Since I’m in semi-retired mode – with a million projects going on here, some of which needs to be done before nukes fly – this will be a very direct summary of events to kick off your day. War Just Ahead Covering up the global financial systems implosion is not going very well. A number … Read More
With Oscar insanity now past, we can get back to the real job of wrecking America. I don’t say this lightly. But, in our unflinching view, the Oscars have become a Woke-Racist marketing platform. Mainly, it has become more about race and gender anymore’ not the craft of acting. It has been years since anyone … Read More
[Reader Note: My life-long “brother by a different mother” of 70 years – the Major – finally made it home from Mexico – where his wife suffered a burst appendix almost a week ago. They got in around 10:45 PM last night. “Thanks my Bro’ for your support and the prayers of so many of your readers … Read More
I’ll save the more erudite discourse for Peoplenomics tomorrow. Because those readers are more likely to find topics like Hysteresis in Financial Decision Making quite interesting. The general ides, though, is that of lag-times as the Future rolls into view. We are seeing this play out right now in Ukraine. The Ukrainians do X (cut off … Read More
Our future is Fertilizer. Which takes a bit of explaining. When I said, a week or so back, that the market was rotating into position where a “make or break” was due – and a visit to the bottom of an obvious trend channel becomes likely. Today – and maybe carrying into tomorrow – we … Read More
Mood-setting and motivation: Russian war in world’s ‘breadbasket’ threatens food supply | AP News Let’s talk first about Design Creep. Although we have yet to eat a single plant from our 20-foot by 10 add-on Garden Room off the recording studio, it has sure been a pleasure in terms of “build.” Honestly, some of the … Read More
My discussion (premature to the narrative) of a 55 MPH speed limit in Friday’s Urban column caused some consternation. “Oh, Ure has sold out to the Dark Side!” and sentiments like “Ure’s an idiot – we did that already…” we typical. My intent was not to disavow speed. I’m an adrenaline junkie from the get-go. … Read More
There really isn’t too much interesting news flow today, except for The War, of course. But even here, the stories (like Hollywood Halts Releases In Russia, Including ‘The Batman’) strike us as childish. Just like throwing out good vodka. You see, the real story here – as seen from the East Texas Outback – is … Read More
Is there a hidden history to meta-materials? About how the future could be defined by them? Could a materials analog to A.I. might even be machine-printable? Off on a quest for new meta materials. “Why now,” you may be wondering. “Don’t we know there is a war on?” Yes, of course. But wars are interesting technology … Read More
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” ~Winston Churchill Although the headlines are frantically crazy, saying things like “Frantic 48-Hours to Stop Europe from War,” we have a more even, perhaps even data-driven way of looking at events in Future that have not-yet condensed into conscious Realms. “Looking Glass” Confusion We have a pretty good idea … Read More
As uncomfortable as 2021 was, 2022 is still setting up to be even worse. This as shortages, a trucker’s convoy over Covid, and changes in seasonal weather appear. On top of Russia proximity to Ukraine and Taiwan jitters over what follows the Games. In the meantime, markets seem to have genuinely lost even the last … Read More
Or, for the crooked republicrats and democans who squandered America’s future (*open borders, exported super-computers, living beyond on our means, buying elections, gain-of-function, etc. etc.) we could toss-in the supply chain collapse plus any remaining credibility of the once Almighty Dollar. Could have, should have, would have… Sobering Chart, Sucky Data Economic Fractalist’s Black Monday … Read More
Not too long ago – two or three years, was it? – I picked up a half-dozen 55-gallon drums up in Tyler, Texas. It was a deal I couldn’t pass up: $5 bucks each and they’d already had a preliminary rinse-out. Finally, with the old burn barrel sporting a gaping (coffee can size) hole where … Read More