Many things in motion, now. Yes — we’re on the new publishing platform, and it should be much more phone-friendly.
Here’s today’s stack: Retail Sales and a few other useful headlines. Then the ChartPack. Followed by 2026: The Art of Winning Slowly – Part 2, where we apply what we know about futuring and how constrained systems behave to a serious assessment of what’s ahead in the New Year.
First, I’ve completed the long-delayed transition of Peoplenomics to a more phone-friendly WordPress back-end. Subscribers: comments are now enabled. This should make the reports better, too — because the system can now “talk back” when something doesn’t smell right.
I designed the new setup so the old HTML site still works (no updates there), and all user credentials have transferred. Same access — just a different look.
Why, this innovating stuff is so much fun, we should all do more of it.
One more operational improvement: the ChartPack has fully transitioned to PDF. Higher resolution. Easier to read cross-platform. And when we do longer reports, we’ll likely present them as PDFs as well — assuming that’s what group opinion holds.
Down to business.
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I can smell a violator from a million miles away, Hose A.
Sniff, sniffsniff, I smell the smell of a sidewinding violator.
Ure is in process of violating BCP’s first rule of trading; Never, ever let a winning trade turn in to a losing trade. Why must you repeat this failure time and again, do learn anything any more or just parrot Ai’s latest spew? Overwhelming analysis paralysis is what Im picking up.
Dont have time for hesitators- shit gets ya killed, every time.
Love and Rockets G-rok, we be going higher from here.
Has anyone seen my other Son, Hose B ?
Say, not try7ing to shame an old froggy here, but…
Since you said “Love and Rockets G-rok, we be going higher from here.” I see BTC is down to 86,570 and I’m up 2 percent (day) on my puts. Wanna go ahead and tell me how miserabl an old f-tard I am sfor coming to a wronig-headed (yes, somehow mysteriously profitable) other conclusion than thou?
OK I’ll bite.
Current inflation rate is ~2.9 – 3.0
BTC is up 138804391.46% all time.
You are “up”(side down) at 2.0% this year or down 1% by your metric.
Like I read up the page, don’t let a good trade turn bad.
Like m,y step dad told me: Don’t fall in love with your trades.
The minute they turn you let them go.
Merry Christmas!
Out on the close – I will re=eval when we see how many reindeer get shot tomrrow by inflation – my our core metal holdings? Um…yeah, we….
emergency CFTC meeting tomorrow at 9 am – JP Morgan crying in pain. remember they moved trading and all PM;s to Singapore.
re: Miffed servant bolts?
feat: “Miffy on Holiday”, Bruna, 1971
Group photo record of Monday’s Coalition of the Willing gathering in Berlin shows a Union Jack flag amongst nations represented. However there was no pictured stand-in for the UK PM who had been delayed by political intrigue in London.
Yesterday the President of the Ukraine posted a travelogue video to his social media account. Flanked by a globe mounted on a grand wooden frame, the President signed the guestbook at Huis ten Bosch Palace (“House in the Forest”) unaccompanied by his overnight bag or Mr. Umerov. Then he met Willem-Alexander of the House of Orange, King of the Netherlands. Interestingly the only foreign leader invited to overnight at the Palace’s Orange Hall during last June’s NATO Summit was President Trump. Other leaders had to make do at nearby luxury hotels.
Certainly 2025 has been a magnificent year for travellers on the hop. Perhaps none moreso than that beloved Dutch bunny, Miffy, who this year took up residence at Huis ten Bosch Dutch theme park nestled in a suburb adjacent to refurbished expanses of the world’s second wartime nuclear detonation, Nagasaki, Japan.
According to ChatGPT, Miffy is not a rabbit allowed to jump into the nearest Carroll burrow or read a Grimm fairytale. Instead, Miffy lives in a safe and structured environment interacting with responsible people.
Break out the eggnog! Lettuce (latin derived: ‘cultivated milk’) look forward to 2026!
What did Pooters call them yesterday at news conference ???
Oh yeah – “European Swine”
this little ‘piglet” went market (merz), this little piglet (starmer) stayed home, this little piggie had roast beef (Ursala), this little piggy had none none of it (meloni), and this little piglet cried (weinerweinerweiner)all the way home(zelensky).
“Natasha , we must broil up some Pigs in Blankets! (Hotdog wrapped in bacon & cheese, on a bun).”
Yes Boris, but first some Bortsch !
BCP,
Numerous sources repeat that the “This Little Piggy” nursery rhyme allegedly first appeared in print in 1744 within the covers of “Tommy Thumb’s Songbook”. The now-lost publication is attributed to Nurse Lovechild who is understood to be Mrs. Cooper, widow of late London printer Mr. Cooper.
The children book’s copper plate illustrations are credited to George Bickman the Younger. His bio on the British Museum website places his London offices at Covent Garden and The Strand. No mention is made of his separate dealings with government mandarins regarding his alleged sales of pornographic prints.
BCP,
Pardon my pause, I’m in the midst of breakfast.
One of the Bickham ‘pornographic prints’ would appear to be from 1741 under the pseudonym E. Coton. The work features “a tripartite conjunction” between King George II, his married Hanoverian mistress the Countess of Yarmouth, and English PM Sir Robert Walpole. Apparently the trio are deemed guilty of not properly recognizing Admiral Vernon’s landing at modern day Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Here is a British Museum weblink to the work:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-3664
Speaking of Guantanamo Bay, supposedly the Epstein Files are to be released tomorrow?
re: S.R. 819, X-Files, 6ABX10
feat: Plasma
Regrettably MIT lost a cold fusion researcher 21 years ago in the person of Dr. Mallove to an alleged fatal rental home break in. Earlier this week the official news publication of MIT, “MIT News”, shared that plasma physicist Dr. Loureiro had allegedly succumbed to gunshot wounds in his home setting.
If production codes are any indication, the “S.R. 819” episode of the “X-Files” series was arguably broadcast a week early as the ninth episode of season 6 on Sunday, January 17, 1999. It would have been the feast day of St. Anthony of Egypt, patron saint of gravediggers and swine. The Assistant FBI Director has an unfortunate encounter with physicist Dr. Orgel (ger. “organ”[music]), but fortunately survives to oversee further investigative carryings-on of Mulder and Sculley.
Mozart’s last partially completed work before his passing on December 5, 1791 was Requiem in D Minor, K 626. His German sponsor staged a first public playing of the work on February 14, 1792. Curiously the last words said to have been written by Mozart were torn and stolen from a Requiem manuscript on display in Brussels in 1958 that issued a musical instruction: “quam olim d: C” (‘as before from the head’). The literal liturgical translation according to ChatGPT is “[…but may the holy standard-bearer Michael lead them into the holy light,]
which you once promised to Abraham and his descendants.”
Let’s join DJ George in studio following Mozart’s cue to take us one more time through the ‘Domine Jesu’ at the following Youtube link:
https://youtu.be/2jwsbm-iieY
like the new peoplenomics site . and i like i can navigate around here again . merry xmas BCP!!! i hope santa brings you a big ????
Hoping for a new set of “porno tits” for the Missus, hopefully Santa gotz his ears on, and is working on my wish fulfillment..
Thanx Mate -best wishes for the Holidays!
My true Christmas Wish ? Same one every year; Peace, Health and Prosperity.
Why is the British Empire in full panic mode?
It’s not about missiles. It’s about a “boring” document that just ended their financial control over America.
NATO generals are screaming for war. MI6 is coming out of the shadows. Russia is calling them out.
https://x.com/PrometheanActn/status/2001393764493934721
In some respects, it almost sounds like a return to the revolutionary policies of G. Washington. Time for change. Bring it on.
Funny thing — “Promethean Action” is the organization which evolved from Lyndon LaRouche and his theories. LL was a Marxist, neo-communist for most of his life, mellowing in old age to where he could admit “some” of Adam Smith’s economics theory was “good” (although I’m not sure he ever let up on Hume or Locke.) I actually agree with some of P.A.’s stuff, and I don’t find them nearly as “fringe-Right” as I do, “realist.” (How can an organization with Marxist roots be “Right-wing?” I guess the same way a human with a penis can be a “girl…”)
For those without X accounts:
https://www.prometheanaction.com/the-midweek-update-the-boring-document-that-terrifies-the-british-empire-december-17-2025/
Been off the bicycles while recuperating from non-cycling injuries. I have been doing upgrades in anticipation of getting back on.
I finally got a coupling installed on the electric bicycle to allow pulling a trailer. The resulting combination of an electric cargo hauler bicycle with a one wheel trailer and shock absorber is an SUV substitute, but not a replacement.
I have seen people spend tens of thousands on lumbering behemoth vehicles whose main purpose is to make beer runs on double track. My bicycle with trailer can make supply runs over double track, single track, RR, & sidewalks, and can be recharged off solar in a pinch. Can’t do the freeway with it, though.
Still, maintenance costs are likely to be low, and insurance zero. Given prices on motorcycles and 4-wheel vehicles, even used, I spent a lot less on the cycle and the trailer, and it can go places most motor vehicles can’t follow.
The trailer I got is expedition class, and unless it gets runned over by a behemoth, is unlikely to need replacement in my lifetime. Of course if it gets squished, then so go I, and my lifetime without replacement boast would still be a provable though less than comforting. The bicycle is a heavy duty chrome-moly frame short-wheelbase mid-drive cargo hauler, which should be around a while as well.
With mechanicals worked out, I need some reflectors for different configurations, and a couple of bags. Otherwise, the upgrades are done for the immediate future.
Hopefully I will be back in the saddle by the end of the year.
I have already started my spring cleaning. I need to reclaim garage floor space.
Hello n___,
I’m thinking along the same lines. Could you post a picture of your rig someplace where I (we?) could see it.
Sorry if this a duplicate post; connection dropped just as I was pressing send on the first try.
I got a 37% discount on the Surly electric bike for model change, otherwise it would have been out of my budget range. Worth a peek.
The Tout Terrain mule trailer (prounounced toot terrain- tout is German for All) is pricey, but I have seen similar priced over 1K, when you can find’em:
https://tout-terrain.bike/products/mule-trailer
I have one of those drop seat posts, so the trailer attached low to the post frame extension, not the seat post itself. The Surly rack has to be taken off to put the trailer on- ten minute swap. Don’t need’em both anyway.
Vevor has a couple 2-wheel trailers. Did you check them out?
Ray – I’ve tried two wheel trailers; don’t care for’em. I have one I use as a push/pull cart for fence tools.
I also wanted the shock absorber. I looked over a lot of trailers, and the single wheel form factor with shock was the one I wanted to give a long term try.
I would like a Tout Terrain electric bike, but they are priced 2x to 3x over what I bought, and the model with the integrated motor gearbox still isn’t sold here. All of there stuff is ultra durable.
I also didn’t want an axle mount.
Here are some alternates which include ones similar to the one I bought:
https://www.cyclingabout.com/best-bike-trailers-bicycle-touring/
As to whether Aevon is available in the US may be subject to debate. I think they may be able to ship here.
Farfarer at https://www.francescycles.com/farfarer-trailers.
Vevor has a lot of trailers, inluding a single wheel trailer with a shock, but it is an axle mount. If you can stomach an axle mount, the price is decent at $300. No idea how good it is. Turning radius on the axle mounts is challenging.
Touring and expedition purposed equipment tends to be stable in the saddle. The geometry and gearing on my electric is a lot like my Bridge Club, which I still like very much. While I prop the Bridge Club up or lay it down, I have an oversized kickstand on the electric; I may put another on the single wheel trailer as a back-up.
I know you are skeptical of the price, with good reason. I had budgeted the purchases a couple of years in advance, for a year I wasn’t planning any major purchases or trades. This wasn’t an impulse buy. Looking at similar equipment, prices are also similar. Not something you see expect to see on Ebay.
The taxpayer money laundering that’s taken place is INSANE
“The Federal Reserve has revealed that US NGOs have more in assets than the combined 2025 GDP estimates for Japan, Germany and India combined — The combined assets held by US NGOs equals $14.2 trillion of your tax money”
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2001448498294911462
Thanks! Interesting trailer and not terribly priced as premium accessories go. But which Surly? The Skidloader line or another one?
I noticed the Skidloader uses Bosch drivetrain and battery; I rented a Bosch powered ebike in Europe for a week and was duly impressed by the torque and range.
We are currently shopping for bikes that won’t be out of place on road rides with the local bike club but which could also fetch supplies in a storm or EMP weeks-long-outage. The solution may be 3 bikes (cargo hauler plus 2 lighter step-through road bikes) but we’d rather not spend all of the sale money from our Prius in one place!
For those that have more time and mechanical savvy than money, I might suggest repurposing a a PM brushless starter motor with integrated electronics to power a personal conveyance. Such a motor might require different bearings and obviously you need to lose the Bendix drive, but the normal failure modes of starter motors no longer exist. If used in a derated mode with a sprag clutch, it could be quite useful.
I don’t have enough time with either the electric bike or the trailer to make unqualified buy recommendations. The Surly bike I have the most experience with is the Bridge Club (BC). It is closer to being right out of the box than most. A new seat, a suspension seatpost & stem and maybe some Surly ET tires, and it is a first rate low end touring machine. People take them overseas on touring expeditions.
The electric is a short tail with Surly ET tires, making for common spares. Geometry and gearing are similar. I have done similar upgrades to the electric as the Bridge Club. The electric has a quick drop post, so I had to use a different seatpost which is probably less effective than the Red Shift on the BC. Touring machines are made to carry heavy loads over long distances and up steep climbs. The closer the electric is to a touring configuration, the better. The trailer hitch expands the potential uses.