With the Price of Oil crashing to lifetime lows, it has become apparent that the Fed has seriously screwed-up and does not understand what happens when hyper-deflation (here at the bottom of the economic long wave cycle) runs into hyper-inflation as demanded by compounding effects of interest on the federal debt.  And egged further into … Read More

I made a promise to myself this weekend:  I would try to write “tighter and brighter” columns.  That decision was reinforced when Elaine and I listened to the presidents press conference Sunday. Getting to the point matters: Over the course of 50+ years as a news/management/operations geek, old man Ure  (moi) has been to a … Read More

It’s never hard to pack for a trip – just so long as you know  where you will eventually end up.  Then, it’s easy to see – amongst all your present gear – what will work when you get to the new destination. You don’t pack too many sweaters for a trip to the Sahara.  … Read More

Wherein we “look ahead in the rearview” with a unique historical guidepost system most people don’t think about. Not saying that we are going back to the “past-Ure” but if you’re wondering what will need doing in the “Post-Tech world” business ideas abound. Which will be grist for the brain after an assortment of headlines … Read More

A group of investors ought to be formed to sue the hell out of the Federal Reserve for price-fixing.  Because, near as we can figure it, that’s just what they’re engaged in.  Making up money and distorting markets. I can’t think of a single provision under the Constitution law that permiting goverment a right to … Read More

To the point this morning because much work remains to be done in  the garden today.  And we were busy as hell yesterday – more on that toward the end of this morning’s note. First Up:  Housing Starts Is there an economy left?  Well, sure…especially in big “coop-dweller” markets: Building Permits  Privately?owned housing units authorized by building permits in March were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,353,000.   This is 6.8 percent (±1.1 percent) below the revised February rate of 1,452,000, but is 5.0 percent (±2.4 percent) above the  March 2019 rate of 1,288,000. Housing Starts  Privately?owned housing starts in March were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,216,000.  This is 22.3 percent (±12.2  … Read More

An obituary this morning, to the good old days with a silver living. It’s a look at bunkering and how, while the uber-rich may think it’ll save their butts, I thinking it won’t… The problem for the rich – and even for crooks – is that both classes became overly dependent on paper money, a … Read More

You are welcome to be skeptical, but 2-1/2 months ago I told you we were going hog-wild on  gardening this year and it was driven by the Wuhan Pandemic. So, let’s see how Ure’s outlook has been on this, alright?  Specifically, from our Feb. 2, 2020 column  “Seeds and Ozone” what was I telling you? … Read More

As knowledgeable contributor Wizard notes, this is a fun and light-hearted continuation of the Easter Holiday in Poland and environs like the Czech Republic.  As per the trusty Wikipedia this is “Dyngus Day:” “Traditionally, boys throw water over girls and spank them with pussy willow branches on Easter Monday, and girls do the same to boys. … Read More

Normally on Sunday we do a little something on prepping But mighty big storms and a turkey to get ready for baking, so more coffee and less word than usual. A few will count this is a blessing…  Egg-sactly. Happy and more tomorrow.

While we wait for what seems like a Wave 2 rally to complete, a look at what life’s really like around here.  Sure, people talk about wanting to get back to simpler times, but when comes down to it, are you sure that getting reacquainted with sweat is something you’re interested in? I mean a … Read More

A couple of grim realities, before we get into this morning’s Consumer Prices report:  The first is that CV-19 is nowhere near “whipped” and secondly, although social distancing has  slowed the pace, that may give us some important insights into the American propensity to “jump the gun” (and in this case, the shark). What are … Read More

We won’t trivialize the importance of what’s going on with the virus:  Looks like our first “bet” of the day will be what time we break the 1.5-million cases and when we pass through 90-thousand global deaths.  Any second now… Our forecasts have been better than nothing to plan around.  And we’re pleased to see a … Read More