Take the day off. In fact, take the rest of the week off. Because we already (sort of) know what to expect. Within a somewhat bounded range the future has been predictable lately. In a “bring your own NoDoz” way.
WW 3 – Another Weekend
Some weeks back we said it appeared that World War 3 was running as a “weekend feature” so that it wouldn’t spill over into the mid-section of most weeks.
So, here we are on another Monday. The War headlines riff on Another U.S. Service Member Is Killed as Iran War Expands – The New York Times. And the Futures were up early, with oil down just a few pennies. No, that’s not much. But it’s enough to swing the narrative.
With no economic news to “worry our little heads about” (until the FOMC decision next week or balance sheet Thursday) the new statistical gray spot becomes Thursday – if we can keep a lid on to the close of business today.
We are still in a (possibly) significant window under some predictive frameworks now (to the 21st) but the good track record types are circling Thursday-ish.
Does Prediction Matter?
Oh, sure it does. In fact, my consigliere – fleeing to the Michigan Upper Peninsula for a week – sent along the latest Polish Seer (Jackowski) outlook late Friday. That told me I could skip the World Cup.
That outlook? “World Cup final Spain beats Argentina 1-0, with Argentina scoring one goal that is not recognized.” Naturally, I just had to ask an AI to impartially score the 48-hour-ahead of events call because as the lookahead operator I could be considered biased in the science of future.
“The prediction was highly accurate. Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 in the World Cup final. The winning goal was scored by Ferran Torres in the 106th minute of extra time. However, the detail about the uncounted Argentina goal actually happened in reverse. Spain (not Argentina) had an extra-time goal by Nico Williams disallowed following a controversial VAR review.
The referee ruled that Mikel Merino had committed a foul on Argentina’s Nicolás Otamendi in the buildup. Aside from that disallowed goal, the 1-0 scoreline and the ultimate champion were accurately foreseen.”
Which is one of the major brain-blisters work on the future brings with it. Archetype designations can have reversed polarities.
I won’t print what my specific concerns are for the 23rd, but let’s just say I am “worried” about G.A. Stewart’s work and how the King of Terrors could be lurking.
I say could be because I don’t really expect to need the flash goggles until around Thanksgiving. One read of the Polish Seer’s outlook is “Military actions towards Iran will continue until November, with very dangerous boiling over (“kociol”/cauldron) in November.” But, somewhere before the end of the year, we get “Deliberate long-term closure or disruption of the Strait of Hormuz (possibly involving radiation) as key to triggering crisis.”
That’s the one that sets up the really bad 2027. Because we are already penciling out what a closed Hormuz (rising energy prices) could mean coincident to a major Dust Bowl replay (growing in statistical buff) since the El Niño outlooks from the climate prediction center.
Ah. But like I said – for this week? Take the week off – or the first half anyway.
News Compressor: ON
Since the Iran war made it through another weekend without upsetting the workweek narrative too badly, we can inspect the battle space. The genuinely interesting development was the market’s reaction. Brent briefly punched above $91 as tanker traffic through Hormuz slowed, then dropped under $88 when Iran suggested it might entertain proposals delivered through intermediaries.
That is not peace. It is markets buying three dollars’ worth of maybe.
Only four tankers reportedly transited the Strait Sunday, down from eight Saturday. So, the shooting is still going on, another American service member has been killed, and the world’s most important oil passage is operating at a fraction of normal traffic. Yet stock-index futures were modestly higher early today because somebody used the word “negotiations.” Welcome to priced-in World War 3.
The main domestic tragedy over the weekend came out of southern Utah, where a flash flood killed five members of one family near the Sunglow Campground outside Bicknell. The dead included Provo Fire Captain Spencer Long, his wife Katrina, and their three sons. A daughter who was not on the trip is the family’s sole survivor.
Meanwhile, Tropical Depression Two is drifting around the northeastern Gulf with all the urgency of a government committee. Winds are still relatively modest, but a slow-moving tropical system can pile up rainfall far beyond what the wind numbers imply. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana are first in line; the later westward track toward Texas remains a question for the middle of the week.
In other words, the first half of the week may be dull. Dull should not be confused with safe.
News Forecast:
Here in East Texas, we move into the hottest part of the summer with the Hill Country flooding drying out. But not Utah. Domestic multi-fatality weather events (Utah family flood) as ongoing risk layer.
Through today’s close: The question is whether markets can maintain the “war contained, talks possible” story. Futures were up despite oil remaining elevated, which says the Street is willing to look past the missiles for now. A fresh tanker attack, another U.S. casualty, or evidence that Hormuz traffic has fallen again would put the war premium right back into crude and bonds. Odds the lid stays on through today’s close: 72 percent.
Tuesday: The U.S. economic calendar is nearly empty. That leaves oil, tropical weather and corporate earnings previews in charge of the tape. Barring a war surprise, Tuesday could be another high-volume exercise in accomplishing nothing. Odds of a directionless market session: 68 percent.
Wednesday: Alphabet, Tesla and IBM report after the close. Alphabet may be the most useful report because investors will be digging into how much money is being poured into AI infrastructure—and whether revenue is beginning to justify the spending. Alphabet has officially scheduled its call for Wednesday afternoon.
This makes Wednesday evening the setup and Thursday morning the reaction.
Thursday—the gray spot: Initial unemployment claims arrive before the open. The European Central Bank issues its rate decision later in the European session, followed by Christine Lagarde’s press conference. Intel reports Thursday, adding another AI-chip and data-center reality check.
That gives the “Thursday-ish” prediction window an unusually convenient real-world trigger stack: labor data, a major central-bank decision, oil-driven inflation worries and Big Tech earnings fallout. None guarantees an event. Together, though, they create enough dry statistical tinder that we will keep the coffee warm.
Friday: Preliminary manufacturing and services PMIs arrive, followed by June new-home sales. Those will give us a better read on whether higher energy costs and interest rates are bleeding into the real economy.
The Federal Reserve itself does not meet until July 28–29, so there is no FOMC decision this week.
If you are working on your mini-doctorate in Predictive Statistical Methods, be ready to plot reality against realization of the Fed rate hike odds next week. Early today, odds of a rate hike were 14.4 percent per the CME Fed Watch Tool. Far from a sure thing, but higher than what a sane person would chance in Russian Roulette. Cower accordingly.
As we zoom out on the look ahead, we have to ask “Are we seeing simmering or summering?” The Gulf system is a rain problem first. Tropical Depression Two was barely moving early today. Slow movement is exactly what can turn a low-end tropical storm into a flooding and infrastructure story within the week. The Florida Panhandle and adjoining Gulf Coast should get the first hit, while everyone westward watches the steering currents. Odds of tropical-storm strength: 88 percent. (At least Stu is inland for this one.)
At the Ranch: Spiders, Backslop, Typewriters
Before Elaine and I got to the tag-teaming of ingredients for the big Sunday dinner, our neighbor (The Deacon) brought over two clear plastic cups carefully taped up. Inside, he explained, was the first brown recluse (male) he’d seen in a while. “You want to shake your clothes out and your shoes – they like to hide in dark places.”
This week, Ure’s improv on “Better Living Through Chemistry” will play out. Mr. DIY insect control will be misting down everything around the foundation and entrances with that bad-nasty (long persistence) home “defense” spray. And a day’s worth of sticky-trap resets is due, as well.
Still, I kind of hate to do it: brown recluse spiders are actually good – if you can keep them in their place (outside, toward the woods). If you’re a Yankee and don’t know? Brown recluses (Loxosceles reclusa) are opportunistic carnivores that primarily hunt or scavenge small, soft-bodied insects and arthropods like crickets, cockroaches (especially nymphs), silverfish, flies, moths, small beetles, and occasionally other spiders (including their own species). They use venom to liquefy prey tissues externally and suck up the fluids.
And no, they won’t tangle with a bark scorpion. BUT what they will do is eat ants. Like fire ants, red ants and even termites. And this, brothers and sisters explains why people in The South are always so “conflicted sounding” to Yankees. The deep balance points of life are so much closer down this way.
Backslop?
Reader LOOB offers directions for making a do it yourself “backsloping culture” start in a comment over here.
Lately, I have taken to sending LOOB emails addressed to the Koji King. Partly because of his skill at marinading with it (recipe here). And to say thanks (he sent me some!)
I remain troubled, though. The term “backslopping culture” seems to be wasted on something as simple as a food prep ingredient. Why, I think it works better as a domain descriptor for the whole state of California, know what I mean?
That could be due to kitchenology. Marinading here always turns into a race with pickling. Steak or chicken get a half-hour head start. Then I can work on the self-pickling part.
Typewriter Mystery Update
When last heard from, Elaine’s (Army green) Selectric II had left the Coppell TX facility and was “In Transit to Next Facility, Arriving Late.”
We will be checking today to see what that “next facility” might be this time through the DFW metroplex.
With mysteries like this to be solved, we think colleges should drop gender studies as a curriculum and go with something with an (actual deliverable). Shipping Forensics.
My home insurance payment (mailed 6/22) hasn’t made it to Dallas – so we will have a one-month MIA Party for that one Wednesday. I’d mail you an invite but…er… My carrier tells me he’s had three “missing bill complaints” out of Dallas in recent weeks.
Write when you get through, because the mail isn’t.
George@Ure.net
Well my pkg showed up but it never was scanned the entire time it was enroute from CA to NM until it arrived at my house, HMMM, YUP lots of problems with USPS and well what’s new? the entire world is topsy turvey, all one can expect anymore is the unexpected to be the new norm. LOL
Line of the day MNM
“Expect the unexpected,”
USPS is just like I remember cal trans. Give us more money and we’ll fix it. Then, give us more money, we promise we won’t screw you this time.
What did you expect?
What was the running joke on cal trans? You can count the number of people on crew getting actual work done on one finger crossed lol.
“Write when you get through, because the mail isn’t.”
I missed paying Ure, past due I am, got Ure E- mail, still want me to mail a check???
I will get it sent , will sit down and do all my bills at once, this week, just as soon as the Visa bill hits the incoming mailbox
ordered sportsmatch scope rings from Krale in Netherlands on the 16th,,, UPS will get them here today, but the shipping and tariffs doubled the price,, not bitchin about $, they had the model I wanted, while the US distributor was out of stock of the model I needed and would have taken 2 or 3 days longer of delivery time from Gilbert AZ , if they had them in stock,,,to me located smack dab in the middle of fly over land
Gerry Rafferty sang,, “,,,Omaha to the left of me ,Denver to right, here I am stuck in the middle with you” paraphrased from clowns and jokers
Chyknees Junk must be delivering Chyknees junk parts for my latest PCP Pewpew, usually receive within a week..assuming they gotz inventory when I place order.
Lost 1 young Female Blubird (1st clutch) and the little blue Egg she was sitting on was punctured. All the Her SHIT smeared all over outside of box, with clumps of Feathers sticking to it….I can close my eyes and still see it all again in vivid colors… it stokes my desire to ERADICATE English/House Sparrows. The only good house sparrow is a DEAD house sparrow .
Birding field guide sits open to Sparrow page, and sits right next to .177 cal AirGun and a pair Bino’s.
Have not seen or heard a House Sparrow in over 3 weeks..”everything is satisfactual” -https://youtu.be/6bWyhj7siEY?
The History of the Pony Express
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=po4z0b2Ld1U&pp=ygUZUG9ueSBleHByZXNzIGNsaXAgeW91dHViZQ%3D%3D
I am on the original pony express trail
In other news- US postmaster general David Steiner assures us that all delivery and tracking issues will be fully resolved by election day in November. LOL, LOL, LOL. etc. Hat tip to LOOB.
World Without End (1956) – Giant Spider Attack!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R5u92mUqD0A&pp=ygUcV29ybGQgd2l0aG91dCBlbmQgMTk1IHNwaWRlcg%3D%3D
Earth vs The Spider (1958) DEATH COUNT
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GK5om_mdmc0&pp=ygUgRWFydGggdnMgdGhlIHNwaWRlciAxOTU4ICBlbmRpbmfSBwkJmQsBhyohjO8%3D
re: “Boris the Spider”
JC,
Just a quick note, “Boris the Spider” by The Who saw first release on December 9, 1966 on the “A Quick One” album. Current searches for the song would appear to default to its appearance on the 1971 compilation album “Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy”. As chance would have it, that album’s cover image features a dilapidated, bombed-out-like building doorway entry understood to be 28 Mason’s Avenue in Wealdstone.
Wealdstone is said to derive from Old English perhaps meaning a boundary stone by the forest. A public local freehold property allotment document informs that #18 to #28 Mason’s Avenue inclusive are comprised of vacant land as at March, 2024. Google Maps advises that the avenue is a short drive along the A409 from Bentley Priory. The latter had been the place of passing in 1849 of Queen Adelaide, wife of King William IV. It became RAF Command in 1926, and a later Luftwaffe destination of interest. Apparently planes of the latter overshot RAF HQ on August 22, 1940 delivering their cargo near Mason’s Avenue. According to Wikipedia, this signalled the start of the London Blitz.
JC,
The plot of “Earth vs the Spider” film has a “dynamite” climax not to be confused with a Python skipy peak…
re: dynamiting “The Tunnel Thru the Air or Looking Back from 1940”, Gann, 1927
feat: BTS (kor: “Bulletproof Boy Scouts”), July 19, 2026
The following is not investment advice. Please extend my apologies to Vanna. The only morse code letters I can randomly make out so far from the ribbon scoreboard behind Electric Mayhem when they played “Seven Nation Army” is ‘W’…’D’…’I’ ‘I’.. Can someone spot me a couple of vowels?
Animal’s blue and teal drumskins featured at the World Cup halftime show yesterday depicted a three peaked zigzag logo. The last times the logo design appeared in similar fashion (as red and orange?) were on four episodes of “The Muppet Show” in 1977 and 1978 as follows:
Episode #211 with guest Dom Deluise saw broadcast in North America on October 17, 1977 after production from August 9 to 11, 1977. Mr. DeLuise portrayed an interplanetary explorer. The Electrical Mayhem setlist included “Don’t Blame the Dynamite”.
Episode #213 guest starred Rudolph Nureyev for a Muppet version of “Swine Lake” having a first broadcast date of January 23, 1978. Sam the Eagle micromanaged preparations for the star like #47 at a World Cup Final. Sam is apoplectic seeing Link Hogthrob and Miss Piggy perform “La Ci Darem La Mano”. Apparently the duet appears in Act 1 Scene 9 of the 1787 Mozart opera “Don Giovanni”. The AI take on the moral of the story is that Don “rapes and murders” as he pleases “because he can due his social standing; …Earthly justice is impossible”.
Following that came episode #214 starring Sir Elton John, and a Pigs in Space sketch. It broadcast on February 6, 1978. Naturally Sir Elton and the Electric Mayhem team up for “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”.
Finally Dame Cleo Laine appeared in episode #216 broadcasting on May 15, 1978. Her recent album release “Return to Carnegie” had dropped the year prior. Kermit became “scrunched” trying to dance the “Muppet Limbo” on the show. Fozzie the bear made a pest of himself. Apparently a UK-only segment included “Mad Dogs and Englishmen”.
In light of Animal’s market chart-like drumskin, I asked ChatGPT to review the episodes’ broadcast dates. It pointed to the interesting coincidence of their 98 – 14 – 98 day cycle having a Gann-like time cycle pattern. The AI offered to do a ‘Square of Nine’ review, but it said only the February 6, 1978 broadcast date fell close to a Dow (bottom) turning point. That broadcast happened 138 days after the Dow high of the prior September 21, 1977, so 6 days short of an ideal 144 day Gann count.
Let’s return to yesterday’s halftime show at the World Cup Final. After Electric Mayhem left the stage, BTS stepped in. Scoreboard caps informed the crowd that things were “Good to Go” with “Disco Overload” The band proceeded to light up the venue with their hit “Dynamite”.
Time to cut away to DJ George who may hold cue cards bearing hem suggestions for bell bottoms…
Trump’s coddling of known child predators, sex traffickers, rapists and/or their elected representatives never ends:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/07/20/small-town-fight-over-corruption-abuse-could-haunt-candidate-arizona-governor/
‘One of Biggs’s lesser-known rivals in the governor’s race, businessman Scott Neely, has sent out texts telling voters that Biggs “blocked reforms against child predators in Colorado City.”
Biggs, who has the endorsement of President Donald Trump, is expected to win the Republican nomination in a landslide.’
https://www.newsweek.com/andrew-tristan-tate-arrested-trump-ties-explained-12219990
‘Influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate are hoping President Donald Trump will prevent their extradition to the United Kingdom after their arrest in Florida,
The Tate brothers were arrested on Saturday in Miami after the U.K. made an extradition request so they could be tried for 38 new charges, including rape and sex trafficking. ‘
“Home Defense” spray has an active ingredient of ‘Bifen’. It is approved in Hawaii for ground termite treatment, so I got a half-gallon of the stuff… concentrate. Mix a cup into the two gallon sprayer and do the foundations and around exterior windows every spring when the critters wake up. Nice long persistence stuff. Roaches walk across it and die… for months. Allegedly safe for pets, but our little dog is gone now so no worries.
Dude Hank,
What about those massive CENTAPIDES out there, holy crap! – how do you kill those suckers ?
…now Im gonna be struck with a case of the hibbityjibbitties..dammit! And I gotz some yard work yet to do today…humminnahumminna
Like getting “hit” with 90 volt ringer voltage on previously cold lead..till some one called Line you were working on…makes ya kinda jumpy for the rest of the day.
“In Transit to Next Facility, Arriving Late.”
On the left coast, that means it has been thrown into the Pacific ‘black hole’ and no further tracking scans will be seen.
My credit card company called & texted me about payment overdue. WTF? I pay it off every month. Called and found I had last month’s and this month’s payments due! Automated system, so I didn’t argue. Just gave it my checking routing number and paid the entire balance. Later looking at check register, I DID pay last month’s bill, but it never got there, apparently.
So now, a week after phone payoff, I get this month’s bill for this months debt… that I already paid. Hoping one of these days I will see a balance credit after the late check finally gets delivered. Hasn’t cleared the bank yet, so maybe long lost in transit.
Knock knock
Whos there ?
Premature
Premature who?
News of my Death !
$65K and counting bitches .
Maybe see You at the Lunar outpost, during my next Flyby..
Cue the fire extinguishers, Ure Hair can thank me later..https://youtu.be/kaF7_hBkrP0?
Says that’s up to half a year ago isn’t it? My, oh my, Slick…
Nice one tbs
https://youtu.be/zRRa5WhD1BQ?is=Z84Qc1ajCsQStzdC
Repeat after me homegamers, it’s a 50% pull back within a larger engulfing MACRO super cycle pattern, you know,,, like those other 3 giant peaks that lead into new ATH on the Bitcoin historic monthly candle chart.
Not advice get your own goggles. Start early, use lunch money, and sleep at night lol. The last part is a non starter (GoNavy)!
When I was a kid and we lived in town, we’d get buzzed by Starfighters and Hustlers, flying supersonic. There was rarely a day gone by, when Mom’s china didn’t get rattled by at least one sonic boom – usually 3-4. They haven’t been allowed to do that in over 50 years. Now I get buzzed twice a week by a pair of A-10 Thunderbolt “Warthogs.” They are much slower and louder than the F-104s were…
walking through webs …
We live in interesting times. The number of hot wars, including US participation is difficult. Most really had/have to be done but … totally understandable we should _all_ experience angst. Hang in homeys. We have been enormously effective while minimizing loss of the good guys. That said, regrets for the fallen and their families.
ATL : now in possession a work out plan, if situ permits, I’ll come storming out (err, enough with the storms, thanks) for the Labor Day Regatta. Or, not sail all year. Last Wednesday included 12.5 hours door to door and we, me and the Mrs., are shot.
But … given that ^ it’s finally on the calendar to do some shooting. A much loved bud offered meet at the range. Of late I am so in the mood. I’m setting up to break in (shoot the heck out of) my new un-fired s&w m&p 15-22 sport. Can;t wait. But must. Plus the handguns which, are mostly a danger to me if not fired recently.
I do not buy any end of the world schtick. If it happens we don’t have a plan, not being sure what to survive for. I attended a perfect Memorial for Lake bud last Friday. Off the tractor, into the lake, off to our YC. It’s in my stated wishes to those who come after. Do just that.
But, and my pal Dick (RIP) would have insisted, we announce the *bar’s open* at end of kind remarks (paid liars, whatever). I do not fear the end. It’s been a great ride.
Hi Ho, Egor ~ __|_ ~~
Hey dude, I want you to sign your family up right now. Send them straight to the frontline.
We don’t need to experience angst.
Give your family superman capes and tell them to save the world!
re: “Acrobat”, U2
feat: Skyfall II
Whatever happened to the streams of current event videos from Lego Land? Former UK PM Sir Keir’s final international trip last week to the circus in Kyiv may have been top shelf diplomatic acrobatics. His visit included a photo op at the Skyfall drone factory with their latest P1-Sun model. Days later a Ukrainian blogger quoted at the following “X” link alleges the unimaginable. The recently dismissed Ukrainian defense minister allegedly has business ties to Skyfall.
https://x.com/OlgaBazova/status/2079108185726533692
And now, back to the circus master recently seen working the Meadowlands Sports Complex.
As you questioned, as per usual I got the “shit”, and now due my extreme kindness to ALL I sharer the latest. Our resident Propaganda Czar, the ache on the lake, not gonna like me blowing a hole in his BS, but hay someone’s gatta make it.
*https://www.theinteldrop.org/2026/07/20/flash-flash-flash-lego-trump-hiding-hundreds-of-american-dead-truth-bomb/
Not gonna share the report on the Chyknees anti missile defenses taking out 90 % of our outdated, slow as molasses, flying turd missiles fired at Iran.
Thats gotta hurt.
USBlues-USBlues-https://youtu.be/vJBaIUZwmTs?
re: “Salvation Army” (sic)
feat: Blind Beggar Tavern, Whitechapel, London
Yesterday the group received an update from dog handler tbs concerning the agitated states of his jack terriers. The breed of course is favorite of Queen Camilla. Her most recent addition, Moley, named after her pet’s alleged likeness to a mole, is a rescue from a Battsea animal rescue home. It is situated next door to the former Battersea Power Station. The plant turned shopping mall features prominently on Pink Floyd’s “Animals” album cover.
Meanwhile the World Cup half time show featured a partial regrouping of The Electric Mayhem rock band which dates to 1975. Floyd Pepper and Janice wielded their axes while Animal kept time on his Muppet drum kit. The band dove into the 7 note White Stripes hit turned soccer anthem “Seven Nation Army”. Allegedly the song title derives from composer Jack White’s name when a child for the Salvation Army. Glyphs are seen mapped at the 15 second mark of the show inscribed in the ocean north of Australia. ChatGPT suggests the glyphs may represent a 22 to 26 letter alphabet of unknown type. It contends there is a 15 to 20% chance that the glyphs are a “production-specific” construction “with no publicly documented translation”. The AI also notes a 5% probability of the characters being an encoded message. Here is a Youtube link to the Electric Mayhem-backed presentation:
https://youtu.be/Aowl4OXw_Mc
As an aside, the chapel portion of the placename Whitechapel may derive in a roundabout way via the 4th century saint from Roman Gaul, St. Martin of Tours. He is a patron saint to many groups including beggars, geese, soldiers, and France.
Let’s hope the U.S. has better targets than a children’s cancer treatment hospital:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/16/iran-condemns-barbaric-us-attack-near-childrens-cancer-hospital
‘Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar said Iranian officials have reported that 17 hospitals were severely damaged during the current war and the previous conflict in June last year.
“This hospital [in Ahvaz] was designed for children with cancer, so an attack in the vicinity of this hospital is reminding Iranians of the bitter memory of the Minab primary school,” he said, referring to the school in southern Iran the US and Israel bombed on the first day of the war, killing at least 168 children.’
George,
Once again, I want to thank you for pointing to my work.
I notice in today’s comments there are people griping about the dysfunction with the mail and the U.S. Post office. Where should I start? It goes so much deeper than that and on a level that I’m not going to talk about here.
You’ll have a lot more to complain about when the Chinese start bombing Hawaii.
Does it sound farfetched? Do you live in a bubble where you think that’s not possible? That’s Trump Delusion Syndrome.
JC posted a comment on July 16, 2026, including a quote from Peter Grandich; “I don’t have TDS; I still believe I have a realistic mindset”.
Ask yourself this, why do people have to qualify their negative Trump criticism with a phrase like that?
It’s a simple answer. It’s because the Trump bullies, a minority at 36%, have swallowed the bullshit and they want to cram it down everyone’s throat. I have never worked well with bullies on any level, and that’s why I have retreated from sharing my opinion with people.
If you think this war with Iran is a necessity, start packing yours or your family member’s suitcases instead of shooting your mouth off. They need all the help that they can get on the frontline.
I’m working on that Update George that you asked about last week; however, real life has gotten in the way, because delusion is contagious in America, especially in places where it should not be.
(“Elaine’s (Army green) Selectric II had left the Coppell TX facility and was “In Transit to Next Facility, Arriving Late.”
We will be checking today to see what that “next facility”)
I kind of wish that they hadn’t stopped tracking the pitcher coasters at a hundred bounces..it was kind of fun to see where they all were traveling…..
kind of like kilroy was here..American soldiers use to share this little guy all around the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here
backsloping…why did I share this..Back slopping isn’t just a trick for cheese — it’s part of a bigger picture. With the trajectory this country is presently on, and the drama unfolding around the planet, there’s a real possibility that the U.S. could be hit at its weakest point…. the infrastructure. Our grid wasn’t built for resilience…. it was built for profit and control. And our aquifers haven’t been properly maintained since Truman was in office.
I’ve lived through situations where the only way to keep any quality of life was to recreate it myself — cheese, wine, beer, fermented vegetables, all the things we take for granted. If the grid ever goes down or gets targeted, knowing how to make these basics gives you the ability to keep living instead of just surviving.
Back slopping, fermentation, starter cultures — they’re not just old world skills. They’re insurance. They’re knowledge that lets you rebuild comfort, nutrition, and stability from scratch when everything else stops…
I had learned many but didn’t really get into fermentation until the year we went without an income…the wife every once in a while would comment..I wish I had a little wine.. I already made cheese…and everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy a delicious aged steak normally reserved for the elite in society..Koji…
World war two duration chocolate…from scratch..
2 cups cocoa powder
1 cup cocoa butter (or shortening for true WW2 style)
1 cup powdered milk
1/2 cup powdered sugar (WW2 used very little)
1/2 cup oat flour or wheat flour (WW2 filler for calories)
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla (optional, not used in ration bars)
Optional
2–4 tbsp honey or corn syrup (for softer texture)
1/4 cup peanut flour…
Heat cocoa butter (or shortening for authentic ration style) in a double boiler until fully melted.
Combine cocoa powder, flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl. WW2 bars used flour to increase calories and hardness….
Slowly stir dry mix into melted fat. Blend until thick and uniform. Add honey only if you want a softer bar…(use a milk frother)
Slowly stir dry mix into melted fat. Blend until thick and uniform. Add honey only if you want a softer bar…
Warm mixture for 3–5 minutes while stirring. This mimics the dense, cooked texture of ration bars…
Pour into molds or a shallow pan. Press firmly to compact. Chill until solid…
Replace shortening with cocoa butter, increase sugar to taste, and omit flour. Add vanilla for flavor…