TL;DR:  Which war will pop first?  We update the betting line.  In the Caribbean, Jamaica’s Blue Hills are in trouble as Melissa (5) slams in.  At the ranch? A return to “traditional timekeeping.” War Pops We keep a list, check it twice, but we have an idea who’s naughty – not nice. South America is being … Read More

TL:DR:  Trump’s Venezuela policy as a 21st-century reboot of the Monroe Doctrine—less about democracy and more about oil. Using sanctions, posturing, and financial choke points, Washington aims to keep the world’s largest crude reserves out of Chinese, Russian, and Iranian hands, turning old gunboat diplomacy into modern energy control. At the ranch? We retool for … Read More

Back in 2003, when we bought this old place in the woods and moved up here, Elaine and I tired of the previous owners having a lock on every door that was keyed differently.  Although it was a simple double-wide and an open carport big enough for a diesel pusher RV, there were still three … Read More

There’s a “Post Web Order” coming into view.  So, this weekend a progress check on three fronts of keen interest for subscribers. First is system readiness in order to be able to “keep up with class” as we are publicly building a MoneyMachine in Python to test machine-assisted trade planning.  The second installment will be … Read More

TL;DR: BLS Inflation figures were released despite GovDown so Social Security for ’26 could be set. Melissa spins up in the Gulf while Trump axes Canadian trade talks. Around here? The real story is AI in the role of “barbarians at the gates” to the web… The One Day Inflation is Good The notice has … Read More

TL;DR:  We’re “bubbling a cauldron of scary, silly, and frankly stupid as the week draws to a close. Another drug boat hit, but blow of a different type in the Caribbean. Meanwhile a word about time-budgeting in our life management notes… Newsoween: Scared Yet? GovDown drags out, the Fear Party rants about destruction of the White … Read More

Every civilization eventually forgets what made it strong. Ours is forgetting faster than any before it — not because we lack memory, but because we’ve outsourced it to machines that do. The web that once promised universal knowledge has become a patchwork of walled gardens and incompatible truths. The Splinternet isn’t coming; it’s here, and … Read More

TL;DR: An amazing level as a daily market peak and the weekly close are about to duke it out.  Meanwhile, the web broke Monday and the Ure’s did their doctor visits, too…. Markets: Technical Contradictions Markets are putting on a better crime drama than anything on streaming, lately.  The “crime drama” today is the nearly $100 … Read More

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 … Read More

TL;DR:  We do interesting things on the Peoplenomics side of the house.  Like an August 2025 article on Food Reactors.  Not all of it is shared here, but enough so you’ll get the idea of what they are and how to play along on your own shop time. What’s a Food Reactor? Two ways this can … Read More

Short for Adaptive Non-Linear Order-Metric Algorithm.  Which does what? Reflects the intent to quantify how “ordered” or “coherent” market movement is while accepting that behavior is non-linear and adaptive to regime shifts. Somewhere in here, you’re likely to get confused.  But let me line up events for you. In our Tuesday Peoplenomics we began teaching … Read More

TL;DR:  Markets wobble, metals scream, and AI writes history—just another Friday at the ranch. Where things are clearing with the last chapter of my next book down on silicon… Here, Hold This Bag… We may be at the long-predicted inflection point. Not touted by the Mainstream Financial Shills, but why would they?  It’s when the … Read More

TL;DR: Yes, Before Wars, runups in markets are not uncommon.  General news flow is lame except for courts as GovDown crawls along.  And some changes in our “solar thinking” to ponder. Rally Dandy? I won’t kid you – on the personal financial statement this has been a dandy past couple of months.  Well, except for … Read More