Today, a prepping topic few people talk about:  In the event TSHTF, how will you “chill?”  Sure, we could ask hard questions like “Why are publicly owned companies giving away shareholder profits to “social causes?” But that might get folks riled-up.

On the other hands, in recognition of what is already a Long Hot Summer – we can’t change the season, or its duration.  But the “hot part?”  Maybe we can help.

First though, a number of “usual topics” to roll-through, including the morning news items and the ChartPack.

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We use our fictional Directorate 153 framework to reveal some interesting – and under appreciated aspects of economics.  As you wonder “Are we in a  Financialization Nonlinearity Zone now?”  We suggest this answer is yes.

Also, Podcast #23 is here, with an interesting update on Chris Tyreman’s re-translation of the Bible.  As it relates to “End Times.”

After our morning mash-up of charts and a few headlines to stirs the blood and baste the brain.

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With all the discord in America, what better way to get in touch with “Who We Are” than turning on the radio? But not just  listen to today’s 2020 Top-10.  We also go back to the summer of 1985.  And therein lies a tale…

We were shocked with what we found.

First, though, some headlines, a look-see at the ChartPack and some speculation about when “Wave II” will arrive on the disease front.

“And the hits just keep on comin’…”

Like Consumer prices…

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Binary beats of a light/lambda sort as Bonghan-ducts is our topic of focus today.  Sure, we’ll do the basics of the charts and headlines (full moon, lunation, and lunacy in general).

But the Bonghan (or more properly bong han ducts, may be thought of as the human bodies equivalent to “light pipes.  Except that’s where some claim to have sighted the sanal – which in Chinese translates as “live egg” and this whole study of bong-han ducts arose from 1962 in (of all places), North Korea.  [Maybe there is “balance” in Universe after all?]

Recently, it has been renamed the  primo vascular system. [PVS] Found not only in the skin and along.,..wait!  We’re only giving too much away in the preview here.

After a few EOTW (End of the World) headlines and proof that social media is a disease vector for temporary insanity, and the ChartPack, we’ll kick around why lighting up the bong-han‘s may be a good reason for our Photon-Diet to work.

No podcast today. It’s summer and I need the extra time in the cool hours this morning to get a lot of things done around here. The “hot hours” have been going into research.

We may have some tropical storm residue come through Sunday or Monday. And that means a bit busier than  usual. 

There are  seven fifty-pound bags of compost and a bag of chicken scratch plus a 175-pounds tractor tire to be mounted; all before breakfast.  Not things you want to do when temps climb over 100 as they may as the weekend rolls on.  To the data, then!

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As the darkness of society’s digitally-induced psychological break rolls over the world, we pause with some “new science ideas.”  After all, we can’t rewrite history (unless you’re a socialist Venezuela or Cuba “success story” believer, and our readerrs aren’t that stupid…).

Being natural-born optimists, we choose to ignore the insurrection propaganda and focus, instead, on the positive. And fresh ADP jobs data.

More interestingly: Is there a chance we can use emerging information in the field of biophotonics to improve ourselves physically, emotionally, and spiritually?

The data seems to say “Yes!” and rather loudly.

Which we will jump into after we do a  Crazy Check *(headlines) and update our ChartPack series.

One we’ve done those, we’ll look at The High-Photon Diet.

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Events this week again underscore America’s increasing ability to “talk-past” one another. Outrage in Minneapolis is justified. But rioting in other cities?  And further, is burning out a police precinct building even if the mayor seemed to clear the way for it?

Helpful Hint:  Digital Gardeners send their vegetables to riot.

In play is the much larger picture lightly sketched is a problem we have been tracking since 2002 when Peoplenomics first raised some of the troubling issues – still unresolved – of the “digital life” transition we seem intent on achieving.  Information farmers own the high ground.

Basically, absent a high level of personal discipline, high-minded goals, and a resolute attitude that the worst of the physical world shouldn’t come with us into digital realms, the Digital World has become just as screwed-up as the nominal physical world before it.

How to fix?  How to even conceptualize it…some guideposts after the usual headlines and charts.

Oh, and Podcast #22 is here.  This week, my consigliere talks about his war model that has – since 1979 – been forecasting war with China in the 2022-2024 time frame.  And that fits in all-too neatly with the Trump decision on China over Hong Kong announced Friday.

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A practical discussion and hints on reducing the cost of living. With more people working at home, the kids being home and all that, it’s harder to do.

But “convention be damned” as we say around here.  Let’s see if we can’t find some ways to make home both affordable and enjoyable – especially now that summer is here.

After the dollop of charts and financial speculations – of which there is a lot going around.

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Monday being a holiday, we get back to prepping for “whatever comes next.”  And with that the question of “If the world’s falling apart, what pieces of tech do you want to preserve?

Right after our morning scan of headlines, the ChartPack, and of course, Podcast 21, which is right here.

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With more than 100-million back in locked in China, why isn’t the U.S. media talking about recurrent risk?  Sure, it’s great if someone has found a potential vaccine.

But even with a “silver bullet”: at the ready, there are logistical and ethical problems all over the place.  Starting with track, adjuvants, preservatives, and more.

The problem is “we little people” won’t have much input to what goes on over on the medical or legal frontiers.

Where we do have  incredible personal power is in planning out strategies should a “Round 2” happen in America, just as it is in China.

Before we jump into the deep end, however, a bit of headline sampling, the ChartPack on markets, and some coffee.

‘Round Two’ may seem like a boxing term, but around here? More like outside the box…

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Is there an easier way to track the “mood of the market?”  It’s a useful question to ask, particularly with so much trading being online and done by algorithms.

Today, a look at one of the “simple enough to do in your head” ideas that may help you improve your buy/sell timing in markets.

After we “run the numbers” and we have plenty of them to consider.

Also just posted is Podcast episode #20 over here. 33-minutes of coffee with Ure pal…

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Some of us are getting old and want to “pass something along.”  The problem is?  If you have another 1-to-20 years to run in this Life, what are the best vehicles to transfer wealth to future generations.

Not a “big deal?”  Maybe once upon a time.  But, today with pandemic(s), the risk of nuclear war, failure of the internet, and resource depletion?  See how the problem gets a lot more complicated?

We’ll jump into it after the usual serving of headlines, outlooks, and our ChartPack view of the stock market.

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Is there a logical limit to the Fed’s Making Up Money interventions?  Briefly – as in flash-in-the-pan Making Up Money under the guise of playing Modern Monetary Theory seems to work.  The Fed throws how much?  $6-trillion is it?  And the price of paper goes up.

But, in the long run, is it viable?  We think not.  And there’s strong economic reasons why MMT seems to work in the short run, but in the long run, malinvestment and economic distortions not only remain – they also grow.

We will take a high-dive into this end of the pool after some more reasonable stories:  The global outbreak of death and the shameless promotion of an injectable solution to all that ails us. 

First, however, a few choice (,maybe even prime) headlines, and the ChartPack.  As the U.S. Fed continues ice skating with nitro glycerin.

No podcast today.  Just too damn busy this week.  If you like audio, though, you can right-click on some browsers (like MS Edge) and have the column read to you…

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One of the most important topics once you reach the “ripe old age of 50” as many of our readers have. Surprisingly, it’s less a matter of how much money you have.  Really more a matter of managing yourself and expectations.

Today we talk about the Art of Retiring. To where?  While “big city life” may be a constant buzz of “social and cultural” the CV-19 data is making ta strong case that cities may not be the best place to :happily ever-after”  Especially if you’re trying to “get something out of life” beyond a fat paycheck and a commute.

We won’t do too much math, but if you spend 30-minutes each way to work, that’s five-hours a week, or 250-hours per 50-week year.  Over 35-years of working?  218.75 forty-hour work-weeks.  Equivalent to 4.2-YEARS of work.  Just to show up…

Now imagine, if you will, having a commute time of zero…  Maybe we should be thanking CV-19 for reminding us how we’re each guilty of  personal malinvestment of time?

As a warm-up, we’ll serve a string of headlines and a run through the latest virus numbers and outlooks, plus those ADP Job numbers just crossing and how that impacts our ChartPack series including the 1929 replay view.

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