The war in Ukraine, despite a huge investment of money and war materiel, is not going well according to reports early today. Among the stories to scan for details: 10km lightning advance: Russian armies reached the Oskol River and entered South Kharkiv – Ukraine sends all reserves. And then there is Odessa; Russia threatens retaliation … Read More

Change Week is here.  Not only news, but we also fall over into the “backside of summer from here.  With gasoline prices today at $3.596 per gallon according to Triple A, we’re also in “Peak Vacation weeks” too. CFNAI Data Release The Chicago Fed National Activity Indicator is another Regional Fed summary that’s considered as … Read More

OMG, here it is, middle of Hell Months of Summer and I have neglected to share the annual update on Ure’s (should have patented it) Redneck Cooler design. How it works: For a redneck cooler to work, all you need is summertime and central air. Build a box which directs air over the adult beverage stack and … Read More

While we are focused on Top Calling this week.  Interesting combination looking ahead. Especially in light of the market weakness Friday going into the close. We will also take a look at next week’s calendar, celebrate my diet shedding 20 pounds (so far) and ponder if this week was “The Top” of Wave II. Pour … Read More

How about a nice serving of Philly Fed and New U.I. filings to light up this morning?  Might as well – the Ure’s are going in for teeth cleanings today while G2 holds down the fort.  Very much a “doing the checklist” kind of day.  Which means a column along the same lines.  Economy? Check. … Read More

Oh, yeah.  Innovation, Baby!  It’s what we Thrive On! Now this is the kind of thing we’re all over with our Voicemail to Web Audio system here.  (To use it, leave your Comments as a voicemail on (903) 740-0596.  Seat backs and tray tables?  The Captain speaks and innovates for us:   (Thanks Capt. Smiley. … Read More

Someone called our Audio Comment line (903) 740-0596. And laid these kind words on us:   No, actually not much work to my system.  Just works – really neat. Which is why I keep saying “Would someone tell Elon Musk that crazy geezer of the woods Ure in the East Texas outback has the way … Read More

You know the Fooled and Doped Administration has halted public sales of NMN – a potentially life extending supplement, right? What is not being spoken of much is the gross (obscene) violation of medical ethics in play. Years ago, there was a study on low-dose aspirin, and when the trials showed the intervention worked, the … Read More

This is really interesting – my idea to turn social into something really cool with click to talk to post on the web. We did get out first (and so far only response) as of martini time Tuesday.  Here, take a listen for yourself. Thank you world famous Amazon Author A.G. Kimbrough – whose work … Read More

Before we get into Retail Sales, I want to announce the kickoff of the UrbanSurvival voicemail comment line. 903-740-0596 Go ahead, call. We love reader feedback, but sometimes you just don’t have time to write a comment online. You know, driving, between meetings. We get that life is busy. Now, that’s no problem.  Just call … Read More

Yes, stuttering like in that David Bowie song, time for a couple of reader-impacting changes here on the old (since 1998) UrbanSurvival site. FIRST: The home page is now showing only a summary of the day’s report.  Simple reason for this:  Google Search seems to have been underscoring (and as a result under-indexing us) because the … Read More

We’ll hold off on chart sharing until Peoplenomics subscribers get to Wednesday.  But, the short translation of visual-to-text is we are walking the top of the trend channel of Wave 2. The Aggregate Index high of November 2021 led to a blow-down into Q3 2022. But from that low (of Wave 1 down) we have rallied … Read More