tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post3051053116345304795..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2018-01-10Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-16437183646882427942018-01-12T17:51:46.336-06:002018-01-12T17:51:46.336-06:00100 Rare parrots found dead on road in New South W...100 Rare parrots found dead on road in New South Wales, Australia <br />https://www.sott.net/article/373928-100-Rare-parrots-found-dead-on-road-in-New-South-Wales-Australia<br /><br />[blamed on people running them over/hitting them with cars!]<br /><br />Women films vertical UFO over Mexico <br />https://www.sott.net/article/373907-Women-films-vertical-UFO-over-Mexico<br /><br />[it looks like a person, possibly using a jet pack]<br /><br />First-ever Pentagon audit, cost to soar beyond $900M <br />https://www.sott.net/article/373924-First-ever-Pentagon-audit-cost-to-soar-beyond-900M<br /><br />Puerto Rico fears post-Maria murder surge: 32 homicides in 11 days<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/01/puerto-rico-fears-post-maria-murder-surge-32-homicides-in-11-days.html<br /><br />Thirty-two people have been slain in Puerto Rico in the first 11 days of the year. This is double the number killed over the same period in 2017. If the surge proves to be more than just a temporary blip, January could be the most homicidal month on the island in at least two years, adding a dangerous new element to the island’s recovery from Hurricane Maria, its worst disaster in decades. [more]<br /><br />Volcanoes are rumbling again: Popocatepetl (Mexico), Shiveluch (Russia), Agung (Indonesia), Sinabung (Indonesia), Ebeko (Russia), Kadovar (PNG), seismic unrest at Tenorio, Irazu and Miravalles volcanoes (Costa Rica)<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/01/volcanoes-are-rumbling-again-shiveluch-russia-agung-indonesia-sinabung-indonesia-ebeko-russia-kadovar-png-seismic-unrest-at.html<br /><br />After a quiet start in 2018, volcanoes are rumbling again around the world, with strong volcanic activity recorded in Russia (Shivelush and Ebeko), in Indonesia (Agung and Sinabung) and a seismic unrest measured below Tenorio, Irazu and Miravalles volcanoes 5 minutes after the M7.6 earthquake hit Honduras. [more]<br /><br />First earthquake swarm under dormant Tenorio volcano, national park closed, Costa Rica<br />https://watchers.news/2018/01/12/first-earthquake-swarm-under-dormant-tenorio-volcano-national-park-closed-costa-rica/<br /><br />More than 40 earthquakes have been registered under dormant Tenorio volcano in Guanacaste, Costa Rica after a major earthquake in the Caribbean Sea on January 10, 2018. The event forced authorities to temporarily close the Tenorio Volcano National Park. This is the first known earthquake swarm under this volcano. [more]<br /><br />[here we go again, after 50 - 60 degree F weather for 2 days]<br />Major ice jam flooding, snow and ice as Arctic front moves toward eastern US<br />https://watchers.news/2018/01/12/major-ice-jam-flooding-snow-and-ice-as-arctic-front-moves-toward-eastern-us/<br /><br />A sharp arctic frontal boundary continues moving eastward towards the eastern U.S. into this weekend impacting travel. Significant freezing rain, accumulating snow, and gusty winds producing wind chills can be expected. Ice jams have been reported from Ohio to Pennsylvania as well as severe traffic problems. <br /><br />Major flood damage was already reported in Pennsylvania today, January 12, 2018, as massive chunks of ice came in from Allegheny River in East Brady, north of Pittsburg. [more; videos]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-43146367410320926562018-01-12T17:51:41.586-06:002018-01-12T17:51:41.586-06:00[just to show the difference between msm headlines...[just to show the difference between msm headlines and "others"]<br />Walmart touts $1,000 employee bonuses, but there's a catch <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/walmart-touts-dollar1000-employee-bonuses-but-theres-a-catch/ar-AAuBsU3<br /><br />[~ 3.5 min. report]<br /><br />The company announced the pay increases and bonuses on the same day that it revealed it was closing 63 Sam's Club stores.<br /><br />More than 11,000 employees are expected to lose their jobs as a result of the closures. Each Sam's Club store employs about 175 people, according to Walmart. <br /><br />The company said late Thursday that fired employees would still be eligible for the cash bonus. <br /><br />"Due to tax reform": Walmart employees will get peanuts for pay raises - while 1,000s of workers lose jobs amid store closings <br />https://www.sott.net/article/373932-Due-to-tax-reform-Walmart-employees-will-get-peanuts-for-pay-raises-while-1000s-of-workers-lose-jobs-amid-store-closings<br /><br />[so, same info, but the top one focuses on the BIG RAISE for some lucky people (who could last 20 years at Walmart?) where the SOTT headline "tells it like it is"]<br /><br />[potential banner pic here]<br />Blazing transformer sparks Newark Airport evacuation, long delays <br />https://www.sott.net/article/373919-Blazing-transformer-sparks-Newark-Airport-evacuation-long-delays<br /><br />Newark Airport has been partially evacuated after an underground transformer explosion caused a manhole to shoot flames, causing chaos for passengers. [more]<br /><br />'Heavy, yellow ice' crashes into roof of Chicago home <br />https://www.sott.net/article/373933-Heavy-yellow-ice-crashes-into-roof-of-Chicago-home<br /><br />"When we put the pieces together it was like a five- to six-foot piece of ice, so it was big," Scarpulla says. [more; ~ 2.5 min.]<br /><br />Mysterious 'big boom' rattles windows in eastern Minnesota <br />https://www.sott.net/article/373929-Mysterious-big-boom-rattles-windows-in-eastern-Minnesota<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-18470349914815135832018-01-12T17:17:05.246-06:002018-01-12T17:17:05.246-06:00I am with you Tom and Mike D. I agree with Dane Wi...I am with you Tom and Mike D. I agree with Dane Wigington but other than as regards the geoengineering issue I also agree with Guy Mcpherson. Interesting that Dane said in his January 6th program that we'd be lucky to make it through next year, or was it this year ! ( before the collapse of the system ) and Guy has revised his forecast from 2035 down to 10 years then recently down to imminent. Looking at what is happening in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf ( as well as all over the place as well )I am getting the feeling they are probably right. One has only to look at what is happening in one's own country and then go and scan the news to realize similar things are happening all over the world. It has been raining a lot in Antartica lately and for all sorts of reasons that I am sure you can imagine that's not a good thing. "They",the so-called experts, are not sure how anomalous this is as they say they are not that familiar with weather patterns in that part of the world. Yeh, sure. However, they do say it is worrying. Sounds worrying to me too. But why worry it won't fix anything.Got myself an Iggy and The Stooges CD just recently. Fantastic album just love it.<br /> Enjoy your day everyone.<br />Tom N.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-40149536878471223762018-01-12T14:38:09.812-06:002018-01-12T14:38:09.812-06:002 Rottweilers kill owner's elderly mom in Tami...2 Rottweilers kill owner's elderly mom in Tamil Nadu, India<br />https://www.sott.net/article/373910-2-Rottweilers-kill-owners-elderly-mom-in-Tamil-Nadu-India<br /><br />Baby girl mauled to death by hyena in Kenya<br />https://www.sott.net/article/373908-Baby-girl-mauled-to-death-by-hyena-in-Kenya<br /><br />'You won't hear them coming' Maine's winter outdoor enthusiasts warned of attack from above<br />https://www.sott.net/article/373891-You-wont-hear-them-coming-Maines-winter-outdoor-enthusiasts-warned-of-attack-from-above<br /><br />Officials at a Maine outdoor center have warned skiers about an "aggressive dive-bombing owl" which silently attacks people who enter its territory. <br /><br />Pineland Farms took to Facebook to alert "winter outdoor enthusiasts" of an owl (most likely a Barred or Great Horned owl) that attacked a man and cut his head while skiing in the campus loop area, reports AP. [more]<br /><br />Heavy snowfall traps 430 passengers overnight on stranded train in Japan<br />https://www.sott.net/article/373852-Heavy-snowfall-traps-430-passengers-overnight-on-stranded-train-in-Japan<br /><br />Lightning kills man in Zimbabwe<br /><br />https://www.sott.net/article/373849-Lightning-kills-man-in-Zimbabwe<br /><br />Farmer killed by lightning strike in Cambodia<br /><br />https://www.sott.net/article/373848-Farmer-killed-by-lightning-strike-in-Cambodia<br /><br />Thousands of starfish wash up on beach at Edinburgh, Scotland<br />https://www.sott.net/article/373847-Thousands-of-starfish-wash-up-on-beach-at-Edinburgh-Scotland<br /><br />Thousands of starfish wash up at Skegness, UK<br />https://www.sott.net/article/373846-Thousands-of-starfish-wash-up-at-Skegness-UK<br /><br />Milky Way's stellar 'rainbow' captured in stunning Hubble image<br />https://www.sott.net/article/373898-Milky-Ways-stellar-rainbow-captured-in-stunning-Hubble-image<br /><br />Mystery deepens over fate of $1B missing spy satellite as Pentagon refuses to disclose information<br />https://www.sott.net/article/373883-Mystery-deepens-over-fate-of-1B-missing-spy-satellite-as-Pentagon-refuses-to-disclose-information<br /><br />Seventeen dead, 24 missing and 300 trapped as California mudslide rescue continues<br />https://www.sott.net/article/373912-Seventeen-dead-24-missing-and-300-trapped-as-California-mudslide-rescue-continuesTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-34334834030934061502018-01-12T11:23:20.813-06:002018-01-12T11:23:20.813-06:00Tropical Cyclone "Joyce" makes landfall ...Tropical Cyclone "Joyce" makes landfall near Wallal Downs, Western Australia<br />https://watchers.news/2018/01/12/tropical-cyclone-joyce-makes-landfall-near-wallal-downs-western-australia/<br /><br />Tropical Cyclone "Joyce" made landfall near Eighty Mile Beach, west of Wallal Downs in Western Australia just before 10:00 UTC on January 12, 2018 as Category 1 cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. The system is expected to continue weakening as it interacts with the land but heavy rain is still expected to continue along its track over the weekend.<br />[more]<br /><br />Rare snowstorm hits Shikoku and Kyushu, southwestern Japan<br />https://watchers.news/2018/01/11/rare-snowstorm-hits-shikoku-and-kyushu-southwestern-japan/<br /><br /><br />A rare snowstorm is affecting Shikoku and Kyushu, southwestern Japan today, January 11, 2018, causing traffic chaos throughout the region. Numerous traffic accidents were already reported and at least 9 people have been injured. Authorities are advising residents to be careful on icy roads and be alert for possible avalanches. [more]<br /><br />Pyrocumulonimbus clouds<br />http://wildfiretoday.com/2018/01/11/pyrocumulonimbus-clouds/<br /><br />What are pyrocumulonimbus clouds?<br /><br />They’re a thunderstorm that forms in the smoke plume of a fire (or nuclear bomb blast, or volcanic ash cloud). In Australia they most commonly form in large and intense bushfire smoke plumes. (The official name for clouds that form this way is ‘flammagenitus‘, but they’re commonly known as pyrocumulonimbus.) [more]<br /><br />A very strong explosion witnessed at the Stromboli volcano Eolian Islands Italy <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/01/a-very-strong-explosion-witnessed-at.html<br /><br />100 years ago Spanish flu infected 500 million and killed an estimated 100 million people: Australian flu fatalities soar 77% in one week in England <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/01/100-years-ago-spanish-flu-infected-500.html<br /><br />It's exactly 100 years since the Spanish flu infected 500 million and killed an estimated 100 million people around the world.<br />Fast forward to 2018 and experts are worried another monster pandemic is emerging called "The Australian Flu!"<br /><br />And the caveat is, this season's flu vaccines are no match for this new virus. [more]<br /><br />As predicted yesterday another major quake! A magnitude 6.0 - 39km WSW of Pyu, Burma (Myanmar) is the second major quake of January 2018. <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/01/as-promised-yesterday-another-major.html<br /><br />Chappelle, Maher, and Me: Tim Bob’s Latest<br />https://guymcpherson.com/2018/01/chappelle-maher-and-me-tim-bobs-latest/#more-15798<br /><br />[~ 38.5 min. excellent mash-up video]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-55567831064133393962018-01-12T11:23:13.632-06:002018-01-12T11:23:13.632-06:00Ancient China: 1,000-Year-Old Royal Palace Discove...Ancient China: 1,000-Year-Old Royal Palace Discovered <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ancient-china-1000-year-old-royal-palace-discovered/ar-AAuA2zC<br /><br />Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient palace [(from caption) The Temple of Heavenly Peace in Beijing, the oldest and one of the only surviving remnants of Beijing's Liao Dynasty ] that served as the summer retreat for the elite members of the Liao Dynasty. To escape the oppressive heat, each year from mid-April to mid-July the Liao emperors would move the royal family, along with palace officials, into the mountains of what is now China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. [more]<br /><br />[this one may turn out to be JJFH material]<br />Massive explosion rocks weapon depot in Syria's Latakia province <br />https://www.sott.net/article/373854-Massive-explosion-rocks-weapon-depot-in-Syrias-Latakia-province<br /><br />The blast rocked the weapon depot in the town Slinfah, killing and wounding an unknown number of soldiers, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. <br /><br />Still, the causes of the blast remained murky, the Observatory added. <br /><br />Government logic: IRS paid private debt collectors $20 million to recoup $6.7 million from low-income Americans <br />https://www.sott.net/article/373853-Government-logic-IRS-paid-private-debt-collectors-20-million-to-recoup-6-7-million-from-low-income-Americans<br /><br />[here's a trend for ya]<br />New Mexico governor pushing to give police full immunity for brutality committed on duty <br />https://www.sott.net/article/373858-New-Mexico-governor-pushing-to-give-police-full-immunity-for-brutality-committed-on-duty<br /><br />[what could go wrong?]<br /><br />Significant sulfur dioxide, ashfall over entire Kadovar island, P.N.G.<br />https://watchers.news/2018/01/12/significant-sulfur-dioxide-ashfall-over-entire-kadovar-island-p-n-g/<br /><br /><br />The entire island of Kadovar is receiving big amounts of ash and there is now a significant sulfur dioxide gas observed in and around the island, authorities said. The gas has contaminated the western part of the nearby island of Ruprup where Kadovar residents temporarily took shelter. In addition, Ruprup's hot springs are continually heating up. [more]<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-88542183838807836292018-01-12T11:22:40.397-06:002018-01-12T11:22:40.397-06:00Plastics Pile Up as China Refuses to Take the West...Plastics Pile Up as China Refuses to Take the West’s Recycling <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/plastics-pile-up-as-china-refuses-to-take-the-west%E2%80%99s-recycling/ar-AAuzEOR<br /><br />[this is one of those "supply chain" problems that indicate the global system is breaking down]<br /><br /> Ever since China announced last year that it no longer wanted to be the “world’s garbage dump,” recycling about half of the globe’s plastics and paper products, Western nations have been puzzling over what to do when the ban went into effect, which it did on Jan. 1.<br />The answer, to date, in Britain at least, is nothing. At least one waste disposal site in London is already seeing a buildup of plastic recyclables and has had to pay to have some of it removed.<br />Similar backups have been reported in Canada, Ireland, Germany and several other European nations, while tons of rubbish is piling up in port cities like Hong Kong. [more]<br /><br />[and people wonder why there are entire plastic ISLANDS in the oceans now]<br /><br />Homes destroyed, residents missing after Calif. mudslides <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/homes-destroyed-residents-missing-after-calif-mudslides/vi-AAuBtTt<br /><br />[2.25 min. video report]<br /><br />Fires and mudslides have some rethinking the California dream <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fires-and-mudslides-have-some-rethinking-the-california-dream/ar-AAuBB8C<br /><br />A few who live amid the usually serene beauty and year-round warmth of Santa Barbara County say nature's recent onslaughts of wildfires and mudslides have dampened their California dreams.<br /><br />For Hannah Troy, the twin blows of the Thomas Fire, which scorched parts of Santa Barbara last month in the biggest wildfire in the state's history, and this week's deadly mudslides only deepened her unease about the landscapes around her. [more]<br /><br />[I posted this topic previously]<br />The world’s first major city to run out of water may have just over three months left <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-world%E2%80%99s-first-major-city-to-run-out-of-water-may-have-just-over-three-months-left/ar-AAuBtPe<br /><br />It’s the height of summer in Cape Town, and the southwesternmost region of South Africa is gripped by a catastrophic water shortage. Unless the city adopts widespread rationing, the government says, the taps “will be turned off” on April 22, 2018, because there will be no more water to deliver.<br /><br />This would make Cape Town the first major city in the world to run out of water, according to Anthony Turton, a professor at the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State in South Africa, who spoke to the New York Times.<br /> “It’s not an impending crisis—we’re deep, deep, deep in crisis.” [sounds the same for humanity, the majority of which has no idea]The shortage is the result of a multi-year drought. [more]<br /><br />Blue Collar Betrayal: Carrier Workers Feel 'Forgotten' by Trump <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/blue-collar-betrayal-carrier-workers-feel-forgotten-by-trump/vi-AAuBw0f<br /><br />Renee Elliott waited in the rain to vote for Donald Trump because she thought he would save her job. Now, she's being laid off. <br /><br />[~ 7 min. video; take note of the relatively SMALL number of people who lost their jobs and the ripple effect it has in the community, then think about the freaking government unemployment numbers - they willfully LIE, turning many PEOPLE to just so much "dust," as the video terms it]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-48940485196806042312018-01-12T09:04:37.323-06:002018-01-12T09:04:37.323-06:00Yes Tom I disagree with both Guy and Paul B. on th...Yes Tom I disagree with both Guy and Paul B. on the subject of chemtrails. Hambone too. (Although Hambone is the only one who disparages people with name calling). Dane Wigington may be wrong on some things. After all no one person is ever going to be perfectly correct, but Dane does his homework and he doesn't strike me as being a "nut" in any way. <br /><br />Besides I myself have witnessed chemtrails many times and I know the difference between a contrail and a chemtrail. I grew up watching planes flying overhead on their way to and from DFW airport. Never, ever did they make the sky overcast with high clouds after about an hour. Nor did they make checkerboard patterns, or other similar patterns. Those who don't want to believe just aren't going to believe. Just like with JJFH. Doesn't matter....believers and non-believers die just the same. Mike Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-81550393952386485372018-01-12T08:42:21.989-06:002018-01-12T08:42:21.989-06:00"Department of Public Safety" has an Orw..."Department of Public Safety" has an Orwellian ring to it in the 21st century. You know, as in words and titles mean the exact opposite of what they seem. "Ministry of Truth", etc... Lol...<br /><br />The fine folks in Comanche County, OK got lucky that that the truck which caught on fire didn't happen AFTER yesterday's dry front came through, which had winds of 50 to 60 MPH. Because that little 5 acre fire it caused would probably still be burning and would have burned through any little town in its path. Just on the other side of the Red River a little town in North Texas burned to the ground several years ago in January from a wild fire fueled by high and dry winds. Mike Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-78831198648367689492018-01-12T07:37:10.343-06:002018-01-12T07:37:10.343-06:00Five Spills, Six Months in Operation: Dakota Acces...Five Spills, Six Months in Operation: Dakota Access Track Record Highlights Unavoidable Reality — Pipelines Leak<br /><br />How antidepressants are ending up in Great Lakes fish<br /><br />Pesticide Use Threatens Health in California<br /><br />Insect declines: new alarm over mayfly is 'tip of iceberg', warn experts<br /><br />When humans wage war, animals suffer too: study<br /><br />The FBI Hand Behind Russia-gate<br /><br />Highly Classified Satellite Plummeted Into Indian Ocean After SpaceX Launch, Official Confirms<br /><br />With Support From Nancy Pelosi, House Gives Trump Administration Broad Latitude to Spy on Americans [so much for "party" in politics - you get the same POLICIES either way]<br /><br />CPU bug patch saga: Antivirus tools caught with their hands in the Windows cookie jar<br /><br />World's Largest Software Development Platform...GitHub Is Down!<br /><br />How Jeff Bezos's Washington Post Became the US Military-Industrial Complex's Chief Propagandist<br /><br />Project Veritas Exposes Twitter "Shadow Banning", Blocking Opposing Views<br /><br />Google's Fact-Check Feature Targets Conservative Sites<br /><br />First France, Now Brazil Unveils Plan to Empower the Government to Censor the Internet in the Name of Stopping "Fake News"<br /><br />Israel's Netanyahu suggests law against leaked recordings<br /><br />"Cascading failures" strand thousands at flooded, frigid JFK<br />Cascading failures: You ain't seen nothin' yet. -- RF<br /><br />Social Change Will Upend the Status Quo<br />The nation is fragmenting because the Status Quo is failing the majority of the citizenry.<br /><br />Venezuela Oil Production Plummets To 28 Year Low Amid Chaos, Corruption<br /><br />The Swedish Government Is Warning Citizens to Be Prepared for at Least a Week Without Help<br /><br />Physically fit recruits for Army are hard to find. Especially in these states<br /><br />Retirement crisis: 37% of Gen X say they won't be able to afford to retire<br /><br />California's Brown Raises Prospect of Pension Cuts in Downturn<br /><br />Bankruptcy Looms As Sears Warns "Will Consider All Options" If New Financing Process Fails<br /><br />After Florida, More States Press US For Offshore Drilling Exemptions<br /><br />Jack in the Box CEO: Swapping cashiers for robots 'makes sense' due to minimum wage increase<br /><br />Local governments won't say what they're offering Amazon<br /><br />Trump pans immigration proposal as bringing people from 'shithole countries'Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-87314135367136740182018-01-12T07:37:05.231-06:002018-01-12T07:37:05.231-06:00News Links, January 12, 2018
Rice Farmer
http://r...News Links, January 12, 2018<br />Rice Farmer <br />http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Jeff Bezos just made more in 5 days than most Americans would in 5 lifetimes [won't matter in the near future]<br /><br />China Threatens to Quit Buying US Treasuries, Cites "Trade Tensions"<br /><br />Has China Been Quietly Selling US Treasurys: Here Is The Answer<br /><br />China just reminded the United States that Beijing is its banker<br /><br />[so much for the PHONY unemployment numbers gov't feeds us]<br />Between Walmart and Kroger, 500 stores are about to ditch cashiers<br /><br />Indiana Carrier plant to lay off 215 workers on Thursday<br /><br />Walmart to shutter 63 Sam's Club locations<br /><br />IBM Layoffs 2018: 10,000 Staff Cuts in Global Technology Services (GTS)?<br /><br />Venezuela's Parliament Outlaws Maduro's Cryptocurrency<br /><br />Confusion In Korea: Ministry Of Finance Refuses To Support Cryptocurrency Trading Ban<br /><br />Cryptocurrency Bubble or new Paradigm? When $100 billion in market cap evaporates overnight and the rise of new currencies.<br /><br />What is Bitcoin Other than a $15,000 Beanie Baby?<br /><br />To fly or not to fly? The environmental cost of air travel <br />[the military doesn't care; airline companies don't care]<br /><br />Drone attack on Russian bases in Syria came from Turkish-backed rebels – MoD<br /><br />US to loosen nuclear weapons constraints and develop more 'usable' warheads<br /><br />Syria Confirms Major Israeli Attack on Damascus<br /><br />Saudi state taking control of Binladin construction giant: Report<br /><br />North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site showing 'significant tunneling' activity<br /><br />Pakistan Says the US Is No Longer Its Ally — and It's a Much Bigger Deal Than You Think<br /><br />Hungary's PM: "We Don't See Them As Refugees, We See Them As Muslim Invaders"<br /><br />Trump's Offshore Plan Unlikely To Spark Drilling Rush<br /><br />Federal Regulators Deal Huge Blow To The Coal Industry<br /><br />About half of new U.S. power came from renewables last year<br /><br />Bitcoin Could End Up Using More Power Than Electric Cars<br /><br />Oil price hits three-year high of nearly $70 a barrel<br /><br />Hype Meets Reality as Electric Car Dreams Run Into Metal Crunch<br /><br />Citigroup Bullish on Oil Prices Because of Trump's Wars<br />In the last three and a half years, crude oil prices fell precipitously and have languished at prices rarely seen in the post-9/11 era. Citigroup analysts say they expect that to reverse in 2018, as mounting wars once again drive prices higher.<br /><br />US officials still stumped on mystery illnesses in Cuba, open<br />door to 'viral' or 'ultrasound' cause<br /><br />[2nd half below]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-59379042490819151142018-01-12T07:14:05.355-06:002018-01-12T07:14:05.355-06:00Pacific Northwest salmon are in big genetic troubl...Pacific Northwest salmon are in big genetic trouble<br />http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/pacific-northwest-salmon-are-big-genetic-trouble<br /><br />[I wonder if the overabundance of AL being dumped in the atmosphere and washed out onto land and sea has anything to do with it?]<br /><br />Thomas D. Elias: Climate change behind coming fire insurance crisis <br />http://napavalleyregister.com/news/opinion/columnists/thomas_d_elias/thomas-d-elias-climate-change-behind-coming-fire-insurance-crisis/article_2efc4fe0-ebcd-5423-8d60-4a7b9bfd57e9.html<br /><br />Toxic Thaw Syndrome<br />https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/toxic-thaw-syndrome/<br /><br />Melting permafrost carries unknown dangers for Arctic marine life.<br /><br />On a small island in the Beaufort Sea, brown muck slides down tall cliffs, oozes into mud pools, and slithers into the ocean. It’s summer, and the permafrost is thawing. As the sediment enters the sea, it clouds the coastal waters, releasing organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. But that’s not all.<br /><br />“We find large amounts of mercury and other pollutants,” says geoscientist Hugues Lantuit. “Anything that is caught in the soils is going to enter the coastal ocean.” [more; so "YES!"]<br /><br />"The Best Implosion Ever" <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-noose-fits.html<br /><br />Trump is a mirror image of our society - an all-knowing vacuous Twinkie. The net result of corporate shock doctrine taken to its logical conclusion...[Morpheus holding battery pic]<br /><br />Social mood is out of control on auto-pilot self-destruct mode. Spot the cognitive dissonance: [headline]<br /><br />Today's "best and brightest" are as dumb as a fucking post. Undereducated frat boys schooled in binge drinking and socializing. Human history's largest number of sociopaths succeeded in creating a stampede of dumb money. Good job all around [more]<br /><br />Davos 2018: Bullshit Trap <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2018/01/davos-2018-bull-trap.html<br /><br />Today's global pseudo-elite will be surprised to learn that this time they're the ones who got conned. Compliments of Faux News and faux reflation...<br /><br />The reason why the Reagan tax cut spontaneously imploded is because gamblers got too excited. But not as excited as they are now. Imagine all that *free* borrowed money falling straight to the bottom line... <br /><br />Billy Gross' bear market in bonds already ended. It lasted about 24 hours...the cure for high interest rates is high interest rates... [more]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-37244377027049608062018-01-12T07:14:00.008-06:002018-01-12T07:14:00.008-06:00Rare, venomous sea snake found on Southern Califor...Rare, venomous sea snake found on Southern California beach <br />https://www.sott.net/article/373829-Rare-venomous-sea-snake-found-on-Southern-California-beach<br /><br /> "these are pretty mellow animals" and they are unlikely to bite a person unless they are picked up.<br /><br />The 25-inch female sea snake was found by a person walking along the surf at Newport Beach. Later, a lifeguard took the animal to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, where it was euthanized. [more; of course they killed it - it's how humanity deals with things]<br /><br />Freak dust storm engulfs Pecos, Texas – Annual migration of tumbleweeds has started<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/01/freak-dust-storm-pecos-texas-video.html<br /><br />The winds in Texas have been brutal this week. A deep trough of low pressure is digging across the Lower 48, and the jet stream is cranking. When winds gusted to 58 mph Wednesday, Jan. 10th, it sent a cloud of sand and dust into the air that made Pecos, Texas, look more like the Sahara Desert. This construction crew had some fun with the freak dust storm as they filmed it. It didn’t help matters that this particular site looks to be completely void of vegetation, which makes it a lot easier for high winds to create dust storm conditions. [more]<br /><br />Strange sky spiral in the night over Sudan<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/01/strange-sky-spiral-picture.html<br /><br />A pair of spectacular images of an ethereal spiral in the night sky appeared on December 7, 2017. But what’s still uncertain is what created this brilliant spiral. It appeared a few hours after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Zuma satellite on a mystery mission for the U.S. government. Some media report that the Northrop Grumman-built Zuma spacecraft may have failed after it launched into orbit. SpaceX representatives have said their Falcon 9 rocket performed as expected during the Zuma launch. A Northrop Grumman representative said the company cannot comment on the mission due to its classified nature. [more]<br /><br />A neutron star near a black hole is pelting Earth with incredibly powerful explosions of rotating radio waves<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/01/a-neutron-star-hiding-out-near-a-black-hole-is-pelting-earth-with-explosion-radio-waves-rotating-video.html<br /><br />New work probes the extraterrestrial source of incredibly powerful explosions of radio waves, investigating why that spot is the only known location to repeatedly burst with these blasts. These repeating bursts may come from a dense stellar core called a neutron star near an extraordinarily powerful magnetic field, such as one near a massive black hole. [more]<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-82643080785314127792018-01-12T07:13:28.535-06:002018-01-12T07:13:28.535-06:00Great report, Jonny. It's informative when an...Great report, Jonny. It's informative when an expert, like you, tells people THE FACTS, and backs them up with ACTUAL RESEARCH.<br /><br />Today, seemorerocks presents incontrovertible evidence by an expert on a subject that I've been on the fence about since it came up years ago - the only subject that Guy and I disagree on -<br />chem-trails [and there's a link to his thoughts in the article, which contains 4 videos]. The expert, Dane Wigington, is interviewed in the first one ~ 71 min. long and is well worth a listen.<br /><br />Friday, 12 January 2018<br />Reflections on geoengineering <br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/01/reflections-on-geoengineering.html<br /><br />Solar radiation management –now or in the future?<br /><br />Global Reflation Is A Global Hoax <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2018/01/reflation-is-global-hoax.html<br /><br />The Baby Boomers are desperate to retire, so they believed it...<br /><br />The Idiocracy gets dumber with each passing day. Nature's way, they enter the old age home with a semblance of cognition and leave it with a semblance of nothing. This is the underlying message from the new book "Fire and Fury" - like many men his age, Trump is losing his faculties, and he reminds us of that fact every single day... <br /><br />A propos of a society steadily losing its mind, belief in the impossible is now ubiquitous, globally. Ironically, even as global Central Banks have coordinated to remove global liquidity, fools and knaves have stepped into the breach to fill the gap with their life savings. Having no clue that they've been gamed once again by con artists. <br /><br />Getting back to the topic of fake reflation, unfortunately, under the Globalization paradigm, economic reflation is entirely impossible, because there is no middle class to reflate. Meanwhile, Central Banks raise rates at the slightest hint of wage reflation, in order to protect corporate profit margins. This is the "Zerohedge" way, also known as how to become a Third World nation: View the economy as a static trade-off between profits and wages, while ignoring long-term solvency, and aggregate revenues. [more]<br /><br />Hundreds of dead fish mysteriously wash up on beach in Adelaide, Australia <br />https://www.sott.net/article/373831-Hundreds-of-dead-fish-mysteriously-wash-up-on-beach-in-Adelaide-Australia<br /><br />[the clueless author hasn't read this, from yesterday]<br />Scientists warn of suffocating oceans as huge dead zones quadruple since 1950 <br />https://www.sott.net/article/373832-Scientists-warn-of-suffocating-oceans-as-huge-dead-zones-quadruple-since-1950<br /><br />[what's so "mysterious" about the on-going marine die-off? also, note SOTT uses this article to promote their agenda in a comment]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com