In keeping with our focus on Long Wave Economics – that, along with prepping for anything goes being the cornerstones of this site – let’s begin with a Big Long Term view because it is very important. As explained in our Peoplenomics.com ChartPack Wednesday, its hard to deny that we’re in a financial bubble the likes of … Read More
Boy, this is turning into a simple column to write: The “Waitstate Weekend” from our Peoplenomics.com report Saturday morning has been exended. And judging by what’s on the news budget for the day, not much change seems likely. On the economics side, our wildly over-leveraged long-expiration put options are likely to bounce back a bit … Read More
Most of the projects out here are pretty interesting and there’s a lot to be learned by studying them. Like the small (8X8) deck project that wound up this week with the completion of the railings. As wife (and OSHA site inspector) Elaine puts it “Adds to the house and it doesn’t look so much … Read More
Dog Days of Summer are here – and there’s even a spritz of rain in the local forecast for next week. Not the weekend to be vacationing in Bermuda, though. Need a hint? Since the whole frigging world is still expanding heat islands, here comes from government Brainiacs Nonstop heat: NOAA predicts 2024 may be … Read More
Let’s see how that charitable Mainstream Media is treating Flow Joe (who’s going to go) this fine summers morning: Biden news conference carries high stakes as campaign teeters (cnbc.com) Biden introduces Ukraine’s Zelensky as ‘President Putin’ in latest brutal gaffe (nypost.com) Highlights from President Biden’s solo news conference | AP News Not nearly as much … Read More
Oh, boy. Did I screw up the calendar, or what? This weekend features one of two major ham radio events of the year as far as we’re concerned. This is when prepping gets put to the test as hams go all-out for Field Day. Details on the ARRL website here: 2024 ARRL Field Day Theme: … Read More
Today as a public service, we’re going to install a green thumb on each reader with enough patience to learn the fine art of reading and thinking about what they’ve read, a bit. Study Materials First Before launching into my latest Industrial Arts need to be Rediscovered diatribe, we should first review today’s syllabus in … Read More
Greenhouse Development work continues at Uretopia as we wend into Summer. To recap for newcomers, about two years back, son George II and I were messing around with Ground Screws and (in a flight of fancy) I decided to put up a greenhouse. A lean-to against the Music Studio’s west (outside) wall, it seemed like … Read More
Never let a good hysteria go to waste, we figure. And with the Big Eclipse today, what the heck. Counting Lemmings, anyone? Huge crowds await a total solar eclipse in North America. Our whole day is being planned around this event. Even though it’s cloudy and unlikely to be seen. No Sun? No problem! None … Read More
Rally in a Box Canyon of rates. Yeah, you remember the old Westerns, right? Where the one cowboy rides (lost) into a dead-end and is set-upon by the baddies? That’s where we are financially. We had the “cheap dose of deflation” to pretend to work out systemic malinvestment. But now, with the public debt continuing … Read More
19-cent economics up for breakfast today. This is a dandy-to-grand follow-on to our Peoplenomics report of Wednesday. Wherein “Ure’s Inflation” defined “locally observable Inflation” as much more highly correlated to the Reality/Ground Truth than the put-up numbers from financial shysters. Which includes (sadly) the People’s government. Prices Don’t Go UP – Money Goes Down Inflation … Read More
The Big story of the Day is – at least in this pre-breakfast segment – the release of Consumer Prices, also commonly called “the inflation report.” The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.3 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of … Read More
What passes for “normal” today is in position to have its ass kicked inside the next three weeks. It takes a little bit of explaining – and reading G.A. Stewart’s outlook for the March 10-11 period (a Sunday/Monday) which he summarized in an article here. I know a lot of people who’ve done good work … Read More