On a Hill Overlooking Future

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Monday – meh.

There’s really very little action to kick the week off. Other than the tit-for-tat game in the Middle East and the grinding down of Ukraine. And the NorKs going to Kursk and…

But the first issue is data which begins flowing tomorrow with a week to roll until the presidential (bad choices) will be made.  Other than a Dallas Fed report at mid-morning today, there’s precious little to keep anyone glued to monitors. Especially day trading types.

To understand the market, we need to first review what did (and did not) happen this weekend.

  1. Israel – as expected – popped Iran. But, it was a kinder, gentler pop than the hardcore on both sides (spoiling for war) would have liked.  Yes,, there was a report that Iran warned just today that the israeli action this weekend will “not go unanswered.” While in Iranian state media, Impunity has emboldened Zionists: Iran FM Spox. However (with their nuclear program rolling overtime in backrooms and hollowed-out mountains) the Supreme Leader: Israeli mischief should neither be magnified nor downplayed.  If your copy of the targeting list went to junk mail, try Operation Days Of Repentance – Armed Forces Press for a recap.
  2. Remember last week’s columns on “waitstates“?  Well, we may be in another one now.  Because while the “astrologers, seers and forecasters” say much more disgruntling things loom, they aren’t along until the two hottest of hot dates: November 3 and then December 7th.
  3. This has us considering the Big Picture for this week:  Economics and Jobs will finish out the run (or rerun) to the Oval.  ADP (and GDP) roll Wednesday, while the Challenger Job Cuts come Thursday and the Official number (coughs, sputters a bit) come Friday.  Day after Halloween.
  4. Next weekend, then – that first of the major hot dates – comes Sunday.  With the election (nominally, stuffed ballots aside) Tuesday, both sides will be able to move without too much risk of American ire.

Not an encouraging a view from today’s “Hill Overlooking Future” but it “is what it is,” I guess.

Other Dates and Movers?

Big doings in Georgia (the country, not the state) this weekend as people voted in leadership that is somewhat Moscow/Vlad Putin-friendly.  Reflected in stories like Putin Allies Celebrate as Georgia’s Ruling Party Claims Victory.  On the other hand, in the sore loser pile Georgia president asks foreign partners to act against Russia election ‘infiltration’. We can hardly wait to see of Open Borders is mentioned.

December 7th is being cited in astrology circles. Because president Xi’s chart and China’s (national) chart both point toward forcible action/War aspects (Mars something-or-others).  Still, China held back from taking on Taiwan despite workable weather over this past weekend.  Despite comments of an Ambassador: St Vincent and the Grenadines will defend Taiwan in the international community. Which – somehow – we can’t imagine China worrying too much about.

Thus we are now at the threshold of a new week, with markets set to stage a relief rally, but with an election close-at-hand, the Jobs Roulette game warming up for the second half of the week, and Electile Dysfunction everywhere, we think canaries soaring in this coal mine could turn into crows to be eaten in a week.  Patience is required. Things are being cooked, even now.

The Chart Problem

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder has a dandy tag line in many of her videos:  “But there’s just one problem….” 

In trading, it’s the Aggregate Index chart.  Yes, silly, the NASDAQ will likely hit a new high at the open this morning, but we are (speaking of conjunctivitis – with a nod to astrologers) looking at an ugly channel resolution to be made:

Now, I know this is a little hard to see – just what is going on in the upper right corner there – so let’s blow it up (if we can say that without causing alarms at BATF):

Notice how the smallest channel (Yellow) was broken?  And now we are opening strongly?  I would not be surprised if we didn’t have an even larger rally (during the day) to get right up and “kiss the trend.”

(Here’s the Sabine riff, now:) Here’s the problem.  The all-time high on the Aggregate was 49,736.61 hit at the close on the 18th.  Even with the (relief) rally today, we’re futuring 49,581.51.  So to “complete the kiss” we can go a bit higher than the opening indication, BUT IF we go over the 49,673.61 at the close, then it tells me more upside is possible between now and the “Ure pulling my lever” time.

Watch Them Runs

Does “holding the MSG” help?  Well, if you mean Madison Square Garden, yes.  Trump’s new coalition of MAGA ‘Avenger’ allies gather to back their ‘Captain America’ at MSG

One thing we’ve been thinking about is America’s need for a couple of Realists in the Cabinet.  Only found two suitable candidates for the position, so far: Tucker Carlson ( “Crowd Goes Wild as Tucker Carlson Rocks the Stage With Epic Speech “No fair system would make Liz Cheney powerful. No fair system would make Larry Fink rich. No fair system would elevate someone like Kamala Harris to a presidential nomination.” “Liz Cheney is out there ..”  Our Other Pick for Secretary of Reason is Elon Musk: Elon Musk’s X suspends new account of Iran’s Supreme Leader after it posts in Hebrew | Fortune.

Meanwhile, “Trumps Apprentice” was slicing up CNN for brunch: JD Vance gets into fiery back-and-forth with CNN’s Tapper.  Last time I looked, CNN was at the bottom of the news rankings – and gee, why would that surprise anyone?

On the democrat side, the politicizing of the Fedgov continues as NASA Administrator Nelson says report of Musk contacts with Putin ‘concerning’ – UPI.com.  Concerning? Because Musk get’s things done (and at a tiny fraction of the cost?”  Well, no question which party will continue the tradition of D.C. Budget Bloatware development, is there??

One thing I did learn this weekend is that the President Word-Salad hopeful can’t even keep promises (implicit) in the Friday Houston Rally hype: Media Now Claims No One ‘Actually’ Said Beyoncé Would Perform at Rally

Oh, and keep an eye on the political loading by the Dully Mailed which is serving befriend left-wing Nazi hysteria for clicks. Adolf Hitler had ‘some good ideas’, a fifth of Gen Z Americans believe according to Daily Mail poll.  Yes, this is how desperation journalism works when they are trying to “put a thumb” on the scales of public opinion.  They make up polls (that really no one gives a shit about) and use whatever dog whistle has been blown recently.  Might work on the functionally-impaired, but not on a grown up.

Age Matters in this Race:.  Dems have been harping on Trump’s age, of course.  See an example in Harris adopts Trump’s playbook as she targets his age and competence – The Washington Post (which wouldn’t endorse her).  Thing is, Team Kamala is showing they don’t understand math very well. Because Kamala is 60 and so is Tim Walz.  Two times 60 is 120, right?  OK, Trump is 78 and J.D. Vance is 40,  which totals 118.  Hopefully, you missed the “math is racist” memo and can average things?

Thus, we can say with statistical certainty, the Trump Team is younger than the Harris Team.  Of course, the fix is already in but it is important up front to see how the “adjustment bureau” changes things.

In Real News?

We’re not sure there is any, on this planet. We have 8-billion, most-divided people – disagreeing on Reality – so we don’t see too many routes to a happy ending in this 75-year screenplay I’ve been watching.  The only bet is whether I’ll live to Finis or whether I’ll click-on, first…  (Final chapters of our Longevity book on Peoplenomics.com coming Wednesday, by the by…).  So for now the “hard points” and “sharp stickery parts of Reality include:

To Whom? US Mercenaries Hired to Kill Abroad is Legitimately Insane – Military & War News. Come on (dog-face pony soldier) it’s a War Industry, don’t you get it?

Putin’s ground game continues: RUSSIAN FORCES CAPTURE OLEKSANDOPIL: NEW FRONTLINE OPENS #russia #shorts #ukraine

Quick – let’s all give Ukraine MORE money!!! U.S. and G7 prepares $50 billion loan for Ukraine – Gateway Hispanic.

Open Borders matter: More than 3 million border crossers from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela  (in time to vote?).

OMG I forgot to mention Walz!  “And there it is – Tim Walz confirms they will push for Mass Amnesty for tens of millions of illegal aliens.  Peachy.

At the Ranch: Reliving “Tomorrow Radio”

Back in ancient history – just after the invention of bongs and birth control – there was (is) a Fabulous radio jingle production company in Dallas called TM Productions.  Genius-level people – every one of ’em.

About 1978 (offers geezer memory) they came out with a promotional piece called Tomorrow Radio.  Move “civilians” in media land have no idea how clear our Old Man in the Newsroom viewpoint got sharpened.

Have a listen to this and you’ll understand the Real World – at least on the radio side – better than all your peers combined.  Wait until you have time to her the whole thing through – think FIRESIGN if you will…

Background: Helps to know the premise of this “Radio theater of the mind sketch” is that the radio station (where the skit is set) is going from one format (*youth oriented) to an older format called “Punk Country!” (Not a word, Biff…)  It’s every bit as good as anything done by Firesign Theater.  Well, except the pliers and dwarf part, maybe.

OK, time to feed the brain something useful.

Oh, and I almost forgot!  In Newark, a windmill and an armadillo. And BTC is still under $69-thousand.

Write when you get rich,

George@Ure.net

51 thoughts on “On a Hill Overlooking Future”

  2. Take time for a Bomb Damage Assesment, determine “unfinished business,” re-arm, refuel, rest up; and then execute follow-up fine tuning.

    Rinse & Repeat as necessary.

    • And to continue the theme, figure out the remaining items for your ‘Alert 15’ list.

      Good Luck to us All.

    • William of the Radio Ranch: the snippets of BDA look well done, as expected. Likely the important bits go unseen. Hopefully the Powers that Be will become tired of tempting fate. Meanwhile, military industrial complex is a go.

      Israel is apparently going laser, among many “dome” close in defense techs. My guess is the real work is being done virtually, to think incoming birds out of the sky. Me? I’d employ lots of low tech:

      Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)
      https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2167831/mk-15-phalanx-close-in-weapon-system-ciws/

      George: it’s dangerous to say *meh* to the People of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Hardy folk. Their whole world gets wiped by occasional hurricanes but they rebuild and open new beach shacks in a jiffy. CHN beware.

      ATL: sad days over the weekend. Most of the toys are on shore (except the pontoon, still in her slip absent pier). I hate taking apart the boaty stuff. An in mourning morning.

      Egor

  3. Its a Bird, its a Plane, its a Rash…nerp just camel toe. Yep, ya read that right – no need to reread, Loob.
    No need to get upset – its natural, like the “walking farts”, just come naturally when out on evening walk with the ankle biters/Russels.

    What really shocked this intrepid explorer is that CT is a known side effect with certain class of new Drugs -https://youtube.com/shorts/bNHaAqxjmbA?si=2crFwcG0D-DgzZ9V

    Careful out there Homegamerz, never know what they are going to try and inject you with next.

    I did hear recently of a cash offer for volunteers to guinea pig a new Androgyn Drug for the folks wishing to join the T’s, called SLIURDICOF (SliceUreDickOff), there is also a new companion drug for the Gals wishing to Transition called CHURTITOF (ChopUreTitsOff) which is taken in combination with old stand by ADADICTOME.

    More Guys transition the better, less competition for Booty Calls….”Hear Booty booty booty..

    Favorite Number tween 1-100 ? Sixty-Nine of course! Can I get Seventy K ? Can I get a witness wit that?

    • Knock knock,

      Whos there?

      Not SWIFT

      Not SWIFT who?

      Knock knock,

      Whos there?

      Brick

      Brick Who?

      Knock knock,

      Whos there,

      Blockchain

      Blockchain Who ?

      Knock knock

      Whos there?

      BRICS PAY Blockchain .

      = MOAR Inflation heading Ure way soonly..As the song says “aint no sunshine, when Ure swift”

      color me a three legged Dog.

  4. Elon tweets that Madison sQuare garden was full and 70,000 outside. I lost the post about how many cell phone pings that counted the crowd size,,,
    https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1850741967828701267
    It was nice to see Melania there with Donald to set @c tabloid mind at ease,
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/first-lady-melania-trump-dazzles-madison-square-garden/

    TRUMP MEDIA & TECHNO DJT: NASDAQ pre-mkt is up over $3 still climbing from the hole it was pushed down into,,, while the mkts grew,,, manipulation? by Blackrock computer trading ?
    over $5 at open,, wow

  6. George, I’m thinking you also spent a good amount of time listening to Dr. Demento on some eclectic FM station late at night on the weekends ‘back in the day.’

    “We’re all bozos on this bus.”
    – Firesign Theater

  7. “Microsoft, Google & Amazon Back New-Age Nuclear Power.”

    “Ten years after use, the surface of a spent fuel assembly
    releases 10,000 rem/hr of radiation, far greater than the
    fatal whole-body dose for humans of 500 rem received all at once.”

    “The dose of radiation expected to cause death to 50 percent of
    an exposed population within 30 days (LD 50/30).
    Typically, the LD 50/30 is in the range from 400 to 450 rem
    (4 to 5 sieverts) received over a very short period.”

    “how many gallons of water used to produce 1 kwh in a data center?.
    2 gallons”

    • All fanatics have a few good ideas. That is how they get into power.., but once they are sitting on the throne? .., that, is when their ‘dangerous’ ideas come rushing in.

        • The speech was done during 1922. Over a decade before the big war started.

          Look to today’s fanaticism.

          Trump is Hitler.
          Harris the Anti-Christ.

          These slogans make perfect sense to a lot of folks.

        • @OOWS

          “Trump is Hitler.
          Harris the Anti-Christ.

          These slogans make perfect sense to a lot of folks.”

          That’s because there are a lot of “low information” or “low-intellect” people.

          When I hear “Trump is Hitler” I ask the speaker to define “Hitler” or “fascist.”

          They invariably can’t.

          If one did, I would then mention bits of the Biden/Harris Administration which exemplified corporatism, and ask how they justified their thought. I don’t expect to ever have to have that discussion.

          As for Cammy = antichrist (or any other kind of leader) I mention that she went to school on a scholarship which was specifically offered to people who tested below 100 on a standard IQ test and then explain that she is incapable of any kind of leadership.

    • Hitler brought Germany out of the depression 2 years earlier than the rest of the world. He did that with sound money that could not be manipulated/controlled by the London (Hebrew) bankers. He paid off the onerous reparations the bankers put on Germany after WWI with inflated Deutschmarks.

      Hitler attacked Poland because the president of Poland was treating the Germans living in Poland’s former German territory much like the Ukrainians treated the Russians and the Israelis treated the Palestinians.

      Hitler also offered to provide transportation for any Jews who wanted to leave Europe but every country refused to accept them.

      The rest is history.

      Just sayin’

  9. As suspected – nothing has come from the BRICS conference held in Russia.
    While BRICS maybe expanding, the assertion of 159 members is a blatant lie. While 22 nations have expressed interest in joining, currently, only Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the UAE are confirmed to have joined in 2024, while Saudi Arabia, although invited, has yet to confirm its membership. And Argentina has withdrawn their membership. The slow pace of expansion is underscored by logistical and political challenges. Of the top 20 economies in the world, none have shown any interest in joining. Rapid expansion and international monetary clout remains “highly improbable”. [ .., at this time.]

    • Its all about mBridge and CBDC’s – thats it .

      BIS is memeber of mBridge, as are all the other “globalist” banking institutions.
      Looks like they are attempting to build a Global Settlement SYSTEM to backbone ALL financial transactions in various currencies. All will be Gold backed via Blockchain .

      The only question this intrepid skirt chaser has is will tRUMP back the USD with Gold ala blockchain BEFORE/Front Run BRICS Gold backed Currency (s) ???

      Gotta ask, but dont divulge Ure Answer..Got Bitcoin?

      No Bitcoin for Gpops – he wants to own the dustbin, he can have It. Ure Welcome!

  10. Well., the absurdities have already started here in Washington and in Oregon. Ballot drop-boxes are being set on fire., destroying hundreds of ballots.

  11. 5:23am HST Thunderstorm comes ashore and I take a direct lightning strike to the Hexbeam mast. I saw a shower of sparks in the radio room. But good engineering practice, grounding, and lightning arrestors saved the radios! Both still work! My ears are still ringing, though.

      • Think of standing next to a firing Howitzer without ear protection. That mast was right outside my bedroom window, conducting a billion amperes to ground.

    • Wow, you must not be too far from HPP. I was up and saw that flash of lightening and the following thunder. Freaked my dogs out bit. Husband slept right through it.

      • I’m in Hawaiian Beaches, Georgann. Ray… ‘Ufer Ground’… modified. Started at the water supply pipe(copper) under the electric meter. Approx. 120ft of #4 stranded dug an inch or two into the gravel surrounding the slab foundation of the house. It goes about 3/4 around the home. At every corner, every downspout, at the shack entrance, at the base of every pipe mast (3 of em) I drove a ground rod into the base gravel next to the slab. These were 2- to 4- feet deep, until I hit solid rock and could not pound any deeper. There are nine of these short ground rods around the house. Remember that a bare horizontal wire is also an effective ground.

        Every coax and control wire coming down the masts goes to ground and a lightning arrestor at the base. Then the wires go back UP the house to the eaves and around to the shack, where they come back down to the master grounding plate at the house entrance, with more lightning arrestors. Lightning comes straight down the mast to find ground, it will NOT turn around and go back UP the lines to the house. (Space charge dynamics of a pulse at work). The house lines get some induced EMF that is taken out again at the entrance plate to the house.

        First time I have had a full-strike of the theories, and damn if it didn’t work perfectly according to plan. This was all stuff I learned in 40 years of broadcast engineering.

  12. Today is cooler with a SE wind, Spring is filling in with a last gasp to winter. The choice today is change out the zincs on the grounding strip, or modify the dinghy sail (then test it!).
    Haven’t had a container ship into the central port now for eleven days. Store shelves on the outer islands are starting to reflect that. It may be three more weeks until container shipping returns. Long story that draws from inflexible bureaucracy. Stupid humans who have given up on creative solutions to problems. Just follow rules. Good thing we have food solutions on board.
    Stiks
    How about that AG?

    • No container ships coming in to the islands. Something the people of Hawaii cannot imagine, having been ‘big citified’. Over a million people crowded into Honolulu, and the store shelves will be bare in a week if the JIT-delivery chain breaks. Here on the Big Island we have only around 200k population and lots of agriculture. We could feed ourselves. Fuel could be scarce to non-existant, though.

  13. “One thing I did learn this weekend is that the President Word-Salad hopeful can’t even keep promises (implicit) in the Friday Houston Rally hype: Media Now Claims No One ‘Actually’ Said Beyoncé Would Perform at Rally”

    I saw the news clip. The Houston Libs & Leftists booed her for many minutes. Thousands walked out. Cammy stood on stage smiling, waving, and periodically bursting out in her cackles, the whole time — didn’t leave the stage, nor did she utter a damn’ word (at least not on-mic…)

  14. “…so let’s blow it up (if we can say that without causing alarms at BATF)”

    Many years ago, Jack Shedletsky was the Engineer-in-charge at the FCC office, a tiny corner office at the Federal Building. The rest of the floor was entirely occupied by the FAA. I had business at the FCC, and as I walked into the office, there was my engineer friend behind the counter. I greeted him, saying loudly, “Hi, Jack!” With his eyes big, in a near panic, he retorted in a whisper: “Don’t say that so loud on this floor!”… looking over my shoulder to see if anyone was running into the halls from the nearby FAA offices.

  15. “Oh, and keep an eye on the political loading by the Dully Mailed which is serving befriend left-wing Nazi hysteria for clicks. Adolf Hitler had ‘some good ideas’, a fifth of Gen Z Americans believe according to Daily Mail poll.”

    He DID, namely, the Volkswagen and the Autobahn.

    The Democrat pols are screaming & crying desperate, and are responsible for this crap. They have spawned 73 NAZI-related stories about Trump between Friday night and 10AM today, because the Madison Square Garden rally Trump held (in the new MSG) is a Hitler redux, but the one candidate Bill Clinton held in 1992 (in the original MSG) wasn’t.

    I am still waiting for someone in the Trump camp to release the photo of Hitler with the black field and heavy red curtains, next to the one of Biden from Philadelphia, using a nearly-identical backdrop, lighting, and setting. Dems have called every Republican Presidential candidate since Barry Goldwater “Hitler” and “a NAZI.” I would be willing to bet not one in 100,000 knows what constitutes a “NAZI.”

  16. I’ve cracked the code. To Andy’s premonition dream…….posted when?………November 5 one year ago……quite the synch wink. Wonder what happens November 5 THIS year??

    Trump has often been referred to as the “orange narcissist”.
    The burnt orange Dodge Demon from the dream is none other than DJT.

    You are all backseat passengers while the “orange demon” takes you on a wild ride to the “end of the world”.
    All you can do is look back in the rearview mirror and wonder. What if? What if? Was this fate inevitable?

    • If you’re looking for more woo – the date given in the dream was July 25 – which is a 77. Maybe someone can divine the meaning of that esoteric wormhole.

      In other off-world news there’s this from Spaceweather.com

      “PROTONS ARE RAINING DOWN ON EARTH: For the 3rd day in a row, energetic protons are raining down on Earth. It’s an S2-class radiation storm. The protons were accelerated by X-class solar flares on Oct. 24th and 26th. As a result of the storm, a shortwave radio blackout is underway inside the Arctic Circle, and cameras on spacecraft are being fogged. Indeed, most of the speckles in the SOHO coronagraph movie highlighted below are solar protons hitting the camera. This could continue for at least another 24 hours.”

  17. ‘Tomorrow Radio’… shades of WKRP in Cincinnati. That show was a composite of every strange radio station I ever worked at.
    I remember stringing a longwire out to the tree outside my 2nd floor bedroom, winding the wire around the loopstick on the table radio, and grounding it on a water pipe. Then I could listen to the ‘underground’ radio on skywave from KAAY, Little Rock, playing stuff the local Wisconsin small town radio stations would not touch.

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