tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post3388545981769129209..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2017-12-30Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-28719557606881122982018-01-02T05:48:03.686-06:002018-01-02T05:48:03.686-06:00Thanks Fran! The 1st dog in the first Appalachian...Thanks Fran! The 1st dog in the first Appalachian video looks like my Weimaraner (though he's a little bigger - mine is a lovable runt) - same color though. I hear the messages of all 3.<br /><br />The first two were new to me, very enjoyable. The last one - I love traditional Hawaiian music, and this one had a GREAT message.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing those!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-51575840508484059142018-01-02T00:09:49.248-06:002018-01-02T00:09:49.248-06:00Oh one more...https://youtu.be/MlCfEP_ECI4
Peace, ...Oh one more...https://youtu.be/MlCfEP_ECI4<br />Peace, love, & all that jazz~F~https://www.blogger.com/profile/14093179509642684214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-60542836305564840302018-01-02T00:02:02.377-06:002018-01-02T00:02:02.377-06:00Oh man, one more my friend.https://youtu.be/L5rcrs...Oh man, one more my friend.https://youtu.be/L5rcrsCVbXw~F~https://www.blogger.com/profile/14093179509642684214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-34461593500457315542018-01-01T23:13:36.768-06:002018-01-01T23:13:36.768-06:00Mike, I truly like you. Thanks for your enlightenm...Mike, I truly like you. Thanks for your enlightenment. ~F~https://www.blogger.com/profile/14093179509642684214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-40006858377783868862018-01-01T23:07:58.118-06:002018-01-01T23:07:58.118-06:00Happy New year Tom, this one's for you.https:/...Happy New year Tom, this one's for you.https://youtu.be/Bmr5rdaemYk~F~https://www.blogger.com/profile/14093179509642684214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-27243351133963928692018-01-01T19:55:59.652-06:002018-01-01T19:55:59.652-06:00Giant 20 meters high ice wall forms over dozens of...Giant 20 meters high ice wall forms over dozens of kilometers along China-Russia border lake<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/01/giant-ice-wall-china-russia-border-video.html<br /><br />While the Niagara Falls are freezing in Northern America, a gigantic 20-meter-high ice wall, extending over several dozens of kilometers, has formed on the verge of Xingkai Lake, a border lake between China and Russia, in Mishan, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. The New Ice Great Wall of China is composed of thousands of ice chunks and rafts of various size that have piled up by the force of wind. [more]<br /><br />Terrifying double ‘bombogenesis’ storm forms off US northeast coast! God help us if it shifts west! – 163 million US american in wind chill advisory – huge waves in Cape Verde<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/01/terrifying-bombogenesis-storm-us-northeast-canada.html <br /><br />Boy, I tell you whatever is sitting off northeast coast Thursday is going to be one hell of a storm! The looming bombogenesis is actually a double BOMB, as its pressure drops 50 mb per 24 hours. The powerful storm will be known more for its hurricane force winds, huge waves than snow. GOD HELP US IF IT SHIFTS WEST. ECMWF deepens it to 945mb off southern tip of Nova Scotia early Friday morning. 100mph gusts possible. That’s just too insane! [more]<br /><br />Extremely rare M4.6 earthquake hits the inactive remnant section of the Mendocino Fracture Zone 650 miles off the US West Coast<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/01/extremely-rare-m4-6-earthquake-hits-the-north-pacific-basin-more-than-650-miles-from-the-us-west-coast.html<br /><br />The US west coast is known for its high seismic activity. But today, a very strange shallow quake struck a region, which is normally more than quiet. The tremblor hit at a depth of 10km just above the seismic inactive section of Mendocino Fracture Zone, some 650 miles from the US coast. BUT THE MENDOCINO FRACTURE ZONE RUNS WESTWARD FROM A TRIPLE JUNCTION WITH THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT AND THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE. [more]<br /><br />Night sky guide for January 2018 - Supermoon, Quadrantids, Blue Moon, Total Lunar Eclipse<br />https://watchers.news/2018/01/01/night-sky-guide-for-january-2018/<br /><br />2000 to 2018 recorded a staggering 2,697 more major quakes than in the same period 1900 to 1919 but 2017 records the lowest amount this century <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/01/2017.html<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-33944178694796228722018-01-01T19:55:53.578-06:002018-01-01T19:55:53.578-06:00America in 2017: Almost 100 times more people were...America in 2017: Almost 100 times more people were killed by police than terrorists <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372812-America-in-2017-Almost-100-times-more-people-were-killed-by-police-than-terrorists<br /><br />As of the publishing of this article, the number of people who've been killed by police in 2017 is 1,184. This is nearly 100 times the number of people killed by terrorists inside the United States this year and yet the government and the media at large remain entirely silent on this violent epidemic. [more]<br /><br />Rising number of deaths among the homeless perpetuate crisis in Seattle, Washington area <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372809-Rising-number-of-deaths-among-the-homeless-perpetuate-crisis-in-Seattle-Washington-area<br /><br />First baby of 2018 arrives at Queensway Carleton Hospital <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372811-First-baby-of-2018-arrives-at-Queensway-Carleton-Hospital<br /><br />New Jersey 16yo kills parents, sister, family friend just minutes before new year <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372793-New-Jersey-16yo-kills-parents-sister-family-friend-just-minutes-before-new-year<br /><br />Minutes before midnight on New Year's Eve, a 16-year-old boy allegedly used a semi-automatic rifle owned by a family member to shoot and kill his parents, sister and a family friend inside the parents' home in a coastal city in southern New Jersey, the county prosecutor said. [more]<br /><br />Intel vets tell Trump: Top terror sponsor is not Iran <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372800-Intel-vets-tell-Trump-Top-terror-sponsor-is-not-Iran<br /><br />A group of U.S. intelligence veterans urges President Trump to stop his administration's false claims about Iran being the leading state sponsor of terrorism when U.S. allies, such as Saudi Arabia, are clearly much guiltier. [more]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-49042649734304375192018-01-01T13:40:59.760-06:002018-01-01T13:40:59.760-06:00Hearin' that Mike!
Kim Jong-un warns in New Y...Hearin' that Mike!<br /><br />Kim Jong-un warns in New Year's speech: 'US mainland in our nuclear strike range, it's reality not a threat'<br />https://www.sott.net/article/372777-Kim-Jong-un-warns-in-New-Years-speech-US-mainland-in-our-nuclear-strike-range-its-reality-not-a-threat<br /><br />Andre Vltchek: New Year's message and warning from a journalist who sees two parallel realities<br />https://www.sott.net/article/372785-Andre-Vltchek-New-Years-message-and-warning-from-a-journalist-who-sees-two-parallel-realities<br /><br />Occasionally it is good to realize that there are actually two parallel realities that are constantly competing for the 'hearts and minds' of people living all over the world. There is real life and 'fake life'. There is reality and elaborately manufactured pseudo-reality, which is designed to appear more real than the reality itself. It is like that chemically produced green apple shampoo that smells more authentic than the fruit itself. [more]<br /><br />'Happy New Year!' 2018 brings legal recreational marijuana to California<br />https://www.sott.net/article/372780-Happy-New-Year-2018-brings-legal-recreational-marijuana-to-California<br /><br />Crooked big pharma that hooked people on opioids now profits again from addicts' switching to heroin<br />https://www.sott.net/article/372767-Crooked-big-pharma-that-hooked-people-on-opioids-now-profits-again-from-addicts-switching-to-heroin<br /><br />we were looking through one of these needle exchange program packages. It has syringes and cotton balls and spoons to reduce the Hep-C and HIV. And sure enough, one of the companies that was selling - their logo was on the inside of the package - was McKesson. So, McKesson profited from the needle exchange program - and this is the same company that was charged with responsibility for controlling the overflow of the opioids into our communities." [more]<br /><br />U.S. drug prices defy economics<br />https://www.sott.net/article/372759-US-drug-prices-defy-economics<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-47367418478685127652018-01-01T10:50:49.793-06:002018-01-01T10:50:49.793-06:00Well I don't know what it means to say "H...Well I don't know what it means to say "Happy New Year" anymore, so I'll just say that here's wishing and hoping that none of you or your loved ones succumb to the JJFH in 2018. If we all make it to Jan. 1, 2019 then that will be something to celebrate. Or just say, "Whew!" Mike Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-77603683553688895672018-01-01T08:44:59.601-06:002018-01-01T08:44:59.601-06:00Nestle has been bottling and selling water it has ...Nestle has been bottling and selling water it has no right to in drought-stricken California, state says<br /><br />Officials: Nearly half of Puerto Rico clients without power<br /><br />Russian tankers fueled North Korea via transfers at sea<br />Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two senior Western European security sources.<br /><br />No certification needed for offshore drilling safety, U.S. proposes<br /><br />Impact of oil production decline and low oil prices: Venezuela<br /><br />Oil-Rich Venezuela Is Out Of Gasoline<br /><br />Shale Growth Hides Underlying Problems<br /><br />Are We Decoupling? (Not really, but happy 2018 anyway!)<br /><br />The Hidden-in-Plain-Sight Mechanism of the Super-Wealthy: Money-Laundering 2.0<br /><br />Russia reports virulent H5N2 bird flu at 660,000-bird farm: OIE<br /><br />Burning wood for power is 'misguided' say climate experts<br /><br />E. Coli Symptoms: 17 Fall Ill As Dangerous Strain Strikes 13 US States<br /><br />New "Deep Learning" Hacking Technique Is 99.5% Effective Cracking Into Android Smart Phones<br /><br />Dirt Boxes: The Newest Government Tool for Warrantless Privacy Invasion<br />Why these cell phone tower-mimicking devices could become a civil liberties nightmare.<br /><br />Weiner Laptop Doc: Assange Warrant Issued 2 Weeks After Swedish Election Leaks Warning<br />The emergence of this confidential document (found on Anthony Weiner's laptop and sent while his wife, Huma Abedin, was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Deputy Chief of Staff), is disturbing - as it potentially implicates the Obama administration in a conspiracy to silence Julian Assange while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State...<br /><br />Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments [Farcebook]<br /><br />From Snowden To Russia-gate - The CIA And The Media<br /><br />An Open letter to the School of Public Health, UQ, re: the looming net energy cliff<br /><br />The 7 Most Important Scientific Breakthroughs of 2017<br /><br />Landslide disasters in Japan highest in 10 years<br /><br />UK frackers are running out of time<br /><br />Student Debt Slavery: Bankrolling Financiers on the Backs of the Young<br /><br />US Dollar Has Worst Year since 2003, Defying the Fed<br /><br />Report: Only One US State Pension has Funded Level Above 50%<br />A recent report from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), said that, based on its calculations, every US state's pension system has a funded level below 50%, except for that of Wisconsin, which has a funded level of 61.5%.<br /><br />And finally...<br />Worst headlines bloopers of 2017Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-90410342338189854222018-01-01T08:44:55.162-06:002018-01-01T08:44:55.162-06:00News Links, January 1, 2018
Rice Farmer
http://ri...News Links, January 1, 2018<br />Rice Farmer <br />http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Debt to GDP: Only 4 Major Countries Worse Off Than the US<br />Of major nations, only Japan, Greece, Italy, and Portugal have debt-to-GDP ratios higher than the US.<br /><br />Venezuela To Launch Oil-Backed Petro Cryptocurrency Within Days<br /><br />China may be a bigger worry for 2018, analysts say<br /><br />Russia and China Lay Economic Foundation Based on Golden Rule<br /><br />The Inescapable Reason Why the Financial System Will Fail<br />Central banks are now trapped. If they raise rates to provide low-risk, high-yield returns to institutional owners, they will stifle the "recovery" and the asset bubbles that are dependent on unlimited liquidity and super-low interest rates. But if they keep yields low, the only way institutional investors can earn the gains they need to survive is to pile into risk assets and hope the current bubbles will loft higher.<br /><br />Can Italian Banks Join EU's Newfangled Bank-Bond Ripoff?<br /><br />U.S. gold reserves are not good enough to be tradable, expert tells Russia Today<br /><br />U.S. junk bonds are time bomb with a long fuse<br /><br />India likens cryptocurrencies to Ponzi scheme, cautions investors<br /><br />The cost of bitcoin payments is skyrocketing because the network is totally overloaded<br /><br />Turkey makes deal to buy Russian-made S-400 air defense system<br /><br />Dozens of 12th-graders to defy draft over 'oppression' of Palestinians (Israel)<br />In letter to PM, IDF chief, 63 teenagers urge all Israeli youth to refuse to serve in the military until occupation ends, due to 'racist government policy' in West Bank<br /><br />US Army Exploring 'Devastating' New Weapon for Use In War with Russia<br /><br />China Tests Hypersonic Weapon, Rendering US THAAD Powerless<br /><br />Nuclear War With North Korea Closer Than Ever, Official Says<br /><br />Last Year's Top 5 Worst Nuclear Nightmares (That Aren't Going Away)<br /><br />Nobody's Ready for the Killer Robot<br /><br />Mattis: 'The War Is Not Over' in Iraq and Syria<br /><br />Putin tells Assad Russia will help defend Syrian sovereignty: Kremlin<br /><br />Africa's returning migrants say they need assistance, hope<br /><br />700,000 migrants sit in Libya<br /><br />Mediterranean migration crisis: Refugees face violence, vitriol and death at the new 'back door to Europe'<br /><br />Water shortages could [will] trigger Asia conflicts<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-78958000132765916752018-01-01T08:26:16.279-06:002018-01-01T08:26:16.279-06:00Got in a li'l late (early, actually 2:30 a.m.)...Got in a li'l late (early, actually 2:30 a.m.). I noticed everyone was going the speed limit on the way home.<br /><br />So here we are, first day of the New Year. Let's see what happened yesterday, last night and early this morning.<br /><br />Huge multi-storey car park blaze 'destroys 1,400 vehicles' in Liverpool, UK <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372749-Huge-multi-storey-car-park-blaze-destroys-1400-vehicles-in-Liverpool-UK<br /><br />A massive blaze engulfs vehicles parked at a multi-storey car park near the Echo Arena, at the waterfront in Liverpool, England on Sunday afternoon. [caption under pic]<br /><br />A huge blaze has destroyed up to 1,400 vehicles in a multi-storey car park in the northern English city of Liverpool. [more]<br /><br />Burn, baby, burn! New Year tree goes up in flames in Russia's Far East <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372736-Burn-baby-burn-New-Year-tree-goes-up-in-flames-in-Russias-Far-East-VIDEOS<br /><br />The 25-meter high plastic tree in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk took its time to get started, but began burning right after the fireworks display. <br /><br />A special commission has already been set up to find out why the tree caught fire. [more]<br /><br />Possible new color revolution being attempted in Iran reeks of US and Saudi Arabian influence <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372745-Possible-new-color-revolution-being-attempted-in-Iran-reeks-of-US-and-Saudi-Arabian-influence<br /><br />Lightning strikes kill 4 and injure 19 in South Africa <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372752-Lightning-strikes-kill-4-and-injure-19-in-South-Africa<br /><br />Monday, 1 January 2018<br />New Year, 2018<br /><br />i'm expecting 2018 to be my worst year ever as I bear witness to the unraveling of the biosphere. <br /><br />We are in the early stages of non-linear runaway warming. Generally I have failed miserably in convincing people of the severity of the crisis to the extent that even people like James Shaw M.P. and leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand doesn't believe that we are in a climate crisis. Kevin Hester<br /><br />Happy New Year, 2018<br /><br />Vehicles are now America's biggest CO2 source but EPA is tearing up regulations <br />https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/01/vehicles-climate-change-emissions-trump-administration<br /><br />Transport overtook power generation for climate-warming emissions in 2017 but the Trump administration is reversing curbs on auto industry pollution [more]<br /><br />NOAA predicting possible chance of G1-class geomagnetic storms on the first day of 2018 from coronal hole on our Sun <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/12/noaa-predicting-possible-chance-of-g1.html<br /><br />[this from Shawn Redmond of Scribbler's comment section]<br />Trade-Off <br />Financial System Supply-Chain Cross-Contagion: a study in global systemic collapse. <br />David Korowicz <br /><br />This study considers the relationship between a global systemic banking, monetary and solvency crisis and its implications for the real-time flow of goods and services in the globalised economy. It outlines how contagion in the financial system could set off semi-autonomous contagion in supplychains globally, even where buyers and sellers are linked by solvency, sound money and bank intermediation. The cross-contagion between the financial system and trade/production networks is mutually reinforcing. [more]<br /><br />[Mblanc contributed this @ Scribbler's comment section]<br />Baba Brinkman – "Make It Hot" – Carbon Pricing Rap<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=205&v=t8gsh0AD3Go<br /><br />[~ 6 min. video]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com