BTC=NBD, Producer Prices, Froth, and Fallish Plans

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I guess we should mention – right out of the box – that the price of BTC earlier was down, but only a bit, from the more than $92,000 struck Wednesday.

Yeah fine (I can her the Bitcoin Nazi’s refrain “No Bitcoin for Ure!”) but to the sober-minded, (us?) the BTC run is NBD (no big deal).  Because assets (singly) are always making impressive moves. They trade places over time and Dada, yada.

Let’s imagine the poor sot who bought BTC at it’s high of $64,000(+) in November of 2021.  Just to be clear, our Aggregate Index then was running 31641.24.

Now let’s data roll into yesterday.  BTC was $92,000 so it was up 43,75 percent in just about 3-years.   Our Aggregate Index closed yesterday cl;osed Monday at 51,388.35 so it was up 62,4 percent.

And for the children yammering about how BTC is the Future?  Well, no.

Taiwan Semiconductor – TSMC – was trading about 81.5 back in 2021.  It closed yesterday close enough to 135.  So (kinda-sorta) looks to us like it’s up 66.6 percent (roughly).  And what about nVidia?  Well, in November 2021 it was going for around $31.50. It closed at $146.  So it’s up (a coin chiseler’s) 4.62 times.

This is why we insist that BTC=NBD.  Because the Future is coming and extremely high overweight algos like BTC (which seem obviously headed to the scrap pile of history over the long haul because of their use-to-energy quotient) seems like a silly investment.

Asset Class Drift – Short California?

My consigliere will be here in two weeks.  He, me, and the Butterball comprise the annual “gathering of turkeys” here. With Elaine supervising, we banter back and forth on asset classes and where best to deploy both Ure clan dollars in the coming year.

No, Bitcoin is not on the table.  But neither will some other “interesting” (and sometimes sparkly) assets.  The story in the NY Post about how Florida’s crumbling home prices haven’t been this bad since 2011 has taken my dream of a canal front home with a leaf screen over the pool on the west coast of Florida off the table.

I’ll tell you another asset with a dubious future: Could be motorhomes.  This is because the climate screamers are getting their wish as California’s ban on new motorhome sales could start in weeks. On the surface these new CARB regulations are aimed at homes 8,500 pounds GVW and up.

But with all this climate stuffing, CARB has a following in other states which are likely to take up the same thing.

Now, smart people in industry can see what’s going on: California wants to go back to Paleo Times and the attack on ICE’s proves it.  Which is why Phillips announced plans last month to close it’s L.A. refinery.

Let me see: runaway regulation – short of JOB KILLERS -mn oil refineries leaving and a long-term energy crisis due to socialism looms.  Governor Gruesome’s answer?  MORE Government.  Yeah – unbelievably California unveils plan to deploy 10,000 community service members by 2025 | KRDO.  More government to “service” people who are losing energy (oh, and freedom) and their motorhomes…

Our outlook for this asset class (a once-Golden state) is that the state will have to be renamed.  “Little Mexico – with the same flavor of politics.”  Or, Big-Ha California del Sewer.

Sounds like a Gruesome outlook, sure, but its only bound to get worse while governor you-know-who tries to do something – hell anything – right ahead of 2028. Though we think it will only be a matter of time until California gets so fr “out of Union” with the rest of America that it could lose some representation in Congress.  But that’ll be down the road and I’ll be in a home by then…

But: way to freaking go.

Froth at Half Past Vitriol

While California pursues insanity (and I hatch plans to put up a string of “RV parks” just over the border in Oregon and Nevada) the rest of the world will be spared our wrath (for today.)

Takes one to know one, does it?  Geraldo Rivera Says He Threw Up After Hearing Matt Gaetz Nom. Allegedly called Gaetz a ‘douche” which is how we got to the “takes one to know one angle” if you didn’t click the link.

Radical lefties are also unimpressed with another Trump pick: Trump picks anti-LGBTQ+ former Dem Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence.  Not to quell free (or freak) press, but such wastes of electrons and trees might be justifiable is the Warturd party had won.  So how about STFU and watch?

See, it’s like this: Republicans win US House solidifying total election victory.  Republican’s didn’t act this rabid when Schemer and Peloser were on a roll, so a little “equality” seems in order.  Oh? Equal only for them? Jeez…

That said, Reality is a bitter pill. Und zo: Leftist FBI Raids Poly Market CEO’s Home For Daring To Allow Site Users To Bet On Trump – They claim it was election interference. Wait!  I voted!  Was that election interference?  (who are these people who haven’t gotten the cure for TDS yet? Isn’t Moderna working on a vaccine for billions, or something?).

Jib-Jabs and Gravy

Let’s talk money.  Starting with the company that DEI wrecked. Strike hurt, too, of course.  Boeing delivers layoff notices to 17,000 workers amid financial struggles. Boeing was never the same after moving their corporate digs from Seattle to Chicago back in the day- went downhill from there. So did Seattle, come to think of it. Fine line between creeping socialism and social cancer seems clear enough.

People spending like government: New York Fed data shows credit card debt hit another record. Our total credit card debt remains zero.  Cheaper that way.

Will Shipify go Lazarus? Holiday shopping season may catapult this formerly battered Amazon rival.

Producer Prices

Let’s see if we can believe this one:  Remember, the Fed has been lowering rates on the OBVIOUS LIE that inflation is under control.  Evidence just out?

“The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.2 percent in October, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices advanced 0.1 percent in September
and 0.2 percent in August. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand moved up 2.4 percent for the 12 months ended in October.

In October, most of the rise in final demand prices can be traced to a 0.3-percent advance in the index for final demand services. Prices for final demand goods inched up 0.1 percent.

The index for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services increased 0.3 percent in October after moving up 0.1 percent in September. For the 12 months ended in October, prices for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services rose 3.5 percent.”

Now, prices – less food and energy at the producer level are up 3.5 and that screams the Fed is wrong.  See how this chart looks?

Crazy (though a necessary manipulation to avoid the collapse of Civilization but should they have that kinda power?)

In the background, the futures are up a little for the Dow and S&P at press time,. But globally, Gold and Silver are down and overnight as did much of Asia. Hang Seng, Taiwan, and the Nikkei 225 were all on the overnight loser list.

Side of Unemployment Filings?

Hmm. Election over, not seasonally adjuisted new filings can begin going up now?

Just, Um, Interesting

Seems to be a lot of work to do: Here’s where Elon Musk can start cutting federal spending — from transgender monkeys to DEI and checks to dead people, offers the NY Post.

Heading for an “Epstein ending” eventually? We wonder as TMZ Founder: ‘Every High-Profile Celebrity’ in Hollywood Is ‘In Panic’ over ‘Diddy Tapes’.

Send this to RFK, Jr. stat! FDA Advances Bill Gates’ ‘Replicon’ mRNA Bird Flu ‘Vaccine’.  By the way, in our review of prophets, visionaries, and seers looks like the next attack on humans by the elites with a virus vector will be along between end of February and April next year, so make lockdown plans and stockpiling accordingly.

STILL marketing pedophilia, are they? SICK Leftist Scholars say pedophilia is now a sexual orientation to be acccepted. No blindfolds or smokes for ’em, is our view.

And here’s an interesting map to look over: Mapped: How Much Americans Spend on Groceries in Each State.

At the Ranch: Fallish Plans

First: a reminder that Captain Gooding is supposed to be back tomorrow with another insight (or several) into how to work through this post election and into the getting things done part of “Next.”

Leaves are nearly all down, except for the oaks around here.  Since we “shortened” the two big trees between the house and the shop, our leaf work has been dramatically reduced.

I have this old 54-inch lawn tractor and with a high-left blade, I can return the yard to a nearly leaf-free golf course look in under two hours.  You start from 30-feet out from a tree and then circle it (with the discharge chute aimed at the tree base) and make smaller and smaller circles.  As you get really close, dial back the RPM to keep dust down.

Then, with the base of the tree covered, a charged hose nearby, toss on a few cups of diesel and light it off.

If the tree catches fire, well, shit happens. But that’s at least more entertaining than 3-hours with a leaf blower or12 with a rake. And when you get to be 76 (or nearly so) you likely have done most of the obvious ‘crazy shit” in life. So why not? Or, if not, you need to get to work on it, buddy.

Made a delicious pot of split pea soup last night – with a pound and a half of cut up honey ham in it.  Full fall food. (Been trying all morning to come up with a good pea soup joke or punchline to write around that, but coming up empty so far.)

Write when you get rich (and remember, 30 pound nylon monofil fishing line strung all over the place from tops of trees over your property is how you can go drone-fishing from the comfort of your own recliner…)

George@ure.net

81 thoughts on “BTC=NBD, Producer Prices, Froth, and Fallish Plans”

    • They will not. Soros is not going to let Biden negotiate a settlement (assuming he even could) so unless Trump can plant a seed, the strike will greet him on-arrival. I DO suspect it won’t last very long, though…

    • “Might wanna be early stockpiling. East and Gulf Coast dockworkers could resume their strike on Jan. 15 if a deal isn’t reached.”

      Yes, early stockpiling is a good idea. And “all bets are off” when the first day of open combat arrives…

      G.A. STEWART: These three hurricanes were a test for me. After seven-weeks, I have limited out. I will get the last of my new furniture this Saturday; I bought another vehicle last week. As I have mentioned, right now I am relying on a fragile logistics system that depends on trade with China to quickly rebuild. At the moment, I still have a great deal to do to get to where I was; however, I do understand that my efforts will end on the first day of open combat between “The Superpowers.”

      https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2024/11/15/worms-half-dead-without-finding-a-root/

  2. Re Matt Gaetz pick. Saw this comment on another site and it seemed to make some sense.

    This is a multi- faceted pick that accomplished many things.

    His immediate resignation from Congress ends the ethics investigation. No chance they lose a seat in the tight house.

    Ends a lot of in fighting in the Republican side of the house

    DeSantis gets to pick his replacement until a special election. You can bet it will be a MAGA republican.

    Will expose Rino senators when they vote against him. That gives Trump a better view on who he can trust.

    If confirmed, he will destroy the political nature of the Justice department.

    If not confirmed, the next nominee will sail through confirmation easily.

    Gaetz will end up with a job in the administration that doesn’t require Senate confirmation.

    • BIC, All correct about Gaetz except for the replacement part. While DeSantis can appoint interim Senators, he cannot appoint Representatives. There must be a special election to fill such vacancies. Under Florida law one such can be held to seat Gaetz’ replacement before January 3rd. His seat is in the deep red panhandle. So it will be filled by a Republican. Circling back to DeSantis, should Gaetz not be confirmed or get a recess appointment (likely), DeSantis CAN appoint him to fill Rubio’s soon to be vacant Senate seat. Either of these latter two possibilities are sure to cause the already sack cloth and ash wearing looney left further dyspepsia. So my personal schadenfreude meter is likely to remain redlined for a good long time.

        • G.A. STEWART: As we now know, many of Donald J. Trump’s appointees were people who were part of The Deep State and who tanked Trump’s first Presidency and were witnesses in his prosecution as a criminal.

          Since the days of The Q PYSOP and many posts on this website, I have asked, “If Trump is playing 4D Chess, why was Donald J. Trump so clueless about the people who he hired for his first cabinet?”

          I was on the sidelines saying, “What the fuck? William Barr as Attorney General?” Who William Barr, Elliot Abrams, and “The Iran-Contra Crack-Cocaine Crowd” have been a personal hobby of mine for the last few decades. There is simply no excuse for Trump to not know the ugly history.

          https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2024/11/15/worms-half-dead-without-finding-a-root/

        • (“why was Donald J. Trump so clueless about the people who he hired for his first cabinet?”)

          I read an article about that. Trump is sharp..sharper than most.. but he was not a politician and from industry he took suggestions from those that knew the job.. I made a similar mistake when I hired a contractor to put in my foundation. I went with the suggestions of people that knew their jobs, had a long history of experience and successful job recommendations.
          when I hired them.. what I should have done is talk to my banker first to see what business protocol was .. he suggested after the event telling me most make a dual sign off account. the contractor then has the collateral to get what supplies he needed for a small job.
          instead I gave him the money..he took it and ran.. the business model.. he took to many small jobs and left or rushed through the job..it was my ten thousand dollar mistake..learned it the hard way..same thing happened with a friend and his basement. hired it done they dug the hole then took the money and ran.. happens all the time..I got a ten thousand dollar hammer he left his..some don’t get anything..always think about the business model..it doesn’t give them integrity or character..

      • All ^ well put JAC. Though a centrist Independent, the recent gnashing of teeth has been delish. Every puff piece trying to lead the way to resistance reminds of a Junior Senator moved into the Oval:

        Elections have consequences.

        I am no fan boy of the Donald but put lots down to him being a brash NYer and the rest to bawdy showmanship. The fella is probably way smarter than I earlier gave him credit. But … that just means he’s on double-secret probation. For (4) years. Judgement to follow.

        ATL: suiting up with hunter orange and electric green in these parts. Opening day shotgun is tomorrow. There’s a well worn tome about how 40% of working age Michigander menfolk call in sick on Opening Day. They aren’t. Just staking prime venison for the Holidays.

        “No blindfolds or smokes for ’em, is our view”

        Full agreement ^ George. It’s always been my belief societal predators should be dispensed with by the bereaved family. Absent that, why not a public lottery? A two-fer.

        The for-bid calendar “refunding” Treasury bonds, bills and notes / reloading with more is churning so, though tempting to stake the Fed rate(s) against inflation-only is legit but, misses (part of) the point. To the extent our paper gets a bid it would be great to minimize interest expense.

        I may get short the buck. Or long NG. Or buy a third ounce of AG. TBD.

        Egor

    • I thought Matt being picked was perfect..Gaetz was impressive in his questioning of people..

    • They are seeking to out Trump’s enemy’s he assured of some position but if not AG , Trump will call for petetions to set a date to vote his enemy’s out of Congress

    • See why it’s popcorn time…?

      American politics can totally be fun — about once every 40-50 years, when we elect a President who actually takes the job seriously and has a propensity toward greatness.

      Now is that time.

      Trump isn’t even playing chess — he’s playing four-dimensional underwater backgammon. The lamerz behind the media mics can’t see the game, let alone keep up. They will be badmouthing mostly Gaetz, but also Noem, Gabbard, Hegseth, and no doubt others. In the meantime Trump is making eight moves for every one they fixate upon. I’m honestly not sure about Gaetz, except that he’s a lightning rod the folks about to lose their jobs at CNN and MSNBC can focus on while he gets actual stuff dome…

      • I actually thought everyone in congress should have been voted out..the ones that do deeply work yet get voted in over and over shouldn’t be there at all..hand them a dish washers apron and put them to do real work..the rest well when they should have stuck around and actually worked..they hopped on the lobbyists planes and headed home or wherever..
        our ancestors ..they didn’t leave until crap was done..
        what impressed me though about gaetz is he brought up the tougher questions.. even questioned their loyalty to their jobs and the taxpayers paying their wages..
        Sneaky Fart ordeal.. ever let a silent but deadly bubble in a hot car then wait until someone cracks a window.. once they do then crack yours so it all flows past their nose.. well that’s what this administration has done.. in a house on fire..its called backdraft..
        https://youtu.be/v6CFt74ktBw?si=qKx7Ed4ZphlWAMnx
        our country from what i see is in a back draft situation..when we needed the firemen.. they ran home to do the Macarena..
        https://youtu.be/cFnbO21SHUA?si=_dyVkl6dg4eoxkfX
        the huge question..is it to late to fix it?

        • Yeah, I know. He had a rep as an absolute bastard prosecutor — very good and as “dogged” as a bloodhound on a trail…

          WaPo dropped an “anonymously-sourced” grenade on Pete Hegseth today, accusing him of some sort of sexual peccadillo. The faces on one of the “news” channels also dropped the “blatant racist” card. Speaking of — the “news” “media” is doing the “Russia, Russia, Russian asset” thing with Tulsi Gabbard.

          You did see where I mentioned she’s a spook, right? Except she is one of ours…

          The media and the people in Congress who are antiamerican or unamerican are going to have tens, maybe hundreds of billions of dollars at their disposal from pharmcos and the MIC, who stand to lose hundreds of billions of dollars every year, if Trump is successful.

  3. “Now let’s data roll into yesterday. BTC was $92,000 so it was up 43,75 percent in just about 3-years. Our Aggregate Index closed yesterday Monday at 51,388.35 so it was up 62,4 percent.”

    Ahem ;-) … and YOUR personal fortune was up
    how much? Please come again …
    Sorry, if I rattled your wonderful AGGREgATE.

  4. “Cryptocurrency mining, mostly for Bitcoin, draws up to 2,600 megawatts from the regional power grid— about the same as the city of Austin.”

    Not to worry?

    “Oklo Secures Partnerships for Up to 750 Megawatts
    of Power for U.S. Data Centers.
    Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to
    provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale.”

    • In an interview with CNBC Thursday, Oklo CEO Jacob DeWitte confirmed the company has yet to generate revenue and has no nuclear plants deployed at the moment. He said the company is targeting 2027 for its first plant to come online.

  5. There’s really no diff between BTC and GM stock, as example at this point.

    BTC can go to zero and people who hold BTC will get zero.
    GM stock did go to zero and the people holding GM stock did get zero.

    Intel or Boeing would be zero if not for the bailouts do to being “critical for national security”.

    Don’t forget what Trump said about BTC – “Trump Promises Strategic Bitcoin Reserve”.

    This means BTC could be equal to the $ being “critical for national security”.

    You can almost hear it now:

    We must defend the $.
    We must defend BTC.

    • The big holders of bitcoin are just running the value up so they can dump their holdings and put it in the new American coin when Trump creates it with much help from Elon. I’d say maybe around the 4rt of July, maybe sooner. Need to focus on the things that aren’t talked about on the daily news. Big big things going on behind closed doors. America will be unrecognizable in the next 2 years.

    • Ah … finally!! A use for our otherwise useless Littoral Combat Ships!!

      Thank goodness the Navy was finally thinking ahead (unusual for them I must admit) and has provided us with defense assets that are needed for protecting the “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve”. May their broken engines and unworkable guns serve good duty in their new National Security Role.

  7. The 30lb mono drone countermeasure is an intriguing thought.
    A talking cat story….
    We made the final move from El Rancho de Chaos to the new home at El Rancho de Chaos Nuevo last week. We had the 3 dogs, 2 Anatolian Shepherds and a Rhodesian Ridgeback belted in the back seat of the truck. Not sure if I will ever get that cleaned up. Never get leather seats in a ranch truck. Diana says “Recon will not get into his carrier. We can’t leave him”. I told her I can’t blame hum but she started to tear up before I could get another witty comment out. We went down to see Barney and his apple tree one last time and when we got back Recon was sitting by the truck. She opens her door and starts pleading with him to get in since we were leaving. Typical cat just sits there. She gets in and I start to pull away when he starts to chase after us. Hysterical she opens the door and in jumps an old farm cat that has never been indoors or in a vehicle and plops onto the console between us.
    The drive down the gravel road to the highway was fairly quiet until we made the turn onto the blacktop when suddenly we were gagged by the most hideous and disgusting stench imaginable. I’m talking about eye stinging, paint peeling,
    I need a whole can full of air freshener awful. Cracking windows open barely helped. Looking in the back seat you could see Starsky and Hutch on either side staring at our new Rhodesian Ridgeback we named Jake in the middle. Dirk was hanging his head showing he was the one who dealt it. Recon turns and hisses at him. After a week I can still smell it. A while later Recon puts his foot on Diana’s shoulder and Meows “Where go.” We both looked at each other “WTH”. She said we were going to our new home. He put his foot on my shoulder and meowed “New home”. Then he puts his head on Diana’s shoulder. “Did he just talk?” I asked. Sure sounds like it. I said “Recon say new home” which he did without lifting his head from her shoulder. Both of us heard it.
    A couple hours later we pull into the new ranch. Then after unhooking the dogs and inspecting the truck for any dog presents I saw Recon was still sitting on the console looking around. Ended up having to leave the door open for a while until I saw Diana out there looking like she was having a conversation with him before he hopped out. Later after I took the boys around to see where they need to keep watch Diana and I were sitting on the patio taking a breather when Recon walks up to me and says “Go home now”. We both had another WTH look.
    For the past couple weeks Recon will go down to the gate and sit on the post looking down the road. Wonder what he is thinking.
    Stay safe.
    73

    • “Rhodesian Ridgeback we named Jake“

      I worked at a hotel years ago. One day I was taking some trash to the dumpster and one of the guests was walking her Rhodesian Ridgeback through the parking lot about 40 yards away. I stopped, watched them thinking, Damn, that’s an amazing dog. Well, it looked over at me, stopped and showed its teeth and I heard that deep growl. I was like, Damn! And then it started to pull the lady strait for me. Buddy, I jumped right in that dumpster without a thought !! Slid that sliding door shut and got my nerves under control … but I could hear the dog growling and getting closer. I pushed the plastic top up to get a peek and the lady was tugging the dog and asking it nicely to go with her, away from the dumpster. I yelled out, “That’s quite a dog.” She says, “Yes, she’s the ornery one.” – They finally went on their way and I climbed out of the dumpster, brushed myself off and went back inside. Scared the hell out of me. I will never forget that. lol. Damn.

    • WHAT an incredible story.

      Yes, I do believe that cat was and is talking.

      We have a cat that fell in love with my husband when she was a kitten about 9 weeks old. Only one of the multiple strays behind the shop that just decided he was her guy.

      He called me up the first time this little kitten went into the shop, he asked me what do I do? I said, “open up a can of tuna!” When I went to meet her, I said, “now listen here, Ms. Kitty, I KNOW you love him but I loved him first, so if this is going to work, you have to love BOTH of us.” She looked right at me with those beautiful green eyes, and said, “meow (yes).”

      And YES, it has been for 8 wonderful years. In the morning, when he is sitting in his easy chair drinking his coffee, she’s sitting on his lap, and when I get up, I say, “good morning, Ms. Kitty.” She says, “Meow.” She responds, comes when she’s called, talks, and it is a very amazing cordial, loving, and intelligent relationship.

      So, she had TWO kittens, one black and white like her, and one pure white, like a snowball.

      Fast forward 9 weeks, I had 2 wonderful homes picked out for each of these kittens. One went up the road about 40 miles, the other was taken to a major city and then a road trip to Utah. That 2nd kitty became just about the most beautiful cat in the whole wide world.

      My husband wanted me to keep that 2nd kitty, however, I had overcome a tough illness, kept care of 2 dogs, and Ms. Kitty, and her 2 kittens, and, all that time, I had to keep the dogs and cats separated so I just thought, I couldn’t also take care of another kitten. So, I took that little one up the highway 3 hours. On the way, I told this little kitten what I was doing and why, and I swear, this little kitten cried out to me and said NOOOOOOOOOOOO, 3 times……. I almost turned around, but again, was trying to think of her and her better future life. So, I continued on. She then fell asleep, and was quiet the rest of the way. I will never ever ever forget that cry, that kitten knew it was leaving the only home it ever knew, and it was a very special kitten. I just did not realize that a 9 week old kitten could get so attached and love us.

      So, then, Ms. Kitty was all alone, and I still had to keep her separated from the older 2 dogs, as they are very interested in her, but they’ve never been close to a cat, so I didn’t want anything to happen to Ms. Kitty.

      Whenever we would try to introduce the dogs to Ms. Kitty, it never went well, so finally, exasperated, my husband said, “This is never going to work.” I responded that I believe that it would, but I didn’t know how.

      Later that week, I had a dream. In the dream, Ms. Kitty was sleeping between us in our bed, and the one dog was sleeping on the floor by husband’s side, and the other dog was sleeping on the floor, by my side.

      That morning, I told my husband about my dream, his answer was, “it is never going to work!” I said, “yes it is, Ms. Kitty is going to sort this out.”

      So, I kid you not, 2 nights later, in the middle of the night, I wake up, and there is Ms. Kitty asleep between us and the dogs where I dreamt them to be, and from that night forward, Ms. Kitty ruled the roost and we never separated them again, she got it all worked out. The one dog who was too nosy with her, got a slight scratch on his nose, and that was the end of that….they all became good friends. Both dogs have passed away now.

      YOUR story, however, takes the cake!!!

      You and Diane have a special way with animals.

      Wishing you both much happiness in your new home with all your furry friends.

  8. Buried in the “banned” Motorhome article at the bottom is this.

    CARB told SFGATE via email “there is no motorhome ban.” A system of credits allows manufacturers who can’t meet the requirements to buy credits from those that do, giving them “the flexibility needed to sell as many internal combustion engines as is needed to meet market demands,” said spokesperson Lys Mendez. According to the board, manufacturers can also focus ZEV production on other vehicle types where that technology is more viable to meet the requirements.

    Click bait… A good friend of mine owns a Motorhome dealership in Morgan Hill south of San Jose. HE is pissed at the negative articles and click bait headlines being thrown around. That is hurting sales, not this CARB initiative.

    • You know considering that motor home idea..its pretty well known that many are living in their cars and vans due to how much housing costs are there..
      that had me remembering when I worked my average work week was a hundred hours a week.. I use to joke I needed an RV camper.. speaking about the high cost of renting a simple bunk bed space or a shed for millions..
      there are parking spots that are less able way cheaper..
      bringing down the cost of living in sanfran..
      a friend retired over the road driver doesn’t make enough to pay the expenses on his home.. his plan is to sell his home and get an RV..

      • In our neck of the woods, and ALL over our state, like many states, are RV sites for rent.

        AS low as $200 a month, higher if you want covered sites. Most come with a small storage shed on site, so you can put some things away in them.

        Some sites, of course, are the Taj Mahal of RV sites, and there are all manners of in between, beach sites, lake sites, mountain sites, you name it, it’s out there.

        IF your RV’s roof is sealed well, it is a good way to live and save money.

        I know this has been a topic on this forum, many times, but there is no shame in living in an RV; millions of people do it with access to clean water, septic, electric, cable/internet, and in the olden days, even phone.

        Some sites pay for water, for example.

        There are MANY lots, for sale, in the USA, for under $35,000 where you can buy your lot, live in your rv, and be connected to all of the utilities.

        However, PROPERTY taxes, which are running a lot of seniors out of their homes, and under certain circumstances double/triple home owners insurance rates also.

        Just some feedback.

        THE GRAPES OF WRATH MAY SHOW ITSELF THIS TIME AROUND IN THE LONG LINE OF RV’S TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE/STAY/WORK SAFELY AWAY FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINALS.

        **I am not specifically addressing the reasons for homelessness, and the many thousands of people living in RV’s in California, for example, along the roads and highways because they have no jobs (do ya think that maybe millions of SUBSIDIZED illegals could have taken over the entry/mid tier jobs that do not require English first nor to be a citizen nor to have a high-school education???), have no homes (or can’t afford rent, etc.,) or are under the influence of drugs/alcohol.**

        All I know is our country brought in upwards of 20 MILLION in the last 3 AND 3/4’s year; people from everywhere and HOUSED/FED/TRANSFERRED/EDUCATED/GAVE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THOUSANDS OF BIRTHS/FORMULA, ETC.,/AND TOO MANY NUMEROUS BENEFITS TO MENTION.

        THIS IS A WAR-TIME EFFORT OF MASSIVE COORDINATION, MONEY, AND COMPLICITY. THIS IS AN INVASION.

        While the American citizens/including Vets are languishing/suffering all over this once great country like castoffs.

        WE HAVE COMPLETED A WAR-TIME RAMP-UP EFFORT TO HOUSE OUR ILLEGAL INVADERS ON THE BACKS OF OUR TAX-PAYING CITIZENS.

        SO, MAYORKAS, (THE OPEN BORDERS DICTATOR/TRAITOR) MERRICK GARLAND (AN ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT CAN’T FIND A TRUE LAW TO DEFEND), JULIE SU (ILLEGAL LABOR IS A-OK), ANTONY BLINKEN (SECRETARY OF STATE, SO THE STATE OF OUR INVADED NATION IS A-OK WITH HIM), LLOYD AUSTIN (SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, COULDN’T DEFEND OUR NATION FOR A TRILLION DOLLARS!!!), AND JANET YELLEN (THE FUNDER OF THIS INVASION VIA OUR US GOVERNMENT) AND THE REST OF THIS TRAITOROUS CABINET, THIS IS ON ALL OF YOU AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

        Biden’s current Cabinet members, according to the White House, are listed in order of succession to the president.

        Vice President: Kamala Harris
        Secretary of State: Antony Blinken
        Secretary of the Treasury: Dr. Janet Yellen (WHO KNEW THIS???? 4TH IN LINE TO THE PRESIDENT??? AN UNELECTED POSITION???)
        Secretary of Defense: Lloyd Austin
        Attorney General: Merrick Garland
        Secretary of the Interior: Deb Haaland
        Secretary of Agriculture: Tom Vilsack
        Secretary of Commerce: Gina Raimondo
        Acting Secretary of Labor: Julie Su
        Secretary of Health and Human Services: Xavier Becerra
        Acting Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Adrianne Todman
        Secretary of Transportation: Pete Buttigieg
        Secretary of Energy: Jennifer Granholm
        Secretary of Education: Dr. Miguel Cardona
        Secretary of Veteran Affairs: Denis McDonough
        Secretary of Homeland Security: Alejandro Mayorkas
        Cabinet-rank positions

        Chief of Staff: Jeff Zients
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Michael Regan
        Director of National Intelligence: Avril Haines
        U.S. Trade Representative: Katherine Tai
        U.S. Ambassador to the UN: Linda Thomas-Greenfield
        Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers: Jared Bernstein
        Administrator of the Small Business Administration: Isabel Guzman
        Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Shalanda Young
        Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy: Dr. Arati Prabhakar
        Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: William Burns

        TO THINK; NOT ONE OF THEM FOUND FAULT WITH ANYTHING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN OR VP HARRIS DID IN THE LAST 4 YEARS!!!

        WHO ARE THEY WORKING FOR?
        WHO DO THEY ANSWER TO?
        WHO RUNS OUR COUNTRY?
        WHO HAVE THEY SOLD US OUT TO?
        WHO OWNS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?

    • If you want to see how polluted the air in L.A. and San Fran used be watch the Rockford files and The Streets of San Francisco Tee Vee. Those catalytic converters already make that clean air all possible, today.

      Now a user tax by another name? Well that Sir, is the Carbon Cred Game……

      Of Course Everything being a business model And with motor homes competing mortar homes. pun. Would not surprise me that your local realestate concern isn’t a bit peeved at the competition. Do they submit editorial?

      The sad part [in my perception] is 80% of the folks claiming to care at CARB are there for the money. What I am saying Mark, is give it time.

      When the $ collapse is here, altruism turns into “take this compliance job and shove it” LOL IMHO.

      To Trump’s point. Regulation is stifling growth and innovation.

      • Exactly… yet none of them are willing to put up one CO2 filter or do any greenscaping. its the business model…
        concrete and asphalt ..

  9. will the 30# mono be strong enough to snag a UAP?
    as if everything else going on isn’t enough to fill our plates.
    Rep Nancy Mace has questions,
    “If we don’t have crash retrieval programs, why are taxpayers funding compensation for government employees injured by recovered craft?

    This isn’t adding up. #UAPHearing”
    https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/1856759936602312814

    https://mace.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/mace.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Cannon%20212_20241113_154539.pdf

  10. Don’t know if you saw it – but I damn near blew coffee out my nose in laughter.
    The Pentagons’ Veterans Day poster this year – to all who served – lots of red, white and blue – with a fighter jet swooping in and dominating the front-center of the poster – looks all American and patriotic.., except – look a little closer – oops – that fighter jet is Chinese.
    .., damn !

  11. Poser for the weekend:

    If the Uber A.I. is a netork of many computers and database connections and has the freedom for unsupervised intercommunication betweenn all elements,

    And,

    If it decides there IS a God and Jesus is his bridge to humans, do we decide that as an expert system the AI’s probably right?

    Can the AI have “faith?”

    • Only insofar as AI has assessed human inputs and has reviewed our history of “voting” in regards to beliefs and how they are implemented. AI is – for now – database operations only and lacks true sentience. Turing smart, yes. Real smart (like trying to carry on a conversation with Elaine, lol) not so much…

      • Current AI has no real mathematical (or logic) analytical skills, and therefore lacks any plausible sentience. Wet-ware massive parallel element neural networks still rule, for now.

      • This thought came from a musing on Turing, Asimov, Einstein, Roddenberry, Lucas, and others who sretched to see just what consciousness might be, and whether a machine might attain self-awareness at some point,

        I maintain that if n your cmmunicatibg whith one, if you can’t really telll, then it is funtionlllly equivalent to being alive and condcious.

        “Battlestar Galactica,” and its prequel, “Caprica” were also good at exploring the question.

      • re: Filters Up
        feat: AI Vortex

        George,

        According to the “Terminator 2” movie, Skynet became self-aware on August 29, 1997. On August 28, 2023, main and backup software controlling automated UK air flight planning went into maintenance mode over a 20 second period creating days of UK travel chaos. Apparently 4 unique conditions were met which the filters could not resolve. Today, 444 days later, the UK Civil Aviation Authority published its final report about the system failure at the following link.

        https://www.caa.co.uk/our-work/publications/documents/content/cap2993/

        Apparently the bee in the bonnet was a LAX to Orly, Paris unnamed airline flight plan. It would seem that the French discount carrier French Bee is the sole scheduled operator between those two airports. It is a subsidiary of the French collossus The Dubreuil Group which celebrated its 100th anniversary last month.

        The system cascade into failure began when the AI software allowed flight plan waypoint DVL Devil’s Lake, ND (“Sacred Water” to Indian Nations). Subsequently the software also chose waypoint DVL Deauville/Ste. Gatien in Normandy, France. The two DVL waypoints created a failure.

        As an aside, Ste. Gatien was said to be one of the 72 disciples assigned by St. Peter to convert Roman Gaul. Deauville made the history books when its seigneur accompanied William the Conquerer to England one way in 1066. It was the base 850 years later for the famous lapsed Catholic French writer Marcel Proust’s 7 volume work “In Search of Lost Time” also known as “Remembrance of Things Past”.

        Interestly msm reports indicate that UK engineers were unable to find the software problem and had to telephone the “German” (Austrian?) software source, Frequentis, for the fix. It would appear that the Frequentis website is in the early stages of introducing its proprietary unmanned drone flight software for Europe. I wonder if they have ideas about the New World for anything as big as Texas?

  12. Internet anomalies today so conclude they – those who aren’t us – did something to the Internet today.

    I have two yahoo mail accounts, yahoo.com and an au.yahoo.com and I was forced to setup a verification for both accounts. Couldn’t log-in until verification was setup.

    The second is my machine is pending updates, again!! I verified the registry is still tweaked and updates are disabled. This means at least in terms of software we’re renters.

    A rumor swirls Maxine has died.

    • No.. I thought the Maxine cartoon was modeled off of a democratic Congress woman..
      she just appears to be inebriated not deceased

  13. Nein, Nein, Nien..man you cats cant even see Ure own face when looking in a mirror. Da F is going on in that states Water supply/Aquifer ? Ure anti coin mind virus seems worse than TDS ..Geniuses.

    For real Bitcoin who stats you gonna believe the liar in the outback ?(Lying liars lie”, “the more you lie, the more you lie” Think not – like believing MNBC/CNN and View thots.

    Look up for Ureselves the real REAL: Bitcoin has had (ARR) Annual Rate of Return of 46% for the past 4 (FOUR) years.. which is why M. Saylor of Micro Strategy is assigning a Risk Free Return of 50% ! Read it again..”Risk Free”
    Saylors’central case forecasts 29% annual returns for next 2 decades. Repeat after BCN..”Next 2 Decades”
    Micro Strategy stock is up over 400% this year alone,wootwoot. Saylor is also forecasting a price of $13 Million by 2045. Blackrocks Fink – ya know that financial illiterate states “BTC is alternative to Gold” .

    Been wrong all along, so G doubles down on wrong..Classic trading error, doubling down on Losing Positions- a violation of the Bandicoots book of trading..”never, ever double down to lower cost, of a losing position.” SHAME!

    Thankful was out Horseback riding early this AM in Mountain Pine Ridge at Coppola’s Blancanaux jungle lodge, before reading BTC “slop”.
    Always wanted to stay here, but could never afford it when Fam was younger. Saw lots of killa Bird including Toucans, Acari’s, Trogons, and Chackalockas. No Jaguars/prints, Tapirs or Snakes this ride. Ride took us in and out of Jungle and Pine Ridge – on the margins baby. Ever ridden up and down slick ass rocks, clay and limestone in a light rain/drizzle or mizzle ?
    I talking steep as trails down to roaring”creek”, and back up to top of ridges. Funny thing bout riding in Jungle – some Trees have 2-3inch hard ass thorns covering trunk, and trail horse will put Ure leg into it on way up or down if youse not paying attention. Forget rain gear – leave it at lodge – you just get hotter and sweatier with it on. Hips and knees complained rather loudly when dismounted at end of 2 hrs. My trailing leg was kinda stuck atop saddle as I dismounted onto tree stump – muscles and ligaments getting old kinda sucks..but this afternoons Native Delight Massage (90mins) promises relief..after moar pain of “working” KNOTS out…ooh gaaawd thats gonna hut!

    No Pain, No Gain..so Get Thee onboard the BTC rocketship, superstars, hitch Ure ride to a Star.

    rescuers down under “pea soup” -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnEIh1GR3SA&pp=ygUccGVhIHNvdXAgcmVzY3VlcnMgZG93biB1bmRlcg%3D%3D

    • (Bitcoin has had (ARR) Annual Rate of Return of 46% for the past 4 (FOUR) years.. which is why M. Saylor of Micro Strategy is assigning a Risk Free Return of 50% ! Read it again..”Risk Free”)

      as long as its seen as valuable like gold and silver.. someone has to want it..but similar to the emperor’s new clothes.. the moment the power goes out or they realize its just a number..
      Bernie Madoff had people believing they were on top of the world wealthy..until he was discovered..he only gave a sheet with numbers on it..

      Madoff talks audible..

      https://youtu.be/qTOVP_oalIU?si=BivWQLsuUu7XLqK0

      I read once that the federal reserve asked for his help..one of the things I read of was going digital.. just a number on a screen..

  14. Last night –
    Her: “You don’t trust him ?”
    Me: “No.., I don’t.”
    Her: “But, you voted for him..,”
    Me: “Yes, I did.”
    Her: Puzzled look….,
    Me: “I have never, nor will I ever trust anyone with that much power., and now that the Republicans have also taken the House and Senate he is on the verge of dangerous.”
    Her: ” I think he will do the right thing.”
    Me: “I think that he will do what ‘he’ thinks is the right thing. There is a difference.”
    Her: Puzzled look – again..,
    Me: “One thing is…, he has personal scores to settle – on many different levels – many different agendas.., and people. It could very easily cloud his judgement on what is right for the country. Bitch-slapping someone may give him personal satisfaction, but could have severe consequences for the entire country. A trade war with China? I don’t consider that a smart move. A constant public verbal confrontation with Powell? Bad mojo.”
    Her: .., hands me a fresh glass of Chianti – “OK.., mister ‘always right’., just what can you do about it?”
    Me: ” About what he does? Absolutely nothing.., he Captain’s the ship at the moment., but plan and prepare for the aftermath of what he does? Quite a bit. ” I held up a new, 100 page brown leather notebook.., “Already started taking-notes and making-plans..,”
    Her: “When did you start that?”
    Me: “Two weeks before the election…,”

    • No personal info, just the copy of the email I sent my siblings last night.

      “ACHTUNG !!!

      Sorry to interrupt your daily activities, but last Thursday I listened to this, thought about sharing and decided against because it’s gotten me nowhere before. Basically because you’ve all decided on the truth/truth tellers that you choose to believe. I went back today for this weeks’ podcast, then because tonight the moderator suggested EVERYONE should listen, I chose to AGAIN listen to Pippa afterward for the second time [yeah, more that 90 minutes TWICE… a big TIME investment at our age… lol, but I heard even MORE the 2nd time through that slipped by me the first listen.] and decided to make a final attempt to mitigate the upcoming ‘Red Pill’ shock for what’s about to happen. Maybe some of the insanity will be less incomprehensible for a few of you…. Mox nix !!

      BTW, both the PhD ‘Pippa’ AND her father have been walking inside the White House for years as Presidential ‘advisors’

      Listen if you care to. [As crazy as the next few months are going to be, NONE of this, STILL, even addresses the elephant in the room.]

      https://www.macrovoices.com/1364-macrovoices-453-dr-pippa-malmgren-unconventional-insights-on-us-presidential-election

      PS. Another reason I’ve stopped even writing emails is that the last time I mentioned to someone I was having a hard time sleeping because of what I saw about to happen….. WELL, it seems Google’s AI assholes decided to start sending me SPAM on SLEEP AIDS !! I’m still getting half a dozen every week. Sheeeeesh !!
      “

    • dlynn; I hear you both, but I am not so worried about his vengeances, but I am worried about the people that funded his campaign’s vengeances. He owes a lot of powerful people/countries.

      It is THEIR agenda that he will have to fulfill. Look at who he has selected already.

      There are a lot of Israel Firsters, where are the American Firsters.

      So, I want him to:

      1) END both Ukraine/Russia war, and END Israeli War against the Palestinians and the other nations they have bombed recently.

      2) DO NOT START A WAR WITH IRAN.

      3) Get us out of the Kyoto Protocol Treaty.

      4) Get us out of the UN. Get us out of Agenda 2030 (was 2020). STOP the GREAT RESET.

      5) Stop the Illegal Immigration Invasion; return at least 18 MILLION people back to their home countries.

      6) Stop funding the illegal immigration invasion.

      7) PUNISH or RESTRICT the mainstream media’s licenses for not airing EQUAL TIME and for showing their BIAS for the last 40 years.

      8) REVERSE OBAMA’S RULE/updated LAW allowing PROPAGANDA to be used on the American people.

      9) REFILL our strategic petroleum reserve.

      10) END the Department of Education.

      11) REVEAL that the Covid 19 VACCINES were a bio weapon, that they have caused millions of deaths, that they are NOT to be created/made/updated/nor delivered to the American people any longer, and hold accountable FAUCI, the DOD, and the rest of THE CREW that created/distributed these murderous vaccines to the American people. LOCK THEM UP. NO MORE MANDATED VACCINES, NO MORE LOCK DOWNS.

      12) REBUKE ALL OF THE SOLELY Jew Owned Pharmaceutical companies (THIS IS A FACT; NOT ANTISEMITISM) that have wrought untold suffering on the American people via their childhood vaccine schedules, their flu shots, their Covid 19 shots, and all manner of pharmaceutical destruction. LOOK AT THE AUTISM RATES for starters.

      13) Do NOT take away our use of CASH or CHECKS and do not let the non-Federal Reserve nor our banking system do it, either by mandating electronic banking only.

      **….The Greek word pharmakeia is used in Galatians 5:19.
      However, if you were told that this word means “the use of or the administrating of drugs” then you were misinformed. The word is a fairly general one. My Greek dictionary defines it as: “witchcraft, magic, the use of spells and potions of magic, often involving drugs–a magic spell. It is a fact that witchcraft and magic in the Greek world often involved the use of drugs–either by the witch or the one on whom the
      magic is worked….”

      Taken from: https://evidenceforchristianity.org/galatians-519-has-the-word-pharmakeia-which-means-the-use-and-administration-of-drugs-why-does-the-niv-translate-it-as-witchcraftr/

      Lots more, you may have your own list, but you get the picture.

  15. “This is why we insist that BTC=NBD”

    No worries George. You can window size and parse the data sets anyway that you like. There is a big difference between ownership and trading out.

    Ask Ron Wayne about the H.O.D.L. LOL.

    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apples-3rd-co-founder-sold-144517102.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADpdUSCozXyX0s-xvu9o2rSUu71QMgYkddDWtDrT0SVCUgjQ6Bae_fobcfMAmbJwnTfqteus-TOIKhZmxccllbw4Bwg89crTW4ga4mumZxBqzhBl-Z6Od6ZVzWe8ZHJEQQVJlVKH5uL78iLkGl1M7RsuQLbkKRuVvhqVLZGaYym0

    Call back after the $ reset.
    No Blockchain for YoUse!

  16. (“Heading for an “Epstein ending” eventually? We wonder as TMZ Founder: ‘Every High-Profile Celebrity’ in Hollywood Is ‘In Panic’ over ‘Diddy Tapes’.”)

    the ironic twist to this horrific twisted sick people .. is Diddy videotaped and audio recorded everything. we all heard stories of the satanic rituals the horrific abuse and killings of innocent victims.. but every time it was brought up..ur agencies deemed it all fake and all the photos and information would vanish..for years there was many investigations on everything..Once that pizza deal came up.. I first thought it was trash news..but the deeper you dug into the issue and looked at the personal web pages what I seen made me sick..worse than anything I could even imagine. the photos and videos.. all of it cleaned up by those that swore to serve and protect. now diddy.. like Epstein he is the sacrificial member see we cleaned it up.. BUT .. he has films.. even if they seize all his assets ..and any of those left he has evidence they will spend millions to not have them get out. like the beasts helper and her perception husbands laptop with the file life insurance. frazzldrip vanished.. as horrific as it was..fake news..or the investigation of bones off of the iskand..all cleaned up.. but diddy made copies of that nez movie release..
    how long will it take for them to clean this up..make it all ok..
    then elevate these horrible criminals back to celebrity and important legislators back to being honored citizens again..
    or will something be done to stop this evil cancer from continuing to grow..

  17. (Been trying all morning to come up with a good pea soup joke or punchline to write around that, but coming up empty so far.)

    Do you know why all the Jolly Green Giant’s helpers live up in the hills?
    Because the Green Giant ‘peas in the valley’.
    This from a place called LeSueur, Minnesota

    • Difference between roast beef and pea soup?
      Anyone can roast beef

      They heard that in this particular restaurant, the waiter would sing their customer a little song every time they give out their order.

      Hearing this, the guys each make their order. Then, after waiting a while, the waiter arrives with one of the firest guy’s food and a little song to accompany it.

      “Hello fellow customer, grab your knife and fork, be sure to give your finest tip to the man who pulled your pork\~” He sang, before serving the man his pulled pork.

      Then, after a few minutes the waiter returned with the second order.

      “Greeting dear customer, I’ll be sure to keep this brief, give your compliments to the men who roast your beef\~” He sang, serving the man his roast beef.

      However, before the waiter could leave, he is stopped by the third man, who makes him a request.

      “Can you… cancel my order?” He asked.

      “Certainly, what did you order?” The waiter replied.

      “The pea soup.”

  18. So if you stir the soup real good, do we get ‘Whirled Peas’??

    Pun Police! ‘Exorcist’ cleanup on aisle one.

  21. George,

    The 1929/2024 0.36 proportionality ratio, or 1929 fractally replayed at a 0.35-0.36 time ratio.

    http://www.economicfractalist.com/blog/

    The easiest manner to observe the 31 October 5/10/10-12 day initial fractal series global equity collapse is to look at a month’s worth of a daily gold chart which made final highs on 30/31 October 2024 following a 9 October 2024 4/9/6-7 day :: x/2-2.5x/1.6x peak. Day 7, 31 October, started at the high valuation level of 6 October and ended at the low of the day and began the 5/7 of10/10-12 day 3-phase x/2-2.5x/2-2.5x fractal decay series, analogous to the 9 Aug 1929 to 13 November 1929 13/27/30 day decay series. Thus far, gold has lost about 7 % in 11-12 days, whereas the more sensitive bell weather gold mining stocks have lost about 25% over 18 trading days.

    The global asset-debt macroeconomic system’s overvaluation/excessive-bad-debt-burden collapse affects both equities, commodities, and, yes, crypto’s. Buckle up.

    The Trump and Hoover 4-year administrations will have much in common.

    • G, you gotta wonder which mutation the Gates’ vaccine will “CREATE”:

      there fixed for ya
      all the long covid victims were vaxed
      were the canadian victims vaxed?

      there are no regerts among the UNvaxed, snickers intended

      Snow White willingly ate of the poisoned apple,, so I read.
      she belived it was good, but the Gates witch put poison in it
      and maybe raped by bill cosby or diddy [satire musings]
      out with the old and in with the new MAHA
      https://x.com/boriquagato/status/1857172141516423355

      • “there are no regerts among the UNvaxed, snickers intended”

        herman cain may disagree with you, i he could. on the other hand he did get an award in memoriam.

        • There you go on spew mode. A quick *(2-minute) review of Cain’s death reveals what, class?

          “He was a high-risk patient due to being a stage 4 cancer survivor.” He was also 74 and he was on a ventilator and who knows what else.

          Also the Journal of clinical Investigations headlined “Machine learning links unresolving secondary pneumonia to mortality in patients with severe pneumonia, including COVID-19.”

          While it seems that Cain MAY have been a “COVID” death, the complete answer may be more complicated. Because simplistic labeling as a COVID death misses the conjugate risk matrix. For an intro see https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304414917301576.

          Cains initial risk may have been COVID, however the longer he was hospitalized (and on a ventilator) the more his risk matrix changed. Particularly if he did not have a seasoned multi-shot pneumonacaucal shot series complete.

          Elaine and I are both strongly anti-vaxers and still (COVID) vax free. But we also recognize – and I touch on it a bit in both of my most recent books (Packing to Die and the soon to hit Kindle The Doctor Between Your Ears) I liken the aging process as like wandering around a casino and trying to place an intelligent bet.

          The Casino reality is USUALLY keep on driving and pass the casino by. If novel shots with no authenticated track record is available, then acceptance was a very poor choice – especially if your pneumonia shot series was current which we DO make sure ours are.

          COVID was a killer – true. But so was the vaccine both directly, secondary respects, and now we have tertiary vulnerabilities coming to light such that the NEXT plannedemic that comes along Q2 2025 will likely have catastrophic results.

        • Hey, George and Truth,

          Pneumonia, from the FLU, is a killer, too.

          ALMOST took me out in 4 days…count em….

          Friday afternoon at 3:00 p.m., temperature went up. Took my first Tylenol; worked till midnight.
          Saturday, kept alternating between Tylenol and Advil, not feeling too good, but life was demanding, was up half the night getting ready for Christmas.
          Sunday, realized I was going to be in bed all day, called hubby, come get me as I couldn’t drive.
          Monday, Christmas. In bed. Alternating between reality and non-reality.
          Tuesday, went to doctor; doctor did NOT diagnose double pneumonia, sepsis, ARDS, bacterial infections, etc., just said that i had the FLU and sent me home with a prescription for cough medicine. I do not know how I made it through this night.
          Wednesday, after an xray which showed total coverage in both lungs, I went to a full ER, and was blessedly admitted and waited for an ICU bed with 5-10% chance to make it.
          Within 20 minutes of being admitted into the ER, I passed out from not being able to oxygenate my blood/body, with few alternate waking minutes for the next 2 days, then put in a 10 day medically induced coma, intubation, you name it. (17 days total in the hospital.)

          So, Friday afternoon, temp spiked to the next
          Tuesday, should have gotten better care but was missed.
          Wednesday, death bed.
          PRE COVID.

          So…lesson learned.

          WHEN I heard our nations’s airwaves (all media including doctors) LIE to the American people and tell them to go home, even if they had been sick for 4 or 5 days, to wait at least a week to go to the ER, I KNEW THE FIX WAS IN.

          I would not have survived waiting one week.

          Pneumonia is nothing to mess with.

  23. “While California pursues insanity (and I hatch plans to put up a string of “RV parks” just over the border in Oregon and Nevada)”

    Oregon (and Washington, New York, and New Jersey follow ALL CARB rules, regs, and edicts. They will all ban RVs and diesel semi trucks, on the same timetable as Cali…)

    Personally, if I were producing energy in Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, or any State to the east of them, I’d stop shipping it to the left coast. If the folks in loony Lefterville and New England want to be petroleum-free, that’s their prerogative. Howsomesoever, they need to be energy-independent from us’ns out here in flyoverland, and our dirty oil and gas (and the electricity we produce with it.)

    {What’s really going to happen here is the Trump Administration is going to find a way to declare CARB unconstitutional, and then eliminate both it, and its draconian regulations. CARB served a useful purpose, by getting terminal smog out of the L.A. Basin. Because of the selfish narcissism of the California Legislature, Cali will lose this positive asset.}

  25. ” By the way, in our review of prophets, visionaries, and seers looks like the next attack on humans by the elites with a virus vector will be along between end of February and April next year, so make lockdown plans and stockpiling accordingly.”

    Any particular reason for that timeframe? I spend a lot of time on the net and am always looking for stuff like that and it’s the first I’ve heard.

  26. Being somewhat of a pugilist – I did box Golden Gloves and 18 years in martial arts – I am going with Tyson to win. I have watched several of Tyson’s work-out videos – he looks ready. Paul is taller, has the reach and is heavier – and younger., but he has never faced anyone, even close to Tyson before. When Tyson gets angry and cuts lose – he hurts you. He wasn’t called “Iron Mike” for nothing. Lennox Lewis has Tyson to win also.
    If the fight doesn’t go too far – Tyson should take it.

  27. “I have this old 54-inch lawn tractor and with a high-left blade, I can return the yard to a nearly leaf-free golf course look in under two hours.”

    Me, too…

    Except I blow it away from the trees and mow the entire yard east-to-west. Then I mow it again, south to north. Then I mow it a third time, west to east. The first cut turns the leaves into ribbons, the second turns them into confetti, but the third…

    The third turns them into dust and they completely disappear, becoming a fertilizing blanket on the ground itself. The lawn looks like a green, and once the snow is gone, it comes in really healthy in the spring.

    This is the first year in the last 40 when I have not done this. I cut twice, using a manual lawn sweeper to sweep the lawn during the second cut, to feed a 2000 sq. ft. mulch pit outside my tunnel…

  28. CNN ‘will axe top stars in layoffs that’ll see hundreds fired as ratings continue to tank’

    CNN is planning to wield the axe on some of its high-paid staff after dismal election ratings that cap off a disastrous period for the cable news network. According to an explosive new report from Puck, network executives will unleash sweeping lay-offs in a bid to save the network’s flailing reputation.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14073063/CNN-layoffs-election-ratings-firings.html
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    Los Angeles Times owner announces paper will have a new editorial board soon so ‘all voices are heard’

    A new Los Angeles Times editorial board representing “all voices” will be coming soon, according to a post from the paper’s owner. On Sunday, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong wrote about the importance of sharing different opinions to promote “trust in media” in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory.

    https://www.foxnews.com/media/los-angeles-times-owner-announces-paper-have-new-editorial-board-soon-so-all-voices-heard

    • Prediction; end of:

      1) CNN;
      2) New York Times;
      3) Los Angeles Times (too little, too late);
      4) Wall Street Journal;
      5) PBS;
      6) The View, Late Night Shows, and other rabid Democrat Shrill programs;
      7) MSNBC;
      8) CBS;
      9) ABC;
      10) BBC;
      11) MOST all other major (what’s left of them) newspapers in the USA.
      12) The MOVIE industry.
      13) Many colleges will shutter.

      PEOPLE have woken up; they have realized the MASSIVE scale of lies and propaganda used on them, they are PISSED.

      THEY will not be MOVED by small tweaks and seemingly woken-up organizations that will not truly learn, nor change, nor apologize.

      And Many More….

  29. Special counsel Jack Smith and his team to resign before Trump takes office

    Special counsel Jack Smith and his team plan to resign before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a source familiar with the matter said. Smith’s office has been evaluating the best path for winding down its work on the two outstanding federal criminal cases against Trump, as the Justice Department’s longstanding position is that it cannot charge a sitting president with a crime.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/special-counsel-jack-smith-team-resign-trump-takes-office-rcna179928

    Rest assured that Smith’s final report will lay the groundwork for an impeachment, should the Democrats take the House in 2026.

  30. In a back-and-forth conversation about the challenges and solutions for aging adults, Google’s Chatbox Gemini responded to the researcher with this message:

    “This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please.”

    Generative A.I. experts say this happens all the time – but no one can ever remember any chatbox response being so malicious, threatening and directed at the specific user. No one has seen anything like this.

    One chatbox conversation with a college grad working on her masters had what is known as “hallucination.” and completely rewrote the history of World War One. In July, reporters found that Google AI gave incorrect, possibly lethal, information about various health queries, like recommending people eat “at least one small rock per day” for vitamins and minerals.

    Generative Large language A.I. can be a bit weird.., eh? I don’t think we have much to worry about anyone put an A.I. program “in charge” of anything – at the moment.

    • “I don’t think we have much to worry about anyone put an A.I. program “in charge” of anything – at the moment.”

      Wait until one of the forms of AI learns subtlety…

  31. (“And here’s an interesting map to look over: Mapped: How Much Americans Spend on Groceries in Each State.”)

    that’s actually pretty close per person per week.. I just bought 5 dozen eggs a gallon of milk and 3 leaves of bread a box of snack cakes and a drink and some cottage cheese…the cost was just shy a hundred dollars.. no meat or vegitables ..
    did you see though. federal poverty level for two is 20 thousand dollars.. average grocery spending for twi is 26 thousand not counting for any other expenses..
    if you got 1 meal a day meals on wheels for the elderly.. would be 2007.50 one meal per person so 4015.00 or 20 percent..
    average SS income doest pay enough for food..

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