Monthly Archives: August 2009
Only What’s Actioniable
If I had a crystal ball, I’d be tempted to cover the damn thing up because the next several weeks are looking downright crappy. So much is drifting around in the predictive linguistics that Cliff at www.halfpasthuman.com is planning to … Continue reading
Coping: High Tech Monday
All kinds of things to ponder in the high tech headlines today. One of them is all the buzz about the new version of Apple’s operating system (Snow Leopard) that started shipping on Friday. Accompanied by stories like “Snow Leopard … Continue reading
Gov’t Plans to Seize ‘Net
I’ve been telling you for years that one of the surest markers the Second Depression (SD/D2) would be the seizure and/or licensure of the Internet. On Friday the plans started to come into focus as it’s being widely reported that … Continue reading
Personal Incomes
I shouldn’t begin this morning’s report with such an openly skeptical view of an offishul gov’munt number, but here goes: “Personal income increased $3.8 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) decreased $4.6 billion, or less … Continue reading
Coping: What’s Wealth Anymore?
People have asked me, now and then, “George, where should I put my money so that I can sleep nights know it is in a good bank?” Damned if I know. Both of my dollars are safely squirreled away; … Continue reading
Durables Leap
Rally food? From the Census folks this morning, against the report that new jobless claims dropped a bit we read that: New Orders New orders for manufactured durable goods in July increased $7.8 billion or 4.9 percent to $168.4 billion, … Continue reading
Coping: Outlandish Plans and Blue Skies
Elaine and I are now holders of Third Class Flight Medicals, as she continues working toward her pilot’s license. We both passed with no issues on Wednesday. Then I got to thinking: “You know, I really ought to do … Continue reading
Depression Markers
Here all this time, you thought that depression markers included sleeping 12-hours a day and compulsive use of self medications. Nope. There are others, like the report that “Japanese Exports continue to fall” and “Bernanke may redefine Fed mission in … Continue reading
Coping: With Shady Lawyers
Won’t tell you what state he’s in, because of legal dueling pending, nor will I use any names, but a longish conversation this week about how some personal injury attorneys work was a real eye opener. Some of the practices … Continue reading
Durable – or Inflatable – Orders?
We begin this morning’s discussion with an eyeful of data from the Census on durable goods orders: “New orders for manufactured goods in June, up four of the last five months, increased $1.4 billion or 0.4 percent to $349.0 billion, … Continue reading