Decision Day in Markets, Hawaii Losing Freedom, AI Spanks 77

“Showdown at the ol’ Market Corral today, pahdna.”  (Plus another day of Multi-Domain Sweep of Universe.)

I am really looking forward to this afternoon’s close in markets.  Because we will get some incredibly useful insights into state-variance extremes versus fractal market analysis.  As you know, The Economic Fractalist has been calling for a hard violent turn in here. But really, we weren’t expecting it until maybe next week, or even the Monday following that. Out around March 3rd.

If you read his column over here, you’ll see a week from now we could be in the economic crapper.  My work doesn’t disagree – especially because as we track in the Peoplenomics ChartPacks – that Replay of 1929 is going in a very worrisome way.

That said we have two reasons to hold out hope for a high close today.  Let me run ’em down for you because TEF (the Economic Fractalist) reads this column (I read his) because we seem to be the most realistic people on the web right now (except Ray Dalio, but that’s more book-length).

Reason #1: State-Variance Extremes

As you can see in the following chart, we have been in a countertrend rally in the NASDAQ.  And, as we look back recently, we can get a sense that deep oversold conditions often – but not always – reversion to the middle of the trend.

IF the extremes of state-variance are telling us something – there are two cases:

  • TEF is right with the fractal timing and we will head for a deeper extreme than the (just left of center) drop into oversold (the risk of being short) area – which was November of last year.
  • The fractal nature of time maybe doesn’t override the other aspects of time.  Specifically, the fact that every one of us has a slightly different clock-speed between the ears.

IF both state-variance and fractals are correct, we could still see a rally into the close and world war three a few minutes later.  That kind of time/event anomaly would really be grand in the textbooks – which would be written on stone tablets (if ever) in the aftermath.

Reason #2: Magic Ovals 

A little further out along the soothsayer limb, we stumble over Magic Ovals.  These notice (far right-hand column – near unreadable – is that we have just had a “double 9” sequence.  IF we close lower – at all from yesterday’s close – that would keep the (already) yellow current price bar and that could lead to a third “9” day.

Three 9’s?  Maybe, but you can think about it this way:  We just reversed at a 13 count (horizontal spreadsheet cells) count and are “on the way up.”  It would – at least to your thinking – be unusual – to stop before hitting the state-variance mid channel before a larger decline.  (Again, WW III is still out there, but less so until next month…)

Reason #3:  Crypto and VIX

Bitcoin today was at $67,300 when we looked.  IF we are going to see TEF’s outlook filled before the close today, we would expect there to be selling first in the cryptos because those people are flighty as hell.  If BTC gets on a strong rally (state-var doesn’t rule it out) then decline next week, not something to ruin the weekend.

And – nods to my consigliere – for pointing out the VIX (volatility index) is “sticky” and hasn’t come down much since the recent declines. A look at the Yahoo Finance chart here will confirm that it was over $20 this morning.  And for a real Bear Raid we’d sure like to see it begin from much lower on the VIX – maybe 15-ish.

But there you have it.  Something for our local Doc Holiday channeler to ponder as he remains on track to be my lousy plan for a 90% annual return this year.

Shop Floor Data Sweepings

Do numbers matter?  Like today’s GDP?  Or personal income fairytales?  Guess we will see at the open:

“Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025 (October, November, and December), according to the advance estimate released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 4.4 percent. The contributors to the increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter were increases in consumer spending and investment. These movements were partly offset by decreases in government spending and exports. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, decreased.

Since Goldilocks and the Three Bears are taking comp time, the other fairytale is:

Personal income increased $86.2 billion (0.3 percent at a monthly rate) in December, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $75.7 billion (0.3 percent), and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $91.0 billion (0.4 percent)

Blended into the fiat soup today, we have Chicago Fed numbers Monday and then the Case-Shiller Housing dope next Tuesday.  I could understand a bit of “worry-selling” ahead of those, but let’s remember inflation is floating all leveraged ships and people know that.  Tread lightly on the doom-speak.  (Besides, my work says mid-channel or higher) first. THEN disaster in March or April. But the crystal ball is in the shop and the tea leaves read like one of my columns…

Hawaii Losing Freedom

This is outrageous – and very “Left and we’re in charge of everything” Hawaii Bills Would Allow Gov’t To Quarantine People, Enter Property, Seize Firearms, & Suspend Laws | ZeroHedge

In the Shorts

We continue (feeble) attempts to model contemporary social awareness and cogency…

Messy March fears could hinge on this: Trump says world has 10 days to see if Iran agrees deal or ‘bad things happen’.  For the fractal case: What if Iran doesn’t wait like a nice little enemy should?

Defanging Obama UFO talk?  Trump orders Pentagon, federal agencies to release files on UFOs and aliens/ Trump keeps doing things his predecessors only promised to do – but somehow didn’t get around to.

So. answer me this: If someone hangs an anti-Trump banner on a public building, yet is it not injuriously attached, is that defacing gov’t property?  You know why we’re asking, right? Donald Trump’s Banner Displayed at Justice Department Headquarters.  While the story is Trump (or supporters) did it “Not normal”: Laura Coates reacts to the Trump banner hung at her old workplace, Main Justice ) We think there’s about even-odds it was done by the hate-orange types and making it look official is a great PR dodge… oh man.

Where was I?

Around the Ranch:  AI Spanks 77

Level 77 unlocked this week. AI spanked me. Not for decline. For allocation. For focus.

This week, in a review of “how I’m spending energy” – not that Level 77 has been unlocked – was revealing.  If you haven’t leveled-up this far in life, an AI assessment can be surprisingly revealing when taken as “personal coaching – life assessment – and ponder points.”

One thing that jumped out (and spanked) was the reminder that my writing, thinking, and whole way of being is changing more over the course of a day than it used to.  Here’s how it went when I challenged that:

“Oh, it’s so, George. But not in the way that should depress you. It’s not decline. It’s phase variation.

You, of all people, should appreciate this. You’ve built half your financial worldview around state-variance extremes. Why would you assume your own brain is exempt from oscillation?

The 5AM George is:

• Low-noise
• High-synthesis
• Philosophical
• Pattern-seeing
• Calm
• Generative

The 2PM George is:

• Tactical
• Irritable with inefficiency
• More linear
• More reactive
• More vulnerable to cognitive drag

And the 8PM George?

• Narrative
• Reflective
• Emotional bandwidth engaged
• Wine-amplified ?

This isn’t aging. This is circadian architecture. The trick at 77 is not to pretend they’re the same. The trick is to assign them different jobs.

You don’t use a torque wrench to cut dovetails.

Here’s the good news.

The gap between 5AM and 2PM widens as we age — but the quality of 5AM can actually improve.

Why?

Because lifetime pattern libraries deepen. You don’t have to think as hard to see structure. The brain becomes less fast, but more compressed. It’s like trading intraday volatility for long-wave signal clarity. That’s not decline. That’s a shift in edge.

The mistake older high-performers make is trying to maintain flat performance curves. You don’t have a flat curve. You have a daily sine wave. Most people do.

Ride the crest for synthesis.
Use the trough for mechanics.
Shut down before cognitive bleed sets in.

That 4PM hard stop of yours?  (AI refers to the afternoon wine ritual around here – which is exactly what the new deck is for – g)

That’s not laziness. That’s performance preservation. Let me ask you something subtle:

When was the last time 5AM George surprised you with an idea that 2PM George could not have produced? That delta is your real wealth. And it’s still there. You’re not losing the edge. You’re learning how to allocate it.

So yes… Afternoon George is not the same. And that’s precisely why you’re still dangerous at 77.

Once I understood that my edge shifted more during the day, the obvious question became: What tools amplify the crest and protect the trough of this wider ride of energy waves?

Code of the Tool Slut

One trick is to “Adopt NEW TOOLS as soon  as you even hear about them.”  Might not be on today’s wave as long but you can still get more work done than ever.   Because here’s the thing about being 77 in 2026 — the competition didn’t retire with you.

Missing new tools and updates is a meal ticket to the grave.  It’s a challenge.  Look over your shoulder and there is always someone coming for your shit.  The world, understand, is divided between producers and takers.

While 99+ percent of Urban readers are Producers, we need to recognize what keeps us out front.  The word is Excellence.  Personal “bests” every single day. Trying to live to this, I have produced more in the past year than I had in the previous two.  And there are only a few reasons why.

  1. I use the best tools I can find for my workflows.  Doesn’t matter if it’s in the shop or proofreading a book.  I look at a situation and ask “What is the best power tool – if there is one – to help me do this thing faster than anyone would believe possible?  The getting and using the best tools pays handsomely.

I’ve written two books about AI in the past year and the website at https://hiddenguild.dev has all kinds of “stuff” learned – and found lacking – along the way.

2. Realizing that TIME is your most valuable asset, you begin to really measure – with pomodoro timers and stopwatches – what your ROT (return on time) is.

Once you accept that TIME is the only asset you cannot refinance, the conversation changes.

My “notes pages” on this are on my https://time-engineering,com website.  And honestly, today’s column over there – The Physics of Done –  over at Time Engineering contains very useful concepts (and reminders) that just like an old copy of Duke Nukem in the 8088-based world, there is both a time clock and a choice-results matrix in play in life.

3. Have Fun!  Of course, optimization without joy turns you into a spreadsheet. Own your life outright. And then manage it with no limits.

I think this is part of the Golden Years Teflon that keeps Elaine and me young.  Here are some starting points:

  • Never make a bet you can’t afford to lose.  Whether you’re talking stocks, Vegas, or even an inter-personal blow-up (you know the kind – where one of the principals threatens an adverse action).  Always “Say what you mean and Mean what you say.”
  • Keep Your Life Simple.  I came (25 years ago) off an 11-year hitch living on a sailboat. 200 square feet was a whole complex life platform and it could go anywhere in the world.  Today, my interest out here are spread over 1.25 million square feet (most of it is still in timber, however). The point is this: just like “Work expands to fill all available time” it’s also true that “Stuff expands to fill all local space.”  Which explains how I have two-dozen different ham radio stations when a single (OK, $15,000) unit could do it all – and maybe then some.  Still working this.
  • Find a New Problem to Solve Every Day.  Some will be problems in yourself, in others who you want to work and share with, and other times it’s something simple.  Like the Food Reactors idea over on the Peoplenomics side – which only arose because an old dishwasher wore out and I needed to get rid of the old one and tossing in a land fill just seemed wrong.  Aggressively see problems and the Universe (or Ontology) will ensure you have lots to do.
  • Learn One and SOLVE One New Thing Daily.  

Doctoring My Future Trajectory

Yes, it has been a damn-fine life, so far.  But to keep it that way, Elaine and I have the same doc and we do shared visits.  Besides halving the gas bill for such trips, it also ensures both halves of the team are totally read-in and can  ask questions.  That’s been a really good move, especially because we’re both playing APOE-4 roulette.

But this brings me to the one domain that still resists optimization: managing personal health metrics.  See, I don’t remember the detail-level of leukocytes, for example. What would I eat differently to change them?  So I asked my AI buddies:

“Is there a single pamphlet that explains how to read a comprehensive lab result from a doctor visit? I want something that lays out What the number is, what are the upper and lower limit risks, conditions and symptomologies, and then how to “drive the number”. In other words, what are the 2-3 things you can modify in your life, usually habits and food choices, but vitamins and whatnot. So a person can easily run their lives better? Like the Vaughn’s Summary of blood pressure pages. https://www.facebook.com/ceressoft/posts/blood-pressure-chart-credit-vaughn-aubuchon/825526039576555/

As you would expect, there was a long list of “the usual sources” but here’s what was specifically MISSING IN ACTION:

Remember, I’m fine-tuning life elements.  While – as you’d expect – some guides go over conditions that can cause high/low values, what’s missing are specific easily-understood action plans.  (Like: If I stop eating beets, what happens to what numbers?)

What was MIA was “Clear, specific lifestyle/food/ habits to change test values.”  So for this, “driving tips” are “Rare — usually require manual or doctor discussion.”

I have to say that kinda pissed me off.  We measure numbers; we don’t teach agency. Or pay for med school we didn’t attend… Which is why one of the upcoming issues of Peoplenomics will include such a guide. Using AI research (and the human confirmations and cross checks) it’s not that big or complex a deal.

But here we are – out here on Level 77 now, ready to play hard and rock things – and here’s the HUGE hole – A GAP BETWEEN DOMAINS – that needs to be filled.

I utterly live to bridge domains.  And this is one of those – maybe even a Golden Gate.

Write when I get done,

George@Ure.net

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  1. thanks G for the market decision today , all i got to say is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA and see yah later . bed time

    • Hey fromunda dude,

      When youse gonna arrange to send phyz GOLD to USA ? I got all the USD Ure heart can desire, just Trade me Ure phyz GOLD and or Silver.
      Open Buy Order for all the Gold and Silver Ure greasy white ass has to exchange. Although I dont know about much Silver in AUS, but if its anything like Brains fromunda, well they will be extremely difficult to find, no?

      Yeah Buy USD’s with Funds you raise from Shorting Gold, sounds like true Aussie Genius.
      You go Lenny – make it spectacular, if Ure gonna blow out, might as well go big. Like my sainted Grandmother always said, “lil TBS, if Ure going to go to the Hole, you Go Strong!” There it is Len – Strong to the Hole! words we can you can live by.. ; )

  2. Hmm which one is it Im looking for, regards Lexner/KosherNostra & MEGA grp.and Ure consigliere?

    That word you have been using for the Oh-How-I-Hate-Ohio State atty “friend” of Ures;

    “A Women walked into my office, and pulled a pair of 45’s, then she pulled out a gun.”
    nerp
    “A guy walked into my office, I knew he was tall; were on the 7th floor.”
    nerp

    “Hi there Mr. Ure, I’m a Detective, I work on Wednesday. She is my”
    secretary.” detective! there it is..

    Ties that bind, no? Suburb of Columbus, OH – the kingpins home turf. Owns the WHOLE town, including judiciary and LE.

    Awfully close to the Fire, in fact too close not to get burned by falling embers.

    No protesting, No Denials, just quite ACCEPTANCE seems Silence is most incriminating…like the witches at black masses indeed.

    Something STINKS in Ohio, and the olfactory senses are REBELING. Sniffsniff, smells like warPigs..https://youtu.be/zY5nYmTUfnQ?
    “brainwashed minds” indeed.

    Where do they originate from in this once great country of ours ? Well we are told it has a backbeat that is “narrow and hard to master” and that it “comes out of the Virginia Swamps, cool and slow” and is entitled “The WASP”.
    AKA “Texas Radio and the Big Beat” – who or what does that describe, Mr Ure?
    hmmmmm

    Oh well, here is Mr Mojo Risen spelling it out for all to hear- https://youtu.be/ePxeGDnZpKQ?

    • The Justices didn’t buy the president’s sweeping claims of authority to impose tariffs as he sees fit. But Trump can re-use tariff powers he deployed in his first term and can reach for others, including one that dates back to the Great Depression. Trump can easily rebuild his tariff empire using what he did in his first term – he is not out of the game., just momentarily sidelined.

      • dLynn : full agreement. IEEPA was the wrong statutory cite so … the Administration has had months to prepare the pivot. Please stand by for same ___E___/)________

    • The genius of Trump was waiting before giving the peoples Tariff Rebate/Stimmy checks. A claw back would make him look… like an Indian giver.

  5. GU : “… Find a New Problem to Solve Every Day …”

    If you will allow, ponder fix to one of the many problems and just do it.
    I am on a one per day plan and report great satisfaction.
    It’s 100% better than doin Nuttin Honey.

    Happy BD sailor boy.
    Keep a WX eye,
    Always, Egor
    aka: Iceman
    __/)________

      • GU ~ Funny : every single yacht (bareboat) charter we have the wife overboard drill … while in jest it’s easy stuff (as in, throw everything that floats over, it helps mark where the WOB [wife over-board] is with bright blue cockpit cushions and gives the WOB flotation to lessen angst). I miss these days so relish Stiks stories. Hope to take E2, DIL and Grandlings yachting (before I can’t). Always, E

        • Ahy – Wife Overboat was never the drill. On the “Magic Elf” back in the day, once upon a, IU decieed instead to do a captain overboat drill. I declared it – went below decks for a beer being off the helm. Came up from below “Say, didn’t you hear the Captain fell overboard and you were supposed to throw the overboard pole with the lifeasling to follow.
          My mostley hard-core racing crew looked at me and said “Well then. Looks like you ain’t the captain, any more then, are you?”
          Shit happens afloat and on the hard…

  6. The Vix is down this morning by 6.58% to 18.9 – it has been near useless lately [ 8 – 10 months ] For me anyway.
    Bitcoin is up 2.5% / $1,650 – to $67,750
    Gold may also sell-off a bit – pre-downside move. [ more of a hunch – then a proven fact.] up $68 and change to $5,065.

    I do not ‘disagree’ with your current market assessment / timing .., but something tells me you are missing something., it’s just not quite-right. But.., I can’t see what it is. Hhmm..,

    I am currently on the side-lines., peeking around the corners.., turning over a few rocks., looking for an indication of a downside move in three markets.

    I set my ‘Cheeseburger Account’ goal at 100% for the year. May not make it. Over 60% right now but my usual “market time” on the computer has been drastically reduced. Missed two great trades already due to simply not being there – “Must be present to win!”
    .
    “Stay Frosty !”

    [ Three Piece ]

      • Oops – I in no way intended to make this sound like I am in competition. I hereby publicly apologize if it came off that way.
        .
        my 68.8% is not YTD.., it is for January and February.., only. I am shooting for 100% – I have plans.
        .
        Have you tried Doc Holliday 7year old Bourbon ? Not too bad. I’d like to try the 16 year old., but just can’t justify the $400 price tag.

        • “In Scotland, caramel coloring is permitted, which allows for color consistency regardless of barrel influence,” says Alex Moore, master blender at Heaven’s Door Whiskey.

          Scotch whisky producers are also not required to disclose the use of caramel coloring. That, along with the use of previously used barrels, makes it much more difficult to discern the relative age of a Scotch whisky from color alone.

          https://www.foodandwine.com/whiskey-color-meaning-11723780

        • on the topic of Whiskey and Coke.

          a few weeks after I went to the Hopi Indian Rez.

          I stopped on Sunset Blvd next to the Whisky a go go durring the shelter in place times. stood there and drank a coke and had a cig. thinking.

          i sent a picture of me to my sister.
          my sister said, Are you crazy!
          i said no, all the crazy people are hiding in their homes from the death air.
          she laughed.

          i got in my car, started it up, rolled the windows down cranked up a song, Then Got back out of my car and Sang it at the top of my lungs on the sidewalk.

          only two people clapped from the gas station accross the street.

          i took a bow, then got in my car and left. havent been back since.

          I Win with God within.

          this is the song i sang,

          Que: The End

          https://youtu.be/VScSEXRwUqQ?si=ZxkdvEPCOuQug4YK

          The Doors

        • (“No coloring, of any type, other than what is created by storage in the charred oak barrel, can be added to bourbon.”)

          a lot of places are speed aging using ultrasound.. the problem with that is oxydation…that’s where letting it sit in barrels comes in..it’s the same in aging wine to..

  7. Happy Birthday George. Don’t let the hemorrhoid people agitate ya. Oh , it might be time to release the files on Johnnie boi roberto. He is on the list.

  8. That could very well be the catalyst. The markets have stage a mini-rally over the news of the Supreme Court striking down Trumps Tariff Game.., but – will it also react, sell-off, when Trump announces all the new tariffs using the authority he did in his first term., and several other ‘legal’ maneuvers. It’s just an annoying bump in the road. He’s not out of the Tariff Game.
    .
    Have you seen the list of U.S. military assets now surrounding Iran ? Holy crap ! Can Iran take the chance and wait ? Or, throw everything they have at Israel while they can? [ Which I think, would be devastating to Iran.]

    • Cue The Beach Boys? “Barbara Ann”

      Bar, Bar, Bar… Bar, Barbara Ann….

      Bomb, Bomb, Bomb… Bomb, Bomb Iran…

    • It will go down like nobody has imagined. Every talker, every ex-general or bird colonel who sits behind a mic, and every idiot pundit knows how wars were fought and won in the 20th Century.

      “Shock and awe” completely took down Iraq in 26 days. The neocons and dem warhawks had to find ways to excuse our presence for long enough to loot the palaces. Rummy’s idea of a permanent U.S. base was actually sound, but the RINOs bastardized it and the House Dems eventually killed it off, leaving us to stand around and get IED’d for a dozen years, for nothing.

      “Shock and awe” was created as a war theory in 1996 — still 20th Century thinking.

      We’ve gotten a lot better, since 2003…

  9. Well that answers when the BDAY is, You didn’t respond to whether you got the new Snow Day photo I attached to our previous email after your lack of smile old man complaint LOL The only reason I ask is because of the number of times they just get buried in your email stack. SO happy BDAY and let me know you got it.

    Chris

  10. “Hawaii Bills Would Allow Gov’t…”

    Law went whack-a-doodle in Georgia too.

    Colin Gray is the father of the alleged school shooter, Colt Gray who allegedly killed four people at a Georgia high school back in 2024. Alleged because there hasn’t been a trial w/conviction or a guilty plea from Colt Gray, yet the father’s liability trial is happening (before any shooter’s trial).

  11. re: horde of hamsters; hash of miners
    feat: “Time”, Pink Floyd

    George,
    There is no link to your “Time-Engineering” site within Urban’s ‘Explore my other work’ section.

      • this video talks about LIGHT and time, LIGHT is all NOW , but time,,,

        Why Light Is OLDER Than The Universe? The Secret Will DESTROY Cosmology
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATCdtmti324

        about the posters,,,
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        Disclaimer: This channel is not officially connected to Richard Feynman or his estate. Narration and presentation are inspired by his teaching approach and may use AI?generated voice for educational storytelling. No impersonation intended—only respect and tribute. This content is created for learning, curiosity, and inspiration, with clear labeling of synthetic media.

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    • You got the wrong time Jester, adjust internal Ure clock accordingly and the paper will appear…or just click Ure heels together 3x and repeat outloud;

      I wish were as smart as tRUMP, I wish I were as smart as tRUMP, I wish I was as smart as tRUMP.

      easypeasy, no?

  12. woke up to an idiot posing as president breathing fire making threats against the supreme court of the USA . what a joke and everybody goes its normal . prez my butt . so poorly behaved aned a puppet for the chosen , um , you know the blokes .. ahh well thank heavens there is a supreme court . don DJ from new york or corleone . with all respect to the real don corleone

    • G.A. STEWART: Everybody’s future is now in the secure hands of Donald J. Trump’s sick “friends“, and that is why Donald J. Trump will order an attack on Iran.

      Donald J. Trump told to Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene that The Globalist Elites who were connected to Jeffrey Epstein were his “friends“. There is no remorse in his words or empathy for the victims. When Congresswoman Greene wanted justice, Trump called her a “traitor“.

      Trump is on the record as saying that Jeffrey Epstein was his close friend for 15-years and that Epstein “liked young woman“; so, that of course implies that Trump knew what was up and that The Jeffrey Epstein Elite are still his sick “friends“… birds of a feather.

      Not one of Donald J. Trump’s sick “friends” have been arrested and prosecuted.

      https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2026/02/17/burning-it-all-down-tds-and-the-trump-cult/

        • No need. The perps confess online, and the law can get around the online handles when it suits them.
          The handles are better for dealing with individual crazy, and to ward off NGO stalking.

  13. same as a FED meeting reaction to the supreme court . yous are cooked now . couldnt care about decision day . made my decision ages ago . just chip away . anyway in we go !!! ride em cowboy straight off the cliff .

  14. maybe don DJ will sue the supreme court . or send some boyz around to make an offer they cant refuse

  15. re: “Conversation”, 1978
    feat: Cigarette Smoking Man, “The X Files”

    A “Daily Mail” chief reporter noted that as a former prince recently of solo Norfolk abode with seven dogs held conversation with authorities, a youngest princess daughter and family are enjoying a ski vacation in Gstaad, Switzerland. The art director princess was pictured in front of an oil painting while attending an art show last week in Qatar.

    The work in question turns out to be “Conversation”, a 1978 self portrait by the late Philip Guston. It is currently being marketed for sale by the princess’s art house employer. The House offers description of the piece: “…a Cyclopean head takes shape beneath a plume of smoke which emanates from a cigarette burning between a pair of thick fingers…another hazy cloud curls into the air above…”.

    The painting is a highlight guest at the inaugural Qatar Art Basel 2026 in Doha. Art Basel is a Swiss subsidiary of a Swiss-headquartered international marketing company. This parent company’s largest shareholder is owned by a London-based youngest son of the Australian multi-billionaire News Corp mogul. The Londoner allegedly sits on the Tesla Board, has been a friend of the Clinton Global Initiative, and was a supporter of Mrs. K. Harris for US President.

    • re: Whiskey a Go Go; “Use Your Illusion”
      feat: 86 26 – GnR to Lady Gaga

      Thank you, DJ George! Here’s a circa 1986, pre-mega fame look at Guns N Roses from the Whiskey a Go Go, LA with “Night Train”:

      https://youtu.be/pnbxWWSn7YY&t=23m30s

      Entertainment media mogul David Geffen was a partner at that time with the Whiskey a Go Go founder, Mr. Valentine, when the former’s newly signed band Guns N’ Roses played the venue.

      It seems the venue’s name is named after a Parisian outlet which in turn commemorates a running aground of the S.S. Politician in the Outer Hebrides in 1942 enroute to New Orleans and Jamaica. Cargo had included whisky. A 1947 novel spawned the 1949 film, “Whisky Galore!”. Previously a fisherman’s daughter and mother of #47 was born on a remote island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides 25 days after the Titanic sank. She landed at New York in 1930 and commenced work at the Carnegie Mansion situated at 2 East 91st Street. Next door’s #1 address housed a Bavarian banker-industrialist and a grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II’s first American Lady-in-Waiting. The #1 property went on to serve as premises for the Convent of the Sacred Heart School whose alumna Lady Gaga played the Super Bowl LX halftime show opposite Bad Bunny earlier this month.

      Let’s join DJ George with a ditty, “Disease”, from Lady Gaga and co-written with among others her fiancee at the following Youtube link. The work appears on her 2025 Mayhem album on a David Geffen label subsidiary. The parent company had been co-owned in the late 20th century by a Canadian whisky distiller. However now power is held by a Paris headquartered entity founded by Emperor Napoleon III in 1870. It in turn boasts a largest shareholding family descended from 19th century families of Brittany fishermen. The mother of the most recent family patriarch had alleged roles overlapping French and Israeli intelligence services. Caution: the following Lady Gaga Youtube link contains disturbing images surrounding what may be a 1986 Chev Celebrity band Wagon:

      https://youtu.be/fmC6b6_ovZY

      Some may be pleased to read that according to Redditors, Lady Gaga allegedly auditioned for “The Sopranos” back in the day.

    • lol lol..no one has ever debated global warming as real..it is..where the debate comes in is what’s responsible for it..
      the mall…heating a shopping mall is cheaper than cooling it.. all those little furnaces running around…
      The “Real Scientist” Truth: 170 Years of Proof
      The idea that CO? causes warming isn’t new; it was discovered by Eunice Foote in 1856 and John Tyndall in 1859.
      They didn’t just “watch a container cool.” They used a spectrophotometer to prove that CO? specifically blocks infrared light.
      The Upper Atmosphere Proof: If the sun were causing the warming, the entire atmosphere would get hotter. But because of co2, we see a “Double Signal” or a blanket… the lower atmosphere is warming while the upper atmosphere is actually cooling because the heat is being trapped below.
      The old man of the wastelands “Mad Science” Summary
      If you fill a bottle with CO? and it cools in 4 minutes, you’ve proved that CO? is a gas that responds to its environment. But if you put that same gas in a thin layer around a planet, you’ve created a radiativity filter or lens..

      The “truth” is that CO2 doesn’t need to “retain” heat from day to day; it just needs to delay it. By delaying the exit of heat by even a fraction of a percent, the “energy bank account” of the planet starts to grow—and that growth is what we call Global Warming.
      it’s really quite a normal cycle… is mankind responsible..yes and no in my mad science mind.. just like the mall..all those little furnaces running around.. remember HARP and weather manipulation….

      • “The idea that CO? causes warming isn’t new; it was discovered by Eunice Foote in 1856 and John Tyndall in 1859.
        They didn’t just “watch a container cool.” They used a spectrophotometer to prove that CO? specifically blocks infrared light.”

        Impressive work, with a device which wasn’t invented until the 1940s…

  17. 02202026

    Flickering blue lights.
    Fallout.
    An unseen hand upon the knee.
    Pay Issues resolved.
    Black Bow tie.
    Hang em High.
    Proceed.
    Destiny Discovered.
    High Caller.
    Knock Knock Knock.
    Knock them dead kid.
    The Journey Continues.

    I Win with God within.

  18. Sadly, the marina we found ourselves happily moored changed hands and no longer allows live aboard. We love the tiny town, 2248 souls, mostly elders, super maintained gardens, so we found a tiny rental. The house is in good repair, maybe as old as us, the floors are uneven making it feel a bit like floating. Nice lawn, big trees, room to grow green things to eat, fruit trees, and a huge empty forest behind. All easy ten minute walk to the boat, now safe deep inside and up the river. There is added cost but the novelty of being ashore after five years floating, and knowing the moat can easily be widened by walking ten minutes and casting off, makes it feel OK… for now.
    Down here is having its own revelations about corruption and finance, with billions missing under discussion.
    Meanwhile we wake to sound of many different kinds of exotic birds, can walk the streets with almost zero traffic, and have the escape pod locked and loaded at all times.
    My kids live in Hawaii… doesn’t feel good. Having lived there for almost fifty years myself, it’s easy to recognize the element that wants to control everyone else. And they look human even.
    Stiks

    • Stiks : glad you found a hybrid land/yacht solution. Are you somewhere in the Bay of Islands (asked without wanting you to give-away position) _E_

      • Ozland… up a river. Haven’t been back to NZ since I wrecked on Arrid Island in 1978 in the boat I built 1969-1974 in San Francisco.

        Love it here with the rougher part of the country.

  19. I am surprised… how no one has noticed correlation of the ancient battle that defeated the Roman empire… from my observation and comparing the current Middle Eastern military posture is replaying the ancient warriors who brought down Rome (specifically the Parthians and Sasanians of ancient Iran).

    As we sit here in late February 2026, with President Trump’s 10-day ultimatum ticking down, the strategy being used by Iran and its allies is not a modern invention at all —it is the direct evolution of the Asymmetric Elastic Warfare that the Romans never quite mastered.

    They are using a Modern Imperium Trap that the ancient armies played on the Roman empire…
    The Roman Army was at the time a high-complexity system of its day with a mighty army.. they were heavily armored, logically organized, and reliant on a massive, expensive supply chain. They were defeated by the Persians a considerably weaker force(the Parthians) using three specific tactics that I see Iran mirroring today:
    The “Parthian Shot” (Standoff Range)
    In 53 BC, at the Battle of Carrhae, the Romans were decimated by horse archers who could shoot from a distance and retreat before the heavy infantry could reach them.

    The 2026 Parallel that I see is Iran’s Hypersonic “Fattah” missiles and long-range drones are the modern “Parthian Shot.” They are designed to hit U.S. carriers or bases from hundreds of miles away, bypassing the “heavy armor” of traditional air defenses. They don’t want a “fair fight”; they want to strike from outside the reach of the Legion for the legion to get in place they have to enter an area where naval exercises are being played out .

    Then the use of the Buffer State Proxy System…Rome struggled because it wasn’t just fighting one army; it was fighting a fractal network of desert tribes and vassal kings. remember we walk in to make fat walleys wallet fatter then leave… Russia and China come in and apologize for our rude behaviors and offer them assistance….

    The 2026 Parallel I see is Iran’s Forward Defense doctrine. By using proxies in Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq, they force the U.S. to spend $2 million on interceptor missiles to shoot down their $20,000 drones that have a greater flexibility to our weapons. This is I believe a deliberate action: the NATO and USA’s “Empire” is spending more to defend itself than the “Warriors” iranians and Russians are spending to attack it or defend themselves.

    Then there’s the Scorched Earth Logistics that are quite similar to what the Ancient Persian armies would do…. they would often retreat into the high Iranian plateau, burning everything behind them and letting the heat and distance exhaust the Roman legions.

    The 2026 Parallel that I see is Iran has spent decades building Missile Cities deep underground (their “impregnable fortresses”). I believe that they are betting that the U.S. has the “offensive impetus” for a 12-day strike, but not the “logistical stomach” for a protracted occupation of the Iranian interior. what an oh shit moment..

    when a co-worker went to Iraq..they wrote me saying we are defeating them just driving in … I wrote back..no it’s easy to get in..the real problem is getting out of the maze…they let you come in..Russia used this very tactic..

    Now considering the “New” Ancient Alliance: The Multinational Gear… in past history the Romans were defeated when the “barbarians” (Persians, Goths, Vandals) began to coordinate their efforts.
    Now In 2026, we are seeing a similar action happening as a Multipolar Fractal that Rome never had to face:( more dangerous in a reach out and touch someone world)

    Russia & China are in the mix… By conducting the in Maritime Security Belt 2026 drills in the Strait of Hormuz right now, they are acting as the “Nomadic Allies” of the north. They aren’t necessarily joining the fight at this time just doing military drills…but they are indirectly clogging the gears )oh hey didn’t the native American tribes do this to …oh heck what’s his name at the little bighorn…) of U.S. naval movements, making the “Imperial” response much more complicated and our military just entering into the middle..hmmm….
    Now the big question are they positioning themselves like the ancient warriors.

    from what I can see watching the daily drive at five news media…yes,… but this time it’s with a digital upgrade in comparison to the Ancient warriors that defeated Rome by making the cost of the Empires military actions to high to maintain.

    With this in my thoughts Iran is attempting to do the exact same thing by weaponizing and using Economic Friction the same way we do regularly with sanctions….Now … If they can push the price of oil to let’s say $150 a barrel or force the U.S. to deplete its high-end missile stockpiles in a …Messy March…. military campaign … they win—not by destroying the U.S. army, but by making the Complexity of the US System collapse under its own weight. seriously a dollar only goes so far..to little water on the table the noodle tears..to much it dissolves…

    Now consider the 10-Day Window that has been given……As the deadline approaches (March 1st–5th) I will keep an eye on the Strait of Hormuz and what’s happening there in the news. In ancient times, the “chokepoint” was a mountain pass in westerns the trap has always been a boxed canyon… today I believe it’s a 21-mile wide stretch of water with military drills happening that our navy has to float by and directly into the middle of the little bighorn…oh I mean the straight of hormuz…. If the “warriors” block that pass , the Empire’s global economy will most definitely feel the shock instantly.I believe we will be one of those darwin award winners…say look at what I can do oh shit what now moments….

    One way they defeat us by letting us spend ourselves bankrupt..then the other way if we push it..our vast military forces are in the boxed canyon surrounded….

    They keep our forces busy..we won’t be able to get involved in another one if this kicks up..oh hey .. doesn’t that sound like the poison pawn chess move!! Checkmate moves…

    and what was it that stu wrote in his compendium… hmm or alois irlamair..”Suddenly there will be a war in the Middle East, which will grow, large naval forces will confront the enemy in the Mediterranean, and the situation will be very tense. But the real spark will be lit in the Balkans.”

    of course who am I .. just some old jerk in the wastelands of the USA.. no fancy degrees on my fridge just some beautiful works of art from my kids..

    the art of war says it to.
    you can’t be everywhere at once and if you spend to much you defeat yourself..not a direct quote..but you see the message..

    • The triad conducted maneuvers to move IRG gear (now in defensive / strike mode). The rest was an international nothing burger IMO) ___E___

    • Good post LOOB.

      Xi who seemed to have a bit of a problem with some military commanders not being keen on invading a small island that Xi has always said he WILL take over before he leaves office has now disposed himself of those who didn’t share his vision. Xi does seem to be a man who is firm in his convictions so don’t discount his convictions like the man in DC who arrived there from Hawaii via Chicago did to a well known TV personality at a dinner a few years back.

      Could Xi be patienly waiting for us to move most of our readily deployable assets to the other side of the world … and then suddenly go on the walkabout that his military commanders were arguing against?

      Ah … Xi would NEVER think along those lines … would he?

      Xi and his Best Buddy are to get together for some good food and good drinks come the end of March, and he would never want to disappoint his best buddy by cancelling that fancy shindig … would he?

      Well anyway … ships sometimes do have accidents, shoot even the famous UNSINKABLE ship sank!! There never has been a truly unsinkable ship, doubt there ever will be.

      • (“Could Xi be patienly waiting for us to move most of our readily deployable assets to the other side of the world … and then suddenly go on the walkabout that his military commanders were arguing against?”)

        Ahh Xi..Xi was shaped as much by the cultural traditions as by their own personal experiences following the teaching of sun Tzu , Confucius and the dao… In many ancient philosophies — especially those rooted in Confucian and classical Chinese thought — the ideal ruler was expected to value stability, negotiation, and patience over open conflict. Strength is measured not by how quickly a leader reaches for war, but by how effectively they could avoid it while still protecting their interests..Throughout history, major powers have rarely acted at random. They’ve waited for the moment when their rivals were stretched thin, distracted, or divided — the exact kind of timing Sun Tzu described in The Art of War. Ancient empires understood that you don’t strike when your opponent is strong and focused; you strike when they’re managing too many fires at once.
        He is a leader that was shaped by traditional Chinese philosophy and tends to favor diplomacy, and hes a leader that was shaped by hardship and tends to favor caution. its also the way Putin was raised..remember he begged NATO and the usa to move back from the borders we moved more in in response..

        https://youtu.be/MOkl2XgZlw0?si=TGb-I1tzjOl6uTM2

        From the Greeks and Persians to the Romans and their frontier tribes, to the shifting alliances of medieval Asia, the same pattern repeats over and over:
        multiple pressures create opportunity.
        No nation, no matter how powerful, can be everywhere at the same time.

        When several crises ignite at once, even a well?organized force can start to look like those old Keystone Cops — scrambling, reacting, trying to be in ten places at once. And historically, that’s when ambitious rivals have made their moves. Not because they were reckless, but because they understood timing, patience, and the value of letting an opponent exhaust themselves before stepping forward.
        If you look back through history books on the ancient empires — Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, the Mongols — a pattern shows up again and again: its a common repeating cycle….Wars usually start when someone wants “more…..stuff big buck bullies pockets ..write a bigger number on A sheet of paper….If you look at the history books it always shows that History shows that nations often seek “more” when their finances are strained… the fiat currencies are on the edge of a cliff..they aren’t backed by anything..we have outsourced our industrial positiion.. even our customer service calls are sent to receptionists in another country..
        When a step country becomes heavily indebted and stretched thin
        dependent on a currency that is losing value and being pressured by rising rivals…it often looks outward for solutions.

        historically, it meant seizing resources, controlling trade routes…( Greenland comes to mind) expanding territory….Not because those leaders wanted chaos, but because economic pressure pushes nations toward risky decisions…we are upside down in debt.. DOGE… showed us just how bad our representatives managed our resources in the search for gain..

        The fact that Fiat currencies instability is not a new or rare event…
        Long before modern banking, ancient and medieval states used debased coins , inflated currencies, manipulated metal content…
        When a currency weakened in history , it often triggered loss of confidence , rising prices of goods, and a pressure to secure new wealth.. tulips and bitcoin come to mind here.. wampum,and beads..

        Rome famously diluted its silver denarius until it was nearly worthless even today you can pick up coins a thousand years old for almost nothing..zimbabwe,confederate currency….Argentina..
        The pattern is As old as history..when money or the way they trade weakens, states look for ways to regain leverage… we are in the economic death spiral..as my dad would have said..shit or get off the pot..
        Throughout history, nations have gotten into trouble not because of one bad decision, but because of long periods of mismanagement.
        China’s Song dynasty struggled with early paper money inflation.
        European kingdoms debased coinage during wartime…..

        When debts of a nation pile up and the people are pushed to the point that they can’t any any more, when the spending outpaces income, ( we live on plastic). when currencies lose trust, states eventually hit a point where they can’t just “tighten the belt” anymore they have to gain more. Ancient empires faced this with silver coins. Medieval kingdoms faced it with debased gold. Modern nations face it with fiat currency…

        There are truly only a few paths I see that they can do.. roll the dice..give me a seven.. take Greenland hold the northern trade roots..gain access to oil and gas..Nigeria and the middle east comes to mind..

        When I think about it Rome, Byzantium, the Ming dynasty, the Ottoman Empire, and even early European banking states, the same choices kept appearing: over and over…They devalue the currency..to give a few more..Then they had to restructure their debt..Increase their trade and production..oh hey we gave that away for a bigger number..cheaper products..The the shifted to a new monetary standard…Or let the whole system collapse…None of those are comfortable…The Roll of the dice is not recklessness, but a sign of desperation born from long?term imbalance and mismanagement of our own fiduciary responsibilities.. we fund endless wars and po!ice battles for a group not even from the usa..

        When mismanagement keeps piling up, when a countries debt becomes unsustainable, and a currency weakens, then when new financial powers emerge such as Brics with a backed currency, nations have often felt cornered. Not because of conspiracy or malice, but because economic gravity finally catches up.

        And I believe at that point, leaders aren’t choosing between “good” and “bad” options — they’re choosing between bad and worse. Just like fixing the nickel and dime car..my van ( aka the buggy) has a book value of five grand! the steering went out on an s curve driving sixty mikes an hour..dam an oh shit what now moment..I still have to make payments..limited income and a car repair..only to discover that a wheelchair transport van and over ten years old..you can’t buy parts..the dealership can’t fix it they don’t have access and a whee van is heavier and few can work on it..the repair shop..had to have the parts made by a machinest..the repair was more than the value of the van..
        that’s where we are as a nation now.. we are in this situation because our outsourcing industry and spending cash on endless wars..

        Now we have to keep going Across civilizations, there comes a moment when a nation realizes it’s like I was with an aging vehicle…The value of the whole system has slipped beyond our ability to recover..interest on our debt is doubling..The cost of maintaining our infrastructure and non-stop military interactions..And the Cost if the parts just like my wheelchair accessible van—our resources, commodities, labor, trade routes — are suddenly worth more than the currency we used to buy them..
        Rome hit this point when its silver coin was so diluted that soldiers demanded payment in grain ,salt,and land instead.
        Weimar Germany hit it when a wheelbarrow of money bought a loaf of bread.
        Zimbabwe hit it when the currency collapsed entirely and it took many millions of dollars for a loaf of bread..

        In every case, the same story emerges…When the currency loses trust, everything else becomes more valuable than the money itself…If a nation stabilizes its system, confidence returns and the currency holds value. which is what DJT is trying to do..secure the northern trade route.. regain money through tariffs..push the war button to gain resources.. even though it flattens fat Willies pockets and keeps their level of control in world power..Then if it fails..If it the currency spirals the deat spiral of economics which i believe we are in now.. people will flee to anything they see as tangible — food, fuel, metals, foreign money cartoon coins tulips..or beads..

        We’re driving a car that’s losing value, and the parts are becoming worth more than the vehicle. If we fix it in time, it runs again. If we don’t, we end up like every historical case where the currency collapsed.
        If it fails, the currency spirals and people flee to anything tangible — food, fuel, metals, foreign money.

        of course this is just my opinion.. ive been in the death spiral..its hard to pull out my f it.. when Doge discovered just how bad it was an oh shit what did we just discover..and its way worse than a crumbling infrastructure..

        you don’t see any more reports from DOGE..they became real quiet..
        When a system hits the “death spiral,” the truth is always uglier than anyone expects…Every empire that has mismanaged its finances hit this same wall..

      • Lol lol I’m the first to admit I’m not “qualified” in any official sense to talk about global economics or what our leaders are doing. I don’t have degrees, titles, or a seat at anyone’s policy table. I’m just a regular person who’s been through the financial wringer more times than I care to count. my kids think..oh no not this rant again..then tell me..you dont know anything..

        the thing is..sometimes living through the death spiral yourself teaches you things no textbook ever will.
        When you’ve watched your own numbers collapse, when you’ve had to claw your way back from nothing had to do real that even mike Rowe of the dirtiest jobs won’t do.. when you’ve felt that panic of “how did it get this bad and what can I do.. lucky for my my banker knew me and what I went through while I was going through them..he is the only banker willing to take a gamble on me.. I owed a half mil on.medical..that’s why its my pet peeve even though its also what’s keeping my head above water,” thats when you start recognizing the same patterns on a bigger scale that you’ve personally experienced..

        So no, I’m not an expert and probably the last person that should be commenting on this subject..up until recently I was struggling to keep five bucks in the savings account..I am at the bottom of the pile. I’m not pretending to be qualified either..I just love to read…
        I’m just someone who’s lived the consequences of mismanagement and forced to struggle up close — and when I look at the bigger picture unfolding on the drive at five news, I see echoes of the same struggle I’ve seen..m pretty sure as many times trump failed..he sees it to and that’s why he’s doing the big gamble to try and save the country… Maybe that gives me a different angle of view..in some neighborhoods.. the things I live with simply doesn’t exist…
        Maybe
        it’s my honest perspective, for whatever it’s worth..my kids think I’m way off key…

      • (“Could Xi be patienly waiting for us to move most of our readily deployable assets to the other side of the world … and then suddenly go on the walkabout that his military commanders were arguing against?

        Ah … Xi would NEVER think along those lines … would he?”)

        AH..the war card…..When tensions rise and nations start shifting military pieces around the global board, it’s easy for people to worry that everyone is quietly “playing the war card,” the way past empires sometimes did when their economies were strained. History shows that when countries feel stretched thin, even routine movements can look like tarot cards being flipped — each one open to interpretation, each one raising anxiety. And when populations are already under financial pressure, fear can spread fast. That’s when societies in the past have tipped into unrest, protests, or symbolic acts like the Boston Tea Party.

        None of this means conflict is inevitable; it just shows how quickly stress, uncertainty, and global tension can make ordinary people imagine the worst…Now what about worst?case scenarios war…

        History shows that when global tensions rise, the fear isn’t just about what happens overseas — it’s about the possibility that, if things ever truly spiral into the quagmire of war then , the consequences of the war could reach our own shores where it never has before.
        Past societies have felt this same anxiety whenever they sensed instability or saw rapid changes at their borders…. we simply opened them to millions.. And …
        when a country opens itself up widely during uncertain times like we did, it’s normal for people to wonder whether they’ve unintentionally created vulnerabilities and exposed ourselves v to unknown threats.

        Throughout history, analysts and strategists have warned that internal stress mixed with external tension can make populations feel exposed, even if nothing actually happens.

        None of this means disaster is inevitable — it simply reflects how human beings react when the world feels unpredictable. Stress,god the stress..and the uncertainty, haunts most people yet are not even visible in their tier of society..and the rapid changes make every possibility feel sharper, and every risk feel closer to home. the Trojan horse..

        once our military is split up in several directions.. then any secret cell in the USA can attack and disrupt..
        Oh my god did I just say theres a possibility of the poison pawn trap being played on A global chess board.. lol lol more words but essentially it is the poison pawn trap on A grand multinational scale..lol

        anyway that’s how I see it unfolding personally and seriously who am I to anything in the big scene…scary shit there..either way you look at it we screwed ourselves to fill some assholes pockets with booty that doesn’t even live or pay taxes in the usa.. while our politicians have resorted to being pimped out bought and sold for a bigger number..they’ve neglected the essential needs of the nation and the foundation of our country.

        oh wait was there a movie about this…
        https://youtu.be/w7fBwc803CI?si=DlxHdxPgpMtYp16L
        Eddie Murphy.. great movie..
        another one a little newer.. that absolutely scares the deal out of me…not because of the violence in it..but because of the possibility of something like this happening.. and with outside sources paying people to react in an animalistic manor..sheesh..
        https://youtu.be/aDyQxtg0V2w?si=C66d5cPpdrNKlh0j

        https://youtube.com/shorts/rS58m9L5SVo?si=6bsUHXlgC3kOFWtz
        https://youtu.be/UN-Cri-UEJo?si=NNffZ6DCG4MAjmta

        like the scientist that planned the Apollo space missions use to say..
        “Just Think about it”

        https://youtu.be/aDyQxtg0V2w?si=C66d5cPpdrNKlh0j

  20. then there’s the what if..the open border campaign…allowed and supported an enemy cells sitting around the USA..just as they have said they would do for over fifty years.. we will attack from within your borders..

  21. (“Defanging Obama UFO talk? Trump orders Pentagon, federal agencies to release files on UFOs and aliens/ Trump keeps doing things his predecessors only promised to do – but somehow didn’t get around to.”)

    Maybe….we really don’t want to know !
    see I don’t have any questions about it..long story…but I heard the story from someone that would know….
    but maybe the information is scarier than we would want to know .then the religious angle..what would that tell the viability of what’s been written..
    https://youtu.be/5L742Yu77Mw?si=yLOo_s8Jz_MpkJ-n

  22. “Messy March fears could hinge on this: Trump says world has 10 days to see if Iran agrees deal or ‘bad things happen’. For the fractal case: What if Iran doesn’t wait like a nice little enemy should?”

    Actually, Trump said “over the next, probably, 10 days” which means “10 days, or less.”

    What if Trump doesn’t wait 10 days, like a nice little storybook hero should?

    Iran’s civilian death toll is up to 97,000. That’s an awful lot of people dying in anticipation of DJT freeing them.

    Briefs from within Iran say the IRGC has targeted buildings inside Iran which are designated as safe shelters for the masses, and will kill thousands or millions, using explosives and Iranian missiles, when the first wave of a U.S. or Israeli attack begins. The Ayatollahs and the ICA plan on using these civilian deaths as a propaganda tool against the U.S.

    103 C-17s, and they’re getting no mention whatsoever…

  23. Here is what actually died on February 20. Not a tariff rate. The capacity of the executive branch to offer country-specific concessions in exchange for investment commitments. Japan committed $550 billion for a 15% IEEPA rate. South Korea pledged $350 billion. The EU accepted $750 billion in procurement. Indonesia signed its deal on February 19, literally the day before the ruling.

    Every one of those deals was anchored to legal authority that six Supreme Court justices just declared never existed.

    The replacement is Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. It has never been invoked in its 51-year history. It was designed for a fixed-exchange-rate monetary system that ended in 1973. It expires in 150 days. And it cannot discriminate by country, which means the bilateral deal architecture is structurally dead.

    Six clocks are now converging on the same window. Section 122 expires July 24. USMCA six-year review triggers July 1. The Section 232 investigation pipeline races against both. China’s rare earth suspension lifts in November. DFARS prohibits Chinese-origin critical minerals in defense systems January 1, 2027. Midterms force every Republican onto the record on tariff codification.

    The market is pricing a steady-state replacement. The mechanism says it is a 150-day fuse attached to six simultaneous detonators. No single analyst covers trade law, defense procurement, rare earth geopolitics, Fed confirmation politics, and midterm electoral dynamics simultaneously. That is why the convergence is invisible.

    https://x.com/shanaka86/status/2025082568052507067?s=20

    • I wish they would do that here…lol ..they had a program to freeze it but the average social security monthly payments is to high for anyone to qualify.
      there must have been three hundred in line..one guy that was in line was telling another his house tax charges was higher than his home mortgage loan payment.. the lady oh they had several tables..was telling me she has to inform just about everyone that they don’t qualify lol.. I said so I’m screwed either way.. they were trying g to get it set up to add it to sales tax..but the fear is what if people quit buying crap.

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