I suppose we can begin at the beginning – which is the CPI figures just out from Labor.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 2.4 percent before seasonal adjustment.
(coughs, politely)
The index for shelter rose 0.2 percent in January and was the largest factor in the all items monthly increase. The food index increased 0.2 percent over the month as did the food at home index, while the food away from home index rose 0.1 percent. These increases were partially offset by the index for energy, which fell 1.5 percent in January.
Core inflation (All items less food and energy 12 mos.) +2.5 percent.
The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3 percent in January. (Hmm…)
And how about that All Items number which the Fed kept talking about in terms of a 2 percent target? The fact they have been off causes us to wonder how they can spend a billion on a new temple to financial audacity. But that’s me, sound money, and debt-free living showing itself.
Let’s Get Strategic
We will be watching the market closely because the close – ahead of the three day President’s weekend – with all those Navy ships in the Middle East – it’s a time when “weak hands may be shaken out.
BUT going long at the beat-down close this week? Yeah, that’s an Itchy & Scratchy, too.
Sure the CPI matters, but there’s a bigger picture to take in.
First, markets hate uncertainty over long weekends. If CPI reinforces sticky inflation — especially in services, shelter, or insurance components — you’ll likely see positioning reduce risk into the close. Funds don’t like holding oversized exposure when geopolitical and macro headline risk sits idle for 72 hours. That doesn’t mean crash — it means trimming and hedging.
That said, our “state extremes model” is getting into the expected range now – which Peoplenomics subscribers may find useful.
Second, even with CPI, equity multiples don’t implode instantly — but they compress gradually as discount rates stay higher longer. That’s the slow grind scenario, not a discontinuity. That’s the flavor of the 1929-1934 markets. They were called “the Grinder.”
Judging by the (Lindbergh) kidnapping rhyme, now playing, that would make sense. The Grinder II is lurking this spring. Here’s the key to future: true discontinuities usually require one of three triggers:
- Financial plumbing break (liquidity freeze, credit event, major bank or sovereign stress).
- Military escalation between major powers.
- Sudden policy shock (currency controls, capital controls, sanctions expansion, debt ceiling misfire, etc.).
CPI by itself rarely causes discontinuity. It becomes dangerous only if it forces policy into a corner — for example, inflation stays hot while growth rolls over. That stagflation pressure is what strains systems. Between now and April, the more plausible stress build isn’t explosion — it’s convergence:
- Sticky inflation
- Elevated borrowing costs
- Slowing earnings revisions
- Political volatility
- Ongoing global conflict risk
- Commercial real estate and refinancing pressure
That convergence can create fragility. Fragility + catalyst = discontinuity. But fragility alone just produces chop and volatility.
March Looms: Rally, Pretend, then End?
What? Like the Big Bad Compounding Wolf (BBCW) isn’t going to “blow over World?” Seriously?
Friend, April could be fugly. Historically that’s earnings season pressure plus potential fiscal theatrics. If credit spreads widen meaningfully or sovereign yields spike (watch Japan and EU as well), that’s when you begin to see stress migration across borders. But here’s the important distinction:
- We are not on the edge of automatic disaster.
- We are in a late-cycle tightening environment with geopolitical overhang.
- That is unstable, but not inherently explosive without a trigger.
Your bigger macro signals to watch over the next 6–8 weeks: (these are the fire alarms)
- Credit spreads widening sharply
- Liquidity draining (repo stress, funding spikes)
- Sudden dollar surge
- Energy shock
- Policy miscalculation
Absent those, what you get is grind, not cliff.
There. All better now?
Crypto Dipt
Yeah. It has taken over 10-years for this Ponzi to unravel, but that’s what happens in Long Wave economic cycles. Bitcoin was back into the $66,000s at press time.
I have always had a problem with crypto. Because at its core there’s nothing but a “made up number.” But there is this one other thing.
Crypto accounting doesn’t make sense. Here are two headlines I’m blocking out time to reconcile: Coinbase posts $670M Q4 loss as it expands beyond trading Which is a country mile different than Coinbase swings to $842 million loss as crypto market crumbles | The Straits Times. Pick a number, any number…
Too Much? Too Deep? Here’s what MAY come after crypto: the Replay analog to Trading Stamps.
During the Depression, trading stamps exploded not because they were gimmicks, but because they turned scarce cash into delayed purchasing power. Companies like Sperry & Hutchinson (S&H Green Stamps) expanded rapidly in the 1930s by offering consumers a rebate-in-waiting: spend today, collect stamps, redeem later for household goods.
For cash-strained families, stamps functioned as a parallel savings mechanism — a way to accumulate value in small increments without formal banking. For retailers, they preserved customer loyalty in a brutally competitive, deflationary environment. In a grinding economy where margins were thin and confidence thinner, trading stamps were a behavioral innovation — stretching purchasing psychology when liquidity was scarce and trust in institutions was strained.
Much of trading stamp market share was eaten by credit card reward programs. When liquidity tightens and trust thins, parallel value systems always re-emerge.
Trump Won’t be Wagged
Well, that apparently didn’t go too well: The meeting this week between Trump and Israeli leader Netanyahu.
Which we immodestly infer from Trump says Israeli president should be ashamed over Netanyahu pardon, Herzog responds: “Israel operates by the Law” – Middle East Monitor.
Still, while war is NOT likely over this weekend, US sending second aircraft carrier to Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran, report says | The Independent.
The carrier Bush is likely now on station. Which means computer models somewhere are putting the Ford in “that part of the world” around mid-March. And that’s possibly the fire-starter in the wings for markets.
Another Shutdown?
Incompetent government, anyone? DHS shutdown imminent as Senate leaves town without deal
My head hurts when I see stories like Tom Homan says federal agents found thousands of missing children in Minnesota. Here’s a fact check – CBS Minnesota. Because the facts cited don’t match what the feds are using. Different data sets – but are they conclusive “facts?” Depends what day of the week, whose narrative, and clicks, maybe? This is what bothers me about the faddish American preoccupation with “fact-checking.” If you don’t use the same data book, OF COURSE there will be differences. What a pant load runaway “facting” is, huh?
And here’s the latest in the long wave econ Lindbergh replay: Pima County Sheriff’s Department reportedly blocks FBI from accessing Nancy Guthrie evidence – KTAR.com
Around the Ranch: My Junior Forest Fire Badge
There I was – burning out the garden in prep for planting around March 1. Burned out the garden nicely and then went to the shop to use the facilities. It was an urgent “sit down” and so…
By the time I got back to the garden? The previously extinguished fire had a “relight” and was already running about 90-feet west – and now into large brush and tall pines.
That’s when the adrenaline hit and Ure’s family history of firefighting kicked in. This was one of those deals where George and a garden hose (right freaking NOW) was the only answer.
All’s well that ends well. It cleared off an area I was planning to address anyway. And with Big Rain coming in the next few days, this is really a great burning window.
But except for a momentary rush, one man, one hose, and the day is saved…again.
Here’s to the heroes who walk into fires every day: respect.
Write when you feel the spark,
George@Ure.net
I’m sure George jr will have something to say about not having a firewatch while pinching a loaf.
(“We will be watching the market closely because the close – ahead of the three day President’s weekend – with all those Navy ships in the Middle East – it’s a time when “weak hands may be shaken out.”)
“Silly boy… the only people who enjoy a three?day weekend are government employees and federal workers and school teachers. The rest of the countries laborers are still working — even the banks stay open. So if the market shakes out ‘weak hands’ over the holiday, it won’t be because the country is relaxing. Most folks don’t get the luxury of a long weekend.”
Dude G,
Terrible news from homefront USA.
Just did a preliminary run through on my Income Taxes this year…says I owe Somalia $3500 USD.
– What The F, over?
That cant be right – as USA still owes Billions for the SLAUGHTER of all the Innocent Palestinian Women and Children past 2 years. We know tRUMP always DEFAULTS on his obligations..always. So don give me Paly RE Collateral BS.
Hundreds of thousands of Christians being STARVED & SLAUGHTERED alongside the Paly’s. Not to mention all the Bombs and Equipment wasted on creating Pre-Lakes – giant holes in ground/craters, as well as all the every expensive and quite useless patriot&THADD system interceptor missiles.
As usual I expected ALL of my TAX DOLLARS GOING to EVIL zionist israHELL . Guessing somalia must be a fraudulent front for the evil fecal matters’.
– Evil IS, as EVIL does .
*Write when youse get a sample of that epstain “Jerky”, heard its a Longevity thing
(During the Depression, trading stamps exploded not because they were gimmicks, but because they turned scarce cash into delayed purchasing power. Companies like Sperry & Hutchinson (S&H Green Stamps) expanded rapidly in the 1930s by offering consumers a rebate-in-waiting: spend today, collect stamps, redeem later for household goods.
For cash-strained families, stamps functioned as a parallel savings mechanism — a way to accumulate value in small increments without formal banking. the Depression, trading stamps exploded not because they were gimmicks, but because they turned scarce cash into delayed purchasing power. Companies like Sperry & Hutchinson (S&H Green Stamps) expanded rapidly in the 1930s by offering consumers a rebate-in-waiting: spend today, collect stamps, redeem later for household goods.
For cash-strained families, stamps functioned as a parallel savings mechanism — a way to accumulate value in small increments without formal banking. “)
During the Depression, trading stamps didn’t explode because they were gimmicks — they thrived because they turned scarce cash into delayed purchasing power. Companies like S&H Green Stamps gave families a way to stretch every dollar: spend today, collect stamps, redeem later for household goods. For cash?strapped families, stamps became a parallel savings system long before most people had access to formal banking.
My mom used S&H Green Stamps religiously. And Quaker Oats…She collected an entire set of dishes from those box promotions. These weren’t “cute extras” — they were survival tools in a tight economy.
Fast?forward to today, and you can see the same patterns repeating.
Look at Amazon: endless “limited?time” price reductions, 49% off for the next few hours, flash deals everywhere. It’s the digital version of what grocery stores did during the Reagan recession — loss leaders to pull people through the door.
I remember those days in the early 80’s clearly. Stores would run wild specials: buy $10 worth of groceries and get toilet paper for ten cents a four?pack. It was like piranhas hitting a carcass. I’d wheel out a pallet and it would be stripped bare before it reached the aisle. We used to “window cut” pallets in the back room just to keep up.
Every aisle has on average three or four loss leaders — staples, high?use items, baby formula, bread, canned goods. One store even coded the price tags:
HEAVY STOCK 1?2?3?4?5?6?7?8?9?0
The numbers told the employees the date ordered, wholesale cost, and retail margin. Today it’s all done through apps and digital coupons, but the principle is the same.
Just yesterday I stopped to grab salad mix for my wife and noticed puff pastry and pie crusts as the loss leaders — normally $4, marked down to 99 cents in store specials with coupon. That tells you more about the real economy than any official report ever will.
Because here’s the truth:
The best indicator of economic stress isn’t a government statistic. It’s how many products are being sold at a loss just to keep people buying.
Unfortunately for myself in late 90’s early 2000’s my marketplace Bosses did not understand “Loss Leaders” and how to employ them in a “Hunter” phase of account management..almost cost me a very large, new account.
Thankfully – the geniuses in Accounting dept werent the only ones adept at funny money fiscal shenanigans. I got “found out” when corporate booked the Deal, but it was too late by then. It was a very slim deal, and I knew I would be compensated on Revenue only..and “side” money Momma dont know,from Manufacturer Incentives/Bonus Visa card, for each piece of Equipment placed (Canon&Oce).
The Hunter became a Farmer once again..!
Is also why I always advised the the Chilluns that “You Can Not FLy with the Eagles in Daytime, when you been out with Owls the night before.
* “Illeagle is a sick bird” -FoghornLeghorn
The loss leader sucks you down the isle..Amazon figured out how to loss leader online sales.. it’s also why stores switch it up..if one isle isn’t producing enough sales but isle b is producing more..then rearrange the isles..drag their butts down searching for crap to buy..40-80% of what’s in the cart is spontaneous purchases..more expensive high profit items are stays level..Then the kid trap…lol lol…the checkout lane low cost high profit items just to get Billie to tug on moms arm ..Pleeeese… momm…I use to kid the managers that I was going to take pictures of another stores isles then walk in clip board white shirt black suit pants ..tapping a pencil on the clip board…lol lol lol..yes if we take the back of the isle and move it to the other side lol front to back back to back left to right side..lol lol lol..I almost pulled it off with one company I walked in they were switching all around and I came up yes but if you put the darker products at the end and the brighter in the middle the flow would be foccussed..the guy was an old friend then it dawned on him I was giving him a hard time..lol lol.. they do the same with gambling machines lol lol.. they put the big bangers on the outside the higher paying inside.. lol. crap they teach you in school..subliminal attraction…people respond to tiny cues in their environment long before they consciously notice anything. Retailers, casinos, and advertisers don’t hypnotize anyone … the sly comment walmart sucks your brain out to fill your cart..the two hundred dollar rotisserie chicken lol lol
Before Dell’s in store.. to keep from tossing out the scraps.. fruit that came in with blemishes a can or two that has a dent or the stuff would be sorted out..can’t sell it.. take ice cream the first and last bucket of ice cream on A run the bucket has just a little more..so the top pops off.. these items stayed in the backroom..we the employees could buy a meat box filled with assorted for five bucks a box..frozen and fresh canned etc..the meat cutters would what was called the Friday cut..fill the display case then on monday..it would be frozen.. employees could buy a meat box for the cost of ground round..all that wasn’t purchased was either cut for discounted hamburger or ground round..depending on the cut of meat it was..
I did a lot of day labor and this was a great advantage..today the vast majority of this is cooked up in the deli ..
and sold as a daily special cooked meal..
Peter Grandich: How Sad It Is That Seniors Sooner Die Then Face This…
43% of retirees would prefer death to running out of money…
Half of Retirees Fear Running Out of Money as Pressures on U.S. Retirement Security Intensify…
Retirement Crisis 2025: Survey Finds Most Seniors Fear Running Out of Money…
https://petergrandich.com/how-sad-it-is-that-seniors-sooner-die-then-face-this/
here’s the bitter truth – people always have choices – right down to the last breath – and if you can pull off a small robbery then govt will take care of you. No, I don’t advocate but the biggest prison yard is between the ears.
No energy to grow most plants. People without positivie mental atitude will always fail. People on the plus side unstoppable under all conditions
That’s not true.. they give you four walls a cot and a hot…One thing most people don’t realize — because it’s not part of their daily reality in their tier on the pyramid it simply doesn’t exist and the illusion that hey they get it all provided by our tax dollars the reality.. — is that prisoners in the United States have to pay for basic necessities. Soap, toothpaste, deodorant, phone calls, email access, over?the?counter meds, even co?pays for medical visits. None of that is free… and once a month a highly inflated care pack can be sent…for twelve years I was helping a young woman that had been human trafficked from the age of twelve..to scared to testify against the traffickers..they threw her away..long story.. she vented to me while I was eating at Kentucky fried chicken..I convinced her to escape..she and another snuck the traffickers gun and tossed it in the trash..anyway they found her….simple shampoo..
To someone on the outside or living in one of those neighborhoods where this is just the image they hear ..like the single mom making a hundred grand off of society that was given a brand new home..sounds good it just doesn’t exist … wasnt it florida was sure everyone on assistance was a drug addict.. so they spent millions only to discover that that wasn’t true… then there are the college studies…what was interesting is that several major universities — Harvard, Yale, USC, Penn — ran large studies on homelessness and were stunned by what they found. The reality was the exact opposite of what most people are taught to believe. Instead of laziness, addiction, or “bad choices,” the biggest drivers were simple economics: wages too low, rents too high, and one unexpected financial shock pushing people over the edge.
Researchers admitted that the public perception comes from distance — if it’s not your world, it’s easy to assume the stereotype. But the data showed something very different from the story most people carry in their heads.
Then there’s the thing people are told and they believe….
“Don’t they get everything provided?”
Only if you’ve never had a family member inside the system.
For the people living it, and for the families supporting them, it’s a constant financial drain.
Prison wages are often measured in cents per hour, if they’re paid at all. So the burden shifts to the families — the same families who are usually already struggling.
This is one of those truths people misunderstand simply because it’s not their world. when i went on vacation this last spding that was the major issue i seen everywhere..what happens in my level of society simply doesn’t exist in their level of society..If something isn’t part of your lived experience, it’s easy to assume the system works the way TV shows portray it. But the reality is far harsher.
And this ties into a bigger pattern we keep seeing:
People misunderstand systems they don’t personally interact with.
Whether it’s prisons, the economy, technology, or government processes, most folks only see the surface. They don’t see the hidden costs, the quiet pressures, or the slow erosion happening underneath.One thing people rarely notice is that you never see riots, marches, or major unrest happening in exclusive neighborhoods. It’s not because those areas are magically peaceful — it’s because the pressure is almost always directed at communities already under strain. Most large?scale confrontations are shaped, amplified, or even manufactured by outside interests, but they unfold in places where people are already stretched thin…under stress..
It’s not malice — it’s distance.
If something isn’t your reality, it’s easy to believe the simplified version that everyone says..
the truth is always more complicated, and usually more expensive, than people think.
that’s exactly why so many civilizations never recognize their own decline until it reaches them personally. When the tension is concentrated in poorer or more vulnerable areas, the people living in insulated neighborhoods assume everything is fine. They don’t feel the early cracks. They don’t see the slow erosion. So when the pressure finally reaches their doorstep, it feels sudden — even though the warning signs were there for years.
It just doesn’t exist ..A non event….it always happens to someone else…until it doesn’t.. good lord knows I tried to convince the wife that we should move to that neighborhood.. it was so perfect..just not a reality in my world..
People talk about “collapse” like it’s some dramatic, overnight event. But if you’ve ever opened your spare bedroom to someone who’s fallen through the cracks, you know it doesn’t happen in an instant. It happens one punch at a time.
We’ve taken in people from every walk of life — none of them from our tier, all of them hit by the one?two punch of reality. One was a homeless veteran living in a dumpster. Another was an engineer who once lived in a million?dollar home back when that meant something. He had the luxury car, the condo, the elite social circles. Then the bottom dropped out the one two punch. He lost his job, lived in his car, had a heart attack, and when the car was towed, his entire life went with it. He ended up in our spare bedroom — and to him, that felt like an insult, because he couldn’t accept the fall from the world that once looked down on people like us.
But that’s the truth most people never see:
the fall is hardest on those who believed they were safe.
I’ve set up more beds and couches than I can count. I’ve handed out sandwiches and juice to husbands and wives who lost everything to medical bills. People who worked their whole lives, only to end up sleeping in their cars because the healthcare system stripped them bare.
This is why nursing homes have such a high divorce rate. Once someone needs federal assistance, the average support amounts to about three dollars an hour — not even minimum wage. Facilities are forced to shift the cost onto anyone who still has resources. A friend of mine built thirty?seven care facilities. He once told me, “They’re throwing farms at me.” A few years later, he lost them all. Today those same facilities are bought and sold every three to five years because none of them can stay solvent.
The wife worked in a place where the owners wouldn’t even buy food, detergent, or basic supplies. We ant the whole Staff and families were bringing in diapers, wipes, and meals just to keep residents alive. And this wasn’t one building — this was across multiple states including the great state of Texas.
People who live insulated lives don’t see any of this. They don’t see the slow erosion. They don’t see the pressure building at the bottom tiers. They don’t see the quiet collapse happening in the places society ignores.
So when the system finally reaches their neighborhood, it feels sudden.
But it wasn’t sudden.
It was happening all along — just not to them
That’s a great point LOOB – one of the reasons we like it out here – AND WHY THE d-cODE-TUHS rhyme with you is you can see change rolling up he plains toward you…we see it rolling outward from the city-states. A current example? Remember that fiber cable that has been sitting in my front yard for 2 years now? part of the whole govt rural internet initiative? All bullshit – still coiled at the bottom of my telco p[ole – the politics and the greed are killing us. We;re able to musk around it, but dearm lord – that crap that passes as change anymore AYSM?
*keep goregetting when I use Elaine’s computer to change the displayed name but oh well – g
(“the politics and the greed are killing us. We;re able to musk around it, but dearm lord – that crap that passes as change anymore AYSM?”)
I know Elaine.. to me its quite scary..I’m in my seventies and was forced to go back into the work force just to barely keep our head above water..both of us had to seek healthcare..her twice to three ti.as a week physical therapy.. brings memories of horror to me..I had to get physical therapy something I could have done myself.. it took every dime we had in retirement funds in just a couple of weeks over 67,000.00 insurance wouldn’t cover it.. so I’m pretty afraid of how this ends up..we may be having our own living in the car moment sooner than we imagined..its just a fact of life..one of the gentleman that lived with us raised thoroughbred horses and worked with a variety of famous race horses..from the Kentucky Derby.. his wife was a nurse I knew and worked with..the wife got cancer and to cover her end of life expenses lost their farm a rental home etc..he came to us with just the clothes on his back..didnt even have a winter coat..she got sick they bumped her off the health policy .. and the rest was the one two punch of fate..one lady I know now had to travel to another country to seek medical treatment..they will lose their home.. facing deportation and their child whose biggest concern being his Pokemon card collection being forced into a war as a soldier..trust me she is absolutely terrified cries every day…Things most people can’t fathom in their wildest dreams or nightmares..most of them simply think I’m blowing smoke up their butts..this can’t happen.And truthfully I can see why..I went on A vacation to a gated neighborhood.. what I seen there was something I would have thought someone blowing smoke up my butt..but it was true none of what I experience is seen there… sadly it happens all the time.. clinics refuse to see patients sending them to the ER at twenty to fifty times the cost..patients waiting to seek medical until they are death ill because of the fear of who I call Satan and his Minions collections..
For the last 25 years at least, I’ve been living my life using money as little as possible while still enjoying what matters to me. I never trusted money, status, or looks – they all fade or disappear without warning. Best o live each day well, preserve what you can financially and otherwise, and observe what’s available for the taking(legally). I passed up a dryer on the street a couple of days ago for lack of room in my small car, but it was a conscious decision. A likely good motor, a drum, a heavy wire, and metal that can be cut and made into almost anything. It’s not so much about being cheap, it’s about maximizing utility in every aspect of life. I cannot imagine running out of money if the world remains financially functional, but even the concept of money is being distorted by CBDC’s, credit, and the idea of institutions holding what you own in an “account” and not in your own pocket. When governments get desperate, they will take all from their own citizens since it’s the easiest first move.
We all can live until we die. No point in hastening it. Worry is generally a waste of energy, and health pre-empts money every time.
(“. I passed up a dryer on the street”)
I’m having a tough time with that one right now lol.. a local apartment building took out two coin operated dryers and one coin operated washer.. speed queen..not because they are broke but because these are old 1960s models..they were built like tanks…but I know for fact that if I did the wife would freak out
LOOB, I hear you. If I had a wife, I’d probably consider her more valuable than quality classic washing machines. Still, a life partner who can actually work and play with you on the same page has to be God’s greatest gift other than life itself.
When I worked grocery store..A great deal of elderly ..buy and eat dog food..its cheaper..our dog ate benifal meals..At Walmart… they had put them on the lower shelf..but had to raise them up to the middle shelf because elderly were getting down on the floor and having a hard time getting back up..
we had a couple ladies that was I consumed the cat ladies.. because they would come in and buy a whole bag of cat food..one day in a conversation with the store manager I commented.. I wonder how many cats they have..the store manager said none..its what they eat .. I’d buy a couple boxes of discarded bent cans fruit etc. and drop it off at their house.. I actually still do that.. if I’m going to drop off a care pack there’s a few grocery stores that give me a discount on groceries.
As mid-teenager I witnessed old guy (my current age) purchase only a loaf of bread and one can dog food. Had to think about that as I had never gone hungry to that point. Couple years back the memory lingered still and went to the three top-tier local chains, checkouts and repeated that purchase as an experiment. No-one batted an eye. Did not try at competitor chain where I do most store bought vittles cause I think I would have been called out. Been blessed all my life and that lingering event inspired me to give what I can. Given just under 90 pints
also. (blood)
(“As mid-teenager I witnessed old guy (my current age) purchase only a loaf of bread and one can dog food. “)
I knew a guy.. he had a bunch of us over for meatloaf supper..it was made from dog food.. when I’d see people digging through the restaurants dumpsters I’d have the manager go bring him in and feed them.. when the wife and I go out to eat I glance around to the other customers.. when I see the parents with kids..if the father either does the deep thought look or supreme his wallet..or orders simply water and the cheapest item on the list..I have my waitress confiscate their bill..that guy is taming his family out because the wife feels cooped up and the routine path if life has them struggling to make ends meet.. I also give oh shit tips to.. having washed dishes at a restaurant as one of my hats.. I have seen young single mom waitresses just break down and cry..the decisions milk or diapers..waitresses make very little in wages their life depends on their tips..
Local meat packing plant also has fantastic deals on their Bag o Meat special. Only problem is having to drive through the entire plant to get to the retail store front. Yeah that means the you get to see (its an experience) the big Grease Recycling plant. Where the grease trucks that have been out all day collecting grease from restaurants and other food dispensers. Drive by the stinky holding pens, Moosies in front lot, everyone else in back lots. I had the corporate account to JBS meats – Sold & installed all the printers/fax/copy machines at the this facility.
I got observe the entire operation from drop off of Animals, to finished product in retail store front. Should have seen my German Shepherds response to me the day we did the physical install of all the new digital machines. He basically tried to eat my black leather wingtip dress shoes that evening, they were so soaked with Blood from the Killing floors. Lets just say there is whole lot more “Fluids” flowing in and around that facility, like the walls and ceilings were always humming from the sound or the “fluids” pumping thru..Reminded of Space travel for some odd reason as I have no recollection of ever traveling in space.
* not a flashback trigger like a Deer pit does, but will never forget those Sights and Sounds.
Lol lol lol..one day I was stocking shelves..and getting ready to take a break I walked by the eat cooler..there they were filled with something odd.. I said what in hell is that..pork assholes.huh..yup this time of month we sell a ton of them..ten cents an asshole..well I got my yogurt and was walking to break with a coworker.we see someone going by .. filled with them and mayonnaise ketchup mustard bread lettuce..he leaned over and says.. what in the hell is that..I huffed and said..you mean you’ve never seen someone have an asshole sandwich.. lol lol lol..the meat packing plant close by use to have a companyybstore..you could buy any of their products cheap..not anymore the whole chain of meatpacking plants was bought by…China… china gets all extra and first products out..
Hey Man,
Chitlins be Chitlins baby, if you’d known and eaten some “assholes” in Ure childhood, they wouldnt smell like Shit now every time one of those “air-sandwiches” assaulted Ure olfactory senses whilst passing by some black Folks kitchens.
– its supposedly Soul Food. Then again so is Poke Salad, so what does that tell ya’s ? ill take fried chix and collared greens and slice sweet potato pie for my soul food, thank you.
Mr Cool-De-La Hissowndamself /Poke Salad Annie – https://youtu.be/u4csFnpZXek?
“a wretched , spiteful, straight razor totin women” -sounds like TBS lil Mom.
On a road trip hit a border crossing coming out of Alberta. Sitting in the border bar as two long haul truckers walked in and I inquired as to what they were hauling. Said their trucks were detained for further paperwork as they were hauling frozen cows lips to Mexico. Didn’t know which lips? Whole bar/restaurant gagged/laughed. Not a dry eye in the place. Imported tacos anyone?
Smokey the Bear says,,, only Ure can prevent his forest from fire,,,
but
who is stopping the fire in Aridzona,,, seems Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has worries, beating the glowing embers on the ground,,, hee hee,, as they held “emercency meeting” yesterday
JUST IN: DHS Sec Kristi Noem in Maricopa County for “Georgia-Like” Event with Election Officials, John Solomon Says – AZ State Senator: “Stay Tuned America”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/just-dhs-sec-kristi-noem-maricopa-county-georgia/
as election theft is coming to a head,,, about time for the Tina Peters case to be pushed to the head of the list also
Maybe maricopa county supervisors will be threatened with arrest like Mohave county supervisors were threatened with arrest for considering not voting to certify the stolen election
GU : “… how about that All Items number which the Fed kept talking about in terms of a 2 percent target? The fact they have been off causes us to wonder how they can spend a billion on a new temple to financial audacity. But that’s me …”
Crazy fiscal sanity scares the Ruling nutters.
I’d be worried in Persia through 02/17
Stay safe in hostile sky’s boys …
But that’s me …
Egor Iceland
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My Alchmey Wizard friend (he has devoted over 40 years of his life to the study to the art) says, “Heat, Ash and Light” are the necessity for purification. Purification preludes new growth.
a few days ago, I did in fact, recieve a request the other day in my studio. Its been a long time since i had a request for a song. i was deep in meditation and a figure moved into view, seeming to materialize from out of nowhere. then it reached in a pouch that golden glitter floated out if, then placed a Nordic Rune down infront of me. They this individual said, an exchange for a song. Play this song for Pam Bondi and all that this rune signifies will be yours. i didnt speak, i just smiled and said nodded in agreement. i reach down took the rune and put it in my pocket. i will keep the identity of that Nordic Rune to myself. i have never recieves a Nordic Rune durring meditation ever before nor have i ever had a Representive from Valhalla visit me in deep meditation. i did not know what the rune meant until i looked it up.
as requsted by The Ambassador from Valhalla
This goes out to Pam Bondie from someone on the other side of life,
Q: Blame it on your heart
https://youtu.be/5Rq-1VeiDw8?si=_q73fSi9K7aIZcLS
Patti Loveless
I Win with God Within.
Taxpayer theft comes to a head, Trump deportation money spent without oversight:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/13/us-paid-32m-to-five-countries-to-accept-about-300-deportees-report-shows
‘In the most extreme case, the administration paid Rwanda $7.5m plus an estimated $601,864 in flight costs to accept just seven people – about $1.1m per individual, according to the report’s analysis of government spending data and flight records. The administration similarly paid Equatorial Guinea $7.5m to take 29 people, costing taxpayers an estimated $282,126 per person. Palau was paid $7.5m with no documented flights, Eswatini was paid $5.1m for 15 people, and El Salvador $4.76m for about 250 people.’
obd, too bad Peters can’t get same favor from Trump as Maxwell, can’t get moved to cushy Fed prison:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/tina-peters-lawyers-try-to-convince-colorado-court-to-overturn-conviction-for-voting-system-breach
‘Trump pardoned Peters in December, but his pardon power does not extend to state crimes. Peters’ lawyers have said Trump has the authority to pardon her, arguing that President George Washington issued pardons to people convicted of both state and federal crimes during the Whiskey Rebellion in 1795.’
i have been thinking about that moment that Ambassador from Valhalla visited me in my meditation.
I am a Christian. i do know some nordic stuff. i havent really studdied that stuff in years. havent given it any thought. that type of visit durring a deep meditation doesnt usually occure that often.
and honestly i have never had a visitor from Valhalla before until now.
the night after i recieved that request and the payment of the Rune. i went to a thing and a fella had that rune on his shirt. i asked him what it meant. he told me. i said how cool.
then i looked it up. the fella who had it on his shirt was right.
so i been thinking about that visitation and the exhange for the few days.
i mostly wonder why An Ambassador from Valhalla would choose me to make the request for the song and offer me a rune in exchange. was it something i said prior to the Visit? or He just was in the neighborhood. lol. i have never considered Valhalla as a legitimate place. more of a legend than anything.
it seemed to me, I was getting over compensated for to play a song. it was an extrememly generouse offer for a song.
never the less, i was offered the Rune in exchange for a song.
i looked up the song lyrics as well before i Played it here on Urban Survival.
well, it is what it is.
I Win with God within ~
after my comments and i plaued the song through. i sat and took a sip of coffee. and i fulfilled my part of the bargan with the Ambassador from Valhalla who visited me in meditation,
right after my girlfriend came down and put 2 feathers on my ears. one on each side. laughed and went back up stairs.
i went and asked her why did you put feathers on my ears. she said i dont know. it just came to me and so i did it. im just in a good mood and being silly.
hmmmmmmmm.
Hermes has feathers on his ears.
just another day in the Life of Andy.
hahaha
Black Sabbath – “Valhalla” (Official Audio)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CKxJYBA9Ers&list=RDCKxJYBA9Ers&start_radio=1&pp=ygUWQmxhY2sgU2FiYmF0aCBWYWxoYWxsYaAHAQ%3D%3D
a friend told me that Odin and Mercury were considered by ancient romans the same God.
that makes the reason she placed the feathers on my ears, makes sense.
for it was through the meditative mind that we communed. The Meditative mind is in the middle of that thin veil that between awake and alseep. life and death. one side and the other. the place where both sides can comminicate.
thanks for the song. although black sabbath is something i would never particpate in. there are many on epstines list that have tho.
because
I belong to God. I am a Man of God. i walk with God.
and
I Win with God within.
In other words the cosmic chicken bunny be just like a catholic priest, hunh?
Hmmmmmm
bukYUK! moving on..
hey whats gonna be in You that helps You Win – when We have DISCLOSURE and ET pops his nasty ass outta da Spaceship ? Asking for a Friend.
There IS NO god, No org. religion, once the Aliens, our off world Brothers and Sisters, finally come out of HIDING, and show their ugly mugs ?
Seems like you gonna be on EMPTY, there Squidward.
one thing the experiance has expressed to me in laymans terms is, “Having the mind of God.”
reinforcing and building upon the foundation of,
I Win with God within.
A Opinion on Lord Palmerston of Britian and 1880s timeframe context for his desire to still up things as foreign policy. Britian in 1880s was imperial power and reserve currency. Britian had ongoing fueds with Germany in ‘third world’ countries an a empire in India/elsewhere to feed the British taxes. Goal of foreign policy in that era was to divide and conquer by any means possible to ensure no rivalry. To that end democracy was a divide and conquer method. USA approach was not useful in that the idea of make all rich overseas implied that overseas would have money for arms and be independent. No great Britain could survive loss of funds. Fast forward to 2026. Europe has the euro but Britain left the fold. Common wealth is competing with Germany and its third world alliances. USA is broke abut useful for weapons purchases. A Euro desire for a continent at peace is nice but perhaps to expensive to complete. Stirring up overseas is not best approach to ensuring funds flows. Large portions of Europe are socialist and therefore lack ROI for banks, stocks, company’s etc.. Result is Europe is Palmerston’s outcome now. For any overseas country to do business there you need a likeness therefore Philadelphia is a good example of liberty USA. Liberal USA creates money that did not exist… conservatives don’t.
i thought to ask the Alchemy Wizard what He thinks.
this is how it went. I was deep in meditation about 3 or 4 days ago and a figure materialized infront of me. He said i Have a request. He reached in this pouch and pulled out a norse rune and placed it in front of me. when he pulled out the rune like star dust or gold dust floated out the pouch. He said i want to dedicate a song to Pam Bondi and this will be yours. he place the Nordic Rune on the floor in front of me. I said what song? Blame it on your heart by Patty Loveless. I took the nordic rune and put it in my pocket nodded my head in agreement. Then He smiled and vanished. i came out of my meditation.
I am a Christian. I dont usually get visitors or ambasadors from Valhalla. I didnt even realize when the whole thing was happening that i was in deep in meditation.
The next night i ran into a fella who was wearing a shirt with the same Rune Symbol on it. So i asked him what it meant. He told me. When i got home i looked it up. He told me the truth.
i thought about the experiance for a few days before taking any action because it is my experiance that is wise to pause before proceeding. and deliberate and think first before taking action.
Today i went on a station and requested the song be played in dedication to Pam from a friend.
i played the song on here. and gave an accurate account of the detials.
They played it. After i listened to the song. My woman came down and put a feather on the top each of my ears. Laughed and went back up stairs. I went up stairs and asked her why she did that. She said I dont know why. I am in a good mood and was being silly.
Hermes has feathers on his ears.
I dont know why an ambassador from h
Valhalla chose to visit me while i was in deep meditation or was He just in the neighborhood? He was wearing a long black cloak with Raven Feathers around the collar. His eyes glowed like white hot steal. He had a very deep voice. his voice was like the sound of the ocean.
after that the Alchmey Wizard sent me a text message. so i asked him his thoughts.
I Win with God Within.
honestly, i didnt know it was a rune marking until i saw the symbol on that fellas shirt later. then i put it together. it was written in white on a black stone. the symbol didnt look like white paint. it looked more like light coming out of the stone in the shape of that marking. same one found in a nordic rune. like the stone was imitting that symbol in light.
like i said, i was so deep in meditation i didnt even realize i was meditating. it all just seemed like a normal conversation. no different than talking to a checker at the grocery store or chatting with a friend on the phone.
everything is as it should be.
of cousre nordic runes are the second oldest form of divination. the Iching is the oldest. lol
heading to the gym.
Supercross motor cycle championships on valentines day. im grateful i have a woman who thinks dirt bike racing is waaaaay better than roses or chocolate for Vallentines day. hahaha.
I Win with God within.
I had the task of putting all the Green Stamps in the books for my Mom when I must have been eight or so on for a few years (1954- ). It was actually a satisfying fun thing for a kid to do since it resulted in getting something for ‘free’ for her. Our life was very tight back then. Definitely no extras, no new clothes, no TV, no vacations. I got shipped away to the grandparents dairy farm beginning about six years old and was being helpful as possible. By eight I was expected to be doing lots of ‘work’, mostly helping with canning and weeding, feeding animals, picking fruit, etc.
Grandma also collected Green Stamps so that little job went with me.
Farm life was the best thing that ever happened to me compared with living in the city (SF). Every day felt real. Cow shit, mud, manure, being tasked with things considered ‘adult stuff’ was a dream world. Three months of summer in Western Oregon formed my life. The rest was just the ramp to slavery that the sixties managed to bump me off. Turned on, tuned in, dropped out. Never looked back.
Stiks