There are enough moving pieces today that a simple listing on the whiteboard should keep you “in the game.” But, speaking of “games” let’s play…
Breaking and Broken:
GDP:
“Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025 (October, November, and December), according to the third estimate released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter of 2025, 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. At the state level, real GDP ranged from a 3.8 percent increase in North Dakota to a 8.3 percent decrease in the District of Columbia.”
Personal Income and fairy tales:
Personal income decreased $18.2 billion (0.1 percent at a monthly rate) in February, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—decreased $18.3 billion (0.1 percent), and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $103.2 billion (0.5 percent).
Unemployment Filings:
Drought Data
Now the fun stuff…
Markets Tiptoe the Abyss, The Sequel
In Elliott Wave terms, we have rather obviously now down a Wave 1 down – from all-time highs. Which has been followed by the Wave 2 up – which may be complete now. Which means the next directional move of magnitude could be down in a serious fashion.
On our Peoplenomics.com subscriber side ($40/year which is stupidly cheap) here’s the pay day chart to be contemplating.
We follow an odd path of considering present-day economics and how the resultant waveform closely matches previous eras. Which is how we (quite logically) get to the Guthrie kidnapping as being the modern rhyme of the 1920s Lindbergh kidnapping, follow?
Yes, of course. Epstein is the echo of Teapot Dome and Crypto is the Franken currency off Charles Ponzi’s pyramiding scheme of the Twenties.
In the grand scheme? We should have a Dust Bowl – or its first cousin famine – showing up soon. Which if you track, explains why I long-ago blew out of the “mahogany foxhole C-level life” and headed for the woods. (Besides, far away from city noise, you can hear yourself think and the ham radio hobby enjoys much quieter radio adventures. Why, toss in plenty of room to plant foodstuffs on 1.2 million square feet of Paid For, and pretty soon, it looks less crazy. But I digress…
The Elliott Bull’s Eye
There were some steps to the math, but if you want to re-invent our views, here’s how you do it.
- You build a broad spectrum financial indicator because this is not the economy of 1929.
- Then you take your “aggregate index” and lay it up against 1929.
If you want to get wrapped around the axle of inflation, have fun; we’re ground waveform matching as good as high precision decimal pointing.
Except for this critical point:
We have in math the “law of large numbers.” Over time, things average.
We were expecting a pop over the 200 day moving average. And with that has come a State Variance Extreme. Here’s how SVE works out in the NASDAQ but this is also extensible to the Dow and S&P, as well:
Could the market go higher? Of course! Are we in a short position now – because of the risk everyone will run to the other side of the boat now or in the next week, or two? Of course.
The “law of large numbers” seems to point at Fibonacci sequences in the data. Consequently, we calculated in the Wednesday ChartPack as follows:
“The Aggregate Index hit a recent low of 54,527.83 – a possible Wave 1 down that walked out on the high board at 60,703.18. That measures a drop of 6,175.35 points. If you multiply that times 0.618 you get 3,816.36.
This means from the low, the market should (In a perfect Fibonacci world) hit the sum of the 3,816 added to the low of 54,538 call it 58,344.19.
As of the early preopen, the Aggregate traded 58,670.88. Let’s see how it looks at the end of the firefight today.”
Now we know: At the close Wednesday our Aggregate posted 58,432.51. Which – oh by-the-by – is less than 100 points from “Perfect, it’s OK to stop the rally here and collapse!” Less than 2-10ths of one percent is a fine enough error rate for home use.
Doesn’t mean it will happen, though, you see. It would just fit. And that’s where we sneak up on one of the embedded Great Lessons of Life for this turn around the Rock. Maybe it’s learning the “easy hand on the tiller” – the “going with the flow when it’s inside (whatever the winds have as a Bollinger band equivalent).”
There’s a progression in Life we all go through: When young it’s the “sparklies” and teen the “good looking” followed by sexual attraction, then admiration of money, then accomplishments and possessions. But, somewhere – with a lot of personal miles under your keel – you begin to judge overall helmsmanship.
A wildly disproportionate number of UrbanSurvival readers are masters of steering. We have an incredible number of retired military (oak leaf clusters (col.)), pilots, sailors (a surprising number of offshore hands, at that) and a good number – like “Capt. Gooding” we call him – who can check multiple boxes.
If you happen on this website and it “doesn’t stick” – you may be on another chapter of Life. The overall Seamanship for the Voyage is seasoned by command, left seat time, storms offshore, and having made most (if not many of the mistakes in life) already. Being a parent will “season you” more than most appreciate.
Stick around – it’s an interesting place. Where there’s a fond distinction between old doers and old Dewar’s. Where were we?
No Peace – Just Hype
Oil is back up to $100 this morning. BTC can’t seem to get $72,700 and the precious metals are sideways. You have only to consider the news flow to take it all in. Don’t Be Fooled by US/Iran Ceasefire Pump: Is Bitcoin Heading to New Lows?
Notice – if you will – how people around you will begin slowly waking up now: There was no “peace” Iran accuses U.S. of violating ceasefire as Israeli attacks on Lebanon continue.
Apparently, only a handful of people can read: The “10 conditions” Iran has laid out are impossible. U.S. to rein-in Israel which has incoming from Lebanon? U.S. must withdraw from all Middle East military bases? Who was on how much dope NOT to be able to see this was a non-starter. Seriously?
On news that Shipping stalls as Tehran dictates terms in Strait of Hormuz the only open question is how quickly will the next slide down happen, now that the Rich have sold to the silly sheep who were sold bogus Peace? Trump lashes NATO after ‘frank and open’ Rutte meeting.
We are not alone in our pessimism: G.A. Stewart’s work on Nostradamus has pointed to this summer for years. And now – as events come closer – the seers such as Kristof Jakowski who posted on Youtube regularly, give us about a week before the next bad sequence.
“Let us say that today is the first day of an agreement to begin talks. But there will not be a full ceasefire. The arrangement is supposed to last fourteen days, yet I see a boundary at nine days. Today is day one. Nine days of talks may appear to make sense. And then something happens.
My feeling is that these talks are a trick – a trap directed at Iran. For nine days it may all look reasonable, and afterward something happens.”
Which could get us out to a week from tomorrow. In the meantime? Slosh and slop in markets and rumors wave in the winds…
Around the Ranch: Death of In-Ground Copper
In my spare time (my WHAT???) I have been reduced to rebuilding the comms infrastructure out in the woods of East Texas.
We have not been able to get a call from outside of our local Zelco exchange for a full week now. Can’t call in to the pharmacy (in town), the 9-1-1 service poops a fast-busy, and were we not super-deep in redundancies, it would all be Blood Pressure City. We are retooling from:
- Centurylink email can’t be checked from Starlink. We have to use the low-speed network to sync email. gure@centurylink.net is now moved over to a Gmail account.
- But you can imagine what60-years of contacts, not to mention web logons and hosting accounts (and banking and trading and…) is like to change.
- The copper behind the low-speed (now Brightspeed) hasn’t worked for voice services for a week.
- Tracfone isn’t working anymore on cell. Once upon a time we could text on it over the multiple internet connections.
The scariest part of this is the tech I talked to from BS (b ite speed?) said the problem is somewhere in the Athen, Texas (ESS) switch but they have been working the problem for 2 weeks and haven’t solved it.
I suspect wha5t has happened is that a lot of early ESS (electronic signaling switch) gear hasn’t been services or updated in a decade. There has been a serial rampage of phone company profiteers through the American hinterlands. Ebarq begat Sprint. Sprint begat Centurylink. Which begat Brightspeed.
Somewhere along the way, the middle layers for thinned to pay the vulture class.
Which is why copper in the ground – in America is in trouble. The copper is solid enough – we can still get dial tone at d-mark and call next door. But, if it goes off the local switch and transits Athens? Well, Ben Dover is running that op.
Normal this kind of ramble would fall into the “Who Cares?” bin. BUT listen up. See in RUSSIA…
US vs. Russia: Copper Telco in Rural & Semi-Rural Areas – A Contrast
United States (Private Enterprise + Profit Pressure)
In rural and semi-rural America, legacy copper phone lines (often 50–70+ years old) are rapidly dying a death of neglect. Major carriers like Brightspeed (spun from CenturyLink/Lumen) and others have shifted strategy: they are actively retiring copper in favor of fiber where it makes economic sense, while deliberately under-maintaining the old plant in low-density areas.
Maintenance reality: Copper suffers from storm damage, corrosion, third-party cuts, and outright theft (copper thieves targeting cables for scrap value). Outages lasting weeks are increasingly common in places like rural Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and North Carolina. Techs report that companies no longer prioritize repairs on pure copper voice lines; instead, they push customers toward fiber or wireless alternatives.
Business driver: Copper is expensive to maintain (truck rolls, battery backups at remote cabinets, aging switches like old ESS gear). Fiber is ~35% cheaper per subscriber to maintain once built, with far fewer failures. Private companies facing shareholder pressure have “thinned the middle layers” — fewer field crews, delayed upgrades, and a quiet policy of letting copper degrade until customers give up or switch.
Rural impact: In low-population zones, this creates real vulnerability. Landline 911 reliability suffers. DSL speeds crawl. Customers fall back on Starlink, cellular (spotty in woods), or satellite. The infrastructure is still physically there, but the operational will to keep it alive beyond the local exchange is fading fast.
Outcome: A slow-motion “death of in-ground copper” driven by economics. It’s not a conspiracy so much as cold capitalism: density doesn’t justify the cost, so service degrades until migration happens.
Russia (State-Controlled + Strategic Priorities)
Russia still relies more heavily on legacy copper in its vast rural expanses, but the picture is different — shaped by geography, sanctions, and national priorities rather than pure shareholder returns.
Maintenance reality: Rural telephone service has historically been patchy and outdated, with many villages still depending on aging copper pairs for basic voice. Fixed-line teledensity is low overall, and rural areas lag significantly. Rostelecom (the dominant state-aligned operator) has been modernizing, but progress is uneven. Copper degradation occurs from weather, vast distances, and simple age, yet the state often subsidizes extensions to remote settlements under “Bridging the Digital Divide” programs.
Business/Strategic driver: Russia is pushing fiber where it can (especially in urban cores and strategic corridors), but fiber rollout faces real constraints: sanctions, a destroyed domestic optical fiber plant (damaged in 2025), and heavy reliance on expensive Chinese imports. Much new fiber investment goes toward military, government, or backbone needs rather than civilian rural broadband. As a result, copper hangs on longer in the countryside because the alternative (fiber to every remote village) is logistically and financially brutal across 11 time zones.
Rural impact: Many rural Russians fall back on mobile voice/data with strict caps and throttling once limits are hit. High-speed fixed internet remains inconsistent outside cities. The government maintains basic voice coverage in thousands of villages via containerized equipment and subsidies, treating reliable communications as a matter of social stability and control — not just profit.
Outcome: Copper lingers not because it’s well-maintained, but because replacing it everywhere is harder in such a massive, low-density territory under external pressure. The state props up minimum service levels that pure private markets in the US have largely abandoned.
Key Takeaway
In the US, copper in rural areas is being actively starved — allowed to fail as companies chase efficiency and fiber economics. In Russia, copper persists longer as a reluctant backbone because the sheer scale and strategic realities make full modernization slower and more selective. One system abandons the old plant for profit; the other stretches it out for coverage and control.
Both approaches leave rural residents in a fragile spot when the old copper finally gives up the ghost. The difference is who decides when — and why — the lights (or dial tone) go out.
Sure, we have 40 solar panels and two space links and yes we have a backup (two MagicJack lines) and yes, we can get 9-1-1 that way. And with Alexa voice on the “plus” AI rigs, we can even get a human operator without even having to dial. Which is pretty good, really.
BUT use is half-past-pissed that Russia seems to be actually adopting the concepts in my book Downsizing more than our own country is.
One of the 9-1-1 operators I was talking to during testing this week tell me, ”
We have Spectrum fiber and love it!”
Where do I get in line? We have had a coil of unspliced fiber at the pole in our front yard for more than 2-years unable to get a completion date.
Maybe we should order our phone service from Russia?
Write when you get the line is working again (I’ll let you now…)
George@ure.net
must be happy you yanks invading the vatican . make god bow to america , must be worth thousands of points .. goodnite eeeawe and stand down soccer ball
What, you think an American communist is better than the hardline Marxist he replaced? The Papacy is still suck, and the Catholic universe is still fucked…
“Let us say that today is the first day of an agreement to begin talks. But there will not be a full ceasefire. The arrangement is supposed to last fourteen days, yet I see a boundary at nine days. Today is day one. Nine days of talks may appear to make sense. And then something happens.
My feeling is that these talks are a trick – a trap directed at Iran. For nine days it may all look reasonable, and afterward something happens.”
Copyright 2007-2024 Nostradamus and The Third Age of Mars 2024: Version 1.1 – page 119 All Rights Reserved G. A. Stewart LLC
Nostradamus Quatrain I-42
The tenth of the Calends of April in Gothic Count
Revived again by evil people:
The fire extinguished, diabolical assembly
Seeking the gold owed the lover and Pselyn [Selyn].
Since 2008, I have noticed many blogs referring to the inordinate amount of bloodshed and carnage that has occurred throughout history on April 19th and April 20th. I pioneered this research, and it first appeared on my website in 2008.
April 19th is also the occult day of The Blood Sacrifice to the Beast. This begins the 13-day countdown to the second most sacred day for Satanists, The Beltaine Festival on May 1st, whichrequires a “fire sacrifice”.
I discovered this sacrificial two-day period that includes Adolf Hitler’s birthday while I was trying to interpret Nostradamus Quatrain I-42. It was the long, bloody history prior to Adolf Hitler’s April 20th, 1889 birthday that I found so intriguing and that lends credence to its occult origins.
Every well-known Nostradamus Commentator published in English has missed the fact that the date Nostradamus predicts in Quatrain I-42 is April 20th.
I am trying to figure out what in the he’ll is happening JC.. scary trap going on…
now we have been at Defcon 3 forever.. it dropped to 2 for a while yesterday then jumped up to 4 for about three hours….which is right close to global peace and tranquility… which shocked me ..what the hell..then while I was reading one of the news blogs..
it dropped to Defcon 2…right on the border of flash goggles.. after a couple hors its back up to 3…so..something pretty important was going on..that I sure can’t see in the news.
oh seen a new recipe to..Italian potatoes pasta ravioli.. looks dam good pasta dough but using half the dough in mashed potatoes and seasoning in it..going to give it a try then share the recipe..
What did Nostradamus say about a worldwide pedophilia ring and coverup?
Perhaps nothing and this means the Epstein Alliance will never be exposed… or he is in on it.
The Great Scandal is how I understand it.
Trump is the Great Whirlwind.
My money is on G.A.
Cheers,
“What did Nostradamus say about a worldwide pedophilia ring and coverup?”
He wrote about it, it’s “The Great Scandal.” Ask Stu.
Oh it dropped down to 1 to for just a little bit.. but then jumped back up..something was going on ..something that wasn’t allowed to be disclosed.. strange times we are living in..
Mushrooms are on the menu, it is the location of where they fall is the question as once again OIL is the key, nukes other than tactical will render huge areas non useable for oil production and that could be the key as that makes other areas MUCHO more valuable. The 2 week peace deal is a fake, it is allowing for more equipment movement and aerial intelligence gathering for the next barrage of hits. We are in DEEEEEEEP shit and will be for a very longtime. The average “JOE” has NO clue to what is almost here NOW!
Back in around 2010 the military figured out what would happen with the comms when a EMP of any type hit and so they went into OLD style comms rejuvenated and have old style systems that can be used and I suspect they are in use in some manner today. I know this HOW? I was involved.
Stay safe and vigilant as you already know and do.
“Back in around 2010 the military figured out what would happen with the comms when a EMP of any type hit and so they went into OLD style comms rejuvenated and have old style systems that can be used”
We know. This is why many HAM Radio wingnuts (like our host) have vacuum tube rigs.
It was during Desert Storm that the Army discovered battlefield interference would take out their fancy receivers. They still had a warehouse full of Collins R-390/URR and R-390A/URR receivers from Korea (R390A production was from 1955-1970, but was restarted in 1984, according to wackypedia), which they brought out, then discovered the old Collins tube-type receivers “saw through” the interference like it wasn’t even there. The Collins R-390 is the finest shortwave receiver ever made, with a noise floor beyond -154db and ridiculous tuning ability, even by today’s standards. It is also perhaps the most-complicated receiver ever made (which is why I don’t own one.) I’m good with a new icom and an old Hallicrafters (or 40.)
I’m likely not telling you anything you don’t already know. If you would though, just consider [I made] this post to tell others, who might not know, why Ham-nuts collect old tube-type radios…
Thanks for not mentioning the backup solar gear in the grounded metal building housing…er…where were we?
Hey, from one wingnut to another:
You don’t talk about mine, I won’t talk about yours…
hmmmmm
I thought the TOR browser was for hardened comms for after the big boom.
Did youse all hear the one about Iran packing some warheads with “dirty bomb materials” ?
One wonders if that scenario gets around nukes being FORBIDDEN in Islam due their horrific affects on LIFE.
We wonders my precious, we wonders..
Write when you get the line is working again (I’ll let you now…)”
Sounds like you are in Hooterville.
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/rob9Kv_ch9o
GU : “… Copper in Collapse …”
Huh? Most metals have endured a dramatic downstroke off exuberant highs but … collapse? Really? I bought some Cu in 2022 basis $3.40 and it’s hardly falling off cliffs. My guess is Dr. Copper shines come what may (grid build, EVs yay nay, etc.). Bet with data centers.
https://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?p=w&t=HG
Oh, copper for communication. Yah, that’s dead. I remain stunned our little local Coop Energy and Communication bundle is served via power and fiber buried service. They ran that down a dead end leg to serve maximum (13) properties, of which (4) are in permanent residence.
The plant was mainly because I was doing my Mom’s bills and … read the letter, got an Engineer onsite to answer questions from the property owners and hold a vote on the spot. Fiber to the curb was a mantra from two decades ago. We have a Gig BW pipe which is stupid robust. Everyone should have this. Note: it’s a _lot_ less than what I paid Comcast for a single feed (then paying for three services, one commercial two residential).
If we have an outage of any kind, power, internet, VOIP landline? I call the main office (located about twelve miles away) and speak to the same nice young lady at switchboard. She put me through to the tech area I need and they run diagnostics, live, and prescribe a fix. Linemen typically arrive within the hour. It’s very rural and has stunning good service!
MEC https://www.teammidwest.com/
It’s Green Acres. Every day, everywhere for hectares beyond count. Our Township Hall, our County Seat offices, everyone has been a delight. The big difference? From the resident side, the buyer, user of service, it’s a delight. The towns, cities and counties seem do give a da** (darn) which is refreshing.
Come to the HeartLand.
It’s raining. Again.
Got water?
Egor ~ /) ~~
worth a read today:
https://wilderwealthywise.com/civil-war-2-0-weather-report-the-danger-zone-2026/
I read it.
“My advice remains. Avoid crowds. Get out of cities. Now. A year too soon is better than one day too late.”
As you predicted, it’s starting. Even with the massive corruption, and the U-Haul stampede out of CA, the Dems have just introduced another wealth tax, AND a bill designed to prevent 3D printing of ghost guns. It will require embedding new software, and restriction of selling existing printers.
They are desperate. Half the really prominent bazillionaires have either left or are in the process of relocating. 35 million poor and middle class can’t possibly tote Cali’s note, especially when the vast majority are on assistance themselves. The State will go bankrupt, probably before Trump leaves office, and if he’s followed by a like-minded President, the remaining Californiators will, of necessity, lose all their freebies. Parks, bridges, and roads will go to shit, and the 50-60 thousand the State spends on each indigent, every year, will go to zero.
As for 3-D printed guns? Still not sure how that works. I don’t see a firearm printed out of PLA lasting longer than one shot. A printer capable of printing metal is still mid- 6-figures, and the crap it prints still can’t be heat-treated into something reliable. Now a CNC laser, hand grinder, set of Swiss jeweler’s files, and a knife-forge hobby furnace? Well that’s a different story…
The Ethical Skeptic has finally had a book published on the ECDO theory can be ordered on X.
Not sure what’s going on..but Couldn’t get on peoplenomics yesterday and still can’t today.. got a suggestion from a dear friend to have someone else try..I was going to ask someone at work but had the daughter quick try.. the same thing popped up for her to..
(“Oops! That page can’t be found.
It looks like nothing was found at this location. Maybe try searching?”)
right now it simply doesn’t exist in the wastelands
browser cache issue – no one else is missing and comes up fine here = don’t forget the https://peoplenomics.com
How do I fix browser cache issue
I erased all cookies and history etc.. tried on the phone and had the daughter try..not sure what’s going on..
…Then you’ve been a bad boy, and the NSA is after you.
re: mad scientists at Ogel Island
feat: another brick in the wall
A new channel materialized on Youtube coinciding with April Fools Day. A bane of Roman legions underfoot reincarnated as a modern day parental equivalent, the Lego brick, has allegedly been repurposed for targeted social media warfare by Iran. A list of their sharply-pointed video productions may be found at the following Youtube link:
https://m.youtube.com/@ExplosiveMediaaa
re: “The Continental Touch”, S1E31
feat: Mr. Drysdale & Uncle Jed are not in Islamabad
Today Iran’s foreign minister Dr. Araghchi made note of his new book co-authored with Ms. F.J. Moheb being published in Japan on the 40th day of the martyrdom of Grand Ayatollah Ali Khameini. The tome is titled “Iran and Japan on the Path of History”. Dr. Araghchi goes on to inform that he held telephone conversations with his foreign minister counterparts of the nations of South Korea, Egypt, Russia, France, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Spain, and Germany.
He also offered a reminder alleging the “criminal case” of Mr. Netanyahu resumes on Sunday unless delayed by a new war.
Explosive Mediaaa offers a thought at the following “X” link on their channel’s removal from Youtube:
https://x.com/ExplosiveMediaa/status/2042388973729763746
Before the Iran police action there were about 6 Hindenburg omens days. War ensued. Markets reasonably stable. Private credit cracking. So after the war Fed does 8T bailouts and rate reductions. Probably not a real issue if kick can 4 years… then Nov democrats want health care.
While town has moved in my direction, comms have not.
There are cell phone providers who have whole house boxes you plug into instead of copper line. Local, the Utility CoOp comm spin off was selling ’em several years back.
I use a cell phone as primary for phone. With tax it runs $26 a month for 50 gig unlimited.
For internet, my primary is microwave line of sight. I have Magic Jack VOIP for a public line.
We still have copper lines with no voice mail, but no one uses them anymore.
I haven’t tried satellite.
George,
The primary economic growth engine for jobs and wages is the expansion of global corporate and private debt. China is currently a better example than the US. Chinese corporate 160% debt to GDP has been invested in the production of real goods exportable to the world, which has raised the standard of living and increased wages and jobs for its citizens. Over the last 30 years many US corporations have raised debt targeting paper profits at the expense of US goods production, US job and wage growth. The 2025 US massive private debt expansion in AI and tech ironically lessens job and wage growth – bad for a ‘human’ service US based economy. 25 Feb 2026 was the peak valuation for ACWI, the global proxy equity ETF. The macroeconomic system is in the midst of a 20 Feb 2026 to 24 April 2026 global equity crash whose peak valuation was dependent on exuberant private and corporate global credit expansion which caused asset overproduction and leveraged asset extreme overvaluation. The coincidental Israeli-Trump war while a real accelerant, is not the primary cause of the ongoing and inevitable private and corporate bad-debt bubble – and equity and all asset- collapse.
The current incipient 3-phase ACWI fractal crash model is shorter than previous and starts on 20 Feb 2026 and ends on 24 April 2026 with a crash of all global composite equity markets and gold,silver and crypto markets.
8/20/8 of 18 days :: Y/2.5Y/2-2.5Y.
April is definitely the month for economic train wreck calls. Business is still humming along, but I am seeing signs.
Wish granted ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ star, 94, looks timeless in new pic with husband…
https://pagesix.com/2026/04/09/celebrity-news/i-dream-of-jeannie-star-barbara-eden-94-looks-timeless-in-new-pic-with-husband-jon-eicholtz-86/
George, Call your tech back at BS and tell them there is a stuck routing table on a switch in Athen, Texas or one of the next hops heading your way. The router requires a reload/reboot. That will fix the connection issue. See this all the time with Telco’s which are not maintaining their equipment properly… heck, with all the mergers, spin-offs and lay-off’s, they may not even know what they own anymore.
I’m on brightspeed , it has been down for a week. The teck guy said i am
talking to a person not in this country, HIS phone is down also.
Back on now,Better than it was before.
Stocks stage a morning come-back after it was announced that Israel agrees to talks with Lebanon.
Seems nobody read the fine print [ or did they just ignore it.?]
Israel plainly said that they will not stop targeting Hezbollah.
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I didn’t believe that there would be a follow-through to the upside from yesterday’s over reaction, rocket to the top, spree. I was obviously “wrong”.
Appears they are setting themselves up for a major ‘disappointment’.
A few notes before I go. Observations, really… to juxtipose with your com issues.
Yesterday, I saw a tumble weed roll across the road in my small town. I have lived here off and on for over 30 years and never once saw a real life tumble weed in town. Sooo Odd. a real life tumble weed in a place it rains most of the year.
all my websites and social media account advertisement are gold, silver and copper. every advertisement on any internet site I go to for the last week are all sales for Gold, Silver and Copper. Including 10 oz bars of 999 Copper.
that is new.
After my last comment, I went out to smoke and heard a shit load of fire engines. And I live way out in the woods. Deer in my front yard on the daily. Honestly in my life, I have never heard so many fire engines in the city, let alone out here in the woods. It sounded like there was 50 of them out on the main road. Could have been an Echo. Sometimes there is an echo off the main road.
now,
This is my favorite Meditation ever. It only comes around once a year, but it is by far my favorite! I sometimes will read it for a month straight, it’s so Good! Words to live by.
Meditation for the Day:
All that depresses you, all that you fear, is really powerless to harm you. These things are but phantoms. So, arise from earth’s bonds, from depression, distrust, fear, and all that hinders your new life. Arise to beauty, joy, peace, and work inspired by love. Rise from death to life. You do not even need to fear death. All past sins are forgiven if you live and love and work with God. Let nothing hinder your new life. Seek to know more and more of that new way of living.
I have alot to get done today. I should be packed and ready to roll out by the end of the day. Mariners game tomorrow night and the rest of the weekend, hit the gym, and get naked with my beautiful woman, as much as possible before I head out. who happens to be standing in my kitchen right meow wearing nothing but a smile, holding a coffee cup. She has that mischievous look on her face. Red heads! Lord have Mercy!
hahahahaha
Yesterday we ran one load of 5/8ths minus out to a friend. She is the Perfect Passenger Princess. She helped me wash my dump truck after. I took this picture of her yesterday.
https://x.com/i/status/2042321001695031537
hahahaha
Good luck to you all in these times of trial.
Truly! I am Blessed and Highly Fortunate!
I Win with God within.
Seriously? Power windows and air conditioning!??
Your gal is pretty, too, especially the hair (but I suspect you noticed…)
Happy trails and smooth sailing, young’un. Be strong, be safe, but most of all, be careful…
Thank you Ray. you are one of the people i love here on Urban Survival.
It is very nice Kennworth. All the bells and whistles.
yes. she is rare woman in this world. not to many dark tan strawberry blonde women out there. she is a red head but not a red head with a ton of freckels. everywhere we go fellas turn their head. she just smiles and brings me in closer.
her looks are not the only reason im with her. she just hits every must have catagory. she is a smart lady
she is going to be a lawyer too. she is also a goal crushing Queen. she always meets and exceeds her goals before the deadlines. way better at that than I am.
I am going to miss our one year anniversary because i will be in Fiji. so im taking her to her favorite place to eat (a cuban resturant) then to the Mariners Game today.
and O Course Ray,
HE leads me besides still waters.
HE anoints my head with oil.
My cup over flows.
Surely Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of My life
and I will dwell in the House of The LORD for ever.
I Win with God within ~
“Yesterday, I saw a tumble weed roll across the road in my small town. I have lived here off and on for over 30 years and never once saw a real life tumble weed in town. Sooo Odd.”
Couple Stranded In The Desert Attacked By Tumbleweed – The Outer Limits
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kPauNOtiFzU&pp=ygUgb3V0ZXIgbGltaXRzIHR1bWJsZXdlZWRzIGVwaXNvZGU%3D
Spectrum has CATV with IP internet at the pole out front, and I subscribe to. They have a fiber backbone ring around the island for reliability, and any cable branch has a maximum of six RF amps along any cable feed.
I rely on cellphone for my home telco service. Sometimes the cable service goes out when there is a power outage along the cable chain. My subdivision was planned for approximately 2000 homes around 1972. Less than half the lots are built out. There are massive copper cables coming down the road from the village where the local central office and microwave link are located. I did not subscribe to copper telco service at my home. Now the Telco has put fiber into my area and are aggressively marketing fiber to homes here, with TV, Telcom, and Internet bundles priced competitively. Yes, it looks like they have abandoned copper maintenance.
Aha!!!! Ham radio genius! You have a ground system!!!
Sadly, no. My telco drop to the house was ripped out by a passing truck a few years back. I don’t need a puny telco wire ground. I have already survived a direct lightning bolt to the antenna mast.
No repeat that test five times and report averages back to us…
hmm.. ancient warrior cheese….
a staple of staples next to the hard biscuits ..
two ways.. yogurt.. 1 tbsp per cup put in your cheese cloth let drain until it gets like playdough..then roll it into balls..
the other take whole milk 3-6 eggs beaten the eggs and mix with sour cream or yogurt.. heat your milk to 180 degrees then add the yogurt egg mixture while stirring.. it will start to clump you’ll get more cheese per gallon .the whey can be used in cooking or to ferment vegetables..
My home is in a 25-year-old 55+ community, and my only net acces options are Comcast coax that is slow, and intermittent when it rains, and DSL. I signed up with T Mobile’s 5g internet 4 years ago & it was good, but it had degraded with more & more dropouts all the time. I investigated & found the only tower that hits me is now saturated & when it gets busy, the dropouts occur.
stand by your man . melanias favourite song now . must have paid her a billion . must have been a big blue
interesting take on the current situation.
https://twitter.com/i/status/2042004646815002891
re: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” to
feat: McConnell Island ?
The namesake of the RV Thomas G. Thompson allegedly sold his postage stamp collection in 1945 and purchased McConnell Island in the Wasp Archipelago in the San Juan Strait. A portion of the island including the Professor’s former residence getaway is accessible to the public. Dr. Thompson’s researches during his military service are said to have included linkages with defensive chemical weapons research according to ChatGPT. As an aside, the Oregon abode which served as the exterior and drone flight shots of Dr. Falken’s Cabin in the 1983 film “WarGames” has been torn down in recent years to afford less interrupted views from a new adjacent McMansion.
WOW! President Trump’s FCC Chair Brendan Carr just personally climbed a 2,000 FOOT TOWER in New Bern, NC to highlight infrastructure expansions
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2042357823988756862?s=20
Came across this link that says Iranian drones attacked infrastructure in Kuwait after the ceasefire started. I’m not familiar with this source so cannot vouch for it. The link lets you read a couple of paragraphs before demanding a subscription.
https://houseofsaud.com/kuwait-ceasefire-irgc-strikes/
The story (assuming it’s legit) suggests gaps in Iranian command and control may have led to the attack. That’s one possible explanation. I recall the UN insisting we must not attack Iran’s infrastructure; now let’s hear them weigh in on this.