Fed Dread, Obama’s Ukraine War, III in the Wings

Content Theft Notice:  Check your address bar.  If it shows a whole article and does NOT begin https://urbansurvival.com, then you are supporting copyright thieves. We have complained to the offending site’s hosting provider. Great self-discovery opportunity for you, too: Do you support crime?  Copyright scammers? Breaking Ukraine will also get F-16s: Fighter concession debate has … Read More

Scrying Future (Research)

A “two brains are better than one” report for Subscribers today as G.A. Stewart of The Age of Desolation website and I go looking for the methods behind Nostradamus.  Which only sounds quirky until you realize just how much of humankind’s future is laid out before us in a multiplicity of formats. Some as ancient … Read More

America’s “Lazy Investor” Problem, April Looms

There’s little in economic news today.  And certainly, in the “news flow” only a few things project forward as interesting and worthy of your attention. Which leaves time to be entertained by the Court System and high-profile cases.  Like Business Insider’s coverage in Everything You Need to Know About Musk’s ‘Funding-Secured’ Trial. Reading through the case, … Read More

After a Manic Bounce? Monday

Stock markets will be interesting this week on a number of levels. On one, we may get some insight into how “News and Wars” drive markets.  As Germany goes for MONEY over PEACE as Minister: Germany won’t block Poland giving Ukraine tanks reports the Associated Press. The Russians, of course, seeing this coming, have been … Read More

A Word from “Mr. I Told You So” – Housing data

How long ago did I tell you?  We are likely in a large Wave 3 down now.  Hold that thought.  Couple of hot economic numbers to deal with before we go deep. Breaking: Housing Data Or should we call it “partly broken?” Key part: Building Permits Privately?owned housing units authorized by building permits in December were … Read More

Dopes Who Can’t Read

It’s fine print – today’s report on industrial production and capacity utilization from the Fed.  Whose chair we are sad to report has tested positive for the ‘rona, say reports. See if you can figure it out without too much coaching.  Ready? This sucks – bigly and hugely. Spot the doublespeak in this story: Homebuilder … Read More

Mixed Blessings of Anti-Aging Medicine

Economics eyes a new systemic stressor this week.  As though fresh economics warnings, earnings disappointment, recurrent disease outbreaks and expanding war fronts aren’t enough? Today, a few quick thoughts on this anti-aging problem. Plus, a few notes on our upcoming change in appearance as we plan a dramatic shift of styles in the near future.  … Read More

Mad Men, Mercs, and Money: Dots, Anyone?

The simplest answers are more often right. Quick, who’s idea was this?  Try Occam’s razor – Wikipedia.  But there were other variations before William of Ockham who, we note won the history rewrite popularity consensus.  Earlier nominees exist. Still, I was totally impressed with Chris Tyreman’s news tip today: “I noticed you were wondering why … Read More

Lies and Half-Truths Friday 13th, Trade Data

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting sick of butt-covering by “Officialdom” instead of leveling-up with the Public.  We ain’t all stupid, but we understand that idea deeply. A fine example this week was when the very same air travel-related computer systems failed – at the same time – in the U.S. and Canada. … Read More

Mexico Invades U.S. – CPI Data – Woo-Woo “Day of 12”

For those who argued our long-stated position – that the U.S. was in a LIC (Low-Intensity-Conflict) with Mexico – and losing since the early 2000s, the proof is here, whether you like it or not. Mexican President Celebrates ’40 Million’ Mexicans in the U.S. Of course, most people don’t want to deal with this Reality.  … Read More

Spiraling Economics of Industrial Systems

Where to make the Ure family’s last stand?  Or, what’s the future of Big Cities….really? These get to be very important things for a head of household to consider.  Families being teams, there’s no time like the present to “step out of time” and look a ways down the railroad tracks toward what’s ahead. Many … Read More

Tax Leakage & NFIB Jitters

I’ve been doing a lot of work on Ure’s personal taxes this week.  It’s the time of year when a collection of red folders come out and various tax forms go into the folder after being entered in the “tax working directories” with backups, data dumps, and the odd spreadsheet. The best single tool anyone can … Read More

Brazilution, Biden Staging, Markets Waiting

The confusion between “urgent” and “important” is common to both professional time management training and the field of journalism. Although, in fairness, journalists are way off the pace, much of the time.  That’s because news is managed almost everywhere in the world.  Except here, in the U.S. where it’s not on the King’s Land, and … Read More