Markets: New Moon Rally – Tocktock Wars, GovDown Turkeys

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TL;DR:  The odds of a market rally into tomorrow’s New Moon is possible.  The war fronts are stable (bad).  And GovDown may last until Turkey Day – My! What a fit!

Fly Me to the Moon?

Our consigliere, an otherwise rational tax attorney, able to leap tall CREs and LLCs, did a tremendous study of market cyclicity in 1979.  As an up and coming CPA/Tax Lawyer sort.  Anyway, point is that he noticed significant market peaks tended to happen around the New Moon.

Cue the AI:

“New moons marked the start of months for Babylonian and Hebrew calendars, while the Chinese term Shuò signals the first day of the lunar month. Mariners tied the dark Moon to spring-tide timing, and farmers treated it as a reset point for sowing cycles. In many traditions the unseen Moon is a hinge in time: a moment of deliberate pause before the first sliver of returning light sets the next month in motion.”

We will skip over the Mariners reference (31% chance of going to the Series) and drop right into the “sowing cycles” of farming, instead.

Profits have been growing but even with the blip higher at the open today we still have this mess on our hands from this historical standpoint:

As we were discussing on the Peoplenomics side of the house this weekend, the ultimate tone of the week (past New Moon) could be set by the fate of Europe.  Which, so far this week is putting on a modest rally.

On the other hand?  Gold is back sniffing around $4,300 on the Futures while Silver is holding over $50 and those made-up currencies backed by,…um…air?   From kissing $104,000 Friday to making a hard charge at $111,000 this morning, if you like volatility, you’ll love this one.

For us?  Our idea of a relaxing Sunday was sitting on the screen porch contemplating the Food Reactor project in the ShopTalk Sunday column.  Which you did read, right?  We’re still clinging to the idea that Durable Wealth – the kind you carry around between your ears (in one of the rare untaxed places left on Earth) is what matters.

Say, would it be too macabre to wonder if it’s OK to put a couple of pennies over the eyes before being cremated?  You know, just in case?  (Halloween is coming and with Stephen King dialing it back, we’re here to help weird along, don’tcha know?

Turkey Time!

We’ve been contemplating filing a lawsuit in Federal Court over the GovDown (government shutdown, if you’re new around here).  Grounds?  Consumer Fraud.  See, here’s the logic:

We pay our taxes (and then some) all regular and auditable-like.  But we also expect 100 percent of what we thought we were buying.  (Being older, maybe we’re just…you know…funny that way…)

For all the belly-aching and whining – and stories like Lawmakers deadlocked as shutdown enters fourth week. If you waste your time on partisanship, you can sort media by which side they’re blaming for the mess.  Liberal enclaves will cite the R’s as the baddies.  (Rep. DelBene Blames GOP for Government Shutdown).

Maybe it was the second glass of wine last night. But, we sort of concluded that it’s much easier to play the right-left “on them” game than admit we generally elect worthless pieces of crap to higher office.  (YMMV, but we’re not seeing much variance in the samples, right?)

Honestly, we STILL can’t fathom  the Trump pardon in the “full diaper” Santos decision last week.  Politics always Depends.

Where was I?  Oh yes!  When do we start getting tax rebates based on government non-performance?

No Kings and Performance

Ubofficially, anti-Trump liberals ginned up over $100-million for No Kings rallies this weekend.

But the real “snookering” of both remaining “normal people” was the headlines and hysteria about Camp Pendleton: I-5 freeway closed due to Marines anniversary event in Southern California.

Anyone from the area will tell you the gun emplacements are west of I-5 and the targets of east of I-5 and this has been going on for years.  But, when you have Gruesome stalking the Oval, it’s somehow not surprising.  This was about signage and timing as well as public IQ testing when comes down to it.

Still, that doesn’t stop the liberal media from bu8llhorning Nationwide ‘No Kings’ protest exposed the Trump admin’s key vulnerability: analyst – Raw Story.  But just who was the “analyst” you’re wondering?  Here; let’s put a dime in The Reality Machine:

“Brian Tyler Cohen, born in 1989 and educated at Lehigh University, built his reputation not in a newsroom but in the digital commons of YouTube and podcasts. His show, No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen, began in 2020 and quickly became a hub for progressive voices. By 2024, he was a New York Times best-selling author and a frequent MSNBC contributor. His reach is massive, his production slick, and his tone unmistakably partisan.

Cohen is less a journalist than a political performer—a skilled communicator serving a clear ideological mission. His “analysis” functions as affirmation for the liberal audience still nursing the trauma of the Trump years. He packages outrage into digestible clips, reinforces the moral high ground, and hands Democrats a rhetorical win each news cycle.

Calling him a news analyst is technically defensible—he analyzes news—but the essence of his work is advocacy wrapped in commentary. In the modern propaganda economy, he’s one of the left’s most effective amplifiers: articulate, relentless, and perfectly aligned with the narrative machinery that thrives on perpetual opposition.”

Hmm. Might have to take some indecent liberties with my resume, too.  Marketing works as long as the fish are biting.

Hit the Snews Alarm!

Yes, kiddies, time to roll through the utter absurdity of life.

OK, we have been watching Trump ramp up against drug trafficking in Venezuela but now comes this:  Trump to Increase Tariffs, Cut Subsidies to Colombia Over Drug Trafficking.  Where is all this going?  Well, with incursions into Mexico and now Venezuela, we can’t help but wonder if the Developer In Chief is planning to make a United States expansion into Central and South America next?  Or is there something else at play?

For example?  Well, how about China pulling on the rare earths choke collar?  Which involves Colombia how?

“Colombia’s mineral map is being redrawn as geologists confirm promising deposits of rare earth elements—particularly in the departments of Vichada, Guainía, and Meta. Long overshadowed by gold and coal, these frontier regions host monazite- and bastnäsite-bearing sands linked to ancient igneous intrusions and weathered laterites. Early surveys suggest commercially significant concentrations of neodymium, praseodymium, and dysprosium—the metals essential for high-efficiency magnets, wind turbines, and electric vehicles. Political stability, improving infrastructure, and proximity to Atlantic and Pacific shipping lanes position Colombia as a potential Western-friendly alternative to Chinese supply dominance, provided environmental safeguards and indigenous rights are handled with more care than the nation’s historical resource rushes.”

What Trump is trying to ensure, least-wise seems to us, is protecting another one of our “soft flanks.”

Social Security Budgeting Outlook:  Social Security’s 2026 COLA Forecast: What Retirees Ages 62 to 80 Should Expect   TL;DR?  figure 2.7 percent which is the hot number on the street for now.  But with GovDown no official number until late this week (or next).,

Around the Ranch: Annual Wellness Check

Elaine and I go in to our PcP (no, not angel dust – at our age that’s a Primary Care Provider).  I’ve been writing a standup routine for it.

“Do you Feel Safe at home?”    With the TV on or off?

Then comes the memory test: “Can you remember three words—apple, penny, table?” Sure, but can you remember where you parked the car? Or that you had a car? Or, if married, who drove here?

“Any trouble dressing yourself?” Only when the waistband argues with breakfast.  Or, “Those pants look like crap on you, George…”  Hmm.

They always finish with, “Do you have any firearms in the house?” I tell them, “How do you want me to score the nail gun and the staple gun in the shop? Do grease guns count…come on, give me some guidance here. Besides the number of rounds if we can red nail loads would make me sound like a terrorist cell…”

By the time we get to “How’s your mood? Do you get depressed?”

I’m thinking—depends on the market, the moon, and how long the wait is at the pharmacy. It’s like open mic night at Medicare—except they’re holding the clipboard and you’re just trying to keep your co-pay from heckling.

“Your blood pressure’s a little elevated today.”

“Yeah – tough room…”

Write when we’re over Monday, I plan to rehearse all day.

George@Ure.net

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68 thoughts on “Markets: New Moon Rally – Tocktock Wars, GovDown Turkeys”

  1. G.A. STEWART: Donald J. Trump is empowered by the hubris and power of Israel, his own ego, and the perception of his place in history.

    August 20, 2025
    Trump calls Netanyahu and himself ‘war heroes’ for striking Iran…

    “War Heroes“, please give me a break; too many good people have earned that title the hard way. Maybe Trump should start wearing his medals on his dinner jacket like King Charles III.

    The Donald J. Trump one-dollar coin put it into perspective for me.

    Donald J. Trump has an ego that never seems to be satisfied… From his Nobel Prize dreams, to wanting to paint a new Air Force One with the Trump colors, and then to the issuing The Donald J. Trump $1.00 Coin.

    When I saw the coin, I immediately thought of its two-headed nature and the Roman god Janus.

    https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2025/10/19/janus/

  2. John Rubino: While Everyone’s Distracted… Most people have no idea what just happened.

    On October 16th, 2025, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York quietly injected $8.35 BILLION into the financial system through something called a Repo Operation, and that’s just what they admitted publicly. Nearly 80% of that was backed by mortgage-backed securities, not Treasuries.

    Translation: the banks are running out of cash, and they’re now pawning off their riskiest assets just to get short-term liquidity.

    https://www.howestreet.com/2025/10/the-u-s-quietly-bails-out-its-banks/

  3. pardon me , Mr Ure,,,
    “Honestly, we STILL can’t fathom the Trump pardon in the “full diaper” Santos decision last week.”

    from a simple search on Brave,,,
    “A commutation, which is what former U.S. Rep. George Santos received from President Donald Trump, reduces or ends a person’s prison sentence but does not erase the underlying criminal conviction.
    In Santos’s case, the commutation released him from federal custody after serving less than three months of his more than seven-year sentence, but he remains a convicted felon.
    He could still face financial penalties, though Trump’s clemency order appears to clear him of further fines, restitution, probation, or supervised release, according to the Justice Department’s pardon attorney.

    In contrast, a presidential pardon would forgive the offense and typically restore civil rights, but it goes further than a commutation by effectively nullifying the conviction.
    Trump did not issue a pardon to Santos, only a commutation, meaning Santos’s conviction for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and other charges remains on his record.

    Trump justified the commutation by calling Santos a “rogue” who was “horribly mistreated” in prison, particularly due to long stretches in solitary confinement, but emphasized that the decision did not absolve him of guilt.
    Analysts confirm that because it was a commutation and not a pardon, Santos is not exonerated.”

      • well I don’t know why,,, just that is NOT the better gift of a PARDON,,, when over half of CONgess is guilty of greater crimes, it seems to be demoncrat talking point in the news feed,, the commutation that is,,,
        but Hunter got a actual ‘pardon’ signed by slo joe, pardon for UNconvicted crimes against America

        Trump recently refered to Rand Paul and Massie as liddle”,,, that is a pointed finger calling them pedos,,, in my monkey brain is the hopful thought of needing more prison room for incoming politicians, both sides demons and rinos

        politics,,, go figure,,, but it is pig wrestling dirty

        • nice try obD, with the pedo red herring for Massie and Paul.
          Nothing could be further from the truth. Aspersions indeed.
          In fact Massie and MTG are the only real Men amongst the high profile Republicans.

          Try this on for size..
          – Peter Thiel(TheReptile) and his Wife Alex Karps’ boytoy, impersonating both a Hillbilly and a Man. That is who these young republicans plan on putting in the White House when expiration date on reality tv star Donald Trump comes up. President Pugsley Adams will be a victory for every sword swallower in America and a message to aspiring homos all over the world that the sky is the limit if you can perform fellatio on the right jewish billionaires..

          Go ahead and see for Ureself -https://substack.com/redirect/8a166458-2d08-467a-89c2-12157c9dd89b?

      • We be mightily miffed over the Tarde War Talk per your chart. There are too many tardes so if a few fall in war, well, so it goes. We should _not_ be talking about these Tardes. National Security and all. ~~ Egor ~

  4. Heads up G-Doggy,

    Prediction.- soonly be barking at Moon.. Lunacy I tell ya, lunacy.

    New Moon on Monday ? – https://youtu.be/m3a4OTh2Y8w?si=UEbFYrcwFF8AF5Hz
    ..”fire dance thru the night”. NERP, Tuesday.

    Best to take advantage of this awesome NRG..for next 10 Days after that NRG will be at its strongest. Just thinking about it, will be enough to get Process going.

    One big reason for collecting as much of this NRG as possible ? The stars say November is going to be a real bitch. Merc retro will be Least of our problems in NOV.’
    November = Ureanus will be out of control. Sure do hope that does not carry over to lower GI area/issues.
    Nov 5 is Full Moon(door closes) – Ureanus will tightly clash with the planet of War- enlil/setes planet, MARS.
    Could be explosive, Ureanus will also clash Mercury, and good ole Mercury rules….wait for It………………………………………………………………………COMMERCE..rutrow.

    Lost planet Airmen – better call Commander Cody, he will know to do.. https://youtu.be/lpK1ylZboyc?si=WOY-oZ3MeW68rO7i

  5. “government shutdown”

    The shutdown could possibly be a 4DTrump plan.

    Without the Feds fluoride dosing may finally stop. Nobody in accounting to pay the Vaxx vendors so those could end. Without the Department of Education staff getting paid educational control defaults back to the states just like Trump said.

    Trump still has ICE and DHS keeping us safe.

    Fictional drama?

  6. Diana was looking over my shoulder yesterday morning while I scanned Shoptalk. Hurry up or we’ll be late for church she says. Well if we didn’t have to drive an hour to get there. Anyway on the trip she asked me about the dishwasher project. Since we just had to replace ours there is a dead one sitting in the middle of the shop waiting to be resurrected into who knows. I think it’s a dandy idea. “Don’t even think about bringing that thing back into my kitchen. You’re not going to start growing things there again”. While she is looking at her new tablet that was supposed to be a Christmas present for one of the grandkids she tried to show me a video about using one to make a pet washing station. I’m driving, can’t look now but I can see you trying to stuff a 100lb Anatolian or Repro, (Recon look alike who joined the ranch a while back.) into one and hitting the start button . “You’re so not funny, Cowboy.”
    Stay safe. 73

    • Oh, boy, that idea of stuffing a 100 pound Anatolian Shepherd in a dish washer appliance brought back a very funny memory. Before I got my two Alaskan Malamutes, I had a 70 pound Siberian Husky. She was a rescue, and I did not have her very long. I decided to bath her in the guest bathtub. What a silly idea that was. She saw me filling up the tub. When I bent down to grab her and carry her to the tub, she then strongly braced her four legs against the bathroom door frame. After a short while, I was finally able to get her legs loosened and placed her in the tub. After bathing her, she jumped out of the tub and ran. I ran around the house chasing her with a towel as she shook the water off of her, which went everywhere. I then decided that giving her a tub bath was ridiculous and looked up dog grooming services in the phone book, back when we had such things as phone books.

      • (“I had a 70 pound Siberian Husky. She was a rescue, and I did not have her very long. I decided to bath her in the guest bathtub. “)

        my Mae is a rescue mutt.. we adopted her they didn’t think she would be a good fit..she was on the euthanize list..my wife asked me… she was wild but when she looked me in the eyes I could see her plea get me the neck out of here so when the wife asked what do you think hun..she’s our dog..they said no but we insisted… she’s fifteen years old now..her first act when we got her..take a nap..keeps a lot more now.. pure love and gentleness in her heart..if she ever bit anyone I would have to know what they did to her.. all of our dogs have been that way..princess the bunny had to be put down last night..sad night she was Jackie the rabbits baby..my mini me when he was a little toddler was worried about the rabbit in the back yard.. I said go put a carrot out if your worried she’s hungry..( bad winter ) it got to the point where he could run out and call the rabbit and if it was in earshot would come running..princess had been attacked and had to be nursed back to health..unfortunately she got tamed and couldn’t be put back into the wild.. she lived almost three times longer than rabbits normally live..but she had a stroke or something.. it was heartbreaking..

    • I gotta know Jim… did Diana do what my Viv does..the eye roll.. lol lol..
      I finished a jar of peanuts..lol washed it all up and Viv did the eye roll yesterday..what are you going to do with that..oh show my mini me how to cook with water by making it a gas generator lol lol she did the eye roll and said not another project…I’d love to build the cube.. been a dream of mine for what 45 years.. or there aboutsm.just don’t have the resources to do that.. if I ever win the lottery watch out.. a mobile clinic for small towns a cancer clinic for those turned away from getting treatment and a solar tower is just a few of the things it would go for..the movie the field of dreams comes to mind.. all I have to do is build one..then when they see that TBE moron of the wastelands was right all along…lol lol lol

  7. “Annual Wellness Check”

    I recently told the Docs front office staff, when they said “sir, you missed filling out and signing several pages”, that I don’t do surveys like those. Told them as the patient, I get to ask the questions that are a concern to me. They also wanted my consent to record the whole audio of my visit with the doctor to better serve me in the future, I refused to give consent! They weren’t too happy with me. The doctor never brought it up. He’s a good guy and understands.

  8. re: “Douyin” (Shaking Sound)

    Folks,
    Former UK PM Boris Johnson is perhaps not expected at the upcoming Ukraine-Russian peace talks in Hungary.

    “House & Garden” noted his purchase a year following the failed 2022 efforts of the £3.8 million Brightwell Manor situated in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire. A new swimming pool had been approved despite concerns for the local newt population who travel in armadas. Apparently a moat on the property surrounding a former castle of King Stephen, a grandson of William the Conquerer, had been filled in following the civil war and Anarchy of the 12th century.

    More recently a famous 20th century Manor resident had been the Very Reverend W. R. Inge KCVO FBA, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral and author. Amongst his many works is “The Fall of the Idols” published in 1940.

      • Flock is still private investors. Way back there I posted links to all the different parts of Atlanta’s camera system.

        “Atlanta has a growing network of over 60,000 cameras linked to law enforcement, which includes public and private cameras through programs like Connect Atlanta. ”

        https://connectatlanta.org/

      • Only lists about .5% of them. It is submission-based. In the U.K. the locals hacksaw them down as soon as they show up, whenever possible. BTW the cams don’t just lock on to license plates and dents. They also lock onto faces, and they have live, streaming audio (ostensibly to triangulate gunshots).

        At a cost of several thousand bucks each, somebody’s got some really deep pockets…

  10. (“Elaine and I go in to our PcP (no, not angel dust – at our age that’s a Primary Care Provider). I’ve been writing a standup routine for it.”)

    lol lol lol…this mornings fun activities… last week I had to cancel my primary care provider appointment do to the part time job hours..the scheduler called to make a new appointment.. the VA…the hour she said was unbelievable.. an appointment at a time they do have open for early morning surgeries.. I paused and said ..are you sure that time..yes.. Is the VA healthcare is still run by the government isn’t it..yes… you do know its ran like a government office no one will be there. they won’t even have the lights on yet.. nope that’s the time I guarantee they will be there working hard.. I show up.yup the.lights are all off I am the only one.. no body is around..a half hour to forty five minutes later the check-in girl comes in goes to take her coat off ..I say to her…..your really late…she gets logged in.. then checks she thought I was wrong no one in their right mind would schedule for that hour.. turns her computer on and checks..gets this odd look on her face then says yes the scheduler had picked that hour for my appointment….logs me in as arrived then i sit for another forty five minutes until the PA comes in..I was laughing..I knew some one was being a smart ass about this appointment and this time it wasn’t me..obviously they scheduled me for the no body’s there hour for shits and giggles for not showing up for the first appointment. reminded me of the guy we were waiting for meds.. all of a sudden he lifted his head confuse and said..where did everyone go..lol lol I said this is a government clinic they all went home turned off the lights and left the night lights on and just the night crew on working..I wasted three hours I could have been reading waiting for them to show up and go to work..

    • The Hospital is a 1971 American absurdist satirical black comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring George C. Scott as Dr. Herbert Bock. It was written by Paddy Chayefsky, who was awarded the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Chayefsky also narrates the film and was one of the producers; he had complete control over the casting and content of the film.

      In 1995, The Hospital was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hospital

      The Hospital Official Trailer #1 – George C. Scott Movie (1971) HD

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HftRP0NAJYg

  12. George, there’s something odd about the presentation of this site on a Linux Mint/Brave system. Everything is there, but for some reason the right column, with your books and lists of recent comments sometimes gets into an oscillatory state, with the images flashing as though constantly reloading. The mouse flashes too. I have no idea what’s happening and can live with it if I’m the only one experiencing it. I tried the site on an old Firefox browser(on the same system) and it works fine.

    • I got the right side oscillatory state on an old win 8.1 PC using brave browser; thought it was just my old machine. But it still kicks arse. The osc. would stop as I scrolled down and then restart osc. again, and then stop, etc.

    • I suggest you load Opera and Pale Moon, and keep Firefox up to date. I have had all four fail, but not all four at the same time. FWIW Brave pushed a required update a few days ago. It is now, not working right for me ..

      • That usually happens when Microsoft releases an updated or new toy serverside. It forces every browser-builder to rush to update their software. If either Microsoft’s update is crap, or a browser-builder improperly implements or flubs a line of code in their browser update, things get spotty…

  13. What is the value of a wellness check from an MD these days? You can do vitals at home and don’t need that insufferable paternalistic attitude. If you’re married or have a GF, your wife can see your entire body and you can see hers, even if some would prefer not to. No test is worth doing(usually) unless it will affect actions going forward, so that gets into the realm of personal soul searching. Again, this is my perspective and not the norm. I see no benefit to having a medical record that’s not private. HIPAA is designed to distribute your records, not for privacy and autonomy.

      • Seems to this casual observer that E be feeding the Feral Cats in order to Train them up, ala Steven King.

        So the next time ole G-Pappy comes down with a lil something something..well lets just say “everythings a business model, right G?

        E’s Feline Cleaning Sevices and Body Disposal Co. 1-800-MEE- OWWW/www.Humannies.com
        ” You Kill Em, We Chill Em”

  14. Sadly G, you have trivialized the Budget shutdown into a debate about Adult Diapers. It stinks lol!

    Try mentioning the real issue with Trump & Republicans, HEALTH CARE, d’uh Homer should I buy groceries or see a Dr? (Hint: you can’t afford to do both under the Republican’s ending of ACA):
    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/health-care-subsidies-are-at-the-heart-of-the-shutdown-fight-heres-who-loses-if-they-expire
    ‘Those are the types of choices facing the millions of Americans whose state or federal marketplace health insurance plans will be up for renewal in November. The enhanced premium tax credits that have made coverage more affordable for low- and middle-income enrollees for the last four years will expire this year if Congress doesn’t extend them. On average, that will more than double what subsidized enrollees currently pay for premiums next year, according to an analysis by health care research nonprofit KFF.’

    https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/despite-budget-concerns-three-quarters-of-public-say-congress-should-extend-the-enhanced-aca-tax-credits-set-to-expire-next-year-including-most-republicans-and-maga-supporters/
    ‘Most Republicans (59%) and “Make American Great Again” supporters (57%) favor extending the enhanced tax credits, which otherwise would expire at the end of the year and require Marketplace customers to pay much more in premiums to retain coverage. Larger majorities of Democrats (92%) and independents (82%) also support extending the enhanced tax credits, as do most people who buy their own health insurance, most of whom purchase through the Marketplace (84%).’

    • (“(Hint: you can’t afford to do both under the Republican’s ending of ACA):”)

      now I was all for them to make it a law that insurance companies couldn’t deny coverages .. until the ACA we couldn’t get healthcare insurance…at any cost.. what they did wrong was let the healthcare insurance industry write the ACA.. when we had the laws on the books already just not enforced… it’s against the law to discriminate… and they never included you can’t price gouge.. what we paid for just the wife’s cataclysmic policy high deductibles etc . if it had been put in savings bonds would have us a nest egg of about a million.. the money being spent on healthcare insurance that doesn’t cover anything could easily take and correct the healthcare industry instead it all goes out to the insurance companies in the lawyers involved and leaves the healthcare industry short and liable. if you don’t have a healthcare policy you can’t walk into a clinic they send you to the emergency room to get the healthcare which overburdens the emergency room the hospitals then have to increase the cost and pass it down to the doctors renting the space. nursing facilities and assisted living centers they rarely make enough money to pay for their own existence the one facility in our small community sells itself off every 4 to 5 years because they don’t make enough money to even turn on the lights much less run anything else. the healthcare industry this is my pet peeve of course because I have faced astronomical medical bills and they’ve destroyed my whole life for well over 50 years that it’s just frustrating.

  15. Hi, haven’t seen much about this on the news, the farmers in Mexico have been destroying their crops, limes, corn, avocados, etc. This has been on the Mexico news alot, between what the cartels are demanding farmers to pay and the cheap payouts on the food, the farmers are giving up, its going to affect food prices big time soon, just fyi

  17. Changes: For years, when I return to check for new comments, I just hit refresh, & it took me to the top new comment. Now, refresh takes me to the very top of the page, and I have to scroll down through your column and all the comments. I know it’s picking nits, but it’s a new feature that is annoying to scroll through 40+ comments to find that there’s no new ones.
    Thanks for all you do.
    Did you get my story email?

    • # 2 ! We have a winna.

      dingding-dingding

      Of course # 1 would be, “I wont cum in Ure mouth”

      # 3 being “Its only a cold sore.

      lame daquino, ya sure it wasnt a pack O wild Dingo’s that got Ure check?

      G – needs to be sure, and drop test that sucka – see how far it bounces…aahahahahaahahahah

  20. “For example? Well, how about China pulling on the rare earths choke collar”

    Ding, ding, ding.

    Props to the woodsome nutter. The 800 pound gorilla hiding behind curtain #1 is a belt in the mouth. What we’re seeing from the Administration is a clandestine effort to expunge the belt in mouth (actually ALL ChiCom influence) from the Western Hemisphere. Trump doesn’t want to have to beg Xi for permission to purchase neodymium from Argentina or Chile.

  21. Diwali here today, celebrating Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and prosperity, consort of Vishnu. Seems reasonable to celebrate. All the local Indian population is going nuts with spending and gifting, like Christmas. Loud music, fireworks, special foods, and it’s expected to go on all night long. I’m glad we are at the end of a long finger dock, far from everything. For me it will be a day of celebrating the prosperity of floating and further prep for the two weeks at sea. Might have to speed read Atlas Shrugged just to remind myself of where we are at.
    Internet down? Only half though.
    As long as GPS is functioning I won’t have to drag out the sextant and charts. That’s my only wish. For now.
    Stiks

  22. “We’re still clinging to the idea that Durable Wealth – the kind you carry around between your ears (in one of the rare untaxed places left on Earth) is what matters.”

    So… a lifetime of ‘unrealized gains’ between your ears, eh? The tax man is coming for you! ;-)

  23. Apple’s iPhone 17 costs $1,100 – it has already outsold their number 16 phone by 14% in the first two days of sales. Apple just hit a new high in stock price.
    – Who says consumers are cutting back on their spending ? Sure doesn’t look like it.
    [ Google Pixel 10 is $1,045 and is outselling Pixel 9.]
    .
    Did you happen to see the markets this morning? Holy crap, Bat Man.., they have gone looney.., simply nuts.

  24. I have an excellent doctor, thankfully. He knows me well enough to understand that I don’t answer those questions, so he doesn’t ask. He simply asks what concerns I have and we go from there. Basically, we have a mutual agreement of he’s got the expertise that I pay him for, and if he doesn’t know, he figures it out. It rankles him just as much to have dictates from insurance/pharma industry on how he does his job. Priceless doctor, and getting to be a rare find these days.

  25. all thru the night we defended at fort mchenry . i can still see the stars and stripes . we took a lot of ammo out of the bastards last night

  26. Back to practical project subject matter. Too much moping about political craziness, even if it is the season.

    So, how do you set up the freezer for primary solar or UPS battery/inverter power, with independent grid back-up ? Use an automatic transfer switch, with inputs reversed (for fixed primary type).

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZ2C65G6?th=1

    The switch is labeled input 1 – generator. Input 2- Grid.

    For solar or UPS primary, and grid back-up, reverse that, and the grid become the back-up. Input 1 is secondary, input 2 is primary. Be sure to put a surge protector on the grid connection side. I figure you would have protection on the battery system already.

    Next, how do you get an alert if all of it fails anyway ?

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCLJH966

    There may be better units, but this one seems to work. I splurged for Li batteries in the freezer chest. Indoors, rechargeable are good enough.

    I don’t regard freezers as viable long term survival storage; one mess up and you are SOL. But for short to intermediate term, the freezer, (and refrigerator) allow for efficient use of resources, and short-term opportunities.

    • ..not a bad place to hangout during a severe electrical storm, also cheap fireproof storage for important documents and what nots. Ya can hide the stuff under some bags of frozen veggies or fruits and what notz.

      • 8 cu-ft low-power German DC model. I use an external 120VAC to DC PS. Doesn’t get extremely cold, and runs all the time 9 months out of the year, but I can go about 5 days without power.

  27. Trump supports Diddy!

    “Donald Trump is contemplating commuting Diddy’s 50-month prison sentence this week, as reported by a high-ranking White House official. Despite some staff advising against it, the final decision rests with Trump. Diddy, who has served 13 months for violating the Mann Act, could have his sentence reduced significantly if Trump proceeds with the commutation.”

    • BURDS of a Feather – Can they bring PEACE to the middleleast, when reunited once again?

      You betcha ! See the latest PEACE efforts in ME, by far the most comprehensive PEACE Plan I ever seen for this area of the Globe..
      Lets Give PEACE a Chance and End Racism once and for all.
      -https://substack.com/redirect/a60dfa2b-b057-4cb7-93d8-91bc8df6e3ef?

      GBH Laced Baby Oil for All the effeminate young Republicans ! Grab a towel and get in line for Ure full body massage. No Worries, you wont remember a dam thing, cept your burning sore Ass wont let you forget..

      Most powerful repugnican senator ? Lisping Lindsey

      • Daughter was Reporter on PSU school newspaper when that broke. After one assignment interviewing Defensive Player about linebackers coach. I insisted she resign from that job/Paper, and get the Fuck outta of that nightmare. She did resign next day, and was already terrorized by what she had heard.
        I knew better, knew many of the big players or least their Names – that were involved in the childrens charity.

        So BIG, so very NASTY , and so many “BIGWIGS” involved, they had to bring in the greatest COVERUP man in US govmint history..LOUIS J Freeh.

        You see Freeh name involved in anything – KNOW IT WAS A COVERUP, plain and simple.

        How you think they “got” Liddle Donnie in the first place ?

        Of course you heard all about Sandusky – its israHELLs first line of business, No?

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