Weekend here in the woods was fractured: Research & writing, binge watching (Dark Wolf, Butterfly on Amazon), and modeling inflation ahead. The research breakthrough is in how people “Index Life.” (I’ll also tell you about my best-ever spaghetti, too…)
To us, present times are strong on the 1929 Replay vibe, but it riffs off one o the Dozilla Meets… series. Because 1929 didn’t have “push-button money” creation. Financial Engineers lacked global scope.
Key Difference: In 1929 there was no “inflation monster in the wings.” Today we stand at the precipice of our “Second-derivative of All Fears” moment. Yes, we could zoom into hyperinflation since China is rolling into global primacy. At the same time, though, made up debt (and perhaps a well-placed false flag) could bring on “instant inflation” sufficient to offset Utter Collapse.
I’m reminded of the grad school stats class: “So, what do you call a guy who is standing with one foot in the fire and one foot has just been frozen into a block of ice?” asked the Stats lecturer.
“Stupid?” I asked. (Chuckles followed).
“No, in economics we learn to say “On average he’s comfortable!”
(This and $5 for coffee) is modern econ in a nutshell when you think about it.
Or, you can just listen closely enough. Hear it? “Chicken Little” screams about the sky falling off in the distance.
Power is rolling. The Developer loses Leverage. Food and Inflation hedges call. But, as we have advised here (since 1998): There’s nothing so comfortable as a free-and-clear home, no debt of any sort, and at least the tools for rudimentary food production.
As we said then (and it holds now): You either live 100 percent leveraged or zero percent. Anything in between is for the indecisive. Look up the term “cannon fodder.”
We spent a good deal of weekend “wetware processing time” pondering how to “triangulate” what’s ahead – and that will be the “First things” part of Peoplenomics tomorrow.
But here’s an inflation whiff, there’s the financial engineers. In pilot terms, “Watch the vertical speed indicators closely” on approach to crevasses and mountains.
That’s the “money line”. Now, take a deep breath and step over to the RSS high-dive board…
America’s “Dim Sums”
BRICS brats, anyone? Xi welcomes Putin to secretive summit for ‘axis of upheaval’. This, as the USA faces loss of world financial dominance.
There’s a sequence to history our consigliere points out. “Before a World War, power seems to rotate westward in advance.” World War I seemed to be a middle-Europe problem (until trench warfare). World War II you had the V2 rocket’s and Battle of Britain.
But the “power moves” came first – the wars to reverse lagged. Now, Developer Trump faces Car rides and hand-holding: Putin, Modi and Xi send Trump a message at China summit. While hear at home, his Battle of the Books was being quickly lost at a 67% democrat-appointed court. If the tariffs have to be refunded, it will be a “such-a-deal” for industry. They will pocket any rebates, and this BS pass-through tax will be “sticky in their pockets” – lost to those of us who paid it.
War’s coming, though it’s still a matter of when, exactly,. France orders hospitals to ready for ‘WW3’ & treat hundreds of wounded soldiers per day in less than a year. Ever notice how “wars come too soon, peace comes too late?”
It all adds up to a very sketchy future. And seems like we’re doing “dim sums.”
Scrolling the Waterfront
Oh, did they go somewhere? Congress returns from recess as government shutdown deadline looms, Epstein files dominate the House. I guess if they’d been leading the fight for us little people we would have noticed their absence a bit more… Cue the Grandstanding stories now to pretend further…
Afghanistan earthquake over the weekend was a real killer: Death toll climbs to over 1,400 after Afghanistan earthquake, official says.
Move over, Quebec: 51st State: Canada’s Descent into Chaos and the Rise of Alberta Separatism.
Personal Survival
Still enjoying the Win11 KB5063878 surprise? Microsoft released Windows 11 KB5065378, KB5064097 Setup and Recovery updates. If you like gambling, though, and can’t pop out to Vegas for a while, listen up: Windows 11 25H2: Meet the exciting features coming to your PC soon. This is one of those damn “Let me think about this.” On the one hand, new features, latest security twqeaks.. but on the other? Where’d those SSDs all go? Hard call.
“Guilty as charged, your Honor…” Yeah – Elaine and I watched Dark Wolf (new epi tomorrow night) and a bunch of Butterfly last night. And – right on cue here comes the nod from Universe that it’s all OK with The Dude: Why Binge-Watching Your Favorite Shows Might Actually Be Good For You. Whew! Dodged another one…not going to DVT-out after all…
Jury is still out? I was telling you back in 2012 about the remarkable book Ignoring the Awkward: How the cholesterol myth is kept alive. (We just had that stats class discussion, right?) Well, now Rina at the Primal Podcast has a dandy video worth considering Shocking NEW Cause of Heart Attacks (Not LDL Cholesterol) Dr Kendrick. One of Kendrick’s books is a clue: The Clot Thickens.
Buy your way out? Pick up a PowerBall ticket today! Powerball jackpot reaches $1.3 billion after Labor Day drawing sees no winner. Put us in for a 5% tip for reminding?
Around the Ranch: Super Spaghetti – Research Breakthrough
I don’t rave very often about food. But we had the best damn spaghetti EVER last night. It wasn’t hard to make – couple of more dishes to clean, but as soon as today’s column’s done, I’m going back for leftovers.
The secret? We had prime rib Sunday. There was some meat left over (uncooked, cut into 1-inch strip)s. browned with an onion in a hot skillet. THEN came the magic: covered in a big pot and placed in the oven for 90-minutes. OMG!
You wouldn’t think cooking technique could make such a difference, but you’d be wrong. The meat was extremely tender, but it didn’t go off to mush – it was “perfect tooth, fork tender.” An extra teaspoon of Italian seasoning (because I cheated with a bottled sauce). Discovered with the hands-off digital thermometer my “down low” over setting runs 10 degrees hot (200 when digits claimed 190F) but maybe a 30 pound pizza steel (warmed for an hour ahead of time) was a factor.
Not sure of the how and why but it was the most amazing spaghetti ever – and after three-quarters of a century eating great food…that was going a ways.
The Research Breakthrough
As you (may) know, I’ve been doing a lot of research lately on “domain walking” skills. This weekend it all came together in a radical new theory of how we can make everyone in the world smarter!
The idea – worth sharing widely so we’re putting it in the public domain – is that there are basically two kinds of people in the world. One type of person is what we can label “Life Indexers.” See, in my world, there isn’t just “fact clouds” when you are thinking. There’s also how you index – and that’s where the breakthrough is.
First of the two “people types” are the “Life Indexers.” They index what they need to have a good life in their principal domains of interest. Wife Elaine is a “Life Indexer.” She has domains of interest – fashion, art, interior design, house DIY, family, nature (and feral cat care). Delightful, nurturing human.
Me? I’m in the second pile: A Mass Indexer. My family upbringing taught me. When I learn something new, it’s not just about “indexing to my immediate life domains” – it maps to a zillion other additional indexes. Radio, economics, flying, sailing, politics, and so forth. “How does this fact apply in carpentry?” for example.
What happens is people who are Life Indexers can have better health because they can operate with lower levels of stress. My family? With a dad guys at the firehouse called “The Encyclopedia”? Mass indexing is the key to unlimited creativity in new domains of thought.
This is why, for example, doctors think differently. Sure, Dr. Jerome Groopman’s book How Doctors Think is a great deal of it. But the breakthrough this weekend was seeing that people who have a professional specialty have learned additional indexing skills as much as new “facts.”
When you begin to field it as a “personality cataloging and sorting tool” I think you’ll find, as I have, that how a person indexes is the steppingstone to higher mental capacity.
And the great part is? Indexing can be taught as a skill!
Honestly, one of the most exciting things I have come up with in a long time – so a much longer discussion (and more formal paper) to read on Peoplenomics tomorrow.
In economics and investing? Life Indexers tend toward a single signal like inflation. Mass Indexers might want 100-signals and a consensus threshold…
Big week ahead:
- Jobs data pops Friday. Keep an eye on inflation and metals pricing.
- Son G2’s lodge is back from summer break. (He’s a Junior Steward…)
- We’re getting our wills updated.
- And the odds of another 100F day seem to be gone for the year.
- Maybe one more mowing…
ShopTalk Sunday (on restorations) is here if you missed it. Also, the Labor Day Music playlist is here.
Have a great week and write when you get rich,
George@Ure.net
Triangulation Tuesday – whoopee, hotdam I thought..
We have the single greatest, most exciting news event in history coming up, and Youse go inflation/1929 and Domains for triangulation ? WTF, Kemmosabe?
Watchers Return, via “Ohuremomma”..the third in a recent series of visitors to solar system..
Bad boy/bot has changed speeds and vector (s)/direction..subtle calculated moves.. What ?!
Emitting EMP’s, speaks the ancient language of our Creation..pre Humanity language. Now picking up secondary signal, going opposite direction..to deepspace (reporting back?).
* “We are Arriving”
The aim isn’t for shit (gotta learn to track actual data, brother). Barely as close as Mars orbit and 1,82 au (astronomical units (170 million miles, plus or minus a tank of gas) So unless it changes orbit, chill brother. Like the JFK files, Epstein files, etc -another nothing burger for the monetize you instead of teach you to think crowd Stu was mentioning…
Remember how nasa flew Apollo 13 from the moon to earth with only duct tape and cardboard? Now we are treated to the latest reports based on data 2 and 3 weeks old while 3i/atlas has traveled another 50 to 70 million miles. There are cameras on Mars and orbiting Mars how are they being repurposed? We have had satellites on the far side of the sun for decades that’s how they get pictures of emerging sun spots What satellites do other countries have that will be useful? And what is the justification for all data to be classified as top secret and not to be released for 90 days?
Okay Mr Dirty Snowball – good Luck wit that.
“* “We are Arriving””
Have some pocket gold on the ready to appease Earth’s overlords.
“There’s nothing so comfortable as a free-and-clear home, no debt of any sort, and at least the tools for rudimentary food production.”
The above is a lot easier to accomplish than people give themselves credit for.
Windows Updates – Ugh!
I use Windows Search next to Start (Win 11) frequently and now I see Windows was gracious enough to pollute the area with “Popular Options”. The area used to be clear and now it’s cluttered. Windows Sucks!!! Not to mention TikTok is one of the options. Anyone remember the olden days when TikTok was to be banned, but it wasn’t?
Hank – how did your Linux migration workout? Currently I use Tails, sometimes but now am considering the switch to Linux and just not looking back.
Double Ugh on the windows updates. Linux Mint is very similar to windows and updates are fast and efficient. I switched 5 years ago and have never looked back.
Same here, and the only Windows machines I use belong to others. Linux Mint isn’t perfect, but it’s about as good as can be expected on planet earth for normal residential utility!
I got the ‘install stick’ laying on the laptop on the top of the ‘to do’ pile. Been absorbed in several ham radio projects first. Looking for that ’round tuit’ tool yet!
OK, I’ll investigate Lia’s suggestion of Linux Mint over the next few days.
Thx everyone!!
Have both Linux & Windows 10 operating systems installed… Thinking about shifting entirely to Linux … which has wonderful simplicity … Windows had become undesirably cluttered…
“Holding hands” “War”
Anyone recall Mitch McConnell and that Chinese asset he called a wife? Let’s hope Vance isn’t an Indian asset with that Indian wife.
You know it’s serious when the officials and experts are asking why. Those expats are going to be hunted for their heads and lose everything or maybe not.
US builds up forces in Caribbean as officials, experts, ask why
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-builds-up-forces-caribbean-officials-experts-ask-why-2025-08-29/
“US builds up forces in Caribbean as officials, experts, ask why”
“Experts” (and the media) didn’t ask “why” when Trump did this same thing seven years ago, to shut down the flow of preteen sex-slaves into NYC and LA.
You don’t suppose they could have an ulterior motive (for ignoring the stem of 6yo prostitutes and supporting the commie who has, even by the determinization of the UN, stolen the past two Venezuelan elections) do you?
There are times when the “just course of action” really is, to “shoot the messenger…”
I think American expats may lose their heads if/when war breaks out. The front edge should rhyme with the Godfather Part II scene when the Corleone family and associates had to flee Cuba.
You may want to now J D to a foot race. if he was in college now he may be a participant in Girls track. Just sayin……..
re: “Whatfinger News”
feat: JR flips a bird
Folks,
The flock is in turmoil at Ewing Ranch? Oils well in the oil patch? It seems (AI-assisted?) rumours of an Albertan separation from Canada is cogitated by “Whatfinger News” noted in “Urbansurvival”.
“Whatfinger News” closest link to Canada appears to be a bespoke address in Frisco, Tx. overlooking the Dallas Parkway. It seems Frisco’s claim to fame originates as a waterstop on the St. Louis to San Francisco railroad line. More recently, the city struck oil as one of its mansions served as the original “Southforks Ranch” in 1978 during the first season of “Dallas”.
The Frisco edifice was modelled after Scarlett’s “Tara” pad as seen by 1939 moviegoers to “Gone With the Wind”.
Frankly, I prefer Rebel News for goings-on in Canuckistan
https://www.rebelnews.com/news
even though ChatGPT lists CBC as the most honest and unbiased source for Canadian news (followed by about 30 other Leftist-to-communist “news sources…”)
re: Greta Tintin Thunberg
feat: Mr. R. W. Trickler
Ray,
An as yet undetermined constellation within the Russian msm galaxy appears to be nova-ready for imminent sailing by Miss Greta Tintin Thunberg towards (oil-rich? per GU) distressed lands of Palestine. Just as comic hero Tintin boarded a French-registered airliner, such was the fate of Miss Tintin Thunberg some months ago at her forced removal from Tel Aviv airport without so much as a carryon bag to her name.
While America’s “No Kings” movement may allegedly have had a fairy godmother in a Walmart heiress, the Russians contend a pair of journalists from “Mediastorm” are embedded to chronicle Tintin’s next adventure aboard The Global Sumud Florilla, destination Gaza. Additionally, the Russians allege to have found a glass slipper purportedly embossed “Cinderella” from a round of “Mediastorm” fundraising by a subsidiary of her late, rich uncle. One imagines someone in Moscow is expecting the other shoe to drop.
I believe Greta stopped making them money, so her handlers are going to keep sending her to Gaza until Hamas shoots her (which they will then blame on the IDF.)
She had to turn around and re-start the journey, because her handlers forgot the bowl they use for her haircuts…
re: Tall Stories
Folks,
Chinese state media network “CGTN” posted a news segment recording the airport arrival of Serbian President Vucic. Apparently the Serbian government jet is a brand new Dassault Falcon 6X jet of French origin with an alleged €50 million price tag. Aircraft specs suggest a generous cabin interior height of 1.98 meters. President Vucic is said to be 1.99 meters tall.
Meanwhile the President of North Korea (5’5″ incl. coiffre) arrived at the train station aboard his Taeyangho (“Sun Train”) in 20+ carriage configuration stretching over some 1800+ feet. Apparently the colossus reached its destination thanks to a pair of Chinese 16 cylinder diesel locomotives bearing their heavy North Korean burden. A beaming President Kim could be seen alighting from carriage #5 with plenty of headroom to spare.
Green Acres clip
Eb: I sure am hungry, aren’t you Mr. Douglas?
Mr. Douglas: Well, that depends, what have we got?
Lisa: Spaghetti.
Mr. Douglas: Spaghetti!
Eb: Mamma mia! I heard that on the Frank Sinatra special.
Mr. Douglas: What’s that?
Lisa: Spaghetti.
Mr. Douglas: That’s not the way you serve spaghetti.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-acgNBFyPFA
Kilauea Volcano is erupting this morning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqmpkUdMtyA
Anthropic – a start-up A.I. company didn’t even exist until January of this year. It is now worth over $183 Billion dollars. And just secured another $18 Billion [ from Blackstone ] for ‘safety research’.
.., and there are dozens more just like it.
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The money [ in the trillions ] being spent is just insane.
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Mark Zuckerberg has redirected the ‘focus’ of Meta research into A.I. three time in the past six months.., spending hundreds of millions with each directional shift. To what end? “You never chase the numbers.” What the hell is he doing ?
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I don’t know about you, but this really smells like a real financial disaster in the making for most of these companies.
John Titor aka Time Travelor_0 who was From the year 2036 did say a short time after a pandemic there was a civil war in the US followed by a suprize nuclear attack from Russia.
could an unexpected pop of the largest stock market bubble ever created cause a US civil war? would our enemies see a US Civil War as an opportunitie to advance?
we already had the pandemic. it wasnt mad cow disease as John Titor said but we did have a pandemic. the next in the sequence is pretty obvious as President Trump pre-deploys the largest cities in the United States with National Guard in effort to “reduce crime.”
how convenient….
as i am ushered out of country to saftey… just before it all goes down.
well you dont need a slide ruler for that. almost seems orchastrated.
not sure why that sprang to mind while reading what you wrote. but it did.
now back to the future which is, paradise by the dash board light if memory serves me…. righty tighty, right McFly?
The Doors – “The End”
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I’ll never look into your eyes again
Thank you JC for this, and Andy who triggered the response. This song says a lot and will move me along in a sad, yet new and unknown direction in my life.
The countdown:
“In 2029, Earth has been ravaged by the war between the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet and the human resistance. Skynet sends the T-1000—an advanced, shape-shifting prototype Terminator made of virtually indestructible liquid metal—back in time to kill resistance leader John Connor when he is a child.”
Page down to The Cholesterol Myth…
http://www.alienview.net/alltcon.html
A Stereoscopic Method of Verifying Apollo Lunar Surface Images
https://www.aulis.com/stereoparallax.htm
In a large pot:
Chop and saute’ one onion.
Brown 2 lb hamburger with the onion.
Drain excessive hamburger grease.
Liberally add italian seasoning to the hamburger.
Add two cans mushrooms.
Add two cans stewed tomatoes
Add one jar Prego spagetti sauce.
Add 1 tbsp (or more) sugar to neutralize tomato acid
More Italian seasoning to taste.
Simmer for hours to blend flavors.
I like Penne pasta. I hate long, messy, face-slapping spaghetti noodles. First thing I always do is chop them up into short pieces on my plate before eating.
Don’t Break Your Spaghetti In Half
There is a strict consensus that breaking pasta is a no-no because the length of the pasta enhances the eating experience and aesthetics of the dish.
https://www.delish.com/kitchen-tools/a61112529/dont-break-your-spaghetti-in-half/
Why do Italians Never Break Spaghetti?
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/E5YK5uF_8fQ
“…length of the pasta enhances the eating experience and aesthetics of the dish.”
LOL! Like slapping sauce all over your chin and cheeks? There is NO elegant way to eat spaghetti!
Wrong!
You have to use a fork and a spoon. You roll it up in the spoon.
How to Eat Spaghetti like an Italian…
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/xFEYOLWzY08
I know you’re Italian… but I just don’t consider that mess to be elegant. YMMV. Penne, Please… for me.
nein, nein, nein – Not Sauce, GRAVY
Youse either go full Italian, or you be a pretenda.
If that Gravy aint sitting on the stovetop all day long, it aint Gravy.
Aint nobody but nobody gets near the Gravy pot on Sundays, but Momz and Grandmomz, maybe just maybe young Son can slip in Kitchen and dunk some crusty Italian bread in there..but thats it.
Youse want real Pizza or classic Italian, South Philly aint a bad place to start. Plus youse would get to hang with the worlds greatest sports fans..
E-A-G-L-E-S…EAGLES!
No, it’s not a COUP against RFK Jr. It’s a ‘CAPTURE’…
What Big Pharma, Big Food, and their political operatives are pulling off right now isn’t about bruised egos or little partisan dustups. It’s about full-blown, unadulterated control. They’re not just trying to shove Kennedy out of the way and install a puppet. They’re moving to seize the levers of power that he has dared to touch. They see what he’s doing, and they know they need to lock down those levers before he can blow the lid off decades of corruption.
https://revolver.news/2025/09/no-its-not-a-coup-against-rfk-jr-its-a-capture/
How Wes Moore torched $5.5B and blamed Trump…
Maryland is circling the drain, and the new Governor, Wes Moore, is standing there with a bucket full of murky spin, pretending it’s fresh, clean rainwater. This week, the governor hopped on X to brag about “cutting taxes” and “fixing” the budget, but the actual reality of the situation is brutal.
Get ready to hear this lie from Wes Moore A LOT between now and the next election. The truth is that Wes Moore passed the largest tax increase in the history of Maryland and turned an inherited budget surplus into a multi-billion dollar structural deficit. He can’t defend his record, so he’s choosing to lie and gaslight the voters instead.
https://revolver.news/2025/09/marylands-on-life-support-how-wes-moore-torched-5-5b-and-blamed-trump/
This is probably the most INSANE Deep State story you’ve never heard.
Darren Beattie debunks ProPublica’s claim that DOGE “targeted” an “Afghan scholar who fled the Taliban”:
“There was a whole saga of a takeover of the US Institute of Peace under DOGE.
Just to give you a sense of what these [US Institute of Peace workers] were like, they barricaded themselves in the offices. They sabotaged the physical infrastructure of the building. There were reports of loaded guns within the offices.
https://x.com/glennbeck/status/1960410635793260796
‘No Exceptions’: President Trump to Sign Executive Order Requiring Voter I.D. in Elections
In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!! Also, No Mail-In Voting, Except For Those That Are Very Ill, And The Far Away Military. USE PAPER BALLOTS ONLY!!! President DJT.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/31/no-exceptions-president-trump-to-sign-executive-order-requiring-voter-i-d-in-elections/
Woody Allen wants Donald Trump for his next movie.
During a recent appearance on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, the four-time Oscar winner said Trump was “a pleasure to work with.” “I’m one of the few people who can say he directed Trump. I directed Trump in [‘Celebrity’],” Allen recalled. “He was a pleasure to work with and a very good actor. He was very polite, hit his mark, did everything correctly and had a real flair for show business
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/woody-allen-direct-donald-trump-in-movie-celebrity-1236504049/
Big question….??? was the spaghetti home made…
the big 123 recipe?? orrr store bought…
1 tsp.salt
1 ounce oil EVOO or 1 tble spoon EVOO and 1tbsp. melted butter
2 cups of flour
3 eggs….
( I lobe to add a tbsp. of blended tones spaghetti seasoning to the flour..
and a tad bit more salt..
I’m thinking of trying a cup of mashed zuchinni.. for a veggie pasta kind of like you do for making potato pasta..Pasta is my go to comfort food..that’s why everyone got pasta press last year..the grandkids all were reminiscent of the days we made pasta..my little one loved pancake soup .. spaetzle..
slow roasted grunions mmm good..And garlic lots of garlic..