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We recently decided to take down our www.ruralpioneers.com website, but there are a number of very useful articles buried in the archives of that site that should be considered today because they offer very valuable – timeless – advice to preppers and contingency planners of today. Here’s an example from 2004 where I wrote up … Read More

This morning we focus on the one investment move that’s likely to matter this fall:  When do we head out the casino door and let the place fall apart? Both the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 will open Monday from Record Highs, but the Dow has been non-confirming. First though, a check of a few … Read More

With just a week to run before the last “sunny holiday” of the year, it’s time for the two-bit sunburn avoidance reminders. The Basics: 1. You need to have sunscreen around at all times when outdoors.  No doubt about it, excessive UV (and B in particular) increases the odds of melanoma. 2. You may not … Read More

Which it does, right now, in Hawaii.  Hurricane Lane is taking a swipe at the islands from the south-southwest: With up to 30″ inches of rain coming, a lot of the island’s infrastructure may be damaged.  The American Radio Relay League – the largest of the ham radio organizations – has radio gear ready for … Read More

As I was contemplating the pending arrival of the hurricane now bearing down on Hawaii, an odd possibility crossed my mind:  Could the hurricane have some impact on the geological activity of the Big Island now in progress? Let’s take it from the top and see where things lead.  Starting with the NOAA SitRep as … Read More

This morning we do a rethink on one of those “soft” relationships in economics:  Between the performance of the stock market and the operation of commodity markets. All this because?  We like to develop trading-support models.  Intuitively, if you have a modeling system like our “Golem” spreadsheet (and understand it is offset from actual results … Read More

Extremely Important:  Electric Shock (ES) as in lightning can induce cardiac arrest as well as central nervous system (CNS) paralysis.  UNLIKE a heart-attack-induced cardiac arrest, prolonged application of CPR – into several hours has returned people to life after shock. Most people – including EMT’s and paramedics don’t know this territory well.  Hell, I’ve been  … Read More

My old, dog-eared copy of Technical Analysis has been one of my better friends in trying to understand the market.  And one of the most interesting of stock pattern formations is something called the “Double-Top.” To save time (and because its summer and I’m lazy and this ain’t Peoplenomics), here’s the short-version of it from … Read More

While the early futures today point to a modest 60-points up around the opening, there’s a very interesting question we have about Global Money Flows. Our logical thinking goes something like this: We notice on the commodity side that things not pegged to the dollar are up.  Gold is up $10 and silver is bouncing.  … Read More

In just a few short months, winter will be upon us.  With it, ham radio comes into its own.  Nightime propagation in winter can be spectacular on the lower ham bands; 40, 75/80, and 160-meters.  These correspond to the 7-7.3 Mhz, 3.5-4 MHz, and 1.8-2 MHz bands. During summer months with longer hours of daylight … Read More

We share a simple tool this morning to understand who’s making the money as the US dollar has gained – lowering the price of gold and pressuring oil. That and more, so bean up – it’s that time again… More for Subscribers       ||| SUBSCRIBE NOW!       |||   Subscriber Help Center

Laziness is something we all drop into now and then.  But, unlike many American pastimes, we don’t really focus enough on it.  It can be perfected. Today, a few points that may improve your “Lazing Skills.” Laziness ISN’T Lazy In fact, laziness is very closely aligned with a much different concept:  Efficiency.  Let’s take a … Read More

One of the most under-rated aspects of market analysis is, in my view, time,  symbol “t” and pronounced “tango.”  Yes, as in whiskey, tango, foxtrot… Whether you agree that we’re in a replay of the 1920-1921 short-term market ;lows  that led to the final blow-off in 1929, and regardless of the social parallels we’ve discussed … Read More