Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2020-03-14

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Event Update For 2020-03-14

http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-jack-flash-hypothesis-its-gas.html

The seas, lakes and oceans are now pluming deadly hydrogen sulfide and suffocating methane. Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic water-soluble heavier-than-air gas and will accumulate in low-lying areas. Methane is slightly more buoyant than normal air and so will be all around, but will tend to contaminate our atmosphere from the top down. These gases are sickening and killing oxygen-using life all around the world, including human life, as our atmosphere is increasingly poisoned. Because both gases are highly flammable and because our entire civilization is built around fire and flammable fuels, this is leading to more fires and explosions. This is an extinction level event and will likely decimate both the biosphere and human population and it is debatable whether humankind can survive this event.

A. More fires and more explosions, especially along the coasts, but everywhere generally.
B. Many more animal die-offs, of all kinds, and especially oceanic species.
C. More multiples of people will be found dead in their homes, as if they'd dropped dead.
D. More corpses found in low-lying areas, all over the world.
E. More unusual vehicular accidents.
F. Improved unemployment numbers as people die off.

Category: Variety Pack

2020-03-14 - Chemical factory heavily damaged by fire in New Delhi (India):
http://www.business-standard.com/multimedia/video-gallery/general/massive-fire-engulfs-chemical-factory-at-gt-karnal-road-101106.htm
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/fire-breaks-out-at-plastic-factory-in-outer-delhi/articleshow/74624762.cms
http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/delhi-gt-karnal-road-chemical-factory-fire-breaks-out-598057

2020-03-14 - Big pile of scrap metal erupts in flame in Rockbridge County (Virginia):
http://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/crews-use-275-gallons-of-foam-2-excavators-to-extinguish-scrap-metal-fire-in-rockbridge-county/

2020-03-14 - Arctic tundra is 80 per cent permafrost - what happens when it thaws?
http://thenarwhal.ca/arctic-tundra-is-80-per-cent-permafrost-what-happens-when-it-thaws/
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/03/11/arctic-tundra-is-80-per-cent-permafrost-what-happens-when-it-thaws/

2020-03-14 - Trump disbanded National Security Council pandemic unit that experts had praised:
http://apnews.com/ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a

Quote: "Public health and national security experts shake their heads when President Donald Trump says the coronavirus 'came out of nowhere' and 'blindsided the world.' They’ve been warning about the next pandemic for years and criticized the Trump administration’s decision in 2018 to dismantle a National Security Council directorate at the White House charged with preparing for when, not if, another pandemic would hit the nation."

2020-03-14 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 50+ with 2,100+ infections in the US, Britain added to travel ban:
http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/20200314/coronavirus-updates-trump-says-he-was-tested-us-death-toll-hits-50-uk-added-to-travel-ban

Quote: "At least 50 people have died in the U.S., where there have been more than 2,100 confirmed cases of the virus. Worldwide, cases were nearing 150,000 on Saturday with more than 5,500 deaths."

2020-03-14 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 611 with 12,729 infections in Iran:
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/coronavirus-iran-reports-nearly-hundred-deaths-one-day-virus
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/live-blog/coronavirus-updates-live-house-approves-coronavirus-aid-bill-n1158821/ncrd1158876

Quote: "Kianoush Jahanpour, an Iranian health ministry official told a televised news conference in Tehran that it registered 97 new deaths, bringing the official death toll to 611 people. No details were given on the location of the deaths or whether the deceased had underlying health conditions. '1,365 fresh cases have been added to the number of confirmed infections in the past 24 hours,' said Jahanpour, bringing Iran's case number to 12,729 for the coronavirus."

2020-03-14 - Coronavirus infection count rises to 5 in Missouri:
http://www.kmov.com/news/latest-on-coronavirus-in-st-louis/article_a9e8d27a-6231-11ea-93a6-a7e28350dfd8.html

Quote: "The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced the fifth case of coronavirus in Missouri. Officials said a fifth person tested positive for COVID-19 in Greene County. The case is travel-related."

2020-03-14 - Coronavirus drive-thru testing site opens in St. Louis (Missouri):
http://www.kmov.com/news/drive-thru-coronavirus-testing-st-louis/article_fcfe1b76-653a-11ea-a969-6325dab7a63e.html

2020-03-14 - Coronavirus survivors may suffer from reduced lung function:
http://nypost.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-survivors-may-suffer-from-reduced-lung-function/
http://www.sott.net/article/430736-Coronavirus-survivors-may-suffer-from-reduced-lung-function

2020-03-14 - Georgia delays presidential primary for two months due to coronavirus:
http://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/14/georgia-delays-primary-election-129595

2020-03-14 - Young leopard found dead in Vellore (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/leopard-cub-found-dead-in-pernambut/article31070752.ece

2020-03-14 - Two boys die in well in Kishanbagh (India):
http://telanganatoday.com/hyderabad-two-kids-drown-in-well-while-fishing
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/fishing-trip-goes-awry-2-boys-drown/articleshow/74632026.cms

2020-03-14 - Child, 13, dies after being pulled from community swimming pool in coastal Titusville (Florida):
http://www.wesh.com/article/police-investigate-drowning-death-of-child-in-titusville/31577263
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/03/15/death-investigation-underway-in-titusville-after-teen-drowns-at-community-pool-officials-say/
http://spacecoastdaily.com/2020/03/titusville-police-conducting-death-investigation-after-13-year-old-drowns-in-community-pool/
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/crime/2020/03/14/child-13-drowns-titusville-community-pool-police-say/5052723002/

Quote: "Police said a 13-year-old child drowned at a Titusville community pool Saturday evening. Officers and ambulances responded to the 3600 block of Barna Avenue before 6 p.m. and found the child receiving emergency medical attention. The child was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead."

2020-03-14 - Man found dead in lake at Bonsall Park in Glendale (Arizona):
http://www.azfamily.com/news/body-found-in-glendale-s-bonsall-park-lake-saturday-morning/article_f4d9005e-663f-11ea-add5-7b5c7948556d.html
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-west-valley/glendale/police-investigating-after-mans-body-found-in-water-at-bonsall-park-in-Glendale

2020-03-14 - Man, 55, found dead in Lake Tenkiller (Oklahoma):
http://www.fox23.com/news/local/cherokee-county-man-pulled-lake-tenkiller/KICHF7RZLJCDDGU3Q5VTICWJ6I/

2020-03-14 - Man, 34, goes fishing, next seen dead in the Lake Canyon area of Duchesne County (Utah):
http://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/utah-man-missing-after-leaving-for-fishing-trip-at-stawberry-river/
http://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/3/14/21180128/millcreek-fisherman-found-dead-in-duchesne-county
http://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/fisherman-from-millcreek-found-dead-in-duchesne-county
http://www.ksl.com/article/46730213/crews-recover-body-of-missing-fisherman

2020-03-14 - Person found dead in the California Aqueduct in Palmdale (California):
http://mynewsla.com/crime/2020/03/14/body-found-in-california-aqueduct-in-palmdale/

2020-03-14 - Man found dead in submerged car in creek in Lincoln (Nebraska):
http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska-man-found-dead-after-vehicle-lands-in-lancaster-county/article_0b61b2e5-deea-578e-9913-4cc1bd34b1e0.html
http://www.1011now.com/content/news/LPD--568810011.html

2020-03-14 - Man, 27, dies foaming at the mouth in his car near Nissing (India):
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/judge%E2%80%99s-hubby-found-dead-55522

Quote: "The husband of a judge was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a car with foam oozing from his mouth near Nissing this morning. The police were investigating the matter. As per the police, the car was locked from inside. The deceased was identified as Ravi Verma (27) of Zirakpur."

2020-03-14 - Passenger has 'medical emergency' on passenger plane, plane makes emergency landing in coastal St. John's (Canada):
http://vocm.com/2020/03/14/flight-from-mexico-diverted-to-st-johns-international-due-to-medical-emergency/

Quote: "An international flight coming from Cancun, Mexico, landed in St. John’s for a medical diversion early this morning, but it was not COVID-19 related."

2020-03-14 - Man has 'medical event', pickup truck crashes into Walmart, on Sandhills Boulevard in Aberdeen (North Carolina):
http://sandhillssentinel.com/pickup-truck-hits-walmart-in-aberdeen/

Quote: "A driver crashed his pickup truck into the front entrance wall of Aberdeen Walmart Saturday afternoon. The male driver apparently suffered a medical event and struck the corner of the building, just feet away from the front doors. "

2020-03-14 - Man, 59, has 'medical episode', car crashes into creek, near Franklin (Wisconsin), 1 killed:
http://www.channel3000.com/driver-pronounced-dead-after-suffering-medical-episode-crashing-into-creek/
http://www.facebook.com/channel3000/posts/10157312573252060

Quote: "According to an incident report from the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office, 59-year-old Lemoin P. Holstlaw was driving southbound on Highway 23 when he suffered a medical episode, causing his truck to cross the center line and come to a stop in a creek south of Leland Road."

Quote: "It is unclear whether Holstlaw died from the medical event or from injuries he suffered in the crash."

2020-03-14 - Commuter jet runs off runway at airport in Scottsdale (Arizona):
http://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/plane-skids-off-runway-in-scottsdale/75-3b612409-9b42-4cce-88cf-0de458286ffb

2020-03-14 - Passenger bus and heavy truck collide head-on in coastal Bagerhat (Bangladesh), 5 killed, 12 injured:
http://www.daily-sun.com/post/469189/Five-killed-in-Bagerhat-bustruck-collision

2020-03-14 - Pickup truck veers over centerline, hits SUV head-on, in Monroe Township (Ohio), 2 killed:
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/clermont-county/two-dead-in-head-on-crash-in-monroe-township

2020-03-14 - Pickup truck veers off road just before 11:30 PM, slams into pole, in San Antonio (Texas), 1 killed:
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/man-dies-after-crashing-into-pole-during-possible-medical-episode
http://www.newsbreak.com/texas/san-antonio/news/0OQnzDIK/man-dies-after-crashing-into-pole-during-possible-medical-episode
http://www.facebook.com/News4SA/posts/10158264779447445

Quote: "A man is dead after crashing into a pole during a possible medical episode."

Quote: "Police said the man was in 'traumatic arrest' when they arrived at the scene after having crashed into a pole at a high rate of speed. Investigators say there was no signs the drive attempted to stop and there were no signs of foul play."

2020-03-14 - Car veers over centerline, hits car head-on, on Highway 99 near Chico (California), 1 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/Head-on-collision-just-north-of-Chico-closes-both-suides-of-highway-99-568801751.html

2020-03-14 - Car veers off road and overturns on US 101 near coastal Goleta (California), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://keyt.com/news/traffic/2020/03/14/single-vehicle-rolls-over-on-us-101-near-dos-pueblos-canyon-road/
http://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/one-dead-one-injured-following-vehicle-rollover-in-santa-barbara-county

2020-03-14 - Car overturns in Southington (Connecticut), several injured:
http://www.wtnh.com/news/multiple-people-injured-after-single-car-rollover-in-southington/

2020-03-14 - Swarm of bees attacks and injures 4 people in Khanewal (Pakistan):
http://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/honey-bee-swarm-attack-four-hospitalized-864194.html
http://thepakistanpost.net/honey-bee-swarm-attack-four-hospitalized/

2020-03-14 - Landslide kills 3 people in Darjeeling (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/landslide-kills-three-in-darjeeling/articleshow/74624518.cms
http://www.sott.net/article/430710-Landslide-due-to-heavy-rainfall-kills-3-in-Darjeeling-India

2020-03-14 - Magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes the Kermadec Islands:
http://earthquake-report.com/2020/03/14/very-strong-earthquake-kermadec-islands-region-march-14-2020/
http://www.sott.net/article/430713-6-3-magnitude-earthquake-in-the-Kermadec-Islands-region

2020-03-14 - Lightning strikes kill 3 people in Sasaram (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/lightning-strikes-kill-3-in-rohtas-village/articleshow/74617908.cms
http://www.sott.net/article/430708-Lightning-bolt-kills-3-in-Bihar-India

2020-03-14 - 'Dead Sea Scrolls' at the Museum of the Bible are all forgeries:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/03/museum-of-the-bible-dead-sea-scrolls-forgeries/
http://www.sott.net/article/430709-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-at-the-Museum-of-the-Bible-are-ALL-forgeries

8 comments:

TomMarch 16, 2020 at 6:57 AM
Good morning, Jonny and all your readers. Man, if we though last week was bad, this week promises to be worse. The one topic i've been harping on since like 2012 has been the coming food shortages as a result of loss of habitat, ruination of the biosphere, and climate-change related weather making it near impossible to grow food at scale. Well, here we are.

Monday, 16 March 2020
Food shortages are kicking in in America

This is a heads-up. More to come.

Trump's "Urgent" Press Conference Sunday was about FOOD
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/food-shortages-are-kicking-in-in-america.html

Trump held an "Urgent" press conference at the White House today and the message he gave the American people was "Stop buying SO MUCH." and the stores are doing everything possible to re-supply as fast as possible and everything is going to be there. Relax. Have a nice dinner. The CEO of Walmart told me (the President) ""They're buying more than they do at Christmas."

1. VIRUS SPREAD

-The virus is spreading via "community-transmission" in EVERY major city and large town in the country. The CDC told the President that in typical disease outbreaks, "community-transmission" requires one percent (1%) of the total, LOCAL, population to already be infected. For a country like the United States, with confirmed disease outbreaks on both geographic coasts and in the heartland (Chicago), one percent infected means NO ONE WHO GOES OUTSIDE IS SAFE, ANYWHERE OUTSIDE.

2: FOOD

As you will remember last year saw major and long-term flooding throughout the mid-western US, which caused farmers to plant crops very late in the season because the ground was too wet to plant earlier. That meant the "growing season" started very late last season.

As harvest time approached, the same mid-western US saw early arrival of Winter. Early freezes KILLED much of the crops while they were still in the ground.

In addition, the flooding which hit the mid-western US drowned over one million head of food cattle last year. This drastically reduced the available stocks of Beef.

Poultry -- Chickens and Turkey encountered various bouts of low-pathogen Bird Flu which killed many, or forced owners to euthanize flocks.

Pork -- Pigs encountered Swine Flu, causing many to be euthanized.

Now, it seems that we have a Perfect Storm with shortages that started to show up in November.

Now, with the outbreak of Coronavirus, and Americans "stocking-up" the drastically indications are that food is running out

In addition , Hal Turner pointed out that it is the AVAILABILITY of food that is the problem rather than the ability of getting food to market,

"Trucking companies barely have any freight to move. Thousands in that industry are being laid off. Even top carriers like FedEx are laying off drivers for lack of freight.”

[in the middle of this page is this quotation]

Pandemic meets economic collapse meets abrupt climate change- fueled food shortages [more; followed by 2 videos]

[more evidence of COVID-19 bioweapon, but by different actors]

Dave Hodges and Mike Adams on coronavirus
Dave Hodges interviews

Mike Adams about where the coronavirus pandemic will be headed next… and it isn’t pretty
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/dave-hodges-and-mike-adams-on.html [(Natural News) Article and interview via The Commonsense Show (Dave Hodges) - link to podcast]

Chaos at American airports as US citizens return to the US
So much for "social distancing!!!

Chaos As 'Enhanced Screening' Airports Overwhelmed; US Citizens Scramble Back From Europe
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/chaos-at-american-airports-as-us.html

[my grandson is in the thick of this, trying to get home from Paris amid mounting border closure stress and heightened virus levels]

[2nd part follows]

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TomMarch 16, 2020 at 6:59 AM
Monday, 16 March 2020
S&P Futures Crash on Wall Street

Fed Disaster: S&P Futures Crash, Halted Limit Down; Gold, Treasuries Soar After Historic Fed Panic
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/s-futures-crash-on-wall-street.html

The Fed may have a very big problem on its hands.
After firing the biggest emergency "shock and awe" bazooka in Fed history, one which was meant to restore not just partial but full normalcy to asset and funding markets, Emini futures are not only not higher, but tumbling by the -5% limit down at the start of trading... [more; i assume this was overnight]

[unfortunately, Mr. Snyder is a firm believer in Trump, who actually 'ASKED' for this]
Did The Federal Reserve Just Purposely Try To Crash The Stock Market?
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/did-the-federal-reserve-just-purposely-try-to-crash-the-stock-market

Unless the Federal Reserve is purposely attempting to spread panic on Wall Street, the decisions that the Fed just made don’t make any sense at all. Back on March 3rd, the Federal Reserve announced an unscheduled emergency interest rate cut for the very first time since 2008. Wall Street immediately interpreted that as a “panic move” and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the session down 785 points. So Fed officials had to know what was going to happen once they announced an even bigger unscheduled emergency interest rate cut on Sunday. Predictably, stock futures hit “limit down” very rapidly, and now investors are bracing for a week of tremendous carnage.

But this didn’t have to happen. Yes, we witnessed three of the worst trading days in U.S. stock market history last week, but on Friday the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1,985 points. It was an absolutely epic rally, and if the Fed had not caused so much panic there may have been a good chance that the rally could have continued into next week.

In other words, U.S. stocks just had one of their best days ever, and there didn’t appear to be a need for any “emergency intervention” by the Fed.

If the Federal Reserve had just waited a couple of days until their normally monthly meeting, and if the Fed had just cut rates a quarter point, that would have likely been greeted by the markets with warm enthusiasm.

But instead, Fed officials decided to load up their bazooka and go for broke on Sunday. In addition to using up all of their “interest rate ammunition” in one epic volley, the Fed also officially restarted quantitative easing… [more]

From Summer to Winter Overnight: Heavy Rain, Snow and Morning Frosts Will Slam Spain and Portugal on Monday and Tuesday
https://strangesounds.org/2020/03/spain-portugal-snow-rain-frosts-march2020-weather-forecast.html

After an extremely warm week, a very cold air mass will engulfed into the Iberian Peninsula on Monday and Tuesday.
This mass of cold air will bring heavy rainfall, snowfall frosty mornings in some areas. [more]

[3rd piece below]

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TomMarch 16, 2020 at 6:59 AM
'Global recession likely': Dow futures plunge 1,000 points despite Fed's zero interest rate and worldwide financial injections
https://www.sott.net/article/430806-Global-recession-likely-Dow-futures-plunge-1000-points-despite-Feds-zero-interest-rate-and-worldwide-financial-injections

Global stock markets plunged Monday as investors were unnerved by drastic action from the US Federal Reserve to cushion the blow from coronavirus and as data showed the outbreak has caused an unprecedented economic collapse in China.

Markets were battered across Asia, with Australia's benchmark index crashing nearly 10% in its worst day on record. In Europe, London's FTSE 100 (UKX) fell 7% in early trading, while France's CAC 40 (CAC40) and Germany's DAX (DAX) dropped roughly 9%.

US markets were poised to suffer heavy losses. Dow (INDU) futures were last down 1,041 points, or about 4.5%. S&P 500 (SPX) futures slumped 4.8%, while Nasdaq (COMP) futures shed 4.5%. There are now more than 3,000 cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States, according to government agencies and the CDC.

Investors bailed out of stocks despite a massive intervention by the US Federal Reserve on Sunday. The central bank slashed rates to close to zero at an emergency meeting, and said it would purchase another $700 billion worth of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities.

"I don't think [the Fed] would have done this unless they felt the financial markets were at significant risk of freezing up tomorrow. They're very concerned the financial markets won't work. So I don't know how the markets take solace in this," Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, told CNN Business. [more]

‘They Blew It’: Wall Street Reacts to Fed’s Emergency Cut
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/wall-street-wants-even-more-014100174.html

USA's inglorious finale for the Afghan tragedy
https://www.sott.net/article/430775-USAs-inglorious-finale-for-the-Afghan-tragedy

US to China: Drop dead and we get our jobs back. China's richest man to US: Here's 1M masks, 500K test kits
https://www.sott.net/article/430773-US-to-China-Drop-dead-and-we-get-our-jobs-back-Chinas-richest-man-to-US-Heres-1M-masks-500K-test-kits

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has in one fell swoop seemingly forgiven the US for its treatment of China in the dark days of its coronavirus epidemic and one-upped the capitalist system with a donation of much-needed supplies.

The Alibaba billionaire announced a donation of 1 million face masks and 500,000 coronavirus test kits on Friday, releasing a statement calling for "all humankind" to work together to fight the recently-declared pandemic. Signing off with "united we stand, divided we fall," Ma managed to make the US government, which all but congratulated itself on the increased business opportunities presented by thousands of Chinese drowning in their own phlegm, look like bumbling (and cruel) idiots. [more; which is what they are!]

[4th section follows]

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TomMarch 16, 2020 at 7:00 AM
11 dead as more rain hits Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
https://www.sott.net/article/430802-11-dead-as-more-rain-hits-Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan

Man killed in avalanche at Pebble Creek, Idaho
https://www.sott.net/article/430798-Man-killed-in-avalanche-at-Pebble-Creek-Idaho

Around 1 p.m., wet snow caused a 300 yard avalanche, six to seven feet deep. Bregitzer was reportedly buried under three feet of snow, without a beacon to help ski patrol find his location. [more]

[BRACK RAIN!]
Mysterious black rain falls in Japan days after lightning storm
https://www.sott.net/article/430792-Mysterious-black-rain-falls-in-Japan-days-after-lightning-storm

Images of eerie soot-coloured puddles pooling on roads and on the top of cars have been shared on social media, with many people left mystified by the unusual liquid.

After measuring levels of radiation levels, nothing was found to be out of the ordinary. [meaning it's as high as ever]

Black rain is often regarded to be a sinister omen in Japan, and was spotted following the catastrophic atomic bomb attacks Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Although this has not been confirmed as the cause, it has been speculated that a recent fire at a plastics factory in Noda - within the neighbouring prefecture of Chiba - could have led to smoke mixing with the dye, creating the dark colour. [more]

Four Ways Experts Say Coronavirus Nightmare Could End

“There are four ways,” the doctor told The Daily Beast. “One, it peters out with the weather. Two, everybody gets infected, so it’s got no new places to go... so it ends—but that’s a pretty horrible ending. Three is a vaccine, which is about a year away. Fourth way is the most likely: We’re going to have a few drugs, within a few weeks to a few months, that prevent people from getting infected—like PrEP for HIV—and for treatment.” [more]

[NOPE! you're not looking at the big picture - lack of workers; supply chain disruption; aerosol masking effect kicks in; food shortages and scarcity; global chaos]

[case in point]
SEPTA Running Fewer Regional Rail Trains Due to Staffing Problems
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/transportation-and-transit/septa-regional-rail-trains-manpower-issues/2328153/

SEPTA was forced to cancel some of its Regional Rail trains Monday morning due to a lack of workers.

The Philadelphia-area transit agency canceled 14 of its scheduled departures due to what a spokesperson called “manpower issues.” [more; you still have work?]

India’s hot climate got hotter in the past decade
https://qz.com/india/1819028/indias-hot-climate-got-hotter-in-the-past-decade

Sanders says first thing needed in coronavirus pandemic is to 'shut this president up'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sanders-says-first-thing-needed-002843632.html [110 sec. Sanders video]

Coronavirus rocks America's restaurants and this chart shows just how bad it has gotten
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/coronavirus-rocks-americas-restaurants-and-this-chart-shows-just-how-bad-it-has-gotten-220156619.html

[beside the owners not making any money; staff furloughed indefinitely; suppliers losing business - and ALL of them with much lower tax contributions to state and Fed now - how will that affect government, which is promising to make "the little people" whole, as well as Wall Street? i think they're empty promises (to the little people anyway - Wall Street already got bailed out AGAIN, and it did no good)]
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TomMarch 16, 2020 at 7:18 AM
[some headlines from Rice Farmer to start the week]
News Links, March 16, 2020
Rice Farmer
https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/

The Coronavirus Is Killing Globalization as We Know It

In Senate Hearing, Economic Experts Warn Climate Crisis Could Spur Financial Crash Like 2008

Apple to close retail stores worldwide, except Greater China, until March 27

Coronavirus: Major cruise lines suspend operations, U.S. ships brought to halt

Patagonia is closing all of its stores and shutting down its website because of the coronavirus

Deep recession looms for Italy, but worst is yet to come says professor in lockdown from Milan

Did Trump Trade Wars Just Escalate to Germ Warfare?

Global Collapse In Asset Prices

The Real Crisis Starts Now in Europe

Volkswagen says preparing to suspend production at Bratislava plant
Nike to close all stores in U.S. and several other countries

Ford to shut Spanish factory for one week due to coronavirus outbreak

2020 was already expected to be a weak year at the box office, coronavirus could mean 'cinematic disaster'

The plumbing behind world's financial markets is creaking. Loudly

Mall Giant Intu Warns of Bankruptcy: First, the Meltdown of Brick & Mortar Retail, Now COVID-19
Local governments end up buying dying malls to keep them from becoming dead zones. [which they'll become anyway]

Bitcoin loses half of its value in two-day plunge

Authorities to enforce Trump's new coronavirus travel restrictions at US airports

Global Jet Fuel Demand To Slump 11% Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

American Airlines to suspend nearly all long-haul international flights starting March 16

American Airlines cuts international capacity by 75% as demand collapses

'One of the craziest things I've seen': Chaos at U.S. airports as new coronavirus screening begins

Iraq Condemns US Airstrikes, Warns of Consequences

Iraq's Resistance Reveals How U.S. Troops Will Be Removed From Its Country

3 U.S. troops among 5 wounded in another rocket attack on Camp Taji in Iraq

With 3 more US Soldiers Wounded, Iraqi Joint Command urges Swift Departure of US Troops, Fearing Instability

US Navy's CLAWS Program Aims To Arm Autonomous Submarines With Live Weapons [what could go wrong?]

Clash of the titans: how the coronavirus became the new China-US battleground
Rather than joining forces to subdue the pathogen, Beijing and Washington have used the pandemic to try to score points against each other

The Future of Exxon and the Permian's Flaring Crisis

[2nd piece follows]

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TomMarch 16, 2020 at 7:18 AM
Protecting Wetlands Yields Staggering Economic Benefit, Study Finds

It Would Take 50 Million Years To Recover New Zealand's Lost Bird Species

Dangers Of 5G: New Technology Draws Concerns For The Environment, Public Safety

Governments shift attention away from koala plight

Above-average February temperatures topple over 1,000 records in U.S.

Scientists are racing to calculate a crucial measure of the coronavirus' spread. It suggests the virus may be far more contagious than the flu.

Europe now 'epicentre' of COVID-19 pandemic: WHO

Eli Lilly CEO aims to start testing coronavirus cure 'this summer' [you first . . ..]

Disruptions Triggered By The Coronavirus Are Now Exploding Everywhere

To Win the CoronaWar, Defense Is The Only Offense

The Weather Does Not Make Viruses Go Away

Chelsea Manning Supporters Raise A Quarter Million Dollars In Two Days

Four Reasons Civilization Won't Decline: It Will Collapse
Couldn't have written it better myself. Must read. -- RF

Spectacularly wrong: Why Wall Street doesn't understand the corona virus

What would an Olympics cancelation cost Japan? [it's probably the end of the historic Games, as well as life as we've known it]

The Fed, The Virus & Inequality
Recent years have taught us that the official responses to crises will ultimately help Wall Street and the markets, while leaving real people behind again.

Goldman Takes Out The Chainsaw: Cuts US Q2 GDP To -5%; Says Recession Has Begun

Historic Volatility Tells Me This Stock Market is in the Middle of an Equally Historic Crash

Police Department Shells Out $50,000 To Man After His Camera Catches Cops Fabricating Criminal Charges Against Him

Grocers limit food purchases, urge shoppers not to hoard as panic buying continues. Kroger ramps up hiring

Municipal Bond Issuers Halt Billions of Sales in Market Rout

Modell's Sporting Goods Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: All Stores Closing

'Grotesque Level of Greed': Owned by World's Richest Man Jeff Bezos, Whole Foods Wants Workers to Pay for Colleagues' Sick Leave During Coronavirus Pandemic

America has no real public health system – coronavirus has a clear run

America Is Acting Like a Failed State

US officials shake hands, touch their faces and share a microphone at coronavirus press briefing

U.S. hospitals say coronavirus school closures add to staffing pressure

Trump encountered second person who later tested positive for coronavirus, White House physician says

Why the homeless, 'surviving the best way they can,' are vulnerable to coronavirus

California Governor Issues Executive Order Allowing State To Commandeer Hotels, Motels For Coronavirus Patients

Thousands arriving from China and Europe at U.S. airports have faced no coronavirus screening

U.S. coronavirus death toll hits 62 as Americans urged to hunker down more

"We Can't Go On With Business As Usual": NYC Comptroller Calls For 'Citywide Shutdown' As Virus Hits City Schools
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TomMarch 16, 2020 at 1:59 PM
Man, it sucks being a dinosaur in a digital world. i'm learnin' how to translate my face-to-face course to on-line, but it's takin' HOURS. i'm sure i'll improve in the coming weeks. Jeez!

[as in China]
Italy air pollution plunges amid national COVID-19 quarantine
https://www.yahoo.com/news/italy-air-pollution-plunges-amid-213600549.html

Italy has fared the worst out of all European countries amid the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. The Italian government first enacted a quarantine in the populous and heavily developed north, then expanded the quarantine to cover the entire nation on Monday.

With such measures in place, along with bans on public gatherings also announced Monday, the corresponding fall in industrial activity and road traffic has corresponded with a drastic drop in air pollution that has been visible from space. [more]

'There's no way this monster is going to get us': How West Virginia became last state standing without a confirmed coronavirus case
https://www.yahoo.com/news/theres-no-way-monster-going-174918656.html

Nearly 4,000 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in every state in the US — except one. Officials in West Virginia say it's only a matter of time that Covid-19 tests return with positive infections, while the governor has ordered schools to close while the state braces for the inevitable.

As of Sunday night, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported no confirmed Covid-19 cases in the state after 41 tests were performed at its public health lab. Results from 38 of those tests were returned negative, and three tests are pending. [more]

Finally, some good news: Spring starts Thursday – the earliest it's been in 124 years
https://www.yahoo.com/news/finally-good-news-spring-starts-155750781.html

[2nd part below]

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TomMarch 16, 2020 at 2:00 PM
Fact check: Coronavirus originated in China, not elsewhere, researchers and studies say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-coronavirus-originated-china-160811785.html

[fact check, my ass (CIA mouthpiece)!: HOW DID IT GET THERE? WHO MADE IT?]

A piece published by the Centre for Research on Globalization and circulated on social media claims the virus known as COVID-19 originated outside China.

That March 11 posting makes references to a March 4 post on the same site by the same author that claims the virus "may have originated in the U.S." Titled “A Shocking Update. Did The Virus Originate in the U.S.?” the earlier post makes several questionable claims about the origins of COVID-19 while misrepresenting cited research and media reports.

The central claim of both the March 4 and 11 posts — that COVID-19 may have been brought to China by the U.S. Army — was recently echoed by a Chinese government official on Twitter. The Chinese official's claims were presented without evidence.

Several of the central statements in the March 4 article misrepresent cited research or make unclear assertions. USA TODAY reached out to Larry Romanoff, author of both posts, for clarification on several of the claims made, but was unable to reach him for comment.

The consensus among researchers studying the spread of the virus pinpoints COVID-19’s likely origin to a “wet market,” or live animal market, in Wuhan, China. Though experts have not ruled out the possibility that the pathogen could have been brought to the market by an already infected person, there is no evidence to suggest COVID-19 originated outside the country.

The origin theory for the virus is supplemented by preliminary research into the disease’s genome, as well as the origins of similar diseases. Researchers at the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre published the genome of COVID-19 two weeks after cases were reported in late December 2019. Gene sequencing analysis strongly suggests the virus originated in bats and was transferred to humans through a yet-unidentified intermediary species. In early February, Chinese researchers published work suggesting the intermediary species may have been the pangolin (also called a scaly anteater), though this work has not yet undergone a peer-reviewed study. [more; USA Today still pushing the wet-market meme]

Coronavirus Video: These Messages From Quarantined Italians Make Clear How Many Things Can Change in 10 Days
https://strangesounds.org/2020/03/coronavirus-these-messages-from-quarantined-italians-make-clear-how-much-things-can-change-in-10-days.html

Italy is desperate.

It has locked down in a hopeless attempt to decrease the infection rate and to help the country’s overwhelmed medical system.

The Italian government reported 368 new deaths from the coronavirus on Sunday, the largest 24-hour increase since the country confirmed its first case.

The number [of] cases of COVID-19 in Italy has also skyrocketed again

“Some 3,590 more cases of the coronavirus were reported in a 24-hour period, bringing the total number of people with the new coronavirus to 24,747 and the number of deaths to 1,809. Italy has the largest outbreak outside of China.“ [more]

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