Time for cooler heads – not empty ones – to prevail. I want you to notice something about these “bombings”.  Damn odd, too:  The amateur pipe bomb story has seize the public’s attention, riled markets, and has driven the Central America Invasion off the front pages now, less than two weeks from the important mid-term … Read More

This morning we make a steely-eyed assessment of a global move many Americans are missing:  A new wave down of our Global Index is screaming that what we went through with the January and March wash-outs could be just foreplay. There are a number of tools we apply to come to this notion.  Not the … Read More

You ARE going to write one -some day – aren’t you? When you get to be a little older than you are now, the topic of  “Measuring Your Life.”  will matter more – and maybe writing a book is one of those measures.  Sharing of information and lessons of Life is key.  Maybe you’ll write … Read More

The problem:  Could break up – or down. As you may know, this website began as my Master’s capstone back in 1998-1997.  It’s focus was originally Long Wave Economics and how will America cope when the financial crap hits the fan. The “dollar” has less than 4 percent of its 1913 purchasing power left. the … Read More

Honestly, there’s not a hell of a lot to write about this week.  We know the market is going down – and we know the Fed has arranged for a market low to happen around the time of the election. “You what job!  How could you POSSIBLY know that?” Let’s look at some data, shall … Read More

“George, prepping costs money.  You talk about getting debt-free and putting something aside for a rainy day, but dammit this all costs money.  Where’s THAT supposed to come from?” There are extremely simple answers to this obvious question. You know the way businesses are managed, right?  There are only three keys that you will EVER … Read More

A novel thought has crossed my mind while looking at the data – and particularly in retooling our “trading Golem” this week. Not completely original – since the idea is there in some of Didier Sornette’s work (see Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems ).  But, so far as I know, … Read More

In Case of Depression #2 today.  Since we covered some of the basics of the economic and social drivers already, so let’s move on to the “worst case” minimums to think about as we edge toward the uncertain future. We have seven quantitative measurements to consider:  Housing, Food, Environment, Communications, Transportation, Energy, and Finance. Together, … Read More

I mentioned this morning that the “hamburger menu” was not working right – but I think the problem is now fixed.  When you “hit the burger” on the upper right of your phone, the menu should now pop open. Traced back to a caching program that I’d gotten a bit too zealous about.  Thanks to … Read More

We have been holding to the idea lately that the market would be at one of those “turn either way” points when the election gets here. Over the last day, or two, one of our trading indicators (which our Peoplenomics.com subscribers will know as “the Trading Golem” has been revealing a great deal. The main … Read More

Once again this morning, we are beset by three things in America that no one wants to deal with. Our first one is Mexico’s slow-motion war with America. For those incapable of clear-thinking on the matter, Nations have borders.  That’s what the dopes in Washington have soft-soaped to the point where people are blind.  Self-delusion … Read More

ICoD1 simply means we kick-off our “In Case of Depression” series with this first article. Although we would love to buy into the “Nanny State will save us all” mentality, there are convincing reasons why this Depression will be different than any before. Schools have brainwashed most into believing that the US Great Depression (1929-1943) was “IT” … Read More

Peace with the Robots?  A Life Resource Planner to better use global resources?  Sounds a bit sci-fi, to be sure, but we may have no choice. Today on the UrbanSurvival side, I offer a few public comments about the Lifealyzer concept,  That is:  Are we approaching a juncture where governments will need to cede social … Read More