I happened to have grown up close to the devil's tower and there is a very true and interesting story about it that has been forgotten.  Around 1940 four men from the New York area climbed the tower in the early part of the summer.  Later that summer a man whose last name was Hopkins parachuted to the top of the tower ...more

I liked your comment about Daddy Warbooks!  Now there was a real stock market whiiz.  Off the street as a bum, borrows $100.00, invests it in stocks, and is a billionare in just a month or two.

I don't see the sense in taking gold out of the ground or water and then locking most of it under the ground or in a safe.  To continually follow that path is a psychological distortion and it will fail when the chips are really down.

I don't see the sense in taking gold out of the ground or water and then locking most of it up in the ground or a safe. That's a distorted psychology, and will fail when the chips are really down.

Jubak! You have reported on the results of a very large systems analysis.  I have been out of the systems analysis loop for about 23 years, but I would like to state my impressions of the results of very large system analysis.  The large systems analysis that I have some insight into are (1) the explosion of a ...more

Jim! Thanks, after Dagwood Bumstead and other similar strips, men don't a have chance.  I think there are more unrecognized heros than those recognized, and many break their pick trying but go without credits.  Its past time for men to get credit for just putting bread on the table.  The competition in the U.S. b...more

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I think Jubak can be trusted  relative to the numbers he has quoted.  Consequently I interpret his story to mean we will still find commodities to be priced about the same as they are now in 2013.  But I would not extend that guess into 2014.

I don't sabe much of this, but I do recognize a few very dangerous facts such as gross indebtedness.  It reminds me of what my father use to say, " New Presidents soon find out that it is the bond market that is the boss and not themselves."  So when the bond market says were screwed that means we probably are.