RWO: Week 1 of the Deep State War? Personal Supply Chains

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The Real World Order is coming out of the shadows.  The evidence is mounting around us:  A variant of “civil war” may be unfolding before us.  A “War Behind the Headlines” spectacle?  Well, why not? Everything else has been virtualized, right?

Consider – as just one example – Wall Street Apes on X: “The problem has been identified ? It’s THE NEW YORK FBI OFFICE withholding the Jeffrey Epstein Files and Epstein Tapes (The actual recordings of his clients having sex with minors) Glenn Beck, “Pam Bondi said that the Southern District of New York, the FBI and the Southern… Wait!  See it? Entrenched bureaucracy thumbing its nose at elected power.

Now, if you’re not following,  let’s review the path here: SD NY and FBI NY don’t want to release Epstein stuff to the elected government. It’s the Bureacracy holding back. Too many Big names in the honey pot would come out. If THAT happens, no more leverage.  Blackmail only works in small increments. But if the whole herd changes….and that’s what the NE cadre has to defend against now.

We expect that the CIA and others pseudo-loyalists will side with the entrenched anti-Constitution bureaucracy because the whole “game” has been get money first into USAID and then funnel it into Soross-backed agendas and what-not.  And now enough “dirty hands are in the cookie jar” that the whole Deep State War is the most clearly explanatory model around.  Remember, Bureaucrats feed more of their own ilk, so deep staters in our State department fed the Deep Staters in the EU –  and played by Deep State neocons who went chameleon under Buy’ed ’em. You can map this whole subterrainian warfare model with no gaps.  Even provides on and off-ramps for cartels and human trafficking…oh let’s just say it’s linked and really fugly. 

Ultra-complexity is a bitch to cover in 15-second sound bites. Since the mainstream is controlled anyway (via ad spending), (say plausible deniability?) you can now understand why you won’t see any of this during the slime-time snews.

Another example this week is found in the odd movement of gold. Two stories in the past week have us considering the possibility that the last gasps of embedded bureaucracies – the Real World Order – could be repositioning now in financial matters.  Cryptos out? As Banks rush to fly gold bars from Europe to New York City, via commercial airlines only to be followed a few days later by asking Is It Time For The U.S. To Revalue Its Gold Reserves? Or do they fear being outed in a Knox Audit? Which SHOULD have been done with zero warning. Stupid to give it all time to get covered up. Just me getting angry, huh?

And what about all those put options on NVDA for two weeks out?  Is a Chinese blockade of Taiwan pending and insiders at work? Options telling us a time-frame?

And it’s goes even deeper than this.  Europe is trying to keep their bankrupt tax-and-spend scam (extra layer of bureacracy) going to operate it’s top-down domination: debating aid to Ukraine and bad-mouthing all things Trump because he’s no fool (like the last guy).  They need a new victim and Russia is IT. But the reality is Europe has never fought a modern war (two so far) without requiring the U.S. to bail them out. Uncertain ground for them, so gold is what? Contingency moves for the Greedsters at the top?

Thing is, even as  Zelensky to Meet Trump in Bid to Salvage U.S. Support, the other “big gun” of the Deep State OWB *(One World Bureaucracy) is being reloaded. Tariffs.  Liberal media hand-wringing is becoming almost spasmodic now: Trump reciprocal tariffs: What are tariffs? Are tariffs good or bad? while looking ahead All the president’s tariff threats: What Trump is promising between now and April.

Bureaucrats ARE the One World Government.  And they almost got away with it. Until Jan 20.

Micro-Crashes – For Now

No sub war would be complete without a survey of “How the dirty money” is doing.  A term which harks back to 1526 translations of the Bible and perhaps is most clear in Titus 1:7: “For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre.”  Grok ne:

“Today, “filthy lucre” retains its biblical flavor but is often used colloquially to mean money in general (with a wink at its negative undertone) or specifically profits obtained through shady dealings—like bribery, exploitation, or crime. It’s a phrase that evokes both moral judgment and a touch of archaic charm.”

Except, the modern version of “filthy lucre” has changed hands many times.  Going from Swiss numbered accounts until the Scotia line of suits back in my International Banking airline days in the Cayman Islands. From when Belize, Grand Turk, the ABC Islands, Channel banks, etc. became popular.

But even then, there was another “change of hands” in the offing as “dirty money” (for arms, drugs, sex trafficking etc.) needed a new replacement as honest government was onto the offshore money changers.  Thanks in part to growing demand (Silk Road) the digital con was on.

And it’s really too early to see whether One Global Bureaucracy will keep CBDC etc.  But for this morning, we’re down under $80,000 at writing time ($78,500 with a short blip down to $77,740). Buy the dip suckers likely into the weekend.

As a result, we wipe our fevered brow and remain thankful we have never had a wallet, and thus never had to check a box under penalty of perjury on a 1040.  As a result (of seeing a Ponzi before the herd) we are almost entertained by stories like Bitcoin Crash: Analyst Breaks Down the Real Reason Why and Bitcoin whale ‘Spoofy’ accumulates $344M BTC as price tumbles below $90K.

Forensic economics training kicked-in here, so we checked withe Elon’s Grok3 about where the “floor” of the decline might be found:

  1. Short-Term Support Levels: Historically, Bitcoin tends to find support at key Fibonacci retracement levels (e.g., 23.6%, 38.2%, 50%) from its recent highs. From a peak of $109,000:
    23.6% retracement: ~$83,300
    38.2% retracement: ~$67,400
    50% retracement: ~$54,500 These levels are often tested during corrections. If this move is a typical post-peak pullback (20-30%), Bitcoin could drop to the $75,000–$85,000 range.
  2. Psychological and Historical Floors: Round numbers like $80,000, $70,000, or even $60,000 act as psychological barriers where buyers often step in. The $60,000–$65,000 range was a strong support zone in late 2024 before the rally, so it could serve as a deeper floor if selling pressure intensifies.
  3. Worst-Case Scenario: In a more severe correction (e.g., 40-50%, not uncommon in Bitcoin’s history), it could fall to $50,000–$65,000. For context, after its 2021 peak near $69,000, Bitcoin dropped over 50% to below $30,000. A similar drop from $109,000 would land it around $54,500. However, increased institutional adoption (e.g., Bitcoin ETFs) and a more mature market might cushion such a steep decline compared to past cycles.
  4. Sentiment and External Factors: Predictions from late 2024 suggested Bitcoin could hit $150,000–$200,000 in 2025, driven by institutional inflows and halving effects (April 2024). A drop now might reflect profit-taking or macroeconomic shifts (e.g., interest rate hikes, regulatory news). If sentiment sours significantly, a push below $50,000 isn’t impossible, though it’d likely require a major catalyst like a global financial shock.
    (AI then continued) Without current charts or news, I’d estimate Bitcoin could go as low as $70,000–$80,000 in a moderate correction on this move, with $60,000 as a stronger support if momentum turns bearish. A fall below $50,000 would signal a rarer, more dramatic shift.

Still, no Bitcoin for Ure. Which is fine with us…

Yeah, about them “Dramatic Shifts”

As we have been chronicling for subscribers to our more data dense Peoplenomics.com site, there is a problem seen in how Reality is colliding again with History.

And then there’s the Ebbinghaus-Ure Correlation which has “walked the plank” like this since Monday:

We figure the odds of going down to the bottom of a 1.5X Wave 3 down before March is done are better than zero, anyway.  We have been yammering about the implications of this for weeks telling you (among other things) “Look out below!”

You can lead a horse to water, but it’s cruelty to force ’em to drink.  Which is why we don’t keep horses. Markets will drive us all to drink; shortly.

Fairytales!  Personal Income

This is where the Big Lies, Oft Repeated are pushed out by the Bureaucrat Class.  “America is not on the verge of collapse – that’s just Ure paranoia working!”

Of course, my checkbook argues otherwise, as yours may, too, reading this:

Personal income increased $221.9 billion (0.9 percent at a monthly rate) in January, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $194.3 billion (0.9 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $30.7 billion (0.2 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—decreased $52.7 billion in January. Personal saving was $1.01 trillion in January and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 4.6 percent.

Pass the blow pipe and oggle this un:

A moment of silence in memory of Edward Everett Horton, the voice-over narrator of Fractured Fairytales.

A Side of International Trade with your has browns?

Trade deficit up more than 25% in ONE MONTH?

Advance International Trade in Goods
The international trade deficit was $153.3 billion in January, up $31.2 billion from $122.0 billion in December. Exports of goods for January were $172.2 billion, $3.3 billion more than December exports. Imports of goods for January were $325.4 billion, $34.6 billion more than December imports.

Ge, no pretty picture?  (Get the barf bag).  Behold, we are digging our own trade grave faster than ever!

I know “Official Numbers.”  Here, grape Kool-aid, anyone?

Wholly Scrolly

Iowa returns to rational: Making up genders was a passing mania. Iowa gives final approval to a bill removing gender identity protections despite massive protests.  Study the pix: A child mob (not even voting age???) is a massive protest now, is it?  FMTT what happened to the adjectives like “manufactured protest” which is what this charade was? Funded by the Open Revolution Society, was it…oh, no, blinders are off. Deep State wants war?  DEI and Woke are first casualties. FAFO if you don’t know what free people can do when they get sick of bullshit…

On the come-back road: Pope Francis’ condition continues to improve, Vatican says – UPI.com Conclave back on the shelf.

Wait! Is that a picture of Kim Jong Un doing planks in North Korea launches strategic cruise missiles in show of nuclear deterrence?

Climate Hysteria is being pushed-back and remarketed: US GDP Could Take a Big Hit From Climate Change by 2100, Study Shows. Yeah, and if California keeps mismanaging wildlands, shit will continue to burn.  So it’s the political climate – not the one that has failed to put Manhattan underwater they must be talking about?

Re-Re-Re-Marketing of AI: ChatGPT-4.5 is here for Pro users now and Plus users next week, and I can’t wait to try it. Disclosure: We do run models on both Grok3 SuperGrok and Basic ChatGPT.

At the Ranch: Personal Supply Chain Notes

Join me – eight days back, after my 76th BD – when I bought a sleeve of five vacuum tubes for my now restored Hallicrafters SR-400 ham radio transceiver.  The tubes, type 7059, (which is a 12v version of a 6U8A) are not on Amazon so you pick them up on the eBay market.

Now, as it turns out, the seller is only 50-miles away.  But time is money and I didn’t have 2-hours to drive and pick them up in person in Fairfield, Texas.  I relied on USPS.  And that’s when the incompetence of the Coppell, Texas USPS sorting disaster got me.

As of early today (8-days to go 50 miles, remember) these (somewhat delicate) tubes have traveled like so:

Moving Through Network In Transit to Next Facility, Arriving Late

February 27, 2025 –

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility

COPPELL TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER  (Dear God, not again!)

February 26, 2025, 10:33 am –

Departed USPS Regional Facility

DALLAS TX LOGISTICS CENTER

February 26, 2025, 2:59 am –

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility

DALLAS TX LOGISTICS CENTER

February 26, 2025, 1:46 am –

In Transit to Next Facility

February 25, 2025, 8:05 pm –

In Transit to Next Facility

February 25, 2025, 11:49 am –

Departed USPS Regional Facility

PHOENIX AZ DISTRIBUTION CENTER

February 25, 2025, 4:44 am –

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility

PHOENIX AZ DISTRIBUTION CENTER

February 23, 2025, 10:55 pm –

Departed USPS Facility

AVONDALE, AZ 85323

February 23, 2025, 10:28 pm –

Arrived at USPS Facility

AVONDALE, AZ 85323

February 23, 2025, 12:41 pm –

In Transit to Next Facility

February 22, 2025, 10:35 pm –

In Transit to Next Facility

February 22, 2025, 6:13 am –

In Transit to Next Facility

February 22, 2025, 6:09 am

Departed USPS Regional Facility

COPPELL TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER

February 22, 2025, 5:25 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility

COPPELL TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER

February 21, 2025, 3:55 am –

Accepted at USPS Origin Facility

FAIRFIELD, TX 75840

February 21, 2025, 2:40 am

Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item

FAIRFIELD, TX 75840

February 20, 2025, 3:11 pm

Well, as any damn fool can see (except ones working for the USPS in charge of making things move through COPPELL) there’s a problem. It’s not the first time.

In fact, I talked to my carrier about it and he said (without hesitation) “Yeah, we get a lot of problems with packages going through Coppell…but it should show up, sooner or later….”

50-miles in 8-days.  Way to freaking go.  But, like we’ve framed the downfall of modern/woke.DEI’ed/ abandoned excellence America in the past, it’s not surprising.  You just pad schedules.

Second Supply nightmare?  FedEx package  with some equipment I put together for my doc friends who are investigating the (seems to be) fog-born illness in Florida? (not aware? “Weird” Fog Hits Florida – And Its Smell Supposedly Defies Description…)  Well, smashed a signal generator to unusable.

But there was some good news!  My long-time UPS driver bud just bought himself a new zero-turn super mower.  “I don’t usually splurge on things for me, but after 17-years, I decided to get a damn good mower…”

“What’d you get?”

“A new Bad Boy, made up in Arkansas.  Rebel XL – 61″ cut so it will fit on the trailer if I need to.”

“How much?”

“With delivery and set up about $14,500…”

We got to kicking these high-end zero turn mowers around on the 3806 ham group this morning and it occurred to me that any company making a zero-turn could boost sales by investing a “beer gator” for you can keep on mowing.  (I just gave you a million dollar idea….there’s no “beer gator” on Amazon yet – just cozies and such…

Anyway, back to this $14,500 zero-turn….with the new Michelin suspension tires (Tweels)…

Holy shit!!! To hell with this writing crap.  I’m sending my resume to UPS. All the while hoping that letter won’t go through the Coppell, Texas distribution center…  Here all this time I thought America’s supply lined problems were with Chyna….

Still, maybe it’s God’s way of saying I need to get the yard work done and the veggies transplanted into the dirt garden before getting off into radio land, again…. (Or, it’s incompetence, but in a quasi govt outfit? Naw…how could that be?)

I did make up a PoqwerPoint for my UPS dude about the frictional history between Bad Boy and Spartan mowers, though.  Reads like this:

Key points about the relationship:
Shared Founder:
Robert Foster is the central figure, having been a key part of Bad Boy Mowers before starting Spartan Mowers.
Competitive Landscape:
Both companies operate in the same market, producing high-end zero-turn mowers, leading to direct competition.
Patent Disputes:
Due to Foster’s design knowledge from his time at Bad Boy, legal battles have arisen concerning patent infringement claims between the two brands.

Either one would be a step up from my POS Craftsman rider. But, until I’m in the Central States fund…or we get a DOGE rebate…..

Write when the mail gets through…time to watch the “turn and burn…”

George@Ure.net

94 thoughts on “RWO: Week 1 of the Deep State War? Personal Supply Chains”

  1. Your not the only one with USPS issues and UPS AND Fed-X as well, I live remote and my pkgs get sent all over at times. It seems to have become much worse after what I suspect is AI becoming involved with the routing. The ONLY you can count on now-a-days is that you CANNOT count on anything now-a-days., LOL

    • Is it Ai…or like here they hired people that you almost need an interpreter to talk to them.. hell some of these guys delivering can’t read a house number..

  2. “The Great Scandal” has been a Nostradamus prediction that has been on my website since 2007; in fact, it was written in 2004.

    It is “The Jeffrey Epstein Scandal”.

    This also includes the Nostradamus prediction that the gold in Fort Knox has been stolen and taken to a “secret place”, and that was written in 2001.

    Both predictions come together!

    I have created a video of that prediction. It is a Triplicate Series; so, three prophecies come with it, as well as another Triplicate Series that predict a default in the gold and silver markets.

    https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2025/02/23/g-a-stewart-prophecy-video-nostradamus-on-global-economic-collapse/

    I am almost finished with another video. Hopefully, these videos have simplified my rather long-winded books.

    James Carville, Democratic apparatchik knows something.

    Trump Administration Will ‘Collapse’ in 30 Days, Says James Carville
    https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-collapse-james-carville-2035164

    Nostradamus Quatrain X-81
    Treasure placed in a temple by citizens of Hesperia [America],
    Therein withdrawn to a secret place,
    The temple opened by starving bonds,
    Retaken, ravaged, [those] in the middle horrible prey.

    Nostradamus Epistle: Paragraph 31:1
    Then the impurities and abominations, will to great shame, be brought out and manifested in the darkness of the obscured light; [it] will cease towards the end of the change in reign.

    TRANSLATION: Nostradamus Epistle: Paragraph 31:1
    Then abominable secrets will be brought out from the dark and obscure world of intelligence operations and bring great shame and great scandal to political leaders. It will cease near the end of a change of leaders.

    Nostradamus Epistle: Paragraph 31:4
    The first will be totally undone in all of Europe and part of Africa by the third, by means of the poor in spirit who, aroused by madmen through libidinous luxury, [who] will adulterate.

    TRANSLATION: Nostradamus Epistle: Paragraph 31:4
    The first brother, the Roman Catholic Church, will be completely undone in Europe and part of Africa through its connections with and the actions perpetrated by the third brother who will be led by the Third Antichrist.

    The level of corruption seen in the leaders and lobbyists of these churches will be so egregious that it will arouse the poor in spirit. They will be emboldened and rise up after being shown the excesses of these madmen who lived in luxury and were involved in child prostitution and the sex slave trade.

    Edgar Cayce 3976-15
    The rottenness of those that have ministered in places will be brought to light…

    Nostradamus Epistle: Paragraph 32:1
    The supporting common people will rise up and chase out the adherents of the legislators.

    TRANSLATION: Nostradamus Epistle: Paragraph 32:1
    The common people will support the poor that rise up, and they will chase out the corporate lobbyists that have corrupted the legislators.

        • “Me thinks something is going down very soon.”

          We have two potential 1-1-3 Ritual Days in March!

          Now where’s my crack pipe…

        • Stu: My greetings, appreciations, and felicitations on your fabulous body of work.

          I bet this will be a Very Big Weekend.

          Two predictions:
          (…and my track record is very poor…)

          1) Zelenshy is over thrown by Wednesday of this coming week.

          2) The Epstein mess breaks Big Time. I mean BIG TIME. Lots of collateral damage. Plenty to go around.

        • Could that “something” be tied to Zelenski getting into an argument with President Trump and then being told to leave the White House?

      • Hi Stu, good work. Say, anything mentioned about the planetary conjunction today or the blood moon coming up near it?

        Also, anything dealing with the 1st Seal breaking from Revelation, as the rider on the white horse, with the crown (Corona – in Greek) and Box (Toxin – in Greek) was released in 2020. Covid lockdowns around March 15th-28th of 2020.

        Signing of the Abraham Accords on September 15th, 2020 by Israel and four of her neighbors.

        Three and a half years from the Covid-Lockdowns to the October 7th attack on Israel be the (soors – Hebrew for “from the air” & “from the edges” ) causing people to flee Judea to the mountains near Jerusalem. This abomination brought on the desolation of Gaza.

        Just count the years from the decree to rebuild a Temple on the Temple Mount by Suleiman in 1542 (second set of 70 weeks) to end in 2027.

        It would appear, we are about the 5th Seal now.

        Also, the star sign at the beginning of Revelation 12, happened on September 23rd, 2017. Just an FYI.

        Just as the Scribes and Pharisee’s missed the signs of the first coming… it appears people are asleep during these signs as well.

    • Monkey Werx had on the other day about the increase of cargo flights into fort knox… could it be.. no gold there but..if they audit the vaults and nothing there.. all fiat currencies fail at once..propelling the Bric’s to the lead since its a gold backed currency.. ( I still am in favor of peanuts being the backing..nut bucks Mr peanut on the bill)
      but what if..since it has been suspected that it has been all stolen..and they are rushing to fill the vaults with gold.. that that was the plan after all..get back the gold stolen by the oligarchs.. then keep it.. the damned if they do damned if they don’t situation..we get back what they stole and then drop the federal reserve..by cutting the corruption of our legislators out and stopping the funding of all this crap..we literally can pay off our deficit..and if DOGE can get back any of this money our legislators misappropriated.. it would be back to what the sixties..stop all the wars..why should we go in killing Innocent people and destroying their countries so some schmuck can steal what they have..
      I would rather make a deal with them to trade for what they have that we need or want..

      • “the Bric’s to the lead since its a gold backed currency”

        Wouldn’t the BRICs have to show their gold which is intended to back their gold-backed currency?

        If Western banks really are empty and the gold was stolen “by the oligarchs” I don’t think Trump would hesitate to smash some BRICs and take the gold back from the oligarchs who stole the gold. And I think everyone would go along.

        All that to say it no matter how it’s added up the gold is the $s.

        • Yup just like the US would..which is why I believe Trump and Musk are pushing for the vault audit..since most people doubt that the us has any gold near what they claim..they had planned to make Facebook bucks digital..backed by securities!!! so a piece of paper saying yup its a good one..to an invisible currency.. see that pretty picture someone drew up lol..
          one look at Zimbabwe currency.. great example..

          https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/9/zimbabwes-new-gold-backed-digital-currency-all-you-need-to-know

          A year or was it two years ago..a one pound loaf of bread was 39 million Zimbabwean dollars…
          since backing it with gold and grain.. (“the price can fluctuate depending on the exchange rate and where you buy it; in Zimbabwean currency, it would be significantly higher depending on the current exchange rate, with some sources mentioning prices around Z$10,000 for a loaf of bread. “)
          that was for a loaf of bread that would cost 1.00 us..
          the rate of exchange has improved greatly with gold and grain as the backing element.. a couple months ago the cost was 109,000.00 so its gaining value.. whay is China busy buying farmland water rights and businesses within the usa.. they have financial firms loaning out money to banks by buying up mortgages..and putting money in credit cards many countries and cartels companies etc. hiring people to keep congress in their control.. that’s where DOGE is making huge advances on mismanagement and corruption of those hired to protect, defend and lead for the people..the legislators sold their souls for a price or an item or service..all sides to..you don’t send almost a trillion dollar to A vacant building for projects that had been decommissioned and shut down sixty years ago without their being a majority approval.. they get that by diffusion and miss direction by writing thousand page bills bury it in volume.. to A group that couldn’t write a bill at all they rarely visit their job are not aware because why should they be aware to write them or for gods sake why should they read the dam shit.. that’s below their standards dards.. Rand Paul Ron Paul has tried for years to entice them to read that deal ..they get laughed off the floor regularly..why waste their valuable time.. now with DOGE uncovering it..its going to get ugly..the people stealing a trillion dollars has a lot of power..

      • As you may recall, I monitor several MIL HF frequencies for their “Tempo.” (Any serious traffic is always encrypted. This is good.)

        These are mostly cargo planes. Globally, they still make use of HF radio — mostly as a backup to more modern and sophisticated communications systems. These are quite UNimportant frequencies.

        About two weeks ago, I noted a considerable and near-obvious upbeat in that operational tempo. Lotsa flights. Lotsa “radio checks” and test calls. Once — and only once, about a month ago — I even heard a radio check from Air Force One.

        Basic Logistics says needed “materials” should be positioned — staged — well in advance of an anticipated actual operation.

        They almost never say anything very interesting. But they are humans: and humans sometimes make careless mistakes. Even so, the 99% space of the boring routine stuff is a bellweather of tempo.

        • Yeah yeah yeah..

          We be mixing Chemicals (fenty frm Chynah), adding hydrochloric and chlorine..squirt squirt.. turns blue = M30 Fenty Pills, baby. Cheap as shit manufacture, extremely profitable to Sell. As long it passes the melt test – it goes into tablet making machine. Think mmmMillions per week in profits.

          Who ya gonna call ? The banks ?bwhahah
          the federales ? BWAHAHAHAH, I know lets call the fbi, they know how to COVER SHIT UP – thats all they do, Ever.

          Sure Rainbow Army & Marines(puppylovers) gonna go head to head with Sinola and Zetas. More like they S&Z are in CONUS and ready 2 fight for their turf/$$/markets.

          Thought antifa and blm were fun and games, going dark soon, make sure Ure safety lights are working.

        • Do you have a preferred frequency…?

          I tend to have receivers running most of the time, just down at audible threshold…

          Thanks

    • They need to make it illegal to buy a politicians compliance..mandatory that the legislator writes the bill.. and everyone reads the bill..discuss it add and subtract till both sides then vote..no tabling bills to be used at another campaign period..a time limit.. majority vote of those on the floor at the time..if they decide I don’t want to be there.. so what no vote..
      thousand page bills are not read..it should be readable by anyone with an 8th grade education..listening to any one of those morons its obvious that anything they would personally write could be read by my Grand d’s in grade school and understood.

      • If you remember this December the Dimms tried to come in with another “you must vote on it to know what is in it” deal. Here you have two days to read it; if you don’t vote on it we and the MSM will say YOU shut down the government.
        As a famous Alabamian would say, “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!”
        Elon and the (before) Doge team fed the 1600 pages through AI and in the morning gave them back 120 pages and the news. Here is you bill back. We took out all the theft. We have voted on it and it passed. You can vote on it now or YOU will have shut down the government.
        There was a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth, but the 120 pager is what they got.
        You are right that K street writes the bills and brings them to the Congress-Critters, and most of them never read what they have. Those days are now over. No more hiding where they dip their fingers in the pie.

        • this seems blatantly false on its face. i’m sure you believe it because it agrees with your opinion. any links to support it?

          republicans controlled the house in december. neither trump nor musk were in government in december. it was a republican bill, continuing resolution, to continue funding .gov until 14/03/2025. the sponsor and cosponsor are both republicans. it passed with bipartisan support.
          https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10545

    • Like always stu..your on top of it..
      (“They will be emboldened and rise up after being shown the excesses of these madmen who lived in luxury and were involved in child prostitution and the sex slave trade.”)
      I have seen the destruction of human souls by these evil people.. i believe that you may still have photos that they had erased from existence I am sure..
      it tears my heart apart when I see this happening to an innocent child.. my failures aren’t n life was when I had the opportunity to help one and didn’t see it.. grr..it makes me want to cry in sorrow over what they had to deal with..

    • I think we are closer to tanks rolling in the streets than most would believe possible. For the Trump administration to be ousted from office in the next 30 days would require serious military intervention. I rarely agree with Carrville but he is not to be dismissed casually.
      Stu- have you ever identified a Nostradamus character who has a Musk odor to him?

  3. (“Wait! See it? Entrenched bureaucracy thumbing its nose at elected power.”)

    got home from taking the mini me to his appointment.. there a package at the door… my DOGE t-shirt arrived.. lol lol.. I fear for Trump now that conspiracy theory has been proven to have been conspiracy fact.. what corruption and mismanagement of the countries resources is so much worse than any horror story.. and everyone in Congress and past administration’s is to blame..the reason huge teams of lawyers writing thousand page bills to be passed and huge amounts of money , sex, gifts and vacations to legislators was only to get complete control of them.
    they all should write the bill personally then it be read and discussed in session..no tabling its passed or failed in a time limit..pretty sure since no one other than their aides using the floor of congress as a porn setting they don’t read them..the thousand pages is to confuse and hide..listening to any one of them you know that anything they would pen out could be understood by someone with an 8th grade education..we do need to go back to that..make them punch a timeclock..if they call in sick or tired then the ones on the floor can pass a bill or fail a bill by the vote of the majority in session..
    I see them on tv now..during the shut down period and there’s what five times more people there than any time in session.. they don’t care to come at all..so there’s some concern whoever is controlling them is probably upset that the money they were miss using and stealing are upset..

  4. We shouldn’t have fifty thousands pages of tax laws either.. poverty level as a deductible and then ten percent or whatever ..flat tax..

    • 6.5 Billion Hours, $260 Billion: What Tax Complexity Costs Americans

      In addition to monetary expenses, Americans also spend an estimated 6.55 billion hours complying with the tax laws. Taxpayers must gather …

      https://www.ntu.org/foundation/detail/65-billion-hours-260-billion-what-tax-complexity-costs-for-americans

      IRS Tax Compliance Costs the US Economy $546B Annually

      A less direct cost is the precious time taken out of our lives …

      https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/federal/irs-tax-compliance-costs/

    • But First WE must – Drain The SWAMP. bwahahahahahahah

      Ya dont drain swamps – ya fill them in…with more scheisse, and clay..

      *Gaslight Theatres presents – Drain the Swamp-https://youtu.be/PbfiRekc4RA?si=79WEPAuIr15L44fa

      Sure – American suckers gonna fall for it all over again.

      As the great Yogi Berra once quipped, “its dejaviu all over again”.

      What happened ? thought Ass Patel was a white hat, looks like an ASS Hat today.

    • 50,000 pages? Boy, are you living in the past.

      Reagan cut 10,000 pages out of the tax code. That was a huge deal. He made a brief television address on the “paring of the tax code” and the Press talked about it for weeks.

      I couldn’t figure out why it was such a “big deal” though, because what remained was 74,000 pages — and that was in the 1980s, when the “code” was still relatively simple…

    • Yes. I like deductions for the tax deferred accounts, but the rest of it could be handled with a beefed up standard deduction. The officious poverty level is so low, I think that the current standard deduction is almost already there. It would only take a 10 – 15% increase.

  5. Got your rally hats on? Ahem, keep helmets handy too?

    Despite a few financial websites having vacant data from yesterday, the SPX action (-94-ish) closed a gap from the 01/14 HI 5872 to 01/15 LO 5905. Note, this precipitous gap may have left a gap to the upside which should prove magnetic during trading today.

    Spoke to a few former associates yesterday. An old boss used to see guys having a rough day and say “call your Mom” (which I always did). Lots of these fellers are long in the tooth so Mom may not be available. None were in a high rise office so there’s that.

    It’s sunny but chill here in the Heartland. The temp should be 50-something this afternoon. My big plan today is to hand wash my SUV. It used to be gray but is now the color of Michigan dirt and Indiana road salt. Rural Michigan uses dirt.

    Econ nummers : PCE was a snore. Income / spending the proverbial horse of a different color. All my friends have the monthly pay all you can eat car wash plans. I don’t do well in lines and … there’s no way my car could make it home clean. Plu$ …

    The ice cake is groaning this morning after rising of the sun. I often wonder how many people think they are hearing things. Sometimes it’s a humpback whale sorta bloob-bloob-bloob and other times a low frequency tremor spreads shore to shore.

    Canadian Geese have done about face (beak?) and are headed North in numbers. Massive flocks of Sandhill Cranes have been trilling as they lead ahead of the Geese. Two Bald Eagles were out on the ice yesterday, eating something? We occasionally see them with fish.

    Per my (previous Pro) fisherman bud when a guy hooks a fish and knows it’s a gonner they leave it on the ice

    Whitetail deer who disappeared through hunting season(s) have returned in number. We occasionally see 30-50 in fields just 1/2 mile away. I am hearing Coyotes wail before sunrise. There’s a clan to SW that are most unwelcome.

    That’s the wildlife report for the day.
    Stay warm all,
    Egor

    • the Sandhill cranes just showed up today in the Platte River valley of Nebraska. They will hang around till Easter
      there is no hunting them ,,, period,,, in Nebr ,
      they are ‘dating’ we let them be ;-)
      normally get two snow storms while they are here, usually heavy wet, stick to the shovel crap
      there is nothing north of me for 120 miles except for actual sandhills and some fishing ponds in there, a few people and a lot bovine
      God’s country
      https://www.susantregoning.com/blog/nebraska-sandhills-journey

      • “Headed back North” – dem dar burds are real deal Canadians, Ure lucky.
        Down in Pennsyltucky/NJ/NY/MD we have big Fat, greasy Gooses they call Canadians- but these fat fkrs cant but fly in a big arching circle, and fly bac to Lake/Pond?River they came from. Talk about Do Nothing Burds!
        They foul every park, waterway, parking lot, golf course, you name it – there be greasy slick Goose poops all over the dam place. Best part about the Fake Honkers – aint nobody hardly eats Goose anymore.
        ..and zo these big fat nasty burds continue Shit all over the place – making Hiking thru these Park areas a dangerous trek thru green greasy slimey goose poop “landmines”- hey kiddies theres a delish natural treat..Goose Candy, here try a taste..

    • “My big plan today is to hand wash my SUV. It used to be gray but is now the color of Michigan dirt and Indiana road salt. Rural Michigan uses dirt…

      “All my friends have the monthly pay all you can eat car wash plans. I don’t do well in lines and … there’s no way my car could make it home clean.”

      Honestly, I’d do both. I dunno about around Detroitish, but Indiana and Ohio both use beet juice now instead of potassium chloride, when it gets close to zero. After having my car, truck, and daughter’s car brake and fuel lines replaced one year, my mechanic explained that beet juice was used because it melted ice down to about 10 below. He also explained that it was about 100x as corrosive as salt. Whenever I’m road-trippin’ now in the winter and hit the highways of either Ohio or Indiana, when I’m done driving I spend the bucks to get an underbody wash. Those three vehicles cost me nearly $4000 over a period of about 6-weeks. I don’t have that kind of money, and sureashell don’t want a repeat performance…

  6. If Bondi/Patel do not assemble a raid team, cut the power and phone lines and forcibly arrest every soul found in the SDNY FBI building today, they should be replaced with someone who will. This is open rebellion (Treason) being committed by those in the FBI who are hiding/destroying evidence in the Epstein case and others, and they all need to be arrested, tried and punished as traitors.

  7. (“At the Ranch: Personal Supply Chain Notes”)

    lol lol lol I sent some fresh fruit.. ( watermelon, tomatoes etc. to one of the contestants for naked and afraid..nice lady lived in LA her job was a stunt woman..) sent it overnight with dry Ice and ice packs.. they would not give it to her.. for over a year.. I was calling them at the post office where it was and she was going in with the tracking number every day etc..it was a nightmare..
    then the guy called asked me what should we do about this.. there is nothing worse than rotten fruit and veggies.. and he asked what should we do about this..I said dam it if you would have just given it to her when she has asked a million times or I asked ..you wouldn’t have this problem ..throw it away… but this time I am going to send her some fresh frozen steaks and a roast or two as an I am sorry forgive me gift lol..
    think fruit and veggies is bad twenty pounds of rotten meat would get them to pay attention..lol

  8. “Either one would be a step up from my POS Craftsman rider. But, until I’m in the Central States fund…or we get a DOGE rebate…..”

    HELLO!

    Do you even read/review Ure work ? Wake and Baked this AM no doubt. You talking bout impossible scheisse, probability of random event like an Assteroid striking Earth.

    INFUCKINGPOSSIBLE – you cant apply odds to something that does not exist or is impossible random event- We call this FEARMONGERING..3.5% of impossible happening..AYFKM?

    *Buy some Satoshi on the Friggin Dip, and Diversify Ure nest eggs. (Satoshi = Fractional Bitcoins)
    Gotta axe Ureself – “well, am I diversified ?” If Ure answer is No – might be good time to familerize Ureselves with classic Portfolio Theory.

    Fog borne illness/sickness – told youse all at outset – Prohpy wit Fenbendazole, and or Treat it wit that. Tons and Tons of data on “self cure” Cancer with Fenbnedazole..do Ure own research ya lazy bastards.

    As for bigger dickus zeroturns – See Dixie Choppers for fast and speedy. Only solution to neighbors back in Pennsyltucky cutting on StandBehind Commercial mowers – upped their game, sooo..

    IF there is a DOGE dividend – I would be bbbbbBUYING BITCOINs, AND You should too .

    2 kinds of People in this world now adays, Those That do Bitcoin, and those that Wish they did Bitcoin, or innies and outties..nyuckyuckyuck

  9. big day today. my mini me grade school come up he has to build a castle that goes with the book of Narnia. so I got to run in I’ll go to Box Company where they make cardboard boxes and I’ll get some sheets of cardboard and we’ll go ahead and build it for his class project they get graded on it it’s so far every one of them is gotten an a from cuz they always have Grandpa going help him build on his cardboard chaos. this will be fun though last year’s was fun we had to build up a magic dresserc

    • Don’t forget Quaker Oats cans, packing tubes, and various construction paper cones for the parapits, etc.

      • Oh my great idea… they would be perfect.. got some egg cartons tp.. break those apart for stones..they want a moat and a draw bridge to..
        at the airport years ago a guy I worked with and I made a huge art piece that they had hanging on the wall for decades..it was of one of the monuments we have locally.. it was beautiful..we would paint cars trucks etc.. and the dribble in the speakers would be dumped on this board lol.. we got some Styrofoam and twigs and one day having coffee we both noticed how that pile of paint and scrap looked like a local area..lol lol lol
        in the national archives there’s a photo of a rust spot that is filed as a map..lol lol lol we did that as a joke to see if anyone ever found it..and wanted it to be declassified lol..
        you can build anything from cardboard..
        one of the fathers of a childhood friend was a cartoonist for Walt Disney.. he made some of the coolest stuff.. for us..I wish I had kept some of the flip books he made of us kids playing with mickey.. anyway.. when I first got married to my first wife I was stewing over the need for a couch and bed frame..he said ..do you know what a square or circle is? everything is either a square rectangle circle or triangle..my first couch was out of cardboard..

  10. wow that was easy enough hahaha. stopped off there in the old guy in the company he was he remembered me from 40 years ago. building that house for a cabinet company as a as a display head yes no problem how many bunks do you want Oh my god well I got them material needed to do the castle and it’s good enough and he’s even I was showing him that chair that I’m going to have the girls make when he gets nicer out we got like 45 mph winds right now yeah I know he said why don’t you build it out of cardboard too so I got that that’s what I’m going to do I’ll build that out of cardboard as well

  11. George, as to : “we are digging our own trade grave faster than ever”

    The import numbers coming in large was to be expected. Corporations ordered in massive stocks to insulate against tariff potential. In most cases needlessly but they will whittle in country stocks and have reduced production risk.

    An attempt to protest tariff policy sputtered overnight having to do with not buying anything today. Nuttin honey. Geez it’d be fun to watch people try. USA. Consumption glutton to the planet. Which, has some trade advantage.

    I have never been a fan of The Donald as a person (what little I know). But, to bet against Orange Man irt: trade / defense? Why go against the house?

    Blowing dogs off chains here. Manual labor (car washing) now in doubt.
    There’s a change in the air. Hi today 55F. Hi tomorrow 25F.
    Great tailwind if enroute Canada …

    Egor

    • I was just at Wal-Mart… hardly anyone in there and no one had much in the carts..I got eggs cottage cheese and a couple bars of soap and one bunch of bananas.. fifty dollars..the cheapest item on there was the bananas..

  12. If this Epstein business is a quarter as bad as I think it may be, and 10% as effective in screwing things up, then I’ll knw why I’ve had ADVANCED EARTHQUAKE ” TIREDS” for about a week now.

    Really bad today…

    I hope it’s just me…

    7.295 USB by day,
    (Expect up to 300 miles)
    3.999 LSB by night.
    (Expect under 400 miles — mostly.)
    Both highly variable — subject to conditions.
    Listening on the 15’s & 45’s especially.
    Phrase: “Business Model”

    (Inspect sky. If sun is present
    it is “day.” If not, it is “night.”)
    Maintain situtional awareness.

      • For many years, I have believed cats and doga have highly sensitive infra-sonic hearing. They seem able to anticipate big storms — particularly
        hurricanes — days out. Routine Summer Thunderboomers, not so much, but they’re good with big cyclonic storms, and particularly busy strong and active large fronts.

        • Back in the 70’s, my friend had a white German shepherd. Whenever there was thunder and lighting, his dog would freak out, jump in the bath tub, and try to claw his way down the drain.

    • what they are finding so far is pretty huge… just think of all these people that we have voted in for decades some of them assholes have been in there for 50 years and you finding out that not a one of them not a one of them has done a thing. how can you trust any of the people in Congress to do a job when they have been so bad at it that you just doesn’t make any sense there’s over what half of the deficit has been corrupted and mismanaged money oh my God sending what almost a trillion dollars to a vacant building oh my God this is just amazing and how do you fix it you have to flush everybody out of Congress because those guys there and they’re crying because the corruption and the corrupted and mismanaged funds are disappearing oh my God people that make it in the upper six digit income brackets that don’t even know what the hell their job is oh my this is just it’s blowing me away I just can’t believe it and and their show at the good thing is they’re showing everybody because if they hadn’t been showing everybody they would just cover it over all over again

      • Told you the other day that the Senators were raising pure hell with (Senate Majority Leader) Thune, because he was requiring them to work on Friday — apparently a number of them have NEVER worked a Friday…

        Who needs the movies or escapism TV? You can’t make this stuff up, and a lot of it is funnier than any stand-up routine…

  13. Data is out – released Friday.., showed that consumers slashed their spending last month by the most since February 2021.
    The reduction in consumer spending — coupled with a surge of imports in January, also reported Friday, as companies likely sought to front-run tariffs — led the Federal Reserve’s Atlanta branch to project that the economy would shrink 1.5% at an annual rate in the January-March quarter, a sharp slowdown from the 2.3% growth in the final three months of last year. However, most analysts still expect the economy to expand in the first quarter of this year. [ You can’t have it both ways.]
    – February has always been a choppy month for Consumer Spending. They are recovering from the Christmas binge., and the weather generally sucks. Consumer Sentiment and Consumer Spending in March has been a good benchmark to watch.
    – Like the big corporations are doing – will the average consumer try to ‘front-run’ the coming tariffs and spend much more than anticipated / predicted ? Possible.

    Why does any of this matter., I hear you ask ?? Consumer Spending., you buying ‘stuff’ is the economic back-bone of our economy., our growth and the country’s GDP. If Consumer Spending continues to drop, the economy will weaken., and that is a domino effect in progress.
    .., and the coming tariffs won’t help very much at all. There are always consequences for politically manipulating the economy. 25% on Canada [ 10% on their oil ] 25% on everything Hispanic. 20% on China. ., and now rumors that tariffs might be levied on the entire E.U.
    We will see just how long all of these last – but if they go for more than 90, or 120 days the consumer., especially the low-income workers., are going to get hit.

    • trump put in place a national sales to shift money from wage earners to unearned income – tax cuts for the rich, powerful and well connected.

        • Killing the Messenger doesn’t stop the Message G!

          ‘A series of massive, permanent tax cuts have created large federal budget primary shortfalls and continue to exert upward pressure on the debt ratio. In other words, the current fiscal gap—the growing debt as a percentage of the economy—stems from legislation that cut taxes, disproportionately for the very rich. While it is true that the Great Recession and legislation to fight it, along with the costs of responding to the health and economic effects of COVID-19, pushed the level of debt higher, these costs were temporary and did not change the trajectory of the debt ratio. If Congress wants to decrease deficits, it should look first toward reversing tax cuts that largely benefited the wealthy, which were responsible for the United States’ current fiscal outlook.’

          https://www.wgbh.org/news/national/2022-05-05/why-some-of-the-richest-americans-pay-no-federal-income-taxes-according-to-propublicas-irs-data-trove
          ‘Through its IRS files, ProPublica found that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos did not pay any federal income taxes in 2007 and 2011. In 2018, Musk also paid no federal income taxes, despite reporting an income of $3.85 million that year and being one of the richest people in the world.’

          Scroll down to bottom chart showing percentages of issues (tax cuts, COVID, etc) causing debt
          https://www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-cuts-are-primarily-responsible-for-the-increasing-debt-ratio/

        • Runaway bureaucracy created the debt, untracement money to NGOs and insider shennanigans. You need NoDoz to WTFU
          As for Jeff and Musk? They have tax lawyers. We have a tax lawyer. Law is an equal opprtunity offender of the left and lazy.

        • gu – that’s insanity that bureaucracy created the debt. [denies role which is now documented] [personal insult redacted]?

          [Admin notes poster may have to follow Zylenskyy out of the room]

  14. Folks,

    So much for the scheduled 11:35 am “bilateral lunch” in the Cabinet Room at the White House. Hopefully the esteemed visitor was at least provided with a takeaway to-go box for the flight home.

    • re: free lunch!

      Folks,
      ‘Senior White House Correspondent’ Jacqui Heinrich has reported on the latest freegan news. The bilateral lunch originally planned for the Trump and Zelenskyy entourages has apparently been enjoyed by White House press office staffers (no mention of leftovers).

      As an aside, the White House has also begun spelling President Zelenskyy’s name with 2 y’s.

  15. Ever since “Ground Advantage” became the USPS cheapskate preferred method of shipment, things have been screwed up. I ordered a solar panel on eBay from Florida. After tracking hop, skipped, and delayed it across the CONUS it disappeared in the black hole at the west coast. The seller sent me a message apologizing and asked if they should send another one, or if I wanted a refund. I told them I would wait. It will come eventually.

    It seems things big & small drop off tracking at the west coast as ‘In Transit’ for up to a month. I believe they aggregate shipments at the coast until they have a container full, then send the container on a slow boat. When stuff arrives in Hawaii it is NOT scanned at arrival, simply forwarded to the local post office. My stuff goes from ‘in transit’ at the coast to ‘Out for Delivery’ by surprise on some random day, up to a month after leaving the west coast. I have ordered stuff from China that gets to Hawaii faster than USPS coming from the West Coast.

    Once I figured this out, I factor it in to whatever I buy online. Few sellers offer ‘Priority Mail’ or ‘First Class’ anymore. If I need something in a hurry, I will go for a seller that offers these faster deliveries. And when a seller offers “Standard Shipping”, you can bet on getting it next month.

  16. C’mon George, give em time to put the bullion back. Heres my grand theory of supposition below. LOL.

    It’s enough if you listen to Lummis::: that whats possibly coming is after expiration a turn-in Grace period, a $ repricing is possible on the magnitude of 100 Fed reserve notes to 1 RLUSD stablecoin. Turn in your cash and KYC and receive 1RLUSD to 1FRN . FAFO and that stack of 100’s on a pallet in the warehouse is now worth paper. Thats how you de -bank laundered cash all over the planet.

    You can use crypto to accomplish it.

    https://www.tiktok.com/@senatorcynthiamlummis/video/7474142174368599303

    When Nixon closed the gold window it was pegged at $35/Oz. Today it’s approaching $3,500/Oz. The repricing won’t be reflected in RLUSD the stable coin, but rather in the layer one crypto asset that fuels it. I think we see XRP worth $100RLUSD in short order after the official switch flip on July 14 when the Fed closes the FedWire Automated Interface Manual. (the AIM) and switches to ISO20022 full time.

    The AIM is used by all entities that invoice .gov for services rendered. Looks like the 5th column will now need to request and spend money via an immutable public ledger. I can see a whole 5th column of (10’s of thousands?) going ape, but with no money (energy) to finance the mayhem, would they do so just out of their belief system? I doubt they would give you the time of day without demanding vig.

    So you’re right Stu, they’re putting the gold back as we speak LOL.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2WPGMuNn3Aw

    Iffn you all sell your ripple early, you risk more opportunity costs than one Ron Wayne co-founder of Apple Inc., same goes for BTC.

    https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/people/apple-cofounder-who-sold-his-10-per-cent-share-for-800-lost-out-on-100-billion/news-story/92d88d894de5438c62e7d77f8d5acbc4

    And that home gamers is my quantum observation gift to you all. Got Blockchain.

  17. I’ve been waiting for one of the biggies to make a public move on the federal bond market – Blackrock just stepped up – saying: “Bonds are no longer reliable as a traditional hedging role.”
    [ Wonder what they will use instead? ]
    .
    “Watch the bond market.”

  19. The first in a series of moves aimed at Zelensky ?

    State Department just announced that the U.S. is terminating all support of the Ukraine power grid restoration.

  20. ” As Banks rush to fly gold bars from Europe to New York City, via commercial airlines only to be followed a few days later by asking Is It Time For The U.S. To Revalue Its Gold Reserves? Or do they fear being outed in a Knox Audit? Which SHOULD have been done with zero warning. Stupid to give it all time to get covered up. Just me getting angry, huh?”

    E.x.c.e.p.t:

    What happens if this conspiracy theory proves out?

    Suddenly, Mr. Trump has a HUGE amount of leverage.

    Leverage? Really?

    Yup. All he has to do is threaten to not give it back.

    This would give him a tremendous amount of power over both the lenders and the thieves. Trump sleeps, maybe 3 hours per day. Every minute he’s awake, he’s working (or at least working out) a deal, somewhere, with someone, for something. What could Mr. Trump do with 400 troy tons of (likely thrice-stolen) gold, of which he suddenly came in possession…?

  21. Someone tell me what good news we got this afternoon for the S&P to claw back the 94 poinints it lost yesterday?

  22. “We got to kicking these high-end zero turn mowers around”

    I like Bad Boy, but those high-price mowers are overkill. An American-made Toro will do just as well (at ~$4000-$6000), unless you own a golf course. If you own a golf course, you should probably have a hundred grand invested in 3-4 Jacobsen mowers because they are specifically designed to do the job forever and not eat the greens. If I were going to drop 14 large on a lawn mower, I’d probably go to $20k and buy a Kubota or 100-series Deere CUT and some attachments, so I’d have a tool I could actually use for stuff…

  23. BTW, bought a laser-cut sign from Temu, back in late December. It arrived Tuesday.

    It was made in Illinois, and posted from some town in The Region to the Chicago Distribution Center.

    It went to Indy, Chicago, Cleveland, Chicago, some little town in Mississippi, Indy, Hebron (KY – THE major Midwest distro point for Amazon), Golden (CO), Attleboro (MA), Chicago, some little town in TN, Chicago, Indy, Dallas, Port Arthur, Indy, Charlotte, Chicago, etc.

    I should honestly have made a screen cap of the tracking. It was truly impressive. Temu twice gave me $5 for it arriving late, then issued a full refund about 3 weeks ago. In the meantime USPS sent that oversized four pound piece of steel about 40,000 miles.

    Words can not describe how badly we need DOGE…

  24. George,

    The October 1987 3/7/6-7 day :: y/2.5y/2.5y crash occurred in an overall period of US and global equity fractal growth and cascadingly ever-easier money/debt creation underwritten by cheap Asian labor and US corporate import profits.

    What would the current US deficit to GDP ratio be … with Ike’s period of individual (91%) and corporate tax rates (much higher) and a national industrial policy to keep the industrial base in the US (like Perot wanted). Our national policies are now more than ever before directed by billionaire individuals and trillionaire corporations who want more and more of the American pie and want less and less in taxes; they own the media and now overtly own the politicians … all, while the average young American Joe and Sally have less and less of a chance of owning a house and having a decent standard of living.

    A possible 3/6 of 7-8/6-7 day crash in March 2025 at the end of a 27 October 2023 55/139/137 day maximum growth fractal series may come, and unlike 1987, is near the end of a great 1982 13/32-33 year fractal equity series and credit cycle – punctuated today by the apparent end of the US-NATO hegemony and, early next week, by a replay of Smoot-Hawley tariffs.

  25. No doubt Ure package had to be routed through an out of state postal inspection center for collection of evidence of extremist activities in interstate commerce. No justifiable Federale intervention jurisdiction intrastate.

  26. Thank you to all.

    As some readers here know, I have been highly critical of Trump, but what he did today had to be done.

    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-meets-zelensky-says-minerals-deal-be-signed-today-will-use-ukraine-rare-earths

    International Firestorm Erupts After Trump-Zelensky Spat, Lindsey Graham Says US “Can Never Do Business With Zelensky Again”

    This follows perfectly a particular Nostradamus Quatrain that I have written about since I started this crazy gig. Here are 15 years worth of quotes going back to 2010. They haven’t really changed, but the picture in 2025 has filled in.

    Nostradamus Quatrain VI-82
    Through the desert places of Libra [Balance/USA], and ferocious,
    Comes to wander the nephew of the great Pontiff:
    Stunned by seven with a heavy club,
    For those that afterwards occupy the chalice.

    Nostradamus and The Third Age of Mars, 2024, G. A. Stewart, 2023, Page 1,297
    “Through the desert places of Libra [Balance/America] … the ferocious nephew of the great Pontiff will come to wander” describes a post-apocalyptic Mad Max American nightmare.

    The Great Pontiff is the new Pope. This is something that St. Malachy’s prophecies of the Popes does not take into account.

    I suggest that “stunned by seven with a heavy club” is a reference to the Group of Seven Nations.

    This has been my interpretation for decades, but I am going to modify it a bit since we are closer to the event.

    This Quatrain and Quatrain IV-96 above, indicate that either an Electromagnetic Pulse Attack or a limited nuclear attack may quickly neutralize the United States.

    I suspect that “Felled by seven with a heavy club” means that after the nuclear decimation of the United States and Great Britain, Europe will fold and capitulate without retaliating against Russia.

    Nostradamus and The Third Age of Mars, The Prophecies of World War III, G. A. Stewart, 2019, Page 911
    “Through the desert places of Libra [Balance/America]… the ferocious nephew of the great Pontiff will come to wander” describes a post-apocalyptic American Mad Max nightmare.

    Libra is The Balance, and as I covered in Chapter Two, it is symbolic of the United States.

    I suggest that “stunned by seven with a heavy club” is a reference to the Group of Seven Nations. This has been my interpretation for decades, but I am going to modify it a bit since we are closer to the event.

    Clearly, the European Union and President Donald J. Trump are at odds. President Trump walked off the stage at the December 2018 Group of Twenty Summit, muttering, “Get me out of here”.

    Nostradamus and The Third Age of Mars, Volume I, G. A. Stewart, 2017, Page 626
    I suggest that “stunned by seven with a heavy club” is a reference to the Group of Seven Nations. I believe that once the United States decides it is going to use nuclear weapons, the remaining countries within the G7 will abandon the alliance.

    This Quatrain and Quatrain IV-96 below indicate that either an Electromagnetic Pulse Attack or limited nuclear attack may quickly neuter the United States.

    Nostradamus and The Age of Desolation, Volume I, G. A. Stewart, 2013, Page 547
    “Through the fierce desert places” suggests that ultimately nuclear destruction is coming to the country of the balance. Quatrain VI-82 seems to describe the Mad Max Scenario of post apocalyptic America. It also hints that Europe will sacrifice America to Russian missiles.

    References to both the Balance and the Chalice are indicators that an American will become Pope. As I mentioned in the previous chapter, and as you will read further ahead, I suggest that Henri Selin may be that person.

    When nuclear war starts and the Russian army invades Eastern Europe, the Group of Seven Nation will make a deal. Germany will be instrumental in compromising with the Russians.

    The Third Age of Mars, Volume I, G. A. Stewart, 2010, Page 383
    How far Russia will press its limited nuclear war with the United States and NATO remains uncertain. Certainly Russian troops will move into countries like Georgia, the Ukraine, and Chechnya, but how far into Eastern and Western Europe remains a subject of wide speculation.

    Quatrain VI-82 leads me to believe that Europe will not suffer too greatly in the first years of World War III. It is the United States that will bear the brunt of the war with Russia, “Felled by seven [Russian led Group of Seven Nations] with a heavy club”.

    That’s what I have written for over 18-years and here is that moment in time.

    America may find itself in a lonely place. Hence the rise of the 3D Printing Black Smiths.

    If you are a talented crafts-person, pretty soon I can point you in the right direction. A very talented friend has just launched something big and is Beta testing it this very moment.

    That’s how America will get through what is coming.

  27. George,

    Not that it helps you any, but in West Tennessee the “land of the lost” for USPS is Memphis, TN. If it gets to Memphis and does not depart the next day, you can kiss it goodbye.
    Same goes for FedEx (headquartered in Memphis); I had an “Auto Ship” package that was somewhere between Mt. Juliet, TN (Nashville) and my address for a week. This was canned dog food either sitting on a truck in single digit temps or on an unheated loading dock qt the local distribution hub. In either case, canned pet food does not do well being frozen. Chewy, to their credit, replaced the lost parcel; no questions asked. Let them fight it out with FedEx. As for UPS, they provide excellent service and reliable tracking.
    I don’t order home shipments from Sam’s, because they use FedEx. Parcels always arrive damaged. FedEx in our area does not have actual FedEx delivery drivers, they use sub-contractors so you never see the same person twice. UPS has dedicated drivers for certain areas; and even substitutes are familiar with the route.
    I even had FedEx leave a 70″ TV at my house that was supposed to go to someone 50 miles from me. Luckily, the guy’s cell phone number was on the original shipping label. Called him up and told him to rattle FedEx’s cage about picking in up. FedEx was showing the package as delivered to him. Could have taken it to him, but if damaged he would not have recourse against shipper or FedEx.
    Biggest problem with USPS, FedEx, etc. is that the “employees” don’t give a damn.

  28. It is no wonder that Putin refuses to deal with Zelensky personally – one-on-one.

    That was extremely stupid to challenge Trump., in the Oval Office.., in front of the cameras.

    What did he hope to gain ? Some kind of international respect?

    This is really going to cost him and the Ukraine.

    wow !

    • The low-information types are badmouthing mean old Donald Trump for yelling at that brave, sweet, freedom fighter. Lord knows he deserves at least a trillion more American tax dollars (siphoned from our billionaires, of course) and enough tactical weapons to level the entire planet from Lisbon to Vladivostok.

      • Musk outted the whole Agency propaganda machine Friday on Rogan – so when you see “rickrolling” and “Putinization” that’s right from the Trump Hate Deep State Agitprop agency to the co-conspiring media shills.

  29. I got it. This was Zelensky’s first step to be over-thrown by his cabinet and military.., kicked-out of the country so that he can become a traveling international martyr for world-peace. Or, something like that……,

    • You might be closer than you think. Kiev was moving to impeach him before his flight left D.C.

      • got a link ray? thanks! then we can see who the actual members of the parliament are who you allege are doing such things. or are you just making stuff up again?

        • thanks odb. now i know it’s the same oleksandr dubinsky that the trump treasury department sanctioned for russian misinformation.

          “January 11, 2021

          WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took additional action against seven individuals and four entities that are part of a Russia-linked foreign influence network associated with Andrii Derkach. Russian agent Derkach was designated on September 10, 2020, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13848, for his attempt to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

          “Russian disinformation campaigns targeting American citizens are a threat to our democracy,” said Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. “The United States will continue to aggressively defend the integrity of our election systems and processes.”
          https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1232

        • that statement from the treasury was under Biden
          ““ “Russian disinformation campaigns” targeting American citizens are a threat to our democracy,” said Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. “The United States will continue to aggressively defend the integrity of our election systems and processes.”
          the so called “Russian disinformation campaigns” was from our 51 intel agents that lied to US,, your source just misused or omited puntuation.
          fixed it for ya,,, brown eyes
          tell Ray ure sorry

        • odb – biden wasn’t inaugurated yet. mnuchin was trump’s tressec. yellen was biden’s. sorry, that facts conflict with your opinion. [redacted by admin for insulting another reader]…and not a good survival strategy.

        • well liddle truth, I am human and made a miss reading of the date on the article, so my grade point dropped a freckle’,,, need new glasses and have cataracts.
          you on the other hand, are lead by the nose, by legacy lying news media, and need to raise your bar, but I have liddle hope for you,,,it seems to me, you have made some poor choices in life,,, morally.
          It is obvious that you are in pain from all the advancements Trump is making and the revelations of the DOGE team,
          take some time and listen to Musk and Joe
          https://urbansurvival.com/everyone-needs-to-watch

          russian dis info campaign was the 51 spies who lied about Hunter and his laptop,,, oh you say don’t look at it,, look over there, it is Russia that did it.
          how do you justify that? the top spies from our government fucking lied to US, [treasonous actions, i ask?] and the legacy media was in on spreading that lie, in helping steal the 2020 election,,, well it only delayed the shit hitting the fan, for 4 years, now the rooster has come home to roost,,,enjoy your sour milk,
          your side lost this time,,, it is our turn

          now tell US who you give orientatation for and to whom, are you not proud of that work? shine some light for the readership,,, crickets, cause you will not tell us, best ya don’t

          But,,, I am just an moron looking for road kill oppossums.
          if you know of any pedos, post them for us,,,, please!!!
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aPW3hgbgOo
          https://www.fox10tv.com/2025/02/20/mobile-florist-arrested-child-porn-charges/
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFIl0ms9AZk
          https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-ceos/citizens-guide-us-federal-law-child-pornography
          https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/federal-employee-charged-possessing-child-pornography
          https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/01/16/darrin-bell-cartoons-child-pornography-arrest/

          now about the abuses in the child thief,, ah hem I mean Child Protection Service, have you heard of any?
          It is an easy google search for surface news but what is hidden in their ranks? do you have any insider info?
          Oh look over there, it is a photo of Trump at a party next to epstein.
          Who knew the guy at the party was a narc?,,, liddle jeff does now
          what does Epstein and Zelenskyy have in common?
          Both have been thrown out by Trump,

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