Quest to Beat Aging was well-received, but incomplete, in subscriber views.  So, this morning, another 30-pages of what’s really turning into something of a “manual on aging well – and slowly.“

First up, though, a lot of fresh economic data to paw through on this holiday-abbreviated week.

Which will be followed by the ChartPack where we will try to understand where all this is going.

As with the first part of this report, the “Addendum” may be found on the Master Index page in both PDF and EPUB formats for your convenience.

Thus, what started off as a discussion on encouraging re-methylation of telomere and the light crown has expanded into a wider range of “making aging easier.”

This is what “mission creep” looks like up close and personal.

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Odds are rising the “hot word” of 2022 will be “NSNW.”  As if Covid 19 was not enough of a context scapegoat for financial markets, the odds are seen growing that the “next step” along the path will be war. Possibly of the NSNW sort.

Interventionist Capitalism’s run may be ending sooner than we think:  Bailing Out “TBTF” sowed the future with unsupportable debt.

Wars and Depressions are the mechanisms by which debt (and savings) are repudiated.

Today we need a scapegoat that will be more effective than an escaped bioweapon which broke out “accidentally” – or did it?

The drive to scapegoating is simple:  People in power only remain there so long as they do genuinely good works on behalf of the Wee People.  Or, so long as they hold us in a moderate grip of terror.  Failing “good works” a firmer grip on terror is the easier path.  One that may be in play right now.

When you examine why you  hand over 10-30% tribute from your earnings to the central government, do you have any sense it’s “Because of all the Great Works they Do for The People?“

Our End was sealed when government benefits became taxable. Happened in 1983 when (the vastly over-rated) Ronald Reagan pushed the once Social Security Trust Fund into the government’s general fund.  And the crooks of both blasphemous parties began taxing benefits.

Today, we look at how 2022 could become War Year 1 – the first of what shapes up as a generation-long descent into economic hell.  Something echoing the collapse of Rome.

The replay of Rome’s decline will be imprecise, at best.  You may remember it got rocking and rolling in 376 AD when a huge onslaught of Goths, fleeing the Huns, fled south.  A hundred years of fighting and misery later, call it 476, the barbaric German king Odoacer polished off the Western Empire.

The good news, such as it is?  We won’t take so long.  Because our collapse shapes up as far more brutal and much quicker.  Fall of Rome On Internet Time.  Ain’t that some progress, huh?

First, a few seasonal headlines and the ChartPack.  Because what happens next is sometimes telegraphed in advance by the markets.

Which we will be actively shorting as we see the signs and storm clouds gather.  Happily ever after will become an historic mirage…

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We offer our Christmas 2021 ebook on anti-aging experiments we’ve been conducting.  Think of this as the “personal live-fire drill” as time marches on.

At 4o+ pages, this is one of our longer reports and thus we provide it as bot a .PDF and EPUB so you can pop it into your ebook reader or forward it to your Kindle.  None of it is medical advice.  But there’s a lot to think about in it.

Before that. however, we’ll look at the pending war in eastern Europe and consider how markets may react ahead of events in the ChartPack.

No cookies and milk needed…

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Sometimes, history can help scale our “worst case” thinking.  In one of our “mainly charts” reports today, we look at (semi-recent) economic history and ask how bright are America’s enemies?

The question is not moot:  Russia has outlined a number of “deal points” for standing down on their side of the Ukraine border.

Since the odds of them doing so are approximately zero – since the West has more ownership of the Ukraine border than, oh, the U.S.-Mexico line, this all ends badly.

For those not paying attention, we figure this weekend to be inside the 45-day window for a bad New Year.

The headlines and charts will explain.

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With some of the big issues out of the way, the rest of 2022’s drivers can be lined up and then some ideas tabled.   As always, UrbanSurvival and Peoplenomics are not about “making the most” but instead about “losing the least” as complexity hits the wall.

This morning, we eye things like communications, transportation, and finance to see what might post in where.

Even came up with a new way of mapping future to consider.

Which we will get to after a few headlines, the charts, and some warning words about the Fed meeting announcement this afternoon.

Bonus:  Our News Reindeer this year are Drugger, Racer, Basher, and Warrior.

Bring your own Ho.

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Simplified communication reflects a tribe of simpletons is our origin point this morning.  Because – importantly – big thoughts with important nuances may not be easily abbreviated.

The urge to abbreviate is driven by multiple factors, too:  time, laziness, and “normed down convention.”  Thing is, the “idea simplification business” carries many hidden risks.  Not the least of which is a society making mistakes as three-word (and syllable)  positioning statements used as names are often nothing more than jingoism intended for  mass victimization.

Not a particularly long piece – this being the weekend, and all.  But given that small thoughts fit small minds and small abbreviations are deceiving, it’s worth some study.  Because how we process information directly impacts judgment.  And this, in turn, pushes our bottom line around.

After a few headlines, a look ahead, and the ChartPack.

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A focus on the Environment today following our outlooks for the basics of food, water, and shelter.  These were in the first part of our Annual Forecast series.

Our topic didn’t rate its own column in previous years.  But with energy, population, pandemic/plandemics about, more climate craziness, well there are limits approaching quickly.

The differences are like squeezing a balloon, however.  Just when you think you have an answer to climate issues, for example, the “balloon pops out” other places.  EV’s don’t magically “reduce pollution.”  They only move it/.

We’ll get into this after some headlines (war still one – duh!) and a look at the charts.  Plus, finally, some good news about my eyes…

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We take a pause to consider human predictability and that of markets.  It occurred to me this week that we might be able to look at human behavior in an Elliott-like manner, so this morning we put on the psychological beanie and head for the couch.  With the requisite golden scarab.

First, though, the usual smattering of headlines, a really interesting ChartPack, and then a little grist for the mill.

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We don’t need to wait for the New Year to show up; we can extrapolate several ways to plot this (bad) movie and make our plans accordingly.  Which is fine, because with TurboTax shipping and the balance of 2021 expenses and income pretty-much known, we should be nearing a position where – as threats come into focus – we can allocate resources.

This is not to make any claims that all threats can be known.  But we can bust the major ones into classes and begin working on things from there.

Which we will do after the ADP Job report just out, and with some of the headlines spilling over from the financial alternate reality next door into Life.

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Not of a bull market, but the entire silliness of global civilization. Not solely because of the Omicron version of virus, however.  Our “reality” – which you can think of as the Second Tower of Babel – is what the Internet provides.

For the past 50-thousand-odd years, it has been a “nice” goal to have: People everywhere and everyone doing things for one-another.  Where we went wrong?  In the evolution of notional values as substitutes for real ones.

Not to rain on your holiday weekend – and I was only going to offer the bare ChartPack today (since it is a holiday weekend).  But as I was plugging this week’s data into my “plan ahead modeling” which I haven’t ever mentioned publicly, well….one thing led to another.

Top off the bean and forget the headlines this weekend.  Think of this as the background setting for our upcoming Annual Forecast edition for subscribers.

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Today we unveil a new business plan – on a project near and dear – and a bit of analysis on what the Fed has been up to.  With both the H.6 money stocks report and trying to put a “foot in the crypto camp.”  Some look-ahead on both is definitely in order.

Then there’s the usual rundown of the overnight news plus a few remarks about why China may elect to simply cancel the Winter Olympics.

Which then, in turn, fits into our 2 Wars or 3? framework.

Certainly not as warm and fuzzy as the feel-good, news groupie sites.  But, have you ever considered their track record of prediction?  And if you have, what are you thinking?

On to real news – the kind to navigate Life with…Tons of fresh and breaking data, so let’s hop to it..

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No, this is not a doomporn piece.  Rather, it’s a sober look at where certain indicators are pointing from now through year-end and into 2022.

We will walk through it step-wise this morning and see what – if anything – can be done to profit from it.  Save making a little scratch which may not be too useful.

In a data follow-up, we’ll show you how Pete Buttigieg, governor Gruesome, and the slow-Joe and Kamala farce are watching the supply chain crumble. California is bringing down America almost single-handed.

Headlines, ChartPack and out comes the turkey to defrost…

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Can people profit from knowledge of the future?  It’s an intriguing question. It’s come up a lot in my life. Particularly since we are fast-approaching our December 1 time machine experiment window. Although our focus this morning is on less-direct means of knowing future.

So, in addition to our usual look at the week’s news, and the expressions of fear and confidence in our ChartPack, we will begin a serious discussion about futuring, along with some ideas to keep in mind for 2022.

Like when to duck and when to cover…

Oh, plus a million dollar idea you might be able to patent in the focus section!

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