Oregoons, Veteran’s Day, Markets Open

No, Oregoons is not a misspelling. It’s a collection of sour-grapes three-year olds. You know, people in Oregon must be really, really stupid. I mean, you saw the headlines about how there have been demonstrations around the country and how one in Portland turned violent last night? So let me ask you a simple, very … Read More

Coping: The Friday Rural Gazette and Oatmeal Review

Starters: Do something nice for a Veteran today.  A simple phone call and a “Thank you for your Service” is good.  I don’t care how busy you are, the only excuse for not making one such call is you’re dead.  (In which case drop us a note, we have some questions.) Topic 1:  Weight Loss … Read More

Trump as the New Hoover

The futures are showing the Trump rally has at least an other half day, or so, and it could go higher. Periodically, I share the following long-term view of the economy, updated twice weekly for our Peoplenomics.com subscribers: This brings me to the financial discussion points of the morning: · Gaps tend to be filled. … Read More

Coping: America’s Missing Funny Bone

As the election left-overs continue to flow in – and I’m sure it was just a clerical oversight that I haven’t been invited to the Obama-Trump transition talks – it’s time to once again focus on what is important in America. For one thing, I expect that we will go back to being a country … Read More

How Donald Trump Made Us Richer; Aftermath and More

Most mornings we focus on a particular aspect of Life, the Economy, Prepping and Survivalist thinking, or just Out There on topics like the Art of Futuring. This morning, however, I’m going to walk you through a high-risk trade that SHOULD return us a juicy 6% gain in just three days. Definitely in  the “Do … Read More

No “Lever-Pulling Filler” Here

We used to hate Election Day in the newsroom. Reason? You don’t have anything to talk about. The same phenomena happens in sports, too. Two teams, like the Cowboys and the Whoevers can be engaged in a marvelous battle of football standings. But for the sports media, they only get one game per week to … Read More

Coping: With Election Day Omens – A Touch of Woo-Woo

I try not to get too much into the woo-woo side of things around here, other the my occasional mentions of prophetic dreams when I feel like sharing them and sometimes my “dream work.” Yet my interest in Woo has never waned. There IS something – a force, principle, or perhaps a personality – bigger … Read More

Obama’s Impeachable Offense?

President Obama rocked the election this weekend by saying, according to a report here, that ““If you have a family member who maybe is undocumented, then you have an even greater reason to vote.” Video Url:  https://youtu.be/nVR1ZrR0Iu4  Whether this is an impeachable offense demands on which side of the political aisle you’re sitting on. Obviously, … Read More

Coping: How Windows Become Obsolete

Yes, Elaine and I got a lot done around the house this weekend. In spite of the last-minute political drama, we took a pass and dug into some real serious remodeling. Since the Bro-in-Law and his wife moved we’ve had company an d all but with the kids coming from the Denver area, we (Elaine) … Read More

Modeling the Ugly Side of Demographics

Other than email proclivities, nonsensical personal attacks based on sex, and all the other crap that goes into this election cycle, there is a fascinating difference between candidates in Tuesday’s election when it comes to immigration. This morning we look into some of the mechanics of demography, model out some futures, and propose a startling … Read More

Trump’s Depression, Hillary’s War

(We’ll get to the Jobs report after this…) You may not like to think in absolutist terms, but there are times when you must because the choice is binary. This column is likely the last I will write about politics because just as electioneering is barred within so many feet of a polling place, I … Read More

Coping: Prepping with Leaves and Fire

The word you may have never heard before is “bunkering.” Helps to be as old as the hills, and to actually have “bunkered” a coal furnace in your life, but I’ll explain as we go. What occasions the discussion today is Thursday’s “one little thing around the house, dear…” That’s what you call an acre … Read More

Hillary is a “Ham Sandwich?”

We begin this morning’s Reality Check with a discussion of one of the bright spots of American Jurisprudence, Judge Sol Wachtler. Although the name may not ring a bell, or at least loud enough to answer, there’s a whole Wikipedia entry on the fellow: “Solomon Wachtler (born April 29, 1930) is an American lawyer and … Read More