An Open-Source Speed Crown

Since the U.S. markets are closed today, and we’ll skim through a few headlines first.  But then, how’s about we do some really far-fetched fun stuff?  Woo-Woo? I’m going to explain a theory of “light pumping” and how a new “whole body light” technology may be just ahead.  I’m doing this mainly to “put it … Read More

A “Final Fourth of July?”

Holiday ho! So we’ll roll with a deeper neuron firing exercise today… Data Bulge Worries Us Is something happening next Wednesday that I missed the distro on? I simply put dates into a search engine and…what’s this?  We will have to turn on the Princeton EGGs, too. Smart People Matter Economics and human behavior are … Read More

MemDay: Weather Whiners and More

Don’t look now, but the climate racket is crashing. It comes as weather in the US-Northeast is cold for this time of year.  Torpedoing, in the process, the “climate change bogeyman” currently being monetized.  Coney Island, New York | Current Weather Forecasts, Live Radar Maps & News was reporting 51 degrees F a few minutes … Read More

America 2021: Stuck in the Middle

Common theme to events: economic this Memorial Day. Doesn’t seem to matter whether you’re talking Covid, Cryptos, equities, bonds, trade, or politics.  We are – as a Nation (or parody thereof) very much stuck. What’s worse, the countertrend to set us free isn’t working, either. We’ll have a detailed look at the many failures of … Read More

BTC Vs. Stocks: Who’s In Charge Here?

Ever work on a serial data recorder?  Lots of fun.  One of the companies I worked for – back in the day – invented a data recorder used to capture RS-232 data when we were instrumenting the HEV Challenge run by Argonne National Labs about 20-years ago. Besides giving me “more than the average Bear’s” … Read More

The Future of Invention

Economics and Invention are inextricably tied. But are there logical limits to be observed?  Might these fit into the economic long wave? We face the question of “Invention” with physical bounds clearly in mind.  Many of which will become important as the clock rolls forward. After charts and a few grabby headlines, of course. More … Read More

On Ransom and Crypto’s Nightfall

Screams for dot-connecting and future-projecting are being (not surprisingly) being missed again by the Mainstream Media.  Clowns wouldn’t know their tuckus’ from Technicolor. Which Two Stories? #1 is easy-peasy: Cyber attack shuts down top U.S. fuel pipeline network (trust.org) with similar coverage in Fears of a gas price surge after ransomware attack shuts down America’s … Read More

America’s News Shortage, Econ Data

Columns lately have been a little on the namby-pamby side. But, now that the dust is settling in D.C. as another load of dirt comes in, two issues scream. Trump Saved Crooked Media The first is the pending lack of “news” in America.  Depending on where you consume your daily dose of hypnotic repetition, the … Read More

ATR: Ramping Up 3D Printing

Disruptive Making In Sight? If you’re an adventurer, time to put “another one on the pile.” Since I’ve done so much in life already (multiple careers, kids, sailing, flying, inventing, computering, writing, webbing, building, metalwork, solar, engineering, broadcasting, scuba, turning…well, the list goes on for a while…) it’s NOT like there’s any shortage of things … Read More

Refried News – and a Side of Woo-Woo

Not just a hell of a lot going on – leastwise that one could fairly call  news.  Most of the headlines today are of the roll-over, filler, lather-rinse-and-repeat variety.   Dow futures down 40, but it’s a “Who cares?” to us.  For now.  Waiting for this pig of a market to get some momentum going…  … Read More

Housing Pops But….

Incomplete data due to CV-19 in Detroit area. YEAR-OVER-YEAR  The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 4.7% annual gain in April, up from 4.6% in the previous month. The 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 3.4%, remaining the same as last month. The … Read More

COVID-19: The Space Ship Problem

Don’t look now, but there are huge things going on that most people are not tying together.  Since it’s the weekend – and you may not feel like going to work tomorrow, let’s do some “intelligent speculating,” shall we? The timing of the COVID outbreak is extremely interesting when taken with a dose of UAP.  … Read More

China Supply Problems? Blame Lawyers & Greedsters

Regardless of the happy-talk about how COVID-19 will (do this, or that, or  some other thing), there’s a lessor in here about Lawyers, Lefties, Greedsters, and Cowards that warrants in-depth study.  This being Social Studies Sunday…. Ure hit one of his favorite online suppliers this week, looking for a refill of some shop consumables.  1/16th … Read More