The winds of change could blow this week as a number of “unexplainable events” roll into view.
Since I like to have a mental Kanban board active to reduce thinking-time to most useful topics, the board names are obvious, but the list items may not be.
“A Kanban board is a visual project management tool that helps teams visualize their workflow, limit the amount of work in progress (WIP), and maximize efficiency by dividing tasks into columns representing different stages of a process, allowing for easy tracking of progress as tasks move through each stage; the word “Kanban” itself translates to “signboard” or “visual card” in Japanese.”
As you may know from my mentions, I like a simple board to run my life. All my projects go into a board (from brisqi.com) and in that setting, priorities are set and life “gets organized.” The same “management tool” is also a great template for approaching current affairs. FWIW.
Here’s what we see “on boards” this week and possible economic ramifications.
Winds of Change, II
“News stories” are seldom “one day wonders” in the modern world. Many stories are “Kanban-like” in nature because they have a beginning (think history), a middle (day point of action), and an “ending”. Until, of course, the story resurfaces again in a kind of “news astrology.
Sidebar: An example of “news cycling” can be seen in the abortion rights story which has been intruding into my quiet enjoyment of a low-stress life for 60+ years. I’d first run across the story in Time Magazine around age 12. When it “gets on the board” to be replayed, the same “issue history” is repeated, the “day/point of action” may be different (TDS driven anti-Trump most recently), and then an “ending” which will be played out in a new Congress in 2025 and beyond. As the cyclicity of issues comes into focus. Point? Abortion is a reasonably clear example of story cycling in a long-term political context.
You can get a sense of how the “issues cycling” is tied to “people cycling” in stories that make large statements that may not tell the whole story. This morning we noticed Ex-FBI officials worry that Kash Patel as director may wield unlimited power. Please note, the story says (plural used) “officials” having concern, but only one was quoted that I caught in a quick read. And that one worked on the Robert Muller team and in the record seems to have given money to democrats.
Moreover the article appeared in The Guardian which Media Bias Fact Check characterizes as “These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appeals to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes.”
Not that there is anything wrong or bad here. It’s just that so much of “news” is opinion anymore. The source is entitled to his opinion, of course, but the story attempts to make it more.
We think it’s important to Kanban track this kind of thing since the story (look surprised here) comes at a time when “Democrats recalibrate their resistance to Trump.” Going into next month there are warnings that democrats may look “weak” if they boycott the inauguration: House Democrats slammed for ‘absurd’ vow to skip Trump’s inauguration. While other formerly more “friendly” media carry stories like Los Angeles County Shows Why Democrats Lost – Mother Jones. Yes, demorats are the party of the new Elites, we’ll posit, supported by the change-up in the father Soros transitioning power to his son.
Who, we note, seems to be linked (in Huma Abedin prepping for engagement party for budding nuptials to Alex Soros) to the Hildebeast clan. The generations change, but not “the stories.” And I think that’s the point.
Stories today like Twitter’s Traffic Falling Relative to Bluesky glosses over the fact that even with losses of traffic (elections are over, what would you expect?) there is scant mention of Bluesky being one-sixth as popular on an apples to apples basis.
Facts – the numerical sort – representing measurements that may be compared over time – are easy to gloss over. As we see it, Bluesky should continue to grow, but at a declining rate, just as Kamala ran out of left-kluged voters, so too will left leaning social media likely run out of traffic sources, as well.
The game of divide and monetize, though…is still game on!
With this as the table setting, let’s see where the winds can blow this week.
Beware the Political Fed
We have warned previously that people with higher mental acuity (like you) need to see that the world of Finance has been mostly taken over by liars.
After reassuring the country (and investors) repeatedly that the Fed was looking for firm evidence that core inflation had dropped under the 2 percent threshold, when push came to politics, they lowered rate too much, too early, and thus proved to our satisfaction that they must be liars OR very political. You don’t lead and then change direction.
The Fed meeting beginning tomorrow (rate announcement Wednesday) will help us refine our view on the liars/politicians issue.
If Political, it would not be off the table for the Fed to do a surprise preemptive rate hike. It would only take a few basis points to blow up the Trump rally and turn markets into a steamy mass of cow poo prior to the election.
On the other hand, couched in phrases like “a short pause in rate decreases” then even (outright) liars might be too strong a label. “Financially inept controlling interventionists” might be closer to the mark.
Remember, the US Department of Labor database showed 355-thousand fewer people working in November. Yet the (politicized) BLS headlines talked (in a very Stalinesque war) about how “jobs were added” for the month.
As the political bullshit continues, the cycle rolls along.
Options Week
With all these potential pivot points ahead, we could see the Fed taking a pass on lowering rates anymore. After all, the latest CPI data was still 3.3 percent year-on-year. Which is how far from the ballyhooed 2 percent target? Yet here’s the pre-story pack: Fed Set to Cut Interest Rates This Week. But Experts Say Next Year Brings Uncertainty – CNET
We already see the long-term “legs out from under MAGA” in Markets Expect A December Fed Rate Cut, But Future Policy Is Uncertain. But the (poker) tell in all this won’t be the pre-stories, but the size of tomorrow’s rally into the hyped announcement. And the Big Reveal Wednesday when it is decided.
UAP Hysteria
Maybe these are just Santa’s reindeer out “free ranging the sky?” Well, OK, maybe not, then. 5 Unexplained UAP Sightings Reported by US Military Pilots.
But the click-based sites are having a great time of it: Wild online conspiracy theories suggest mystery drones are part of Project Blue Beam plot to control skies. We would offer the colleague advice that “It’s only a conspiracy theory until it’s true.” And how many times has government lied about things? I’ve lost count.
Meanwhile, our Founding Axiom of UrbanSurvival and Peoplenomics.com has been proven right again. Memory fail? Everything’s a Business Model. Even UAPs now as evidenced at Forget your camera phone — I’m using these gadgets to get clear images of these New Jersey drone sightings | Tom’s Guide.
Elaine and I re-watched the very thoughtful Danny Sheehan interview on YouTube again last night: pick it up from about the 1:40 mark because Sheehan makes a very interesting case that we are on a collision course between the National Security State (dating back to George H.W. Bush) and an off-world number of civilizations that might intervene on Earth to void a nuclear holocaust.
The reason that this MAY make sense is because of the utterly desperate of the neocons to gaslight Russia into first use of a nuke so that we would respond in kind, so that Israel could have an excuse to use nukes on Iran.
In other words, a kind of “foot-race” between neocon/war-mongers and the War Party to cling to power because if Off worlder’s intervene there will be a HUGE DISRUPTION on Earth. And lots of Elites will be head-rolled as the off planet sorts impose total disclosure. Which is why the term “catastrophic disclosure” is being bandied about.
This is NOT to say Sheehan is right (though he might be). But remember, he’s a Jesuit by his own account and Churches are all/largely based on an Off World authority over human behavior.
This framework would “solve” the “why the rush to War with nukes before Trump takes the Oval J20th.” But, it also creates problems, especially for upper income people and the planned obsolescence crowd that laid the seeds for resource depletion. Which is what my book “The 100-year toaster” is about.
Whew. Much to noodle.
Data Point Updates
Hype versus Reality. Hype first: ABC News agrees to contribute $15 million to Trump presidential foundation to settle defamation suit. While the Reality is: George Stephanopoulos doesn’t mention ABC News settlement with Trump’s defamation lawsuit on his Sunday show.
Trump embracing made-up resource-squandering money? Bitcoin price hits new all-time high after Trump confirms BTC federal reserve plan. He’s a developer by background, what can I say.
With Ukraine food production in freefall, what’s next? Environmentalists Warn Of Disaster As Russian Officials Race To Grounded Tankers In Kerch Strait.
Things to Chew on: Dietary adjustments may help control prostate cancer in men undergoing active surveillance and Best breakfast foods to help lower blood pressure.
At the Ranch: The Hydroponic Workstation
Elaine’s youngest son was by over the weekend. Since I love to entertain (which means cooking) we had a perfect prime rib Saturday afternoon. Then Sunday I did chicken Cordon ‘Bleu in the air fryer. But probably the best part was going into the music studio and harvesting the salad fixings from the hydroponic workstation I wrote up on ShopTalk a couple of months back:
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Just dandy! Some blue (bleau) cheese dressing, a good toss of bacon bits, and the ideal chicken with ham and Swiss inside…yep, dandy meal.
Also gave me a chance to pass along my “secret” crusting for the chicken: I take a box of StoveTop stuffing, mash well with a rolling pin, toss in two table spoons of flower and a good teaspoon of fresh cracked pepper?
OMG – delish!
Santa?
Elaine’s new super-fast monitor (1-ms) curved monitor and the new mini computer work fine, so Santa’s job is half done.
I solved my buddy (The Major’s) WiFi issue: diagnosing a bad router wall wart in 3-minutes after he wasted 3-hours on hold for official tech support. (Wall warts tend to fail in the 4-10 year timeframe.)
Still don’t have anything on my List year. Maybe four dozen 2-by-4s for construction around here. Sadly, though, we don’t have a chimney and I don’t want the FoF (fat old f_) cutting a hole in the roof decking, right?
Don’t need another ham radio.
The only thing left on my list is a big Sack of Time. But even this is a misunderstood relisting. Last go round, Santa brought me a back of kitchen seasoning.
There’s a reason I’ve added reindeer hunting to my retirement bucket list. No cookies for the FoF this year. A pack of hearing aid batteries? Maybe…
ShopTalk Sunday is here if you missed it.
Write when I loose weight,
George@Ure.net
Wart hath God wrought?
Lettuce see!
Punny here and over at Peak Prosperity? Quite a bit of common ground in both groups… Mahkj/CTMark
‘In other words, a kind of “foot-race” between neocon/war-mongers and the War Party to cling to power because if Off worlder’s intervene there will be a HUGE DISRUPTION on Earth.’
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Klaatu: I am leaving soon, and you will forgive me if I speak bluntly. The universe grows smaller every day, and the threat of aggression by any group, anywhere, can no longer be tolerated. There must be security for all or no one is secure. Now, this does not mean giving up any freedom except the freedom to act irresponsibly. Your ancestors knew this when they made laws to govern themselves and hired policemen to enforce them. We of the other planets have long accepted this principle. We have an organization for the mutual protection of all planets and for the complete elimination of aggression. The test of any such higher authority is, of course, the police force that supports it. For our policemen, we created a race of robots. Their function is to patrol the planets—in space ships like this one—and preserve the peace. In matters of aggression, we have given them absolute power over us; this power can not be revoked. At the first sign of violence, they act automatically against the aggressor. The penalty for provoking their action is too terrible to risk. The result is that we live in peace, without arms or armies, secure in the knowledge that we are free from aggression and war—free to pursue more profitable enterprises. Now, we do not pretend to have achieved perfection, but we do have a system, and it works. I came here to give you these facts. It is no concern of ours how you run your own planet. But if you threaten to extend your violence, this Earth of yours will be reduced to a burned-out cinder. Your choice is simple: Join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer; the decision rests with you.
https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_(1951_film)
“My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilisation, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can’t prove it, but you can’t disprove it either.” – Christopher Hitchens
Actually I believe he was being to optimistic with his evaluation.
IF WE GET A FALSE FLAG ATTACK, I’M THINKING IT WILL BE BLAMED ON IRAN AS ISRAEL AND TRUMP SEEM TO WANT TO BOMB IRAN AND IT FITS INTO TURKEY WANTING TO TAKE OVER THE AREA? I KNOW SOUNDS CRAZY. SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS – NOT AWAKE YET
Clawsy; it’s NOT crazy, it has been in the works for over 2 decades, the MerryGoRound or Musical Chairs HAS LANDED on Trump!!!
He’s gotta earn his 33rd degree Freemason certificate!!!
They were always going to make the NON-WAR Trump, be a WAR President.
Did it to Bush Baby #2…..ran on no wars…and sure as shittin had us PLANNED into 2 wars before he was even President, he and Blair and also with Israel’s help – VIOLA….out goes Afghanistan, Iraq, et al, and then OBama, bomb bomb bomb with John McCain & Hitlery’s help Libya goes up in smoke, AND with O’Biden’s help all hell breaks loose in Palestine and Ukraine….and all of what we are witnessing is just the remainder of THE PRESIDENTIAL PLAN OR IN OTHER WORDS, “ISRAEL FIRSTERS.”
GOTTA MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST SAFE FOR ISRAEL.
IT’S CALLED A DEMOLITION, BABY!!!
Gotta Build Back Better!!!
OOPS!!!
Last Administration!!!
December 16, 2024
New Jersey Receives Report Radioactive Medical Device “Lost In Transit”
OF COURSE THEY KNOW
Nostradamus’ description certainly suggests that some form of Dirty Bomb goes off in New Jersey; “Seized and plunged in the tank. Forced to drink sulfurous poisoned water.”
And you can bet that Donald J. Trump knows too.
(See video, Trump cancels trip to New Jersey)
https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2024/12/17/nostradamus-warning-to-new-jersey/
0.267 millicuries of radioactive germanium is utterly negligible…
“Who, we note, seems to be linked (in Huma Abedin prepping for engagement party for budding nuptials to Alex Soros) to the Hildebeast clan. The generations change, but not “the stories.” And I think that’s the point.”
Now might be a good time to mention that my daughter’s favorite politician, and the gift which keeps on giving (to anyone who needs to write a catchy headline), former NY Congressman Anthony Weiner (who got bounced from Congress for showing his wiener to little girls), Uma’s ex hubby, is exploring a run for NYC Councilman. I wonder if Alex will invite him to the wedding…?
Yo Woo-G or is it Woogie ? Soundz the same..but no matta.
Woo was Wooing it’s ass off this weekend around Castillio BCN. Frigging TV keeps turning on around 3.30 AM every morning..halfway on. When I get up in morning and hit Exit button on remote, it goes to live show last shown from previous night, then hit Off button or straight to Off button..lil weird. Now when I wake up in bed, I just roll over and peer at floor under bedroom door – lights on? TV turned on again overnight. The TV in bedroom never turns on, just the one out in LR..huminahumina.
Yes thats correct Urbanites, BCN bee king of the castle(King Daddy), and with no BTC, youse have become a of bunch of dirty rascals-https://youtu.be/h3z2Tx_lBqo?si=brFhWdpkz7zZN_1A
Ahhh Hibernia..brings a wee tear 2 me eye it does..from finding end of Rainbow, but not any Gold or Leprechauns, ever- can chalk that tale up to bribem uhn I mean Bullscheisse.
See Syria coastline area near Tartous naval base – israHELLi low yield nukes been deployed – AGAIN.
Nuke sniffer stories = BS, Military drones = BS.
They are alien tech – AI driven “drones”, and being seen all over the world-as predicted.
More BS cover story’s to rollout soonly. They are goodguys&girls..of course our Govmint wants to shoot em down..duh-oooh!
* Keeping in mind the “bad” ET’s have signed agreements with our Govmints, as well direct contact/influencers assigned each major player/politican. head of israhells military “spaceforce” for 30 yrs, spoke about these agreements in a hebrew language paper – prolly never thought it would get out..
Ikes govmint wanted weapons/tech – so they agreed to an exchange/trade for Humans. As ALWAYS – the “bad” ET’s violate/take advantage of every agreement they ever signed. Follow the PM’s & blockchain – Human Trafficking is the biggest business in the galaxy..bar none.
re: the hive be abuzz
Asar Bees,
“Wikipedia” notes that an editor has recommended deletion of the article on Iranian-born American Patrick Bet-David, a veteran of the US Army’s 101st Airborne Division. Two weeks ago a 12m51s video clip, “Famous World Leader”, from his recent PBD Podcast with an alleged former child sex slave was uploaded to Youtube. The YT reference is H8sTdGdSQ2k.
As soon as theres no more ferns and only blockchains, the big reveal is here.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241216911945/en/Raising-the-Standard-for-Stablecoins-Ripple-USD-Launches-Globally-with-Unmatched-Utility-Experience-and-Compliance
Well if one looks at ALL the strange things going on and try to paint a huge picture of it all COMPILED together it says something BIG is in the works to happen anytime between NOW and before the inauguration. The evil ones in charge have many avenues to go down as they try to obtain their goal. Which one and how bad will it be comes to be the question we want to know. I/we hope they are thwarted but I am NOT holding my breathe on that. LOL
Holy GITMO,,,
Army v Navy game during the National Anthem @1:02 they showed soldiers from GITMO !!! BOOM comms to the deep state, also JD and Pete held their hands on their hearts, Trump saluted. What is proper protocal for saluting, civilian or Commander in Chief, does the dash in 45-47 have a meaning to indicate the continuity of his command?
here is the pregame footage,,
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1868034740982562816
Exec orders were given about foreign interference in elections and about human trafficking.
What papers were the FBI really looking for in the raid on
Mar-a-logo?
Photo framing,,, with photograghers talking this last couple of days
check out Elon’s post from the Army navy game as the photo is takin from a certain angle to include a tuba that looks like a ‘Q’ with an ‘v’ above it to point to it
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1868098574145265777
singing my song,, Zippity do do dah zippity aye
“JD and Pete held their hands on their hearts, Trump saluted. What is proper protocal for saluting”
There is none. I was taught in school to “stand erect” with hands behind or at sides, with right hand over heart as optional. The operational term is “respect.” It doesn’t matter how one displays it, as long as they do. That’s what made Kaepernick’s kneeling so offensive.
“The only thing left on my list is a big Sack of Time.” Here you go George: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOxHsuV83KA Merry Christmas!
How ‘the mother of all bubbles’ will pop
https://www.ft.com/content/9a0da0d6-92b4-4034-ac25-7b4abcbb0bbe
‘Don’t Come Within 500 Feet,’ Says Top Investor About Nhttps://www.tipranks.com/news/dont-come-within-500-feet-says-top-investor-about-nvidia-stockvidia Stock
No one knows how or when . NVDA has made many Investors very,very wealthy over the last 5 years or so. The only thing that comes close to NVDA is BTC, at least used to. IMHO NVDA is now a “building block” or cornerstone investment for any winning portfolio, as they are the Best of the Best, which is where I always like to be invested with – Best of the Best.
Today quantum computing is the momo hot ticket item.
Quick hitting IONQ today has netted over 35% gain already. Bot on the opening – cant sell today as pattern day trader warning label pending if I do 2 more same day flips within next 3 days.
* Again opinion, but IONQ is in the BofB position in things quantum..
Ohh the humanity, ohh the pain, I needs to pull the trigger.Its not even 2:00pm and I already need a drink, dammit…NURSE!
Nvidia … and the FAANG.
I am old enough to remember the “Nifty 50” of the 1960’s, which they said at the time you couldn’t go wrong with since they were ALL Multi-Generational Stocks!!
What we are seeing with Nvidia is imo a repeat of the Nifty Fifty, and the end of another era like that previous era ended.
Bloomberg had a couple of interesting stats about the market this past week. Nvidia alone provided for 17% of the S&P’s rise in 2024. The Magnificent 7 provided for about 70% (to the best of my recollection) of the S&P’s rise in 2024! THAT is a pretty thin foundation for supporting the entire economy and saying it is growing A-OK imo..
Take a look at the Russel 2000 over the last few months compared to the Nasdaq which is driven almost entirely by the Magnificent 7 and you quickly see what a thin foundation this rise in the markets from the summer onward has been.
(applies to the S&P 500 too since so much of it’s rise is from the Magnificent 7 too, almost all of it since mid July).
fwiw the Magnificent 7 with their capitalization as of June 26, 2024:
AAPL: $3.27 trillion.
AMZN: $2.01 trillion.
GOOG: $2.28 trillion.
META: $1.30 trillion.
MSFT: $3.36 trillion.
NVDA: $3.11 trillion.
TSLA: $626 billion7.
Hang on … when the dam breaks on the Magnificent 7 life for the stock market could get very interesting very quickly since there is leverage leveraging leverage involved this time around … and many market players will be running for the exit at the same tme before they go broke because of the various loan and margin calls that will happen to all the laggards
Need to add Bitcoin to that list of stocks that went up dramatically.
Bitcoin has gone up from about $25,000 each in Sept 2023 to $105,000+- today which has ALSO added to the Wealth Affect of SUDDEN NEW WEALTH for an entirely different group of “investors” (I would call them “speculators” but that doesn’t detract from the sudden “Wealth Effect” of such a sharp rise in price and it’s impact on psychology)
Those 8 different investment vehicles are what is fueling the “mania” that currently permeates the market, but each one is now hitting an extreme valuation dynamic (bitcoin may have a bit more left due to tight supply and increasing demand from the excess liquidity sloshing through the system)
Here goes 32 seconds – personally I’d go and look for the wreckage…. and probably die because of radiation/unknown consequences. Ha!
Footage Shows Drone Dropped Out Of Sky By Glowing Orange Orb In Phoenix!
https://www.tiktok.com/@tj_ware/video/7448572581306797342
I wonder what’s happening around skin walker ranch?
Probably after they walk the skin they have to wash it and dry it LooB!
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tha cacao wine is done….
surprising and odd flavor…one I know the wife wouldn’t like…citrus favors..similar to the dandelion wine…
do I dump it? is my question… forty bottles of a wine … the bottle is the most expensive part..
the beet wine though dam that’s good… that one will be bottled…
what does everyone think bottle the cacao or dum it?
Chocolate Wine ? Did you research Montazuma and his favorite chocolate drink? It was said to have hallucinogenic psilocybin mushrooms as one of the main ingredients. I recall it being a non alcoholic “drink” , but it apparently was heavily laced with mind altering schrooms. I guessing here you neglected to include psilocybin mushrooms in Ure recipe. Hit me up next time – I got it in Liquid form & dried schroom form. I use a coffee grinder to grind the dried schrooms up, and fill empty gelatin caps with the powder.
For some strange reason customs agents no likey psycho active substances crossing their borders?
Correction: Custom agents my ass, more like No Fun Agents..
The recipe came from a really old recipe of the Mayan goddess XiCacao …
and it doesn’t taste anything like chocolate.. surprisingly it has a citrus flavor..I wondered it had agave honey and cacao as main ingredients.. I had thought maybe a tequila chocolate.. but nothing ..instead of hot pepper I put a cinnamon stick..which the cinnamon comes out ..
Montezumas chocolate drink recipe below.. isn’t one I would ever try..they have a winery in south America that makes the magic wine..( not available for sale in the USA)
12 ounces prepared hot cocoa
2 tablespoons honey
1?2teaspoon vanilla extract
3 fluid ounces peppar vodka
2 tablespoons heavy cream
3 grams of psilocybin ( ground fine brewed with the hot chocolate )
on top whipped cream along with one or more of the below garnishes
cayenne powder, for garnish
cinnamon stick, for garnish
grated chocolate, for garnish
dried red chili, for garnish
Ixchel to the Mayans, Aset to the “Fallen’.
..think you need Aztec Chocolate (Theobroma Cacao) so youse get the 2% Theobromine wit a little Caffeine to kick Ure Coffee up a fat burning notch or two.
Loob – there was an historic Wine made down South America with Coca Leaves – like a multi level/phase buzz kinda wine. Screw the taste as long as it cracks open ze brain/flow.
The unrefined leaves contain some really interesting alkaloids. One of mackerelsnappers’ Pope was said to be a fan, a Bottle of the stuff was sent into the offices of HighTimesMagazine 30 yrs ago or so. They published a picture and everything..including review of said bottle of wine – YOWZA would love get a case of that wine.
Guess I will just have settle for some “Flesh of the Gods”..although I do know of a local (Belize) source of fresh Coca leaves…hmmmm
Already growing Coffee and Chocolate, no harvests yet, but hope springs eternal.
I remember in 1984, or so, buying a 30 gallong garbage bag full of coca matte (coca leaves for tea) in Machu Pichu. cost 4,000 Soles at the time or $1 u.s. buck. Couldn’t take it back to Grand Cayman, though. Big on filling up Northside prison there if you forget… tax free and trying to remain drug free…
(“Loob – there was an historic Wine made down South America with Coca Leaves – “)
sadly that is something that I won’t be able to make.. the Raspberry chocolate turned out good though..
Well you can dump it chalk a lot of it up to experience…
Yes..that is what I am going to do .. it was suppose to be my Christmas wine..
https://barproducts.com/products/barconic%C2%AE-tiki-bottle?_pos=2&_sid=2b650d9fe&_ss=r
the bottles will have to wait to be filled…
disappointing.. similar to the rhubarb wine I made..I had high hopes for that one to..grrrr..
Let it age further; the flavors will probably blend and balance together better…
You know…that’s what happened faith the dandelion.. it took a couple years for it to mellow.. that I believe is the conundrum I am debating.. I will try it again Friday to see if maybe I should give it a chance .. and even if I only bottled half twenty four bottles..????
(“A Kanban board is a visual project management tool that helps teams visualize their workflow, limit the amount of work in progress”)
I carry a note book and pencil.. the hit list.. everything to be done urgent projects At the top..
https://www.amazon.com/Dynta-Pocket-Notebooks-Notepads-Spiral/dp/B0D2H67VTP/ref=sr_1_55?
I can never find a pad with enough “top” to it.
Lol lol its the only way I can keep things going in a productive way..
I have way to many projects..
I just keep a list on the Linux equivalent of Notepad.
Many projects, though priorities are flexible. Eventually not all will get done.
Judge Kaplan wrote: “The only issue on which the jury did not find in Ms Carroll’s favour was whether she proved that Mr Trump ‘raped’ her within the narrow, technical meaning of that term in the New York penal law.
“The jury … was instructed that it could find that Mr Trump ‘raped’ Ms Carroll only if it found that he forcibly penetrated Ms Carroll’s vagina with his penis.
“It could not find that he ‘raped’ her if it determined that Mr Trump forcibly penetrated Ms Carroll’s private sexual parts with his fingers – which commonly is considered ‘rape’ in other contexts – because the New York penal law definition of rape is limited to penile penetration.”
Kaplan had already outlined why it was not defamation for Carroll to say Trump raped her.
“As the court explained in its recent decision denying Mr Trump’s motion for a new trial on damages and other relief [in the New York case] … based on all of the evidence at trial and the jury’s verdict as a whole, the jury’s finding that Mr Trump ‘sexually abused’ Ms Carroll implicitly determined that he forcibly penetrated her digitally – in other words, that Mr Trump in fact did ‘rape’ Ms Carroll as that term commonly is used and understood in contexts outside of the New York penal law.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/07/donald-trump-rape-language-e-jean-carroll
liddle truth, you are so full of horse shit,
laughing my azz off that you believe that shit!
the dress she claimed to be raped in was not made until after the alleged crime was to have happened.
TDS gone viral in this one.
TIME to pay the piper! hit the unmute/volume button
a little parody with Don and liddle george s go for a ride
https://rumble.com/v5zdgrt-who-did-this.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp
nice dress/coat
https://theweek.com/speedreads/848503/e-jean-carroll-wears-coat-says-wore-when-trump-allegedly-assaulted-new-york-magazine-cover
keep up to date on who pays now
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/breaking-trump-crushes-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-win/
but “trust all women” as they get on the witness stand and lie their fucking azzes off
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/after-almost-two-decades-duke-lacrosse-accuser-finally/
What a mouthful of useless words! The judge basically said that President Trump was innocent, but it was OK for the accuser to defame him.
didn’t the judges family member receive a huge donation of several million dollars? someone that can afford to pay large sums of money demand results for their investment.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/30/us-news/dem-clients-of-daughter-of-judge-in-trump-trial-raised-90m-off-case/
my guess is for that kind g of coin changing hands ..they pretty much have to see it move forward.
we have seen what happens to people that go against those with the power and influence to give that much money.. they expect results.. or if they are called to give testimony against those that wield that kind of power..
I have never met a really rich man or woman who “went to the store.” They either “send someone to the store” for them, or in the case of Saks, Bloomingdales, Macy’s, etc., the store sends someone to them.
Trump says it never happened. I’m still waiting for ANYONE to explain what a billionaire was doing “at the store” in the first place…
The Trump Hate…..
the members of Congress lack of interest and lack of concerns over anything and everything going on..
Blue,Red and every color in between don’t seem to have the interest in dealing with anything going on..
WHY?
we feel we know why the puppeteers hate him. the loss control. the loss of power..
but why the full spectrum of legislators some sound like they are pro constitution but none of them were interested enough to act on any of the issues.. The real leaders would be against anyone that truly beleives in what trump or anyone else that believes in the constitution and what it stands for.. they would lose control.
https://archive.org/details/hitlers-second-book/page/n1/mode/2up
its all in Adolph Hitler’s second book…you can follow along in the news as it plays out..
(“Elaine’s youngest son was by over the weekend. Since I love to entertain (which means cooking) we had a perfect prime rib Saturday afternoon. “)
the kids had the smoker out.. and somehow burnt the ribs.. so they took us out to eat and that’s what we had.. baby potatoes ..cooked with onions and mushrooms and garlic. dam tasty..
I get it I love to cook..
Language as a barrier.., [ Heard that mentioned a couple of times lately.]
Flash-back – early 70’s – cross country bike ride:
Lots of different languages out there and many of them with specific, or with regional accents. But you have no idea what it is like, being from California, to step off your harley and come face to face with two rather over-weight black ladies from rural Louisiana – it was English., but I had “no idea” what they were saying – luckily, a skinny black man, around eighty came-up limping-up with a well worn cane, stood between us and stated talking to them and translating. He turned back to me – They wanted to know If I was one of those nasty Hell’s Angels. When he translated that, I laughed., which made these two “really nice” ladies think I was laughing at them. For about ten minutes I was being called every name you can imagine, and rather loudly – at least I think I was ., as I could not understand a single word being spoken., ah., yelled at me., but all the finger pointing at my face kinda confirmed it., and I was slowly backing up under the barrage. All of this from two, three hundred pounders, wearing ankle length floral moo-moo’s – and one had about fifty, very small pink rollers pinned into her hair and had that covered with a bright pink, translucent scarf tied under her amble chin[s]. I guess she was telling the world that she was, indeed, taking care of herself.
I don’t know what he said to them, but they calmed down – fired-off a couple more sentences directed at me., and waddled off talking amongst themselves and looking back at me., that ‘nasty’ biker., with evil intent.
“You need to be careful where you stop around here, son.” Said the old guy., in near perfect English. “And be damn careful around those damn, drunk white crackers.” He smiled – nearly toothless and walked off. “Thank you !” I called after him – without turning around he waved his cane in the air.
I did a quick math-check and figured I had about 40 miles left in the tank. So, I hopped on the bike, kicked her over, threw a little gravel and motor on up the road., hoping to find another – safer – gas station. [ I did – about fifteen miles up the road. I looked around carefully, for any, very large floral moo-moo’s floating around before I shut down and got off. Drunk ‘crackers’ I could handle.]
Language as a barrier..,??
Black rural Louisiana English – a language unto itself.
Not just black Cajuns. We had a white Cajun neighbor when we first moved to ETX, and we couldn’t understand a word he said. After about 4 years we began to catch the occasional word. He died before we got to understand him completely.
I have NEVAH been able to understand Loosiana Cajun. I spent parts of two days with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band back in the mid ’70s. The only word we could all understand was “gin…”
Sorry, but I could not help but hear Charlie Daniels’ “Uneasy Rider” in my head, as I was reading this…
US Economic Output grew at it’s fastest rate in three years. – That is the headlines this morning – but if you dig a little into the report you will see that the vast majority of this “fastest pace” was all in the Service Sector., while the Manufacturing Sector dropped – once again., to the lowest reading since early 2023. [., and has dropped for the entire year.]
.., but I have ask…, If November shows that we had, as a country, 335,000 fewer people working – how can the Service Sector be doing so well ? .., and we are now on-track for a GDP reading of the 4th Quarter of 2.5 to 3 % – but the Manufacturing Sector is tanking ??
I’m slightly confused……,
“It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.”
– Voltaire
Missing Radioactive Material
New Jersey
https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2024/12/16/radioactive-material-reported-missing-in-new-jersey-shipment-nuclear-reglatory-commission-says/
Unrelated.
0.267 millicuries of radioactive germanium is utterly negligible, and in nine months, will be utterly benign.
Careful wit that Stove Top Stuff’ng;
“Nov 27, 2024 · Stove Top Stuffing, the instant boxed mix that’s cemented itself as a must-have accompaniment for turkey, contains two ingredients that are off limits in many developed countries.”;
https://nypost.com/2024/11/27/health/ingredients-in-this-thanksgiving-food-are-linked-to-cancer/
Good cartcgh – thanks!!!
Oh my… and we love stove top stuffing…..perfect blend of spices and herbs..
Thanks Looking out of the Box for suggestion book on 123 Homemade Flat Bread Recipes, ordered Amazon.ca should be here by xmas
she will enjoy the hell out of it to…
I love making things.. and fresh tortillas and flatbread..classic comfort foods… I am considering g making lefsa with it to.. my wife loves lefsa we normally buy it because it is a pain to make.. the old Norwegian way..with the press that would make it so much easier..
I got my daughter a bread knife..really nice she has gotten into bread making…
the other thing they all got is a pasta press.. there isn’t anything better than fresh home made…
Your very welcome..the hardest part with flatbread is The same with pasta..people mix it then go to make the flatbread..you have to work it..then put it in a bowl and cover it or a bag and cover it so the gluten forms.. about a half hour great it kneed it twist it..
its the same with making fresh mozzarella cheese… You stretch it and work it.. great cheese Easy to make..
that’s what the kids got last year a cheese making kit..
I just have to talk one of them into getting a milk cow..
re: Santa’s Festive Friday
feat: Pops & the G7
Folks,
Saturday was no day off for Santa’s scribes of the White House. They duly detailed the Friday morning kanban virtual meeting of G7 leaders whose Washington representative held forth from the South Court Auditorium. President Zelinsky’s name is unmentioned. Fans of the “West Wing” TV series may already be aware that the SCA is located across the street from the WH in the Eisenhower Executive Building. Unlike the lettuce and catnip crops of indoors East Texas, the rose garden seen in the background of the Oval Office set in the South Court Auditorium is fake.
Bankers’ Christmas bonuses are on the sleigh as meeting minutes show a done deal of an initial $20 billion of funding going to the World Bank of an eventual $50 billion who in turn are loaning said monies to the Ukraine. The G7 will fund this money tree from frozen Russian asset streams as they search for legal means to seize ownership of the underlying assets. Why give Russian assets to Ukraine when the wealth can be shared amongst friends? Merry Christmas! One imagines that the secular math formula for this sort of transaction in apolitical con artist communities might be G8-1=G7.
Fans of the Great White North will be pleased to observe that President Biden closed out the G7 meeting with a shout out to the Canadian PM. Please welcome the Hon. J. Trudeau as the 2025 President of the G7 Group!
re: “Mufasa”, 20/12/2024
feat: Road to Moscow
Folks,
It seems that deposed Syrian president Assad’s grandfather changed the family name from “Savage” to “Lion” in 1927. Msm has noted in varying degrees regarding the ex-president’s Telegram message from Moscow explaining his departure from the Russian airbase of Hmeimim (tr. “Intimate”) perhaps without his full retinue of Shabiha (“ghost”) fighters. Due to aerial bombardment, Moscow ordered a base evacuation on Dec. 8th. A DDG search for ‘Intimate’ by Arabic script connects to a 9/10 (10 Oct.?) Al Jazeera op-ed by their Russian political scientist Andrey Ontikov. It looks like the last of his reports on the English side were in 2022 shortly after the Special Military Operation commenced. Anyhow there’d been an alleged missile attack by outsiders a couple of months ago reported by msm that fell intimately close to the sovereign Russian airbase land according to his western European-sourced Arabic account. The consignor of an allegedly damaged ‘last-mile-by-ground’ delivery was perhaps displeased. Mr. Ontikov offered his direct suggestions as to whom should shoulder responsibility. He was at a loss as to what would happen should someone again, as the saying goes, poke the Bear. Here is a link to the Al Jazeera report:
https://aja.ws/g9yad5
Small world., eh?
1] UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4.
2] Police arrested Luigi Mangione, who now faces a murder charge for the killing.
3] Mangione has hired prominent New York lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo to defend him.
4] Karen Friedman Agnifilo is married to Marc Agnifilo, the lead lawyer defending Sean “Diddy” Combs against federal sex-trafficking charges.
Both work for the same Manhattan law firm, Agnifilo Intrater LLP, [ and can be expected to dominate legal news headlines for the coming year.]
Hal Turners latest on the “drones.”
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/national-news/trump-the-president-knows-the-military-knows-drones
I actually question that assessment.. they have lights.. if they wanted to be stealth they would turn the lights off.. there’s no military interceptors..and congress is still sitting around playing pocket pool..
it would be more concerning if congress rushed back to DC but none of them did..
https://imgflip.com/i/9e01qq
Actually, Turner’s opinion is much the same as expressed by Stu in his latest piece, published yesterday. Others are also chiming in that it appears that they are “sniffing” for nuclear material.
I get that..especially since after the port deal there was a slip from an FSB officer ten years ago that they staged bombs..then again a year ago one of the generals said the same thing in an interview.. I get it to.. Its covered by the art of war And the Quran..
But if the people staging the Club-k systems ..
considering what everyone has been saying.. Scott Ritter, Bout McGregor cisc, and every threat analyst out there.. now what I see is plans from three strategies.. the art of war, the Quran and ancient Islamic battles chess moves and even a little Roman battle strategies.. all being played out at one time..the yin and yang..locate their weakness.. so stage a national demonstration see how easy would it be.. get control of the supply lines and get the enemy to squander resources..
I seen it happening when every country we destroyed their way of life then the big players would walk in behind us signing alliance agreements.. test the country we had BLM and Antifa that marched across the usa doing billions of dollars of damage all with the support and blessings of the democrats in congress.. de-funding of the police force by portraying the police as enemy’s not the local hero’s that they are..good and yes in every basket there’s good apples and bad apples..
now for the club k.. would you place nukes in a place that has equipment to sniff out nukes.. probably not..instead weapon cache for an army.. it only took a little bit to buy the borders.. last. once this administration got into office lobbyists began spending more to get congress to sway the way of those hiring lobbyists..
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/08/record-breaking-federal-lobbying-tops-2-billion-first-half-2024/
you don’t see anyone in politics showing concern..its been the best year ever.. the illegals that entered went to the cities.. if there was what everyone feared an army walked right in..the guy working for wages is paying his living expenses all while his cost of living is being increased with less income.. free schooling free medical hell California was going to buy each of them a house.. biden wanted to give each one a 450,000.00 cash
https://www.cf.org/news/40-billion-program-biden-wants-to-build-housing-for-illegal-immigrants/
https://nypost.com/2021/11/06/joe-biden-angrily-defends-plans-for-450k-migrant-separation-payouts/
my view of all this is even if we pulled back started working on our own country..then cut a trillion out of wars we are still screwed if it ends up in war then our military is split apart similar to the war of 600 something to 800..
empires of faith ..
https://academic.oup.com/ehr/article-abstract/127/528/1180/407060
and the poison pawn trap.. what’s shocking is even with reports of what is happening to family members of politicians in Syria and every other country we have been in..no one in our political leaders has shown any concern..
and it didn’t take that much to buy access..or are they just so far out of touch with reality that they don’t care.. I can’t see them as purely stupid well maybe a couple but not all of them..
either way we lose.. we lose our economic supperiority, our military leadership becomes one of defeat.. our economy in a death spiral.. our poor and working struggling for basic necessities. what makes it look good is credit..then who is supporting the credit that people are living by..the same thing.. instead of lobbyists tossing cash .
we are screwed and Trump he has good ideas but one they are doing everything to destroy any chances he had.. and the laborers don’t have the income to pay for it..
the only option is a fresh start. the dollar and federal reserve shut down everything starts like Greece and Argentina, and Zimbabwe…our global leadership position goes from the top to the bottom.
of course who am I just some old moron in the wastelands.. the bottom of the pyramid..there are smarter people in charge maybe they see something that I can’t see..
more records highs in NASDAQ … yawn, yawn …. the dream that keeps on giving …. until it ends …… good luck all
Hot air balloons eventually run out of GAS to fuel the burner that keeps the balloons going higher and higher.
When will this balloon’s propane tanks be empty?
Those piloting the balloon, unlike the passengers, already have strapped on their parachutes and are ready to jump … while most of the poor passengers will go down with the balloon always thinking as the balloon sinks that somehow more gas will magically appear and refill the tank, the burner will be relit, and they will resume their never ending climb towards the sun.
Somehow the balloon never reaches the sun … no matter how much the passengers believe it will.
Some fear by the time we figure out who’s behind the drones in Jersey, it may be too late.
“Don’t need another ham radio.”
Liar, liar,… (what’s that burning smell?)
Well, then, just sell a few and buy a GOOD one. You know the one.
Lol lol lol.. I get that assessment.. that’s me and kitchen gadgets lol lol lol…
New posting over at Stu’s site: 11:20 p.m. mountain time: https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2024/12/17/nostradamus-warning-to-new-jersey/
“Hype versus Reality. Hype first: ABC News agrees to contribute $15 million to Trump presidential foundation to settle defamation suit. While the Reality is: George Stephanopoulos doesn’t mention ABC News settlement with Trump’s defamation lawsuit on his Sunday show.”
The real hype here is, it is virtually impossible for a politician to win a defamation judgement against anyone, for anything, let alone against a news entity. The aggrieved party has to prove the persons they’re suing engaged in wanton and intentional “malice.” ABC and Stephy settled this because they absolutely did NOT want Trump’s legal team taking depositions and putting their news and legal staff on a witness stand.
George:
They’re starting to catch up to you…
https://megelin.com/pages/holiday-sale
BTW, that’s some good-looking greens you’ve got there…
Here’s Ure Drones… new military hardware. This also fits the ‘trimaran’ kind of silhouette I have seen on some videos.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/invasion-drones-breaking-truth-behind-mystery-drones-new/