Latest from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is just out: “The unemployment rate declined to 4.2 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll employment changed little (-33,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A sharp employment decline in food services and drinking places and below-trend growth in some other industries likely reflected the … Read More

This morning’s speculation is thanks to our Peoplenomics subscribers.  As I’ve repeatedly mentioned, they provide for the “Fortress of Solitude” where we go to work on what Cal Newport would call Deep Work  (Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World).   We have written extensively of this concept on the Peoplenomics side, though little on the … Read More

Been going through FAA records today to track the history of a Cirrus SR-20 once owned by the LV shooter. Turns out the aircraft was sold to a person in Virginia, and that person then sold the aircraft to a Virginia LLc. What makes the story interesting to us is that when the plane was … Read More

You need some background before we get into the details of efforts to cover-up the LV shooter suspect apparently owning an airplane and apparent revisions to records to cover that up.  First from military affair contributor “Warhammer”… “A few folks are doing some dirt digging into how the Vegas ‘fish barrel faux pas’ could have … Read More

As you’d expect, my consigliere and I have been talking almost non-stop since his arrival, with occasional comments from Elaine. One of our topics Wednesday involved genetics and whether there are genuinely “good” and “bad” people.  My consigliere explained that early in his legal career as a public defender he became convinced that genetic do … Read More

My consigliere and I will be sitting down today to spend some serious time on long wave economic issues and things going on around the ranch. One of our top discussion items today will be what happens when the Pension Bubble blows up?  It is coming you know… But first, a few headlines and the … Read More

Terrible as the killer rampage in Las Vegas was Sunday night, there is often a tendency when a “big event” has just shocked the nation to ignore a lot of other stories going on in background.  It’s like a “flash-in-the-pan” that arrests the national attention. So instead of a list of videos, eyewitness accounts, and … Read More

As my consigliere is wandering in this direction, I wanted to be really clear that the main purpose of his visit is not to work with me on oddball ideas about busting through into other dimensions.  While it’s fun to focus on warping space-time, attempting to move directional shifts around, and levitating objects, making money … Read More

Recent news events, including the shooting deaths of more than 50 people at a machinegun attack in Las Vegas last night, begins to fit something of a pattern.  Was it a radical?  Initially, we’re told no.  Was it home-grown terrorism or someone with a drug or alcohol issue?  Again, in time we will learn. At … Read More

A dear friend of mine sent an article this weekend that began “Flash!  Califortnia Earthquake.” When I clicked the link *(this is a person I can trust with my life, so the click was safe) up pops a site that talks in generalities about an upcoming Cali quake and then wraps it up in Biblical … Read More

A note from our favorite bond guru got us headed down an interesting path for this weekend.  When we look at financial assets is EVERYTHING overpriced at today’s levels. That and some lessons from the options market and our charts in today’s view.. More for Subscribers       ||| SUBSCRIBE NOW!       |||   Subscriber Help Center

It’s called the Personal Income and Outlays report and it begins “Once upon a time….” “Personal income increased $28.6 billion (0.2 percent) in August according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI) increased $14.9 billion (0.1 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $18.0 billion (0.1 percent). Real … Read More

There must have been a bloom of nostalgia somewhere, this week. After I did the article on the odd break-up of shortwave radio and its replacement by streaming and MP3 pods on Peoplenomics I went out to work on cleaning the shop more.  In the process came across a Minolta XG-7, I think it is, … Read More