethics towards the citizens that simply doesn’t exist in our current political climate. We’re watching trillions flow into war, optics, and vacant warehouses while the foundation cracks the essential needs of the population directed towards the business model of high profit and gains of the top tier of society while neglecting the needs of the people. Credit is the only thing keeping the economy moving—like a poor man buying a lottery ticket, hoping the jackpot will fix what leadership won’t. The deficit isn’t just a number—it’s a symptom of a system that’s forgotten how to govern.If Congress acted as stewards, maybe Kelton’s vision could work. But in reality, we’re watching the slow unraveling of a modern empire, masked by stimulus and spectacle. And history tells us..when management fails, no theory can save the house from collapse.

    • Currency,AKA .. Currency—cash, bonds, and scripted promises—was never wealth itself, only a symbol pointing to real goods: grain, metal, labor, and trust. The pound once meant a pound of wheat. Gold and silver marked status, not sustenance. Jacob, banker of Egypt, understood this—his ledgers recorded wheat and barley, not illusions. A nation can print all the paper it wants, but unless the essentials are within reach—food, shelter, dignity—the script is hollow. As long as the people’s needs are met, belief holds. But when essentials are hoarded by the elite, and the altar of greed replaces the granary, faith collapses. Egypt’s thousand-year decline wasn’t sudden—it was the slow erosion of access, worsened by climate, war, and pride. Newton’s laws may govern motion, but they don’t account for hunger. Once the essentials vanish, even the most elegant theories fall to famine.

  15. AI. Dot com levels over-investment
    Armstrong economics. Overseas worse

    Oil; yuan reserve currency with china
    Argentina. China overfishing
    Russia south. Control critical metals

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