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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Global Coastal Event Nearing?
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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Micro Homes vs. Lost Dreams
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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Avoiding “Slogatory” & Why New Cars are Partly “Free”
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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Strategic Planning for a Gen-Xer
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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Taking Out America: A FICTIONAL Short Story
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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Can Economics “Simply Fail?”
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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Review of “Personal War Preps”
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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Bitcoin: Billionaires, Revolution, or Bubble?
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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Prepper’s Guide: Solar Power Design Notes
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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Prepper’s Guide: Basic DC Power Systems
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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Bracing for the Bond Collapse: Death by Student Loan Co-Signing
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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Ugly Questions, Unglier Answers
March 16, 2013 — Touchy Issue Alert. This may seem a bit off point, as Peoplenomics is largely about alternative living & thinking, making money or improving one’s lifestyle, but every so often we need to consider “keeping it out of the ditch.” There is a growing (and blurring) line developing between being a “prepper” and being a “domestic terrorist.” After a little research, talking to people, and looking up reference materials, I came to some pretty interesting conclusions. Before we go there, however, we’ll kick of Wednesday with a few of the morning’s top news stories to shake the brain cells into action. And if they don’t, another cuppa coffee surely will…
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