There I was Sunday: Online shopping.  Odd assortment of things, too:  An old-style clothesline kit with pulleys and 150 feet of line, a 1″X30″ belt sander with assorted silicon carbide blades for knife-making, brass rod for fasteners.  Overall, an eclectic mix but nothing out of the ordinary for a well-prepped, non-urban, survival-oriented fellow who sees … Read More

Recitals: Nothing in this note is to be construed as “medical advice.”  This is informational, about something called low level laser light therapy. Since I have been using LLLLT (also known as LLLT, a/k/a/ photobiomodulation) I have personally experienced health benefits including the virtual elimination of eczema which I’ve suffered through for 70-years… Background: Down … Read More

Positioning of the democrat wannabes, weather “roll-ups,” and the coming of “virtual reporters.” There are multiple stories in play which give us a chance to employ some forecasting skills.  Each involves a specific “way of thinking” and are thus widely applicable skills. Oh, and the future “won’t sneak up on you” either. We will begin … Read More

Learning from Great Americans, particularly military greats, is something anyone can do.  From home, using YouTube.  Just pick someone who’s really smart and see what they’ve had to say. General H. Norman Schwarzkopf is an amazing fellow.  IQ 168 and one of the greatest commanders of all-time.  He addressed West Point Army cadents in May … Read More

Not an especially hard call to make in advance.  Since the latest consumer debt numbers from the Feral Reserve (sic) showed in their most recent window, credit card sales going up at an 11% annualized rate.  Despite what is being talked about on the left as an “ever-pending recession”  (it’s what happens when the left … Read More

(We’ll get to the ECB going negative on rates after this.) What, trust the CPI?  In a word:  No.  They have almost no bearing on your life and they apply only to alien life forms on some other planet, near as we figure it. There’s a lot of background to the contrary on the (massive) … Read More

Time to update  September 2018’s Peoplenomics 891-B where we outlined recent advances in anti-aging.  The “supplement cocktail” we approached while sniffing around last year is now making headlines. Can we get another “one year drop on the future?”  Maybe so.There is much new data to review along with a “process discussion” covering how Elaine and … Read More

MUM’s the word, in Economics.  Except, instead of silencio  it now stands for Making Up Money.  Which is what the G20 is orchestrating; reshuffling debt and making-up borrowing to make it  appear all is well.  Buying time on the Global Titanic. A Thought Experiment:  I owe you $10-bucks; it’s all the money I have.  You owe … Read More

Oh boy, another “National Mood-Swing Monday” is ahead.   In the early slog, the Dow was looking at opening up 50.  But the real interesting part of the day will come at 3 PM Eastern (corrected) when the (misnamed) Federal Reserve lays out the latest Consumer Debt Report.  Of course, they can call it that, … Read More

I don’t reference the “Donner Party” lightly.  Because prepping and survival are the most serious topics a person can address; even more so than money or mating. As we laid it out on the Peoplenomics side earlier this year, the ideawas that I would put in a simple “two veggetables” garden and conduct “The Great Tomato Race.” … Read More

No, actually, I’m not kidding.  Our recent encounter with what can only be called a “time slip”  August 30th has actually yielded not only an interesting  set of data correlations but also deep-thinking on how “the Whole Thing (Universe) might work. Sorry it’s such a long piece, but there’s a ton of concept to digest, … Read More

Many young people (millennials) have not sucked enough air yet to squeeze in time to watch the 1970 move “Patton.”  It won awards for George C. Scott for his phenomenal portrayal. In addition to a haunting soundtrack, and observing how General George S. Patton “channeled” the history of warfare back to Roman times, Patton’s speech … Read More

It’s always fun to use previous data to predict data.  Humbling, oftentimes. Take this morning’s jobs report, for example. As you know, I’m one of the most skeptical people in the world when it comes to employment data.  It’s an area where (IMHO) a lot of “economists” and “advisors” really get things wrong.  Mainly, it’s prone … Read More