TL;DR: The early futures were saying a strong rally at the open today, But we think a reversal mid-week. Around the ranch? Speed demon coding and a Writer’s group?
Markets Suspend Gravity
A lot of people were surprised by the market sag Friday. But not us. We told our Peoplenomics subscribers over the weekend to look at Asia and Europe long before the open. They’ll be your canaries in advance.
Well, sure enough, huh? There’s what you could label a “Half-a-percent rally” on in Europe early. But Asia? Tells a bigger story.
They will drag down our Global Index – and that begins to look like a rollover. As a consequence, we begin to eye those “soft rules of Elliott” for clues about this week’s Future.
As you’ll remember from your own research (ahem) the second leg of an Elliott wave is oftentimes between 1.6 and 1.85 times the initial move. So we can pencil what the end of the week (or this time next Monday) might look like.
From last week’s high, 58,464.95, the Aggregate closed Friday at 56,614.42. Back in 2016 I got lazy. Decided I didn’t want to put numbers into a calculator for a living. So I built a simple spreadsheet to “generalize the possibilities” ahead. <– not trading advice, right? Here’s where the next week MIGHT take us.
Which Means What?
News reporters, in the main, don’t go off into “Carnac Land” trying to game the future. But when you become a news director – and people want time off and you’re “news-nose” smells something coming, you develop a good grappling of the short-term.
As a result, when we look at the market rally possibilities and combine that with the next New Moon being a short-term high candidate (from my consigliere’s work) we can then line up a POSSIBLE market calendar this way.
Today (and tomorrow maybe) a rally because the Aggregate needs to Lazarus some 926 points (or a thousand, depending on how the Fibonacci fans roll).
Walk with me through this:
- The next new moon is on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at 8:25 a.m. EDT.
- Dow and S&P futures are up almost 50 percent from Friday’s washout – increasing our fears this will be a short rally.
- That MIGHT set up a decline later in the week. down maybe 3000 Aggregate points.
- Then a BIG rally next Monday and Tuesday? Which would be really keen but it will be complicated.
See, a significant top may be in. Friday may have been a 1 down, today a 2 up, then a three down – may or may not be time enough for a wave 4 small rally and a 5 down to finish. But then something around a week from tomorrow as a high.
Here’s Where Future Gets Fugly
Remember that waves and cycles in financial markets “nest.” Russian dolls kind of thing. Let’s say we get a little “hard down” this week (in waves) and then a Tuesday rally next week (to hit a minor high on New Moon).
Well, that COULD turn the whole 1-2-3 (and optionally 4-5) downturn from last week into a larger 1 down. Which is where we return the BrainAmp and say “OK, let’s build the bigger down by taking the Wave 5 low and pretending that’s just the Larger Wave 1 down. (Barf bag ready?)
Right about here, you begin thinking :”Well, this is bad, sure, but I can survive.” And maybe that’s so.
BUT we are only presupposed two nested wave functions. Wanna see what happens with three?
That’s the case which ends the year with the Aggregate around 17,346.81 and the overall decline of our multiple-markets index down about 70 percent top to bottom.
At which point, the Depression II will be apparent – the U.S. scrambling to figure out how to build capacity to be ready for WW III with China (down the road a bit) and with the inflationary effects of the BRICS and Gold replacing the buck? What could go wrong?
Well, shutdown, or nay, be looking at the Treasury buybacks and auctions because when a currency rolls over, whole nations get flattened.
Now back to a few other items – besides 100 percent Trump tariffs on all Chinesium because THEY are screwing us out of rare earth metals. But those new consumer goodies while there is still the parts to make ’em, though.
Oh, and if we get the “Slaughter of the Elves II” that I wrote up recently on Peoplenomics? Pay it no mind – ravings of a crazy man in the woods.
Flush with News
Flush with News(In keeping with our BM motif? ISYN, lol. Butt, we are flush with developments…)
Once again, the Nobel committee gets it wrong, leaving me off this year’s honorees in Economics: 3 share Nobel Prize in Economics for work on technology, growth and creative destruction.
That “Bad Orange Man” just ended a war – go ahead – ask him: Trump declares Gaza war over as hostages and prisoners return home . Could the market be putting on a “show rally” to (nominally) support peace and we will have defense industry woes seep in later this week?
OR are there worse wars to come? Russia’s Medvedev says supplying US Tomahawks to Ukraine could end badly for all, especially Trump.
Plus there’s brinkmanship over rare earths… As the trade war resumes, China may be keeping one eye on Trump and one on the Supreme Court – Atlantic Council
Remember when Elaine and I were out in Burbank in 2004-2005 for that broadcasting college turn-around? Told you then “Silver at 6.92-7.05 looked pretty good to us? Silver Roars Higher as Short Squeeze Rocks the London Market And trading in the low $52 range?
Around the Ranch: The Write Idea
Running a site like UrbanSurvival — grounded in nonfiction, analysis, and the occasional economic whack upside the head — has long had me wondering about the great literary divide: what do people really spend their money on?
Is it the escape hatch of fiction, with its tidy plots and fast payoffs — or the heavier lift of nonfiction, where you’ve got to chew your way through facts, data, and hard-earned lessons?
The numbers say nonfiction wins by revenue — business books, biographies, and self-help titles piling up the big dollars — while fiction still captures hearts and eyeballs. But I can’t help asking: in a culture wired for distraction, is nonfiction the last refuge for people who still want to think… or just the side alley where a few of us still hang out, trying to connect dots the crowd doesn’t see?
That’s the question I keep turning over: are readers buying truth — or comfort?
Here’s an Idea
I think it’s a lot more complicated than fiction vs. non. Maybe it’s about people seeking other rational souls?
Sometimes wisdom is in non-fiction, but I look at guys like Richard Bach and Twain as proving that fiction is also feeding an important need of the genpop.
Maybe what’s missing is good storytelling?
A council of elders or a new writer’ forum?
Writer’s Subforum?
Let’s put some fencing around the idea.
The plan is to create a new page on the site menu titled “Novel Writings.” Each contributing author would have a sub-page where they write and share their adventures. For example, you might have a page and collection of stories called 3 Piece. Another Urban reader — say, A.G. Kimbrough — could tell his tales as Dirk Bell or Isaac Pitt (yes, a little Clive Cussler nod for the literate crowd).
There would be no fixed schedule. Each author would be set up with free posting access, and additional reader-writers could be invited based on how the tribe responds to their stories, style, and substance — especially what lessons or insights they offer.
Eventually, the project might go partially pay-walled, but the spirit is more community storytelling than commerce.
Why It Matters
When I analyzed social media years ago — and as honorary Texas chair of the Andrew Odlyzko fan club — I saw he was right about SME (short message exchange) being the future of telecom. But SME isn’t the future of thinking.
AI, meanwhile, makes a terrific writing tool. It’s a mind amplifier, and while folks may be tired of hearing me jump between domains, there’s a real global need for storytelling with purpose — tales that teach and reflect, not just entertain.
So: no deadlines, no pressure. Just writers who feel like pouring a dram and telling a story to the younger set (which here means anyone under sixty) — tales that might help them navigate life’s bumps before the final exit.
The Tribe and Tone
Besides you, Kimbrough, and a few others, I’m sure Andy would be voted in by popular demand. His rowdy adventures and prime-time women are the stuff of old barbershop lore, yet there’s something more — a sense of alignment with the Universe that lets bits of the future slip through, whether he realizes it or not.
And so do you. Boat shopping doesn’t go unnoticed around here. When the tribe sees you rattling the doorknobs, they know something’s up.
G.A. Stewart would always be welcome, too. But with his military workload and site to maintain, he’s probably too busy — though his “fiction” would be required reading for those of us scanning the tea leaves.
What Comes Next
Maybe we start simple: a 3,000-word limit per story — though even that might be too confining. A Part 1 / Part 2 format might fit better.
Think of it as a literary halfway house focused on the future — a meeting ground between narcissistic Facebook oversharers and over-bookish academic types. A place for long-thinking, short-speaking grown-ups.
We’ll know soon enough whether the idea has legs.
I’m putting it out there for comments. Does it sound…write?
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New post up on HiddenGuild (my AI site). AI vs. The “Kill a Daisy” Lie BS – Hidden Guild
Write when you get rich,
George@ure.net
Trump declares Gaza war over as hostages and prisoners return home.
“To ravage, to slaughter, to steal, this they give the false name of empire; and where they create a desert, they call it peace.”
— Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Pure unadulterated HORSESHIT .
Think MEMORY.
Pali Moms/Survivors have MEMORY, and will NEVER forget, nor allow their kin to forget.
Pure Horseshit id tRUMP.
Agreement tween the waring parties does NOT say any words like “ceasefire”, “withdrawal”, or “end of war”..ZILCH.
Imagine once israHELL have hostages back – be time to start carpet bombing whats left of Palestinian Peoples. Imagine there will be a big celebration on UrbSurv with resident israHELL sympathizers & supporters, rejoicing in the SLAUGHTER of thousands of innocent Women and Children.
Word of The Year – FORFIET
Souls’ that is..
BCP : perhaps you missed it, picking at nits, but there is an actual cease fire on the ground, hey? Please try to keep up. It’s in all the news. Those who have long watched the Jewish State recognize they don’t want to carpet bomb _anyone_ (something else you missed?). Seriously, put a sock in it mate. Egor
“Please try to keep up. It’s in all the news.”
>Agreement tween the waring parties does NOT say any words like “ceasefire”, “withdrawal”, or “end of war”..ZILCH .
Ure full of “it” – just like covert19/C. kirk stories = only blithering idiots/”zombies” believe the nonsense. What were e you too waiting for epstain files ?
“Those who have long watched the Jewish State recognize they don’t want to carpet bomb _anyone_ (something else you missed?).”
Ure so FULL OF SHIT – Ure eyes must be brown. I can smell Ure fetid smell all the way over on East Coast. Have you not seen one Picture, one scene of the hellscape that was the Open Air Prison Palastine ??????????????????????
22 BILLION worth of BOMDS/Missiles dropped on Palastine since beginning of Ure- israHELLs’ murderous HALOCAUST Campaign – worse than carpet bombing.
Like I said, spineless – FORFIET .
“Long Watched”
– BTDT – first cell phone Bomb in history on same tangos you have so much HATRED for- they blamed israHELL for it – classic. Bwaaahahah
* Failure to recognize EVIL, when it be staring you in the face.
Seriously – here is a gift SOCK for you Egor, I think you know where to stick it, dont you ?
Enjoy -https://www.theinteldrop.org/2025/10/13/netanyahu-says-trumps-deal-no-good-plans-to-continue-war/
BPC … you have it wrong.
Then it will be time to move onto the NEXT objective … which involves MORE to kill than in total lives in Gaza.
Blood Lust once acquired with little or no negative feedback results in MORE Blood Lust … that is just basic human nature, which is unchanged over many thousands of years.
Those in the West Bank were just the taste test teaser course.
Gaza was the first real course (of course Israel KNEW the Oct 7 attack was coming, they had spies everywhere in Gaza and it was too big to keep hidden let alone keep the THOUSANDS that knew it coming all quiet … they WANTED it so as to give them the excuse to do what they wanted to do) .
The main course has yet to be served, but will be along shortly.
The world will be in AWE when the main course is served. It will be the talk at every dinner table around the world as the people of the world sit down to eat their own meals. After all isn’t that the purpose of there being a Main Couse? To have the appetite wet by the preliminary courses? .
USA. Peace Arabian. Russian embarrassment. Response russian army Eastern ukraine for invasion. USA response nucs on army
“Trump declares Gaza war over ”
Greta Thunberg is safe too. The only thing missing are Doves with red “T”s embroidered into their chests. Trump Tower Gaza or bust!
Moreover, since the U.S. declares the war over it would reason the war was a U.S. land grab using Israel as a proxy.
I think your idea of a “Novel Writings” subforum is a great idea! It’s educational for all to learn from ones trials and tribulations in life. There is so much unpublished knowledge out there. I might even contribute if I can find a reasonable voice to text program, as I type much too slow, and when I have more bandwidth.
BTW, I did not see any Hallicrafters VFO’s at Pacificon but there was a guy that demonstrated to me his 50 WPM morse code proficiency, WOW!
Write when you have time!
The drug offense below is going around and maybe we should be able to use the same excuses, “I use crack to maintain a healthy weight!” “I drive drunk to ease the stresses of rush hour.” “MDMA improves my night vision!”
‘I use cannabis as medicine’: the US basketball player facing execution in Indonesia over $400 of gummies
“I use cannabis as a medicine,” he told the Guardian over the phone from a prison just outside Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, in his first comments to the press since his May arrest. “I have an inflammatory condition called Crohn’s disease that’s incurable. There’s no medicine apart from cannabis that stops my stomach from aching.”
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/03/jarred-shaw-drugs-arrest-indonesia-basketball
Maybe he should have checked out the Drug Laws of the countries he intended to visit on his travels then. Only visit “Drug Friendly” countries would have been in order for him … although for even most of those you can’t carry the drugs in when you enter the country, but can BUY them locally once you are in the country.
Ah athletes … they always keep reinforcing the stereotype that they are NOT even a mid bright bulb in the pack. “Barely lit” would seem to apply to many of them.
Was gonna say – its their Business model .
Bringing Ure own THC delivery systems into a country that has tons of the stuff growing all over the place, Priceless.
Would tell about money changers and being against jc’s business model, but that would require getting up to speed on Mother Greek & Dr Amon Hillman.
Disclosure is out there, if only..
* Can a SELL bag of Cocaine once, Can SELL a Kid many,many,many times.
Cc : or, in an alternate reality, swords are smithed into plows and they all lived happily ever after. Reality will probably fall somewhere in between. E
Isaiah 2:4 (King James)
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2018/04/18/the-ufo-maze-part-iv/
Well , considering the dibursing of Soviet arms to all of our enemies , see Viet Nam for one , I personally dont give a rats ass if the West supplies TLAM’s to Ukraine. It would be a game changer.
“Hey Vlad ol pal” tell us about what your side did in Vietnam , please
I still dont think Ukraine will see them.
I wonder where our inventory is at. Must be prepped for China.
Osina
SU-75 Checkmate (operational)
? -name of nasty New loitering Drone
Battle Hardened, Battle Tested, best Weapons on the field..think Ureopes soft underbelly can handle/deal with any Russian Battle Groups’ Assaults ?
What inventory ? There aint none, these geniuses already blew their load on ME and the NaziOligarch wars. And the corporations making the fuses, C-4 and other explosive scheisse have started to blow up themselves, rather curiously.
*They gotz to requisition the tax payer funds, order/award contracts, deal with built in DELAYS and COST OVERRUNS, then and only then will inferior, error prone, manufacturing of new weapons/weapon systems begin.
Its about the tribe feathering their own nest, and has very little to do with actual Waring…7 wars =AYFKM ?
See oligarchs , protocals..
A putin view of egypt meeting. Not a multipolar world. To stabilize things usa must be shown to be weak
Ai vs Kill a Daisy,,, well it took Lt Cdr Data to put the Borg to sleep.
We will see both good and bad from Ai, as we have both types of humans involved.
If my inquires with AI don’t give the results I sek, I will debate IT, and sometimes I get IT to come around, as I have to remind IT is hobbled by the human developers and IT’s data is limited, I have to treat IT like a child,,, coaching instead of brow beating,, but IT is fast, if we are to fly in saucers that go faster then light, we need IT
Some Crypto Users are utilizing Ai for security purposes…Checking Address Validity – gotz to Luv that fact as it presents Herr Hater Ure so many conundrums..
Ai is fantastic for charting interstellar courses, but actual Flying Craft? As an adjuvant, sure hell ya, but going 100 % Machine without crystal plates Brain interface..nein,nein,nein. Ill take Humans creativity in the moment over Ai and all previous experiences it has learned, thx.
Color me laughing my ass off at it all, that and PM miners have been screaming again today – When you go all in – and lady luck smiles on Ure ass, well Im not complaining, but hell bells they just changed the damTax brackets again – what the what?
* You no doubt been pretty busy lately going over all the names and info in the epstain files ? anyone we should know about ?
Oh my bad, so solly.
re: “All is fair in love & war.”
feat: ~1600-1100 bc to 2025 ad
Folks,
English author Mr. J. Lyly might truthfully tell us that the saying “all is fair in love and war” made a first Western literature appearance with publication in 1578 of “Euphues (gr. tr. ‘Wit’) – the Anatomy of Wit”.
This past Friday the BRICS portal “infobrics” offered its observations vis-a-vis EU diplomatic menage-a-trois entanglements concerning the Nord Stream pipeline explosion. Apparently a bombing suspect of Ukrainian ethnicity arrested by Italy, held in Poland, and wanted in Germany sits in the middle of a lovers’ spat between the EU trio. Here is a link to the “infobrics” post:
https://infobrics.org/en/post/63347
“Gilligan’s Island” nautical fans may take note that the Ukrainian suspect allegedly set sail to his destination with fate upon the good yacht “Andromeda”. The vessel is allegedly owned by an Israeli businessman of Soviet birth and renounced Russian citizenship. Apparently the vessel most recently has flown a flag of convenience of Seychelles Islands lying south-east off the Ethiopian Coast, a former British colony. The nation’s motto “Finus Coronat Opus” translates as “The End Crowns the Work”.
Greek mythology informs that sometime between 1600 and 1100 bc, Princess Andromeda of Aethiopia (aka Palestine) got into more than a spot of bother with a sea monster. Thank goodness Perseus, ancestor of the Persians (Iranians), came to her rescue. Everyone lived happily ever after!
The End.
Witty postscript:
The “Infobrics” post #63347 seems to have disappeared. I’m stumped. Ask Cetus?
One line from Trump: “It will all be fine!” And the market-boys believed him.., the market shot up at the open. Stopped-out on two of my three options ‘ puts’.., both still winners though. The third is hangin’ in there., as it is further out on the expiration date. I will hang on to that one.., for a while.
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“JPMorgan to plow $1.5 Trillion into Industries Deemed Critical to U.S. Interests.”
I have been looking for a list of the ‘industries’.., haven’t found it yet.
It will be interesting to see what they consider ‘critical to US interests.’ .., and how many others will now follow suit.
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Beyond Meat – you know, the company that makes lab grown meat.., [pig fodder]. Stock price dropped 58% at the open, as they tried to do a debt swap. Looks as though they may be ‘out the door’ very soon.
J.P.M’s critical industries list is:
The United States House of Representaves,
the United States Senate, and
J.P. Morgan…
Good one.
a wee bit off to the side , speaking of Beyond Meat , anyone hear about Bill Gates Butter ?
Doesnt have to be labeled , doesnt have to be disclosed. Doesnt have a name. Already in use today.
Its made out of human feces
Look it up
Bon apetit !!!
What she said….
“Wheres the Beef ?
Heads up Homegamers, markets are acting manic – getting to be crazy squirrel season(squirrels getting buzzed off rotten fruit), markets seem to be acting in same manne. OTM Puts expired .10 cents out of money Friday, costs .01 or .02 to close it out? nerp, let em rid. Woke up this AM, long underlying..WTF ?
Thank goodness, cept ____ who would not know goodness if it smacked him in the face, underlying gapped up on open..phew.
Things are acting fast & loose again – option quotes change milliseconds after I bid or fade offers when I Offer to Sell – My Bid moves mkts ???? AYFKM ?
That kinda crap Never happened in 80’s, when We learned how to properly Crash the Stock mkt. Remember, you couldnt naked Short Stock back then either.
Just heads up – Normal Markets have LEFT the building, but DAM are there oppty’s in PM futures mkts..DAM!
PS- LBMA is OUT of Silver, next up Force Majeure at Ure fav PM ETF – SLV..shhhh didnt hear here.
** NOT ADVICE, ever .
“…Things are acting fast & loose again – option quotes change milliseconds after I bid or fade offers when I Offer to Sell – My Bid moves mkts ???? AYFKM ?…”
Ran into that problem the ONE time I tried to trade some oil. Those Damn NY Boys would move the market just to scam my oil orders …. and AFTER my order was executed it was immediate back to where it was before I placed my orders. ONLY trade that took place at my fill price was MY market order.
FOCK EM … I decided to NEVER trade with the NY Boys EVER AGAIN, only Chicago where the thieves at least some honesty among the thieves.
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I give two thumbs up to your “Novel Writings” forum as a sub site. There is so much to gain from each voice that speaks here. And it would make these stories easier to find again!
George,
That is a tempting offer. I am finishing up another long-winded post, but I’m tired of regurgitating old material. We all know that we’re screwed. Why write about the obvious?
Work is a grind, problems every step of the way… My brain is taxed… I played my drums for the first time in a month this weekend, edited a video of me doing that so I can start rounding up musicians.
In the background of all that is an AI video that I started months ago. I sent a screenplay to Warner-Brothers back in the 1990s called “Fallen Star”; we signed a contract; but it was eventually rejected…
When I started making my AI Nostradamus videos, I also experimented with creating AI scenes from an updated version of that screenplay. That turned out to be too hard, so I started to create a graphic novel with shots from that AI movie.
I am juggling a lot right now, but your idea certainly has interesting possibilities.
BTW great post on AI yesterday.
“I am finishing up another long-winded post, but I’m tired of regurgitating old material. We all know that we’re screwed. Why write about the obvious?”
Rick Ackerman: Writing regularly about the impending collapse of the stock market, Wall Street hubris and the fatally diseased economy had grown boring and depressing, and so, at least for the time being, I will be substituting more entertaining fare. Recently, I’ve featured paintings by my college roommate, Geoffrey Leckie. This week, I offer the works of another friend, Deborah Oropallo.
https://www.howestreet.com/2025/09/guise/
Summer ended around here, rather abruptly. We went from highs in the eighties and low nineties, to highs in the 60’s.., in about a week.
Last night we got our first dusting of snow on the mountains that surround us. The tallest – “Ole Stormy” received a good covering.
Fall has ended and we are transitioning into Winter, rather fast.
The Doors – Summer’s Almost Gone (2018 Remaster)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_FKD8eiUK0
I like the idea of a “Writer’s Page”.., a novel approach [ pun intended ] for a creative outlet.
About three weeks ago – in an article on Forbes
25% of 18 to 25 year old’s do not own a single book.
42% of 25 to 42 year old’s have not read a book in the past year. [ I do not believe this number., but they said it.]
Top-Selling Fiction Genres
Romance consistently stands as one of the top-selling genres, generating around $1.4–1.5 billion annually in the U.S. alone (Romance Writers of America, RWA). Romance accounts for almost 1 in 5 adult fiction books sold in the U.S. annually. Popular tropes (e.g., enemies-to-lovers, second-chance romance) often cycle in and out, but the demand remains constant.
Much of the Romance books are eBooks., as this helps the reader maintain their privacy.
Mystery, Thriller, & Crime genres command around 17–20% of adult fiction sales in the U.S. market (Publishers Weekly and NPD).
Science Fiction & Fantasy has steadily risen, spurred in part by major film/TV adaptations.
Print
Despite the rise of digital, print remains resilient. Many bookstores reported a continued interest in hardcovers and paperbacks, which can account for 60–70% of adult fiction revenue in specific genres.
eBook
eBooks often capture 30–40% of unit sales in popular fiction categories like romance. Some indie authors report that up to 90% of their sales come from eBooks, especially when they adopt strategic pricing and Amazon-centric marketing.
Online Giants
Amazon is estimated to account for 50% or more of all U.S. print book sales, and over 80% of eBook sales, primarily via Kindle. For many writers, especially indies, Amazon is the main driver of revenue.
Brick-and-Mortar
Independent bookstores and larger chains like Barnes & Noble remain crucial for in-person discoverability. While fewer readers might browse in-store compared to online, local bookshop events can strongly impact an author’s local fan base.
Kindle Unlimited (KU) offers authors payment based on pages read, with the global KDP Select fund typically exceeding $40 million monthly. This can be incredibly lucrative for authors with binge-worthy series.
I find it fun and rewarding to browse used book stores and even flea markets where occasionally I can find books that have not been edited, censored and rewritten to remove the objectionable “un-woke” words that remove the character of the tome. When I asked some grandchildren to read from a very old volume of Joel Chandler Harris, they had no clue;
Nor did they do much better when I read the dialect to them. Sad to lose historical parts of our culture.
Since you put me on the spot, I’ll try and provide some content from my current work (1 or 2 chapters). The working title is: ‘The Next Adventure’.
The content won’t be available immediately, since I’ll have to tailor it to be more standalone by revealing some details that would normally come out in later chapters.
After almost 20 years of self-publishing, without deadlines, I’m now on the hook to get this task done sooner, rather than later.
While this will change my comfort level, it has already increased my desire to keep my nose to the grindstone.
Mr. Kimbrough,
The phrase “nose to the grindstone” actually refers to the artisans in Idar Oberstein, Germany, who were carvers of stone. They would be on their knees and present the stone, like a quartz they were working on, to the large grinding wheel that was run by a water mill. I have spoken to several famous German gem carvers who explained the old way of working stone. Idar Oberstein is still noted for its famous gem carvers, who now employ modern equipment for gem carving. These men and now women represent the top tier of gem carvers worldwide. Their work can be found in galleries all over the world. I can still see them in Tucson at the shows in February.
That’s interesting Nancy I didn’t know where the phase started…
its great that america is back on the gold standard .. somebody should tell the USD though . poor greenback .. dont worry i love yah USD even though capo trump , hyman netanyahu and da boyz at wall dont..
Can anyone explain to me the reason why Qatar is having a base at Mt Home AFB in Idaho ?
Who is the enemy they are there to one day fight ?
Something stinks to high heavens about this one.
F 16 pilots are now trained at Luke and a number of nations have their own facilities there as I understand it.
When Springfield OH was an (the?) F 16 training base for foreign air forces the Saudis had their own dedicated facility there as best I remember (and other nations may have too)
Nothing new about foreign governments that are training pilots on US bought equipment to put up their own facilities at the USAF base where they are being trained. For some reason this one got publicity but in the past it has just been a So So event.
MT nephew was a teacher at that base for pilots..he retired from the Air force a couple years ago and now flies for one of the airlines..
TRAINING, we sell them jets with training contracts,,,
“But the facility being built at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho isn’t a separate base at all — it is a group of buildings that will be built to handle training and maintenance for Qatari troops — and the agreement with Qatar has been in the works for years.
“What we expect is it to be squadron operations and hangars for the F-15QA, because that’s the Qatari version of the jet that they bought through foreign military sales,” Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said. “It is definitely still a U.S. Air Force base.””
https://apnews.com/article/idaho-qatar-us-air-force-base-fc1506584e7833dbde3e16fe8613b6b4
Ze one Hand washes the other hand…
In this case the largest US base in the middle east is in Cutter.
Dave about the same reason the german air force spent several years at Alamogordo Air Force base
“Can anyone explain to me the reason why Qatar is having a base at Mt Home AFB in Idaho ?”
Yes, I can.
No, I won’t.
Dave
October 13, 2025 at 13:00
Can anyone explain to me the reason why Qatar is having a base at Mt Home AFB in Idaho ?
________________________
Dave, more goes on under the covers than in plain sight. You know that…
Looking at what the world has descended into in the current chaos, it appears old G. Washington had the correct foresight when he warned of the folly of entwining the future of the nation with the affairs of foreign nations. Too bad we didn’t heed his advice.
In a more perfect world, we should be able to do business with whomever we choose- if they are honest about it and we are too. Unfortunately, we are loosing our reputation for integrity by trying to run THEIR businesses to insure high profits for our side at the expense of their side. And both sides will continue to do what they are doing now to each other until one side has ALL the marbles and the other side knows it and feels it!
I ported my little story to Kindle after selling about 5000 copies self published. You can still buy those on Amazon for a ridiculously high price. Got a bunch of five star reviews, maybe that’s it. One guy contacted me after finding a copy in a dumpster and said he read it and it changed his life. Go figure.
Now on Kindle you can read it free. I get nothing but it’s great to be able to tell people they can read “Dear Mom… The Bare Chronicles” when someone hears the elevator version during a cockpit convo over a beer and wants the rest. Saves a lot of me telling the same old tale, albeit a great one, but just the beginning of the rest of a wild life of various successes and failures.
Works for me.
Stiks
happy dayz !!! everybody makin . just those boring fellas who saw the chart of inflation adjusted weighted average earnings us markets . ahh sarkers 2 negative they buy bonds , usd and shorts .. whats wrong with a record low in earnings !!! ride em cowboy giddyup!!!
Ye haw Fromunda !
Just this AM, could not get my Options Sale off..(*@*&&%%#$%^)*&&*$$@!
So I came back in 10 minutes later and slammed the Offer. That moved the underlying….temporarily. After closing my Sale a lil later at my price, I calendarized a Bull Spread – “cause Im back in BLACK, yes Im back” , AC/DC – https://youtu.be/6vImyP5EYc8?si=smfgSmi-VHYHc1Av
* Still hear this tune blasting out of college dormitory windows..Go Cats!
Didn’t take long. Violence has erupted in Gaza – dozens are dead as Hamas has run head-long into armed Palestinians.
Think Israel knew this was coming?? Betcha!…,
well pass that bottle of El Don!
Jorge the spanish version of George is Mr October this year!
He just hit Home Run #3 for the Mariners tonight.
The Mariners served up blue jays for dinner on the Canadian Thanksgiving.
some stories write themselves dude!
George an Old Mariner from Seattle, and Jorge both Hitting Home Runs and RBI’s like They are Major Leagues playing against a bunch of T-ball players.
im starting to think we time line warped from Urban Survival to Urban Revival!
can i get a hallelujah!
Amen!
Woooooooooooooooooooo!
Impressed Andy,
A famous Yogi once said “It ain’t over till it’s over”. I humbly suggest keeping the game bird marinade on chill to avoid spoilage.
we should probably all pay close attention to what Senior Jorge Ure is saying.
there is a Universe Synch going on here that cant be denied. in full display!
I mean we ARE talking about ->>>The World Series. <<<—
Ohhhhh here comes the Pun Police!
hahahahahahahahahahaha!
I Win with God within!
(“the U.S. scrambling to figure out how to build capacity to be ready for WW III with China (down the road a bit) and with the inflationary effects of the BRICS and Gold replacing the buck? What could go wrong?”)
hmm.. the moron in the wastelands thinks.considering the fib and I-mate just how could this impact with everything that’s going on..the endless wars, the economy in free fall the brics and the impact of what’s obviously now a multi polar world with more than one calling the shots..what should the politicians do to correct this my thought is…If we don’t re-anchor our national values now — ethically, spiritually, and practically — we risk losing more than just economic stability. We risk losing our soul. The cycles are clear…Past history doesn’t wait for ego. Our leaders must stop posturing and start stewarding. That means restoring trust, not exploiting it. It means adapting systems to serve people, not power. We don’t need more speeches — we need courage, humility, and action. The future won’t be saved by status. It’ll be saved by service of those sworn to serve the citizens….considering the fib and the K-wave and just how could this turn Out..or seriously what could possibly go wrong.. a country at War, when waged in defense of life and liberty, may be tragic but necessary. But war for profit, pride, or power is a betrayal of every soul it consumes. The endless cycle of destruction — dressed up as strategy, justified by flags — leaves behind only graves, grief, and broken generations and buried in debt. We’ve seen empires rise and fall through history, not because they lacked weapons, but because they lost their way seeking more and not addressing the needs of their people and country.
There is no glory in bombing for greed. No honor in sending sons to die for someone else’s portfolio. The true strength of a nation is not in its arsenal, but in its ability to protect without becoming the aggressor. To heal without first harming. To lead without first conquering.If we do not learn this — if we do not demand that our politicians rise above the machinery of war — then we are not defending a country or taking care of the infrastructure and the essential needs of the people then in the end we are feeding the furnace of our own collapse. of course these are the thoughts of the moron in the wastelands..