tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post2134531988648836182..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2017-08-07Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-17567078588406956192017-08-09T21:00:01.331-05:002017-08-09T21:00:01.331-05:00Your grand-daughter's doing way better than I ...Your grand-daughter's doing way better than I did with driving! I didn't learn how to drive and get a license until I was 24 years old. (I had car-phobia from the terrible accident that killed my mom when I was 12. My significant other of almost 30 years now is actually the person who got me past my car-phobia and helped me learn to drive.)Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-60647329127422333902017-08-09T18:36:07.859-05:002017-08-09T18:36:07.859-05:00'Makes the T-Rex look like a dwarf': World...'Makes the T-Rex look like a dwarf': World's largest dinosaur now on display in New York <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358799-Makes-the-T-Rex-look-like-a-dwarf-Worlds-largest-dinosaur-now-on-display-in-New-York<br /><br />The P. mayorum has now been given the award of largest dinosaur ever to walk the Earth, averaging a length of 122 feet (37 meters) and height of 20 feet (six meters) at the shoulders. It weighed around 76 tons (69 metric tons). [more; WOW!!]<br /><br />Bizarre clouds form a 'vortex' over Finland <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358795-Bizarre-clouds-form-a-vortex-over-Finland<br /><br />Heavy rainfall causes widespread flooding in Houston, Texas; 6 inches of rain overnight <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358780-Heavy-rainfall-causes-widespread-flooding-in-Houston-Texas-6-inches-of-rain-overnight<br /><br />Lightning strikes kill 3, injure 2 in Bulgaria <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358775-Lightning-strikes-kill-3-injure-2-in-Bulgaria<br /><br />Earthquake swarm near Rijeka, Croatia<br />https://watchers.news/2017/08/09/earthquake-swarm-rijeka-croatia-august-2017/<br /><br />I was out and about for the third day of letting my 11th grade grand-daughter drive me around, learning the intricacies of backing into parallel parking places (both directions), various traffic situations and parking lot maneuvering. <br /><br />We witnessed some strange, angry behavior by others (unrelated to our being there to observe) during our journey around town. Abusive yelling in public, racism, sexism, inter-gender confrontations - tensions are high. It's warmer than was predicted around here. Very pleasant, warm during the day and cool at night (last night was in the low 60's).<br /><br />Tom<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-14556075649570112382017-08-09T18:35:37.781-05:002017-08-09T18:35:37.781-05:00Yeah, the story keeps being "updated" - ...Yeah, the story keeps being "updated" - now it's CARBON MONOXIDE inhalation (I call bullshit on 'at.)<br /><br />Fake fish: First genetically engineered salmon sold in Canada<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/08/first-genetically-engineered-salmon-sold-in-canada-fake-fish.html<br /><br />Powerful eruptions at Bogoslof (USA) and Shevelush (Russia) volcanoes<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/08/powerful-eruptions-at-bogoslof-usa-and-shevelush-russia-volcanoes-video-pictures.html<br /><br />'Poison Papers': Monsanto knew of grave health risks from toxic PCB chemicals it sold for years before ban <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358818-Poison-Papers-Monsanto-knew-of-grave-health-risks-from-toxic-PCB-chemicals-it-sold-for-years-before-ban<br /><br />[listen to that Kaiser Report, below - where Max says all the corporations, banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions are engaging in illegal unlawful, unethical and immoral behavior while the rest of us have to abide by "the rules" and laws]<br /><br />Police murders in 2017 are at the highest rate ever <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358798-Police-murders-in-2017-are-at-the-highest-rate-ever<br /><br />Police in the United States are breaking records in 2017 by killing a record number of the same people they claim to serve and protect, and there is no change in sight under the current administration. <br /><br />In 2017 alone, police have killed 746 people in the U.S., according to the Killed By Police database, which puts this year on pace to become the deadliest year on record. [more]<br /><br />'We're gonna have the financial equivalent of a heart attack', says economics professor <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358796-We-re-gonna-have-the-financial-equivalent-of-a-heart-attack-says-economics-professor<br /><br />"[The 'zombie-to-be' economies] are roughly equivalent in size to the American economy. So when they fall, then there will be a crisis that affects the rest of the world, including the UK." <br /><br />Keen sees China as a terminal case. He also has little hope for his native Australia [more]<br /><br />[includes a 25 min. video interview of Keen by Max Keiser]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-36913292744029289842017-08-09T18:02:17.643-05:002017-08-09T18:02:17.643-05:00Thanks for the heads-up, and glad you got out befo...Thanks for the heads-up, and glad you got out before that happened! Sometimes those fires take out the street lights, so I doubt that's any fun if you're in the middle of it and trying to get out.Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-26260745945866164902017-08-09T17:47:24.108-05:002017-08-09T17:47:24.108-05:00Turns out my grandaughter and I got out of West Ch...Turns out my grandaughter and I got out of West Chester just in time. There's an underground electrical fire, Jonny - with 12 firemen "injured with non-life-threatening injuries" taken to local hospitals - and they're still not sure as of the recent breaking news story if it's under control. Several blocks were evacuated in the business district. The fire began in cables under the old courthouse. <br /><br />Evacuations Ordered After 12 Firefighters Hurt in W. Chester<br />http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/12-Firefighters-Sent-to-Hospital-Following-West-Chester-Fire-439494683.html<br /><br />This has JJFH all over it.<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-34879880420881432232017-08-09T10:25:27.618-05:002017-08-09T10:25:27.618-05:00Congratulations on 2000 days of continuous high qu...Congratulations on 2000 days of continuous high quality reporting Jonny! Best blog on the internet!<br /><br />2 oarfishes discovered in Southern Leyte, Philippines <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358748-2-oarfishes-discovered-in-Southern-Leyte-Philippines<br /><br />This is the fourth time an oarfish washed ashore in Southern Leyte this year. [more]<br /><br />Dead whale shark found in Tamil Nadu, India <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358745-Dead-whale-shark-found-in-Tamil-Nadu-India<br /><br />A dead whale shark weighing nearly 3.5 tonne washed ashore on Pamban South Beach in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. <br /><br />The whale shark that washed ashore on Tuesday was 18 feet long with a circumference of 10 feet. [more]<br /><br />Dead minke found whale in Charlevoix, Quebec <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358744-Dead-minke-found-whale-in-Charlevoix-Quebec<br /><br />According to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, ten right whales were found dead in the gulf of St. Lawrence since the beginning of the summer. [more]<br /><br />Dead right whale discovered on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358743-Dead-right-whale-discovered-on-Marthas-Vineyard-Massachusetts<br /><br />[great for tourism!]<br /><br />North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered and there are only about 500 left in the world. [more]<br /><br />Ten people injured from turbulence on flight<br />http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/08/07/ten-people-injured-from-turbulence-on-flight-orig-tc.cnn<br /><br />His joyous acceptance to Cornell went viral. Tragedy struck on a campus visit.<br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/08/09/incoming-cornell-freshman-featured-in-viral-acceptance-video-dies-during-campus-visit<br /><br />Eight months later, those who cheered Winston’s success story are reeling from reports of his untimely death, after he apparently drowned over the weekend during a campus visit, university officials said. <br /><br />[Like the swimming instructor, Navy Seal, and others who have "mysteriously" died in or around water.]<br /><br />Ithaca police responded to a call about a swimmer who had entered the gorge but not yet resurfaced. [more; another college kid dead]<br /><br />Northern California sees more than 3,000 lightning strikes in 48 hours<br />http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/lightning-Northern-California-fires-Shasta-Trinity-11743477.php<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-17029199621870366802017-08-09T07:21:15.738-05:002017-08-09T07:21:15.738-05:00News Links, August 9, 2017
Rice Farmer
http://ric...News Links, August 9, 2017<br />Rice Farmer <br />http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Cracks appearing in US, China economies, threatening global growth<br /><br />Bitcoin soars $600 to new record of $3,400<br /><br />Fannie-Freddie Might Need $100 Billion in New Crisis, FHFA Says<br />Mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could need nearly $100 billion in bailout money in the event of a new economic crisis, according to stress test results released Monday by their regulator.<br /><br />Tracking the Amazing Junk Bond Bubbles in the US and Europe<br /><br />Thousands of houses for sale to cover debts (Greece)<br /><br />US Credit Card Debt Surpasses Financial Crisis Record, As Student And Auto Loans Hit New All Time High<br /><br />Major Gold Market Indicator Shift: Trouble For Future Supply<br /><br />Airline Workers Warn of Dangerous Fumes Onboard<br />The frequency of these fume events is difficult to assess, but estimates run to as many as 2.6 per day. The Allied Pilots Association (APA), which represents American's pilots, has cited as many as 20,000 fume incidents over the past decade, or about five per day. [remember, all the air in the cabin comes directly from the jet engines!]<br /><br />Japan, South Korea and U.S. plan international push to denuclearize North<br /><br />North Korea says it needs nuclear missiles capable of striking heart of US mainland to prevent invasion<br /><br />Russia aims to cut dependence on US payment systems<br /><br />The US Balance-of-Power Strategy in the Gulf is Collapsing. But It Never Had a Chance Anyway<br /><br />Additional 100 Marines headed to Afghan province to help fight the Taliban [whatever happened to 'bringing the troops home?']<br /><br />Iranian drone comes within 100 feet of US fighter jet in Persian Gulf<br /><br />North Korea May Be In Possession Of A Miniature Nuclear Warhead, Japan Warns<br /><br />Will America's Epic Eclipse Impact Our Electric Grid?<br /><br />Californians urged to save energy during solar eclipse<br /><br />'Nothing To See Here' - Frackers Ignore Rising Well Decline Rates<br /><br />Nuclear power too expensive. In 2013, 37 reactors predicted to shut down, 16 already have<br /><br />South Australia power prices to rise to highest in the world on Saturday, energy expert warns<br /><br />The Great Escape — Foreign oil and gas companies are fleeing Canada due to low prices<br /><br />Statoil's 2017 Barents Sea Exploration Proves Disappointing<br /><br />The $50 Billion Backlog Of U.S. Energy Projects<br /><br />Sweltering Taiwan's Power Squeeze Risks First Rationing Since 2002<br /><br />Nutrition will suffer as warming affects diet<br /><br />Al Jazeera Slams Israel's Move to Ban Network: These Are Actions of Only Democracy in Mideast?<br /><br />How Mainstream US 'News' Media Pump Their Government's Lies to Deceive the Public<br /><br />YouTube To Censor "Controversial" Content, ADL On Board As Flagger<br />[oh, so science will be cut, but ranting idiots with stupid ideas will be allowed . . . great]<br /><br />Russiatosis (Kunstler)<br /><br />Fake News A US Media Speciality<br />A compendium of fake news (propaganda) over the years up to the present. -- RF<br /><br />In Brazil, Highway Robbery Is a Growth Industry<br /><br />How Do Chicago Police Treat Mental Health? With SWAT Raids<br /><br />Jeff Sessions Endorses Theft (on civil asset forfeiture, Ron Paul)<br /><br />Japanese people practising nuclear attack drills (video)<br /><br />Japanese defense report highlights stepped-up threat from Pyongyang<br /><br />Groundwater level plunges near Fukushima reactor<br /><br />China Threatens "Small Scale Military Operation" To Remove India From Bhutan Border [uh-oh]<br /><br />Penalties on Wall Street Firms Plunge Under "Business Friendly" Trump Administration<br /><br />Financial Crisis is forgotten. Even sounds of gentle wrist-slapping fade.<br /><br />"F*** Zuck 2020" street art pops up all over the streets of Los Angeles, California<br /><br />Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions<br />Life expectancy gains have stalled. The grim silver lining? Lower pension costs<br /><br />More Americans need a 2nd job to make ends meet — and it's sending a troubling message about the economy<br /><br />Utah Mayor Suffers "Shocking Experience" After Going Undercover As Homeless Man<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-2423828339209502352017-08-09T07:03:01.805-05:002017-08-09T07:03:01.805-05:00[not to mention the economic INCENTIVE for yet ano...[not to mention the economic INCENTIVE for yet another war]<br />This Rally Sponsored By War With North Korea <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/08/dow-22000-is-black-swan-event.html<br /><br />A sane society invests within the bounds of normal risk parameters, while assuming the risk of rare and unforeseen Black Swan events. An Idiocracy on the other hand bets everything on a rare and extreme risk condition, while assuming that reversion to normal would be a Black Swan event. [more]<br /><br />Tropical Storm Franklin to strengthen into the Atlantic's first hurricane of 2017 as it takes aim for Central America <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/08/tropical-storm-franklin-to-strengthen.html<br /><br />Radioactive plutonium and americium have been found in air samples during demolition of the highly contaminated Hanford nuclear reservation <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/08/radioactive-plutonium-and-americium.html<br /><br />[so all that toxic shit is blowing around in the air, being washed into the soil by rain and snow . . .]<br /><br />A mag 6.3 - 107km SSE of Dostyq, Kazakhstan is the second major quake of August and the 56th of 2017 <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/08/a-mag-63-107km-sse-of-dostyq-kazakhstan.html<br /><br />Another blood red river flows through Sumatra, Indonesia, killing thousands of fish (video and pictures)<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/08/blood-red-river-sumatra-indonesia-video-picture.html<br /><br />Court Tosses an Obama-Era Climate Rule That Trump Had Defended<br />https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/u-s-court-tosses-one-obama-era-climate-rule-trump-had-defended<br /><br />Court says EPA overstepped authority in refrigerant phaseout <br />U.S. chemical companies Chemours, Honeywell supported phaseout<br /><br />The Trump administration’s attempt to defend one aspect of Barack Obama’s climate agenda failed as a federal court tossed a regulation to limit harmful chemicals used in air conditioners and refrigerators. [more]<br />[maybe they'll do the right thing and discontinue using this crap anyway . . . yeah, sure]<br /><br />To shield it from Trump, climate scientists promoted a major report to the media<br />http://mashable.com/2017/08/08/leaked-climate-science-report-defensive-move/#dEld_7tc1PqT<br /><br />Tom<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-79901172762708098452017-08-09T07:02:29.895-05:002017-08-09T07:02:29.895-05:00The broken U.S. economy, in one simple chart
http...The broken U.S. economy, in one simple chart <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/08/the-broken-us-economy-in-one-simple.html<br /><br />The basic problem is that most families used to receive something approaching their fair share of economic growth, and they don’t anymore. [more]<br /><br />Presentation: Our Local Food Summit<br />https://guymcpherson.com/2017/08/presentation-our-local-food-summit/#more-14744<br /><br />I’m one of several speakers featured in the first nationwide local food gathering, 6-16 August 2017. It is online here. My pre-recorded segment will be available for 48 hours of free viewing beginning at noon Eastern time on Wednesday, 9 August 2017. It’s aptly included in the section titled, “Our Predicament.” [more]<br /><br />This Is The Closest That The U.S. Has Been To Nuclear War Since The Cuban Missile Crisis<br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/this-is-the-closest-that-the-u-s-has-been-to-nuclear-war-since-the-cuban-missile-crisis<br /><br />Are we on the verge of a nuclear war with North Korea? It has now been confirmed that North Korea has successfully created a miniaturized nuclear warhead, and last month they tested a missile that can reach at least half of the continental United States. Since 1994 the U.S. has been trying to stop North Korea’s nuclear program, and every effort to do so has completely failed. Last September, the North Koreans detonated a nuclear device that was estimated to be in the 20 to 30 kiloton range, and back in January President Trump pledged to stop the North Koreans before they would ever have the capability to deliver such a weapon to U.S. cities. But now the North Koreans have already achieved that goal, and they plan to ultimately create an entire fleet of ICBMs capable of hitting every city in America.<br />[more]<br /><br />[another article on this]<br />WAR? North Korea considering carrying out missile strikes on the US Pacific territory of Guam: TRUMP VOWS FIRE AND FURY BOMBERS READY <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/08/war-north-korea-considering-carrying.html<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br />Tom<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-3556022338518664892017-08-09T07:01:02.026-05:002017-08-09T07:01:02.026-05:00Here we go again with water using appliances '...Here we go again with water using appliances 'mysteriously' bursting into flame, this time with de-humidifiers (which suck in air, condense the humidity out of it, and have it drain away as liquid water). This would have been surprising if it car-washes hadn't gone up in flames previously. Add it to the Weird Shit Burning list.<br /><br />That Willamette River still making casualties.<br /><br />Looks like the college-attending kids death events are starting.<br /><br />No one should go to Dubai for any reason, at this point. Of course, this goes for all of Earth now - no place is safe.<br /><br />[here's some articles from zeta]<br />6.5 earthquake hits western China; second powerful quake in less than 24 hours <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358736-6-5-earthquake-hits-western-China-second-powerful-quake-in-less-than-24-hours<br /><br />Rescuers gather bodies after southwest China quake kills 13 <br />http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rescuers-gather-bodies-after-southwest-china-quake-kills-13/ar-AApJdbm<br /><br />[more coverage here]<br />Two strong M6.5 earthquakes rock China within less than 10 hours – 9 dead and 180 injured, 31,500 tourist evacuations<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/08/two-strong-earthquakes-rock-china-in-24-hours-dead-injured-evacuations.html<br /><br />Tuesday night's magnitude 6.5 quake killed at least 13 people and injured 175, authorities said Wednesday. It also knocked out power and phone networks, complicating efforts to locate and evacuate survivors. [more]<br /><br />Three dead as storms strike across northern Italy <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358739-Three-dead-as-storms-strike-across-northern-Italy<br /><br />Three people died in freak accidents Sunday as violent storms raged in northern Italy at the end of a prolonged heatwave, police said. <br /><br />A 41-year-old Belgian man was among the dead after a tree fell on his tent at a Rainbow Gathering counter-cultural summer camp in the Tramontina valley in the northeastern region of Friuli. <br /><br />Another tree, uprooted by powerful winds, fell on a festival at Marzia in the Dolomites, killing another man. A hiker was fatally struck by lightening on a path up a mountain in the same area, the Marmolada. [more]<br />[none of those accidents are "freak" anymore]<br /><br />Coldest day in 19 years for Melbourne, Australia <br />https://www.sott.net/article/358738-Coldest-day-in-19-years-for-Melbourne-Australia<br /><br />Yesterday's maximum temperature was six degrees below the average for August and came in as the city's coldest day for any month since 1998. The last time a maximum temperature that low occurred during August was in 1970, when the mercury only made it 6.8 degrees [c].<br /><br />[Robin Westenra is pissed at Robert Scribbler and all the other liars regarding climate change]<br />Wednesday, 9 August 2017<br />"Alternative energy" may cost the earth <br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/08/alternative-energy-may-cost-earth.html<br /><br />The very thing that we have been taught will save us all is a major contributor to global warming. [more]<br />[at least 2 embedded articles follow his brief rant]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com