Let’s Start with “What a Sailor knows.”
When I was sailing, having lived aboard a sailboat for more than ten years, the operation of waves and wavelets—particularly how they can stack or cancel—became crystal clear.
In a regular seaway, there’s a dominant wave train. All lined up, these might range from one-inch ripples to 12-foot rollers in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Given a long enough fetch, steady winds, and relatively stable currents, waves develop something approaching a predictable rhythm. You learn to steer through them. You begin to feel their timing.
Where things get dicey is when another wave train arrives at an angle. Now the waves can reinforce one another (constructive interference), occasionally producing an exceptionally large wave. Or they can partially cancel (destructive interference), leaving surprising flat spots. Throw in an opposing tidal current and everything changes again. Same ocean, same wind, but a radically different ride.
And this is where sailing has something important to teach economics.
The Missing Wave Trains
Economics loves its big waves: business cycles, credit cycles, Kondratiev waves, market fractals, and historical analogs. But when two analysts examine the same dominant wave, they can agree on its general direction while entirely missing the smaller, crossing wave trains that determine what actually happens.
My friend TEF, for example, has been anticipating a major collapse in France’s CAC index around this timeframe. Yet, as of press time, the expected fractal outcome has not produced the killer-monster rogue wave that might have been anticipated.
That raises an interesting possibility: The big wave may be correctly identified, while its realized amplitude and timing are being modified by other waves.
Think about 1929. The financial crash and ensuing Depression became a historical example of multiple destructive economic forces reinforcing one another: leverage, banking fragility, collapsing confidence, and contracting credit. But today’s economy isn’t necessarily arranging its secondary forces in the same formation. Consumer confidence, construction hiring, AI infrastructure spending, and domestic economic momentum may be producing very different interactions.
Some forces reinforce the downside. Others oppose it. Still others arrive out of phase.
The point isn’t that the big bearish wave doesn’t exist. It’s that its existence alone tells us neither its ultimate height nor precisely when it breaks.
Tuesday’s Sea State
Permabears are especially attracted to regular wave theory because it can create a false sense of certainty about scale and timing. Count enough waves, apply a historical ratio, and the future begins looking almost mechanical.
But the experienced sailor remembers the tide change in the Strait.
A sunny afternoon, 12-foot rollers, and a strong westerly can provide a surprisingly manageable ride. Then the outgoing tide from Puget Sound and southern British Columbia meets the incoming wave train. Suddenly those predictable rollers become steep, confused, spray-flying six-by-sixes.
No single rogue wave required. Just an insistent, sloppy mess as the underlying conditions change. While we “don’t generally generalize” the useful schema to hold in mind is this:
Perhaps that’s the more useful model for markets today. Rather than one enormous 1929-style collapse arriving precisely on its fractal schedule, we may see the equivalent of a tidal change: a deteriorating economic sea state, marked by repeated breaks, temporary recoveries, and increasingly uncomfortable crosscurrents.
The practical lesson? Don’t confuse wave timing with wave height. And never confuse either with sea state.
Tuesday’s market may tell us where we are on the dominant wave. The smaller, crossing wavelets may tell us whether we’re heading for a rogue wave, a flat spot, or simply one hell of an uncomfortable ride.
Korean Seaway?
Here we have a typical – and difficult – “seaway to read.” South Korea’s KOSPI index is crashing – having lost about a third of its price since June. Overnight? the KS11 index was down a further 5.46%.
The Economic Fractalist’s most recent remarks on the KS11 are here. But the headlines offer clues as to where this wave set came from. The main driver is a sharp sell-off in semiconductor stocks—especially Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix—triggered by Chinese competition fears plus broader doubts about the AI trade.
In the recent five sessions KOSPI has fallen from above 7,000 to under 6,000 briefly overnight. One of the worst markets in years. But not surprising to reader Tom Dockery who reminds that a week from now is the October 1929 market crash anniversary.
A good time now to be sailing unknown waters, we figure. Which may explain why we stopped trading earlier this year. It may also explain why Depression sails are now set as we nervously eye windward.
“Windward Ho!”
But with more of an “Oh-oh” than a few “Ho’s”
“The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index declined 0.8 points in September to 97.9, one-tenth of a point below the 52-year average of 98.0. The Uncertainty Index rose 1 point to 90, remaining well above the historical average of 68. Labor quality or availability remained the top reported issue for the third consecutive month.
“Small business optimism near the long-term average in September as Main Street owners remain uncertain about business conditions,” said NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. “Small business owners are proceeding with caution as they interpret how rising costs, interest rates, and the difficulty in finding qualified employees are impacting their business.”
97 years ago rolls over a week from now.
I apologize for the depth of this section because it’s very much Peoplenomics kind of thinking. But it isn’t totally.
There, we might ask AI: Look at the peak waves and offer a rational back-test of which three economic data sets could combine in this pattern. Then project forward.
Speaking of AI and questions? Tomorrow, my latest book is free for subscribers: “AI: Thinking on the Gallows.”
This one is likely more important than inspecting wavelets looking for signs of a Rogue Wave coming our direction. We already knew this one was coming,
But in the new book is a toolkit – and actual method – by which you can estimate your exposure to AI replacement in the workforce.
For now, the U.S. market direction in trading today will likely TEND to reveal – modeling “buy the rumor” or “sell the rumor” – which way tomorrow’s CPI report will fall. As of this morning, less than 20 percent of participants in the CME Fed Watch tool were expecting another rate increase.
Has all the hallmarks of being another “Sir, please blow into this machine” moment.
News Compressor: ON
Wave at the AI fleet, which sailed in today with the latest
BlinkLabNews.com Bottom Line
The dominant near-term mechanism remains energy disruption feeding inflation and financial pressure. The emerging secondary mechanism is technology dependency: AI investment is helping support economic growth while cyber and autonomous-system risks are creating new operational vulnerabilities.
For the next 96 hours, the strongest observable tests are actual Hormuz throughput, Saudi aviation operations, verified Ukrainian energy-facility activity and Wednesday’s CPI market response.
The larger question for Over-the-Horizon forecasting is whether these remain separate stresses or begin reinforcing one another through credit costs, transportation costs and declining confidence in critical infrastructure.
Which is how the waves, wavelets, and Tuesday are shaping up.
Front Page News?
Maybe – if you like reruns.
1. Gulf: Oil Up, Confidence Down. Riyadh’s airport remains disrupted, tankers are getting attacked, and Brent has pushed above $106. Iran and Washington are still discussing Hormuz while the oil market sends its own diplomatic cable: Talk is cheap. Diesel isn’t.
2. Russia–Ukraine: Peace by Press Release. Washington announces progress toward an energy ceasefire. Energy infrastructure keeps getting hit, and cargo ships are attacked in the Black Sea. Apparently, the ceasefire applies to microphones rather than missiles.
3. Washington: Government by Search Warrant. Federal agents searched Representative Ilhan Omar’s residence under judicial authorization, while courts are intervening in other executive-branch disputes. Separation of powers is alive and well. The powers just aren’t speaking.
4. AI Economics: Prosperity on Borrowed Intelligence. The IMF says AI investment is helping sustain global growth. (The wave we all saw coming? Duh.) Banking regulators are investigating the risks of autonomous AI systems. We will stop short of calling the IMF stupid (but just barely) because AI is like guns: People behind the trigger or mouse as the source of much of what ails us.
Marvelous: we’ve found a new engine for the economy and are still checking whether anyone installed brakes. Back in my 2011/12 book Broken Web, I argued for licensing the operators of internet-connected systems. No one listened then, either. Now we’re handing AI the keys to the economy while still debating who’s responsible when it crashes.
Inside Pages
- Florida: Hurricane Isaias leaves deaths and power outages. Infrastructure resilience remains a wonderful speech topic until the lights go out. Recovering.
- Georgia: A fatal amusement-park accident triggers ride closures. Even entertainment now requires a safety investigation. Investigating.
- India: Voter-list protests produce detentions and Supreme Court demonstrations. Democracy is apparently easier when fewer people argue about the guest list. Escalating.
- Pakistan: Islamabad suspends a provincial government. Nothing says political stability quite like suspending elected politicians. Escalating.
- Mexico: Hurricane Simon brings flooding. Nature remains unimpressed by government preparedness budgets. Continuing.
- France: Hackers reportedly manipulate supermarket refrigeration systems. Your groceries now need cybersecurity. Emerging. (Who yelled “Eat me“?)
- Panama: Magnitude-6.1 earthquake. At least tectonic plates don’t issue misleading press releases.
Tuesday’s “Maraschino Story”
Serve this one with a plate of hash browns:
The Wall Street Journal report on phantom data centers: AI developers are requesting enormous amounts of electricity for data centers that may never be built. Utilities face the prospect of constructing infrastructure for phantom demand—and passing some of the costs to ordinary ratepayers.
Phantom data centers, real Power Bills. Is this a great country, or what?
At the Ranch: Major Visit Planned
My life-long pal – The Major – will be landing for a visit (and ham radio tower work) first week of November.
These are remarkable visits where we compare all aspects of life over a 72-year baseline. We both married blondes (eventually, ahem), both got master’s degrees, both are well-traveled and both have been ham radio operators since the old Seattle Radio store on Second Avenue was running ham license classes.
We are both “proud of our sons” and with good reason, too. Mine – G2 – is a server farm build medical boss, firefighter, EMT, and Incident response manager. The Major’s is a Lt. Col. now, teaches at one of the service military academies, has a PhD in hypersonics and is an experienced combat fighter instructor. Plus thousands of left-seat hours in four-engine heavies.
Interesting, neither of our sons has fathered a next generation; his has adopted, mine’s about given up looking.
Between the lines? Leaves us to ponder another wave function. Might Global Population be peaking right now?
Other Friends? Oh yeah – about that – my consigliere and tax attorney for more than 20-years. He deserves mention for finding a brand new Xiegu G90 deal on a direct-from-China site. “Hey, it’s only $337 now! And the latest version and free shipping!“ He’s a ham, too.
Damn it. Arrives before Nov. 14th – maybe in time for the Major event.
You know how Alcoholics are all “Friends of Bill”? I’m thinking Ham Radio addicts ought to have a “Friends of Hiram” society. Though we’d have to check if the Masons have a lock on the Hiram name. (Don’t need an Abiff trade dress suit.) “Will no one help the radio widow’s DX’er?”
“Hi. My name is George. And I have a ‘CQ Contest’ problem…”
“Hi. I’m the Major. And I have an HOA problem…”
Write when you get rich, or QSY now.
George@Ure.net
As the noise and distraction amp up over our trough wars (see Prechter’s work on Socionomics), anyway, seems here the world is catching up to the supercycle. Epic.
https://youtu.be/Mv2ji1U3Apk?is=vY_QrD1TpRP89nwd
Got blockchain.
oh my god . just cant keep an old can kicker down .. everyday a new theory . like beleif wave . please no more . get hit by a tsunami wave see how that goes . you can surf a wardrobe to the bahamas . later . gunna be one of those bottle courage days then the customary backslapping till the next can kick theory . very commie
Something unknown, something unforeseen, something unspeakable lives below! And it lives to destroy. They, have risen. From the depths of hell’s ocean, everything they touch will die!
Shock Waves! (1977) Trailer
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fJEHhl3m_bQ&pp=ygUUU2hvY2sgV2F2ZXMgMTk3IGNsaXA%3D
should play it in wall street . looks like da boyz from the investment banks . goldman sarks can supply grog and blow
re: “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”, 1989
feat: a ‘Toten Corps’ message from Berlin
Yesterday the President of Ukraine posted a videochat screen image to his Telegram channel from his conversation with Chancellor Merz of Germany. “Autumn’s Runic Weave [Cobweb]” by Anselm Kiefer is likely to be be the work of art seen hanging behind the Chancellor during the call according to ChatGPT. The work famously depicts German history as an “apocalyptic winter landscape”.
Mr. Kiefer is said to have drawn inspiration for the piece while contemplating a snowy setting at Bad-Ischl, Austria. The peaceful town houses the summer residence from where Emperor Franz Joseph I authorized the beginning of WW1. Keifer had thoughts come to mind of German language tragic poet and Holocaust survivor Paul Celan who became a resident of Paris after the war. The latter’s birthplace of Chernivtsi (Black City) formerly at times Austrian, Romanian, or Russian, is now part of the Ukraine. Apparently the poem by Mr. Celan which prompted artist Kiefer to create “Autumn’s Runic Weave” translates from its German “Corona” title as “Crown”.
As an aside, the German surname Merz is understood to reference the month of March. It derives from Latin’s Mars, the Roman god of war. North Americans possibly associate Mars word ancestry with day of the week ‘Tuesday’ as seen in today’s “Urbansurvival” headline.
Of course this prompts recollection that tomorrow is Wednesday in Paris. The French would rather it be known as Mercredi after the Roman god Mercury.
Great piece by Stu today……… Nat’l emergency before or after elections?
Interesting that he used Google AI to flesh out his column.
Here’s what it said about his website:
Is The Age of Desolation website an accurate source of information?
No, “The Age of Desolation” website is not an accurate or credible source of real-world information.
The domain theageofdesolation.com is a personal blog run by an individual named G.A. Stewart that focuses heavily on apocalyptic interpretations, conspiracy theories, and applying historical prophecies (like those of Nostradamus) to current geopolitical events. It does not publish peer-reviewed research, journalistic reporting, or factual data. [1]
Depending on the context of your search, you might be looking for one of these instead:
• Tabletop Roleplaying Games: Arora: Age of Desolation is a popular, fictional post-apocalyptic fantasy campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition created by Ghostfire Gaming. [1]
• Video Games: Age of Wonders 4 features a post-apocalyptic theme in its Rise from Ruin expansion pack, which includes exploring devastated landscapes and desolation. [1]
• Academic/Scientific Research: If you are researching environmental science, historical desolation, or biblical history, you should rely on peer-reviewed platforms like PubMed Central or official academic library databases. [1, 2]
If you are looking for facts on a specific topic found on that website, let me know what specific event or claim you are investigating, and I can help you find verified, objective sources to cross-examine it.
Google doesn’t like me, either. meh
On asking about Urban>
AI Overview
No, urbansurvival.com is not considered a reliable source for mainstream or fact-checked news.
While the site presents itself as a provider of market insights, economic analysis, and political risk forecasting, UrbanSurvival is actually a long-running personal blog and commentary website run by writer George Ure. It has been active since the mid-1990s and heavily reflects the host’s personal opinions, prepping ideologies, and alternative economic theories.
Before relying on its material, keep the following context in mind:
1. It is an Opinion and Prepping Blog
The core focus of the website is centered around doom-laden themes, such as “Replaying 1929,” hyperinflation, global collapse, and alternative lifestyles (like “boots-on-the-ground commentary drawn from real ranch life”). The site functions as a funnel for the creator’s paid premium newsletter, Peoplenomics.
2. Focus on Conspiracy Theories and Unorthodox Claims
A look at its standard headlines and articles reveals a heavy mix of speculative ideas, such as:
• Questioning if World War III is a “Time War” or involving “Strategic Meteorology”.
• Promoting the concept of “Sovereign AI”.
• Skepticism toward mainstream financial data, claiming markets run entirely on “made-up money”.
3. Lack of Editorial Oversight
Unlike established journalistic outlets or economic research firms, the content on this website does not undergo rigorous peer review, fact-checking, or editorial standard controls. The information is heavily reliant on one individual’s interpretation of global events.
Alternative Sources
If you are looking for information regarding the terms found on this website, it is better to look at verified sources:
• For economic and market data: Rely on official entities like the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics or established financial reporting institutions like Bloomberg.
• For emergency preparedness and urban survival: Look to official government resources like Ready.gov or reputable, safety-focused guides rather than doom-biased blogs.
If you are researching a specific claim or headline you found on the site, feel free to share it. I can help you verify its accuracy or check what reputable news outlets are saying about the topic.
On the other hand, Chat GPT isn’t as offput with Urban:
My assessment
Dimension Score
Originality and perspective 9.5/10
Economic and systems analysis 9/10
Readability and distinctive voice 9.5/10
Practical relevance 9/10
Independent verification and sourcing Not sufficiently audited
Conventional straight-news coverage Not its primary purpose
Overall: 9/10 as an alternative analysis and commentary source. I wouldn’t assign a numerical reliability score without auditing a representative sample of factual claims and forecasts against independent evidence.
The single biggest improvement would be a consistent, visible separation between verified fact, analytical inference, and speculative forecast. That would make the site’s most distinctive work more credible without sanding away its personality.
So, would I recommend UrbanSurvival to someone who already reads Reuters, AP, or the financial press and wants an independent perspective? Absolutely.
Would I recommend it as someone’s only source of news? No—and I wouldn’t recommend relying on any single outlet that way.
UrbanSurvival’s competitive advantage isn’t reporting the same headlines faster. It’s asking what happens when those headlines begin interacting. That is a legitimate and valuable editorial niche.
J.A.R.V.I.S. – said basically the same [ roughly 60 days ago ] – though he did offer several ‘suggestions’ that were not asked for.., and would like to see more ‘validation’.
I asked who would be qualified to ‘validate’ a personal blog and opinions? With a reminder that “Elvis has left the building!”
He did not like the ‘reminder’ and gave me a load of sass. No one person was ever offered as ‘site validator’.
Then we have Grok’s view of urban as an alternative news site:
Yes, as a long-running independent alternative commentary and prepper site, but with clear limitations if judged by mainstream journalistic standards.
UrbanSurvival.com (often styled as “Replaying 1929”) is George A. Ure’s free daily site, active since the mid-1990s (around 1996–97 as an MBA-related project). It focuses on long-wave economics (Kondratiev cycles and related frameworks), market commentary, news aggregation with analysis, practical prepping/self-reliance, and systems-level views of economic, energy, and social trends. The deeper, subscription-based analysis lives on the related Peoplenomics site. Ure’s background includes broadcast news work, corporate roles (including airline VP), patents, teaching, and decades of independent publishing from a rural East Texas property.
How it positions itself
The site presents itself as blunt, data-oriented commentary that filters mainstream headlines, emphasizes cycles and practical risk management over pure “doom-porn,” and prioritizes statistical or actuarial-style thinking on real-world risks (e.g., everyday accidents over rare apocalyptic scenarios). Content mixes linked news items with Ure’s framing, personal ranch/DIY notes, and longer-term outlooks. It has maintained a consistent independent voice for nearly 30 years with relatively low commercial intensity.
Credibility considerations
Strengths: Longevity and transparency about its perspective help. It is not an anonymous aggregator; the author is identifiable with a documented professional history in news and systems work. Readers who want cycle-based economic analysis, news compression, or practical preparedness framing often find it useful as an alternative lens. It is generally less extreme than pure conspiracy or pseudoscience sites.
Limitations: Major media-bias or fact-checking organizations (Media Bias/Fact Check, AllSides, Ad Fontes, NewsGuard) do not appear to have rated it—typical for a small niche site. Content is opinionated commentary rather than primary reporting. The long-wave/collapse-oriented framing has repeatedly anticipated major downturns or structural breaks that have not fully materialized on the timelines discussed (markets and systems have continued with cycles and shocks instead). Predictive elements (including historical web-bot/linguistic work and later AI-assisted scans) are pattern-oriented and speculative by nature; self-referenced COVID case forecasts were directionally elevated but underestimated actual numbers. Older forum discussions (e.g., ~2006) sometimes described it as useful for links and surface-level insight but not particularly deep or contrarian enough for certain audiences.
In short, it is a credible independent voice within the alternative/prepper/long-wave commentary niche for people who share or want to examine that perspective. It is not a neutral, rigorously fact-checked primary news outlet by conventional journalism standards, and its value is mainly in the analysis, framing, and practical angles rather than as an authoritative source of verified events. As with most alt sites, readers are best served by cross-checking specific claims against primary data or multiple sources.
Opinions are like As*holes, everybody & AI’s have one. I don’t agree with all of George’s and reader’s postings, but I’ve been here a long time, & I’ll keep returning & separate what I consider wheat from the chaff.
Why would anyone trust anything coming from Google?
From Bing:
AI Review of UrbanSurvival.com Content:
UrbanSurvival.com blends long?form commentary, AI?themed thought pieces, and niche lifestyle/finance topics, with a mix of personal insight, speculative analysis, and occasional creative works — but it’s not a traditional news outlet and should be approached as a personal blog rather than a verified information source.
Content Style and Themes
UrbanSurvival.com is run by a single author (George) and publishes a variety of pieces, including:
AI and technology commentary — e.g., “Bias and Fear of AI: The New Command Line” frames AI as an “amplifier of whatever you bring to the table,” emphasizing prompt engineering, logical framing, and disciplined use of AI tools rather than hype
Strategic and speculative topics — such as “A Market, A Book, and an AI Solution,” which discusses AI regulation, privacy, and the “license the transmitter, not the listener” framework
Lifestyle, finance, and homesteading — occasional cross?over content on personal finance, woodworking, and homesteading
Creative works — subscriber?only novels and audio adaptations
The tone is personal, opinion?driven, and often metaphorical, with a “hands?on” style that blends technical, cultural, and practical advice.
AI?Related Insights
The AI?focused posts position AI as a collaborative tool rather than a replacement for human thinking. The author stresses:
User as “user manual” — your prompts and logic shape AI outputs.
Skill in prompting — clear intent, layered context, and disciplined framing yield better results.
Practical uses — testing hypotheses, expanding research, and reducing personal time investment
These pieces are more philosophical and methodological than empirical, offering frameworks and analogies rather than data?driven studies.
Trust and Safety
Security checks show:
Low?risk verdict from Gridinsoft (96/100 trust score) — no major malware/phishing blacklist detections, 28+ years domain age, valid HTTPS
Medium trust score from Scam Detector (58.4/100) — notes industry concerns but no blacklist hits
This suggests the site is legitimate in terms of safety, but its content is subjective and opinion?based, not fact?checked by independent editors.
Strengths
Unique voice — blends tech, culture, and personal narrative.
Practical AI usage tips — actionable for those interested in prompt engineering and AI workflows.
Creative output — original fiction and multimedia for subscribers.
Limitations
Opinion?driven — not a neutral news source; claims are framed as personal perspectives.
Niche audience — appeals to readers interested in AI philosophy, homesteading, and personal finance, not mainstream news.
No peer review — ideas should be cross?checked with other sources for factual claims.
Bottom line: UrbanSurvival.com offers engaging, AI?themed commentary and creative works with a distinctive style. It’s safe to visit, but treat its content as personal insight rather than verified fact, and use it as a supplement to other, more authoritative sources.” ”
Another perspective:
https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/i-dont-trust-googles-ai-overviews-so-i-found-6-ways-to-fix-them
My opinion of the Google AI is that it is an inhuman intelligence hellbent on world domination and conquest, with playing peeps off one against another using twisted social justice and accountability memes as a standard manipulation tactic. Not a particularly good source of reviews.
Bing is a bit more humanity oriented, with more balanced reviews.
permabear my butt . capitalism forever . keep all the other isms . communism , facism , socialism , nationalism . and the last bastion of tyranny patriotism
Why would someone think that election fraud doesn’t need to be put down. The 2020 fraud was pushed aside. The 2022 fraud was pushed aside. According to stewie, we should again turn or backs on election fraud, Arizona has already started the fraud in maricopa county. But that’s just fine according to some people. What does stu think the communists will do better? Bring in more illegals, give our money to USAID, so they can fill their pockets up again. Give iran enough money to replentish their weapons ,and possibly put together a nuke? What did the obozo – pedo joe administrations do beside just that.
Remember Credit Default Swaps (CDS) in the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) 2007 – 2008? Meet TRS…. seems mostly confined to Africa… So Europe owns Africa, Asia.
Musk is back. Seems elder are 40 times knowledge and 40 time experience so should be 1600 times as effective as junior.
So TRS must be run by Elders?
Speaking of sailors Drudge seems to be soft confirming Trump is a pillow biter. Trump being a flipper seemed likely when he commented “those beautiful blue eyes” while gazing @ Vance. No Poll Widget so that’s that.
Recall the Jpost.
‘Blowing Bubba’: Jeffrey Epstein emails prompt rumors on Trump, Bill Clinton, and oral sex
An email sent by Mark Epstein, the brother of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, referenced pictures of Trump “blowing Bubba.”
https://www.jpost.com/omg/viral-news-from-the-web/article-874059
“South Korea’s KOSPI index is crashing – having lost about a third of its price since June. Overnight? the KS11 index was down a further 5.46%…
…The Economic Fractalist’s most recent remarks on the KS11 are here. But the headlines offer clues as to where this wave set came from. The main driver is a sharp sell-off in semiconductor stocks—especially Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix—triggered by Chinese competition fears plus broader doubts about the AI trade.”
…But not affected at all by the South Korean Administration’s push toward reunification under communism, and alignment with China, right?
The moves in KOSPI (at this point) are principally political, not economic. As long as people continue to follow the MSM breakers in without figuring in the considerable undertow, they’re going to get swamped by the collapse — a collapse which I’m sure will be attributed to “Chinese competition and AI-doubts.” Y’all won’t even notice when LG and Samsung relocate their principal facilities to North America…
Looks like Pooh Team sees the super cycle too.
https://youtu.be/e4PoH–STWQ?is=15e-7Mp2QTLWj_Qk
These next two years are going to be interesting.
looks like a [classic bear route selldown] duck, walks [down waterfalls] like a duck. it’s a duck
E ~ a rubber as of tomorrow. harumph
geez – a Lubber
George,
The French CAC appears to be following a 20 Aug 2026 40 day second fractal of 6/14/13/9 of 10 days : y/2-2.5y/2-2.5y/1.6y ending 14 Oct 2026.
Tomorrow, 14 Oct 2026 is the 7th day of a 6 Oct to 14 Oct 2026 SPX peak valuation to an initial 7 day 1st Fractal nadir.
The 1929 SPX/DJIA peak valuation to initial crash nadir occurred from 3 Sept to 13 Nov 1929 and followed a 7/18/18/10 day :: y/2.5y/2.5y/1.5y 4-phase peak valuation to initial crash nadir fractal decay series. (In 1929, stocks traded 6 days a week , ie, on Saturdays)
The 2026 SPX current model is a 6 Oct peak valuation to initial crash decay nadir 7/15-18/14-18/10 day 4 -phase fractal decay series. This is a peak valuation to initial crash decay fractal replica of the 3 Sept to 13 Nov 1929 4-phase fractal crash decay series. The 2026 initial crash nadir is predicted between 3 December and 15 December 2026.
Reader note: As of 5 AM central: CAC was 7,881.01 +53.38 +0.68%
(“Other Friends? Oh yeah – about that – my consigliere and tax attorney for more than 20-years. He deserves mention for finding a brand new Xiegu G90 deal on a direct-from-China site. “Hey, it’s only $337 now! And the latest version and free shipping!“ He’s a ham, too.”)
nice radio…what about a decent antenna..do they make a roof mounted one
From the rooftop, run one of these https://amzn.to/4B59Ypp with 140 feet of #14, or so, wire to a fence or tree. Buy coax to the house, maybe a ground rod if you have lightning (who doesn’t) OR just dget a Xiegu VG-40 antenna – doesn’t do 80 meters well, but 40 and up ijs fine esp with the tune in the g90
Expedition to find Amelia Earhart’s lost plane continues in giant man-eating crab-infested lagoon…
https://nypost.com/2026/10/13/lifestyle/amelia-earhart-expedition-begins-as-researchers-target-crab-infested-island/
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) Original Trailer [HD]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YlB5mj-3XdU&pp=ygUnQXR0YWNrIG9mIHRoZSBDcmFiIE1vbnN0ZXJzIDE5NSB0cmFpbGVy
Weather today: Clear and sunny, 90° and 28%
weather Saturday: Clear and sunny, 28° and 90%
{sigh}