Blame Engineering isn’t a featured sport in America, yet. But out here in the (peace and quiet of the) woods, the headline evidence piles up that the sport is expanding.
The working clip file runs from AP’s presidential buck-passing to CNN’s blame-the-messenger framing, POLITICO’s inheritance argument, and Carl Cannon’s reminder that Biden had his own rotation: transitory inflation, Putin, COVID, price-gouging.
Different jerseys. Same passing game. No touchdowns, just more running game kind of day ahead. Sorry, but big things in “the air game” can be troublesome.
Fuel prices? Blame the predecessor, Democrats, refineries, Ukraine. Affordability? Blame the messaging.
Housing, doctors, schools? The Canadian export version offers immigrants. Meanwhile, the data-center boom joins the American explanation menu.
Some of those factors have real economic effects. That’s precisely why this needs more thought than picking your favorite defendant.
The pattern isn’t confined to one party. It’s a “running game” – handoff: predecessor, messenger, foreign enemy, opposing states, technology, newcomers. Somewhere between the podium and your pocketbook, a complicated mechanism gets compressed into a convenient name.
Which is where our morning work begins. In our BlinkLab.
Blame Names du Jour
Guilfoyle: The White House PR and job screeners must be on holiday. The Wall Street Journal reports Kimberly Guilfoyle pressed a donor to send $100,000 toward her American Express balance before her ambassadorial confirmation hearing; her lawyer disputes the messages’ authenticity, and the donor says he didn’t make the payment. Another political distraction lands while household bills keep arriving. Will the “chain-gang” be called in to measure the play?
Fed Minutes: Wednesday’s release describes September’s unanimous quarter-point increase to a 3.75–4 percent target range, with reserve interest and primary credit rates also raised. Those changes took effect in September; the only fresh information is the discussion, including officials who considered policy insufficiently restrictive and worried that energy and AI-related demand could spread inflation. Who does their shopping? What the hell does “could spread” mean?
The minutes leave precious little room to pretend inflation has been beaten.
The Big Con behind the curtain: When you have a closed system – say Earth, for example – if you have a monetary system allowing interest, then long-term monetary debasement is a requirement. Now the only dispute is over “How much? How fast?”
Still there are perturbations in the interest driven decline of purchasing power (while no one talks about how inflation is required to raise wages…a longer rap…):
Brent: Oil’s overnight jump is feeding the grueling futures beat-down ahead of the open. The Economic Fractalist’s concern about a possible top on the sixth seems like a good view, but we’ll remain open to higher until a solid move under the 85 DMA materializes.
A fractal theory gets a hearing. Price gets the deciding vote. Timeframe is the three-Scotch question.
Still, we now have enough data globs to turn the…
News Compressor: ON
With the context menu set, let’s buzz through this.
Ahl Prices: (Say it in Permian-speak, Or ain’t’chall from around here?) “Ahl” eyes are on overseas shipping trouble meeting domestic weather trouble. Reuters reports roughly one-quarter of Gulf offshore oil production already shut in as Hurricane Isaias approaches, while attacks threaten tankers moving through Hormuz. Two supply problems are now leaning on the same fuel market.
For Gulf Coast readers, the immediate issue is protecting people and property. NHC’s indexed early-morning update reported 80-mph winds and urged warning-area preparations to be completed today. Storm surge doesn’t care about carrier groups over “there.”
[We should fly Hank out to Gulfport, MS between his Hawaiian ‘canes.]
Diesel (not Vin) is where the economic plumbing gets interesting. EIA’s October outlook puts fourth-quarter Brent at $105 and reports September East Coast distillate inventories 32 percent below their seasonal five-year average. Its forecast inputs closed October first, before this week’s hurricane complications.
Follow that barrel downstream: trucks, farms, deliveries, construction, heating oil. Eventually, somebody hands the consumer a larger invoice and an explanation.
Then financing costs join the party. Wednesday’s ten-year Treasury yield briefly reached 5.36 percent; European banks were sliding this morning amid another bond selloff. More expensive fuel and more expensive money can squeeze the same business from opposite ends.
That doesn’t make every bearish story correct. Here’s why our higher case is still alive (but on O2): TSMC reported record quarterly revenue, up 50 percent year over year, while September U.S. ocean-container imports rose 10.3 percent, according to Descartes. AI demand and imported-goods activity remain substantial counterweights to an everything-is-collapsing sermon.
In the Ukraine war, AI is now a target: Yandex says a drone strike caused a fire and suspended operations at a Russian data hub. Cloud computing still lives somewhere, uses electricity, and can burn.
Health headlines also need sorting. Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak has passed 1,000 cases, while the CDC director describes the U.S. risk from the disputed Siberian plague case as extremely low. (Can we get that in writing, please?)
What Comes Next?
Mapping to Sunday: additional Gulf operational delays, Odds: 85%. Another oil upswing on storm, shipping, or military headlines, Odds: 75%. Equities struggling to sustain broad gains if oil and long yields climb together, Odds: 70%.
With big price pressure, an October Surprise looks like 50-50 Odds.
In the life of two “Test-fitting Apes” (Elaine and me), keeping topped up on scheduled deliveries before the weekend. And look for the Amazon Prime Big Deals to run the carrier gauntlet.
The Economics You Won’t Get Elsewhere
Normally, I’m something of a permabear. But there are two stories that “matter hugely” in here:
Amazon (Prime Big Deals ended overnight) does not publish gross merchandise sales.
We see a $26.4 billion sales figure is from Adobe Analytics for all U.S. online spending from June 23–26, Walmart and Target included, up 9.3% from $24.1 billion in the same window last year. Adobe switched to that all-retailer method in 2025, so it is not an Amazon-only number and is not comparable to older Amazon-only estimates. Amazon’s own line was only that the June event was its biggest ever. No dollars.
The closest Amazon-only read before the event was PMG’s marketplace model: U.S. Prime Day sales up 4–7% year over year, with discounts about 12% shallower. After the fact, PMG measured average discount depth on Amazon at 20.9%, versus 21.8% in 2025, and only 29.7% of items on sale. With inflation around 3.8%, the low end of that range is roughly flat in real terms.
But here’s the “hidden econ” dynamic. We are at a bottoming process in the economic Long ‘Wave. Sales – to consumers, when rates are coming down – can (and do) result in people delaying spending.
As you cross the bottom of long-term rates, the Consumer psychology can (and does) flip. People get off their wallets. The mood becomes (and is around you) sliding into the “Buy now before prices go higher” because interest rates are going up and with it, inflation.
People are spending now because a year from now, prices may be flat unaffordable.
Look: Interest makes monetary claims grow with time. Unless circulation and repayment schedules accommodate those claims, the system must expand its money supply or force somebody to absorb a loss.
There’s another reality: The debt clock shows today’s principal. It doesn’t show the decades of interest spending ahead: the Peterson Foundation’s summary of CBO projections puts that at $99 trillion over thirty years. That isn’t another $99 trillion owed today. It is the projected cost of carrying an expanding debt—and somebody must supply the money.
You and I are the “somebody.” The projected interest bill approaches $100 trillion over thirty years. Today’s roughly $40 trillion gross federal debt is the snapshot the pols use for show and tell. Carrying an expanding debt is the movie.
And this gets me to:
Around the Ranch: Two Plasma Cutters?
In the old farm shop (with old-school equipment like a line of CR-10 3D printers and a couple of small CNC machines with lasers), the only plasma rig I have needed and used has been a Lotos 4000D which has been really useful.
Why would I buy a second – a ‘no brand’1/2″ clean cut – plasma rig?
It was only $129.00 is why. Power tools at 43% off get me every time.
Ask me if a year from now I think you’ll be able to get a 1/2-inch clean cut for under $200 anywhere and now you’ll see the wisdom.
Remember what I said about how system interest requires inflation?
Some years back, I did some consulting for an outfit called CNC Manufacturing, Fast Quotes & Free CAD | eMachineShop. Company president Jim Lewis is a genius.
As a “thank you” I received a Jet 9 x 20 belt drive lathe complete with stand. At the time it was about maybe $600 if seriously shopped about.
Sitting down? (Always a good idea when reading Urban!)
What Jet sells now in that size is the belt-drive BDB-919, a 9×19, at about $3,945, plus a stand around $570.
Putting money into greenhouses, seed stocks, solar panels, and tooling just seems a lot more useful than…um…paper. But we’re old – and simple. We like to eat and don’t stand on pronouns. We do study values, though.
Yes, a picture of a Playboy or Playgirl centerfold may hold value better than fiat currency. And there’s a huge lesson about relative values (and motivation) in there somewhere.
Write when you get rich,
George@Ure.net
George,
The French CAC appears to be the underperforming composite equity canary for the global equity too-deep carbon monoxide and methane laden mine tunnels.
The CAC has lost over 10% from its 3 August 2026 all-high and today (8 Oct) touched on (and broke thru) its 16 March 2020 to 7 April 2025 trendline.
The CAC will break that 6 and 1/2 year trendline during the next 2 to 3 days: 9, 12 to 13 Oct 2026 completing a 38-39 day 6/14/12/7 of 9 -10 day y/2-2.5y/2y/1.5-1.6y 4-phase fractal series, the 2nd fractal of a 29 July 2026 17/38-39/34-35 day series : y/2-2.5y/2-2.5y 3-phase crash decay series with a global equity initial crash low on about 30 November 2026(vice 24 Nov) akin to the initial 13 Nov 1929 crash nadir. (The SPX’s 2nd decay fractal (with its 17 July 17 day 1st fractal) will also end Monday or Tuesday 12-13 Oct.)
(The CAC peak was 7 August vice 3 August)
Hi George,
Glad you made out so well on Prime Days. Diana was browsing on her laptop last night and kept showing me tool stuff and asking “Do you have one of these?” I just said yes to all. Then she orders a bunch of dog stuff and clothes for the grandkids.
Call me what you will but I never really thought of being called a prepper. it is just the normal thing to do. Yesterday was a long day back at the hospital with Pulmonary testing and review of her recent biopsies and scans. She slept most of the 2 hour drive home So far the Drs are leaning heavily towards Lymphona with confirmed stage 4 kidney disease and Sarcoidosis along with Psoriatic Arthritis which has been ongoing for a few years already. Except for the arthritis, this all came on without warning or even the smallest hint of signs or symptoms. So from a prepping standpoint there is nothing I could have done to prepare for all of this other than our relationship with my financial advisor and his firm. Were talking today to set things up and to engage his medicare and medical insurance group.
We moved into this ranch a few years ago mainly because Diana loves the what I call the Gone With The Wind staircase. That first night I carried Diana up those stairs then at around 130 lbs. Last night I carried her up again. Yesterday the Pulmonary office said she was at 103 lbs.
Stay safe. 73
Jim, I am so sorry to hear of the doctor concerns. But our health here began an upturn—as did our plants’ health in the greenhouse—when we stopped relying entirely on rural water.
So the story goes like this: I checked our pH, and it was 8.2 to 8.3, within the usual recommended range, though toward the high end. The electrical conductivity also seemed high. But then I checked TDS—total dissolved solids—and the meter was showing 1,030 to 1,040 parts per million.
That’s more than twice EPA’s recommended 500 ppm level. To be precise, that recommendation concerns taste, deposits, and other water-quality issues; it isn’t a medical toxicity threshold. The important question is what those dissolved solids actually are. A meter gives you a total, not an ingredient list.
I’m not interested in exchanging that question for concerns about compounds migrating from plastic bottles, so I make distilled water every morning.
Our improvement is an observation, not proof that the water caused it. And greenhouse plants aren’t people. Still, it made water worth investigating here.
For your wife, I’d ask her doctor whether the composition of your drinking water could matter to her particular condition or treatment. If it contributes substantial sodium, for example, reducing that intake could help with blood-pressure or fluid-management goals. That would depend on a water analysis and her medical situation—not simply the TDS reading.
I wouldn’t promise that distilled water will make her medications work better. But checking an everyday exposure seems reasonable when you’re trying to give treatment the best conditions to succeed.
The practical question is: “Would tested, lower-sodium or lower-TDS water be useful for her, and how much fluid should she actually drink?” If she has a prescribed fluid restriction, “getting better water through her” should mean changing the water’s quality, not pushing more volume.
Just passing along something we noticed here that might be worth putting on the doctor’s question list. Thinking of you both.
George
Twenty years ago, in the summer of 1988, the science world was rocked by one of the most controversial research papers ever published in the highly-respected journal Nature.
According to a charismatic French scientist named Jacques Benveniste, pure water could somehow remember what it had previously contained.
Benveniste had started with a substance that caused an allergic reaction, he diluted it over and over again until there was nothing left except water, and then he observed that the pure water still managed to trigger an allergic reaction when it was added to living cells.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/mobile/health/7505286.stm
What this also proves, so schools the Major with his mighty background in subtle energy medicine, is the basis of how homeopathy works. The weaker the dilution, the more th effects in many things. Doesn’t fly with corporatized science, but there’s a data point in this article to snip
We have been on the same page for as long as I have been following you. We have a well and that is run through RO filtration. It tests well within guidelines. The greenhouses source from the same well and we have always had successful nutrient performance and grow cycles but you are correct. You must start with the water. Diana is only 65, the worst she has ever had is psoriastic arthritis and she has orherwise always been healthy. The myocardial infarction last spring was a surprise and to now has never been explained. When this last round started we both noticed she was losing weight and seemed to get tired easily. When we checked into the er a couple months back she was unable to walk, had trouble talking and was confused. Her initial bloodwork was out of control, the most frightening was her calcium level of 30. The Dr’s and nurses were freaking out at that. Nobody has been able to explain what is going on with my love. She is really scared, as am I, about the Drs leaning towards Lymphoma or Leukemia and the kidney disease. They want to start treatments ASAP. More test and consults tomorrow. I’m tired of her being frightened. We are working through all this and appreciate the thoughts and prayers. I am in total agreement with you. It starts with good water and diet.
Our prayers are with you on this – near as I can figure, most humans who are worth a damn go through an epic – defining – battle in life. he good news (but useless when comes to comfort) is “that which doesn’t end us, makes us stronger. Let me know if there is anything we can do – all hands here are on your team.
I don’t know what – but if there is anything I can do to help.., let me know.
Jim : hang in, nurture as only you can. I have been next of kin so many times you’d think we humans would get good at it? Nah. J : “… there is nothing I could have done to prepare for all of this …” but, but, you have Jim. A lifetime worth. Hang in and take all the help offered Sir.
the Gone With The Wind staircase ~ sounds like a vision.
Those last forever.
~ E ~
I don’t think any of us could say it better than Egor did.
Hang in, have her start drinking cranberry juice (real cranberry, like Lakewood, mixed 25/65/10 with real Welch’s grape juice and distilled water, if she can’t tolerate the tartness.) It won’t help any malignancy, but might significantly help her kidneys. Anything you can take off her plate is sure to help both her recovery and her attitude.
Please keep us posted…
Jim so sorry to hear about Diana’s medical issues and am praying for both of you.
I do concur with George as to be concerned wrt the water she is drinking, saw that happen to those who lived in a beautiful newer rural house where I originally grew up. Multiple consecutive owners of that house all developed cancer which killed most of them with no history of cancer in any of their families. Water tested fine … but imo (non-medical) there was something environmental about that house, and probably it’s well water, that caused all of those cancers. (air also tested fine)
I am so sorry Jim…my prayers are with you..
“Yes, a picture of a Playboy or Playgirl centerfold may hold value better than fiat currency.”
The J. Geils Band – Centerfold (Official Music Video)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDjMZKf-wg&list=RDBqDjMZKf-wg&start_radio=1&pp=ygUPQ2VudGVyZm9sZCBzb25noAcB
Speaking of money, remember what happened when the kids found out that Jimmy had a nickel?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=McNu7c1PQFs&pp=ygUpSmltbXkgaGFkIGEgbmlja2VsIGxpdHRsZSByYXNjYWxzIG91cmdhbmc%3D
“a possible top ”
How many top calls now? Pulling fire alarms is illegal because eventually the alarm sound turns into background noise and everyone fries, or not.
“Blame Engineering”
Many folks have been blaming the other political party all their life but use programs created by either of them. Most of the now out of work factory workers in Ohio are going to use .gov free and will somehow justify using the free all the while two years ago they voted for Trump to DOGE out the free for the others.
Say the economy collapses as deeply as the imagination imagines. Will people say,
– finally back to living off the land like pre-Civil War days (smaller .gov)
– why wont .gov do something (bigger .gov)
Wrong analogy:
You call when you smell smoke, not when you can save the foundation.
Top calls since 8,000 on the DOW? Is it possible the gap from July 11, 1932 will be filled?
The people demanded the BAGIs be bailed out.
Boeing, Amtrak, General Motors, Intel, the supply chain… name your own. And if the A.I. market goes to hell bailouts or else the Chinese will excel and surpass. It’s a national security thing. Boo!
Around here, the fire chief calls for a backhoe to scrape the slab.
GU : “… Fuel prices? Blame the predecessor, Democrats, refineries, Ukraine. Affordability? Blame the messaging….”
I find blame wasted mojo. Only refineries buy oil. A _great_ thing, we are awash in oil and so have helped our world cousins in oh so many ways. But, to fixate on Brent or West Tx Intermediate is simply the wrong number. Watch distillates. Refineries, Steel Mills? Dirty industry so let’s do it elsewhere. Uhm, until we can’t refine the actual things now in uber demand. Diesel / jet fuel / heating oil / gasoline. We outsourced refining.
The recent move to open red-dye diesel to all users is a half measure yet, great bandaid. Why to we have red-dye (identical) non taxed product available? Ahem. Farmers have storage tanks. They are cutting thousands of bean acres daily here-a-bouts and burning tank diesel bought at latest / topped off, after planting. We can feed the world. We can fuel the planet. Let’s roll.
An epiphany :my feet never stink in summer. I am still wading multiple times daily. Truth told I’m splish splashing enough to be fresh. The Germans refer to chill fall days as fresh.
“Is everything sad going to come untrue?”
? J.R.R. Tolkien
No. Buckle up. Watch the TNX.
Stay fresh,
Egor
President Donald Trump stated: “The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money.”
“I find blame wasted mojo.”
Ditto. The only thing “blame” is good for, is to demonstrate a singular act of incompetence in a single circumstance. Real Men and Women fix the damn’ problem; honorable maladroits get the hell out of the way, so problems can be fixed. Politicians are mental maladroits who’ve sold their souls to their political ideology, and have no honor.
I always have, and always will hate the blame game. Its purpose in modern society is to obfuscate problems and confuse observers — and to waste time…
Hey, “Walter”.., J.A.R.V.I.S. says “Bite my powercord !.., a private conversation between me and Black Bart is just that.., “Private!”
I had forgotten about Black Bart the Pirate. The Black Bart in my post., the well known developer., gets his nickname from a stage coach robber in northern California.
Black Bart, real name Charles E. Boles, was an English?born American outlaw famous for his 28 daring Wells Fargo stagecoach robberies in Northern California and Southern Oregon between 1875 and 1883, and for leaving two famous poems after his crimes. Known for his stylish dress, polite manners and avoiding violence – he became a legend in outlaw world.
The Black Bart I know and referred to is known for his snappy clothes, polite manners, strict avoidance of violence., and leaving cryptic poems for his co-workers and friends. Nothing to do with the pirate.
Walter is shamed and humiliated. He’s applied for a weekend gig as a 3D printer controller.
Can he control this:
https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/auction/view?auc=4101005
Side note – coffee creamer [ post from a couple of days ago.]
My choice is -Saint Brendan’s Irish Cream Liqueur. Made in Northern Ireland for the past couple hundred years.., 17% – a third, to half the price of Bailey’s brand name., looks and tastes just as good. [ Just opened a new bottle – Three more in the pantry.]
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How do you choose “the truth” – ?? Does your choice come down to the facts [ ahh, but who’s facts ? ] Or from education.., experience.., gut level feeling ?? Does “the truth” fly in the face of what you have believed for many years – and therefore you reject it – outright., no further conversation allowed ? Math doesn’t lie., but people lie about the math – constantly. Is your truth based on math ? ., or religion., or the stars aligning properly ??
“The Truth” is a curious little fellow and can be quite fleeting and secretive at times. Often times you have to chase him down and smack him over the head with blunt, heavy object just to get a proper read.
The only truth I know for certain is – none of us are getting out of here alive.
“Stay Frosty !”
Great minds – great Brendan’s. (And great French toast…)
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I have long pondered if there isn’t a “voting” to the Truth? A notion underlying a Twilight Zone episode:
That episode is “Eye of the Beholder” (also aired as “The Private World of Darkness”), from season 2 of The Twilight Zone. It first aired November 11, 1960. Rod Serling wrote it; Douglas Heyes directed.
Janet Tyler has spent her life as an outcast in a rigidly conformist society. After her eleventh and final state-mandated surgery to correct her “hideous” face, the bandages come off. To the audience she is conventionally beautiful. To the doctors, nurses, and the rest of that world—whose faces look distorted and pig-like by our standards—she is still monstrous. The leader on the wall screen reinforces the point: difference is a disease, and the norm is absolute.
She is offered a place in a segregated colony of similarly “ugly” people. As she is led away she meets a handsome man (by our standards) who is one of them. The episode ends on Serling’s narration about beauty being in the eye of the beholder.
I think JC found a YT link to it a while back, but my point is that Truth (like the midpoint between up and down, or forward/behind) is a kin d of balance point. In this world te5he test-fitting apes (humans) all seem to have small personal variances based on what experience has taught them…
whats a dissa VIX ? he been sedated for a long time . he wake up !!! he like a monster !!! godzilla .
Sharp rises in bond yields have a way of blowing out balance sheets, and rapid bond moves have preceded nearly every major market move.
– Will history repeat this time around ?
– The Ten Year Bond currently at 5.25%
crypto finito . old yella gunna have a rest 2. i thank everyone especially chinee and AI zombie sell me these once in a lifetime TLT and LTPZ. grazie tanto
ED meds next? Tee-hee-hee:
Medical company announces program for ‘AI-powered prescriptions’ in Utah
Utah adults can now get an acne prescription from an AI app after a quick face scan, with no dermatologist appointment, under a pilot its New York-based maker says is the first in the country cleared by a state regulator to let AI issue initial prescriptions.
Users of Nolla Health’s Nolla Derm app verify their identity, give consent, answer a health questionnaire and scan their face from five angles. Within 10 to 15 minutes, the system produces a treatment plan and, where appropriate, a prescription, at an introductory price of $4.99 a month. The company developed the program with Utah’s Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy.
Amazon “Sale”? BAH HUMBUG!!
I looked at a few items I was interested in wrt the Amazon so called “Sale” … and each and every one of those items was available CHEAPER about a month ago!!
They RAISED the prices just so they could “Lower??” them? Shades of retail store “sales” from when I was growing up decades ago.
There may have been some good deals here or there … but if you are interested in something price it out a few weeks BEFORE any scheduled sale is to take place so you can COMPARE the alleged “sale” pricing with what the normal regular pricing really is, often the “SALE” pricing is actually higher!
Separate … most know, or at least sense, that the Trump /Musk effort to get rid of Government Employees has actually cut the Federal Work Force numbers quite a bit … by several hundred thousand. The Federal Government workforce size is now back to where it was decades ago (40 years ago? – too lazy to actually look up the timing but it was LONG ago).
I recently needed to renew my Passport and was afraid because of the large cut in workers at the State Dept it would take forever for me to get my renewal … boy was I shocked! I applied on line (had my pic taken at Walgreens for about $15 since they would make it with the right background and the right size – store photographer actually had me go home to change shirt colors so as to avoid “rejection”) … and VOILA my renewed passport showed up in my mailbox 18 days later!! I think my last renewal took closer to 2 months.
Yes … some parts of the government HAVE become more efficient even with a large head count reduction.
remember the old nursey rhyme we waz taught when i first started out in gold 30 tears ago . and everywhere that silver went gold was sure to follow .
should be years BUT it could be tears from the coming signal
Goldman Sachs has lost nearly all of its year-to-date gains as the bond market rises. 26 other corporations sit on the same door-step.
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“Brace for Impact.” We are on the verge of the greatest price drop in history – Oxford Club.
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Dimon: AI will cut jobs, that’s the way it is., but cut truckers’ pay to $25,000 a year and you risk civil unrest.
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This world is so messed up that even Tom Cruise is starting to make sense.
New power plant work is surging, but this time for heavy industry, not data centers. I think we will be swamped again with new orders before the end of the year. We are looking at multi-year production backlogs.
I’ve heard much BS about the Federales sponsoring replacement of Chinese sub industrial partners; I’m now seeing the first indications that it is real.
I took the dogs out for a walk..and seen…the apples are ready… before the daughter makes apple sauce.. I am going to make Carmel ed apple custard for the wife and me…
Ingredients:
3-4 apples
1 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
1 quart milk
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cornstarch
1/2 stick butter.
take peel and cube two of the apples…1 cup of water boil until soft…( you can add sugar if you want ) use the Emerson blender to blend it …
add the blended apples to the quart of milk..mix in the corn starch and heat until its thick like custard… ( I am a cream cheese fan…so I will first blend 1 cup of cream cheese in the milk…and I have a sweet tooth..so I will add some sugar to..)
once its custard thick put it in a cake pan set it in the fridge to set..
peel and slice two apples ..put 1/4 cup of sugar in a frying pan and stirring constantly fry it till the sugar melts and carmelizes..add 1 cup of water ( give or take on both sugar and water)add the sliced apples heat until they get soft.. take out the apple custard and spread your caramel apples over the top..
brew yourself a good cup of coffee and enjoy
Oh. I forgot the butter goes into the hot custard…
“Follow that barrel downstream: trucks, farms, deliveries, construction, heating oil. Eventually, somebody hands the consumer a larger invoice and an explanation.”
A new round of trucking bankruptcies has swept across the U.S. in recent weeks, with carriers ranging from small owner-operators to fleets operating dozens of trucks seeking Chapter 7 or Chapter 11 protection.
At least 16 trucking, delivery and transportation companies entered bankruptcy proceedings between late August and Sept. 21, according to federal court filings and carrier records reviewed by FreightWaves.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/16-trucking-companies-hit-bankruptcy-court-in-less-than-a-month
“At least 16 trucking, delivery and transportation companies entered bankruptcy”
As has happened every year since the mid 1920s.
16 logistics companies in a month is fewer than normal and much fewer than average…
Pie crust
Ingredients
2.5 Cups of Cold Crisco
5 Cups Flour
3 Teaspoons of Salt
1 Teaspoon of Vinegar
1 Egg
Water
mix it once mixed break it into baseball size balls of dough freeze..
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0C5QFL9HC?
roll it thin on mat then turn mat over the pan to set the crust