It’s a very Big Deal. With the attempted assassination on the Slovakian prime minister, we think there’s a case to be made that the world has slipped deeper into a WW-1 Replay, a Weimar-like Inflation, and an economic Depression, all rolled into a new and improved version of Humans Are Stupid, Gold Edition. Let’s see … Read More
OK, Ure is pissed. The markets are being hyped up over 100 at the open based on a minute drop in the All Items less food and energy in today’s CPI report. What you are not hearing much is that retails sales laid a big fat goose egg. Advance Estimates of U.S. Retail and Food … Read More
Yeah – strange topic. But having written a book on vivid dream work and Packing to Die, the suitcase between your ears” it’s more a logical follow-on. Today, we will review how the three alternative perspectives are religion are doing, too. Fascinating to watch what humans can come up with the explain the outlook over … Read More
Although we would normally begin with the latest breaking data (since markets seem to love it), we will hold for a second to see what the (geniuses) in D.C. have cooked up. Tariff Wars Specifically, the big White House press release beginning: “President Biden Takes Action to Protect American Workers and Businesses from China’s Unfair … Read More
Funny stuff we call “Future.” Like the weather “everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it” was how Mark Twain complained about weather. Bet you didn’t know Mark Twain was a Freemason, did you? Or that he failed to pay his dues for a while before being demitted from the Craft? Naw, … Read More
I was really impressed with the first-hand observer report from New Mexico, on the Northern Lights filed by reader NM Mike in the Comments section Saturday. Seems the solar activity is putting some real points on the board. Out west, reader Hank reported the 40-meter inter-island ham radio net was up and down, catch-as-catch-can. And … Read More
There are some things we don’t like to talk about on the “open web.” Although we normally confine our “deep thinking” to once per week, a very troubling observation from a colleague is our lead topic this morning. We have our eyes on a very serious “change of sea state” and its part – we’re … Read More
Thursday morning, I mentioned about Trajectories and how – once events achieve liftoff velocity – things take up a trajectory and the future is out ahead of us. Like some deterministic landing zone. Today we get into just a couple of things that matter. Trajectories of Markets and what about the “falling cities”? In a … Read More
I almost didn’t write a column this morning. There was just so much great info in the Comments section from Wednesday. Click over here and scroll down to the long piece from Ray (H) who did a dandy “more to think about” on our subscriber “Get Home Plan” on Peoplenomics yesterday. Even more savory are … Read More
Nuclear war was – for a couple of decades – back in the “unthinkable pile. Something that you’d heard about, maybe, but certainly not something a person in their right mind would actually plan on. Yet here we are. The television shows are starting. Amazon’s series Fallout is rolling and doing OK in the ratings. … Read More
Reader Robert gets to take a bow. Because he asked, in effect, “When do I talk to an adult daughter about coming home?” Because of the world hitting a rough patch where (literally) things could all blow up. The long answer (maps and strategies) will be on Peoplenomics tomorrow. For this morning, just a quick … Read More
With a lack of positive news – the apparent breakdown of Gaza peace talks and all (Israel Shutters Al Jazeera Bureau, while the Israeli military tells 100,000 people to leave eastern Rafah) – we are braced for a world where news events will drive the markets. As we go over the “planned and scheduled) for … Read More
Part 2 of an ultra-slow-motion series, the first part of which was presented last July in “The Electronics Workbench.” All three tube-type oscilloscopes are gone. So’s a signal tracer, two full-sized vacuum tube voltmeters (VTVM’s). And an early Heathkit Signal generator. Poof. In a cloud of fury powered by Mrs. Olson. It’s time to resume … Read More