Coping: With the Voice-Controlled Home

[Adult language alert!] So, you think this is funny, do yah? A few months back, I posted a rather negative review on the whole notion of the “smart home” as embodied by the app-crazed marketers of the world. The product involved was TP-Link HS100 Smart Plug (2-Pack), No Hub Required, Wi-Fi, Works with Alexa and Google … Read More

The “Murder Cycle” is Not Dead

Longtime readers of this website will remember we have written many times about an oddity in human behavior: it appears humans (in this age of mass media/hysteria) have evolved something we label the murder cycle. This popped out of the data many years ago.  I noticed that mass murderers seem to do their dirty deeds … Read More

Coping: Prepping Paranoid – the Short Course

I assume by now you know that every single piece of mail that is delivered to your home is photographed by the US Postal Service and is shoved into a database which features an entry for every American, right? You did know that, right? What you are looking at in the photograph is the email … Read More

Occam’s Update

Our Peoplenomics update Wednesday suggested a methodology to figure out if we are on the right side or the left side of that mega bubble that popped in the fall of 1929. This morning, we offer subscribers an update based on the close of trading Wednesday and looking at the futures (up strongly) this morning. … Read More

Occam’s Spreadsheet

Two new charts arrive this morning (amidst a long-winded discussion on method and where we are in the rhyme financially) which may in coming days and weeks help jus to figure out when to get on either the “last train out” to the upside, or get out  of in front of the bus on the … Read More

Second Depression Rolls into View

The Second Depression is coming into view. Even the big Eastern Media are hinting now. The biggest financial question, perhaps of our lifetimes, is which side of the Replay of the 1929 blow-off market top are we on?
It is NOT a trivial question, as there are two very real possibilities…

Coping: With 10-Year News Futures

There’s a report this morning that a leading voice in the newspapering business figures print will be dead in just 10-years. The problem with the forecast? That’s not all that will be vastly different. This morning, how to think like a prepper at the detail level.

Gaming Melt-Up Monday

With a Big Bounce in markets, George Ure shares some trading ideas and reminds people that the parallels to 1928-1929 may still be in play.

Making: Landscaping Improvements & Tractorfying

Saturday morning, after working the bugs out on the Peoplenomics server (new security update, CHMOD issue) it was time to get on to the first Make project of the weekend.  “Purdying up the yard.” The first thing you do is touch off the pile that’s been accumulating for a few weeks.  The idea is you … Read More

Bear Hunting Monday?

Please excuse our not having a “focus piece” today – I was totally engrossed in trading this week because with market volatility, it’s what I do.  I like to trade.  This week, in particular, trading and future world events are remarkably linked as you shall see. Remember: The work presented here value to any investor … Read More

This 1928-1929 Stock Chart Helps

A chart is presented that makes an interesting comparison with December of 1928. Does this mean there is one more good run up left in the stock market before we get an ultra-crash?

Coping: With How Religions Evolved?

Did religions spontaneously arise from starving tribes establishing regular nutrition and was the Voice of God merely an indication of the breakdown of bicameralism on the way to home sapiens sapiens (or home deluxe)?