Go out to fire, police, and emergency medical people. In order for “the rest of us to have it off” there are people sweating their butts off to keep the country intact. Had a call this morning from firefighter/EMT son George II who’s working a big forest fire up in Oregon. As a CV-19 technical … Read More
Why is it 4:15 AM and why is Ure running antenna models? The answer is simple: The end of summer is upon us. When the weather cools down, things here heat up. Hot coffee on a cool more, clear head, and a zillion ideas to run down. But first…. Goodbye Swamp Cooler A couple of … Read More
Elaine and I were having the afternoon toddy Friday when she asked an interesting question – one I’ve been asked many times: “Where does all your energy come from?” I don’t mind sharing the answer because it’s so simple – obvious – and so many philosophies have tried to tariff (that is charge) for what … Read More
The rest of the year? We need to have us a little talk about that. As usual, with “visual aids” because things are beginning to look might dicey from where we sit. Since this is one of my few actual 2-3 day weekends, we will dispense with headlines. A suitable tradeoff for working on the … Read More
Students of economic depressions may be pretty clear on where America “went wrong.” Well, at least they should be clear in about five-years or so…the point of today’s outlook: The American economic system? Strong as ever. But its fatal weakness? Economic contraction. We living in a system that has been optimized as a growth model. … Read More
Covered my first “real” election in Seattle back in 1970. Wes Uhlman was elected mayor that year. Stayed up – did the “victory party rounds’ jammed an old Sony TC-110 cassette recorder mic in everyone’s face. Winners said the same this as today – ditto for losers. Well, except maybe the losers then were a … Read More
UAPs and UFOs are explored in this survey article. In a lot more depth than planne d – 33-thousand words worth. Still, with end of summer at hand and little of much interest until markets begin to break down, why not expand our horizons, a bit? A few (short) headlines and the ChartPack. With a … Read More
Every so often my consigliere will call with a pertinent observation. When the phone range Monday, boy, was I in for a treat… “Do you think the Fed likes socialists or Marxists?” “Uh…well…hadn’t been the #1 thing on my “thing to figure out” list, but sure… it’s an interesting question, no doubt. Say, why do you … Read More
You may not be old enough to remember the MovieTone News. It showed in theaters from the mid 1920s until into the 1960’s. I remember seeing ’em at the old theater on the north end of Bean Hill in Seattle. As kids, we’d go there Saturday afternoons to watch “the serials.” Today we suffer through ModernTone … Read More
Rambling around the ranch this morning. Been far busier this weekend that I’d been planning on. S/W Update or Hack-Attack? Those who visit Urban frequently (our dynamite comments section makes that a useful pursuit) may have noticed a 2 1/2-hour hole in our up-time Saturday. Turns out, a key directory on our web server had … Read More
America’s economy requires periodic setbacks or it implodes. So we begin this morning with a discussion of how many Depression checkboxes has CV-19 ticked off, so far. Then a couple of interesting woo-woo items. But first, an assortment of headlines and the ChartPack. Which – like Elon Musk – is in Fly Me to the … Read More
This morning features DDD – Decent Data Density and a chance for people to ponder whether typical pre-holiday optimism will show up. At the same time, the flood waters may be receding a bit as we’ve had our own adventures with rain here at the ranch. Making Up Money Dept. Let’s start with they data because … Read More
Rolling out of bed at 3 AM – intent on tuning up a few website issues – I was all set to work my butt off. Had a great article come to mind: Soap Bubble Prosperity! Lo and behold: No real “work” needed today. Because there are so many moving targets, the choice of … Read More