So, back to the End of the World.  The gangs have all been sent packing, the neighbors are looking at you like you’re something of a God, having had the good sense to stock up on a dozen GMRS/FRS radios to pass out in the neighborhood along with a month of batteries each.  Which…in a … Read More

First a (Whiny) Reader Note:  Again, we are posting in sections this AM because our [alleged] internet provider here in the Outback (CenturyLate) has not yet repaired our malfunctioning DSL lines. CenturyLate alleges techs will be working on it today.  We’re not totally optimistic.  Pardon me if the tone of my commentary on this degrades … Read More

Reader Note: We published today’s report in sections due to the flakiness of our back-up internet provider (CenturyLate) and because our present connection via satellite may become weather-constrained.  . Kavanaugh Character-Assassination Efforts Weaken as Shock and Awe Theatrics, designed to keep American’s emotionally unbalanced, are upon us again, appear to be fading. Left-wing Webolutionaries are … Read More

Assuming you have your “portable pirate radio to go” figured out, along with enough deep cycle batteries and charge controllers plus solar panels to preserve the fading memory of rock & roll as we described last time around, it’s time to move on to the acoustical instruments that you might find in any studio..instruments that … Read More

Wednesday, we will be presening what may be a breakthrough in physics.  But for this morning, we’re focused on the more mundane issues like “What is driving the market up?”  The answer may surprise you. We will also have a look-see at the New Mexico mystery – and our usual ChartPack that looks at the … Read More

Today we launch into a two-part discussion about how to keep ourselves entertained during those few hours at the End of the World when we’re not fighting-off teaming hordes of zombies, gang leaders, meth-heads, and oh yeah, government agencies which will appoint themselves “takers of what they want” under the color of law. Not kidding … Read More

No, we’re not talking about Florence here, when we talk about the Big Blow-Over.  No, we’re pondering if and when the economy which has been in a massive recovery since 2009 will finally hit its zenith and will begin the next cyclical decline. Thing is – and I’ve mentioned this to your before – there … Read More

There are a few advantages in being an “old newsman.”  One of them is learning that oftentimes, by allowing ourselves to ask ridiculous questions, sometimes interesting possibilities resolve out of the Big Picture. War Games and Hurricane: It strikes me as a bit too coincidental that the Russians are having their biggest war games in … Read More

If the day’s news has left you feeling a bit dazed and confused, rest your troubled mind.  Things seem in an uproar constantly because of two facts. First, the world is “in transition” from 2-dimensional thinking into the 3-D world. Second, secular events are not labeled 2D or 3D so it requires a bit of … Read More

So, there we all are:  We wake up one morning and the world had ended. Someone has lit the “final fuse” in the Middle East, or that kid in charge of North Korea doesn’t like President Real Estate so much, after all.  Regardless: Either the “sh*t-stick” has been used or none of the damn lights … Read More

As usual, the “Old Newsman” in me isn’t worried about the stories passing in the headlines right now.  No, instead we are more focused at looking at longer-term implications of ongoing events; specifically Hurricane Florence. Keep in mind, my consigliere has a similar mindset, having worked part of his way through law school as a … Read More

I suppose this is an economic story.  I’ll explain how in a sec. When this hits, other than a lot of rain – more than a foot in places – there’s the interesting notion that hurricanes and other natural disasters are actually good for the economy. Short term, reading “Best’s Market Segment Report: Insurance-Linked Securities Market … Read More

I know what you’re thinking. “What do yah mean “cardboarding?  Never heard anything so stupid…” I mean real, honest-to-God cardboarding.  Making useful from leftovers. You see, if TSHTF, you will need to be able to improvise, adapt, and overcome.  This means having a handful of basic skills that get terribly overlooked on most (misnamed) prepping … Read More