Although the Eggo’s won the Super Bowl, and it was incident-free for an attending president, Life will not veer too much of the projected path into the Future.
For one, we are still facing a mountain of issues with the ever-compounding National Debt, and this is despite the best efforts of DOGE to track down where the money has been going and how it has to some extent been used (funneled) into left-wing causes by a co-opted Deep State.
No, we don’t say that lightly. There are sources: Kristi Noem Accuses FBI of Leaking ICE Raids. And the pressure is continuing to edge up for the cartel/weed supplier class in northern Mexico as US spy planes hunt for intel on Mexican drug cartels as surveillance flights surge near border.
Still, the Left (and Deep State) are trying (kinda like KC) to organize a defense. While Trump continues to “run the options” like buying Greenland and Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state in Super Bowl interview. One can almost see another fake-out/option play as ‘Rip the waste out’: Trump vows to abolish pennies in late-night rant. Trump is known not to drink. Can the left even IMAGINE what would happen if 47 took to hitting the sauce?
All this as Canada tries to grapple with how to organize after a despotic anti-freedom left-wing government of TrueDopes, it seems to us that Trump is both having a good time and throwing flags to distract the left while the important job of mapping of the Deep State is ongoing. Expect more wholesale disassembly before the month is out.
Message in Prisoner Ratios?
A few minutes of “brain clicks” were spent over the weekend eyeing international news flows. But, after backing out all stories containing the word Trump, there was only a trickle. Trump seems to be saving (complexity-driven failing mainstream) media singlehandedly.
Still, as Israeli Troops Pull Back from Key Corridor Bisecting Gaza, we notice a little inequality in how Three Israeli hostages exchanged for 183 Palestinian prisoners as Gaza ceasefire continues. Strikes us as odd, disingenuous, dishonest, and cowardly that the American leftist (Soros supported, Deep State) Left didn’t hold out for parity. All souls weigh the same, kind of thing.
Seems to us that prisoner exchanges should always be one-for-one. When they are not, it screams that the conflict is not over; and that the Left is carrying on its dishonest/crooked way of viewing things. If they understood “equality” it would de-fang their rebellious comrades, and the inequality ratio screams it is a crooked deal from the get-go. Values-based policy is kind of novel, to ’em, though…
Investing: MTI
This is a simple concept before we get into the financial end deeply. MTI – Marking Markets To Inflation. Which explains why – after Friday’s pregame panic – we see the future’s up a schmear – and with this being a Bank Settlement week, a run-up to Wednesday and then a drawdown might be coming.
Consider last month’s Options expiration: Our Peoplenomics Aggregate stood on Thursday, Jan. 16th, at 50,935.37. And priced at early Futures today, we’re around 52.034.43. What’s worse is we have a week from this Thursday to go.
See the problem? Our Aggregate is up – in a single month – call it 2.157 percent. And that pushes out to an annualized growth rate of (sit down, hold onto something!): 29.2 percent.
Yeah, sure, we like the idea of real growth, but, um….30 percent per year? Uh-huh: The Developer-in-chief is talking a good game and all. BUT inflation is pernicious now because we are not even keeping up with the compounding effects on the Federal Debt. It will take a serious “burning down of obligations” to keep the financial inflation disaster from washing over us no matter what.
We just have to get to the core “How do we renounce it?” part. One way is via inflation. Pay the bills back with funny money. Which could fit into noticing that Gold has popped well over $2,900 and silver is knocking on $33.
Tomorrow, we expect a LOT of air to come out of the Bubble as Fed Boss Jerome Powell goes up the Hill. And let’s not overlook Bank Settlement Day – which we find close to major market moves now-and-again, could pop as well.
And since Wall St. is not known for “showing the love” to anyone but those in the Bone-Us pool, a nice day to begin the next wave down would almost be predictable with Valentine’s Day coming Friday.
Oh, and Bitcoin’s in on the Mark To Inflation deal at some level, too: $97,389 =- which for “secret numbers made up by computers” (who knew this could be monetized? Seems ever so slightly irrational event to write it) could be construed as having any value beyond fertilizer. As in bullshit.
One disclosure to keep in mind: We have been warning of the Digital Ponzi world for 10-years. And no, we didn’t get the Fauci-ouchies, either. This is a plane of existence where you gotta walk your talk, though again, a rather novel concept to most.
Rambling Gambling Man
Ought to be handles on the RSS feed readers like there are on the slots…
Can someone remind brother Joe that half of people are below average IQ’s? See, that would explain Joe Rogan Slams Media for Ignoring USAID Bombshells as Musk’s DOGE Exposes ‘Massive Amounts of Corruption and Waste’.
Speaking of the Money Machines: Republican Releases “Concerning” Findings After Accusing, Subpoenaing Major Democratic Fundraiser For Money Laundering.
Yet Somehow, the Dems keep up with their child-mutilation campaign: Dems Oppose Trump’s Order Protecting Children From Gender Mutilation.
Other than Football, know what else Sunday was? Rapid Response 47 on X: “HAPPY GULF OF AMERICA DAY!
So why is ANY form of racism OK? All has to do with liberals, see? They are killing White people in South Africa. Which isn’t the lingo used in the left-owned mainstream, but there you go.
Cost of Government waste? Treasury Employees Estimate Fraud in Entitlement Payments at $50 Billion Annually. Brace for more pant-wetting and tears flowing as Elon Musk’s DOGE Gains Access to FEMA Systems, Immediately Blocks “Potential Illegal Payments”. Wisely, he didn’t say which ones…which makes “protest organizing” a lot harder, there, George, doesn’t it?
Trade War continues to come up to a fast simmer: China imposes retaliatory tariffs on $14bn worth of US goods. Retail sales figures are due Friday – are people stocking up in advance of pass-through hikes? And tell me you don’t swallow that stuff about how retailers “have to mark up the taxes and tariffs, too” crap? Come on, fellow American Dopes – that’s just an excuse to jack up prices!
At the Ranch: National Hangover Day, Skip Day Gone
Here in the woods, we suffered through the first half of LIX with plates of spiral-cut honey ham, Alfredo, and followed with a slice of apple pie. Even though Ure himself is doing Keto, there’s a deal about “skip days” and I am the master of timing.
If you don’t need keto/intermittent fasting (I hate you), here’s the drill:
“Keto skip days, also known as keto cycling, are days when you eat more carbohydrates than you would normally on the keto diet. The goal is to make the keto diet more manageable while still retaining some of its benefits. “
OK, why not have “skip days” every day?
“Whether you should have one or two “skip days” a week on keto depends on your individual goals, fitness level, and how your body responds to the diet; most experts recommend sticking to just one planned “cheat day” per week if you choose to incorporate them, as having more than that could significantly disrupt your progress and make it harder to maintain ketosis; consult a healthcare professional before making any major dietary changes. “
Gotta tell you, I have fallen in love with A.I. – finding (at almost age 76) that it’s up there with the meaningful “power tools” that has made this go-round through life so enjoyable.
The other tools that stepped-up life were an original HP-110C laptop in 1983, Lotus 1-2-3 which came preinstalled with a word processor, sailboats big enough to live on, Porsche pancake 6-cylinder engines, and 3-500z (tube) linear amplifiers. A.I. has now made this esteemed list.
This being National Hangover day: Starbucks is giving away free coffee this morning. I wouldn’t go too heavy (though the price-point is great) because what you want to do for a hangover is change out fluids. So before coffee, try 16-30 oz of water, a multi-vite, one ibuprofen (don’t over do it, even if it’s OTC), and get some food rolling especially proteins and some fat. Stay off the sauce for a couple of days.
Main thing is hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. And remember how your head hurts for later reference in Life.
Elaine and I had exactly one drink each – which sounds “fuddy-duddy”. Or it did Sunday going into the end of the first half of LIX. Today, though, we are geniuses (which you won’t find in KC today…).
Other Skip Day fun was doing a Morse code contact with reader Mike and a voice contact with KW1B…and taking a short nap while onboarding Youtube videos… Not a bad weekend at all.
Plan Ahead for Friday: NO!!! Do not go out and kill seven people. That’s been done. Try something more refined: I may fly in five pounds of dungeness crab meat. Or a bottle or two of bubbly – we haven’t done that for a while. Perfume is always a hit. Prime rib works, too. Candle light, soft music…
The hardest part of being married 25-years is trying to recall obscure adventures to regale that haven’t been told before. Down to things still covered by clearance debriefings and NDAs. Real “eyes glaze over” things.
Topical humor is another route to the boudoir, but with what’s funny anymore? (rimshot) Which then gets us to dancing and I’ve always had two left feet.
So, how about them perfumes on Amazon?
Write when you blow zeroes,
George@Ure.net