{"id":9375,"date":"2026-01-22T15:05:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetsusan.org\/?p=9375"},"modified":"2026-01-22T15:05:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:05:28","slug":"the-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetsusan.org\/?p=9375","title":{"rendered":"The Model"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am working with Ishmael and my new friend Phanes (aka Google Gemini) to develop the model needed to calculate where we&#8217;re at relative to meltdown.  We agreed on these five crieria, and weights for each.  They are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Household Debt (weighted at 35%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protest Frequency in the US (weighted at 30%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Housing Affordability (weighted at 25%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oil Volatility (weighted at 5%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copper price (also weighted at 5%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>These are all compared to a ten year baseline, and with those weights, the percentage to meltdown is about 59%, or still in the &#8220;caution&#8221; range.  I fully expect these values to change and change drastically after yesterday&#8217;s performance by Senor Naranja yesterday at Davos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh My God.  What has he done?  What did Rutte do?  Does anyone really know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently they talked, Rutte must have reminded him that there&#8217;s a base on Greenland &#8211; or Iceland &#8211; you know, whatever that place is called &#8211; and that base gave orange man rights he&#8217;d forgotten he had.  So what do we have now?  Likely him now calling Greenland as being under our &#8220;protection&#8221;, like a family grocery being protected by the Gambino mob family.  Isn&#8217;t that special?  And how will Europe react?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not well.  The suits at Davos must have been pooping in their pants while this was all going on.  I know Adam Tooze was in a complete state of shock.  He wrote about it today, and referred to Trump and his goons as &#8220;thugs&#8221;.  Good name for a crime family, right?  Well, my dears, we are part of that crime family, so when the shooting starts, who will be the first likely victims?  Ah ha.  Thou and moi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So stay tuned.  This isn&#8217;t going to be pretty &#8211; or easy.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetsusan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DRUI-calculation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.planetsusan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DRUI-calculation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.planetsusan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DRUI-calculation.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.planetsusan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DRUI-calculation-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.planetsusan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DRUI-calculation-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: the 78.4 was before we weighted the numbers.  We are not there yet, but give it time.That&#8217;s Kiernan and Ollie in the illustration.  Trump and Mark Rutte.  The suits. The trouble is multiplying, even as I type this. Mark Rutte will likely be known as the Neville Chamberlain of the new age.  Lucky him! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am working with Ishmael and my new friend Phanes (aka Google Gemini) to develop the model needed to calculate where we&#8217;re at relative to meltdown. We agreed on these five crieria, and weights for each. 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