People in the South, near as I’ve discovered, don’t know exactly where the term “red-neck” came from.  But, at least in this part of Texas, to be a “red-neck” is right up with being a coon-ass from Loozy-anna. It’s more honor than insult.  Means you know a little something about self-reliance. Oh, sure, maybe escape … Read More

This sounds like a “dog ate my homework” but we really did have a dandy article planned and ready for this morning called Prepping:  Red-Neck Engineering… Sol come back tomorrow and I will post it on Sunday morning instead.  Damn curious that it disappeared on my, though…  Even stranger, the graphics are where they should … Read More

The revolution we forecast in 2005 with the appearance of desktop 3D printers is now here.  Open source 3D has gone very mainstream. We just waiting for the killer app (print files) that will make it all a must-have. Today, a look back at some of our work from the period and review how that … Read More

Ure’s three biggest worries?  Velocity at M2, the Fed decision next week, pending hernia operation.  Yeah, in about that order. Before we pull-apart this morning’s GDP report, let’s kick-it for a sec. and talk ask “What does it all mean?” Velocity at M2 is essentially the GPD divided my M2 Money.  At latest “official” calculation, … Read More

Durable goods and trade in a sec.  Something to get off my chest first. We actually know people off to the left of Texas who got up early (like 5 AM) in order to watch the coverage of the Mueller “event” staged, near as we can figure,  to keep the American public distracted and divided. … Read More

Many people have “special interest’ workspaces.  But what if you have lots of interests?  Why, in no time at all, you will find all of your space – home, garage, all of it – eaten-up by a plethora of tools. Late summer is a good time of year to spend some quality “shop time” on … Read More

It’s a conditional  “Yes” – and while this is normally the kind of thing that we save for our  Peoplenomics.com subscribers, the reason UrbanSurvival is here is so a large following can track (and grade) our thinking on economic matters.  Even if we differ on the politics of free lunches and what-not. A bit of background … Read More

Breaking Data First:  The Chicago Fed National Acitivity Report (CFNAI) is hot off the printer: “The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) ticked up to –0.02 in June from –0.03 in May. One of the four broad categories of indicators that make up the index increased from May, and two of the four categories made … Read More

We’re not big on conspiracy theories, except when we find one supported by the data!  It’s not simple to explain how we got there, but you may see, as I certainly did, the clear shadow of a “hidden hand” behind society-wide market moves. The problem – even more complex than the data sets – is … Read More

Around the ranch, there are so many “Fall prepping projects” it’s hard to keep track of ’em all.  The list is extensive but not  expensive.   Which is too bad – means I won’t be able to use cost as an excuse. See if any of these should go on your list: Tune-up Time for … Read More

As you may know, I set up and operate a website that simply reposts headlines (including breaking and financial) onto a “clean” website with no ads so  Nostracodeus project whizGrady has something he can use as “clean source” when dialing-in word frequency analysis of the news. I can point my old copy of  Nostracodeus at … Read More

It’s becoming almost laughable watching fraud squad attempts to take down Trump.  How does he stay ahead of the game?  With the wild-eyed left painting him with every pejorative in the limited hot-button vocabulary of radicals? Our military affairs contributor  warhammer lays it out this way: “I’ve been thinking about Trump’s blasting of ‘The Quad … Read More

Political distractions aside, the real news is under the surface this week. As the market claws its way higher, we are looking at much of the same data the Fed uses and coming to some interesting conclusions.  As a result, our normal “focus” piece will be an expanded ChartPack today with all eyes on where … Read More