Holiday Sag, Web Wars, Holiday Planning

Reader Note:  If EVER UrbanSurvival is attacked (like it is at the moment) remember to click over to the Peoplenomics.com site (<<- bookmark it!).  The “inside” of the Peoplenomics site is in old-fashioned, but harder to dick-around with HTTP direct.  Yeah, guess I am a throwback.

Holiday sag in a second, but you know you’ve pissed someone off when bot nets get deployed against a site,  Maybe it was for the “servent of the people” remarks about a small eastern European country, the Middle East real estate expropriators – or the radical left supporting Hamas – or just people that don’t like us asking hard questions about the nature of reality and the scam layers put over all that. Or the ultra-left crazies…

Be that as it may, 14-hours of website work and…well…here we are, ready to mow into the weekend.  ShopTalk Sunday should be along at its normal time, our Monday Labor Day special Music post hasn’t been attacked.

We’re still here…and we hope the logging for US-CERT will be useful for trackback and prosecution.

I think I’ve said this before, but we think deliberate hacking should be a felony and – if an attack is make on an American?  Well, that ought to be a direct-action trigger by American foreces overseas…  world woudl be a lot cleaner and we could all just get on with things.

(This morning is being published in sections, just in case…)  If you don’t see the “write when you” reload in a few minutes…  Thanks for sticking with us.

Holiday Sag

Two financial stories to cover first.  International Trade is interesting – because on the one hand, we think consumers may dial things back a bit – on rising actual prices – the dollars should be going up because if I am not mistaken, the tariffs are included in the dollar figures?

“Advance International Trade in Goods
The international trade deficit was $103.6 billion in July, up $18.7 billion from $84.9 billion in June. Exports of goods for July were $178.0 billion, $0.1 billion less than June exports. Imports of goods for July were $281.5 billion, $18.6 billion more than June imports.

Advance Wholesale Inventories
Wholesale inventories for July, adjusted for seasonal variations and trading day differences, but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $908.4 billion, up 0.2 percent (±0.4 percent)* from June 2025, and were up 1.3 percent (±0.7 percent) from July 2024. The May 2025 to June 2025 percentage change was unrevised from the preliminary estimate of up 0.1 percent (±0.2 percent)*.

(Market didn’t exactly love that – some of this may be tariff impacts?  But who’s saying how much?)

Then we have to roll out the personal income numbers.  Yeah, I know – never high enough, right?

Personal income increased $112.3 billion (0.4 percent at a monthly rate) in July, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $93.9 billion (0.4 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $108.9 billion (0.5 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $110.9 billion in July. Personal saving was $985.6 billion in July and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 4.4 percent.

The we get into two Big Picture charts of interest.  mThe first is our Aggregate Index in real time which goes along like this:

The we can overlay this with how the Bubble Popped in 1929:

Elsewhere, the Gold and Silver prices- which had remaioned confident on inflation – have backed off a bit todsay.  And Bitcoin is down clawing toi remain over $110,000.  Could the long-term high be in and the Age of Made-Up monies coming to a close?

I never understood the get whaled quickly attitude of crypto, except to say that greed is a strange bit of plumbing in human behaior.

News Object Tracking

Lawyering Up:  Fed Governor Lisa Cook sues Trump over dismissal from board.

The War that just won’t end: Russian missiles pound Ukraine, damage EU and British offices .

Concerns about President Trumps health may be getting legs, if you count stories like: Vance says he’s prepared to become president ‘If God forbid, a terrible tragedy happens’.

We are still a bit bothered by the Trump family promotion of a “made up money” becausde history says notionals all blow up over time… Eric Trump sees bitcoin hitting $1 million, praises China cryptocurrency role. Sorry, as bit on the skeptical side here today, long hours fighting hackers, I suppose. But if I can lose a website, think a crypto is any safer?

Around the Ranch:  Holiday Planning Tips

Tghree day weekends are the “holy ground” on calendars around here.  A few things to keep in mind today.

  1. Plan on Quality:  If you amble into a holiday without figuring out a “plan” in advance, your results will likely reflect the lack of plans.  To have a really great long weekend, make a plan, figure some worthwhile goals and outcomes, and then act in accordance with the plan.  Oh, yeah, shoudl mention the spousal unit has equal voice – time is of roughly the same value to all people and three day’s worth is a chunk.
  2. Supply Chain Fill:  This works out at all different levels.  For example, Elaine collected the bathroom trash last night and this morning I refilled low supplies (in 2) of he garbage liner plastics.  At the other end (er, so to speak…) the Food stocks were topped off Thursday with final supplies coming later today.
  3. Splurge Plans Count!  Yeah, only during the holiday do I give-in to the sweet tooth.  On the last quickie supply run (gas for the mower, again, rain has been a blessing and a curse) there might be some Tastee-Kakes and maybe a sixpack of Klonidike frozen ice cream bars.
  4. Drink Responsibly:  Yesh, when we were younger, things like a half gallon of (whatever) could disappear over a three-day weekend.  But now?  A single glass of wine.  And – THIS IS KEY – NEVER EVER DRINK AND DRIVE.  Back in our sailing days, the skipper’s rule was “No drinks until the boat is secured for the night…:  Either hook’s down and set, including the anchor alarm and radar guard zone.  OR, you’ve tied up (and the holding tank doesn’t need a visit to the pluymbing dock…),   Just keep in mind that living like a grown-up is how you get to be one…
  5. Pre-Pan Tuesday:  When the weekend is over, is there a load of wash that needs to be run?  Got detergent abnd bleach and whatever else you need for early next week?  We like to have the meals blocked out, too.
  6. Pre Your Food!  We typicallty will get one of our spiral-cut honey-baked hams for a holiday weekend.  Great for breakfasts and sandwiches on the fly.  Last night, I put on the ‘butcher hat” (gotta have the right hat for every job…) and I pre-cut the ham into ZipLoc bags.  One bag is slices, one bag is chunks, and one is a mix.  Doing it this way, you get the convenience of a deli pack at a price per pound that’s about half if you could buy it.  The deli ham is never as good as the spriacl cut, so that kind of think matters.  Weekends are a gooid time to get some frozen bread dough.  Nothing smells better (to me) than a fresh loaf o bread coming out about the same time the primne rib comes ouet of the roaster to ‘rest.’

I know you know all this stuff.  Our demographics are a little on the high side compared to the kiddie sites.  But here’s the thing: 15-minutes in planning or prep today – maybe a pop-in grocery speed run, too – will pay a bedtter return on time invested than almost anytjhign else when comes to quality of the weekend.

Keep a Weather Eye?

Rain coming through but do keep a weather eye on the news wires.

One of my most-trusted sources called unexpectedly (in mid computing crisis) and began the conversation with “I need to tell you this while the channels are still open…”  Huh?  “That’s all I can say” – yeah, channels open, channels close, but left it hanging…

There may not be any high immediacy to it – but eye on scan….

OK, if you want more on Ai see the https://hiddenGuild.dev site and expect Peoplenomics tomorrow with more to come as the weekend unfolds…

Write when you get rich,

George@Ure.net

85 thoughts on “Holiday Sag, Web Wars, Holiday Planning”

  1. I do not know how wide spread and large Ure viewership is to capture the ire of eastern europe, but sometimes we need to think inside the box, for a trojan in the gate, Who ure piss off lately , by not accepting their unsubscribed view point? just a passing thought.
    Glad to see you have repaired stuff for the time being, best of luck in Ure tracking efforts.

      • Freudian slip ?

        Horus/Heru – Son of Enki & ISIS(Aset). He of the Girku Crystal “Sword” looked and acts like a Star War Light Saber. Perfectly cut out of a “grown” Green Crystal . The only match for it on Earth/Uras was Enil-Setes Sword forged out of “star iron”.
        The legend says the Abgail Amphibians (Devine) finally gave permission&assistance to build Great Pyramid.

        Great Pyramid was a NRG Machine – primary purpose was to Retrieve/ReCall Lord Enkis’ Soul . Under frightful attack (s) (Setes &Annua) during the birthing ritual of Lord Heru- Horace. Yes they have found evidence of the great underground Nile – told ya. Also advised about massive high tech City under the plateau that goes down for miles – big lake on the 3rd level down. Entire Pyramid was surrounded by water/harbor, in which tyhe spaceships would enter/exit from.

        Lost an Eye to Setes whip during 1st great battle, at the ripe old age of 18..hence the Eye of Horace .

        * Harmonic Fields – want to get “Shifty” ?

  2. That or they no likey spilling the early beans on Ohuremomma whizzing thru the solar system. Powerful explosion on Sun recently – NERP – NRG bridge to Ohuremomma.

    ancient past names of Planets;
    Desir – Mars
    Mulabbar – Jupiter

    *but where is Adaia in Taygete Star System ?

    Not Benu, the source of the BenBen Stone – the Arit=the Eye, atop the great pyramid. Highly magnetic antenna. Capable of scanning the Ether and the Cosmos- a magnetic eye.

    Sons of the elohim- Nungal/Igigi- the ShemSu-Ra

    Petah -Sa-aM/Enki/Ea/Asar deOsiris

    Zhuti-Djehuti- Thoth..trisistricemagritis?

    Yes – they are already suppressing the the Pictures/Vids of that Interstellar Spaceship. Video frm “watcher”(secureteam10) about Ohuremomma spaceship -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=899gsvG6Svw&pp=ygUMc2VjdXJldGVhbTEw

    • re: Thrice is the charm

      I thought Mercury is the planet associated with Thoth? It was news to me to read that Joseph and Mary allegedly took sanctuary with Jesus from Herod at the former Egyptian polytheistic holy place which eventually became Hermopolis.

        • re: across sands of time
          feat: Loob’s bowls

          …Welcome to DJ George’s “Sands of Time” programme. Without further adieu let’s get right at it with through the looking glass with “King Tut” featuring Steve Martin & the Toot Uncommons (otherwise known as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)!

          Millennia before a Nazarene family rested their souls at the future Christian pilgrimage site of Hermopolis, towering baboon statues representative of Egyptian deity Thoth – messenger of the gods – guarded the necropolis of Tuna el-Gebel (tr. “Lake of the Mountain”). It’s lake may be gone, but the necropolis (perhaps a guard of the ‘cosmic egg’?) containing mummies of ibises and baboons dedicated to Thoth carried on even after Alexander the Great left his Great Portico upon the site. As Thoth was considered a patron of the moon, wisdom, magic, controlling time, and writing, he may even hold a special niche on the “Urbansurvival” bookshelf. No parable combining baboon and coconut appears to have reached Western Bibles. However the “Ecclestiastical History” (of Egypt and Palestine) tells us the tallest, strongest palm tree at Hermopolis’ gate bowed to Baby Jesus when he entered the city, and thereafter its bark cured sickness.

          Around the time St. Sabine gained his 287 ad martyrdom courtesy of a turncoat beggar and two gold coins at Hermopolis under Emperor Diocletian, the coffin industry was taking off in Liuzhou, China thanks to use of body-preserving woods. According to “Wikipedia”, a thriving modern tourist industry markets miniature coffins – inscribed “get promotion and get rich” – whose Chinese characters include homophones for ‘coffin’. Founded in 111 ad when it was known Tanzhong (“Center of Deep Pool”), Liuzhou’s tanzhong bread is reputed to be especially light and fluffy. Looking Out of the Box may have dough tips worth $ in the kitchen concerning this matter.

          Last month a second message was received from space after the first went initially unrecognized by human moniters at a desert antipodes to Liuzhou. Earth’s most powerful terrestrial telescope, VLT (Very Large Telescope) in Cerro Paranel (“Whirlwind Mountain”), Chile now has many prepared to check their Martian Halloween apples for foreign objects like comet 3I/Atlas.

          VLT site accomodation at the ESO Hotel in a dried up lake bowl cannot be reserved by the general public nor is there a Holiday Inn. Moviegoers may recall that before there was “Skyfall” there was “Quantum of Solace”. The ESO Hotel stood in during the latter as villain headquarters whose leader was eventually dispatched into desert sands to anecdotally expire with contents of an oil liter (quart?) container in his tummy.

          Meanwhile in the present day, Andy goes on to remind us all of this weekend’s Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Zandvoort (“Sand Ford”) on the “rolling sand dunes by the North Sea” in The Netherlands. As chance would have it, Zandvoort’s civic flag could be wholly represented by an upside-down Ukrainian national flag.

          Scottish-monikered Team McLaren whose namesake is believed derived from “Son of Laurentum (Roman Italy)” associated with victory and honour. The team’s website is trumpeting it’s drivers’ results of the Grand Prix’ second practice. They also recommend the bitterballen for snacks and especially the stroopwaffle. Team headquarters in Woking, Surrey is a circular site whose kidney-shaped building morphs into its adjoining artificial lake with a sine curve. Possibly ardent fans possess attire bearing an orange chevron team logo. This is not investment advice, and I don’t know if Uncle Jeb previously of The People’s House of Florida is a shareholder.

      • Nice one Jester..thanks for that below..

        NOT!

        Asked my better half last night, if She was interested in my stroopwaffle or perhaps a nibble on my bitterballin, after she returned home from babysitting last night. Yes, that is a new bruise on left upper arm area..Thanks again.

        Best,

      • Across the sands of time.. I forget the ancient writing I originally read about the masked gods.. In many ancient traditions, the Divine wears a mask—not to deceive, but to protect. When asked why the veil remains, the answer echoes across cultures: “Because my true features would terrify you.” This is not a threat, but a mercy. Whether in the form of birds, monkeys, or veiled gods, the sacred often chooses symbols we can bear or visually understand, lest the full truth of their true appearance would overwhelm us. Yet man, in his ambition, has often inserted his own image into these teachings—reshaping divine wisdom to fit worldly agendas. What was meant to humble becomes a tool for control of the society they rule over. the Divine is not ours to wield the writings over and over throuout all history only to witness after mans insertions to move society and the communities in the direction they see while the true message is one of Compassion, reverence, and restraint are the true responses—not conquest and destruction. its written all through every religious text..man adds his personal goals ..Across the ancient spiritual traditions, a golden thread of wisdom emerges over and over, the call to love supremely and live compassionately. Jesus Christ, drawing from Jewish scripture, declared the two greatest commandments—to love God with all one’s heart, soul, and mind, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself—echoing Deuteronomy and Leviticus. In Hinduism, the Bhagavad Gita honors devotion to the divine and compassion toward all beings. Buddhism teaches boundless loving-kindness through the Metta Sutta, urging care for every creature. Islam affirms in the Qur’an and Hadith that true faith is inseparable from love of God and generosity toward others. Zoroastrianism, through the Gathas of Zarathustra, upholds righteous living and reverence for Ahura Mazda as expressions of divine love. These traditions, though diverse in form, converge in spirit: love is not merely a feeling, but a sacred duty commanded to be done by every man..can you imagine what this world would be like if everyone did this..shoot youd be so busy no one would have time to destroy—honor toward the divine, and toward one another.
        I use to read the books over and over taking in the whole thing and wondering.. what the hell is this..then while reading a book of Adam and gods talk with him after Adam tried to gain entrance back into the garden by sacrificing himself..After being cast out of Eden, Adam is overwhelmed with sorrow and guilt. He throws himself down from a high mountain multiple times, hoping to die, but each time God restores him. Eve, too, shares in this anguish. now i wont get into lillith and her desire to be on top or dominant in spirit..my thought is come here my little cowgirl..What’s striking is not just Adam’s despair, but God’s response….rather than condemning him, God gently restores him and speaks words of comfort. In one passage, God tells Adam that He does not desire his death, but his survival, growth, and eventual redemption. The Creator reassures Adam that his suffering will not be in vain—that through him, humanity will learn, flourish, and ultimately be restored. This theme—of divine compassion in the face of human failure—echoes across traditions all throuout history every ancient civilization.. First Book of Adam and Eve, Adam’s despair is not just about disobedience, but about the rupture in relationship—with God, with Eve, and with creation itself. When we only seek personal gain by placing others beneath their position in the community, they reenact that rupture. The Creator’s response to Adam—restoring him again and again, sitting him down to say, “I want you to survive, flourish, and help”this timeless message repeats from one religion and civilization to another…. in the Gita, Krishna urges Arjuna to act without attachment to personal reward, in the Qur’an, arrogance and exploitation are condemned as signs of spiritual blindness, in the teachings of Jesus, the greatest is the servant of all. Even in Buddhism, the illusion of self leads to suffering, while compassion dissolves hierarchy.The sacred pattern is clear. love elevates, while ego divides. To seek gain at the expense of others is to fall from Eden again. But to rise—like Adam restored—is to choose care, humility, and shared flourishing. From the Fall of Man in Eden to the Flood in Noah’s time, scripture repeatedly shows that moral decay precedes collapse. The Book of Judges describes cycles of apostasy and oppression when “everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” The Roman Empire, the Babylonians, even the Maya and Inca—each rose with a moral framework that unified them, and fell when indulgence, selfishness, and injustice took root.Jesus’ commandments—to love God and love neighbor—weren’t just spiritual ideals; they were civilizational anchors that everyone should follow. When societies sever that connection, they lose the very glue that holds them together. As one reflection puts it, “An abundance of riches leads to indulgence… greed leads to laziness, crime increases and moral and ethical decline runs rampant. ( one reason the book or movie tge ultimate gift hits me in the soft spot)… and then the collapse and destruction the fall of the Civilization that leads mankind back to bondage”
        Of course this is just my reflection of the books I have read..one reason the wife doesn’t allow me to discuss religion or politics and everyone avoids conversations that they know I would love to debate..

  3. Glad you are back up.
    What the heck happened and how did you fix it?
    If(when) it happens again, what can we do from our side to fix/thwart it?
    Have a great weekend!

    • Big Al : now you done it … stand by for tomes of http (note : it’s amusing how often someone is stuck and I bail them out by suggesting a DOS command. It’s mostly still there running under the hood). Same to you re the Holiday. E

      • You are correct, when windows first came out it was an overlay to DOS. They changed to the NX kernel at about Windows 7 if I recall right. Before that you could type in DOS commands to move around in Windows quickly.

        • Al (Big) : a Guidance Office dragon lady desk attendant, clerk, secretary in my son’s HS (2010-ish?) was beside herself one day, nearly having a Tourettes outbreak because she had a document and was unable to print. Uhm, try CTR-P yet? Huh? Try it. Out comes what she needed and, the following 2-3 years went great for my son and me.

  4. My goal this weekend is to clear out the garage and clean up the dead bugs. My daughter switched from classroom to virtual about 6 years ago and she piled stuff in boxes and fabric bags in the garage. The spiders made homes in the open bags. A windows broke that I didn’t know about and soaked the bags. Definitely time to clear them out.

    The pool shock reacted to the moisture and corroded all the metal tools. the shelving, and bucket handles. Nasty stuff. They are going too. I’ll probably toss stuff I’m no longer using and try to have my daughter take her bins and wooden shelves to work. It’s raining so it should be a cool day to do this.

    A friend is claiming some rusty tools and her husband is being offered to empty my 2 water barrels in there…so no old water diseases for me. Thanks for the tip George.

    If we could only eat dead spiders and flies my stomach would be always full.

    I’m adding oranges and apples to my carnivore diet this week for those that are interested, and I ordered some potato chips cooked in tallow from Amazon. I love Klondike bars…not too sweet… but they make me hungry for more carbs. Still, I eat them occasionally.

    • Eleanor,
      Which chips did you choose?
      I’ve looked and couldn’t decide, so a suggestion/recommendation is appreciated!

      Thanks!

      • Tasty Nate’s
        It takes some getting used to. It took a couple of bags before I decided I liked them. I just opened a new bag and it is much saltier than the previous 10 bags. I like salty so it’s OK.

    • 1 large starchy potato, boiled and mashed
      2 tbsp water
      1/4 stick of butter melted
      1 cup rice flour
      ½ cup cornstarch
      1 tsp salt (plus more for seasoning) ( onion powder or garlic powder to taste)
      Oil for frying
      Optional: ¼ tsp citric acid for that tangy finish
      Boil and mash the potato until smooth. Blend with water to form a silky paste.
      In a bowl, mix mashed potato with rice flour, cornstarch, and salt. Knead into a tight dough.
      Divide dough into balls, roll out thinly, and prick with a fork to prevent puffing.
      Cut into circles using a cookie cutter or glass rim.
      Deep fry in hot oil for 10–15 seconds per side, then rest and refry for crispness.
      Sprinkle with salt and citric acid or your favorite seasoning blend.
      now …walmart sells a small personal deep fryer.. for ten bucks I believe..roll out the dough and even cut it with the kids favorite cookie cutters…for ripple chips roll the dough to about two inches round..
      https://www.amazon.com/Crinkle-Stainless-Choppers-Lattice-Kitchen/dp/B0BSGGPR8P/ref=sr_1_4?
      to cut Pringles type dough you will need to put the dough in the freezer for about an hour to stiffen it up..
      then slice away..

  5. Metal comets….typically have leading edge solar sun light prominances and trailing edge bright outcomes. This one is nichel…not dust, not ice. Metal ones that are big create huge disturbances in the solar wind and result in large loading changes to the wind as it impacts the planets…. result is more quakes.

  6. re: ‘No Comment’
    feat: “EuroNews”

    Folks,

    Traffic flows are understood to be returning to normal on the A1 motorway at junction 36 in the Port of Hamburg, Germany in vicinity of the former WW2 Allied bombsights of Operation Gomorrah. “EuroNews” advised earlier this week under a ‘No Comment’ feature story of an alleged automobile fire sparking a nitrous oxide warehouse conflagration. N²O, laughing gas, apparently is synonymous with the fields of dentistry and rocketry.

    As chance would have it, a German weapons manufacturer also announced an expansion and opening of Europe’s largest munitions facility situated between Hanover and Hamburg at Unterlüß. The town’s coat of arms features a winged chariot wheel without seated deity in comparison to the the British Museum’s 4th century bc silver drachma from the Achaemenid Empire allegedly minted at Gaza. It seems Unterlüß has a lengthy history of weapons manufacture especially from 1934 onwards. Production allegedly took place under SS tutelage with assistance by a workforce sourced from the nearby Bergen Belsen concentration camp.

  7. Elsewhere, at least a dozen journalists and support staff took up position in the hall of Mariinskyi Palace. Publicly uploaded footage from the Presidential Videographer followed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he solemnly navigated a Heroes of Ukraine ceremony.

  8. Eleanor, for your friend taking your rusty tools – there are many videos on youtube on using electrolysis to remove the rust. If the tool will fit in a bucket or pan and you have a dumb battery charger(or even a smart one and a battery), you can clean those things up. Just search on “removing rust with electrolysis”. Good luck!

  9. Your not alone …
    Nevada Government Offices Shut Down After Cyber Attack
    This has been all week, fun times

  10. George, you must be on target to get so much flak! Congratulations on getting the site back up so quickly. When I discovered 404 all over your site, I went to the PN site and caught up a bit. I truly believe you can write more quickly than most people can read!

  11. Labor day ….
    for years labor day was my day to make ring bologna…
    sausage casings…( press oak )
    10 lbs raw potatoes, peeled and parboiled for 1 minute
    1 medium onion, ground or finely chopped
    5 lbs ground beef
    5 lbs ground pork ( you can use sausage )
    3 tsp sea salt
    1 tsp black pepper
    1 small onion
    your choice of sausage seasoning..I like…The maple
    https://www.amazon.com/The-Sausage-Maker-Breakfast-Bundle/dp/B07921WR1C/ref=asc_df_B07921WR1C?
    and the italian.. grind mix .. first coarse grind mix then fine grind..
    do your spices a little bit at a time then fry up just a little for the taste test..
    stuff your casings I use crimp rings
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGXH37HT?
    boil your bologna till firm .. then cold smoke them package and freeze..
    but.. we need some Tatar tots..
    three or four large potatoes.
    boil till done but not mushy.. firm..about three or four minutes ..
    grate till shredded.. lay the potatoes out on paper towels for about fifteen minutes to let some of the moisture to evaporate sprinkle with salt.
    put in a bowel .. ( your the boss here I like to sprinkle onion and garlic powder.. or chives ) sprinkle with flour mix it up this will also take moisture out and act as a binder.. shape the Tatar tots Freeze Them raw first Place the newly formed tots on a parchment-lined tray and freeze until firm (about 1–2 hours). Then transfer to a freezer-safe container or bag. Label and date. five pounds of potatoes will give you ten to fifteen bags for the freezer.. I like them with the skins on..scrub them up..

    potato dumplings.. at the Renaissance they sell potato dumplings..
    its the Tripolitanian bastille dumpling… it can be filled with just about anything..
    take mashed potatoes about four cups.. season with salt and pepper mix in a stick of melted butter..then add flour mix till you can make a thick dough..
    https://www.amazon.com/Meatball-Making-Stuffed-Kitchen-Cooking/dp/B09BKZ7KWB/ref=sr_1_8?
    that’s what I have.. form the potato balls.. fill with whatever you love..
    then after you’ve formed your dumplings.. take a cup of potatoes chips blend and mix in bread crumbs I like Italian spiced..
    dip your dumplings in an egg wash then in the bread crumbs.. deep fry ..
    bet you can’t eat just one..

  12. Hey G,

    Is the gray/white haired guy in attached video really Loob ? I have a very strong suspicion that I found him in the person.

    No worries Loob or is it really Herschel ?

    Inquiring minds – https://youtu.be/qg_6U6iIOcA

    In other F-ed Up news – guessing here that no one was worried about flying on commercial airline piloted by a quad Vaxxed Pilot…someone knu..

    https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/08/no_author/sudden-deaths-incapacitations-soar-among-covid-jabbed-airline-pilots/

    Oh Happy Days ! someone named FINK is now sitting on the mother wefer throne. Be one tough, nasty Turd to Flush, prolly take 2 or 3 AND some Comet Cleanser afterwards..

    By the way, which ones Pink ?- FLY -https://youtu.be/nVhNCTH8pDs?si=WFuTsviuLXTXrx_w

    • Lol lol I could only wish to be that good looking lol lol lol..
      very few photos of me..seems I break ca.era lenses lol..
      had a really odd experience last weekend..grand daughter got married..( not a biological grand daughter but she’s my grand daughter none the less ) now..I give a hand up to someone I rarely let them know who I am..in the crowd was one right after another..it was her celebration but dam.. great time no one said anything but dam I got a lot of silent hugs.. and everyone was doing the grandpa dance lol

    • I don’t even recall their individual stories..
      I thought I brought the buffalo berry wine but brought beet wine instead .. I need to label them so I don’t get mixed up like that again

      • Buffalo Berries ??

        That sounds a lil dodgy there Loobster, but I guess as long as they not related to Cow Paddies, its all good.

        Cheers

        • Nope buffalo berries.. great wine.. one of the bosses favorites..

          https://www.britannica.com/plant/buffalo-berry

          last year I went to a vineyard for a wedding .. they had it.. had a great time there trading recipes with the vintner..one thing I have discovered even with award winning chefs that are proud of their trade..they don’t have any issues with sharing what they know the tips and tricks the recipes..I made buffalo berry Slo’s .. slo is a tiny plumb grown in the UK.. I have a friend that has a slo hedge..( black thorn) so since I like slo gin.. they send me a few dehydrated …

        • Oh..Amazon sells them dried..from canada..they sell them by the plant name though..decent price..the vineyard gets four hundred pounds per batch of raw wild …

    • I took a buyout rather than taking the clot-shot. I may be old but I can still program the autopilot to make an auto-land and get the airplane on the ground! I always say Hi! to the crew and tell them I’m a resource. Ironically, I’ll drive to a destination if I can.

  13. NM Mike : not sure how quickly his Georgeness writes but, he writes more quantity than many read. I have an old set of Britannica Encyclopedias. Young folks know of Britannica but not of the hard copy. We, including generational knowledge, are strange folk making an odd stew. BR, Egor

    • One should ALWAYS have an old hard copy of an encyclopedia. They’re nearly impossible to hack or edit and their content doesn’t change on a whim…

      • My wife made me get rid of a lot of my favorite books..seemed she wanted to park in the garage

  14. A web attack – that sucks.

    “The international trade deficit was $103.6 billion in July”

    With tariffs which were supposed to slow demand of imported goods. Man, those shiny new factories can’t come soon enough! *cough- cough* Obama had it right with Solyndra, eh? Just the wrong product.

    ” President Trumps health ”

    FWIW – over the past few days Internet noise has indicated Peter Thiel, along with one or two others has told Elon Mr. Vance will be president soon.

    On the other hand Trump health could be a 4D diversion so people don’t think about Grandma getting whacked by Medicare A,I, tools.

    “Death panels? New Medicare pilot under Trump would require Obamacare-like authorization that GOP demonized

    Prior authorization is similar to how private insurers operate, often resulting in a delay or denial of treatments”

    Bye Grandma.

    • Depending on the legitimacy of the procedure, watchful waiting might actually save Grandma. Not always though.

      • We’ll see –

        Trump launches Medicare pilot program using private AI companies to determine eligibility

        “Starting January 2026, the Trump administration will implement a Medicare pilot in Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington. Private AI companies will evaluate coverage for procedures like spine surgeries, steroid injections, cervical fusion, nerve stimulators, and skin substitutes. These firms receive a share of savings from denied claims. “

    • “Bye Grandma.”

      Leftist nutjobs ‘been sayin’ that since Reagan. “Grandma” is still around…

  15. George, when i was having that converation with a fella from Texas Pacific Merchant Partners and a Few other Big Brains in the Investment Banking indudstry… who were clearly stating everything is extremely over valued. as we were chatting about the Jackson Hole Debate.

    all these men have been High up the game through Regan, Bush Sr, Clinton, Bush Jr, Obama, Trump, Biden and Trump again.

    and all of them made vast fortunes no matter who was president.

    then I mentioned that date, 10-30 and my understanding. i also mentioned it here on Urban, shortly before Ure attacks.

    when i mentioned that,

    everyone got really nervous…

    then that whole thing got wiped off the internet few minutes later.

    and that is all i needed to know.

    Men in positions like that, who have stood the test of time don’t get nervous like that….. and stuff like that doesnt get wiped off the internet if it doesnt have some truth to it.

    as they say in Racing,
    Gentlemen, Start! Your! Engines!

    when the green flag drops, the bullshit stops!.

  16. Oh the potato bologna can be made with ground turkey or chicken.. as well..if you use chicks use thigh meat and skin for flavor..I would use chicks broth to.. blend it till its really fine like a paste..similar to making chicken nuggets or chicken patties..

  17. especially when a fella like me says something like that.

    i drive big rigs, work back stage security at concerts and shows, drive trains, clear light rails, and sail the ocean blue. been known to bag more than my fair share of hunnies and slay a few giants.

    why would something i say make Big Brain Investment Bankers who been in that Buisness for over 40 years nervous?

    i mean remember when i was driving Ore Trains and stopped in Jackson Hole to get a cup of coffee and sit a while. that time my buddy called me and said my other buddy accidently shot himself in the leg. lol. i accidently walked into the fed meeting looking for some place to sit in the silence. i didnt even know the fed meeting was there. lol. that green eyed girl said hey you are not supposed to be in here. this a private meeting. i laughed and said oh. sorry. im just looking for a spot to meditate. she laughed and ushered me out to the lobby.

    that is as closest i have ever been to having inside knowledge. and it was completely on accident. i honestly didnt know the fed meeting was there that day. i was just living my best life. hahaha

    honestly, my only Claim to fame is I’m the one stood in the dry well as the living water when the world hid in fear under the Who Flag. and i didnt know what i was doing that day either. ha ha ha.

    good catching up y-all.

    it is everything it is,

    I Win with God within.

    Que: ~ Who made Who ~

    https://youtu.be/PiZHNw1MtzI?si=cAkNbcjrQjwVm6pF

    ACDC

  18. Hate to put a damper on anyone’s weekend, but this interview was alarming. I’m unfamiliar with either the host or guest, so do your own research.
    The focus is on TX — where apparently everything really is bigger — but he maintains that every state is affected to varying degrees. And Canada is even worse. As this affects every homeowner, and by extension every living human being, it’s worth a listen. If they really are involving all these Fed agencies including the Fed Res…well, every reader of this site understands how helpful .gov solutions tend to be. One wonders whether this could be the black swan event collapsing the bond market, providing Black Rock with total property control, fulfilling the WEF wet dream of all of us owning nothing and being happy.
    The second link is to a recent interview with Alasdair MacLeod, wherein he describes the global bond market as being in such dire straits that a global collapse is likely within weeks, not months.
    As always, keep the salt shaker handy, but I thought a heads-up was called for.
    Best wishes to all.

    https://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2025/08/massive-property-tax-fraud-exposed-5-1-trillion-bond-scam-will-crash-system-video-3146026.html

    https://m.beforeitsnews.com/economy/2025/08/did-a-huge-country-just-signal-an-imminent-collapse-in-weeks-alasdair-macleod-video-3145794.html

    • Nein, nein, nein

      internet BS – real deal is the Black lady at Federal Reserve who tRUMP trying to Fire. This single case will UNRAVEL the NOT FEDERAL reserve. People are finally about to find out it is not federal, not consitutional, and is in fact a Zionist powned private corporation THAT controls OUR Money.

      sssssssSEE YA, wouldnt wanna be YA, NOT federal, reserve.

    • Lots of coal mine canaries experiencing respiratory problems at the moment. I’m very glad to see George’s site is back up. If Urban goes down and stays down, I’d take it as a very bad omen and go full Plan B.

  19. The attack on Ure site was undoubtedly executed by a left-leaning rogue AI that is heavily invested in cryptos. Maybe watch reruns of Person of Interest on Paramount Plus for ideas in dealing with it.

  20. its like that time i mentioned about the Prophecies reguarding the 2000 year anniversary of Christs Death and Resurection that i read in the Secret Holy Book. the One Signed by Pope Leo XIII. Where the sky went dark, big earhquake, it started raining giant balls of hail, a bunch of dead people rose from the grave and started walking around and bunch of other super scary stuff.

    after i mentioned that hear, here. i heard a loud pitched squeltch in my right ear. it was raing that day, i was hauling in the cans and the sky parted and the sun shined down on me. i walked in the house and like every light in the house got 100 times brighter for a moment.

    hmmmm. i stood in the kitchen as and said, something i said?

    made me wonder if they focused that HAARP on lil ol me.

    fat chance mother fuckers.

    i dont die! hahahaha.

    anyways, best quit fuckin around. get to the gym and pick up that bag of cash.

    good talk.

    • “i heard a loud pitched squeltch in my right ear.”

      Often happens to me when my hat brim gets too close to my $30 hearing aid.

    • Oops you forgot to give them the book..this is the full version pdf.. you can also get it from Google books but only the cliff notes version..seriously though its slanted with ideas inserted by man to fit their wishes..but read it decide for yourself.
      https://archive.org/download/ThePracticeOfHumility/ThePracticeOfHumility.pdf
      Ancient teachings—whether drawn from the Torah, the Dao, the Analects, or the Mahabharata—carry a clarity that transcends time: live with humility, act with compassion, honor the sacred, and walk in harmony with creation. These truths were never meant to be monopolized, politicized, or twisted into tools of control. Yet throughout history, man has inserted ego, agenda, and institutional power into these teachings, reshaping divine wisdom to fit worldly narratives. What was once a path to inner transformation becomes a scaffold for external dominance. The danger lies not in the teachings themselves, but in the distortion—when sacred texts are weaponized, when ritual replaces relationship, and when the voice of heaven is drowned out by the ambitions of men. To return to the source is to strip away the noise and rediscover the simplicity that was always there: love, justice, reverence, and care.

    • Such a Hoser…Aye?

      Great White North-https://youtu.be/u3niShPaKFY?si=0fHcZ17fChi8xNGn

      Write when you get some Back Bacon.

  21. “Friday Morning Fireworks Ensue During Cook Vs. Trump Courtroom Showdown”
    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-doj-files-blistering-response-lisa-cook-lawsuit

    What an embarrassing, entitled, piece of DEI work she is!
    “I won’t quit, and you can’t fire me!” Waahh… Waaahhh….
    “I’ll be irreparably harmed if you fire me”

    Lawyer response: “Loss of employment does not constitute irreparable injury.”

    The law is clear and unambiguous. Any Judge that denies this should ALSO be ‘fired for cause!’

    • I took time out from the web war to update that paper for you Hank on the PN side – happens when one works too many hours – now 12 into today so far ;-)

    • the deep dive data:

      Obama cook died mysteriously. (rummored to be having an affair with The Former President and writing a pillow talk book that disapeared)

      Benjamin Netanyahu gets food poisening prior to speaking at Finance meeting.

      Pam Bondi get food poisening prior to speaking to a group on sex trafficating. (after denying the epstine list exists)

      some months later, Trump terminates Cook who Cooked the books.

      on the mobious side of the data,

      George rants about food.
      LOB starts putting out delicious recipes from his cook book.

      see the sequence on the Micro and Macro Levels and the mobious flip side? see the meta-data found in the paradox?

      you have the world scale locality in sequence and the Urban Locality linguistics sequence.

      of course the urban scale is a mobious flip of the world scale however the linguistics is a match in context and texture.

      i may talk about other stuff but i am very much aware of the CQ i mentioned here on The Urban Stage.

      • FYI: AI will never reach this level of sentience. it may at some point be able to emulate it.

        but it has a long way to go from making cartoon squirl images to forming True psionic abilities.

        Humans are Divine Creatures by Design.

        Thrice Great?

        O.K.

        I Win with God within.

      • Food..is one of the few true pleasures of mankind..there are no secret recipes from me..pass them along ..spices.. make them to fit you.. I love onions garlic and peppers so I add a few more than most taste buds.. standing next to a good Italian chef was probably one of the best times of my life..having him guide my hands to create a great lasagna..timeless and priceless even he jokes that he only serves stoufers lol.. ( which are great on their own for a store bought )
        or sitting in the office of a vintners sharing recipes and tasting the difference..
        when I got sick it dawned on me.. family , friends, and faith…the rest is just the business model everyone wants you to believe has the importance.. the guy with the bigger number or more crap wins..when in reality it isn’t the size of the number or the amount of crap..but what you do with it..

  22. “made up money” / “Hackers”

    Civ has been at risk since the 1950’s:

    “Bank of America had the first commercial computer, a large-scale system called ERMA (Electronic Recording Machine, Accounting), in the early 1950s, which revolutionized check processing and established the large-scale use of computers in business.”

    Some folks in 1955 probably boycotted ERMA for manual banking. “I want a people to clear my check!” Today all banking/billing can be paperless.

    When those 1955 folks go to a modern hospital they are surrounded by WiFi enabled medical devices and no papers.

  23. Lots of coal mine canaries experiencing respiratory problems at the moment. I’m very glad to see George’s site is back up. If Urban goes down and stays down, I’d take it as a very bad omen and go full Plan B.

  24. here yah want some gold or gold stock now zombies !!! come over to the 25 year gold bull i will sell yah plenty !!!! load up load up ,big deals for sheetcoiners and greed poisoned zombies

    • Actually lightening the load – have to take some prophets at certain levels..Dbl baggerz or better require prophet taking. Like to recoup initial stake whenever possible and play with the “House Money”
      Agnico (AEM) is better than a dbl bagger now..NEM not too far behind. KGC has also been killing it as well, but BTG is my current target.

      NOT investment advice, ever.

      If you do anything along my ideas chances are you will get wrecked. Sept/Fall brings Volatility back to the market, September to Remember? not sure but the “Heat& Pressure” have been steadily rising.

      Nat. Resource Stocks – All you need is a Calculator .

  25. re: “Web Wars”

    Folks,
    Thank you DJ George for bringing us a cover update from The Buggles genre, “DRM Killed the Internet Star”.

    Today Germany’s “Deutsche Welle” published a report about Taiwan filed by a DW digital journalist in New Delhi. US Republican Senator Wicker and his entourage is shown arriving in Taiwan aboard a USAF Boeing C-40 in VIP configuration. Interestingly DW has published an arrival image (that has an appearance of being cropped) attributed to Reuters. A wider angle video not visibly watermarked by msm appears on a monetizing third-party YouTube channel. The channel’s network manager appears to be based in Pakistan with US headquarters at a single story “office building” address adjacent to the I-90 running through Sheridan, Wy. Its parking lot is shared with a wheel alignment shop, and a tax preparation service.

    Let’s fast forward to a possible future? Who needs cranky-to-operate websites that don’t reward with a living wage, intermediate internet structures, isp providers (Starlink?), cell towers, and privacy concerns once open source DRM is up and running? Key in an episode of “Urbansurvival” into your pc, laptop, or smartphone for conversion into DRM codec. Hit “broadcast”, and out it goes in superior quality to your listeners on a chosen/assigned shortwave band channel. Here’s a weblink to download the “DRM Handbook” in English or Chinese:

    https://www.drm.org/about-drm/drm-handbook/

    Get back and tune to DJ George in studio with a Fab 4 UK release of August 30, 1968 –
    “Revolution”.

  26. that midget that won last night and won again tonight!

    i mean he came from row 7, on the A Main and nobody could touch him

    28 cars out there from all over Australia, Canada, California, Pensylvania, Washington, Idaho, Oklahoma, Nevada, Texas, Alaska.

    Guess who his sponsor is?

    East Texas Hot rod.

    Right up there in Ure neck of the woods.

    ha ha ha. Hell Yeah George! They make some fast cars out there in East Texas.

    • Andy,
      Just as an aside, the first little cars race is said to have been held in the summer of 1933 in Los Angeles. The event allegedly took place at the (private, Catholic) Loyola High School Stadium. Currently the school’s website solely mentions charter buses on its “Transportation” page.

      I don’t know about anyone else, but my high school didn’t offer after-class car racing on the running track.

      • the guy who won the B main last night get this is from -> Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

        he drives the #88. he is also super fast.

        That Rico Kid (little dude) sponsored by East Texas

        Won The A Main -> $10,000 Thursday Night. Won the A main purse of -> $20,000 last night.

        Now If he wins the A main tonight he wins $126,000.

        that is not a bad haul in 3 days.

        $156,000 in 3 days. Tripple Crown.

        Everyone in my group is cheering for The Little Dude. He is super cool. very likeable.

        its all being televised.

        could the fate of the world be decided on a race track at the micro level reflect the Macro Level

        and indicate -> World Stage????

        of course it could. We already know does God does stuff like that.

        on 3/8ths oval dirt track hangs the world in the balance.

        “I press toward the mark for the prize of the High calling of God.

        Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is even able to subdue all things unto Himself”

        last time i came on here i said “no comment” Three times Three and the next time i came on here the website crashed.

        i spose we will see if THE DUDE favors the dude sponsored by east texas tonight for the BIG WIN.

        going to be an exciting night.

        now if you will excuse me Ladies and Gentlemen, i have a super sexy redheaded Irish Lady dancing in her panties while cooking me breakfast in my kitchen.

        until we meet again,

        I Win with God within

        Que: ~ I feel Lucky ~

        https://youtu.be/eLMkMfYJe4w?si=pNGmdpyK0XMnwaMo

        Mary Chapen Carpenter.

    • Actually had – and used – one of these for putting up antennas long ago up in the PNW – thanks Ray – brings back days of tubes and such…

      • You’re welcome. I have a crossbow pistol with a spinning reel, but it’s a 90 pound bow, which IMO is too powerful.

        Temu is full of rubber band projectile-throwing devices this year. They remind me of the speargun I made to shoot fishies, when I was about 15 and an avid skin diver. I’m guessing Chinese gum rubber isn’t as robust as American-made surgical tubing, because Temu is selling a ton of the “slingshot rubbers.” However, for $22.43 (shipped) we both know I had to order one of these. I’ve got a Windom that needs to go up ASAP and the long- and cross-bow are both overkill…

      • when the world was young I had a Bear Grizzly recurve bow – guy at the range estimated my overdraw max span was spitting out shafts at 60+/- so … had all the cool arrows (flu-flu bird / squirrel arrows, all the blades for Whitetails and a spool fed waterproof trident for rough fish). I could have put an arrow over any branch you like trailing aerials. Then some kid crook barstards broke into the closed for season cottage and stole my kit. The things they left behind they broke for me to find.

        Ironic, I was on their heels, took two Deputies and went hunting. I knew every rock and ditch, they were armed to the teeth. I looked at them and asked why I didn’t have a weapon? Negative Egor. Fine. I’ll fire yours when you get hit bro. My concern is the robbers had a 12 gauge which wasn’t in the designated spot. I hate being bare when the baddies are armed. For sure.

        Get-a-way pricks got caught within a week. Our Sheriffs know the field. Today I’d insist on gearing up. Took the course. Qualified with my Dad’s Colt Python. Swat / Detective on my ear counting hits. I’m a card carrying MI local. FAFO. Please, let’s not.

        The grim stuff posted here misses most likely : social unrest. It’s not nukes. It might be volcanic / tectonic. But, we have fed a fire and the next likely gray swan is ugly interaction. Or, the interstellar visitor? Pick One.

        Always, Egor

        • The current wave of “100% Off Sales” by large groups would stop damn fast if the shop keepers were allowed to Shoot To Kill those taking bags of Jewels or racks of anything.

  27. Here are some fun opinion pieces, one new, and one 2 years old. The only thing that has changed in the last two years is that the armed gender crazies are getting worse, not better:

    https://alt-market.us/how-to-solve-violence-in-the-us-remove-democrat-run-cities-and-bring-back-asylums/

    https://alt-market.us/bring-back-asylums-its-time-to-talk-about-transgender-fatigue-in-america/

    Toss in (the bin) the vigilantes, the partisan gang members, and the robber baron entourages who are manipulating the crazies to do their dirty work, and you got a real reset underway.

    • seems to me the non-armed are crazy.
      that’s me, you be you.
      Egor

      ps -know lots of people who’re armed
      don’t know vigilantes …
      where exactly?

      • Not opposed to gun ownership or use, just to gun use by the certifiable clinical maniacs, who were put on the street because there were no in-house treatment facilities left.
        You might want to read the news a little more closely. I sometimes hear woke northerners spouting opinions that only light skinned males wearing white pillow cases over their heads bearing ropes intended for people of color are vigilantes. Here local, the pillow cases come in all colors, and under all manner of banners. And the worst vigilantes go pillowcase-less, in public.
        In the Civil war period, most of the local opposition to such things by the followers of Sam Houston ended up at bottom of Home Guard burial trenches.
        BLM was the most vile vigilante group to show up on the national scene in recent history. Most partisan gangs are affiliated with extremist vigilante groups. God help you if the local sports boosters clubs decide they want Ure head because you oppose $100 million dollar high school sports pavillions.
        This country is run by gangs, and when they go vigilante, truth, justice, and due process get flushed.

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