Productivity & Jobs, 2 Personal Research Notes, Gourmet Summer Chow

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2-cups worth today.  This first part is easy.

Pick up press release and read.

Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased 2.4 percent in the second quarter of 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, as output increased 3.7 percent and hours worked increased 1.3 percent. (All quarterly percent changes in this release are seasonally adjusted annualized rates.) From the same quarter a year ago, nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased 1.3 percent in the second quarter of 2025.

The second part isn’t too bad, either.  You grab the BLS presser and on the front page zero-in on…

Then you flip to a subsequent page and see “Who got screwed most?”

Then, I make a few remarks about BTC may head to $133K, stall and fall, and how Silver may pop $40 on this run, and the S&P is inches and goal to marginally higher highs…and then?

We wait.

Peace Deal Rumors?

My consigliere went through the latest from the Polish Seer (Jackowski) over the past couple of days and his take is that it’s POSSIBLE  that a Ukraine Peace Deal could come together.  Ukraine would be (sliced, parceled) and Russia would get a Kalinigrad right-of-way.  Which would sure take the pressure off Europe.

In return (besides Zylensky being bounced) the U.S. and Israel would get a Russian “look the other way” which might explain some recent rumbles about .mil vacations in dust bowl/sand bowl zones.

Normally, I’m in the “Uh-huh..yeah…” and (listen politely) mode.  But the idea has legs with the report that Putin and Trump will meet in coming days, Kremlin aide says.

Big changes in Poland as well: BREAKING: Karol Nawrocki has been sworn in as Polish President The EU bureaucrat’s LOST! 

Obviously, a good news/bad news kind of thing for markets.  That would sure give us the 1929-like high with an S&P up toward 7,000 and above.  We’ll look at the chart option in Peoplenomics Saturday (because there is a path…).

But that leaves America back in a position where the pressure is off defense funding – and that comes around to Jobs….and that is where things get interesting, to say the least.

Especially if China eyes Taiwan in October which keeps popping up in predictive circles.

Ripples to Track:  Keep an eye on which Corps bite as the Developer-in-Chief makes his moves: Trump Announces 100% Tariff on Chips and Semiconductors.  Nice that Apple is talking about building product here, but this isn’t a high-pressure faucet you can just turn on, Mr. Developer.  Plant and equipment (training, even if just programming the robots) is all out in the 18-months to infinity side of the Gantt, right?

Quakify

While a couple of readers are also feeling the “earthquake tireds” lately, one of our SME’s is worried about things ahead.  Telling us after (we gathered round the bank balances) Tuesday when we’d cued up Eight Miles High by the Byrd’s…

Actually, yeah. 8 miles high is about 40,000′ – roughly the tropopause, which in fact is generally the upper range of most normal size volcano eruptions. So far, it seems the smoke is only up to about 6 miles high. Oh, and it’s not just one volcano, it’s up to six… Six Russian volcanoes now erupting after string of earthquakes.

Here’s the ripple to track:

“These are not pumping so much into the stratosphere, as the troposphere, so, probably minimal effect on global cooling. Biggest possible effect, depending on wind direction, would be ash at sub-tropopause levels (say, 30,000 to 40,000 feet ASL) as that is the altitude at which intercontinental aircraft generally fly – both passenger and air cargo aircraft. The flight routes from the US West Coast to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China generally parallel the Kamchatka Peninsula as part of a great circle route. That route could be heavily impacted, causing significant route changes to avoid ash.

And yes, that is the route of  KAL Flt 7, which was shot down by the Russians, killing a US Congressman in the process.
Oh, and per Google AI, currently, two Alaskan volcanoes are exhibiting signs of unrest: Mount Spurr and Great Sitkin Volcano. While neither is actively erupting, both are being closely monitored for potential eruptions. Mount Spurr has shown increased seismic activity, and Great Sitkin has been experiencing a low-level eruption of lava from its summit crater since 2021, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory.”

Impacts to consider: and hedge?  Not today, but downstream?  Air cargo (and people) from Asia.  Plus further cooling of climate – which in turn could impact food supplies/prices in months ahead.

Roller-Scroller

Texas democrats are continuing to block the state legislature from getting a quorum.   We’re enjoying the Kabuki of it all, though. The Backstory Fueling the Texas Redistricting Bitterness .  The big con is when R’s break it’s oh so bad.  When the demonscraps do it?  Paint the pig with fine shades of Defending Democracy.  So sure…uh..,.whatever,  Reds.

122 F (1990) is the all-time record.  But the “climate hysteria” is rising faster:  Weather Tomorrow for Phoenix, AZ .

Don’t like the tone of this one, either: Renowned Oncologist Sounds Alarm: Cancer Deaths Are Now Surging Among Covid-Boosted. Meanwhile a better call as we figure it: SF Chronicle Annoyingly Warns ‘COVID Cases in California are Climbing Again’ – California Globe

They can’t be, um,  Sirius… Howard Stern CANCELED?! Insider Says Sirius WILL NOT Re Up Contract Ending His Show.  (Does anyone give a shit? Show of hands?)

But relax, Citizen!  We have the best government money can buy! “LAWFARE: The D.C. federal bench has effectively usurped executive authority, despite the fact that a third of its judges weren’t even born in the United States, and not a single one had prior judicial experience before their appointment. This judicial farce must end.  (Well, no, it doesn’t…)

3I/ATLAS hysteria watch posted: Mysterious interstellar object aiming at Earth ‘not natural’ as scientists rule out comet theory.  About time to start selling dust bunnies on eBay, again?

Two Personal Research Notes

Lithium Orotate: Alzheimer’s/VD  “Breakthrough”?

Attentive readers will remember several years ago (6-7?) I mentioned that both wife Elaine and I have APOE-4  alleles. This increases our odds of taking the “long exit” that no one wants.  I did a ton of research at the time (it’s somewhere in the Peoplenomics archives) a I demonstrated a correlation between Alzheimer’s incidence in areas of the country with low ground (drinking) water lithium levels versus higher level areas.

Both Elaine and I have been taking 5 mg lithium orotate for years.  Today comes important news which may validate our personal healthcare decisions. Our Brains Contain Lithium—and Its Loss Might Help Drive Alzheimer’s, Study Finds.

Thanks to our aggressive anti-aging protocol, we seem to be “holding the line” – which is a very good thing.

Docs are in a tough spot when comes to discussing nutrition because so much of the medical world is “owned” by Big Pharma.  OTC’s like lithium orotate are not.  As I told my PCP explaining why I wasn’t going to quit the lithium (while taking a BP med) I pointed to this history of its efficacy.

“4. Historical and Nutritional Lithium

Lithium was once viewed quite differently in the public sphere. Notably, the original formulation of 7-Up (introduced in 1929 as ‘Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda’) contained lithium citrate. It was marketed as a mood elevator and hangover cure until the compound was removed in 1948.

Several peer-reviewed studies and meta-analyses have since explored correlations between trace lithium levels in drinking water and reductions in suicide rates and violent behavior. These findings have rekindled interest in lithium as a trace nutrient rather than strictly a psychiatric medication.

5. Literature Overview

Numerous academic papers have evaluated the safety threshold for lithium intake. A 2011 review in ‘Biological Trace Element Research’ reported no evidence of toxicity at daily intakes below 1 mg/kg body weight. Bradycardia and other cardiac side effects have only been reported in therapeutic-level doses typically exceeding 150 mg/day.”

Lithium orotate is a very different critter than lithium carbonate which is used for some psychological conditions.  Like aspirin, there’s no “more is better” in this stuff.  None seems to be bad (very) bad,  But, too much colors over into toxicity at high levels.

In my case, when my PCP wanted me off lith (oro) during the med change, I complied momentarily but then phased back in (1 mg of orotate per day and scaling back up).  Lithium is dangerous stuff and should not be trifled with absent a knowledgeable doc’s involvement.

Orotate is an Over-the-Counter and Carbonate is prescription so here’s the comparison:

Let me Emphasize again this Important Distinction: Half-life typically refers to plasma clearance, but what matters for mood or neurological effects may be how long lithium remains bioactive in the brain, which could differ between these forms. Without large-scale studies, most claims about lithium orotate’s extended “effective half-life” remain theoretical.

This is NOT MEDICAL ADVICE.

ADHD-Alzheimer’s  Continuum Paper

Related to this, I got a call from Dr. Bob (one of the two MDs on the ADHD-ALZ paper) and looks like a better than even-money6 chance it will be picked up in one of the refereed/peer reviewed journals.  Which would be great. I’ll let you know if it does…

Photobiomodulation Research

Now for the really exciting part of my recent work.  I’m working on a paper modestly titled “Photonic Pumping of Human Experience...”  Simply, it suggests that religious-like experience may be triggered by a neurotransmitter cascade (releasing classes of endorphins and DMT-related) due to high “light-loading” (with a possible role of fasting).

This popped because I noticed that a lot of historical religious figures spent long hours outside in full sunlight situations. Most at elevations well above sea level so more UV shifted full spectrum light.  And lots of wandering time and…oh, plenty of math working out the numbersm, too.

To give you a sense of it, here’s just one of the interesting data views:

Which traces directly back to my work (with Ai) in The Charge Body Hypothesis – Hidden Guild.  I think it’s in the Peoplenomics archive as a full paper…

Anyway, when coupled with the Dopes on Dopamine paper that I posted last weekend, seems an oh-so-strange turn out to take in life at 76, right?

This ones one more line of inquiry to follow and that’s to ask “Is there a half-life to Light?  I had Ai write up the summary of where this leads:

“Where We’re Headed Next: Light as Input, Memory as Charge?

The next phase of this personal research journey asks a provocative set of questions: Can photonic exposure be measured, optimized, and perhaps even “written” into the body via blood and biophoton cascades? Building on our Charged Body Theory, we’re now investigating whether blood acts as both a photonic memory medium and a coherence interface—a sort of read/write gel that stores light-triggered experiences via electromagnetic or biochemical cascades.

Key to this is exploring whether there’s a “half-life” to photobiological activation—a decay curve after light-induced coherence or neurotransmitter release. If such decay curves exist, they might allow us to calculate optimal personal light exposure windows for cognition, memory, even spiritual clarity. Think of it as circadian rhythm 2.0: not just sleep-wake timing, but peak windows for light-charged memory formation, coherence, and repair.

In short, we’re asking: How much light is enough, when should it be applied, and does the body remember the charge? The implications stretch from Alzheimer’s prevention to spiritual states to the design of light-aware wellness protocols. Stay tuned—because we may be approaching a whole new understanding of how human consciousness is powered, stored, and recharged.”

Some of this stuff also backs up into human perceptual issues.  What I mean by this is two-fold.

First, in discussions with my buddy The Major, he’s still oriented to the “scalar physics” kind of thinking.  Like string theory, color me skeptical because I’m not seeing breakthroughs (practicum) from it, yet.  (I argue as much in Collaborator? Sure. But Still “Scalar Skeptic”) I’d point to Clif High’s recent discussion of how humans interact with the Ontology as likely a much more productive path, though Charles Capp’s book :”Calling things That5 Are Not“ might get you through a lot of (parallel) concept with less time-burden…

The  second odd perceptual is I’ve really begun to notice my preference is vegetables.   (Weird, right?).  I am drawn to the lower part of stalks of Romaine lettuce and to mung bean sprouts.  And this seems to figure into “light appetites”.  It has always been axiomatic that “your body will tell you what it needs” but few really listen.  Well, now I am and I’m curious why the appeal of “light deficient portions of plants and is there some asymmetry going on…hmm…

To repeat: None of this is medical advice.  Just damned interesting work.  When not developing a new kind of software which is a kind of ADHD To-Do list which doesn’t need a subscription and ought to run on damn near anything.  More on that to follow…

Around the Ranch: Gourmet Summer

Yum night. One pound of decent pork chops.  Browned in a tablespoon (or so) of garlic butter and plenty of pepper.  Finished with rosemary, and two shots of Cointreau.

Served on a bed of thin spaghetti – it was heavenly!!!

So with this, and to farm out ideas and research a bit, let’s see if I can talk LOOB into giving us a shopping list of the best cooking booze out there.  I have a short list and want to know what he would add because his cooking knowledge is immense.  (and includes Reader Ray’s collection of antique cookbooks…

On hand now: spice rum, white cooking wine, mirin, Marsala, red wine (if Elaine and I don’t get to it first…), I need to get some Madeira, and we have the Cointreau.  What do add stoveside?

Write when it’s light, you’re fed, and the market’s not manic,

George@Ure.net

59 thoughts on “Productivity & Jobs, 2 Personal Research Notes, Gourmet Summer Chow”

  1. dunno how you do it . lot today and i mean a lot of great thinking info which 99% of you readers are . i will stand down on spraying a new round of shorts . must i say though i told my great mate in the south of france that collapse of sheetcoin could be the black swan that lands to set the sheet show off . but after digesting todays excellent summation , could be a shock called peace . anyway well done my neurons ignited

  2. “Lithium is dangerous stuff and should not be trifled with absent a knowledgeable doc’s involvement”

    A relative of Franz Kafka said that to me 55 years ago!

  3. “And yes, that is the route of KAL Flt 7, which was shot down by the Russians, killing a US Congressman in the process.”

    2nd phase – Dive Training, when we were awoken early morning with the news. I had no doubt in my mind at the that time that I would be going fight the Russians…”if my chute dont open wide, I got another one by my side, and if that one one should fail me too, look out below, I coming thru. And If I die on the Russian front, bury me in a Russian ____t.”

    I didnt and we didnt – but the Redshields got their man.

    Good to hear Ure more interested in LIGHT.

    In Yan Xin Qigong practice – there is a part where Imagining A Light Beam from the Sun during the day , and Moon Light during the night, entering Ure body thru the Bai Wai(phonetic=lord chilay) accupressure point on the top center of Ure head. Filling Ure whole body with Light…
    The above is first part of “eating Ure daily light practice.
    The next step involves moving that Light from Ure 3rd Eye area between eye brows, to Ure belly button and into the Lotus Flower in/at the bottom of Ure abdomen.

    MIND over MATTER bitches..its the only way.

    * Gold play in BTG – hero position in naked long Calls..talking wild eyed this month! Slammed KGC earlier in week. PAAS is queuing up after I take BTG for wild ride down the “Mountain” to gross prophets.

    ** Blew out 2 semi related Shitcoins this AM. Profit taking in XRP and XLM – XRP being a very dodgey crypto..very dodgey ownership = 4 crooks buying up Pols all over DC. Dont think any corps stupid enough to use the “system’. Nice profits in the “digital checking account” over at coinbase, “everyone” is happily back home in BTC this AM.
    -Looking out my back door -CCR https://youtu.be/Aae_RHRptRg?si=AFQRYKbxhbyu8qcf

    • And ^ there ya go. Digital Beanie Babies are the hydraulic synthetic lube twisted in and out of the crazy alt. spec. trades. WCPGW? Party on Garth. Note: the Egor Relationship is 9:9 (on days when I pay close attention). Seems to work on upside only. Odd since it’s synthetic decision making. Agenda much?

      It’s turn-a-round Thursday for those keeping score at home. Wait, that’s on Tuesdays, hey? The HODLers are losing control of Gamma. The same excess multiplied by margin, and in some cases stupid leverage (again) is the juice. It can vanish as quickly as created. But, this time it’s probably different. Not.

      ATL : serious boaty stuff. A friend needs epoxy patch to new hull and, I am his huckleberry. Lo and behold his rudder assembly is identical to mine and so I am back in the game, with my race boat. Saturday we co-host a Kids Sailing event and Sunday we race. Both days feature sporty wind. Let’s Regatta!

      Constant disclaimer : nothing I post today or ever is Financial Advice. Over time I’ll share wild notions / observations re: cycles, trends, leverage and exotic trades. Go to a trusted professional when wanting financial advice.

      Fair Winds All,
      ~~ Egor ~

  4. Each day when I come to your site, I am reminded of the line from the Starship TV series of the 60s.

    “to boldly go where no man has gone before!”

    It’s a mind expanding and enjoyable adventure George. Keep it up.

  5. Except 4 NATO nations agree to buy $1B of weapons from US and will not go along with Trumps vision as well as Putin should never agree to anything with us unless it’s like the tariff deals a handshake and no document. Speaking of which most of these corp types will invest the bare minimum for 3 years and then discontinue those plans for investment in the US. So all the apple parts will be shipped to the US for assembly and employ 20,000 people making minimum wage – hoorah

  6. Been taking Lithium Orotate 5mg on and off for several years now, mostly for mood reasons. very effective and never noticed any side effects, personally.

    As for cooking booze… dry vermouth is wonderful. I do a chicken piccata with calavastrano olives, artichokes, capers and a butter sauce that is outstanding. The dry vermouth is to deglaze after searing off the chicken. Builds a great base for that sauce.

  7. “My consigliere went through the latest from the Polish Seer (Jackowski) over the past couple of days and his take is that it’s POSSIBLE that a Ukraine Peace Deal could come together.”

    Maybe Trump, Putin and Zelensky will all be assassinated.

    Wessel Dietrich Eilert, Dortmund, Germany, 1764 – 1833, Published 1848
    This war will begin in the East. The war will break out very quickly. In the evening, one will want to say “Peace, Peace”, but there is no peace, and in the morning the enemy will be at the door and all will resound with the din of war.

    Alois Irlmaier, Freislassing, Bavaria, July 1959
    The Third Great War comes, when three high-ranking men will be killed.

    Then comes a single aircraft from the East. It throws a “neutralizer” in the great water by England. Then the water lifts in one single piece as high as a tower and falls back down. It makes an earthquake and a giant wave and everything will be over flooded. Almost all of England and the European coast to Berlin will sink except for a few mountain peaks.

    “The “Great City” of the United States will be destroyed by rockets, and the West Coast will be invaded by Asians, but they will be beaten back…

    https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2025/08/03/the-broken-agreement/

  8. THE GREAT STARLINK RE-ENTRY EVENT: SpaceX just conducted a giant uncontrolled experiment in atmospheric chemistry.

    Volcanic outgassing was once a driver of climatic shifts over long geologic time frames but no more……in synch with our current Anthropocene age – denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment – we have this from Spaceweather.com. Forget the contrails.

    https://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=05&month=08&year=2025

    • So is starlink doing a two-fer (getting a chemtrailing contract?) or has the left nailed another climate histeria that was untouchable when dems were a political party and not a shakedown operation?

  9. re: them’s Good Pierogi
    feat: No dumplings for you!

    Folks,
    Thank you Mr. Ure for the President Zelensky kitchen oven update. Move over crab bisque! Msm journalists are flocking to chow down on the all-you-can-read drama unfolding at The West Tisbury Farmer’s Market. “The (Martha’s) Vineyard Gazette” reports on an escalating situation after lawyer Mr. Alan Dershowitz of Epstein et al. defender infamy was refused pierogi service by a Jewish market proprieter last week. Yesterday the lawyer returned armed with an inscribed copy of his book “The Ten Big Anti-Israel Lies: and How to Refute Them With Truth”, but still did not succeed in obtaining a pierogi order. truth be told, the lawyer then misgendered the pierogi proprieter. Them was reportedly unimpressed.

    A manager of the market apparently asked the lawyer to take his case elsewhere while later gratefully informing the attending journalist that market businesses had “a banner day” with all the fracas. An image depicted Mr. Dershowitz leaving the grounds without benefit of a pierogi order yet fortified by a beaker of orange juice. Here is a link to “The Vineyard Gazette”:

    https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2025/08/06/after-dershowitz-dustup-islanders-line-pierogis

    • Thanks Jester – the Winnepeg Bureau, sharp as ever, has requested we cue up The King “I’m all shook up” (uh, uh…hey…we’re all shook up!”. But in Truth, we have been trying to figure out how to garner a disdorsment from someone like Dennis Schemer to really pump Peoplenomics subscriptions. Elaine attributes the lack of response to my failure to dificiently differentiate between weinies and snausages. No misgendering her, of course. I may visit the Aye doc soon…

      • Hard to believe there is actually a non LeftiTard in Californada still – props Jester.

        “Snausages” is a very charged word in BCP household.

        We dont ever say that word without actually having some to offer the ankle biters (Russels).
        They go absolutley bonkers for Snausies – like Real made from smelly Oinkers Snausies.
        We always bring one full size link back from Saturday AM diner(TheCoffeeCup) breakfast, for the lil thieve&beggars.

        We love em to pieces so they get spoiled, just like GrandDaughter. And boy do I love my job..Grand Pa spoiling grandkids..I also initiate or introduce the Qi and Qi Gong Theory to the little ones..Youngsters got so much special Qi, its not funny.

        I know….and I will not go astray .

    • (“re: them’s Good Pierogi feat: No dumplings for you! Folks,”)

      Now that’s a tragedy….

      8 oz ground chicken thighs (juicier than breast)
      4 oz finely chopped Napa cabbage
      1 tsp grated ginger
      1 tbsp chopped scallion
      2 tbsp soy sauce
      ½ tsp sesame oil
      3 dashes white pepper..I like hand ground pepper..
      Pinch of salt or two pinches lol
      Dumpling wrappers (store-bought or homemade)
      they’ll be better if you make your own..
      Oil for pan-frying
      Optional: 1 tbsp milk or cream for extra richness
      If you want to make your own dipping sauce..
      2 tbsp soy sauce or teriyaki
      1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
      A few drops of sesame oil
      Optional: minced garlic or chili oil

      • some great recipes here . i have had chicken like that . but the dipping sauce makes it very interesting . great recipe contributions here

        • The favorite local grocery store hired a Chinese chef years ago to set up their deli..except for my favorite Chinese restaurant this grocery store has the best.. we get Chinese once a month..they make these dumplings.. dam good..
          https://www.amazon.com/Dumpling-Kitchen-Empanada-Stickers-Jamaican/dp/B0D47F6Q1H/ref=sr_1_11?
          that’s my favorite dumpling maker I have a couple of them.. you can also use your egg carton .. lay the dough over it make sure you dust it with flour.. then fill the egg holes brush with egg and lay dough over the top seal the edges..
          I think I paid a dollar on temu for my dumpling maker..

  10. I was in Anchorage when Mt. Spurr erupted in the summer of 1992, felt the earthquake, then several hours later we got coated with 4-6 inches of ash.

        • I was a later-life writers right of passage. I learned what a Black Label Sandwich was. Two shots of Black Label scotch and a case of (Mable’s Black Label) Carling Beer from back in the day. I’ve been in rehab from that (and the magic of using checkmarks next to your name to keep track of booze) in the O Club….as the 19-yo whiz kid…

      • well, considering, you are 3 yrs elder than I,,,
        16 in 68,, makes cents to me

  11. “latest from the Polish Seer”

    What’s Jackowski’s hit rate? Volume is the key with seers. “But what if he’s right… this time?” Over time the good seers cover all bases. Nostradamus covered bases too:

    A.I. says

    “Nostradamus’ predictions about India and global peace

    A “Shayar” (Savior) leader from India: Some interpretations of Nostradamus’ prophecies suggest the birth of a pivotal leader in India who could help avert a third world war and play a key role in establishing global peace and leadership during times of chaos.”

    Maybe Vance’s wife is the pivotal Indian leader. We don’t really know if she’s a woman, or where she was born. Like other posters pointed out when discussing Trump & his fam riding the mRNA COVID needle, we only see what is presented which may or may not be factual truth.

    In the end rolling cat skulls will give us the same non-zero chance.

    • I would vote for vance.. seen a news show where the hate trump news announcers were criticizing his family and his children’s actions..what I seen was a family and kids being kids..a breath of fresh air in the land of the DC bubble of deception and corrupted activities..

      • I’m not saying you’re wrong but there goes Musk’s 3rd party, if the America Party is still a thought. “Split the ticket and Newsom wins.”

        Republicans and Democrats as far as the eye can see.

        • Would it be so horrible if the Democrats won.. It may not be so terrible if the Democrats take the reins the ext shift in the political circus—not because they offer salvation, but because they inherit the consequences. After years of forensic mismanagement, inflated spending, and a Congress more interested in recess than responsibility, the debt has metastasized into something grotesque. Musk and Trump, once aligned, now seem to grasp the futility of patching a sinking ship with golden tape. The “Big Beautiful Bill” only accelerated the imbalance, shifting wealth upward while leaving wage earners gasping for air. Letting the Democrats win isn’t a triumph—it’s a handoff of a poisoned chalice. They don’t gain power; they inherit the reckoning. And perhaps, in that transfer, the illusion of prosperity will finally collapse under the weight of its own contradictions.
          what was it Barnum said..Then consider our politician’s business.keep I will coin..Political Barnumism In today’s political theater, the legacy And business model of P.T. Barnum lives on—not in tents and trapeze acts, but in the spectacle of political spin, distraction, and manufactured consent. Politicians, like showmen, sell illusions dressed as solutions, banking on the public’s appetite for drama over substance. The modern campaign trail mirrors the carnival their hollow promises as flashy as fireworks, platforms as hollow as papier-mâché giants. Whether left or right, many leaders have mastered Barnum’s art—not of deception, but of dazzling diversion—where the real trick isn’t fooling the people, but keeping them entertained while the house burns behind the curtain and the inability to do anything productive…I doubt they would do anything at all..

      • vance nah . he makes trump look good and trump is a low functioning fool of single digit IQ so what does that tell you about vance . nah brother moriarty put me on 2 a young bloke from the military , christian white . he has got the right stuff to go all the way

        • I was impressed with his normal family.. especially in a city that has what seems like a group mocking and belittling anyone that exibits a platform of morals and ethics..

  12. “They can’t be, um, Sirius… Howard Stern CANCELED?! Insider Says Sirius WILL NOT Re Up Contract Ending His Show. (Does anyone give a shit? Show of hands?)”

    I was in a rental a few years back, listening to Stern (because I never did, when he was an open air NYC shock-jock.) His show gave me a whole new definition for the term “ribald.” I passed a cop and when he turned around to follow, I checked the usual (speed & posted speed limit, seat belt, etc.) then realized what I was listening to was over-the-top public obscenity, for which I could be arrested. The cop went on by, giving me a dirty look, but I never forgot the feeling, and have never since listened to Howard Stern. I consider his $500 million contract with SiriusXM to be as indecent as his mouth.

    Good riddance…

    • I started to listen to him once.. turned it off and have skipped listening since..

    • When he moved to Sirius his listener base (at least once a week) for his over the FREE airwaves was estimated at close to 20 million. I read recently that it was estimated that now he is only drawing 175,000.

      While 175,000 beats most if not all of the CNN shows it pales by comparison to some internet media types … and definitely NOT worth $100 million per year (his $500 million was over 5 years).

      Sirius NEEDED him so as to get people to sign up for Sirius … now their business is being hammered by people streaming into their cars via their phones with unlimited data plans, a competitor that was not even imagined back in those early days of Sirius.

      As an aside I am looking at a mailing from Sirius trying to entice me back into it’s fold, $3/mo for 3 years (with auto pay). Forget their high $20’s/mo to mid/high $30’s/mo plans … $3/mo sounds about right to me.

      • We had Sirius when the wife was working..she loves one of the two music styles availabe..see in the wastelands we have two.. we have country and then we have western..she likes patty page and the songs of the fifties.. wailan Jennings and the ..you know quality music and there’s a couple channels just with that..And garth..I’m a fan mostly because he stopped and picked up a young girl that is a fan that couldn’t afford to go to see his concert..she had backstage tickets ..big deal and a man with a heart..

  13. (“Big changes in Poland as well: BREAKING: Karol Nawrocki has been sworn in as Polish President The EU bureaucrat’s LOST!
    Obviously, a good news/bad news kind of thing for markets. That would sure give us the 1929-like high with an S&P up toward 7,000 and above”)

    Let me see just what do I see on this whole fake image of prosperity from the catfish bottom feeder point of observation.. hmmm.. well As markets soar toward dizzying highs—S&P brushing 7,000 and beyond—the illusion of prosperity casts a long shadow over the working class trying to survive daily cost of living..the increasing despairing of the average being faced with the big beautiful bill and falling deeper in debt over medical issues and easy credit where the average worker has been forced to rely on plastic to survive.. The swearing-in of Karol Nawrocki as Poland’s president marks not just a political shift, but a symbolic rupture in the global narrative. a rejection of bureaucratic control and a rallying cry for sovereignty. Yet beneath the celebratory tickers and nationalist fervor lies a deepening chasm—hourly wage earners drowning deeper in debt, chasing a mirage of success built on inflated valuations and hollow promises by our political leaders that can’t see the events unfolding around the country. so bad that while they should be working day and night to attempt to fix the ava!such of issues instead they leave the country running on auto pilot so they can have their cherished months off. This is not growth; it is a distortion to appear as growth. And like the fevered climb before the crash of 1929, a correction must come—not just in numbers, but in conscience. The false image will settle, and in its place, the truth will demand reckoning. A new Yet beneath the celebratory tickers and nationalist fervor lies a deepening chasm—hourly wage earners drowning in debt, chasing a mirage of success built on inflated valuations and hollow promises. This is not growth; it is distortion. And like the fevered climb before the crash of 1929, a correction must come—not just in numbers, but in retrospect and the consideration of just how high we have risen the image I see and considering the K-Wave the fall will make the Weimar depression appear as a trip to Disneyland.

    • Debt – now thate is an interesting topic for a self ID’d “catfish”. Thankfully you didnt ID as a Women or Chineeeese.

      USA got so much of it, DEBTthat Is, that it is destroying the Bond mkt – we can not afford our Debt. Treasury has tried every trick in the book to keep this turd rolling, to the point that weekly refunding VIA treasury Note Sales is now the Norm.

      The other polish seer wants you to believe that the UST treasury mkt is not broken and failing. It IS – thats the why for Crypto adoption. Certainly not Risk Free Asset anymore.

      Think about this – Ure Big Buck Hymie – he Does NOT pay Interest..not even a Mtg.
      Interest is against their “religion”

      • The problem I see with crypto..with coins and bills you have something..even if its worthless.. the vast majority are not burying their coins ..they are leaving them in an account that’s basically a digital number similar to crypto.. I never bought when someone suggested I put ten bucks in it.. Crypto has always intrigued me for its digital innovation, especially how it parallels modern banking in being entirely online. But I’ve been hesitant to embrace it fully because of its origins—rooted in dark money and early use on platforms like Silk Road. While it’s evolved into something more mainstream, offering decentralized finance and global access, that shadowy beginning still lingers. It’s a powerful tool, but one that carries both promise and peril depending on how it’s used. In the event that the fiat currencies fail.. or we leap into a world altering war.. all currencies will be worthless.
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      • (“Ure Big Buck Hymie – he Does NOT pay Interest..not even a Mtg.
        Interest is against their “religion””)

        don’t even think about interest.. after DOGE uncovered trillions being sent from the taxpayers by congress to big buck billies pockets on scam programs that haven’t been around for decades.. many of the big buck billies don’t even pay taxes in the usa much less interest.

  14. (“Especially if China eyes Taiwan in October which keeps popping up in predictive circles.”)

    I asked my acupuncturist about this.. one is from Taiwan the other from mainland china..the parents live in one country the grandparents live in the other..the opinion I have heard is.. they see mainland china as The homeland. For many families with roots spanning both mainland China and Taiwan, the sense of homeland remains anchored in the vastness of the mainland—a place seen not only as the cultural origin but as the seat of enduring power. From this perspective, Taiwan is viewed less as a separate nation and more as a regional extension, akin to Hawaii’s relationship with the United States: distinct in flavor, yet ultimately under the umbrella of a greater sovereign authority. The Taiwanese leader, in this view, functions like a governor—respected locally but subordinate to the supreme leadership in Beijing. Advocates of this stance often suggest that Taiwan’s most pragmatic path forward would be to pursue an agreement similar to Hong Kong’s former “One Country, Two Systems” model, preserving local autonomy while acknowledging the overarching unity of the Chinese nation. neither wishes to destroy family members or relatives.. distant or close. the protection of mainland china against any threats..

    • mm.. didn’t see the word scalar and cancellation via phasing of transmission likes, stobs, or in this case resobnant cavities is still all old-school in magnetron times….

      • If you pull on the thread(concept) you’ll find some interesting rabbits.

        Thus the disclaimers on the more modern approach. Looking forward to Cliff Highs SciFi world. AI and blockchain/crypto are the price of admission.

  16. G i just stumbled into something . maybe america needs someone young from military for the top of the totem pole . like somebody that really knows the scene . i tell yah moriarty knows some young military blokes fit the bill . anyway passing time as i stood down on shorts and longs last night . think i will have to let some go tonite im getting soft

  17. Had to go down to the hardware store downtown., special order came in – but when I got there the manager had just stepped out and they didn’t know where my package was.., so.., instead of coming back home I decided to go down to the park and look around. Come back in ten, fifteen minutes.
    Around the side of the build, through the landscaped yard of the old wooden church and across a small parking lot and into the park. Not a soul in sight.., very nice and quiet.
    As I walked across the grass I saw a dog sitting on the grassy knoll that leads down to the lake. He looked like an old black lab. Just sitting.., and staring out over the lake. I stopped., and quietly slid over to a huge tree.., leaned up against it and just watch the dog.
    He never moved. An ear would twitch with any distant noise., but he was lost.., and I believe he was lost in thought. I had a very real feeling that he was looking back.., remembering his friends., and family.., other dogs he had known.
    I know. That’s placing human emotion onto an animal. But I really did feel and believe that is what he was doing. Maybe he had sense that it was all coming to an end soon. I don’t know. But for four, or five minutes that I saw him., he never moved.. Just sat and starred out over the lake. Slowly he got up and started to walk away., I dropped to one knee..,
    “You, ok?” I asked him.
    He turned his head and looked at me. There was a little surprise in his eyes – he didn’t know I was there. He was old., muzzle was gray and looking tired. And he just stared at me.
    “You ok, big guy?” I repeated.
    He dropped his head a little and walked towards me. When he got close, he just kept walking.., plowing his head into my chest., and stopped.
    I petted him with both hands.., “It’s ok, big guy. You can be sad if you want.” His tail wagged a couple of times. I kept petting him slowly.
    From down the path that went along the lake I could her a woman call out.., “Blue ! Hey Blue !” and she was looking left., and right.., and back.., and forward…,
    “I think she’s looking for you Blue.” He raised his head.., licked me once across the chin and slowly walked away towards her., but he held his head a little higher and he wasn’t plodding.
    “There you are, sweet cakes ! ” The woman said loudly. “Come on.., time to go home.” She reached down and petted his head, he wagged his tail several times and she led him back down the trail. He turned his head around once to look back at me.., I waved goodbye.
    It was a great, quiet moment.

    See ya, Blue.

    • Hyder Simpson is an elderly mountain man who lives with his wife Rachel and his coon dog Rip in the backwoods. Rachel does not like having the dog indoors, but Rip saved Hyder’s life once and Hyder refuses to part with him. Rachel has seen some bad omens recently and warns Hyder not to go raccoon hunting that night. When Rip dives into a pond after a raccoon, Hyder jumps in after him. Only the raccoon comes up out of the water. The next morning, Hyder and Rip wake up next to the pond. When they return home, Hyder finds that Rachel, the preacher, and the neighbors cannot hear or see him, and are tending to the burial of both him and Rip.

      Walking along the road, Hyder and Rip encounter an unfamiliar fence and follow it. They come to a gate tended by a man, who explains that Hyder can enter the Elysian Fields of the afterlife. Told that Rip cannot enter and will be taken to a special afterlife for dogs, Hyder angrily declines the offer of entry and decides to keep walking along the “Eternity Road,” saying, “Any place that’s too high-falutin’ for Rip is too fancy for me.”

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunt_(The_Twilight_Zone)

  18. Jobs!

    “Trump’s administration, after slashing 600 National Weather Service (NWS) jobs via DOGE in February 2025, now authorizes rehiring 450 meteorologists, hydrologists, and radar technicians.”

  19. “Don’t like the tone of this one, either: Renowned Oncologist Sounds Alarm: Cancer Deaths Are Now Surging Among Covid-Boosted”

    Due diligence George. I’ve read the article, dissected his bio, read extensively on Covid. I just don’t believe that this is a coherent, science-backed theory. The vax and anti-vax teams are facing off – each accusing the other of either blind stupidity (compliance) or reckless selfishness. From my reading of the data (only hard, independent and unbiased medical data) I believe it is impossible to compare outcomes between the 2 groups. Everyone alive on the planet today has been affected by Covid in some way, apart from isolated outliers like you and E perhaps. There is NO control group. Everyone I know who was vaccinated has gone on to contract Covid, sometimes multiple times. RFK Junior is right here – at best the mRNA vaccines are ineffective. Can they cause further harm? Maybe. No hard data to support that premise.
    There is ample evidence that the Covid infection alone can cause the same health/heart/inflammation problems, even in the un-vaxxed. Think you dodged a bullet by refusing the vax? It may be comforting to believe that but I see no evidence for it. Long Covid is just as prevalent in the un-vaxxed population, even those who were asymptomatic.

    From what I’ve seen we’re all in this together. Covid was released, it’s out there and has touched all of us. Like it or not we are all in this together.

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