Housing Outs It! Inflation Ho!

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The latest CPI report makes the interesting assertion that Housing costs in the past year were up (month-on-month) by 5.7 percent.  While overall, thanks to a few items going lower, the YoY data showed Consumer prices up 3.2 percent from February 2023 to February 2024.

Lo and behold, brethren, here we see how that 5.7 compares with the Gold Standard of Housing reports, the Case-Shiller/S&P Housing report.  Read ’em and weep:  Year on Year data first:

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 6.0% annual gain in January, up from a 5.6% rise in the previous month. The 10- City Composite showed an increase of 7.4%, up from a 7.0% increase in the previous month. The 20- City Composite posted a year-over-year increase of 6.6%, up from a 6.2% increase in the previous month. San Diego again reported the highest year-over-year gain among the 20 cities with an 11.2% increase in January, followed by Los Angeles, with an increase of 8.6%. Portland, though holding the lowest rank after reporting the smallest year-over-year growth, retained an upward trend with a 0.9% increase this month.

MONTH-OVER-MONTH
The U.S. National Index and the 20-City Composite showed a continued decrease of 0.1%, and 10-City Composite remained unchanged in January. After seasonal adjustment, the  U.S. National Index, the 20-City Composite, and the 10-City Composite all posted month-over-month increases of 0.4%, 0.1%, and 0.2% respectively.

Now let’s look at the price chart:

Which means?

“U.S. home prices continued their drive higher,” says Brian D. Luke, Head of Commodities, Real & Digital Assets at S&P Dow Jones Indices. “Our National Composite rose by 6% in January, the fastest annual rate since 2022. Stronger gains came from our 10- and 20-City Composite indices, rising 7.4% and 6.6%, respectively. For the second consecutive month, all cities reported increases in annual prices, with San Diego surging 11.2%. On a seasonal adjusted basis, home prices have continued to break through previous all-time highs set last year”

“We’ve commented on how consistent each market performed during 2023 and that continues to be the case. While there is a large disparity between leaders such as San Diego versus laggards such as with Portland, the broad market performance is tightly bunched up. This is also true of high and low tiers. The average annual gains between high and low tiers across cities tracked by the indices is just 1.1%. Low price tiered indices have outperformed high priced indices for 17 months. Homeowners most likely saw healthy gains in the last year, no matter what city you were in, or if it was in an expensive or inexpensive neighborhood. No matter which way you slice it, the index performance closely resembled the broad market.”

After the numbers, the market rally scheduled for the opening chilled a bit.

Guess if inflation is still going on in housing the Fed won’t be in a huge hurry to cut.

I think what many have missed though is that the data period for these numbers is when? January and we’re now only a week from April.  So nice, but somewhat historical, don’tcha think?

Write when you get rich,

George@Ure.net

64 thoughts on “Housing Outs It! Inflation Ho!”

  1. So the plan is to make housing unaffordable so that at least 10mm new homes or existing homes will be vacant and provided for free to the illegal alien invaders…..

  2. This report seems to jibe with local radio here, prices up. But radio indicated sales down. Stagflation.

    Michigan started a housing assistance program for newcomers. I don’t think housing a family for $500.00 a month is worth it but some of the others may and this would help support the market. Adding a second family to a single family home will probably help $HD in the longer run.

    Newcomer Rental Subsidy

    The Newcomer Rental Subsidy program provides Refugees and other Newcomer population-eligible households with rental assistance up to $500 per month for up to 12 months, with eligibility based on immigration status and household income.

    https://www.michigan.gov/ogm/services/newcomer-rental-subsidy

    • Personally…, I would be working with a lawyer to sue the hell out of the State for discrimination.
      How about some mortgage and rental freebee assistances for the people that actually work, pay taxes and are trying to raise a family?

      • “I would be working with a lawyer to sue the hell out of the State for discrimination.”

        Not easy. Steve’s State is as Leftist as yours. This pisses me off because 95% of Michigan’s land mass is inhabited by people who’re conservative-to-hard-Right. If someone who’s either conservative or endowed with common sense deigns toward fighting the status quo, they are sunk and destroyed like a lead balloon in boiling aluminum.

        Tudor Dixon makes a guest appearance on FOXNews every couple of weeks. She was about the 5th best Republican candidate, but the top Republican who was allowed to participate (Craig would’ve been the best candidate, and would have wiped the Lansing streets with gruesome Gretchen, but he was disqualified ‘cuz we can’t allow cops to get into the Capitol…)

  3. Out of work Steve:

    I think it’s $500/mo per “newcomer” so a family of (4) would generate $2,000? Let’s see, easily room for (50) bunk beds in the pole barn. Need to take off shoes and socks given the abacus isn’t handy. $600,000 for the year?

    Nah …
    E

    • The program looks like it’s up to $500.00 for an entire family. But it does create a pipeline with current newcomers getting a subsidy to send for more newcomers which creates a feedback loop.

      “The program provides refugees and other newcomer population-eligible households with monthly rental assistance for up to 12 months, with eligibility heavily based on immigration status and household income. The amount of financial support per eligible household will range from $300 to $500 per month depending on household size.”

    • hmm..would there be a citizenship clause. if your a citizen you don’t qualify lol

  4. Slow Cooker Cheesy Bacon Ranch Potatoes

    Ingredients
    – 6 slices bacon
    – 3 pounds red potatoes, chopped
    – 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
    – 1 tablespoon Ranch Seasoning and Salad Dressing Mix
    – 2 tablespoons chopped chives
    Instructions
    1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
    2. Spread bacon in a single layer onto the prepared baking sheet. Place into oven and bake until brown and crispy, about 12-14 minutes. Let cool before crumbling; set aside.
    3. Line a slow cooker with aluminum foil, leaving enough to overhang to wrap the potatoes on top, and coat with nonstick spray. Place a layer of potatoes evenly into the slow cooker. Top with cheese, Ranch Seasoning and bacon, repeating 2 more times and reserving 1/2 cup cheese.
    4. Cover potatoes with aluminum foil and cook on low heat for 7-8 hours or high heat for 3-4 hours. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Cover and cook until melted, about 1-2 minutes.
    5. Serve immediately, garnished with chives
    6. eat and enjoy..
    you knew I’d have to leave a recipe

    • I do basically the same.., except;
      I fry-up a dozen sausage links, cut them to half inch and add to the potatoes..,
      And I use my 16 inch “camp cook” cast iron skillet with lid and place it in the over.
      Next time I do this., I will try your slow cooker method.

        • Oprah says there’s drugs available for that now…
          Sez the old man who was 20 lbs ‘over’ at the Doc scale last week.

      • dam that sounds good… I will try that.. a dear friend had a spice he used to use..I didn’t get the name of the spice ..and haven’t been very lucky at locating it..

      • That is a good question…why does cooking come up..for one I love to cook,I can in cans and in jars and retort can in metalized bags , dehydrate, freeze dry, create many of the simple pleasure we all take for granted..
        in my life there has been more than my share of devastating and life changing events. now.. that being said I don’t pity myself for those events. on the contrary those were learning modules..a grand class on ..what is the phrase.
        “Improvise, adapt, overcome”
        and to teach and assist others to overcome the same life changing events..
        I am a tool slut and seriously have a thing about kitchen gadgets..I do have a grinder or two more than I need..I think that’s due to my having to beat grain gathered off the ground by hand with a rock in a cast iron pan.. I love to learn and I love to read..( more than some less than others) my wine making skills Is a new skill that I am working on. the year they decided that the wife and I should not be insured the annual witch hunt we were penniless for a year.. every once in a while the wife would say..I wish I could have a cup of wine.. funny everyone abandons you..from the closest of friends to those in your faith family.. I am not sure why..whether it’s that they don’t know what to say…or they are afraid your going to be dependent on them..when all they need to do is be present..
        what is the joke..
        (A good friend will help you bury a body; a great friend will bring their own shovel.) when in reality they walk away.. what’s really funny is where help comes from..it’s always someone you would never expect.. so I have earned many things ..I have shown many people how.. taken good to those that need it shown them how to make the simple pleasures that can give one a quality of life.. when hope flies out the window having someone come in and help close the window..
        those I give a hand up to.. I try not to divulge who it is..mostly. I don’t need anyone feeling as if they owe me anything. I also don’t want to be drawn into the drama in their life. I have enough of my own.
        as for the ancient wines and brews..haven’t you ever been curious. what did king tut find enjoyable. and the stories that the first king and queen of gilgamesh was really Adam and eve..what did they enjoy or find enjoyable on an evening to dine on and drink.. the wine of the first emporer of china is really quite good no wonder it was called the forbidden wine..
        some people live and treasure numbers I treasure the person and simple pleasures.

  5. Since its inception almost 250 years ago, the United States of America has prided itself on being a nation that allows free speech for every citizen, no matter what they believe in. Now, some are saying that the federal government has broken its promise to defend this Constitutional right by censoring posts on social media.

    The case has made its way to the Supreme Court, and although the justices haven’t ruled yet, it seems like they are going to side with President Biden and the government’s right to censor on social media.

    If the Supreme Court does side with Biden’s administration – then Free Speech in America is destined to disappear across all platforms of communication. Slowly at first, but absolutely.

    Letters to The Editor – never published. Opinion on the vote of a Senator – deleted. Comment on the latest ruling by the Pope – not allowed.

    There will not be a single area of communication that won’t eventually be affected. Spreading even to your private email., as you are using a company’s services to send and receive those heinous emails.

    It will be interesting to see the outcome of the ruling. And unfortunately, a very sad and bad day for America if the case goes against us.

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    jacksynn – did I get anything wrong this time?

    • I am not an engineer. Pretty good with math though., and some experience in blowing things up and destroying other people’s shit.., and I can’t think of a better, faster way to drop a bridge.
      Mass / Momentum from a full loaded container ship? I don’t think there is a bridge support in existence that can withstand that kind of impact and survive. Especially square-on like that.
      I am not surprised at all.

    • everything has a point.. an egg can be balance on end.. I use to think only on the big end but I have done it on both ends.. the narrow end is harder.. tesla and his earthquake machine had a theory that everything has a resonate frequency. I believe in the same thing. a crystal glass if vibrating it hit with the same frequency from a different angle will and does shatter.
      the boat hitting the bridge from the proper angle and in the right spot should in theory bring it down. similarly the twin towers..now the third building no where near the towers is still a mystery to me..anyway that’s my opinion..

    • I thought it resembled the twilight zone horror movie..where the guy looks out of the plane window and sees the gremlins ripping apart the plane..

  7. The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that it officially saw a net negative income of $114.3 billion in 2023, a record loss tied to expenses related to managing the central bank’s short-term interest rate target.

    The loss last year follows $58.8 billion in net income in 2022, the Fed said.

    The Fed has stressed repeatedly that net negative income does not impede its ability to operate or conduct monetary policy.

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    jacksynn – did I get anything wrong this time?

    • The Net negative is only going to accelerate as the dollar loses its value.. It happened the exact same way in Argentina and Zimbabwe..
      I have talked to so many people that lost everything during the last depression and that was just from a run.. this time the dollar is being attacked by the makers of the dollar..their own institutions are destroying it.. this administration is destroying any hope of ever getting out.. one day all the government employees will wake up and realize they no longer have jobs.. the scary part is.. that is the upside the positive narrative on what this administration is up to.. the Administration and the open borders.. that is one terrifying thing.. since most of those countries had some sort of business deal with the brand.. and the vast majority of the people crossing are military aged males.. from countries that harboured bad feelings about our country and openly threatened to sneak warriors in posing as refugees.. so how many.. what was the threat analysis.. up to three hundred thousand potential.. no one knows where they are.. the millions more along with them being supported financially by our own administration and aided in their every need.. while our senior citizens.. being ignored of basic services and subsitance..
      in the past people that did things like that were tried for a variety of crap.. today it seems as if they are protected ..

  8. The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is a “major disaster” that threatens to disrupt the $80 billion in cargo that travels to and from one of America’s busiest ports

    The Port of Baltimore stands as the nation’s leading import and export site for cars, light trucks, sugar and gypsum — with a record 52.3 million tons of foreign cargo transported in 2023.

    The bustling port, however, has been rendered inaccessible by shipping vessels following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge overnight. In-bound and out bound traffic is at a “full stop”.

    The container ship, Dali, did issue a ‘May Day’ prior to hitting the bridge pylon.
    Approximate time to reopen the shipping lane: “Are you kidding me!?” – Direct quote from the port engineer.

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    jacksynn – did I get anything wrong this time?

    • Bwaaahahahahah..
      Ukraine been trying for 2 years to take out the Bridge in Crimea.

      Sergey – from Ukraine, gets the job done in one night ! Dumb ass even threw the Anchor overboard..duh-ohh!

      Natasha, these americanos tres thicke, tres stupid!

      I know you can smell it, that smelly smell, that smells smelly, just dont let the public know…RUSSIA be at WAR.

  9. On my ‘news round’ this morning I ran across three separate articles on how to deal with the coming deflation. [One on Market Watch, one of Yahoo Finance., and I don’t remember the third.] All three were different from each other., not A.I. copied.
    I don’t remember seeing anyone even mention deflation in the past few months.
    What changed over the weekend?

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    jacksynn – did I get anything wrong this time?

    • Agreed. My feeling is that the crew realized they were being cyber hijacked, were unable to regain control, so killed the power in hopes they could reset the ship’s computer. No luck. When the power was restored, the ship made a hard right turn, directly into the bridge support.

      • An alternate theory is that the high tide was about 5 hours earlier and was flowing outbound. If the crew dropped one or more anchors at the bow, the current would carry the stern outward toward the channel, producing the same apparent hard right turn into the bridge support.

    • This area had heavy rainfall last weekend and everything was juicy.High tide was around 20:00. Ship leaves dock around midnight. Fiddle around release from tugs. Tide going out and the bridge abutments funneling it under the bridge. JUST because the lights went out doesn’t mean it lost power. Captain floored it road the wave for a direct hit.

      the water

    • A fellow trader I know is going short over this three day weekend., mainly because of that data release.
      – I’m considering it…………,

  12. Argentina is on the verge of collapse
    Argentina’s private sector has seen wages fall the most in almost 30 years.
    Inflation is over 250%
    The President’s plan centers around the Dollarization of the Argentine economy, but rapidly devaluing the Argentine Pesos as a result.
    The country’s recession is set to worsen with economists surveyed by Argentina’s central bank predicting gross domestic product to contract 3.5% this year.
    Poverty has jumped from 40 percent to 60 percent,
    President Milei went viral after being elected as he announced he would be cutting a large number of government departments to reduce public spending., as he took a 48% increase in salary.
    Given their history – civil war will be the next phase of their “change”.

  14. I don’t take any prescription meds [ though a few people have made specific recommendations :-) ] I do have a list of aches and pains from a life “well lived”.., a couple of them can put me down for a day, or two., but generally I am in pretty good health. Though I did concede last year and bought a pair of reading glasses. Most print isn’t a problem, books, email., etc., but the ingredients on packages, and Chinese printed instructions, became to small for me to read properly.
    I told you all of that – to ask this:
    What happens to all the people that really do rely on prescription medication if the supply lines go down and they become ‘unobtainable’ ?
    Do millions of people simply die ? ., and do millions of other just sit by and watch them die?
    That whole scenario / image just sucks.

    • (“What happens to all the people that really do rely on prescription medication if the supply lines go down and they become ‘unobtainable’ ?
      Do millions of people simply die ?”)

      what I was told… when my ex had surgery.. the office would call every hour on the hour.. berating me on the bill and one thing they said quite often is..

      “Why in the hell did you seek medical treatment if you didn’t have the money in the bank to write a god dam check for the cost of the cares..”

      One of the gentlemen living in our spare bedrooms.. is a veteran.. the VA made his arrangements to get cancer treatments.. the Hospital send him a notice that wanted his good will prepayment of fifty thousand dollars.

      No I don’t think they give two cents on whether or not anyone gets the medications.. that is why they are made in other countries … what about surgeries.. our saline solutions are all made elsewhere where they have no water standards.. amazing.. do they use distilled water..

    • Remote area medical does ninty something percent of their emergency drop shipped medical services in the USA.. we have one of the worst medical systems in the world..and it isn’t going to get anywhere soon.. BUT.. if the analysts are right and the balloon goes up.. then there would be plenty in the pharmacies and hospitals to take care of the couple million survivors for a long time.. if there is an EMP.. then
      one needs to get to know herbal and ancient chinese medicine..
      https://strategiclivingblog.com/big-book-of-homemade-products/
      since most doctors today get into medicine because of the Number they can generate.. there are still quite a few that get into it because of the mistery of the human body.. or because illness was in their household and they wanted to make a difference.. I got into it and found myself in being the strength someone needed in the weakest moments of their lives.. and their life story..
      this scene is me..
      https://youtu.be/IO5E29M134U?si=HR5BqHeL5JlL9Xzh

        • LOL I am a caucasion.. LOL… BE THE BLIND MAN is what I tell the kids and grandkids… Color is only judged by someone that can’t see the soul of the person.. Where a Blind man doesn’t care how thick your wallet is.. or if your wearing the latest fashions..( just look how young women are treated in the big cities.. a THOT.. thirsty hoe over there.. a woman and girl judged because they can’t afford the latest fashions.. so does the brand of the clothes make the man or woman ) or driving the latest and most expensive auto.. NO a blind man only knows how the person treats them and those around them.. they have to judge the person for who they are not for what they are or how big of a number they have or what their shoes are…. this scene in Frankenstein says it all.. great clip..
          https://youtu.be/_wRVfzaIRj8?si=u-fF9RzGWFODWXlk
          a tragic accident can take someones looks.. a medical bill can destroy the number and push someone into a completely different social category a fire or storm can take the objects that people idol.. I think of my friend that came to our spare room.. he was once a very important person.. a hurricane and an explosion took it all.. called in to give testimony on the deep water oil drilling rig that blew up.. fighting insurance companies that gave them a penny on the dollar for his mansion.. blackballed living out of the trunk of his car trying to find work.. the oil companies black balled him for telling the truth.. and he was homeless.. his family once he hit hard times.. abandoned him he was alone and bitter.. he came to us his car broke down he had heart attack and had to have heart surgery.. smart man had a lot of sheets of paper for the wall.. but it meant nothing.. he was only valued for what he could give someone not for who he was.. the sad part was he got bitter and couldn’t accept having to accept the results and living in some poor schmucks spare bedroom.. He had it all.. then lost it all… what I tried to tell him.. but he couldn’t see it.. is he was still who he is inside.. it didn’t matter if his wallet was thick or thin.. or how his looks were.. sad to see that..
          I don’t value things.. I value the person and for who they are.. not what they are..

    • Yes, they would. My husband is on a dozen maintenance meds for a problem that’s been difficult to determine. Only four of them are vitamins (couldn’t get him to take multivitamins prior to his deteriorating condition), the rest are pharmaceutical creations. It would kill him to not have them at this point. If it all went to hell tomorrow, our time together would be a difficult countdown.

      • Ah.. those dam conditions that they don’t have a clue what it is.. LOL LOL.. have one of those myself.. they thought neuromyelitis optica… and a dozen other things.. they thought I wasn’t going to be around very long either.. got a drawer full of those medications that just keep you going.. treat the symptoms ..
        they thought it might be heavy metal poisoning.. I worked with a variety of chemicals.. then a long time ago.. there was a water spill at a nuclear reactor.. they hired day labor..( I was one of them.. the uncle to my roto rooter guy was another one.. we are still kicking around the planet) no one told us.. about a half block away the specialists stayed with safety gear on.. but in the days were they paid a buck an hour five bucks an hour for a couple days was a big deal.. no one said anything until they bought us a beer at a tavern.. I asked one of the head guys why they had the clean room safety gear on.. he told me it was a hot water spill.. they couldn’t get the bucket close to the tank.. so we shoveled the dirt into the bucket.. ate our bologna sandwiches in the dirt along with our coffee .. I told the guy.. you could of given us some of the safety gear we still would have done the job.. the dirt was put in a big truck with drop down canvas that said a popular soup company with two kids looking at the steaming bowl of soup.. hmm.. do you get the idea that they were hiding the real product in the truck.. possible.
        Steam cleaned blood tanks.. ( gross really nasty gross..)
        then there was a study done because the fall out from the white sands testing landed in our area and they were doing a study to see if people that drank farm fresh milk was because of the fallout.. so who knows.. chemicals in the water.. was it environmental, chemical, or just that I was a work a holic and put in an average work week of a hundred hours a week most of my life.. seen a lot of people that have had many of the mysterious diseases..Medicine is like a lot of things.. it is the best guess considering the conditions that are present and any underlying conditions.. check the boxes and when they add up you get the answer or the best guess of the answer.. mine keeps coming back to Lupus..test positive on conditions then I test negative.. the eye doctor for the neuro myelytis optica.. keeps wanting me to go back for more testing.. but I am sorry.. NO… at four grand for ten minutes and he didn’t even give me a dam cup of coffee or a cookie .. and the long ass ride there.. not a chance in hell am I going to go back.. Hell I could get Stormy Daniels to rub my temples with nothing on saying poor baby.. for that kind of money LOL LOL LOL or three or four college girls.. with bikini’s on.. we could go on a cruise.. take a trip to see the cliff dwellings or take a trip to see oak island and what they are doing there.. so I will keep my four grand he can get his house payment somewhere else..

    • George,
      Those folks who have read the book, “One Second After” know about the distinct possibility of an EMP hit. In that scenario, the people who need insulin will die, as it will be so difficult to obtain, not to mention how challenging it will be to store any insulin in a refrigerated container. Food will be rationed according to the community. People will be required to work in a more physical manner and will lose weight and become stronger. Anyone who was fighting a disease before the EMP hit will likely die from lack of treatment.

      • You know… an EMP…. five of them would wipe out the country put us back ten thousand years.. the studies all say the same thing.. we would be in rubbles.. what I find funny is.. even though all those multi million dollar academic studies done on threat analysis.. that the men in charge don’t consider making our grid rock solid.. but would rather keep it fragile and vulnerable rather than strengthen the countries security.. handing out ten kw solar grid tie systems to every homeowner in the state would be the same cost or less than one of the big wind turbines.. putting up thirty to three hundred solar towers depending on the size and output.. would be the same.. and it would be a cheaper alternative.. create thousands of jobs.. and we wouldn’t be afraid of the emp attacks..
        cheaper.. but it would affect the numbers on a sheet of paper to those that rely on getting bigger numbers on their papers.. so keep the country vulnerable so someone else benefits..
        when we wrote up the guidelines.. I did research and found that was how a couple of smaller countries did it.. they didn’t have space for a big plant or the big wind.. so they handed out small systems to every home owner and apartment dweller.. simple easy and effective.. we outsourced industry.. making us even more vulnerable.. but then its the four dollar dishwashers that are getting the bigger numbers on everyones papers.. they sold the soul of the country and themselves for a number.. is that the mark of the beast.. the business model we adhere and depend on to today..

    • YES … many millions would die, a few million very quickly, for others it would take a few months.

      Probably 20% of the American Public is on some sort of long term medical drug maintenance program (my health insurance agent tells me 70% of his clients over 70 are on some sort of drug maintenance program – I am in a city may be better in the rural areas), and while a bunch of that is for drugs that are of questionable value to begin with (statins for example) for many it is for life and death ongoing treatments.

      Collapse of the medical system:
      EVERY person needing dialysis will be dead or on death’s doorstep within 90 days
      EVERY person who had transplants and needs rejection blockers will be dead within 6 months
      EVERY person needing insulin injections multiple times daily will be dead within 6 months, and most of those who only need it once a day within 12 months

      Just those three items probably add up to 10 million people

      Then add in all the other crap that people NEED medicines for, particularly the elderly.

      The complete collapse of the US medical system, not counting anything else, would probably cost between 30 million to 50 million lives in the first 3 years after it collapsed. Older people in particular would be hit hard, really thinning their ranks quite dramatically and quickly.

      Of course if there is FAMINE then the collapse of the medical system will just be a sideshow to the REAL event.

      ———————————
      (Diabetes Prevalence: In 2021, 38.4 million Americans, or 11.6% of the population, had diabetes. Diagnosed and undiagnosed: Of the 38.4 million adults with diabetes, 29.7 million were diagnosed, and 8.7 million were undiagnosed)
      (living US Organ Transplants: Kidney 2020: 246,000, Heart 40-50,000 est; Liver 70-90,000 est)

    • “Do millions of people simply die ? ., and do millions of other just sit by and watch them die?”

      Yes.

      There really is no other resolution, than for “nature to take its course” and for people to allow it.

      We really are blessed with drugs whose action can best be described as “miraculous.”

      With that said, every drug extant, which wasn’t created via genetic manipulation, is rooted in herbal medicine:

      Got white rice and red yeast? Do you know how to throw them in a kettle and let that rice ferment? If so, you can make your own statin drug — one that’ll work better than Lilly’s or GSK’s lab-grown drugs, and with no adverse side effects.

      (Got “Red Yeast Rice” pills? Throw them away. You’d have to eat about 100 bottles to receive the same amount of natural statin you’d get from a single pill or scoop of the real thing. When the FDA can’t eliminate a natural product, they eviscerate it to ineffectuality through regulation, so the pharmcos can make their billions, and kick millions of bucks back to the pols’ election funds…)

      For most chronic ailments and conditions, there is a way (or ways) to treat the condition through natural supplementation, to mitigate or attenuate the issue to the point it is not life-threatening ON ITS OWN. IOW perhaps neither pneumonia nor a lower respiratory infection will kill you, but the two together, will. If a person can arrange their life and lifestyle so as to only “catch a cold” of one type at a time, and get on the remediation herbs instantly, even without prescription meds, someone with a heart, lung, kidney (etc.) condition may live long and be productive without their scripts.

      The trick is to know what you need to survive, before the crap hits the squirrel cage. My collection of primitive, Asian, and herbal medicine books are not just for show. Every family group should have such a library, and someone in the group should take the time to evaluate the local flora, and add to it if necessary…

      • (“(Got “Red Yeast Rice” pills? Throw them away. You’d have to eat about 100 bottles to receive the same amount of natural statin you’d get from a single pill or scoop of the real thing.”)

        https://www.amazon.com/Hang-Tail-Marine-Shanghai-Chinese/dp/B07P8WNT7F/ref=sr_1_1?

        You could make saki to or you could make using your koji spores.. make some really really good soy sauce….saki is best way of getting the red yeast in liquid form LOL LOL or bake rice bread.. red yeast balls.. they last for about a year to.. in a jar in the cupboard.. or you can make your own rice balls.. some of them put the yeast balls on a string and hang them above the window..

  15. I am not an engineer. Pretty good with math though., and some experience in blowing things up and destroying other people’s shit.., and I can’t think of a better, faster way to drop a bridge.
    Mass / Momentum from a full loaded container ship? I don’t think there is a bridge support in existence that can withstand that kind of impact and survive. Especially square-on like that.
    I am not surprised at all.

  16. Old Men and Ladders
    -yeah, sounds like a disaster novel in the works
    This is in response to an on-going conversation a few days back.
    I had an idea regarding Old Men and Ladders., and emailed a doctor I know – surgeon – sports medicine. Nice guy.., really likes my Harley – so he can’t be all bad.
    I asked him that since everyone suffers from hearing loss as they age., some negligible., some more severe., does the inner-ear also degrade as we age.., causing balance problems?
    He stated: Absolutely. The inner ear does “degrade”, as you put it., thus your thoughts on old men climbing and falling off of ladders is well founded.
    Testing and inspecting the inner-ear though is very challenging and difficult problem., and there is no known way to repair., or even enhance the inner-ear to make up for that loss of function., and thus the loss of balance.
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    So – there may be an actual medical cause of the ” Old Men and Ladders Syndrome”.

    • I don’t know if age-related inner ear problems would respond to the same treatment, but after having vertigo about 20 years ago, I went to vestibular rehab. The activities and exercises didn’t cure the vertigo, but they taught my brain to work around it and restore most of my balance.

      • Actually, I think it’s correct. I used to get terrible vertigo when flying IFR – and while it takes practice – a good bit in fact, you can train yourself to ignore signals from your “lying inner ear” – which MAY be a path to safer ladder work. Just being aware to “trust your eyes on the instruments” and ignore false balance.

      • I was fearless until I was 40. Can still remember the terror like it was yesterday, climbing Chichen Itza…all of a sudden I had a fear of heights. If it wasn’t for that rope and coming down on my rear, I would never have come down that pyramid.

        As far as the inner ear and hearing.

        Have to give up caffeine, all caffeine, even chocolate, Bayer Aspirin etc.

        Have to reduce salt, as much as possible, no pizzas, no canned soups, etc., etc., etc.

        Those 2 things will naturally reduce or stop vertigo.

        Look up Menier’s Disease.

        • OH MY.. you climbed Chichen Itza… now I am jealous.. LOL.. that is one place I have always wanted to see.. the same with the cliff dwellings at four corners.. and a couple of spots in turkey… and of course the water gardens in china and the greenscaping they are doing in Thaiwan..

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