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If you think the flight of the Wagner Group’s leader from Russia ends the chance of nuclear war this summer, maybe you haven’t really been asking the right questions. Think back on your history. And in particular read on the Trojan Horse – Wikipedia. Was Wagner Group a….. WW III Question Stack A starting point … Read More
Ready for the Internet to Collapse? Of course not. No one is. I mean picture a world where… Credit cards no longer work. Food and groceries can’t be delivered. Trains don’t run. Fire, medical, and police dispatch may not work. No social media work. Your bank’s offline until….who knows? Oh, and you’re locked in whatever … Read More
The reports that the navy knew – sort of – that the submersible Titan had suffered an implosion near the scene of the Titanic came as little surprise. But, as these things will, it tweaks our thinking onto new pathways. You see, words have power. A simple new word in our thinking processes can change our future. Reporters are … Read More
CFNAI and the new Unemployment filings in a sec. Top of the Day for us – and it is funny – trust me – is the latest… Wave of Irrational Congress It was just lovely to read and watch: Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Boebert a ‘Little Bitch’ on the House Floor. Other reports were very similar … Read More
Monday on a Tuesday – cool invention! Is this a great country, or what? Because of the “breaking” natures of events, the submarine search is better handled by outfits like Sky News. Housing Vs. Interest Rates Just dropped by the FedGov is today’s report on Housing Starts. What gets to be the “interesting calculus going … Read More
G2 wandered through at quarter-to-four AM – on his way to “Cheat the Devil out of some Souls” in emergency medicine – some people actually have to work today… “Pretty much how it works, Dad. Looks deceptively easy from the 30-thousand-foot level…” He was referring to a flowchart I’d been pondering: While difficult, it’s not impossible. Review … Read More
A short rap on Mental Topologies is a useful (Big Brain People) prequel today. “Regular” understanding of IQ as a semi-Gaussian normal distribution” among humans is oh so terribly flawed I could just wet myself. See, dimensioning humans (rendering concepts down to 2D) is hopeless Reductionism for the mentally short-changed. Multispectral Humanity becomes apparent as a … Read More
Digital preparedness has been one focus on the UrbanSurvival.com site this week. Now the “reason why” is coming into focus with headlines today like U.S. Energy Dept gets two ransom notices as MOVEit hack claims more victims have been crossing. Normally, were it a corporation, there would likely have been a major uptick in Bitcoin … Read More
In fairness – although no one has a clue about that, anymore – the market had already rallied to a potential key-reversal level Tuesday and Wednesday. What many simply forgot was the old saying “Beware pre-holiday rallies.” One holiday is “unofficial” – Father’s Day (like Mother’s Day), as notes Wikipedia: “The single most common date … Read More
Start time: 03:25 AM Ure is up early because the scent of Money is in the air. Too early to be certain, so were glued to the “events horizon.” (news flows) Big Money on the short side of the market may arrive shortly because of where we are in long wave economics. “Where’s that?” Retail … Read More
The biggest news of the day in financial circles is the just-dropped CPI numbers. Since, with the Fed FOMC gaveling-in today, this will be the last official big data read on inflation. The modest improvement in the top line number was mainly due to the energy component dropping. The Saudi hikes will eat that in … Read More
We ain’t just “whistling Dixie” when we say “Hot Mess.” (Has the song Dixie been banned by the ‘righteous’ yet?) We got us a blue light special on Mess going, yes sir. Buy one and get a free “hot”. Of course, it’s summertime, so what were you expecting? Climate change? Mess #1 – I-95 In this … Read More
Money first. Then a ton of interesting projects that keep us busy. We’ll do a “photo-stroll” around the shop (as of Tuesday morning) so you can get more of a feel for what Making and Doing are like outside the confines of cubicles and 300 square-foot living spaces. And why retired is usual just tired. Hosed … Read More