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Two-Part Tuesday – Residential Briefing – Sunshine, Symbology and Sideband

We begin with the “two-part Tuesday” explainer:  The Case-Shiller, S&P (and whoever) Housing report will be out at 8 AM.

I guess we could call it “Two-and-a-half-part” Tuesday because around 10 AM the markets will have a Maalox Moment when both the Labor JOLTS report and consumer confidence show up – surely adding a half-point of thumb pressure on the future from those.

Anyway, refresh about 8:15 am for the Housing dope, Bring your own turtle, as I may wax on while waiting for another pun to show up.

Digital Ponzi Risk: Bitcoin slid to around $59,200 in overnight trading, cracking open the growing realization there’s nothing real behind it—you can’t eat it. Quantum computing is coming for the security algos in the longer term anyway, which makes this a timely reminder: Real assets (land, tools, skills) over digital promises. Will the MUMI—the Making Up Money Industry—be part of the larger crash when reality finally bites? Our long-wave models say keep an eye on the fungibility fault lines.

News Compressor – Residential Briefing

Progress in America is an uneven thing because of our election structure.  Once every four years, we go down to the train station with elections. Then we’re all forced to board the next train wreck rolling toward Future.  So far it has worked and the holiday honoring that comes Saturday.

While we wait for the next train station event, we run what’s becoming a forward-facing intelligence op – which is the whole point of reading news, is it not?

Here’s how the residential briefing reads so you can personally judge how the present runaway train is careening along.  It begins with turning on the News Compressor:

“The main things that changed overnight are escalating developments in Venezuela’s earthquake recovery, major U.S. Supreme Court rulings expanding presidential authority, and deadly wildfire activity in the western U.S. Venezuela’s death toll from the June 24 twin quakes (M7.2 and M7.5) climbed above 1,700, with over 5,000 injured and thousands missing; aftershocks continue, and frustration grows over slow aid amid a deepening humanitarian crisis, including missing U.S.-deported Venezuelans. U.S. Supreme Court decisions included upholding broader presidential firing powers over independent agencies (while blocking removal of Fed Governor Lisa Cook for now) and allowing states to count certain late mail ballots. In Utah, the Cottonwood Fire (largest active U.S. wildfire) grew past 90,000 acres with 0% containment; three firefighters died battling blazes on the Colorado-Utah border amid critical fire weather. Markets showed mixed recovery with tech rebounds.”

Blink Lab – Actionable News

Too many people just “read news and roll over.”  But if you look, there are many opportunities to become personally involved.  That’s why this next section focuses on action.

Venezuela: Prioritize monitoring aftershocks via USGS; U.S. agencies assessing aid/deportee impacts. Action point:  Give something for relief work.

Wildfires: Utah Cottonwood at ~93k acres (0% contained); Snyder/Gold Mountain also active. NWS red flag warnings critical—evacuations ongoing.  Action point: Clear a reasonable fire perimeter around your home.  Check extinguishers and have 150-feet of metal covered hose (like this stuff) on a reel for instant use.

Supreme Court: Trump v. Slaughter expands firing powers; Cook ruling provides Fed safeguard. Mail ballot decision affects midterms. Action point: Turn down regulatory appointments if offered.

Markets: S&P/Nasdaq near records amid chip rebound; oil down on Iran talks. Watch EIA updates. Action point: Build relations – spend wealth.

Energy: SPR stocks at 1983 lows; focus on Hormuz stability. Action: Walk more, pump less.

Health: European heat overwhelms systems; U.S. tick virus cases rising. Action: Stay indoors with the A/C on.

Cyber: No major new KEV/CISA alerts; monitor disaster-related disruptions.  Action: It’s still a good idea to update software, do a deep virus scan, then a fresh reboot before logging onto where your money lives.  Paranoia protects paper…

Supply Chain: Wildfire impacts on transport minimal so far. Action: If vacation plans involve I-40,, I-80, or I-90 out west, hit the InciWeb fire site for routing tips.

Related preparedness: Utah emergency declarations; monitor NWS hazards. Cottonwood fire won’t roll-down until next week – if we’re lucky.

Space/Science: Routine; no major anomalies. Action (lower altitude) Train children to be fire-spotters on the Fourth – watching where the aerial bomb wreckage comes down.

Local Ops Note: Small business disruptions in fire zones; aviation/firework restrictions. TFR Check for fires and VIP movements ahead of the holiday.

Civil Order: Jail incidents in NC; general stability. Action point: don’t drink and drive.

Law/Gov: TPS/border rulings actionable for planning. Action plan for rental owners: back-up plans for renter acquisition.

New Signals in the News Noise

Wildfire Line-of-Duty Deaths may rise (Confidence: 80, unfortunately): Three confirmed in Utah/Colorado border blazes; signals intensifying Western fire season risks amid drought/red flag patterns. Pasco (WA) and CO fires scaling.

Presidential Power Precedents (Confidence: 75): SCOTUS rulings on agencies/Fed could cascade to broader admin actions—watch implementation speed.

SPR Drawdown Lows (Confidence: 65%): Oil reserves at historic lows signal energy security vulnerabilities. Outlook for cheaper gas at end of driving season lowers, expect higher oil heating prices this winter. Insulate when it’s warm out.

Europe Heat Mortality Strain (Confidence: 60%): Morgue overflows flag climate-health intersections. Action question: “If I lost public water supplies for 90 days, what is my plan?”

Now, while we wait to see if the train wreck makes it around the next curve into future safely, let’s get strategic about life.

At the Ranch: Sunshine, Symbology and Sideband

Sunshine and Hydroponics are a big focus around here.  As you know, we built a decent 10 X 20 foot lean-to greenhouse a couple of years back.  And this year, I am serious about getting the space into useful summer production.  As you might guess, the main enemy is heat.

The swamp cooler output temps are reasonable, even when the local temps hit 101.3 momentarily inside the grow space Monday. I’ve decided to attack with science and this is pretty interesting because the findings are driving the work plan.

  1. The metal roof which is basically the first 2-feet of slooping down ceiling isn’t insulated.  And that – according to the cheapo heat gun – was hitting 128F yesterday.  AI consult found the highest ROI would be installing mylar “space blanket” film and edge-sealing them.
  2. Slowing down the swamp cooler may have helped, too.  Thing is, when you run a swamp cooler on high speed, you move more air but the flip side is it’s warmer air.
  3. Also related: The big 3100 CFM exhaust fan may have been pulling hot air (from outside) in under the door or other cracks an imperfections (in my work????).  Two part solution here: A speed control has slowed the output fan while leaving it adjustable.  Final setting will be done with a manometer…

OK, a what?  A manometer is a simple instrument that measures the pressure of a gas or liquid by comparing it against atmospheric pressure or another known pressure, often using the height difference of a liquid column.  And you can pick them up on Amazon for under thirty bucks.  Ours lands tomorrow.

These are like a real sensitive barometer.  So the work flow for me will be simple.  Step outside the greenhouse, note the ambient air pressure.  Then go back into the green house.  If the pressure is higher than ambient, I can speed up the exhaust; if lower then slow that bad-boy down.  When it’s zero best cooling should result.

The quality of measuring tools these days is outstanding.  Between a manometer, an under $200 (sale) thermal imaging camera, and a couple of good laser temp guns, you can save enough money to…pay for the tools, lol.

Symbology has been impacting my dreams strongly in recent weeks. For example, I had a dream Saturday morning that didn’t make sense.  I dreamed about four people being in a “yellow station wagon” and had no idea what that was about.

And I didn’t think much about it when my friend and neighbor called Sunday to firm up Monday afternoon out for Chinese food.  OK…great.

He and his missus showed up at 3 PM Monday and we went off to a dandy meal in town. In a burgundy colored SUV with glaring sunshine and a light tan interior.  Which left me all the way into town pondering “Is this was that was about?” Not woo-woo – just interesting as hell.  Because in the dream the vehicle was “nose up” – like it was driving up a wall of some kind.  Oh, well.

Sideband Dream:  Fresh from the “yellow station wagon dream, pointing up on a wall with four people in it” I wasn’t really ready for the detailed dream overnight.  See, I restore old ham radio equipment and it’s an enjoyable hobby.  But I had never dreamed about a specific radio before.

Last night – well, this morning on waking – I was having an intense dream about restoring and using a Drake TR-5 ham transceiver. It hasn’t come up on eBay yet, but in the dream it would and I would somehow end up with it.

What makes the TR-5 so interesting becomes clear when you read the eHam reviews of the radio:

“The TR-5 is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT radio than the TR-7! The TR-5 is a much newer design and does not use that mother board/plug in subassembly construction. The board to board wiring used the (modern for the time) IDC connectors, and the construction is neat and professional, IMO much better than the TR-7. It is a ham-bands-only radio, but has FULL QSK for CW.”

And since I’m a CW afficianado this one would be right up my alley.

I was already planning to get my Hermes Lite 2 built and on the air this weekend because it’s a three-dayer so the build would be a dual-use project: Article for ShopTalk Sunday plus I want to get the PureSignal and Thetis software dancing.  More on (or moron) Sunday.

Stapler at the ready, space blankets ho!  After the housing data drops and more food than I really need…

Write when you get rich,

George@Ure.net

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  2. i stand corrected. it is not a cribbage peg,

    it is peg from the game of life.
    found a pen yesterday with something interesting written on it.

    it amazes me, that i can be driving way out on some farm road. pull over at a seemingly random spot. get out of the Truck, walk around to the other side to piss between my duels. and find a random object laying there exactly where i stop to go piss.

    i cant see a pen on the side of the road from the cab of my truck. especially around the passenger side of the truck, next to the duels at exactly where i stopped to go piss.

    i didnt see the taror cards laying there. but they were there along with the game of life, peg.

    ~ He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. ~

    all this is much more facinating to me than anything on the news or the stock market.

    I Win with God within.

  3. time to check out again soon . this guru can kickin with nonsense mumbo jumbo stories and fake numbers is sickening . wave goodbye to cognitive function freaks . the old belief wave !!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. give that man an elliot !!!

  4. George
    why not just use a small air-conditioner? They are inexpensive and don’t cost much to run in one room.

    • The 12,000 BTU wall mount unit would eat $82 per month in power vs the swamp cooler’s lesser $6/month 100 watts vs 1500 watts and the water is still in the houshold minimums for our bill so no incremental cost there. That’s how $20 in space blankets beats $1000 in tech.

      • What with the Pole Flippining happening right friggin now, imagine the Weather patterns and what notz that will be changing on a global scale.

        All U all did see the that recent Hurricane in Pacific spinning in Wrong direction ? Its a clue.

        Poles be flipping – all connected, all feeling the same effects. Planets be crossing out there on other side of Sun, “Movement of the People” comes next, as the pressures keep building…something is gotta pop..

        Dog Eat Dog -https://youtu.be/JS8zgnEifPM?

        • You have heard of “cause and effect” eh, froggie? Well….seems to the old landlubber who like his air fresh and unpressurized…that the effect usually FOLLOWS the CAUSE…not the other way around. Only in Sci-Fi and alt. fictional realms, me boy. stay with us here…

      • Some of the newer inverter R32 mini-splits have SEER ratings over 30:
        1. GREE Sapphire 9,000 BTU
        SEER: 38, HSPF: 15.0
        2. Mitsubishi MSZ-FS06NA 6,000 BTU
        SEER: 32.2, HSPF: 11.9
        3. Fujitsu AIRSTAGE 09LZBS1 9,000 BTU
        SEER: 33.1, HSPF: 13.4

        Carrier has one with a reported 42 SEER, but the purported prices I saw looked higher than my central unit.

      • A small air conditioner cost maybe $100 to $150. Your electric in the summer is provided by solar pannels. I still don’t see the advantage. Set a temperature and walk away. Easy.

        • LOL – unfortunately the small window type units won’t conquer the heat mass in the room. I need 12,000 btus of cooling soe 3-5 small units. I love little units and we’re not Luddites about this. We have a small one $139 size in our pantry building 10×12 with insulation – and it works great – in fact, we got the non-electronic kind though – because the electronic sort don’t auto resume after a power failure!

  5. True Story time.

    The Story of Two Justice’s.

    we have this kid at work. shop helper. he is a good worker. never on his phone. hard worker. always early for work. Good Kid. He just graduated High School a few weeks ago. He jisy turned 18. His name is Justice. He wanted to learn how to drive Truck. so i told him meet me at the yard. we will wash trucks because that is how i learned. you touch every part of the truck when you wash them. the point of washing trucks is not to make them pretty. the point of washing trucks is to check them over and anthing that needs fixed? will be fixed before they roll out. i took a video of him out on country road shifting gears. he said my Dad says hi. i said who is your Dad. He told me. i known his Dad since he was 14 years old. I known his Grand mother for 35 years.

    what i didnt tell him is about 25 to 30 years ago i saw his dad when he was 16 years old hiding in a 7-11. he had ripped off some really bad dudes. the kind you never steal from. he came to me and said he didnt know what to do. they were outside and he left the store they were going to kill him. i said point to them and I will go have a talk to them. he did. i said wait here. i went and talked to them. one was an old friend from highschool. i talked to them and said. i know what he did. but that kid is turning over a new leaf. he is a good kid. you owe me a favor. im calling that favor in. let him go. if he comes back around? you can do whatever you want. he is leaving with me. the fella said, my family does owe you a favor. if you are using it for him. so be it. if he comes back around, we will burry him in the woods somewhere in the mountains.

    i went back in 7-11 and said you are walking out the door with me. nothing will happen to you. if you go back to that life? you will die and there isnt anything i can do or anyone can do more for you. your debts forgiven.

    Justice would have never been born, had i not used that favor to spare his fathers life when he was 16.

    and here i was teaching his son how to drive truck. funny how life is like that.

    another friend from California called me and said My son Justice who also just graduated from High School went to detox to get off drugs yesterday. please pray for him. I said, I will pray for Justice.

    so i figured id mention it to you all. if you all have a moment free today, please pray for Justice in California.

    two Justices, the next generation of Workers in the US.

    True Story.

    now, i best get busy. life is too good to be sitting on the net waiting to be a caught fish.

    good chatting with you all.

    Life is Good.

    I Win with God within ~

    que: Take it Easy

    https://youtu.be/5igDtWadYms?is=mMPhgcJZpN3zEVYc

    The Eagles

      • Yes Sir. only THE DUDE writes real life stories like this. i have wintessed it more than i can count.

        It is by far the most facinating thing in the world to me. HE Writes life with the ink of Living Energy and it means so much.

        Justice’s Grandmother, who i have known for 35 years, is named Angel. Her son, produced the offspring, Justice.

        So wonderful to behold such Vision.

        Nobody, writes stories like THE DUDE.

        until we meet again my friend,

        I Win with God within.

  7. “The universe notices you are making progress and sends a problem.”
    That.., is a truism.

    Your character really shows on your third, or forth try.

    The Straits of Hormuz will never be the same – not in our life time. The alternative ? They better come up with one – and fast.

    Volkswagen to cut 100,000 jobs and close four plants. – Whoa ! Volkswagen stock just hit a fifteen-year low.

    South Korean tech giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix said Monday they will invest a combined $518 billion in building a massive new computer chipmaking hub. The South Korean government is fully backing the new project. [ Taxes and incentives.] When completed it will be the largest chip making facility in the world.
    Effectively putting South Korea in the chipmaking driver’s seat. World power.

    With the current wage level in NYC saving for a home down payment can take 65 years. In the Midwest roughly four years. / $100,000 in the Midwest is worth about $35,000 in NYC – which has the lowest purchasing power for the dollar in the country.

    Wall Street is looking at a stand-out quarter and record, in the trillions, corporate profits. The dollar is currently at a high for 2026. Job openings top expectations. Gold is still holding on to the $4,000 mark.

    Bitcoin just had its worst month in four years and analysts say it’s on its way to $40,000.

    China has missed-out on the A.I. boom – completely – and their stock markets trails the world by the most in over 25 years.

    There is a bill being circulated in the Senate., looking for backers.., basically – if it’s too hot outside you can stay home – and your company still has to pay you. So far ? Six Democrats have signed-on.

    Five years ago, my little burg hit a record high streak. Over two weeks of daily record high temps – each day topping the 100 degree mark – on this day five years ago we hit 110 degrees. I remember that miserable time quite well. The small swamp cooler in the bed room was a life saver!

    “Stay Frosty !”

      • A very cold lake – even in late Summer. Glacier fed. .., but yard projects do not abide that luxury. I did wander on down and fell in, accidently of course, several times.

        • Axiom spin off Pappy Ure’s “Never plant a garden bigger than your wife can take care of… ” would be stated something like “Teach you wife to mow all the way to the dock where your lake boat is.” Might check with Egor on how this does or doesn’t…

  8. No ‘mo freedom on the Internet. Short VPN companies?

    US House passes kids online safety package, heads to Senate

    “The U.S. House of Representatives passed a repackaged version of the Kids Online Safety Act on Monday, approving the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act in a 267-117 vote. Built from portions of 14 separate digital safety bills, the package was fast-tracked under a process requiring a two-thirds majority and now heads to the Senate.

    The legislation pairs two major thrusts. It requires age verification to access adult content online, and it sets new safety rules for minors on social media, including stronger default privacy settings, parental controls, and limits on design features that drive compulsive use. The package also addresses AI chatbots, children’s data protections, and direct messaging. ”

    So either kids will need a digital ID or adults will need a digital ID. Hmmm…. all the while folks in the Epstein Alliance roam free stalking prepubescent girls.

    • This is disgusting! I just read about this yesterday and had no idea it was so close to passing. Parents are responsible for kids, not the government or corporations! The internet is our first opportunity in hundreds of years to have free access to information with a minimum of gatekeeping, and now we have to link our personal ID to any website we visit! Think not? Think it through. No adult can prove he is of age without submitting some documentation or a face scan, perhaps both. This is truly awful. I saw plenty of porn when I was a kid and so did my kids. Why shelter kids until they’re 18 and then turn them loose on a world with no preparation at all. That’s just dumb. My kids are doing well because they got to see most everything adults saw all their lives. I encourage this. The kids made their own decisions and I stood back just in case they got too far out of line. Same with their mother, though she did buy them too many silly plastic toys. Today they’re successful by most standards, and I don’t dare give too much advice about their life choices – they know best about a suitable spouse, and I certainly don’t. Now CONgress seems to think it knows better than parents or kids themselves what the kids should or should not see. That’s idiotic. This bill is totally wrong and only in play to force internet users to share their entire web browsing and internet usage with the data centers which will be operated and monitored by whom? Corporations, governments, and inference engines, aka AI. Inference is not a legitimate means of anything beyond brainstorming and hypothesis. It proves nothing, but can set up for a circumstantial case a priori. Think “Minority Report” and pre-crime for both kids and adults.

      • Yep – th4e empire builders have their eye on free speech – even libraries couldn’t track the books you read – but now they want to witeh web sites? Communism is coming in every door it can Mike. Keep watch.

      • “No adult can prove he is of age without submitting some documentation or a face scan, perhaps both.”

        So maybe this piece of legislation isn’t about children at all, but instead is about control?

        Everyone knows “Social Security” is a “3rd rail” meaning politicians “can’t touch it.” “Children” is an “inverse 3rd rail” meaning if a pol can attach a “children” or a “for the children” label to a piece of legislation, no matter it’s content or ability to be used or abused for virtually anything, it will be read and likely passed.

        This will not keep Jimmy or Sally from the illustrated guide to putting pin A in slot B. Therefore I suspect both the bill and the motivation behind it…

      • “documentation or a face scan”

        More and more websites I access want me to setup a Passkey.

        Passkey –

        “A passkey is a digital credential that completely replaces passwords. Instead of typing a password, you securely log in to apps and websites using the biometric scanner (Face ID, fingerprint), PIN, or screen pattern already built into your phone, tablet, or computer.”

        I was joshing about shorting VPN companies because there’s no such thing as VPN anonymity. All devices have unique identifiers. But you already know these things.

        • Funny you should mention this – just sent this to my congressman Tuesday
          Subject: Constituent Request: USPTO ID.me Verification Barriers for Rural Seniors in TX-6

          Dear Congressman Ellzey,

          As one of your constituents in Anderson County, I am writing to request assistance with access to USPTO online services. I am being directed to a third-party identity verification process (ID.me) that requires intrusive steps I prefer to avoid. I do not wish to share my personal identification data with contractors rather than direct U.S. Government employees. I used to have easy access online but no more!

          I live in a remote, rural area of East Texas with limited reliable mobile phone service. As a 77-year-old writer and publisher focused on economics and AI (Peoplenomics.com), my infrastructure setup is reasonably complex, and I rely primarily on fixed broadband and landline services.

          I am not opposed to reasonable security measures. However, when my banks and brokerage provide access without third-party ID verification, this requirement feels unnecessarily burdensome—especially for seniors or residents in areas with poor cellular coverage. My cell provider does not reliably support internet messaging through my access points.

          Specific inquiry: Does the USPTO offer any alternative verification paths (non-ID.me) for public access to the government services we pay for? As a senior citizen, I am asking whether there is any formal process or accommodation for users who cannot—or choose not to—complete the standard ID.me process.

          I have a copper voice line (CenturyLink), MagicJack number, Gmail account, and multiple networks. I have experimented with passkeys and Microsoft PINs, but these do not appear compatible with USPTO’s login processes.

          Speaking of rural infrastructure in the woods, I’m still waiting on Spectrum Internet out here. After five billion dollars (and counting) in various federal and state broadband programs, I’m literally mowing around a fiber loop on the tractor with no service to my property.

          This is not a formal complaint at this stage—I am simply seeking clarification on available USPTO options and would appreciate any assistance or inquiry you could make on behalf of rural constituents like me.

          Thank you for your service and for your help.

          George A. Ure Palestine, TX 75803-0349 [email]

  9. Had a dream last night about some mundane sail design stuff. It droned on without any emotion. Then it stopped and began at the beginning and the whole thing replicated, like playing the same movie twice. This was a first.

    Shade, George. I’d be making you shade with air space. Technically you acn get every diffusion from 50% to 95% opening. The space under the shade cloth allows heat to escape. Stop direct sun on your roof surface. I’d make two levels, and rig them with a pulley system to supporting structure. Then you can select the level of protection for the conditions, like setting a sail or taking a reef.

    I had a big roller door opening on our warehouse loft that got heavy Lahaina sun after mid morning. We would go in with it cool and when sun hit the metal door would roll it up and roll down a 50% shade cloth. That cut the heat then all day. Couldn’t get past the fact the air temp was 90deg by afternoon, but gave us relief most of the day. Not a lot different than a smart animal hanging out under a tree.

    Sunshine today. Warming.

    Stiks

  10. re: “wildfires”
    feat: NASA FIRMS Info

    Ukrainian msm are noting Kyiv air particulate measurements are recording above safe levels allegedly due to wildfires in Zaporizhzhia. NASA’s public FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System) satellite imagery at their following link reflects thermal anomalies in the exclusion zone east of Chornobyl (approx. 51?N, 30?W):

    https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@30.193,51.163,13.199z

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