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“My, what an odd title,” you may be thinking. And you’d be right, of course.  But it sounds more business-like than “Success begins in bed…”  Although, that would at least ensure a following of slimy politicians. But, seriously…Think prepping and anti-aging in the same context. One of the great learnings of 70-years is that there … Read More

I happened to catch a “news commentary” on WOAI out of San Antonio Monday and I was shocked at how the border crisis is being morphed into a “mush-headed economic marvel.” The station news director’s commentary pointed out that if president Trump indeed closes the border in order to deal with the unchecked, illegal immigration, … Read More

Sure, the new overnight that the trade talks are continuing and that Chinese consumers are holding their own are fueling the rally at the open of the stock market today. But there is a much larger game at play than just coaxing consumers to spend more and more than even trade talks.  What could be … Read More

Instrumentation, Installation, and Use Case Notes.  Our book on building your own reliable power system for future events winds up today with a number of interesting tidbit. Which we will get to after we look at the market and where things are heading… More for Subscribers      |||     SUBSCRIBE NOW!       |||   Subscriber Help Center

I was talking to my buddy Gaye Levy about this, just this week and it feels like a good time to repeat some of the ideas I shared with her. Beware of “Hot Lingo” Just because something says “tactical” doesn’t mean its any better than a “regular consumer grade” product. Let me tell you a … Read More

It’s spring here in the Outback and the time of year when we get back to nature and chores.  In the winter, there are a huge number of “rules” most city-folk don’t know. Walking on the grass, when frozen, tends to kill it.  Driving a tractor on good earth is verboten for 3-days after a heavy … Read More

Here’s how today ought to roll:  The market should pop up a hundred, or so, but today’s daily dart lands on some selling starting around 10:43 Eastern/9:43 Central time as the market gets ready to wind up Q1.  A drop of a bit today and maybe a further drop next week (to drive prices down … Read More

Something that both of the (idiotic) political parties seem to be missing is the whole major problem summed up as “Where does growth come from? Around here, though more on the Peoplenomics side of things, the answers are lined up and we go through them from time-to-time. One way to jump-start an economy is to … Read More

With War on the Horizon, time to dial things in. Back in 2015, we outlined how to build a fairly effective “home intelligence platform” using readily available online tools.  Until recently, however, there wasn’t much to “move the needle” in terms of international crisis.  That has recently changed.  So this morning with get back into … Read More

As I get further into outlining the second book on the collapse of the Internet (Broken Web came out in 2012), the folly of Man’s waste of resources becomes ever-more apparent. We live in a society that – presented with the great promise of advancement based on “mind amplifiers” – has not only turned its … Read More

Let’s roll into the data, first of all.  The press release is just out: “(Here are) the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for January 2019 shows that the rate of home price increases across the U.S. has continued to slow. YEAR-OVER-YEAR The … Read More

BREAKING First housing data of the day Back with the Case-Shiller data about 8:15 AM While most of the mainstream media is wrapped around the axle of a story we called correctly from the beginning, there’s a much more sinister reality coming into focus that no one is sounding the alarm on. Internet licensing is … Read More

As I wrote in the special update Sunday, the US media, at least that portion which has swallowed the lefty “blue pill” owes America an apology for pissing away time, energy, oh – and taxpayer dollars – “investigating” a slimy piece of political “opposition research” whose goal was to a) smear DJT and b) become … Read More