I don’t know if this is really a “woo-woo” topic, an extension of what will be on  Peoplenomics tomorrow, where we talk about grassroots dispersed manufacturing (as a disruptive technology)… Or, whether it’s another chapter in my book  Psychocartography. However it arises, the  topic du jour today is  fear. Let’s begin with who we are: Maybe … Read More

“F-CSI”  Financial Crime Scene Investigations Many actives scenes this morning, starting  overseas where a top Iranian general has been killed in a surgical strike on the airport in Baghdad, Iraq. Yep.  Off-sides and planning additional attacks on the U.S. interests (and embassies) in the Middle East, the NY Times report on the drone attack is … Read More

A lot of the news media, are showing their bias against president Trump AND at the same time, carrying the water for the Digital Uprising – which moves us closer than ever to Digital Mob Rule. A short exposition of the headlines – the facts – and how to apply logic and 20-seconds of research … Read More

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Just out  Housing numbers: YEAR-OVER-YEAR  The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 3.3% annual gain in October, up from 3.2% in the previous month. The 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 1.7%, up from 1.5% in the previous month. The 20-City Composite posted … Read More

Some 2019 restrospective in the first section this morning.  But, if time is short for you, skip down to “Today’s Real News” – a big headline and you can’t miss it. New post around 8:15 with the Housing data, so check back. We’ll serve-up this morning’s “rasher of news and comment” but first, a few … Read More

If this was a sci-fi flick, rather than (nominal) “real life” someone would say “Aye, sensors on full, extended- range, Captain …” We have no idea, of course, where the next financial photon torpedo will come from.  Although launch sites in Hungary, North Korea, China, and Brussels are all suspect. We do have a handful … Read More

Since we’ve been writing about “UrbanSurvival” long before any of the “Johnny-come-lately’s” on the web (starting in ’98), our views on what’s “adequate prepping” have moderated a bit, over time. Here are the simplest, cheapest, and best ways we can think of to increase your personal preparedness in 2020. Spend $10-bucks a person on bottled … Read More

Even  approaching 71, no shortage of learning to do – much of it involuntarily.  Life keeps changing and one needs to “keep ahead of it.” An interesting example is the growing complexity of DAW (digital audio workstation) software.  Occasioned by our upcoming first Peoplenomics Podcast which is estimated to be out New Years Eve. Fortunately, … Read More

No, you don’t need to know Morse Code to be an effective ham radio operator. SKN comes on New Years Eve.  It’s “Straight Key Night.”  We’ll get into that, in a second. First a pitch for learning Morse code.  Light signaling (silently), having another way to communicate in event of a stroke or voice stifling … Read More

A couple of items on the stock market, best taken visually. One is the overall view of how periodic advances and declines in the stock market line-up in similar ways.  Nice way of saying “All collapses are self-similar” to one degree or another… OK, so.. When is “The Top” Here? This is a “What number … Read More

Sure, there are a number of “economic stories” we could lead with this morning.  But, weekly variances in mortgage applications at a time when part of the nation has been in the deep freeze and it’s a holiday week to boot?  Seriously? Of, later on, yet-another forecast of “investor confidence” will be out…but we don’t … Read More