Part of my 2026 Goal Package is to write less, stimulate more, and get my Morse back to 40 words a minute. Today in the digital dojo, flips, forecasts, Friday and fun for Skimmer Nation.
Markets: Long Views First
Pop over and see The Economic Fractalist’s discussion of where we are in long-term cycles.
Then look at how the NASDAQ was setting up today in our state variance extremes model:
This was the early set-up. While BTC was treading water to hold $66,000, we we busy looking a week out. This time next week the federal job numbers will pop. More noodle-outs in our Peoplenomics ChartPack tomorrow morning on the subscriber side. Meanwhile, though…
Daily Data Drops
Let’s make this a quick skim: Copy/pasted press release leads:
GDP:
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.
Personal Income:
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). Personal outlays—the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $90.2 billion in December. Personal saving was $830.8 billion in December, and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 3.6 percent.
Producer Prices – Final Demand
The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.5 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices advanced 0.4 percent in December 2025 and 0.2 percent in November. On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand rose 2.9 percent for the 12 months ended January 2026.
The January increase in prices for final demand can be traced to a 0.8-percent advance in the index for final demand services. In contrast, prices for final demand goods declined 0.3 percent.
The index for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services moved up 0.3 percent in
January, the ninth consecutive increase. For the 12 months ended in January, prices for final
demand less foods, energy, and trade services rose 3.4 percent.
Stock Futures pricing has continued to fall with Dow -424 and NASDAQ -177 at click time.
Another Replay Riff Appearing?
We’ll do drought in a second, Guthrie case as Lindbergh kidnapping echo, Ponzi as Crypto schemes, tech stocks as Bubble II, the list of rhymes is long (and interesting!).
But here’s the latest one to grab – and it’s not a rhyme per se – more like a Riff.
Here’s the gist of it: Trump Reportedly Mulling Plan to Declare ‘National Emergency’ Paving Way for Major Power Grab/
The left’s big fear? Trump might declare a national emergency based on alleged Chinese interference in the 2020 election — and if enacted, grant extraordinarily broad presidential authority over how future elections are run, including mail-in ballots and election machinery. The concept has triggered intense legal and constitutional concern because election administration is primarily the province of state legislatures under the Constitution, and presidents traditionally have no unilateral authority to override that sovereignty.
Sure – concerning, but around here this is more an “inverted mirror” reflection of the political tensions that surrounded Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in the 1930s and ’40s. FDR inherited a nation in economic crisis and responded with an unprecedented expansion of federal power through the New Deal, emergency relief programs, and extensive executive action designed to stabilize the economy and provide social safety nets. Roosevelt’s use of executive orders and government reorganization fundamentally reshaped the presidency and the scope of federal authority, prompting fierce debate and even allegations in his day that he was approaching dictatorship — most famously surrounding his 1937 court-packing plan and his decision to break the long-established tradition of stepping down after two terms.
The comparison isn’t precise — Roosevelt responded to an ongoing economic catastrophe and wartime exigencies, and he worked with Congress to pass sweeping legislation rather than claiming unilateral authority to overhaul election law. Yet the core issue in both cases is similar: a centralization of power in the executive branch during moments of national crisis raises enduring questions about constitutional boundaries, the resilience of democratic institutions, and the safeguards designed to prevent any president from becoming effectively permanent or unchecked. The 22nd Amendment — limiting presidents to two terms — was a post-Roosevelt reform precisely because the Framers feared a too-powerful executive, and today’s debate shows why those concerns remain alive and deeply felt.
Oh, and did each man have a hand in lighting up a world war? Did cutting off Japan’s oil in WW II push them into attacking Pearl Harbor? And will the U.S. pushing Iran start World Flush III?
Stay tuned; We may get the answer in March!
The Story Not to Miss
This one is huge. You just don’t see it yet. Because it’s not in the lemming news cycle. However, tell me what this looks like for this time of year?
Low rain and warm temps? Yeah, I’m putting our newest swamp cooler in this weekend because with low rel. humidity, they can work great.
But this isn’t about our indoor Romaine. It’s about Big Picture – tips that drop in our Comment Section. Like this one:
“A friend told me today the weather this winter here on the plains has actually been –too– mild. The winter wheat crop has not had enough cold to properly go dormant like it normally would. As a result, it may start heading out too early, and be zapped by a late freeze (a very real possibility through April or even May). If that happens, no wheat crop. The spring wheat up north may fare better.. ..”
Early, but 3 PM today be looking at the USDA Farm prices report this afternoon. As goes food prices, so goes America. Remember, food is a huge part of exports…
Around the Ranch: Dry Here…
Anderson County Texas is in a 7-day burn ban. Unusual as hell. Because normally, we’re in a pitched battle with water-logged ground and cranky septics right now. It’s also when we normally had “green-up” and time was right for “fire gardening.” Not so this year.
We’re feeling only partially flushed though. 2-inches of rain is due next week. After that: It’s anyone’s guess.
But one we’ve come to use more than the Old Farmers is the NOAA Climate Prediction Center forecasts. Here’s a link to think: Climate Prediction Center. Thing is, while precip here should run near average, that warm winter (except for one 12F cold snap) is rolling into a hot spring:
So Alaska (and the PNW) will chill, but the South will be hot.
And already dry as hell, though: We’ll end February around 3.66 inches year to date. Same period last year? 6.28 inches. If that doesn’t sound like a problem, you go explain it to the tomatoes!
Even cats are more responsive…
On the menu here: We will be dropping hydroponic seeds in this weekend – playing the weather windows ahead.
My pal “the Deacon” dropped off a grape plant (the big pink grapes type). We’re trying to decide whether to put it in the greenhouse next to the music studio, or in the yard. I’m thinking yard because the plant would get more sun and have more root space. But outside there’s risk from Mr. Weed-whacker and you know what that can result in “bites to bark.” (*rarrf)
Like so much else in life, simple answers are elusive.
Speaking of which – my ramble on calculus in Thursday’s column got reactions from Striks (our sailor down in north Oz wetlands, d’Lynn (Three-piece) our local math whiz, and reader Ray.
I’m sticking by “Math is like my shotgun. Not for everything but when you need it, sometimes it’s the right tool… Count on it!”
Write before their pun police storm the place,
George@Ure.net
Ahem – PSA : in past banks of traders were clustered in deluxe sweat shops trading the house account(s) divided into specialties. That for major banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, etc., etc. During periods of high(er) stress while inclined to ride winners the *risk officer* would literally walk down rows of traders, knowing who was perhaps over exposed, and give the proverbial “tap on the shoulder” to trim positions (leverage first, equity next).
Be nimble homeys,
Egor of the Ice
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ps – nothing above is advice. it never is
In business, a boiler room is an outbound call center selling questionable investments by telephone. It usually refers to a room where salespeople work using unfair, dishonest sales tactics, sometimes selling penny stocks or private placements or committing outright stock fraud. A common boiler room tactic is the use of falsified and bolstered information in combination with verified company-released information.
Once the insider investors are in place, a boiler room promotes (by telephone calls to brokerage clients or spam email) these thinly traded stocks (i.e. stocks that are not purchased or sold very often) where there is no actual market. The brokers of the boiler room actually “create” a market by attracting buyers, whose demand for the stock drives up the price; this gives the owners of the company enough volume to sell their shares at a profit, a form of pump and dump operation where the original investors profit at the expense of the investors taken in by the boiler room operation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiler_room_(business)
interesting you should bring up drought. the farmers some of them already here now in February have been out preparing the fields for planting. my granddaughter’s husband he’s a farmer he and his dad farm together. they were over last weekend and they were complaining that it normally cost them $250,000 to go and plant for a summer this year is going to be closer to $800,000 for them to plant. the farmers are getting the crops ready to be planted already in February which is way early. due to the fact that the year 2012 the ones that planted early got a crop the ones that didn’t didn’t get a crop and they see the same conditions this year. combine that with the potential for a war that if there is a war and they do it it could hit our own chores
“interesting you should bring up drought”
The Grapes of Wrath
Set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, agricultural industry changes, and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath
Yes this really got me thinking.. what about the domino effect pointed out by Stu and the predictions of Nostradomus…We’ve built a world of tightly coupled systems — food, finance, energy, geopolitics—all wired together so closely that nothing really fails in isolation anymore.
At the same time, we’ve let our buffers and redundancies erode: We have an aging infrastructure that basically has been put on hold while we travel the planet as police, Then the shrinking stockpiles, our loss of local production through outsourcing industry, and a financial system that assumes “normal” will keep going indefinitely.
Now we’re stacking more shocks on top of that: consider war going on in key resource and grain regions , then climate?driven droughts and heat, then the currency fragmentation and bloc politics, and decades of underinvestment here at home while trying to police the globe.
None of these on their own guarantees a catastrophe, but together they act like dominos facing each other—when one tips, it doesn’t just fall, it pulls on the rest…..
For the globe, that shows up as tighter food supplies a supply chain being disrupted due to wars and other border disputes.., more volatile energy prices , along with those stressed supply chains, and rising pressure on weaker states and currencies. For the U.S., it means the privilege of a dominant fiat currency and deep, liquid markets is no longer a free pass of dominance; it’s all conditional on trust, stability, and competence. If Any of these start to fray while our physical infrastructure and social cohesion are also under extreme strain, the margin for error starts shrinking fast.
The real risk isn’t a single dramatic “collapse moment,” it’s a long chain of smaller failures that interact faster than our institutions and narratives are willing to adapt.
Think about it.. and everything that’s happening in the world..the past threats from clerics and other countries leaders..unending police actions around the globe and …DROUGHT….
If a major conflict were ever to reach U.S. territory, it would collide with three systems that are already under enemas strain — economic stability , an aging infrastructure, and a population dealing with rising social and financial pressure.
Modern societies function through tightly linked networks, so disruption in one area rarely stays contained.
Consider the Economic stress that would show up quickly through market volatility, supply?chain interruptions, and pressure on the dollar and all the other fiat currencies as global confidence reacts to the uncertainty . in the past we treated the population like a puppy and the trainer ( legislators) in the process of allowing the upper tires of society be the only ones getting the puppy treats..the landscape has switched..the trainer eating the puppy treats rather than allowing the breaks hitting the lower tiers….. long hours low income less adult supervision and a population that feels like they are victims rather than members of a cohesive siciety…
Infrastructure, much of it decades old, would struggle even more under sudden demand and physical disruption, affecting energy grids, ( oh my god is this an entry pointfor my solar tower at every substation and handing out grid tie systems to every homeowner could be injected into this comment lol…)transportation corridors ( say didn’t the brilliant ones sell toll roads lol and make port deals lo!) , and communication systems that the entire economy depends on.
A stressed population like the usa would feel these shocks in their population similar to ours , as rising costs of a basic living essentials, higher taxes and a poor healthcare system, reduced access to essential goods , and a heightened uncertainty amplify existing social tensions ( consider toilet paper and civic ). None of these pressures alone determines an outcome, but together they reduce resilience and increase the speed at which problems cascade like the row of dominoes falling… The result is not a guaranteed collapse of society or the collapse of a civilization , but it would create a period where the margin for error becomes extremely thin and the stability of interconnected systems — domestic and global — faces its greatest test on its resilience….
https://youtu.be/T-8BoWU3XMo?si=h5FJJspG-u0SAeU9
Welcome to the new world…. order.
Caveat – Mid-Atlantic/East Coaster, current vibe being “NorEaster”
..well I dont know nuthing bout Farming, cept there tend to be a higher concentration of “Hicks” in and around Farming towns/communities.
This is not a criticism, but rather a comparison of those things that make a Person and or Family, Hick/Hicks. Similars; yokel, rube, yahoo, bumpkin, Chawbacon, hayseed.
For the folks who do better learning with video – please allow me;
A real deal Hick Off..enjoy-https://youtu.be/l9llCAv0kfY?si=2xwQ5b6FucEnFufs
back to choring..
as 10 yr yield continues to drop … money printing at full speed, will not stop .. so it seems …. good luck
You did Notice they CANT print GOLD/SILVER/BTC ? The cant make it up , like the REST of the Financial World.
Might take a PEEK at the CAUSES of ALL the Private Credit BOMBS detonating this week, we are talking BILIIONS that just went up in SMOKE.
Dirty, Bad, Worthless or Non Existent COLLATERAL . Sure everyone understands what this means, even lug headed luddites, dont need me to repeat myself, though that is what they always do, make you repeat Ureself, anywhos I have SCREAMED about here on these pages.. Pristine Collateral .
They ONLY way to make Collateral PRISTINE is to put on the block chain, and the only way to get on the block chain is thru…………………………………………………..Tokenization. Those worthless, sub $1.00 tokens – yerp they got no future but Worhtless..
Bwahahahahahah!
To the numbskulls spewing nonesense regards Price of said Tokens, at those low prices it becomes a GAME of Chance. Control Ure Risks and chances are youse will make some Gains, OR lose it All. If you cant afford to lose ALL Ure money in the Trade, should not be in the “water” with the Salties and Sharks.
Wheres the Urban Survival Token ?
You are a solid 2/3 right on physical PM’s. Mr T is fast approaching the point of no return on war preps. Not sure how this will impact tokers. Theories abound, but see is believing.
re: Dear Dairy,
feat: Fast Friday
Yesterday, Ukraine’s PM advised of her meeting with various ministerial heads. Planning is underway for anticipated spring flooding to commence during March.
Meanwhile multiple domestic Ukrainian msm outlets continue to inform that milk processors are paying less than dairy farmers’ costs of production in 2026. It is noted smaller farms unable to meet more stringent EU animal welfare requirements will moove on to greener pastures. Nay, said Horse as Pig told him “all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others” in Orwell’s “Animal Farm”.
Not ready to spin a leg with a Charleston or twist with Chubby? Have no fear, tune in the DJ George Line Dance program and stay ahead of the one step forward, two steps back crowd.
Yo Jester (the Molester?),
Seems like youse need to expand Ure area of expertise in Dance Steps/moves. No I am not talking about he TheMashedPotato, nor the Twist, not the Bump, nor Ures’ favorite Disco Dancing, no sir we be talkin Real Men..ie Texas Republicans and real world Beer drinking (Dixie or Shiner Bok) and dancing with the Ladies..Texas Two-Step pardner.
For all youse all edification I offer a simple instruction video on How To – Texas 2 Step. -https://youtu.be/YORegW3-hOc?si=-cJ7GgF9CfuR7GRn
Now youse all are free to move about the watering hole and find Ureself someone Soft, Warm and Curvy to dance with.
Hint – You have to ASK “Them” to Dance..
re: Sonnet XIV, Donne, 1633
feat: “Safety Dance”, Men Without Hats, 1982
Knock, knock; pizza delivery to the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center perhaps coincident with #42 giving testimony is at the following “X” link:
https://x.com/ShadowofEzra/status/2027449341217054755/
Apparently the now incarcerated girlfriend of a former E. 71st. St., N.Y. late resident allegedly dined at a LA In-N-Out Burger establishment following her beau’s demise. Today public broadcaster C-Span offers a glimpse of #47 visiting Corpus Christi, Tx. Hold the nukes as the Commander-in-Chief orders up “Burgers for All!” at a Whataburger restaurant in the following C-Span link:
https://www.c-span.org/program/674324
Whataburger’s first outlet opened 76 years ago in Corpus Christi. It is now majority owned by an entity headquartered in New York and Chicago. One parent company founder is an alumnus of Goldman Sachs. The other co-founder employed a daughter of the Wrecking Crew group to sing “Que Sera Sera” in an ad promoting his new computer model drop in 2007.
The city of Corpus Christi is named after The Body of Christ whose feast day falls on June 4th this year, the Thursday following Trinity Sunday. The latter is not to be confused with Trinity, the first atomic bomb test detonation, which took place in July, 1945. Its name is said to derive from Oppenheimer’s choice of Elizabethan poet John Donne’s Sonnet XIV of a total XIX. ChatGPT has takes on those Roman numerals ranging from two French “Louis” monarchs to Quran 74:30 – “Over it are nineteen” (Angel guardians of hell).
CBOE – Long Expiration – Puts
Check-out their boards
Not advice
Just – ‘interesting’
Here We Go!
US/Israel Launch Attack On Iran
https://nypost.com/2026/02/28/us-news/us-israel-launch-attack-on-iran-after-regime-refuses-to-scrap-nuclear-program-report/
G.A. STEWART: The real crimes are being committed by The Jeffrey Epstein Elite, and nobody is going to touch them… well, eventually the mob will become a problem. That is a big part of Nostradamus’ prediction of The Great Scandal. It comes with World War III and that breaks the back of civilization. All of it is going to be triggered by the U.S. attacking Iran.
https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2026/02/17/burning-it-all-down-tds-and-the-trump-cult/
George,
How much did the national sales tax(tariffs) contribute to the Jan 2026 0.5 PPI increase?
The company AI, symbol C3.AI, which finds business applications for AI, had a nonlinear lower low gap yesterday, reaching below (8), (175) lower than its (183) peak valuation in Dec 2020.
George,
Looking for next Monday 2 March 2026 to be a large nonlinear down day. 2 March 2026 will complete an interpolated self-ordered 20 Nov ACWI 19/50 day :: x/2.5x 1st and 2nd fractal series, an interpolated self-assembly 10 Oct 2025 GM 28/70 day :: x/2.5x 1st and 2nd fractal series. The 78 day GM 2nd fractal is composed of a 14/29/28 of 29 day :: x/2x/2x fractal subseries with the 29 day 3rd subfractal composed of a 5/13/12 of 13 day x/2.5x/2.5x fractal subseries, and a self-ordered GBTC (crypto) 21 Nov 19+/49 day :: x/2.5x 1st and 2nd fractal series with the 49 day 2nd fractal composed of a 9/22/19 of 20 day :: y/2-2.5y/2-2.y decay series.
TEF : I keep expecting tariff cost but must buy all the wrong stuff. Possibly yachting gear importers are eating increase, if any? Guess so …
Likewise, while worth noting, PPI does not necessarily pass to consumers either. Players are wisely eating cost so enduring compressed margin to maintain / grow bidness.
Be aware : YTMV (your tariffs may vary)
Personally, most seems kerfuffle to oppose The Donald
Z-zzzzzzzzzzz
Egor
The above weather forecast chart is slightly questionable. Below average temps for my neck of the woods ?
January set several records., and February has already set records for the warmest February on record and the first February with no snow.., none.
I have never seen a February with no snow. Not even the upper elevation of the hills around us have any snow. It was 56 degrees yesterday – a record high -going back to 1886.
I have done what I can in preparing – with a high pressure pump., inch and a half hose – two, 50 footers, with a great fire hose nozzle.., honda generator to run the pump if the power goes out., and 9,000 gallon, plus, koi pond., far-reach sprinklers on the roof. And a wheeled, 125pound ABC rechargeable fire extinguisher setting just outside the door [ on permanent loan from a friend.]
If I have the time, I should be able to knock-down just about any small fire before it goes full Armageddon on me.
I remember, very well., standing on my roof with the fire hose., looking to blast away as the county sheriff drove around telling everyone to evacuate from the area through his loudspeaker. I had sent “The Mrs” south for a couple of days – I was ready to go., but I wasn’t going without a fight. Got a lawn chair up on the crown of the roof and played guard-in-the-tower for two days. Burned right around the property. The immediate area in and around the city lost 98 telephone poles. The response was incredible ! I have never seen so many utility trucks, flatbeds loaded with transformers and drilling rigs in my life.., it was an army. Took three days – but the power was back on. At one time we had nine aircraft bombing the hell out of this place. With me on the roof cheering them on. Something I will never forget., and hope not to go through again !
“Stay Frosty !”
wow
Yo Chief G,
A picture of “TheSuit” atop the house standing on roof -as described above, should be Urban Survivals Graphic/Picture on homepage. So the now question is, did anyone/thing happen to catch a snap for Us to enjoy ?
Sounds like a F-ing Classic dLynn operation…LUV it!
Here is a guy I used to work with, his neighbors house is on fire and he is trying to put it out with a garden hose.
“I was panicking, I didn’t know what to do, so I did what was natural, I tried to put out a fire.”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CPvMf3CN_OU&pp=ygUnU3RhdGVuIElzbGFuZCBmaXJlIG5laWdoYm9yIGdhcmRlbiBob3Nl0gcJCb4KAYcqIYzv
There is a picture of me standing on my roof holding the fire hose up over my head., cheering on a four engine Canadian retardant bomber screaming by overhead. Made the local paper. Damn cool shot. [ Taken at a distance to include the ‘bomber’. ] Though it did end up causing a little legal consternation., as the area was ordered to evacuate – and I refused. If you get out the magnifying glass., you can see that I am holding a beer bottle in my left hand., typical ‘me’. [ it’s a Guiness Stout.]
Late in replying to your amazing story …. distracted a bit by ME events … but wanted to chime in and say that you are clearly the type of person I alway thought you were … fighting it out to the end!
Good for you!
I didn’t truly in my bones understand the power of one of those HUGE wildfires until I saw one myself UP CLOSE (had seen them in the distace a number of times) which by the time it chased me over the California Sierras was moving at 25 mph across a multi mile front. Suddenly my respect for those who stand up to those wildfires, which was already high, jumped up another 1,000%. Glad you were able to save your house … and wereN’T injured in doing that.
Does anyone have a good source for drip irrigation for vegetable gardens?
I have one – but I am not very satisfied – looks to me they have gone ‘cheap’.
Thanks in advance.
The NASDAQ was sitting on it 85D MA and at the open – blew past everything on the way down at the open., sitting now, below its 200 D MA. The DJIA and S&P500 also gaped down below their 200D MA.
Ten Year Treasury dropped below 4% return for the first time in 90 days..,
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As far as Trump possibly declaring himself ruler-for-life:
“Illegal? We can have that done before lunch. Unconstitutional? That may take us ’til the weekend.” CIA Assistant Director [ I love that quote – it is so.., so ‘American’.]
“Stay Frosty !”
Unconstitutional, it’s only unstitutional if “they” say it is. 2nd amendment is clear as hell but “they” pass laws against it. You have a right to privacy , but “they” allow spying on you. We all know who “they” are.
Someone took the time to add ’em all up…,
The Trump Administration now faces over 2,000 lawsuits over the tariff debacle.
my buds who raise a modest beef cattle herd are fat and sassy, but pay more for feed. Grain farmers big increase isn’t much on seed, it’s potash and other soil amendments. The ginormous expenses were fertilizer and nitrogen. Fellers for hundreds of miles brought back their honey wagons. Framers growing swine sell their effluent instead of pay to handle the ponds. And boy howdy, they have some amazing spray rigs out making the air pungent when spreading. My Dad, a farm boy, used to say it was the smell of money. E
you aint kidding on pungent air around the Oinkers- DAAAAMMM!
And I live within sniffing distance of Kennet Square…”sniffsniff, dam honey ! curtsey window roll please..
My brother in law drives a truck for the Denver Waste Water plant (sewage). The plant runs 24/7, and processes a huge amount of nitrogen that they call cake. 8 trucks per day, making 3 runs per shift, carrying 78,000 lbs. They have to haul ass to run almost 500 miles everyday.
The boys take the nitrogen out to farms on the Colorado plains, and the farmers buy at a big discount. The service includes tons of cake spread by giant “Gators” that use GPS driving controls.
My Bro in Law offered to deliver some cake for our upcoming planting in the raised garden beds in the backyard. Claims it’s all organic. What ever would I do with 20,000 lbs of cake?
The wife says pass! I say yes dear!
IMO farmers should NOT use municipal wastewater plant effluent solids!! There are all sorts of HEAVY METALS and FOREVER CHEMICALS in that material.
Here our local municipality was also providing that material to farmers … and now those fields onto which it was placed are NOT ALLOWED TO GROW crops for consumption. Ou State EPA (may also be fed FDA too)) has determined that the crops produced in those fields have TOO HIGH of levels of toxic material in them to be put into the human food chain. (nope, can’ttt have your cow eat it either)
University Ag researchers are now trying to figure out if there is a crop that can be planted that will pull those toxins back out of the soil … but so far no good solution has been found.
Waste from livestock production is fine … no heavy metals or forever chemicals are being induced into the waste product, but (imo) one should NEVER USE that type of product that comes from any mmuncipal waste water treatment facility … at least if you want to use for human consumption what grows in the soil treated by that waste.
Golf course installed irrigation from nearby municipal waste treatment effluent & there are nice green greens.
interesting the gurus weekend raps ahead .. big bulls charging and oinking like pigs . thats all folks yibedee yibadaa
bonds have bottomed . the USD and VIX are hissing gases on the launch pad at cape canaveral . the gates of the horn guys joint are opening for the rest
George, I really hope more people will seriously start growing their own food. Where I am located, there’s not much soil and when there is, it’s generally poor quality. Plus, water for irrigation can be limited in many areas because most folks in my community collect rain water. Fortunately, we have a well.
Professor Kratky, at the U of Hawaii was a pioneer in hydroponics. No electricity is needed as the system set up is non circulating.
Honestly, it’s really works well. Produces nice looking plants and vegetables. We have 14 gallon totes and 20 gallon Brute garbage that we use as hydroponic tanks. Plus, we clone the best plants to cut time for germination. Best of all – no weeding. Do have to check the nutrient level from time to time.
Some people realize that a huge earthquake could damage or destroy the West coast shipping Ports. Since Hawaii relays on cargo ships for food and supplies. Prices will sky rocket having to be shipped from the East Coast or the Gulf of America through the Panama Canal. So gardens can definitely help.
Here’s a link to Professor Kratky’s paper:
https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/hawaii/downloads/A_Suspended_Pot_Non-circulating_Hydroponic_method.pdf
Open question: Could the population of Hawaii survive and thrive if all shipping stopped? Could it become self-sufficient or is it an absolute impossibility?
I think that depends on island – big island yes – but the rest? Mr. king henry 6 please come back?
(Young or not-at-all ham note – when young, guys like Hank and I marveled at talking to such places when Kh6 was the callsign prefix hence the “king henry 6” nomenclature – sorry! Back before B was Bravo asnd it was Boy and Kilo before King and…)
Not sure – but they got Coconuts, breadfruits, and Macadamia nuts, plus some really tasty Pacololo – Tasty Budz..MauiWowie, Kauai Electric, or plain ole sticky puna budz. Seafood is fresh, abundant, and readily available. Very doable me thinks.
Problem is all the military all over the islands = target rich environment.
? Ginger or MaryAnne ?
Big Island, with approx. 200k residents and lots of agriculture could be self sufficient. Honolulu and Oahu with a million residents not likely, and would devolve into chaos. And you cannot eat pakalolo smoke. The immediate area of the islands is well fished-out and doesn’t meet the demand even now. Shoreline fishing is managed, but not sufficient to feed the population.
Military is all on Oahu island, with Marine, Navy, Army, and Air Force major bases. Big Island has only Pohakuloa training area up in the saddle with a short Army runway and miles of open lava for practice gunfire & bombing, but nothing strategic worth bombing.
If the shipping boats stopped coming in, survival in the islands would be in small rural pockets. The dense population centers would be toast. The tourist economy would be dead.
Just a relaxing weekend ahead now that the Olympics are over Time to turn off the radio/TV and go do something more interesting! … I am sure you will agree! (I am off to grand kids birthday party, 2 in one this time!)
wrt UNIMPORTANT news that need not bother you over the weekend and next week ….
TNX – the 10 year US Treasury Note gapped down today (Friday) to below 4%. War jitters sending off shore money into US Bonds?
*Russia apparently ordered ALL Embassy Staff in Tehran OUT (Friday)
*The US told all non-essential Embassy Staff in Tel Aviv to leave and ALL families to leave, TODAY! (Friday)
*Keep in mind that there is NO FERRY SERVICE that connects Israel to the outside world so for Israelis they can NOT leave once the airports shut down … though foreigners can land transit to Egypt or Jordon assuming they have a valid Visa
*GPS signal reported to now be scrambled over much of Iran (Friday)
*More reports of more strike aircraft arriving in the UK yesterday (about 30 I seem to recall) (Thursday)
*US refuelers and strike aircraft now on ground in Israel (Thursday)
*Total number of refuelers in the theater area is now up to 60+, with more apparently arriving in UK overnight (Thursday)
*Potential that several B2 bombers have left their Missouri base late morning/more later? and may be enroute (remember those are usually only flown from US controlled areas), refueler tanker activity over the base (if loaded with bombs they take off with little fuel and need to immediately “fuel up” once airborn) and heavy refueler activity over the Atlantic NE of Newfoundland indicates this may be true (group of 6 refuelers NE of Newfoundland area) (Friday about noonish to 1 PM EST)
*Some airlines are NOT stopping service until Mar 1, some already stopped, but when that happens it appears virtually all airline service To /From Israel will cease for at least a few days. (Friday)
Everything appears to be ready for a HEAVY bombing campaign against Iran.
I have my big screen TV on the ready (will CNN give us LIVE video for this War’s beginning?) … filled my gas tank … stocked up on popcorn
Wishing everyone a Boring Weekend!
Reminder,
Tehran is 8:30 hours ahead of EST.
War started earlier today, Iran time, and I would assume that the analysis of B2 bombers leaving Missouri yesterday morning was accurate.
Unlike what the US Govt and Trump will try to imply, this War will NOT be over quickly (imo). Remember wrt Iraq from the time GW Bush said “Mission Accompished” (42 days after we started that War) until combat operations actually ceased in Iraq was 15 years … and many many hard fought battles, and US deaths, later.
So far (per Sky News) reports of Iranian missles having hit US bases in:
Qatar (largest US Air Force base in Mid East)
UAE (US Navy base for Mid East)
Kuwait
Iraq
and Bahrain
My war prediction: March 1. That would be the ritualistic killing day of 311.
“Write before their pun police storm the place,”
You are lucky I drove over the mountain to Costco today. Gone all day. This one escaped.
Everyone is reporting the $1.75 trillion number. Nobody read the FCC filing.
On January 30, SpaceX filed with the FCC for authorization to deploy up to one million satellites designed as orbital data centers. Solar powered. Radiatively cooled. No terrestrial grid dependency. The FCC accepted the filing on February 4.
https://x.com/shanaka86/status/2027562861497880855?s=20
Damn…
AWAKEN: Summoning back to the “something” that your father spoke of… Is this “I AM” eternal, like the Hindu atman… which is conceived as an immortal soul?
GURDJIEFF: Immortality is not a property with which man is born. But man can acquire immortality.
AWAKEN: Can you explain further?
GURDJIEFF: All existing and generally known ways to immortality can be divided into three categories:
1. The way of the fakir.
2. The way of the monk.
3. The way of the yogi.
AWAKEN: We have arrived at the fourth way…
GURDJIEFF: The fourth way requires no retirement into the desert, does not require a man to give up and renounce everything by which he formerly lived. The fourth way begins much further on than the way of the yogi. This means that a man must be prepared for the fourth way and this preparation must be acquired in ordinary life and be a very serious one, embracing many different sides.
AWAKEN: And these are the methods to immortality?
GURDJIEFF: The ways lead, or should lead, man to immortality. Everyday life, even at its best, leads man to death and can lead to nothing else.
https://awaken.com/2024/11/awaken-interviews-george-gurdjieff-everything-is-dependent-on-everything-else-everything-is-connected-nothing-is-separate/
Have ATS 100+ ssb band radio. Want to connect tapper somehow. Local Carnegie has no access to Morse instructions. Did Morse in 60s as an Air Cadet. Nothing since but am open to any direction from anyone on how to proceed.
If by “connect tapper” you’re referring to transmitting Morse, the radio you have is not a transmitter.
If you want to listen to Morse, scan the frequencies from 3 mHz through 30 mHz until you find what you’re looking for. ARRL broadcasts Morse practice on 1.8025, 3.5815, 7.0475, 14.0475, 18.0775, 21.0675, 28.0675 mHz daily.