Um…humor the Old Man. Give him a chance to roll out the rewrite of past lectures to you – ill0prepared – journalists who are trying to become famous. The advice?
“Don’t write stupid.”
Some examples? Sure.
Let’s kick off with Trump falsely accuses Harris campaign of fabricated AI crowd photos. The problem here is that the source (WaPo) has seemingly abandoned the “old standards” of reportage. Under these, the reporter(s) – and the headline writers in the closet – ought to be writing what happened. Before the Ascension of the Nanny State, people (as in We The) were presumed to be bright-enough to guess that the claim was typical Trump hyperbole. I mean, if the headline was “Trump accuses…” But the addition of judgement (and they have no way of 100 percent disproving the claim) of the word “falsely” (which it might be) just grates us the wrong way.
The “falsely” judgment very well may be true. But reporters used to be guided by attribution to sources. Another touchstone of actual journalism that the commie-cloning J-schools have tossed in the shitter.
This is the really insidious part of modern Mind Control over the Masses. Say something once and it becomes rooted as fact. Remember – was it Twain? – who wrote words to the idea that “A lie will spread halfway around the world in the morning before the Truth even has its clothes on…”
The result is people’s claims are often ill-investigated and social manipulators are running things, aided and abetted by social(ist) media which holds to the not-so-journo idea that “They are right about everything.” Which, um, doesn’t square with the Observable Universe.
Examples 2 & 3
Other times, headlines are accurate but woefully incomplete. Like US sends submarine to Middle East as tensions grow. Can’t speak for you, but when I think of the Middle East, what comes to mind is? Sand, oil depletion, militant religious followers, camels, and canals.
The readers of this headline are (we hope) smart enough to figure that we are not going to torpedo Hezbollah are drop acoustical buoys between the desert dunes. Nope. Subs launch cruise missiles. To us, the more useful “headlinization” of the story might be “US sends sub with SLCMs to Middle East.” (Sea Launched Cruise Missiles). Maybe the underlying source – the BBC – doesn’t want to be overly clear in their reporting of geo chess.
However, the headline “as tensions grow” becomes a little redundant, since submarines aren’t generally sent places on missions to party and celebrate Peace. Shore leave in Australia, excepted, of course.
Out third example is this gem: In Secret Talks, U.S. Offers Amnesty to Venezuela’s Maduro for Ceding Power. The original of this story is from the Wall St. Journal. And we wonder if one of the world’s biggest business news sources is reporting a “thing” how it could be “Secret Talks”?
We’re thinking a more useful headline to “tell it like it is” might be “Secret Talks Revealed: US trying to buy out Maduro with amnesty…”
“Ure Points?”
Oh…those!
OK, first one goes something like this: You will notice, if you clicked on each of the headlines, that the source is MSN. Which is using content from the WSJ, the Washington Post, and the BBC.
What we’d like to know is how Microsoft got the publishing rights to all this dandy news content. Because in our modest efforts here, we believe strongly in Attribution and observing the rules of Fair Use under Copyright laws.
There are limits to the Free Use claim. Summarized by Google AI this way:
Amount used (Looks to us like pretty much the whole thing…)
Using a large portion of the work, or the “heart” of it, can make it less likely that the use is fair. For example, a short clip from a movie might be acceptable, but not if it includes the most creative parts.
Effect on the market (Looks to us like it takes audience from sources that could enjoy exclusivity of content…)
Using copyrighted material can interfere with the market for publishers, especially textbook publishers. However, in some cases, like book excerpts and reviews, fair use can actually increase sales of the original work.
Purpose of use (To give MSN some low or no cost something to monetize?)
Fair use is generally accepted for purposes like criticism, commentary, news reporting, research, and teaching. However, it might not be fair use if the material is used for commercial, entertainment, or reward purposes. (See any ads on MSN?)
Seems to us, however, that congratulations may be in order to Bill Gates. You see, earlier this year this story caught our eye: Davos 2024: ‘Bill Gates knows he’s no longer the prophet of our times’ (lemonde.fr). Now, between his deep involvement in promoting vaccines (and their accompanying social controls on the one hand, and now his increasing segment of “news – which becomes social control on the other – we see how while Mr. Gates may no longer be a prophet, he seems to have two “interesting bets on the table” to maintain his seat at the tables of power.
Second Point involves Sec Def Lloyds Austin. Who, as you’ll remember, was amped about sending U.s, forces to the Middle East to the degree that our consigliere voiced concerns that (Clinton, Obama, and Biden, excepted) the declaration of war was a power reserved to Congress. When a trained legal mind becomes concerned over press statements, it’s time to worry.
So, when we read this morning that the “Pentagon Chief Orders submarine, tells aircraft group to hasten transit” and then study the wording in:
“U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area, the Defense Department said Sunday.”
…We can begin to appreciate the gravity of our legal advisor’s concern. The US Secretary of Defense works for the Executive (who’s in the midst of being ousted). What we can only infer is that someone in the Executive Branch must be calling the shots. It would be nice to know who that is, and how massive pre-war military materiel can be moved freely – impacting the global balance of power – without public acknowledgement of who’s doing what and under what law?
Who gets hanged when things all blow up? Austin? State? Go Joe? War Party Central Committee? Help a brother out…
Good? Things Looking Up in Newsrooms
Another one of those marvelous mental acuity training stories.
- The Perseid meteor shower peaks Sunday night. Here’s when and how to watch in Massachusetts. – CBS Boston (cbsnews.com)
- How to view the Perseid Meteor Shower | 13wmaz.com (Open eyes outside at night?)
- Perseid Meteor Shower 2024: Your Last Minute Guide (forbes.com)
I know – too busy watching Game of Thrones Sunday night to step outside? We’ve never been fans of GoT, because it strikes us when we go out to dinner and eat rich, overly spiced food, usually the next day! THAT is the Game of Thrones you never want to lose.
In the Shorts
But enough of this content for grownups and thinking people.
Trump pivots Tech: (Another consigliere nod…) When J.D. Vance was added to the “Trump Soup” the legal beagle said “You have read the NPR report on the JD Vance ties to Silly con Valley.” OK, yup, lots of big wallets to fish among. But let’s take it a bit further. Let’s also see that in addition to tech money, Trump has taken a turn toward tech in his latest attack on Harris. The A.I. thing.
Which leaves what, besides Monday and AI expertise? Um…media to get reignited by stories like Donald Trump All Set For ‘Interview Of The Century’ With Elon Musk | What’s On Agenda.
Two things we wonder: First is whether Trump really is beginning to turn into “the Tech future candidate” while the other is “How come Musk isn’t running NASA?”
Tish b Av starts at sundown tonight, does it not? In Israel there is an expectation that Iran will move on it in the holiday period. And Israel is seen bracing in stories like Israel orders troops stationed in Azerbaijan and Georgia to leave immediately amid threat of Iranian attack – ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency. While at the same time, giving Iran yet-another excuse: Israel Expands Evacuation Orders for Khan Younis in Southern Gaza Strip | Miami Herald.
Sidebar of Wonder: Kind of interesting to notice the calendar and see Tish b Av falls so close to the peak of the Perseids shower, huh? Ancient people were at least aware of the sky at other-than boarding times…
Let’s all melt down a nuclear power plant, shall we? While What’s happening with Ukraine’s Kursk incursion and nuclear plant fire (cnbc.com) what we really want to see is the long-range weather with winds aloft. When we looked at Windy.com, looked to us like if there was a breach, it would blow down on Mariupol. Which has been surrounded since March by Russian forces…
Markets
We aren’t expecting anything but an upward drift from Friday at the open. But then? Tomorrow, we have Producer Prices – a kind of inflation lookahead. But the Biggie of the week is the CPI and if that were to pop just a certain way, a “surprise” Fed cut could come this week which would be gasoline on markets until everyone sobers up after Labor Day.
At the Ranch: PN Follow-Up to Cho Woo
I experienced one of the most breathtaking ever lucid dreams on Friday night. So, when I got up early (like 4 AM early) I wrote up the experience. It was woo-woo, for sure.
In the description, it related to being on a sailboat and “Sailing the Mountains of Cho.” Which turned out to be the Cho mountains of Tibet (who knew?) and as I explained, there were three mountains ahead in our view. Sailing in the mountains of Tibet?
This was really bugging me (Peoplenomics readers have the whole description at the bottom of the Saturday report). Intense as the emotional realizations were that I spent several hours this weekend trying to “see those three mountains” exactly like I described from the dream. This is damn close:
This is from a YouTube video, and I have sketched in where the shoreline was and the two low islands I described. The middle mountain even has that “wall or fortress” look that I was describing.
Which gives us (another) interesting dot to toss on the table for possible connections later on. Is the “source of the dream a remote view?”
More importantly, is whether what was “viewed” in the dream an actual “out of body riff” where clouds in the valley seem to flow like water in this view from the Everest side? OR – and this is really intriguing – whether I simply was in contact with my Future Self and bringing back finding the exact video view from the lucid dream?
Either one has pretty interesting implications. Only way to find out is likely to just “sleep on it” and keep working on ever better lucid dreams.
If you missed it, ShopTalk Sunday is here.
Write when you wake up,
George@Ure.net
Judging by the ‘Paris Olympics’ the world seems to be in much better shape than certain individual’s contributing to this show with their mostly negative outlook of any possible future.
Granted though, that a negative bias seems to be a more profitable business model. So be it ;-( as is.
P.s. Of the 1K channels I can watch on my LG-TV
(4) channels are devoted to nature, only. Watching these four I spend most of my spare time. Next best activity for me is walking with the assistance of my walker. What a helpful gizmo this is ;-).
Take care everyone, Ciao..
Keep posting @choices. We need the wisdom of our oldest contributor. How many mpg do you get on that rollator? I may need one soon the way my knees are going.
Stay well.
Thank you BIC. I’ll be getting a good 1/2 mile in the morning, and another 1/2 mile before sundown. By the CREATOR’s grace, I have no issues with my body except mild regular wear that comes with a aging.
Since my wife had died 10 years ago I only have to take care of myself. I’ve read what had happened to your wife. Condolences!
Thanks choices. It’s a tough road but I have good support from family and friends. It also helps to know there are other seniors here older than me that are still standing and “rollating” with a positive outlook on life.
Wake up every morning with a smile on my face. Hey still above ground. Only 89 and looking for 10 more at least.
Thank goodness for walkers and rolators! I’ll have 89 years come December (I can’t believe it!!!). If it weren’t for two failed knee replacements, would still be taking care of veg garden and yard. Elderson paced off the walking route–10 times roundabout the house equals 1/4 mile. Still kickin’, just not as high!
Take care, y’all,
C
Went to Berryville VA Hamfest a week ago. A guy was standing next to the 10 ft tripod bottom of the tower he was selling.
I said “Hey if you’re feeling you need a walker, I’d recommend looking for a smaller one.”
Small guffaws.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/making-wine-in-earthenware-vessels-a-comparative-approach-to-roman-vinification/21CE9DC73E121EE173E902625E9E559D
what an interesting article on ancient wine making….
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SECDEF Austin ordered carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln
from port in Guam to [Theatre Codeword ID], possibly
ME somewhere, “at all possible maximum speed.”
BACKGROUND
The Lincoln is much faster than some of its attending
“Battle Group” which may number as many as 20
other ships with various defensive and attack missions.
Lincoln could arrive under-protected.
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This is “concerning,” if true. (Which is why it is
probably false. It would be Cosmically Stoopid.)
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It appears that the Lincoln Strike Group was already on its way to the ME and was ordered to “accelerate” its arrival.
Not a rumor.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/uss-abraham-lincoln-accelerate-middle-east/
alternatively – “was ordered to accelerate its demise”
Aint nuthin like being out there on Gonzo , ready to go back to the real world , and , getting those orders. Good for the available cash , bad for the psyche…
Haze gray and underway.
Sorry girls , we’ll be there as soon as we can.
IMO they’ll speed up to the flank speed of the slowest oiler.
It is not beyond the realm of possibility that the fighting ships will arrive in-theatre a day or two before the supply ships, but (assuming Obama didn’t completely gut the naval Officer Corps) they are surely not so incompetent that they will do so on empty tanks…
Butter Biscuits
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups buttermilk (cream, or sour cream)
1 stick butter
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp yeast
4 tsp sugar
2 tsp salt
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
Combine all of the dry ingredients in a medium-sized bowl.
Next, add the buttermilk and mix all of the ingredients together until a moist dough is formed.
Melt the butter in a microwave-safe bowl, and then pour it into an 8×8 or 9×9 baking dish (make sure that your pan is not too small or shallow so that the butter doesn’t drip out of the pan while it’s baking).
Place the dough right on top of the melted butter and use a spatula to spread it evenly across the pan until it touches the sides.
Cut the unbaked dough (it should be swimming in butter at this point) into 9 evenish squares.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown on top.
Enjoy for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! These biscuits are the perfect companion to any meal. variations of this include baking them similar to monkey bread.. mix sugar and cinnamon in together.. then take the biscuit mix and tablespoon sized roll it up put the cinnamon mixture in a bag and coat each piece as you place it in the pan … then take 1/2 cup of brown sugar and cinnamon and one stick of butter.. and the remaining cinnamon sugar mix.. warm that up on the stove top until the sugar is dissolved..
after the biscuits are done then pour this over the top enjoy..
(“ Can’t speak for you, but when I think of the Middle East, what comes to mind is? Sand, oil depletion, militant religious followers, camels, and canals.”)
Phew…obviously I must be off.. I think of oil wonderful rich ancient heritage and customs archeological historic sites, great honey biscuits and wonderful coffee..
“Trump”
Shouting snarky one-liners is something an uncle might do at the family reunion and it’s been Trump’s shtick. You might sit at the table and munch a cob of corn with dear uncle but the fly on the wall notices nobody takes him seriously anymore.
There’s one story out here indicating Trump called Kam a bitch. Back in 2016 that sort of shtick strategy worked. Today while driving home from the family reunion it’s, “How can the base put up with that?” ‘What are they going to do now?’
“Directorate 153”
I think there’s something to D153. Look to London/the U.K.. The refugees seem to have become immune to the law while the legacy population is jailed for simply criticizing refugees or criticizing the .gov that enables refugees. The U.K. fell without a shot being fired.
D153 leaping from the U.K. now wants to take their anti-speech laws worldwide. Don’t forget the United States and Britain is “inseparable” and has a “special relationship”. The power does come from London but who controls D153. They are who remolded London and subsequently the West.
I know people are mesmerized by Musk and Trump. The X everything app fits the U.K. model perfectly.
“Elon Musk wants to turn X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, into an “everything app.” Imagine a single app for your private messaging, news consumption, shopping and even banking. In China, WeChat fills that role, and Musk has spoken publicly about replicating that model using X in other countries.”
– Jun 21, 2024
George asks:
” It would be nice to know who that is, and how massive pre-war military materiel can be moved freely – impacting the global balance of power – without public acknowledgement of who’s doing what and under what law?”
Just take a gander at Biden’s Cabinet and National Secruity Council. What do 1/2 or more of them have in common?
Question answered (at least in my mind)
A lot (perhaps all) of them are “Jews in name only.” IMO they’re motivated by power &or greed, not religious beliefs. Remember, Obama is a huge Iranian sympathizer, and he’s likely been pulling at least one of Biden’s strings.
George must not have noticed Mr. Obama’s M.O.:
Mr. Obama would poll, then tell PopUS what the majority of us wanted to hear. Then he would do damn’ well whatever he wanted to, regardless of legality of action or of his ability to do so within the legal bounds of the Executive branch of the government.
The Biden Administration has acted many times, in this same manner…
George :
Big US hegemonic picture: 1807: 36/90/90/54 year :: x/2.5x/2.5x/1.5x Fractal series with 90 year second fractal low in 1932 and inflation unadjusted 90 year high on 8 Nov 2021.
Smaller picture: interpolated 1982: 13/31 of 32 year fractal ending 2025. (interpolated series 13/32/32-33/20 years ending 2074.)
Yet smaller picture: March 2020: 8+/24/23/ 2 of 13-15 month, with peak valuation 16 July 2024 and ending in July- September 2025.
Yet smaller picture: Oct 2023: 13/32-33 week series ending 22-25 August 2024 …
Yet smaller picture 1 July 2024: 6/13/12-13/9-10 day fractal series ending 22-25 August 2024.
i know it doesnt seem like im paying attention to the nature of things. because i talk about other stuff and rarely comment on the state of things.
i am fully aware that
On this day 20 years ago the S&P closed at 1063.23. Today, the S&P closed at 5,344.39. The Dow closed today at 39,357.01. Let that sink in.
i am also aware that light crude hit $45.75 a barrel, on 12 August 2004. 20 years ago today.
here is a market watch, snap shot from 12 August 2004.
https://x.com/ore_train_11/status/1823180596442738788?t=-0LO8aVQ0mLahuYVxTv0uw&s=19
the bubble we are currently in is 4 times bigger than the sub prime mortgage crisis of 2008. 4 times the size and the fed is completely out of bullets.. what is the feds option, print more money? more quantive easing????
i know George sounds crazy as he beats his hand upon the desk and says 1929 replay!!! and i say New York City will burn.
we are crazy to the rest of the world. because the rest of the world doesnt know or remember or ever stopps to think…. whooooaaa there is no fucking way this ends well.
the s&p went up in 20 years from 1063.23 to 5,344.39!
most people, dont even know or take time to know how much money it takes to move the S&P a single point up or down. or a earth quake. they think a 6.0 is only one times stronger than a 5.0. lol. its not. its 10 times stronger than a 5.0.
its insanity. the markets are insain.
in 2004 the national debt was $6.228 Trillion dollars.
20 years ago. lol thats not that long. that too is crazy.
i am fully aware. i just dont talk about it much.
i just listened to Trump and Elon. he metions pandoras box. i mentioned pandoras box, thats the time traveler thread i linked a few times here and to him on truth social. the one i told ya he would win the election the first time. lol.
i pay attention TEF. i am aware. i just dont talk about it much.
George isn’t wrong. it Holy Miracle of God the whole damn thing hasnt collapsed by now. well it did. they shut it down under the pandemic flag. they shut down the world economy. if they hadnt??? there would be about 30% of the world population left right now. from my best estimate. maybe..
so, here we are all floating along, all is well. life is good. weeeeee!
party on garth!
party on wayne!
hahaha.
go Trump Go! whoohooo!
i like Trump. im voting for him. I know he wins. i know all that.
but there is going to be some rekoning stuff that is going to happen in the markets. nobody can escape it. it will effect everyone. there is no way around it and its going to be painful.
by shutting it down, they only delayed the inevitable.
George isnt wrong about the 1929 replay other than it is going to be way worse than the 1929 market crash. he is just being nice about it. lol
It’s not the replay of ’29 which should concern; it is the replay of ’30 thru ’32.
dont get me wrong. i really like your comments TEF. really do.
ya see i think its like the misconception of earth quakes. as i said, most people i know think a 6.0 quake is only one degree harder in strength than a 5.0
its not. its the impact is 10 times stronger.
so when i really evaluate it. i take an example of the high in August 2008. 11,244.06 on the Dow, the emotional impact of the drop to on March 6, 2009 of 6,469.95.
crushing companies like osmobile, pontiac, and devistating home contractors, almost took out GM entirely, Catapillar was almost wiped out among many other companies that didnt survive and tons lost their homes, etc etc etc. the weight crushing 165 banks countless ATMs, branches, offices etc etc.
that was with the .gov infusing two tarp bills, the fed bonanza of QE and droping interest rates to zero..
when i take a sample like the impact of that.
and i match it to todays current DOW close of 39,357.01 which is 3.5 times the 11,244 high in august 2008.
its not really an “emotional impact” 3.5 times stronger than the drop of the dow from the August 2008 high.
its 35 times the greater and stronger emtional impact.
by my estimates.
so you take:
crushing companies like osmobile, pontiac, and devistating home contractors, almost took out GM entirely, Catapillar was almost wiped out among many other companies that didnt survive and tons lost their homes, wiping out entire retirement plans, liquidating vast sums of savings accounts. etc etc etc. the weight crushing 165 banks countless ATMs, branches, offices etc etc.
you take that and multiply that by 35.
not 3.5.
because there will be no tarp bills, no QE etc etc no zero interest rates. because if they do that shit again, it will spin the economy into hyperinflation. on an election year. or right after an election. where nobody trust the election process.. and nobody wants that.
i think that is why i dont talk about it and id rather talk about the fun stuff im doing with THE DUDE. and chicks and fast cars.
and now ya know why im having second thoughts about border patrol. where would you rather be? home with your loved ones and friends ya known for 30+ years or on some base in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of dudes.
anyway. im going back to enjoying my life and not talk anymore about that shit.
:)
its like i told pandora’s box on the time traveler 2020 thread back in 2016. japan has entered negative interest rates, it doesnt take a time traveler to tell ya that is fucked.
i know everyone was saying look at that Nikkei 225 dropping like a hot rock when the BOJ raised rates .25
but not very many people want to admit that Japan is still quietly pumping in 200% of the entire GDP worth of QE to keep the Nikkei 225 pumped up. and keep chang buying pikachu stuffies out of the vending machine for his girl.
how long does a countrys economy have left when their central bank is pumping in ->>> quarterly 200% of their ->>>> annual GDP to keep the illusion alive?
that is quarterly the QE infusion. annually its 800% of their Gross Domestic Product.
but nobody wants to talk about that. they just wanna say ohhh shit. thank goodness the BOJ came to the rescue!!!! wheh. that was a close one.
OK, thanks, I am open to recieve. :)
Shore leave in Australia ?
Thanks for the smiles George. At some point during the day I will have to answer my wife when she asks what the hell Im smiling about !!!
mountains of cho are same area where “domain” expeditionary force was stationed…the Guys & Girls who gave us Sanskrit, which of course has been mistranslated and mis-applied for centuries. eL sussed em out, and zzzzZvaporized roughly 200 “peeps” – who have been trapped and recycled here ever since..just like the rest of us “lucky ducks”…enjoy Ure review – cause you will NEVER recall it…bwahahahah
Speaking of lucky ducks, found a brand new, unopened pack of playing cards in the street, Newport, RI last night – can only imagine what that might mean..guess time will tell. Color me “on stand by”.
Whats a Matta U presents – adolph hitlers “Freedom or Slavery” speech translated in English w/ AI tools to capture what he might have sounded like in English, from 1928 Munich, Germany – https://link.sbstck.com/redirect/9e28fc91-3aae-43a1-ae90-df6e507d1b1b?j=eyJ1IjoiMWtrNHlkIn0.fVVcJH6f1r_zprDxpYe9yhWMCY9me-zumT3TyeeDR9A
i woke up and drew my last thought that i had when i was asleep. its something new. i have never before woke up and drew my last thought in a dream. it is exactly what i saw before i was awake.
I titled it. #23
https://x.com/ore_train_11/status/1823035912651166078?t=dHQVgbYdPfoNjeWyqOF0_Q&s=19
I finally figured out that was the shifter, not an orange lizard in a brown jacket at the bottom right. You have been known to go anthropomorphic in your lucid dreams.
“Who gets hanged when things all blow up? Austin? State? Go Joe? War Party Central Committee? Help a brother out…”
President Biden.
Now that everyone knows he’s senile, he is the perfect scapegoat for anything untoward which might arise between now and January 20th, next…
“Two things we wonder: First is whether Trump really is beginning to turn into “the Tech future candidate”
Yes. Trump is a businessman. This means he’s all about forward-thinking and profit. He is a converted Luddite — didn’t even have an E-Mail account until after he won the nomination in 2016. What he “sees” in arenas that are foreign to him, are what the people around him who’re experts in a given field, present to him. (His biggest fuckup during his past term as da Prez was asking pols who’d ingratiated themselves with him, who the experts were, in said given fields — an error which has been rectified.)
I don’t believe Trump personally likes the bleeding-edge tech. I believe he HAS come to realize that it is going to happen, and therefore, we can lead the tech wave or be swamped. Trump does not like to be swamped…
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“while the other is “How come Musk isn’t running NASA?”
Oh, c’mon. That’s just silly. Musk would never stand for having his hands tied by a governmental bureaucracy.
He’d ABSOLUTELY never tolerate being the subordinate of Kamala Harris (you DO remember that she’s in charge of NASA and the U.S. space exploration effort, right?)
We have a couple stranded astronauts who’ve been floating around in space without proper food or toilet facilities for nearly nine weeks, now. Musk has been prepared to go get them for (look surprised) nearly nine weeks, now. Unfortunately, they were stranded by the MIC-darling Boing(sic) and because we’re a fascist corporatocracy now instead of a representative republic, and because Cammy is running NASA, we’re going to leave those astronauts’ fate up in the air (so to speak) until Boing(sic) can extract its engineers’ heads from its beancounters’ asses, and build a rescue rocket — sometime NEXT YEAR!
…And you ask why Musk isn’t running NASA?
We just need to make sure Kammy runs on her record, rather than on her back(or knees).
the last thing i remember in my dream was. i was driving a shelby mustang Gt350, a stick shift, heading somewhere south west, i looked at my fuel gage and it was half full. i thought i should stop and get gas before i pick up my date for the show. we were going to come concert. i remember thinking. wow, look at all these vibrant colors. the sky is panting the entire inside of this metalic dark green mustang gt350 in Luminess vibrant colors, they glowed. all around me and on me. hard to describe. all these colors were radiant and luminess all around the inside of the car and me, and the sky and everything.
i looked over to the left and saw the sun by a Big Church then saw the gas station to the right. i thought oh gas is super cheap.
i looked at the radio and that is exaclty what it said. i thought I have pleanty of time to get gas. the concert doesnt start till 8. she said she would be ready at 6. then i looked at the date and thought does that say 2025?
you could hear the music playing on the radio and the whole world around me was singing. even the birds and the sun.
right after that, i woke up, sat straight up in bed this morning, ran into the kitchen started the coffee pot. grabbed my art book, and my pens, sat down at the kitchen table and started drawing what i saw. i didnt stop until it was finished.
i dont know why i titled it #23 but i did. i have never sat up after a dream, and drew what i saw right befor i woke up. ever.
after i finished. i went and had a smoke. then i came in to take a picture of it. and my little friend the Birthday Balloon came over and had a look at my drawing. so let it be in the picture as well.
on the to the gym, then see about some other stuff.
the future start today!
~ It wasnt luck, It was God ~
That is a dandy lucid dream, my friend. I have been thinking about what it would be like for either of us to tell more of our dream realm adventures, but people would likely think us nuts. Yet, there it is. Just this morning I was pondering Should I paint that “majestic Cho mountains from the deck of a sailboat? picture.
Almost like both of us are having a kind of “see and draw (or transport over to here/waking) from not here/elsewhere.
Not sure how I would begin, except it seems I have…
ya. dude. pretty wild. most of the time i dont remember my dreams. it seems i went from a dodge demon to a newer version of Bullitt mustang.
the chariot card.
that is cool. sailboats and mountains.
@ N____ i am not tan not a lizard driver. i only have so many colors for pens. i dont know why i was wearing a watch on my left wrist with a red band or an orange glove and a black sweat band on my right wrist. but i drew it as best i could.
i didnt draw it for you. lol. i drew what i saw right before i woke up. everything as i saw it.
one thing i noticed was, i wasnt smoking. and im always smoking cigs in my dreams. lol
i had another anomoly. i didnt work out yesterday. i actually ate nachoes watched that Hobit 5 armys movie and that movie pretty woman. lol
i rested all day yesterday.
when i got out of the shower, after my last comment and my drawing this morning.. when i got dressed. i went up a size in shirt over night. from XXL to XXXL. my arms are busting out of the XXL. i had to go up a size in shirts.
my jeans are still lose around the waist.
i got on the scale. 222lbs. i weigh exactly the same. some how, when i went to sleep last night i got bigger and stronger.
i usually only go up a size in shirt when im packing on muscle weight.
now, i havent been lifting heavy weights. which is how ya get bigger. i just been running, doing sit ups, push ups and pull ups. like every day. several times a day.
so i am geared more so for High performance in the areas of endurance, agility and speed.
not for aesthetics. which is a whole differnt type of working out.
i dont know how i grew a whole shirt size over night and stayed the same weight….. that has never happend before as well…….
well, THE DUDE is a moving and making changes. i trust that.
i dont have time to play with ya Entheos. i dont. i know when i post here you reply in other places, within my view, shortly after.
im taking some time for me to listen. thank you tho. i acknowldege we are in dialog. just like i am with everyone on here and other places without even being on urban survival, x or truth social or facebook. i can see everything they are saying in the world around me. i know you are viewing my posts on here. lol.
sometimes i remove all those apps off my phone for weeks and months at a time. and the virtual world carrys on just fine without my participation and i enjoy life without it.
sometimes i answer and sometimes they know the answer and i dont say anything.
i really gotta get. its my birthday soon. im excited to see what THE DUDE has planned.
very cool George. very cool. id say, paint ure master piece. it came from the plane of inspiration and idea. :)
uhem.
i am tan in the image. i have a dark tan. i am not wearing brown. clearly weaing black shorts…and am clearly not a lizard. haha. im a human.
im weaing red chuck taylor all star tennis shoes. a black sweat band, or arm band. could be a back stage band. i dont remember and an orange glove. i just remember it was present.
if ya never drove a stick before N___ that is the 6 speed sequntial patern on the cue ball shifter knob. for a shelby cobra mustange gt350. lol.
Thank Goodness God doesnt judge me for coloring outside the lines. :)
ok. i am on to see about a few things and whats er name. hahaha. good to hang out again George and everyone else. :)
*tips hat
Why, that was a superb rendition of an orange driving glove.
I ran into a friend after my last comment. they looked sad. i said whats up? they said i just went and did some tests. they think i have late stage cancer. i looked at them smiled and said you dont have cancer.
they said how do ya know?
i said all people who get cancer have a grey shine to their skin. you dont have that grey shine. its the same thing with drug addicts who smoke fentynal and other hard drugs. their skin turns grey. people who have cancer their skin turns grey.
i can see it before they find out they have cancer. often time i pray for them. and some months later they find out they have cancer.
they said, oh i never noticed that before. i said well, i sit and think alot. lol.
we went in the bathroom and i said look in the mirror.
see, you have a good color. you dont have that light grey outline.
he smiled and said wow. i dont have cancer! 20 minutes later the lady called from the test labs and said your test results came back and you dont have cancer. he laughed and said thank you!
i said, you bet!
i do and see alot without ever saying anything. alot of it is between THE DUDE and I.
i think if the world would unplug, stop and think for a while. they might be suprized at what they discover.
paint the painting George, its a gift.
like that time i was dreaming about talking to a great eagle, while styring my coffee with a golden spoon. and woke up with the same golden spoon in my hand.
Dreams really do come true
Well, I ended up with Tinkerbell, so yeah…the must.
hahaha. and yes sir! you did. that ya did.
and yes sir, you are crazy. hahahaa
im not certainly not crazy. i passed the cognitive reasoning test for the department of homeland security, the psych eval, drug test, fitness test, physical, background check, finger print scan etc. etc.
i am certified by the US government as trustworthy, emotionally stable, mentally strong, a viable, high functioning candidate to capable and able to defend our country. at age 54.
maybe that was the point and may be…
that may come in handy later.
hahhahahaha.
hmmmmm…
i may be the only sane person on urban survival.
who have ever thought!!!
hahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahha
have a good dude. i already am.
now i been tracking this lady for the last 6 months through this plane of existance. i dont know who she is just yet.
but i must be getting closer.
it started 6 months ago. I found a set expensive black stripper heels.
then i found a diamond stud earing somewhere else. then a few months later a diamond tennis bracelett in another place. a month or so back i found a diamand butterfly hair clip, then a few weeks ago some hair scrunchies and a diamond solitar ring where i was at.
last night i found a big gold hoop earing. today i found a 1 carot diamond heart shaped necklace pendent.
so i dont know who she is. but im hot in her trail.
hahahahahaa
hopefully she isnt grettel who ran out of bred crumbs. hahhaa.
i am definenly getting closer. i kept them all in a box. she is leading me to her.
:)
hope she is a blonde or a red head. i dont think it will matter. i will know when i see her. following the divine bread crumbs in her direction, just by living my best life.
yes sir. yes sir. i will have my own tinker bell too.
she is either awkward and clumsy or THE DUDE is supplying me with 10 years worth of extravagant, luxiory items for anniversary prior to us meeting.
probably both.
hahaha. that tennis bracelet i found laying on the side of the road where i parked to run back and grab a rubber ducky out of the middle of it is super nice. probably a $2500 to $3000 ladys bracelet.
i was driving down an old country road. little toy rubber ducky laying in the middle of it. i pulled over, ran back and got it. when i was getting in my car. diamond tennis bracelet laying right there next to my open door on the ground.
huh. would ya look at that! okay cool. thanks! i am open to recieve!
i will have you know, that rubber ducky i found still had its squeeker in it.
i take that as a good sign.
until we meet again folks!
I always look forward to your posts, Andy. And always seem to like the posts of other, George. This is a special place.
It’s refreshing to see that someone else senses the “grey” of cancer patients. Thought it was just me. Sadly, it does seem to play out most of the time to my friends and acquaintances.
I need to find the Dude more, my health issues have me fighting harder than I wanted to at 66yo. At least I’m not grey, yet.
“hmmmmm…
i may be the only sane person on urban survival.”
Or, as my friend used to say: “Thank God I’m normal! The rest of the world is F–ked up, though.”
But… can you prove it? ROFL
“a stick shift” is the only way to enjoy driving, Andy.
Wish I could remember my dreams–some Doosies.
Unfortunately, they vanish within seconds after awakening. Both you and George should thank your ‘dude’ for having added this pleasure to your lives.
23… the illuminati big number. Robert Anton Wilson wrote “The Cosmic Trigger of the Illuminati” you’ll see.
Stiks
JD Vance Shreds Left-Wing CNN Host Dana Bash For Defending Tim Walz
“Dana, I’m not interested in the ad hominem. I have heard from a lot of veterans groups who criticized Tim Walz,” Vance responded. “The question is, he said he served in war, and he didn’t. That is a dishonesty. I really — I couldn’t care less what one or the other person says about it. I care about what the truth is. The truth is that Tim Walz didn’t tell the truth.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/jd-vance-shreds-left-wing-cnn-host-dana-bash-for-defending-tim-walz
London Calling: Police Chief Threatens To Arrest People Around The World For Online Speech
This week, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said that the police will not necessarily confine its arrests for speech crimes to London or even the United Kingdom. Rowley suggests that Americans and other citizens could be extradited and brought to London for online postings.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/london-calling-police-chief-threatens-arrest-people-around-world-online-speech
Der Fuhrer would be proud…
But…but…didn’t he (Der Fuhrer) speak German, not Ingish?
There is a reason we sent the monarchist rabble packing quite some time ago.
The Fourth Reich is alive and well.
“Sailing in the mountains of Tibet?”
It could be done in a glider (sail plane). Ever been up in one? It’s a marvelous experience, even over East Texas. Imagine what that would be like in Tibet.
I’ve got thousands of hours of right, left, jump, and drone pov time – as I watch f4rom the boat the POV raised and went toward the mountains – it was awesome.
re: “Dog Days of News”
feat: XXXIII Olympiad
Folks,
I watched a silent repeat in the background of the closing ceremonies from the Paris Olympics last night, August 11th. It was the last day of this year’s Dog Days of Summer. Apparently the term stems from classical times as Orion the dog hunter under its parent star Sirius the scorcher rises in tandem with Earth’s Sol.
Early in the ceremony spectacle a medaled White French Olympian snuffed the hot air balloon Olympic flame in the Tuileres Garden, founded in 1564 by an Italian de Medici niece of the Pope and wife of French King Henry II. The Olympian’s actions were supported by a youthful supporting all-White cast of singers. The blond haired lead songstress had longer tresses than those depicted in the 33rd Olympiad’s logo as publicly distributed on the following Wikipedia link:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d1/2024_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg/900px-2024_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg.png
A daring leap of credulity into Stade de France was offered by Mr. Tom Cruise possibly in homage to Her Majesty QE2 parachuting into Wembley at London 2012. Filipina-Black American musical artist H.E.R. (Having Everything Revealed) jammed in the background. Purloining the Olympic flag that had already passed through the hands of the red dress-attired LA mayor, the live ceremony then followed Mr. Cruise’s pre-recorded return to Los Angeles.
Television viewers were informed that the LA segment was in Venice Beach. In fact it was recorded on a specially constructed set at LA’s only off-leash dog park, Rosie’s (the bulldog) Dog Beach, which is in Long Beach. Fake palm trees swayed in the breeze and oil derricks were nowhere to be seen. RHCP dusted off their 2002 hit “Can’t Stop” on the otherside of the pond from Paris to the delight of (paid?) extras. Later it was left to 90’s icon Snoop Dog, founder of Doggy Style Records, along with his stage assistant, figuratively speaking, to offer the message “Drop It Like It’s Hot”. Snoop Dog’s presentation was occasionally supplemented by a blurry background vignette appearing to depict a woman attired in red along with a man possibly aboard the deck of a yacht.
The broadcast subsequently returned to Stade de France, Paris for the IOC President to deliver his closing remarks. However long range visuals of the stands appeared to indicate that many of the crowd had already exited the premises. Apparently Elvis had left the building?
And then the fireworks began.
You forgot to mention Billie Eilish.
Here’s a video link:
https://youtu.be/zrLag9xoCds?si=7RI9tc6mBFRn-xSv
re: Eilish (Pledged to God)
110 percent,
I see. She’s no typical bird of a feather. I must have been in Zombieland. Fingers Crossed it won’t happen again!
Who would have ever considered this… the club of Rome is suggesting the green scaping of cities… its been a pet leave and rant of mine for decades… needless to say this did trip my triggers.. as we expand devouring prime farmland at 55 acres a minute we need replace that crop producing land…even though it doesn’t fit the business model..
in the days wars and rumors of wars there’s a bright spot.
https://www.clubofrome.org/impact-hubs/climate-emergency/turfs/
…,
.., attempt 1,218
Yes!
So did you go short the close?
No – I did not. Feeling rather iffy about the data being shown – I don’t trust it. There could very well be a run-up prior to the CPI.., that’s the data I am awaiting.., may short from there.
.., an apostrophe can screw the data base..? How knew ??
Not sure if it was an apostrophe or a catastrophy – but it’s fixed. And so no one else should get blocked and when the page cache expires even firefox pages should dump the onscreen display asking for an email address and such.\But this gets to the community question for tomorrow morning- should we have enhanced comments which handle html and such so we can pop charts up (Egor’s are great) when in the community (greed, lol) interest?
Thanks for your patience…
Only as long as each html [ picture ] is moderated. and I would like to see Egor’s charts !
When I catch up with your returns, maybe…roflol – seriously he’s great
You gots to leave us some money in the casino for the po foke…
I’d like to see almost anybody’s charts. I live for charts and graphs–so much easier to understand data when they can be seen rather than having (often ignorant or biased) commentators bloviate on them.
I like the idea.
It has the potential to allow crap through the front door, so be careful. Does WordPress have an *html kit?
Ya miss me ? Been having technical “issues”.
– Something I have been looking for., has finally popped-up.., & you may want to consider it – going forward.
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According to USB Global Finance / Board of Directors – nearly every sector in the U.S. economy is showing deflation., and those that aren’t, are showing signs entering it.
Deflation in most sectors showing up like a bolt out the blue: sounds like something from the early ’30’s. I bet leg-breaking is back to being a standout growth sector.