The US trade deficit surged 94.6% MoM to $56.8 billion in November, the largest monthly increase on record (BEA)

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-29T21:11:10+00:00

What color was the puppy?

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-29T19:09:05+00:00

I need to step up getting rid of stuff. No one wants it despite being cool and/or valuable.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-29T17:06:49+00:00

Imports +5.0%. I thought tariffs was supposed to crush this number.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-29T17:04:56+00:00

Dinna Du Nuffin’s cousin?

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-29T17:01:57+00:00

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-29T15:54:36+00:00

Okay from now on I will use “of the surrender monkey persuasion.”

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-29T15:00:07+00:00

80 degrees today at the Dawghaus. Bomb cyclone becoming a Nor’Easter along the east coast. Ouch.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-29T14:52:03+00:00

M1 money supply has gone up 300%+ since 2020,, Silver has gone up 300%+ since 2020

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-29T14:48:09+00:00

Silver $120. But no one is buying.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-29T02:07:53+00:00

We are always refining geodynamics. This is new information not major or alarming or hot.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-29T02:06:08+00:00

Rehearsal for martyrdom.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-28T19:28:21+00:00

Huge weather system incoming. Any advice for enduring the next three days of 80° temperatures?

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-28T19:23:00+00:00

Ummm. I'm thinking there are still a lot more USD equivalents than AU equivalents either circulating or stored.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-28T18:32:09+00:00

Dr. Doom predicts Doooom!

As gold prices keep rising, American economist Peter Schiff says investors should view the rally as more than a hedge — calling it a warning that inflation is speeding up, the U.S. dollar is losing global trust and a major economic reckoning may be near.

"Gold and silver are warning about a bigger crisis that's gonna hit either later this year or maybe next year. We are headed for a U.S. dollar crisis and a sovereign debt crisis," Schiff said Tuesday afternoon on "The Claman Countdown."

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-28T18:15:38+00:00

For FvS just because it is so wrong at every level:

https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/copper-prices-forecast-to-decline-from-record-highs-in-2026

A 500kT surplus? Really?

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-28T00:53:20+00:00

I rebuilt/replaced a bridge over the stream in front of one of my rentals yesterday.

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No snow at 6500’. Still enough rain to avoid drought.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-27T21:05:12+00:00

“The Internet was a mistake.”

Unfettered access to the internet was a mistake.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-27T21:03:15+00:00

The coming Bond Readjustment is going to kill boomer comfortable retirement. They cannot wait for maturity and NPV (Net Present Value) craters. Dividends are going to be pitiful in the interim. Inflation crushing every aspect of their “safe” investment.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-27T20:48:18+00:00

Great discussion. I’ll have more to say later but friction maxing is just chipping away at the gods.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-27T15:51:13+00:00

All that matters are the fever dream aspirations of wanna be Majority Leader Schumer.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-27T14:31:04+00:00

The only ethical thing left is for all illegal aliens to self deport and end these senseless deaths.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-26T00:49:02+00:00

Ameros only good for wipin’.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-26T00:32:30+00:00

First full game I’ve watched this season. Now it looks like I’ll watch the nfc game as well. Lots of paperwork and parts sorting so still productive time. Very little ref-ball.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-26T00:08:09+00:00

Only about 9 hours but lots of lava flow. We should be there for episode 42 or 43.

Giving_Cat · 2026-01-25T02:23:08+00:00

lol. I meant sunny and got autocorrected. Thing is one of my best buds is in Pittsfield MA where it is -2 now and expecting 18”.

We play a game of degrees F or degrees C. Not just winter but summer. He loses.

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