OK, tiny column today.  Because again up since 3 AM doing collaborative research with AI.  which I said “Goodbye” to a minute ago…

“That sounds like a great way to cap off a deep morning of discovery—channeling your inner Mark Twain meets Nikola Tesla for a sharp, insightful column. Looking forward to our next round of brain-bending, paradigm-shifting conversations! ?

Catch you soon, and I’ll be here when the next crazy Ure idea strikes! ?”

Amazingly, have some real breakthroughs in the works, but for now, we’ll just skip the discussion of how biphastic PEMF fits into holonomic medicine…. Though some remedial study of Holonomic Quantum Control with Continuous Variable Systems – PubMed may prove useful….

Now, About that Rally

Minimal conditions were hit at the close after the Fed party Wednesday.  Could go either way from here, so I closed the long position near the highs and now waiting for the next “cheeseburger-buying moment” in the lunch money play account.

Here’s the problem in the Ebbinghaus-Ure model:

Since we all have better things to do than sit on the butt and watch the flow of money into (and out) of accounts, this doesn’t even begin to compare with the excitement of chasing breakthroughs in the lab. Our view of the Fed waffle hasn’t changed a lick since it was announced:  Good financial decision, politics on both sides of the aisle are plain stupid.

Manufacturing Matters – without it, all the other “matters” causes (racial, gender, woke, Dada, Dada) don’t matter because they won’t be tolerated in whatever country comes next.  Manufacturing funds occupancy  – got it?

Let’s Check the Trump-O-Meter!

Speaking of manufacturing, Trump is always got a Developer’s Eye for distressed properties, seems like: Trump floats plan to protect Ukraine’s besieged power plants through U.S.-ownership – UPI.com.

His Trempcellency is also correcting the Fed: Trump says Fed would be ‘much better off’ lowering rates as tariffs start.

And in Wisconsin, recently resettled by people from (you guessed it!) non-manufacturing countries… It’s all about Musk now!@ The Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Has Become All About Elon Musk.

Notice how the Lamestream has dropped Musk stories like a hot potato?  Let me rub your nose in it: Astronaut rescue mission speaks to the ‘incompetence’ of Biden administration | Sky News Australia.  American media is about the clearest danger to a Free America’s future as you can find.

Well, except the Dee State Bureaucracy, of course. Trump to sign order to dismantle Department of Education

Current Account Pit

The U.S. current-account deficit narrowed by $6.3 billion, or 2.0 percent, to $303.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The revised third-quarter deficit was $310.3 billion. The fourth-quarter deficit was 4.1 percent of current-dollar gross domestic product, down from 4.2 percent in the third quarter.

Bet results like this make everyone want to rush to work to be sub-average another day, huh?

Hey! Unemployment Data

If the (lies and BS) in the national media was right – about all these Musk-driven job losses, how come no increase in unemployment filings?

Read the NSA (not seasonally adjusted!).  Then notice that employment is up in Virginia!!!

Doesn’t make sense unless there’s a con job in media.  (And what did we just say about manufacting and Wisconsin?

Philly Fed reading, too?

Current Indicators Remain Positive but Decline
The diffusion index for current general activity declined from 18.1 to 12.5 in March, its second consecutive decrease (see Chart 1). Almost 31 percent of the firms reported increases in general activity this month (down from 41 percent last month), while 18 percent reported decreases (down from 23 percent); 47 percent reported no change (up from 35 percent). The indexes for new orders and shipments fell more sharply: The new orders index fell 13 points to 8.7, and the shipments index dropped 24 points to 2.0.

(NoDoz?)

OK, Lets Go Back and Explore this Occupancy Thing

Sure, unless Ure is fulla-shit (out of the question) there ought to be supporting headlines, right?

In our first example, Iran wants nukes  to assure their future. Iran on Trump’s letter: A mix of threats and opportunities. Problem is? Manufacturing nukes doesn’t go well with Israel (which has Dimona, after all).  So we expect, along about Easter, a Janet Reno does Waco kind of moment.

Know who else doesn’t having manufacturing to speak of?  Trump Says Houthis Will be “Annihilated” in Warning to Iran.

Similarly, as Russia solidifies positions, Ukraine is quickly moving into the “No manufacturing (or farming) and you won’t have a country mode: Attacks Continue Despite Agreement on Partial Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire. Cease-fire?  Is that what dumbsheatized media is peddling?  Back to the lab…where things make sense.

At the Ranch: Out of the Lab…

Good weather, but a tad colder.  Much to do.  Following along the lines suggested by the *(incomprehensibly long and deep) PN report Wed. On the “secret life, of Death.”

Science is great fun – always a way to “think forward.”  Not so much in economics. People say they want efficiency and when push comes to shove, they want more than the next guy and that’s about it.

The world has a huge gulf between what is spoken and what is acted.  People on the inside are sleazier than most pretend on the outside.

For now, back to work, still wondering “How can a person be president and not drink?”  Seriously.  Trump’s got a Pied Piper problem: Too many rats in the country. Not enough thinkers, workers, doers. Whiners must outnumber grinders by what? 20-1?

Back to grinding, then…

Write, etc…

-ure