Ouch! Not a very comfortable topic today. But an important one to consider going forward. It began as a simple discussion of how America needs to begin coming up with new – and more effective – ways to fight militant Islamic jihadists. But in the process, turns out that in addition to having a terrible … Read More
Disco? Yeah, like ADP Jobs this week (dis-go up), Challenger job cuts (dis goes up, too) and now we have Emp-Sit. And “dis-goes” where? Press release, please: “Both the number of unemployed persons, at 7.6 million, and the unemployment rate, at 4.8 percent, were little changed in January. (See table A-1. For information about annual … Read More
I slept extra-well last night, knowing I have not failed as a parent. It was a conversation with my son G2 Thursday that cinched it: As you may know he works as an infectious disease investigator in high risk communities (LBGT), is happily straight and dating as time permits, thinking for himself, and constantly challenging … Read More
Those insolent left-winger/anarchists tore up the Berkeley campus last night. With chants of “No border, No Nation, F**K Deportation” the latest lefty-outburst set off firebombs and went off campus to continue raising hell. Their motivation? A speaking gig by this guy – let’s Wiki him, OK? “Milo Yiannopoulos (born 18 October 1984) is a Greek-born … Read More
(simple title art) Reader Note: If you are just catching on, each Thursday we’re are doing a chapter each week of a book I’m writing for Millennials – teaching the insights that will (hopefully!) allow them to live long and prosper – and be around to clean up after us Old People who made a … Read More
Not sure how conversant you are with the term but this morning we look at how we sink into the quicksand of humankind’s relationship with machines. We will start in a very old elevator and somehow end up in what pilots call “the flight levels.” And along the way, we will see some very difficult … Read More
Hot of the press release: “NEW YORK, January 31, 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 November 2016 shows that home prices continued their rise across the country over the last 12 months. More … Read More
My run-in Monday morning with the troll-like comments about Ure’s truly – and a very thoughtful reply by Oilman2, who as you might expect is a friend, got me to thinking I should do a lot more explaining about what real UrbanSurvival thinking is all about. Oh, sure, it will come into focus as you … Read More
Say what? First Br?hma?a: The World as a Sacrificial Horse, of course! We at last arrive this week at the “real” first actions of the Trump administration. As we’ve been pointing out for weeks, the President doesn’t get to “make up” laws. To be sure, there was a lot of confusion when Trump in recent … Read More
Sheesh! First thing in my face this morning were some of the most insulting comments ever received from a Texas reader, I’m embarrassed to say. Whether they were actually posted by a government-paid “troll” (which really do exist, using multiple personality software developed 10+years back) remains to be seen. At any rate, the insults were … Read More
As readers know, I am a huge fan of equality. This week especially, since there has been mostly nothing but a parade of Trump bashing on the mainstream media and it’s been old since the election which the die-hards on the left can seem to accept they lost. But there are other targets for the … Read More
The hand-wringing is so intense this morning I feel like I should be passing out cans of Burt’s Bees Hand Salve. Politico warns us of “How Trump wall could beckon global trade war…” Over at the NY Times they claim “Tax Plan Sows Confusion as Tensions With Mexico Soar.” The Washington Post looks at the matter … Read More
What is the “Light Crown Project?” Yeah, let’s start there… As I explained in the December 28 Coping section “That report outlined some curious historical evidence that I had both discovered and intuited by reading a lot of history and, because of my wife Elaine’s experience with a cutting edge photo biomodulation technique for treatment … Read More