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May 1, 2013 — I don’t write much about motivation, since our focus (including this  morning’s report) is usually on the more mundane tasks in life – like making  money!  But a few subscribers have asked for a some insights into how get – and  stay – highly motivated.  To be sure, there are variances between people, but  some generalizations can be made (which is what science is about, eh?) so we can  sketch out a systematic approach to getting more control over ourselves and  that, in turn, will change your personal outcome dramatically.  Now, while that  sinks in, how about a Danish, coffee, and tromp through some headlines?

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April 27, 2013 — If  there is a global coastal event in our future (before June 21, say predictive  linguistics) there’s no question about whether ‘over-prepping’ exists.  The  unequivocal answer is no way!  If the lights were to go out, America were to be  facing a displaced population in the many millions, there would be no way to be  overly ready for such an event.  But consider the flip-side:  If nothing  happens, well, what of all those prepping efforts then?  It’s a good question  and one we’ll ponder after we sample a few of the day’s headlines.
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April 24, 2013 — If you’ve been  following the predictive linguistics developed by Clif at www.halfpasthuman.com for any length  of time, you’ll know that for many years there has been reference in the data to  a global coastal event which is due just about any old time now.  All of which  doesn’t mean it will necessarily happen.  It just means that in a bunch of  computer code there’s a statistical anomaly which may come from an artifact in  how the data is distilled, or it could be the project is being “spoofed” by  forces that don’t want the future closely inspected.  Perhaps it could be that  something as odd as headlines or a massive thought virus could be at work; not  an actual planet-shaker.  Still, even the possibility of something massive  “dis-ordinary” happening in the next month that results in a moment to reflect  on how modern complex society would fare if worse really does come to worse.   This as more after headlines and coffee, of course. End of World talk is bad on  an empty tummy.

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April 20, 2013 — Sure, we’ll cover the big  stuff – like the capture of a suspect in Boston and the hints from a Fed  official that indeed, Cyprus is a template for the West, but more important  we’ll talk about the future of mini homes and how that can become the new  American Dream. So grab a cup and let’s do some serious deep thinking this  morning about how we rekindle the American dream…

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April 17, 2013 —  I told you last week how retail sales figures showed how  about the only thing holding this economy above collapse has been car sales.   I’ll get out the chart in a sec. to make that point, but there are some  interesting dynamics in play now that are definitely working in Detroit’s (and  Tokyo’s and Seoul’s) favor.  But first, as always, a visit to the morning  headlines along with some coffee and mental vitamins to help jump-start our  mid-week thought processes…Oh!  Almost forgot to mention we will show how  UrbanSurvival readership Fridays may be telling us something about the trading  day to come Monday.  Fell out of some research I’m doing on my new book  (about time) that will be recommended reading before tackling use of our Nostracodeus software…   Oh…and one of our key indicators has just flipped over to “Time to be  short…”

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April 13, 2013   One of our Peoplenomics subscribers is a Gen-X’er who is  wondering what to do with his life financially – which means strategically – if  the world doesn’t collapse in a heap of broken bits around us.  I asked him to  share his situation including details about holding and such so that we could  use him as a group example.  He graciously supplied lots of details and using  these (no personally identifiable information, though) we have a fine discussion  lined up this morning.  After – that is – we roll with coffee and headlines,  plus maybe an aspirin (blood pressure not hangover) and a few vitamins and  breakfast thoughts…

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April 10, 2013 — Sometimes it can be very entertaining – not to mention  sharpening of the mind – to write a fictional account of the future since it  puts things into perspective which otherwise might be dismissed by logical  mind.  Too easy, many times, to dismiss a good – and credible – scenario simply  because the mind creates logical objections that are tantamount to saying  “They’d never do that!”  Examples may be found as near as Pearl Harbor, or at  site of the Twin Towers which, we recall, had already been hit previously in a  terrorist attempt.  But before we “Go Clancy” on you, the usual sober looking at  the morning’s news and the very much inebriated markets which were hitting the  rocket fuel to an extent that has to make North Korea envious.  But as we all  sadly reminded, space is not the final frontier yet: dirt is.

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April 6, 2013 — Unlike tomatoes, which do well in plenty of sunlight, there are some  aspects of economics that do better in the dark.  Dark in in ‘things the little  people don’t know’ because – if they did – there would be pitchforks at the  ready and villagers at the gate.  This morning, a short summary of several areas  where the whole field of economics is getting right up to the ragged edge:  Everything from the Nth customer problem to the crashing of the labor  participation rate, to a 260 gB data dump that outs the names, places, and  amounts of keep trusts (of high net worth individuals) and corporations who are  rather expert at tax dodging.  This is especially troublesome because we’re just  nine days from the ‘little people’s’ tax deadline.  So have the blood pressure  meds at the ready, and turn  up this Youtube tune to set the mood…it’s where economics is.

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April 3, 2013 — One of the greater mysteries of the “prepper” movement is “Why?”   After all, on the surface things are not terribly bad, despite my sometimes  acidic remarks about markets.  As the car and truck report showed Tuesday,  things aren’t all that bad.  Unfortunately, in many ways they are – and will  likely continue so for the foreseeable future. So this morning’s focus report  will be on developments on (and about) the Korean peninsula.  Before we get into  developments and the personal contingency planning, however, a review of other  headlines and plenty of coffee is in order.

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March 30, 2013 — Several readers have asked me for a review of  Bitcoin and any thoughts/feelings I have on them since there are already  reported to be millionaires in the making in the land of digital currency.  Can  peer-to-peer finance work out better than top-down finance?  Or is it just  another bubble?  A discussion follows an explanation of how it works and how you  can get some Bitcoins for yourself.  Before we go there, however, there are the  dreary morning headlines, not to mention trying to make money the old fashioned  way, in the meantime.

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March 27, 2013 — In last weekend’s report, we had a short course in DC system design  and we developed a number of ideas including some of the basics.  This week,  we’ll press forward in emergency power planning with a focus on the wiring and  installing solar panels part.  First, though, a cup or three of coffee and some  headlines to get us rolling.  Especially what may be turning into a war between  factions in global banking….

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March 23, 2013 — As couple of reader emails in the past few weeks have  prompted me to write a short guide on using solar (and wind) power.  But unlike  in past issues of Peoplenomics, like issue #362 (*Robust  Home Power, Aug. 10, 2008) which begins with the esoteric planning using a  ‘load sheet’ /needs analysis and then designs a house-sized solar power system,  this week’s summary is a simple cheatsheet for emergency situationa. So, that’s  our task this morning:  Build a pocket reference so the fellow who has a child  in a wheelchair will be able to cobble up a suitable solar charging option in an  emergency. Or, if you have aunt Millie on an oxygen concentrator, you can maybe  keep her huffing until the power comes back on (if it does…).  More  importantly, even if you’re not interested in having a two-page cheatsheet for  use in a disaster setting, you’ll be able to follow along as we condense  knowledge, summarizing and get it ready to laminate and put with our prepper  stash. Ah, but before we get into the prepping part, some steely-eyed review of  overnight news and our charts await.  So hoist that cup, slug that coffee, and  let’s ‘git er’ done…

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March 20, 2013 — Two important concepts to  learn from this morning’s Peoplenomics report.  First and foremost we will talk  about timing one’s exit from the bond market.  This is a short lesson in  “Getting while the getting’s good.”  A causative subset of global economic  collapse, the bond market is now fraught with risk.  In this regard, we’ll  discuss how more and more parents are finding student loan collectors hot on  their [parent] tails for cosigning on either Johnny or Suzi Sucker’s six-figure  student loan bill.  Gosh, doesn’t this sound like cheerful and uplifting  reading?  This kind of stuff that just makes you want to jump up and celebrate  the day, doesn’t it?  No?  Well, how about as a warm up, then, we go sample  global death, doom, destruction – starting with Cyprus – the latest country  falling victim to a bankster gang-bang…the gang being the EU.

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