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You know something is hot – and bothering the you – when my children call and ask “Dad…WTF?” The day I’m being interviewed about my book on hacking space-time? Very odd timing, indeed… “Did you hear about the alien warning?” Involved is a viral voicemail (onYouTube for the moment here) but there is a … Read More
I spent a fair number of hours this week going through the 1928 and 1929 newspaper morgue of the Library of Congress online.I loved it – a grand non-numerical way to “sense” the rolling end of the Roaring Twenties and look for plays today that rhyme long-past events. We’ll get to it, just as soon … Read More
On the Peoplenomics side of the house, we will be taking on a very complicated subject in the ChartPack tomorrow: How much of our contradictory signals in the economy right now can be traced back to corporate tax reform? And while THAT debate (and modeling) continue, there’s the matter of the coming jobs collapse … Read More
A bit of something for everyone this morning,. I mean if the aliens aren’t of interest, surely your telecom costs are? The alien story – now this is something. Got an email from Chris Tyreman up at www.thechronibleproject.org: “I don’t know if I mentioned this before, but the Jewish blessing is done by holding your hands … Read More
I will make it really, really simple for you in case you haven’t paid attention: I’ve been mentioning the possibility of a stock market crash on (or around) March 22 for about a month, now. It’s not all that had to figure. It was 55- calendar days from the market highs in early September 1929 until the … Read More
Tell you what: Last bit of winter up until Memorial Day is about as good as it gets for getting outside projects done. Ides of Match party it is. A work party. History of the Ides in a nutshell? Wiki it: “It was marked by several religious observances and was notable for the Romans as … Read More
I have the good fortune to have an excellent doctor here in Palestine, Texas. His problem? He has the very bad fortune to have me as a patient. This week, I got the results of my latest medical exam…and a discussion of “the numbers” is of great interest since most of our readers are “grown-ups.”. … Read More
Before we get into this morning’s Consumer Price Report from the Labor Department, a reality check is suggested because of what I’ve long-held is one of the Big Lies in economics. I refer to what John Maynard Keynes talked about: He sold the marginally-sane idea that there is a prevailing level of prices. It is this, … Read More
As we are still catching up with (the damn) time change, a collection of observations about people is about you’ll get out of me. Until we get into the market data shortly which this morning is scheduled to include the Consumer Price Index. Consumer Prices are an odd thing. If you are a monetarist, all … Read More
This is a hell of a week for stocks. We have option quadruple expiration Friday, and with the Dow very near the same levels as last month, we don’t expect too much out of the ordinary until the following Monday. Despite being up 50 points in the early futures trade, remember the market STILL needs … Read More
A tale about prepping – with a large order of woo-woo this morning. Lots of background to the prepping point, as well – which is our agenda – plus a ton of woo-woo. As long-term readers know, Elaine and I went with friends (Robin and Judy) to see Johnny Mathis at the “world’s largest casino” this … Read More
This weekend, our Peoplenomics section is abbreviated (charts only) because of our “quicky” mini-vacation up to Oklahoma this weekend. We return to the regular format with Wednesday’s report. More for Subscribers ||| SUBSCRIBE NOW! ||| Subscriber Help Center
Elaine and I are back at the ranch (Sunday afternoon). First order of business will be to update the Peoplenomics charts. And then tomorrow morning we will talk about the trip and such… Not sure why our Sunday “Make” postings didn’t go, but that will hold for next week… Now, off to apply nose to … Read More