Recent news events, including the shooting deaths of more than 50 people at a machinegun attack in Las Vegas last night, begins to fit something of a pattern. Was it a radical? Initially, we’re told no. Was it home-grown terrorism or someone with a drug or alcohol issue? Again, in time we will learn. At … Read More
A dear friend of mine sent an article this weekend that began “Flash! Califortnia Earthquake.” When I clicked the link *(this is a person I can trust with my life, so the click was safe) up pops a site that talks in generalities about an upcoming Cali quake and then wraps it up in Biblical … Read More
A note from our favorite bond guru got us headed down an interesting path for this weekend. When we look at financial assets is EVERYTHING overpriced at today’s levels. That and some lessons from the options market and our charts in today’s view.. More for Subscribers ||| SUBSCRIBE NOW! ||| Subscriber Help Center
It’s called the Personal Income and Outlays report and it begins “Once upon a time….” “Personal income increased $28.6 billion (0.2 percent) in August according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI) increased $14.9 billion (0.1 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $18.0 billion (0.1 percent). Real … Read More
There must have been a bloom of nostalgia somewhere, this week. After I did the article on the odd break-up of shortwave radio and its replacement by streaming and MP3 pods on Peoplenomics I went out to work on cleaning the shop more. In the process came across a Minolta XG-7, I think it is, … Read More
Our mantra here is simple: “Everything is a Business Model” or an AoG (Act of God). Back in the days of real news, the AoG’s ran about 10 percent of new channel capacity. But with too much capacity, and God taking a break (it’s easy when society is going God-less) the AoG content is down … Read More
Thinking through the Progress Problem is our breakfast special this morning. The other day in a post, I made a remark that bothered one of our readers. We’ll just call him Dave but he’s a great guy and asks a very intelligent on-point question: “George where do you come to the conclusion that the Earth can … Read More
While we’ve been listening for half a century, shortwave radio is almost on its last legs. This morning a discussion of the decline and its replacement with streamed content from government websites. Plus, as always a few news headlines and those charts which do a marvelous job of keeping us “out of the ditch.” More … Read More
Pretty much as expected in the Housing data just out: “NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 – S&P Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for July 2017 shows that home prices continued their rise across the country over … Read More
With a growing pile of test equipment in my home office, we’re coming down to a week until we should be able to run some initial experiments in pursuit of anti-gravity and time-twisting. This morning, a couple of public notes, though there was been a lot more over on the Peoplenomics side of things. The … Read More
A revolution over sports? This matter of kneeling – instead of standing – at sports events could result in a serious economic downturn, whether people realize it, or not. The size of the American Sports Machine is immense. What is a rational approach? Voting with your wallet seems to make sense. (Continues below) There … Read More
Yeah, I know: No war with the NORK’s yet, no trumpets sounding from on-high. And no, none of our friends are missing, either. Still, for a Tribulation, I’m pretty things are bound to get worse. Just give it a little more time. You can’t shove 7-billion onto a rock designed for 250-500 million and not … Read More
What better time to look at what’s been going on in the back room of Old Man Labs here at the ranch? This morning, we lift just one corner of the veil of secrecy that I’ve thrown over my efforts to help hack space-time. Dimensions Next Door.Compared to what’s at stake? The weekly stock charts … Read More