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Coping: Scanning the Alt. Futures

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.

Coping: With Gold, Gardening and Rainy Days

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.

Coping: What *SHOULD* Government Fear

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…

Coping: Super-Hype or Game Changer?

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.

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