TL;DR: Courting disaster? Will the Supreme Court bash markets next? Welcome to UrbanSurvival unplugged, live from the Church of Economic Irony…
Thursday’s Tax Liturgy
Let’s begin by rolling this from brothers Bob and Jimmy.
“”There must be some kind of way outta here” Said the joker to the thief”
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week on whether back-again President Trump exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping tariffs during his first term — a move that rattled global trade partners and redefined executive reach in economic policy. The justices appeared divided: several pressed the limits of the president’s discretion under the 1962 Trade Expansion Act, while others hinted that Congress had long ceded too much of its trade power anyway. The case centers on whether national security provisions can be stretched to justify tariffs on allies, as Trump did with steel and aluminum imports, and what that precedent could mean for future administrations seeking unilateral leverage over trade.
“”There’s too much confusion…I can’t get no relief”
The court’s conservative bloc signaled concern over economic powers left open-ended. A narrow ruling could affirm that presidents may still act swiftly in emergencies, but not indefinitely or without measurable criteria.
While a decision isn’t expected until early next year, the financial impact of those tariffs has already worked its way through the system. The higher costs were passed to us — the bagmen of modern economics — through price hikes on everything from appliances to autos. Even if the Court trims back presidential tariff powers or rules some levies unlawful, don’t expect refunds at the checkout line. Once those costs are baked into corporate margins and consumer prices, any overage or repayment will vanish into the same fog that swallowed accountability for them in the first place.
“Businessmen, they drink my wine, Plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line Know what any of it is worth,”
Give me an “Amen!” and a “Hallelujah!” As we now turn to the really silly shit.
Right Here, Right Now
Yes, Jesus (Jones). (Put that gasoline and stake down, it’s a song title, for crying out loud! Ya oughta get out more.)
“A woman on the radio talked about revolution, When it’s already already past her by…” Mexico president presses charges after groping incident in street. Dare we recommend sentencing the prep to an Optho appointment? (Was this a presidential-level ex-squeezination? Hmm… where have we….)
“I was alive and I waited, waited, I was alive and I waited for this” Federal judge issues temporary restraining order governing conditions at Broadview ICE facility.
Meanwhile, back on he Earth Ride we World Observers are eyeing: Zohran Mamdani announces all-female transition team as he prepares for New York mayoralty. You know, with enough transitioning, they could all be men before this is all over.
If the Middle East confused you before? Get a load of: US pressures Israel to allow safe passage for 100 to 200 Hamas operatives in Rafah. (It’s OK, the enemy of my enemy is my third cousin who is my…oh forget it!)
Change your password: Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was ‘Louvre’, according to employee. don’tcha just louve it? Passwords are an art! Lost for ideas? See the how to set up passwords to finger leaks and hack sources – somewhere in the archives.
“Watching the world wake up from history..” Your credit history could be costing you more to drive : NPR
Does this mean we have to put our clothes on? Japan deploys the military in north to battle surge in bear attacks. Oh! not that kind of bare? Let me back into the musical stupor of cross-linked coherence. Bare like in cupboards?
And, as long as musical coherence is running strong, cue Dione Warwick for this next one (Promises, Promises) : Millions of Americans turn to food banks and relatives as longest-ever US shutdown takes toll.
(Whew – I have to spend less time editing and channeling crosslinked reality.)
Take a flying what? FAA cancels thousands of flights amid US government shutdown strain.
Oh, and speaking of flying, right? As a pilot I am still on the FAA continuing pilot ed distro list. And this morning’s email really caught my eye. ““The Schiff Show – Wake Turbulence A Silent Killer – What You Can Not See Might Hurt You” Topic: We Will Examine Helicopter Wake Turbulence and Its Contribution to a Catastrophic Accident.” So I check with my AI stack…getting a little “political edgy” over at Flight Standards? I mean a Schiff reference mid shutdown?
“No, the FAA notice wasn’t actually about Adam Schiff the politician — but you’re right to sense the sly humor of the title “The Schiff Show.” Barry Schiff is a long-time aviation writer and instructor who’s done hundreds of FAA seminars and videos. The title refers to his presentation series, not the California congressman.
Still, the juxtaposition lands like satire: a federal “Schiff Show” warning that “what you cannot see might hurt you,” arriving in an election-season inbox. To anyone tracking Washington’s turbulence, it sounds like a wink — bureaucratic messaging unintentionally echoing Beltway irony.”
Hell yeah! I was about to issue a rare “Double Gold” for Ure writing. You Go, F.A.S.T team. (FAA Safety Team) And do visit our pun collection and double-entendre dump site. You’ll louve it, even if we miss the odd typo.
Markets are trying to find Viagra, it’s OK to re-snooze – double nothing Thursday, so far. Except BTC’s low-T down to $102.5K.
Around the Ranch: Like Weather for Denver
Looks like, on schedule (or something pretending to be) my new book Mind Amplifiers will be ready for Amazon Kindle country mid-next week. After doing sequential-12’s in the chair with breaks only to lessen DVT risks, I happened to look up. OMG – cold – then hot!
The Ure Clan has always been into Weather. We fished – a lot – and Pappy had a “secret sauce” for great trout fishing. Instead of using the typical 1-ounce lead sinker when “single-egging” we would use sugar cubes attached to the leader with small rubber bands. Bait would sink, weight dissolve, and a near-perfect sense of “far end of the line” was enjoyed. With the requisite 10-foot super-whippy bamboo poles.
Circling back to the weather – this kind of “ultra-light” fishing depended on very light winds. Otherwise, it was back to Leadville. Our favorite reference?
Weather of the Pacific Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia” by Walter Rue, published in 1978, provides an accessible overview of the region’s diverse met patterns, emphasizing the stark contrasts in climate across coastal, inland, and mountainous areas. The book explores the PNW’s persistent rain, fog, windstorms, and seasonal variations. Coastal geography drives from mild maritime conditions to extreme temperature swings.
We both studied the book deeply. While other relatives were running a “troller license” off Westport, WA (and Ilwaco_) before the Boldt fishing rights decision, we stuck to the tamer weather in our trout-sized boat.
There are two points to this morning’s ramble. The first was – reading Rue’s book – that (as I was told) when you really want to learn something, get all the definitions. I know a ton of people – even some engineers – who failed to excel in life because they didn’t take the time to look up definitions.
Reading Rue’s book? I was plagued by “What is a mild climate?”
There were several ways to look at the problem. One was just noticing when I went outside. When the Ontology smacks you upside the head and yells “Hey sucker – weather has changed out here!” you can probably toss the word “mild” and go fishing for something better.
More scientifically? A mild climate is one with low variability and small deviation from human comfort bands, while a harsh climate pushes extremes. You can express this with a simple comfort deviation index:
CDI = |mean T ? 72 °F| + ?(T) + (|mean RH ? 50 %| / 2),
…where temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH) define both average comfort and day-to-day swings. Low CDI scores indicate mildness — steady temps, moderate humidity, and limited seasonal amplitude — while high values reveal climatic harshness through either cold, heat, or volatility.
Relax, we’re almost to the Denver part:
The walking-around definition that’s served me well is “20-degree variance up to about 25 is mild.” It’s a “squishy-middle” benchmark. It followed that “A 30-degree variance, maybe down to 25, justifies another word-choice. 25 is squishy.
At last! We get to the Denver part.
Denver’s weather is the definition of un-mild — is dis-pleasant a word? A city where thermometers run ADHD. Blame elevation (over 5,000 feet) and living on the edge of the Rockies, cold mountain air plunges down the Front Range with little warning. At times, warm Chinook winds can shove temperatures back up in hours that feel like minutes. The extreme case was January 25, 1872, when the city dropped from 46°F to ?20°F in less than a day — a 66-degree swing.
More recently, September 2020 saw an 83°F afternoon followed by a hard freeze the next morning. Denver’s a blender for continental air masses, downslope winds, and rapid frontal passages — a meteorological roller coaster making “mild” a word best reserved for Colorado salsas.
Today, I’ll be shirt sleeves and lawn mowing – likely the final time this year. But at a dry 82? Yeah, it’s fun. In a Southern Living way. Come Saturday? We’ll be rolling from 83 down to 34F Sunday night. Frost likely here. Faucet covers at the ready.
Old saying goes “Variety is the spice of life.” But we’ve become used to those high 90, low 70 spreads. Age likes stability in all things. Which explains the truth of why we don’t live in Denver. Ice belongs in drinks or at the borders. Not in the Piney Woods.
Write when low variability returns (to weather, markets, politics, and reason),
George@Ure.net
(First timer? Hit the Visitor Center before it freezes over. The “freezing temp” in Texas is about 51F…)
Hey G-Pops,
How youse fixed for next Life ? Bank of Karma acct flush ? Got everyone thinking good thoughts about you? Reason for inquiry ?
Hearing lately every Soul in solar system is being repackaged & sent to Saturn. Where “they” are said to be amassing a large assault force.
You know who (tribe) worships the black cube/Saturn? You have prolly read or are familiar with NASA engineers’ book The Ring Makers of Saturn – you ever see what has happened to Author since publication ????
General warned us..https://youtu.be/WlPTmXi0pVk?si=gh54vTn2ow5ROhz-
* Alt Medicine note -regards Allzhiemers-https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=748806&post_id=175696427&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=1kk4yd&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo5NDk5ODAzNywicG9zdF9pZCI6MTc1Njk2NDI3LCJpYXQiOjE3NjI0MjE2MTQsImV4cCI6MTc2NTAxMzYxNCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTc0ODgwNiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.cvEAyxn1dJvmZ2TRlEZHrEf5x3DSusaO_KjMPOwwVP0
oh my !
here we go again, this time Dr Malone on Urolithin – seems to be good for Old Farts and middle aged Farts.
Speaking gaseous emissions and selling no methane before its time, one wonders does a Fart improve with ageing or does it just dissipate over time, leaving no residual to test smell ?
whoops
– https://substack.com/app-link/post?t
Hmm…flutters like a butt er fly burns like a bee… lol
Denver has competition with South Alberta. !965 late fall all us gr.5s back to windows facing teacher were immediately commanded mid-class to run outside fast. There was a vertical fog-bank stretching across play ground about twenty feet wide. We ran from side to side warmth, to real cold back and forth for 10+ minutes till it moved on.
Teacher said no textbook could give us that experience.
Fire her! Off curriculum. Where’s the DEI replacement!!! How dare she teach experiential grace-like thing…can’t have that. Send her to NYC
What makes you think teacher was she? Are you originally from NY?
Har Har; you are right again.
Not always right, but there’s this stuff call statistics.
“The Supreme Court”
Q. Does the machine stay lubricated during a .gov shutdown?
A.I. says, “Yes, Supreme Court Justices and other federal judges continue to be paid during a government shutdown.”
“Your credit history could be costing you more to drive.”
Social Credits will be similar. Tell someone to FOAD @ KFC and they’ll ding your SC right back. A lot of explosive rage is on the horizon. The good part will be the Social Credit department using a scarlet logo.
Speaking of SC –
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says China will win AI race with US
“Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang warned that China could outpace the US in the AI race due to lower energy costs and relaxed regulations. Huang believes “China is going to win the AI race,” criticizing the West for being hindered by “cynicism” and increasing regulations. He highlighted that Chinese tech firms benefit from government energy subsidies, allowing them to run AI alternatives more cheaply.”
Rephrased to:
Nvidia makes clarification on CEO’s ‘warning’ to US on China; says: It is vital that America …
“Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang clarified remarks, stating China is ‘nanoseconds behind America’ in AI, not winning the race. ”
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/nvidia-makes-clarification-on-ceos-warning-to-us-on-china-says-it-is-vital-that-america-/articleshow/125133313.cms
George –
You might want to look at this alternative to faucet covers. It’s called a Freeze Miser and it allows the faucet to drip fast enough so that the water doesn’t freeze.
https://www.amazon.com/Freeze-Miser-Pack-Replacement-Maintenance/dp/B08HKQ2HSP/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xvLIsyRiYaeeZGMepNxi-mP8L3M7DDUgtZtIIdDuuWqRicgQoK6w2cQFE43RsSVJEnkerHthDjq_B2IMn_7i1OfWE5EYC5Ii8euBI1HNL7vj1v_a0_IV86K0lCtXo8FXXeQS25_jb8g7pccVQGbkPJiKZ9HxUz9v7sjtb3uOI9XNNd2RHWykeSe0gBf0fUDyLASwtOeoFHHC7KVnPfOwZHhh4w3jyfD4313VVLS1DR8qZQDMTkaoQeDwInajwAzfgjwJ9C5UTQRtpIyS0yt0H-cnVoWoOFVDSa5gIDySofk.QIMGYljRNggJMNf6Oe8W8Olla1vbx8JK2fy_40AIVrA&dib_tag=se&keywords=freeze+miser&qid=1762442399&sr=8-1
Sometimes Home Depot sells these in store, or you can order them.
Wish I had had these back during the Snowpocolypse in 2021. I started using them the next winter and have used them every year since then with no faucets freezing. I pair them with one of these so as to have access to water if I need it.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Orbit-Heavy-Duty-Brass-2-Way-Shut-Off-Hose-Faucet-Adapter-Hose-Fitting-27931/100659310
Looks like a plote by the rural water outfit…more revenue when we coudl just melt snow… none exopected this year.
Hi carol.. I’ve been using these for years.. a lot cheaper.. they mostly use those other type in southern climates where people leave their hoses hooked up..in the wastelands it gets pretty chilly at times..
https://www.amazon.com/Frost-Plastic-Covered-Faucet-Rectangular/dp/B07K1GWJX4/ref=sr_1_6_mod_primary_new?
my favorite story about cold..is I was visiting with a young lady that was on the tv show naked and afraid.. an Alberta flipped was roaring through and she was stuck at a local truck stop in the blizzard.. told her if she could make it we had room and food..but the roads were closed.. yacking about the weather and the television show when I came around the corner..blizzard drifts fifty below windchill and there stood my grandson.. a light coat on shorts and flip flops scooping snow.. I started to laugh cause I looked like a mummy.. and she asked what’s funny..I said well you was on naked and afraid..Do you want to see naked and stupid.. then took a photo for her to laugh over..
these covers do a nice job.. and cheaper by far..
if your looking for snow boots etc.. the place to go is here..
https://mukluks.com/
although the best snow boots I ever got was from the guys at the south pole..the air force sent them snowboots.. with steel toes.. its to cold there for steel toes.. so they were burning them for heat..and the guts mailed me a pair.. wow never had my feet sweat before then..
Fixed that first link for you…
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HKQ2HSP
Thanks Ray..appreciate that
I just wanted to thank you as I had forgotten to disconnect a hose and remove the spray nozzle. In my defence it was above zero until yesterday. Still you saved me money and trouble.
Also that particular faucet has a tap inside the house where you turn off the water for the winter and drain the faucet, which is another way to prevent damage from freezing.
I spend too much time trying to stop leaks to promote one.
Still like these:
https://www.amazon.com/FC2-Plastic-Covered-Faucet-Rectangular/dp/B004434KGE
I used duct tape to make a little secondary cover out of aluminized bubble insulation. My little house only has one outdoor water faucet , and it isn’t visible from the entrances. No HOA.
Spray foam……
RE: “Watching the world wake up from history..” Your credit history could be costing you more to drive : NPR
It’s a false statement. Your FICO score is not what is used. Insurers and vendors like LexisNexis etc. create custom algorithms that utilize similar inputs to FICO to create a score that is EXTREMELY predictive of future propensity to have a claim.
These scores are built using future claims as the target where as FICO the target is default of payment. While the same variables may be used the weights applied etc. are different.
Each state scrutinizes what attributes are used to the model. These models are not correlated with other rating inputs making them extremely powerful at ensuring the costs to insure a given risk premium is reasonable, adequate, not excessive, and not unfairly discriminatory.
Actuaries that are responsible for these models have strict standards of practice and codes of conduct that are followed.
For those of us with a multi-decade clean driving record and zero credit of any kind, how is this fair? It costs money to create credit and maintain it. Credit is a a temptation to credit thieves. Zero credit file means there is nothing to be stolen. IMHO, the driving record – especially accidents and incidents should be the major or perhaps the only factor.
“especially accidents and incidents”
This is the real biggie WRT car insurance. ‘Thing is, it’s not just your accidents and incidents that’re considered, but everybody’s that occur in the area in which you live. Also, each insurance company has an unshared actuarial table which reflects only THEIR claims for accidents and incidents, for each locale, over a specific time period.
Borg-meister :
Slow roll today. I shoot for a day on / a day off as to projects. Have toiled too many in a row but, must make haste for two reasons : spinal injection set for (8) days distant … but who is counting? Me of course. On the WX roll, we lose 30 degrees in 30 hourse then have three days of measurable snow inbound. Sigh.
Just finished with last of wet gear (though I have to set some tarps). We were swapping to leaves but … where are those snow-shovels? Ice scraper / brooms. Saw ice melter. Probably add some road rescue tools to my SUV bag, sort how many months of granola bars and beef jerkey is onboard.
Meanwhile, back on he Earth Ride we World Observers are eyeing: Zohran Mamdani announces all-female transition team as he prepares for New York mayoralty. You know, with enough transitioning, they could all be men before this is all over.
Now that’s ^ funny. Someone’s been drinking breakfast again?
Best of luck to the Big Apple. Really. It’s a damned shame we are surrendering our major cities to their dates with fate. It is totally unfair to sway weak / desperate people with promises impossible to keep. A truism : money flows to where it’s treated well. UHaul seems to be the yardstick. It’s business that pays the freight.
I end now knowing TL;DR but pose this Q : can your virtual friend drive the tractor and mow the ranch? If not it’s just semi-useful. Get back to me when it obtains clear focus on _the_ task, to make life for humans better. Until then, relying on creaky OEM bones waiting for my butler.
Egor ~ /)/) ~~
ps – they are shooting the Generals. Again.
Egor
So if the floating dock is the “wet gear” does it become dry gear over winter and avoid a chilly springtime plunge? Inquiring minds and all…
Our dock does float due to it being old school, made of wood. In summer the 10′ sections (ten of them) are on steel “H” standards. All of the boats are in the barn or on the gravel lot at said barn. It’s a weeklong process at each end. Today I tarped the E Scow so am mostly set for what comes next (sn**). E
Oh and yes – tghere’s an option gps drive unit…you don’t get out on farms much? We don’t call ’em windward marks – we clal it “end of the field” but there’s some correlation. Capsize of a kubuta is painful, but no oil spills. My butler’s cuter than…uh…where’s she go?
oh I am on lots of farms. But … it’s your rig being driven by your bot matey. this convo recalls the oldish AI joke :
I wanted AI to wash the dishes to have time to write poetry and paint. Instead, AI wants to write poetry and paint …
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Rumor the State Department is issuing a Level 4 Do Not Travel Advisory for New York City soonly.
In other news coming outta NYC, seems Mamdani became very upset-angry this AM, when he was informed he had Job now and would have to go to work..daily!
Whats a poor commie to do now?
“Zohran Mamdani announces all-female transition team as he prepares for New York mayoralty. You know, with enough transitioning, they could all be men before this is all over.”
No, no… you read that all wrong. They WERE men before they became the “all-female transition team”.
re: lee cyclogenesis
feat: elephant in the room
Folks,
Is it Margarita’s umbrella time? A sure sign of winter’s approach is the annual migration from Canada of bipedal snowbirds to warmer climes seeking respite from Colorado Lows and Alberta Clippers. Similarly since 1498 Europeans have followed in the footsteps of Christopher Columbus from the Gates of Hercules to Isla Margarita situated just off the coast of Venezuela. Anecdotal msm reports suggest fishing in surrounding tropical waters is going great guns.
On Tuesday MINTUR (Minister of Popular Power for Tourism[?]) in Venezuela issued a press release at the following link:
https://www.mintur.gob.ve/news/a0473ddb-cae9-4727-bbfe-1f13c95bc61d
Beneath an image depicting a predominance of unaccompanied young women deplaning from a jet, the ministry informs of an upcoming season of tourism connection between Katowice, Poland and Margarita Island organized by Polish operator Rainbow Tours. Air service will be provided by Spanish airline Plus Ultra which translates from Latin as “further beyond”. The motto coincides with that of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. It seems the motto also appears on the Spanish coat of arms honoring their conquest of the New World.
Interestingly a co-owner of the Polish Rainbow firm has made a publicly announced investment in Polish production proposal for small munitions via his holding company named after an elephant. The wider funding for the venture is being pooled by a London private equity firm whose nomenclature celebrates a crossing of the Rubicon River by Julius Caesar in 49 bc. The edifice housing their headquarters office overlooks the entrance to Regent’s Park. It was built by property developer John Burton under guidance from the Prince Regent in the waning days of King George III.
Mr. Burton, one of whose sons infamously mapped tombs in the Valley of Kings, rests in a pyramid shaped tomb in his hometown overlooking the English Channel. As chance would have it, the now-closed St. Leonard’s-on-Sea Church that he founded required rebuilding after sustaining a V1 bomb hit in WW2.
The resort town of St. Leonard’s-on-Sea offers amiable weather shelter. It’s adjacent to Hastings of 1066 fame. Princess Victoria spent winters there prior to becoming Queen.
St. Leonard was born in modern day France around the time of the Fall of Rome. He is the patron saint of prisoners of war, women in labour, and horses. It turns out that his feast day is celebrated on November 6th.
And then there is the ‘world famous’ Leonard’s Bakery in Honolulu, home of the equally famous Portuguese Malasada… the donut with no hole. Just the ticket for today’s feast day.
And winter season in Hawaii signals the arrival of ‘Air Can-‘ flights loaded with the ‘blue people’. Look quick, though, as these chameleon-like bipeds turn lobster red after cooking only a few hours in the tropical sun in their attempts to look tanned brown, like the local fauna. Topical anaesthesia potions are their best-selling souvenir items thereafter.
Alberta Clippers.
Dude Jester, alberta clippers is a misnomer. The proper Weather term is Alberta Hookers.
Got to ask Ureself , well do I want to spend an evening with a Clipper or a Hooker ?
I thought the answer was obvious, but perhaps I am alone in this feeling
up Hookers!
Halloween classic -Adult Content warning -https://youtu.be/4n5Phv_S6Ss?si=v_tRKQuGMSFeXNjy
re: jimmy open a portal
feat: Louvre to Aswan
“There’s more than one way outta here”, said a Jester to the Chief.
Speaking of France, the recently burgled Louvre name is said to descend from Old French for she-wolf which in turn comes from Latin’s Lupa, the she-wolf who nursed founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus.
Castle in the sand: a pyramid structured entrance of the Louvre follows proportions of the Khufu (“He protects me”) Pyramid at Giza (“beside the high” [Khufu Pyramid]). Khufu’s protection is supposed to come from the Egyptian water and fertility deity Khnum (“to shape, to build”). A site of worship to Khnum was on Elephantine (“Elephant”) Island near Aswan (“market, trade/opener”) previously known as Swenett after the goddess of childbirth.
If anyone wants to follow an alleged path of pyramid angles and slopes to rainbows and fibonacci numbers, here’s a reddit link to a trailhead:
https://www.reddit.com/r/holofractal/comments/8jomp1/the_great_pyramids_slope_angles_match_the_angles/
Meanwhile back on a different plane…
…so there you have the truth of it, Denver sandwiches don’t originate in Denver. Now, should your bank account be packing sunscreen or umbrellas? Let’s rejoin DJ George with the latest weather report.
One view of us federal government issues:
1) trump last ditch effort worldwide to ensure largest (Bush senior 1990 type) economic growth by way of tariffs to offset left economic polices of positive growth offsetting deficit spending at perceived low interest rates,
2) above ensures electricity and oil transport world wide by oil shale ( low eri)
3) above is in view of guns or butter war spending priorities. Either or versus Vietnam both snd with great society and 10% interest rates
4) above is in view of alternative conservative view of 2/3 cuts each of 12 appropriations for a us only balanced budge
5) above is in view of severe overseas economic reversals given us above consumption shutdowns with 1/3 budget cuts
6) above attempts with trump great billionaire theatrics of ballrooms and treaties and 40 billion (pocket change) to starving Argentines.,, To induce any world wide ‘ free’ ( bank balance unused) funds for perceived dod related tech boom investments to ensure world peace in a near world war environment
7) above presumes “old communists countries prior to 1990 pretend peace) will not preemptively engage in war
8) above presumes deficient s can be managed by ai
9) above presumes great beautiful bill reductions in benefits and offsets for defense by ai investments work
10) the wests defense focus on technology us unproven attempt to maintain peace
Data showing the worst October for layoffs since 2003. Corporations, world wide, are cutting jobs by the thousands. Interesting is that the National Retail Federation is expecting holiday sales to increase 3.7 to 4.2 % over last year – despite the job market and inflation fears.
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Chipotle told the truth and got severely bitched slapped for it. 80% of their traffic is the younger worker crowd and they no longer have the money to eat out as often as they did., and along with inflation and tariffs, it is hurting the bottom line of all restaurant operations. Chipotle stock is down 29%.
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Amazon stock has gone up over $300 billion dollars in value since they announced their quarterly profits and corporate plans. [ Massive spending.]
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As of last Friday the valuation of all the stocks on the S&P500 is worth more then all the stocks combined of the E.U. , including GB.., Africa, S America, Middle East and Asia. Basically the entire portfolio of the world. The only Stock Index even close is the NASDAQ. The valuation of those two Stock Indexes exceeds the GDP of the entire world.
And – all of it is in U.S. Dollars. I do not see how you can break that Dollar Monopoly. No other country in the world comes even close to the economic / financial power house of those two U.S. Stock Indexes. Over the past twenty-five years the valuation, the numbers, have risen to a level that is simply staggering.
Not counting the value of the Dollar., just how many of them – there has never been a time in our history where we have created so much wealth, so many millionaires and so much financial power.
.., and oddly enough – there has never been a time in our history where so many people live below the federal poverty level.
“Stay Frosty !”
Man, I LOVE IT, when a Plan comes together!
Just because you live below the poverty level doesn’t mean you’re poverty stricken! Why spend money you don’t need to? Why pay taxes you don’t need to? Just enjoy the limited time you have left on earth while pondering if those resources you have can actually be passed on to someone who might benefit from them. In many cases, money alone beyond a certain level is rather useless.
“there has never been a time in our history where we have created so much wealth, so many millionaires and so much financial power.
.., and oddly enough – there has never been a time in our history where so many people live below the federal poverty level.”
And, also, there has also never been a time when the richest of the rich tried so hard to stoke hatred among the poor. Just look at who is funding “antifa” and that sort.
This is not George Washington’s Republic anymore. I think present economics fit with the concept of a stealth two-tier depression. The top tier ride above the misery in the economic trenches, with open political warfare being used as a tool of repression.
The “poverty level” is both a sliding scale and a misnomer. We (as in “taxpayers,” “government entities,” or however one wishes to designate the source of public largesse) are currently spending a couple Big Macs over $21,600 per year on average, on each of our poorest residents. The crack whore living in a dumpster and the outcast living under a bridge are receiving $21 large for every trip they make around the Sun.
The average family income, worldwide, is an RCH or two under $3200 per year.
Bear in-mind, this is the target income that’s set for us as an ideal, by every socialist on the planet, whether they be a communist, fascist, neoconservative, neocommunist, nazi or neonazi, Maoist, Trotskyite, pansocialist, socialist-worker, or any of the hundreds of other socialist sects.
The Epstein hoax continues.
“Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the former Duke of York, has been summoned by Congress to provide information regarding his connections to the late Jeffrey Epstein. Members of the House committee on oversight believe he could hold vital details about Epstein’s co-conspirators. ”
Pretty good non-cat video:
Truck driver captures moment UPS plane crashed near Louisville airport; several dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDNIOyeeR54
I didn’t see this coming.
The FAA has cut air traffic volume due to the GovDown. They warn that more flight volume will be cancelled soon-ish. Airport chaos is already underway. Just below that story was one that stated hundreds of air traffic controllers are preparing to quit. From out-dated equipment and now ‘no pay’ they have had enough.
Think I’ll keep an eye on airline stocks.
Tesla shareholders approve Musk’s $1 trillion pay package
Tesla said Musk’s package passed with over 75% approval.
In the past week, I got a surprise Android 16 update. No issues. This is the second major software update I’ve gotten with this phone. Good phone. The newest in this model series are inferior, so I will keep running this one as long as I can.
Got that same update. Love my older version Samsung. Good memory and storage. Plenty fast for me. Just hope my non-replaceable battery doesn’t crap out…