A couple of Economic releases to deal with. And yes, our market call pre-open Wednesday on the Peoplenomics side was pretty good (so far).
But a short column and a toothache are the highlights here “two out” from a long weekend….
CFNAI
Chicago Fed National Activity Indicator. The Illinois version of economic tea leaves.
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) decreased to –0.25 in April from +0.03 in March. Three of the four broad categories of indicators used to construct the index decreased from March, and three categories made negative contributions in April. The index’s three-month moving average, CFNAI-MA3, was unchanged at +0.05 in April.
The CFNAI Diffusion Index, which is also a three-month moving average, decreased to –0.05 in April from –0.02 in March. Thirty of the 85 individual indicators made positive contributions to the CFNAI in April, while 55 made negative contributions. Thirty-six indicators improved from March to April, while 49 indicators deteriorated. Of the indicators that improved, 13 made negative contributions.
(I;’m so old, I remember when “nagative condtyributions were called “losses.”
Jobs Data
PMI numbers and some housing data come mid-morning. But if that’s not exciting enough, maybe the Treasury Balance Sheet will be more to your liking; though staying around after the close for it ain’t on our dance card, sorry.
Screaming and Streaming
File under “alleged media” on “alleged” racism? Yes, it seems the media goes overboard on the word “alleged” at the most interesting of times, eh? Donald Trump ambushes South African president at White House meeting by playing video alleging ‘genocide’. Similarly, American media goes over the silliness line as Trump, South African president watch videos on alleged killings of white farmers during White House meeting.
“Alleged” (journo school moment here) means (generally) that if an event were to end up in a legal tussle – in court – the reporter or agency reporting – could dodge liability/slander/libel by saying “it wasn’t proven, but it was alleged.
As you watch news, however, the “allegation” spice is an interesting “seasoning” of events.
Which circles back to whether the media is “playing it straight down the middle” by inserting “alleged” into the [obvious] killings of white farmers in South Africa? No, not so much. But, in the hands of someone skilled in “news seasoning” the term can alert readers to what’s really going on by referencing, for example alleged president Joe Biden.
The real problem media’s trying to prep is that racism is not solely a While vs. Black “thing.” We hold that racism is a global “thing” and parties attempting to expropriate its horrors for only one sub-group are guilty of poor journalism.
Good journalism would likely report that anti-White racism is real, too. Worth watching and exactly on point: Tucker Carlson on X: “For decades, big city mayors have hired public employees based on race. That’s illegal but nobody’s stopped them. Then Harmeet Dhillon took over the civil rights division at DoJ. (0:00) Introduction (1:20) The Grim Reality Dhillon Was Faced With After Entering the DOJ,
All of which is moving around in background as claims the Western Lensman on X: “Fake News Word of the Day: “Ambush!”
So it’s alleged.
Gaza Comes Home?
2 Israeli embassy staff members killed in shooting outside Jewish museum in DC | AP News
Ideological conflicts don’t seem to respect international borders, do they?
Coalition of the What?
Another place where the telltales of propaganda and persuasion-group marketing shows up is in the Western-led war marketing of events in Ukraine. We notice headlines like A Burst Of Diplomacy Brings No Breakthrough On Russia’s War Against Ukraine: What’s Next – Analysis and pause to admire the graphics. Which proclaim a “Coalition of the Willing.”
Yet, silly us, we have not been able to find a single country where actual non-partisan humans have voted to fund ongoing death and destruction. Global evidence suggests (alleges?) idiots are at the wheel.
Send the politicians to the front lines, first, we figure. Of course that isn’t going to happen. So, the propaganda aimed West tells stories like How the Russian economy is faring as new sanctions hit. Yet, while roasting the Kremlin, reading from the other side, paints a different pallet: Kyiv Short on Russian POWs for Planned 1,000-for-1,000 Exchange which leads to the obvious question: All killed (allegedly?) or did Ukraine just oversell its successes?
Useful to Know
Wording of the Next Economic Trend? Target Sales Drop, Consumers Focus on ‘Needs-Based Categories’ Um, like food and water?
And your Jupiter is shrinking! Jupiter Was Twice Its Current Ginormous Size, Scientists Discover : ScienceAlert
Down in the Noise Floor
Open secret: Liz Churchill on X: “The Conspiracy Theorists were right about EVERYTHING… “The CDC and FDA were very aware of the risks of Myocarditis following the ‘Covid Vaccines’ and purposely downplayed them…” THIS IS MURDER. Well, allegedly. We need a jury trial to make it a fair hanging…
Finally being admitted: Miami-Dade County Instantly Flips Red After Cleaning Up Its Voter Rolls.
Religion of peace or conquest? Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrated EU, Migrant Communities: French Gov’t.
Need (yet another) reason to flee California? A mysterious, highly active undersea volcano near California could erupt later in 2025: What scientists expect
And, as long as you’re paying: Lawmakers Investigate Federal Spending On Gambling, Adult Entertainment And More.
Around the Ranch: Ham Radio Antenna Engineering
Adventures in the Old Man Lab…
I have been deeply immersed in design of a new ham radio antenna – and it circles back to the notion of whether “scalar energy” is real. There are, you see, two ways to approach “antenna fields.” One method is through traditional EM (*electromagnetic) fields, the so-called transverse waves. The other, the much sketchier “longitudinal waves.”
The innovation to be tested in this involves using a bifilar coil to feed a one-wavelength antenna element at the same time a 1/2-wave is fed. (I know, “What’s a bifilar?”):
“The bifilar coil isn’t new. Its name traces back to Nikola Tesla’s 1894 U.S. Patent No. 512,340, where he described winding two conductors side by side to cancel self-inductance while retaining capacitive energy storage. In classical applications—such as Tesla coils and some audio transformers—the bifilar winding is used for its unique impedance or field-canceling properties. But in our scalar investigations, the bifilar coil is far more than an electrical curiosity—it’s a potential gateway.”
The engineering question is whether the (inductance cancelling_) properties of a bifilar could convert EM waves to “scalar” waves. Thing is, though, “scalar” while widely popular in pseudo-science circles is NOT established science in antenna land.
Engineering on this has resulted in a bunch of research notes to share:
- Longitudinal waves don’t like 1/4 wave dipoles like EM waves. They are partial to full wavelengths.
- They also may arise (more) in old-school transmitters where variable pitch final amplifier tank coils may have accentuated what’s a very subtle effect. Which may explain why E.F. Johnson company Ranger transmitters (with variable pitch coil and a “dangling 160-meter coil orthogonal to the main coil on 80-meters) may have outperformed more conventional designs under certain band conditions.
Over the long weekend ahead, I will be testing a novel mixed-mode antenna, but let’s get to the really useful and interesting things.
- “Scalar” is a huge buzz word in pseudo-science. And a lot of it deals with how Nikola Tesla was supposedly able to “light bulbs more than a mile distant” when he was conducting experiments in Coloradio.
- Upon inspection of the DATA, however, seems Tesla was more of a showman than most people realize. Because it seems this “lights” were not of the conventional “incandescent” sort.
I had AI summarize how our collaborative work was doing Wednesday when lots of the missing pieces began to fall into place:
Yesterday, we discussed Nikola Tesla’s experiments in Colorado Springs, where he claimed to have illuminated the ground using gas-filled lights rather than traditional incandescent bulbs. Tesla’s work in the late 1890s focused on wireless energy transmission, and he reportedly used gas-filled tubes, similar to early fluorescent or neon lights, to demonstrate his concepts. These tubes, filled with gases like neon or argon, could be excited by high-frequency electrical currents to produce light without a filament, unlike incandescent bulbs. Tesla’s experiments involved transmitting energy wirelessly to power these lights, creating glowing effects in the ground or surrounding environment, which he described as a way to showcase his vision for wireless power distribution.
We also touched on how Tesla’s claims were met with skepticism due to the era’s technological limitations and the lack of detailed documentation. Gas-filled lights were more efficient and aligned with Tesla’s innovative approach, as they could be energized remotely via electromagnetic fields, unlike incandescent bulbs that relied on direct electrical connections. His Colorado Springs experiments aimed to prove that energy could be transmitted through the earth or atmosphere, and the use of gas-filled tubes was a practical choice for visualizing this phenomenon. However, the exact mechanisms and results remain debated, as Tesla’s grandiose claims often outpaced the practical outcomes recorded at the time.
The reason for sharing this in advance is simple. First, it will be an interesting series of experiments to see if a low-hanging antenna can “punch above its weight” by incorporating the (for now, mythical) 1 wavelength long “scalar/longitudinal” element.
But beyond this, it hints that Tesla’s stage presence may have set off a modern day “thought virus” which people have signed up for by the millions; believing in “scalar energy” for everything from psychical/spiritual healing to medical miracles to anti-gravity and free energy.
It’s easy to see once you get into the “engineering of it.” If you live in NYC and someone writes about “turning on electric lights without wires” your mind goes to one kind of “power level” being inferrred. Because at 120 volts and 1 amp, a (120-watt) lightbulb puts out not only a lot of light, but also a lot of heat energy.
So you sit reading 125-year old newspaper accounts and begin to believe….
Not if you’re a ham radio operator with even a 40-watt old Heathkit CW transmitter, you can fire a used (even malfunctioning) fluorescent four-footer by holding it near a “voltage node” of an antenna. where it will happily glow.
It’s a really damn interesting science project. But to realize that a whole modern “thought virus” which has “infected” otherwise healthy scientific minds, may all come back to what people THINK Tesla accomplished versus was he may have accomplished using well-documented aspects of EM waves:
- Geissler Tubes: These were early gas-discharge tubes containing rarefied gases like neon, argon, or nitrogen. When subjected to high-voltage currents, the gas ionized and emitted light, with the color depending on the gas used (e.g., neon for reddish-orange, argon for bluish hues). Tesla, familiar with these from scientific demonstrations, likely used them to showcase wireless energy transfer, as they could be illuminated without direct electrical connections.
- Early Fluorescent Tubes: Tesla experimented with tubes coated with phosphorescent materials, resembling primitive fluorescent lights. These contained gases like mercury vapor, which, when excited, produced ultraviolet light that caused the phosphor coating to glow. Tesla’s notes mention tubes that emitted bright, efficient light, suggesting he was exploring this technology well before commercial fluorescent lamps.
This is NOT to say there isn’t something to the longitudinal waves. But the “Scalar Story” as it relates to free energy, miraculous medical cures, anti-gravity, and magically beating the inverse-square law may have to wait.
Because in Reality, we may be able to create “separated spaces” via other means (like the acoustically-pumped tokomac for bending space-time and opening dimensional portals. But, that’s the kind of engineering problem that’s accessible once you banish misunderstood historical artifacts from your thinking. If you come up with any good – in lab, reproducible – evidence of local scalar effects, please pass along a link.
But, for now anyway, unless we get some phenomenal DX reports on 20-meters this weekend with the transformative bifilar feed system, we’ll have gotten enough antenna engineering (and related medical research) time on scalar to set it aside and focus more on acoustical tokomac design as a path into scaling adjacent dimension walls where (yep) you really can suck energy from divided space. which then gets back to the IX-97 and Philadelphia experiments…
Still, “the energy scales of acoustic waves are typically too low to achieve significant spatial separation or charge manipulation sufficient for useful power extraction, as the electrical potential difference would likely be minimal compared to conventional methods like capacitors or batteries.”
Maybe the Heaviside simplifications of Maxwell weren’t a conspiracy after all? I mean allegedly?
Write when you can solve for X, Y, and Z simultaneously,
George@Ure.net
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