And from there, it’s an hour south to Sheridan, WY. Our original plans had us departing this morning from Sheridan after a single night and the uneventful trip down here from Missoula, MT Thursday. The most exciting part was our fuel consumption which was higher than planned, by a bit:
Here’s an easy bit of Home Science to be thinking about: Start with two facts: a. There was an earthquake this weekend near Galesburg, MI. Just a 4.
One of these days, I really need to grow up. How many hobbies is too many? I have found out! I was working on my electronics bench Sunday trying to clean up that part of my life and it occurred to me that yes, a person really can have too many interests and hobbies. Take that odd little symbol on the right, there.
(Gig Harbor, WA) One of our long-time readers is a hard working east coasterly fellow who works a good ways up in one of those NYSE-list companies that if I told you, you’d go “Sure, I use their stuff every day…” He sent me an email last week that is more that sobering because it looks ahead to “America After””.” After what? Well, odds are fair that the S&P will crack 2,000 today or later in the week. And that (trigger effect) means that we could be in one last parabolic stock market blow-off for a few months to come. BUT then we expect the Mutha ofs All Crashes – the one that will dwarf the 1930’s and make us all broken and beyond.
Our “renting your life” discussion sure touched a lot of people’s nerves. Reader Victoria found a ‘lil gem over on YouTube: I didn’t know there was a musical titled :”Rent” but then I live in the outback… When they act tough you call their bluffWe’re not gonna pay We’re not gonna payWe’re not gonna pay last year’s rent!This year’s rent!
[Reader Note: Yes, the ad at the top of this column on UrbanSurvival.com is gone. Turned people off, so it goes away. Yes, I do listen.
Saturday, our Peoplenomics content will wrap up a look at the issue of “financial prepping” as we look at a number of future scenarios and try to figure the best way to have a little money (and maybe make some, in some instances) when the old crapperoo hits the fan. One of the biggest trends to deal with is the “War on Cash” which involved everything from the civil asset forfeiture laws being abused to government accountability for income taxes. And yes, for the paranoid with bank accounts outside the US, there will be some (upper income) fallout from the new bank reporting rules, FATCA, July 1, but it won’t bring down the financial house. At least not likely. I’m not the only one to see it.
Somewhere along the line, it may have occurred to you to ask”Why is this Ure fellow so wrapped up in research related to longwave economics?” I hope you won’t be too disappointed: For me it’s all about being prepared for the future. As I have said uncountable times, there are two ways to win in Life. You can play for maximum gains (in which case I assure you I would be stinkin’ rich by now) OR you can play for minimum loss, in which case you find me with a lone gold coin, surrounded by large trees, money in the back, wonderful wife, debt-free, and so forth.
Maybe you haven’t been watching closely, but read Ure’s lips: Food (and its sidekick water) are the ONLY issue that we need to be worrying about in the intermediate term. Oh, sure, you can debate endlessly the pros and cons of Hillary versus Cruz, but that would be yesterday’s problem. The “art of the deal” around here is being ahead of, not behind, the curve. So I pass along this from Oilman2… Europe was inundated with flooding 18 months back – poor crop yield.
My friend, Oilman2, has been looking at math in his “down time” out on his oil rig a couple of hundred out in the Gulf of Mexico. With the wife is ashore, the kids are mostly grown, and no local pub or your hydroponics to keep you busy, there’s not much to do, except pick up a pencil and paper and work on recreational math problems… George, Federal Employees – 3,000,000 Armed Forces (active) – 1,600,000 Armed Forces (reserve) – 1,000,000 Total – 5.6 million US Population = 317,000,000 57 regular people for every federally paid employee 122 regular people for every soldier 3,794,000 sq mi = area of USA every single soldier would be required to hold 1.45 sq mi of territory every sq mi of territory would have 83 regular people 80% of the 83 people would have a gun, or 65 guns per sq mi soldiers would EACH have approximately 120 people in their 1.45 sq mi control zone, including 90 armed with guns If we pull out the support people (mechanics, drivers, cooks, logistics, etc) then the odds for the soldier types drop even faster, as it takes 2 support guys to field a soldier…
We start off with an email from Peoplenomics subscriber Greg: Hey George, what the heck is this about? Website was only registered a couple of days ago in Panama. Now instead of November the 13th, they’re going to divulge something on the sixth of October?Hmmm… don’t quite know what to make of it.