The Dow was up a good bit yesterday and Ure’s truly blew out of his latest long (bet the market would go up) position. We may get one – or several – more good runs prior to an all-time high that leads to a huge recession/depression. Or, we may not.  Futures were flat when I … Read More

It’s that time of the year. The mind rotates around to food and plantings… No one in my family has ever been much of a gardener, except for my mom. And frankly, I didn’t learn a whole bunch: Let her and mi sisters pick the Hiumalyana black berries that grow up in the Northwest – … Read More

You know when Monday is going to be a “building tensions” day when your first round of chess to limber-up the brain goes like this: By the 19th move, the computer was laughing “Mate in 3.”  So I haplessly concluded another entry in my journal:  Don’t play chess near the full moon; scores are lower. … Read More

So here we are on a quiet Monday. Next couple of days will be hectic as hell, though, so relax and sleep in today – or take a nap if you can – because the second half of the week should rock. Let’s first look at national issues.  The biggie is immigration.  And you will … Read More

We stray from our usual track this morning  to lay out a kind of “Here’s How It All Works” report that’s some 7,000 words in length. Lots of charts, too. We cover everything from the immigration debate – and explain how it’s really a fundamental economic issue.  In addition, we walk-through why a Trump Tax … Read More

Phone rang at 6:37 AM. My consigliere was on the horn. He got up early to run the numbers: “Latest rate-of-rise calculations I’ve run for the Oroville dam is that it is likely pass capacity before dinnertime tonight in California. 12 to 14 hours from now. Looks like the emergency spillway will be eaten-back, too…because … Read More

Tired of “snowpocalyse” and other (hopelessly trite) MSM nonsense?  Yup, me too.  So let’s talk about something important:  coffee… Been doing some experimenting with making coffee here lately. The reason is fairly simple: I’ve never had coffee as good as what I get in Seattle. Maybe it’s the water up there, or when my Mom … Read More

To define terms: “lacking imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight.” Example 1: Drudge Report this morning leads with “Snowblast Set for Northeast.” We have been over this before, my friend. It’s winter. What does it do in the winter, do you suppose? Example 2: For the past two days the “story” about “How Coretta Scott King … Read More

(simple title art) Reader Note: If you are just catching on, each Thursday we’re are doing a chapter each week of a book I’m writing for Millennials – teaching the insights that will (hopefully!) allow them to live long and prosper – and be around to clean up after us Old People who made a … Read More

Just in is an urgent memo from my consigliere about the Oroville Dam situation in California: “Oroville Dam, California (highest dam in the United States holding back the 2nd largest lake in California) Major damage to the Spillway problem Spillway damage: per news conference last night it is 180′ wide by 230′ long. other reports … Read More

We approach a very difficult problem this morning:  Mental Health of America. Based on the outbreaks of “fake news” and “competing facts,” and other such MSM drivel, we sit back with some psychological glasses on, come up with metrics of “what makes crazy” and put up some data. I think you’ll find the answer sadly … Read More

Let’s jump right into “how to read the news.” We can begin with any news story you please. A good one this morning is yet-another Trump-bash: “Experts: Trump Undermines Judiciary With Twitter Attack on Judge Robart.” We can approach this in several ways. Most people, when they read the news will simply take it at … Read More

There was a murmur of shock yesterday when I hinted that Elaine and I might actually sell the homestead here and look for something in a small to medium-sized town for the next chapter of life. A reader we’ll call Jonesy offered this: “So the gloom and doom self reliance model you have been preaching … Read More