tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post4494870211359075573..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2020-01-20Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-1269756931961191962020-01-22T20:33:07.202-06:002020-01-22T20:33:07.202-06:00BLACK BEAR NEWS: UN Biodiversity Chief Humans Risk...BLACK BEAR NEWS: UN Biodiversity Chief Humans Risk Living in an 'Empty World'<br />https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wQjAV6uUA24. [~ 22.3 min.]<br />[topics discussed]<br />How the oil industry has spent billions to control the climate change conversation<br /><br />UN Biodiversity Chief: Humans Risk Living in an 'Empty World' With 'Catastrophic' Consequences<br /><br />New mud volcanoes form in Trinidad and Tobago<br />https://watchers.news/2020/01/21/new-mud-volcanoes-form-in-trinidad-and-tobago/<br /><br />Six new mud volcanoes were spotted in southern Trinidad and Tobago on Monday, January 20, 2020. Geologist and researcher Xavier Moonan took to social media to share the new formations in Los Iros, as further geological activity was also discovered. [more]<br /><br />Hunt for missing British man 'swept out to sea' in Ibiza as Storm Gloria batters Balearic Islands<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/storm-gloria-missing-brit-ibiza-145529784.html<br /><br />a search has been launched for a missing British man who may have been swept out to sea. [more]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-13072164805806089642020-01-22T16:48:30.624-06:002020-01-22T16:48:30.624-06:00IMF warns of new 'Great Depression', Russi...IMF warns of new 'Great Depression', Russia ahead of the curve due to increased cash & gold reserves<br />https://www.sott.net/article/427822-IMF-warns-of-new-Great-Depression-Russia-ahead-of-the-curve-due-to-increased-cash-gold-reserves<br /><br />Last week, the IMF issued a stark warning about the global economy. While most large Western states are vulnerable to a new crisis, Russia has prepared its defenses.<br /><br />Kristalina Georgieva isn't any sort of conspiracy theorist; she's the head of the International Monetary Fund. And when she warns that the global economy risks another "Great Depression," you would think everyone would listen.<br /><br />But the Western reaction to her statement last week has been muted, with plenty of media outlets leaving it 'buried in the mainstream'. Or simply ignoring the story.<br /><br />For instance, rudimentary Google searches suggest neither the Financial Times nor the Economist have covered her comments at all. If so, it's ethically questionable but also understandable, in a cynical sense, given their complete attachment to the doctrine of Neo-liberal economics. [more]<br /><br />Consortium News sends libel notices to Canadian Intelligence Agency, major broadcaster Global News<br />https://www.sott.net/article/427823-Consortium-News-sends-libel-notices-to-Canadian-Intelligence-Agency-major-broadcaster-Global-News<br /><br />Consortium News (CN) has sent libel notices to Canada's Communications Security Establishment (CSE) and the Global News broadcaster for their assertions that the independent publication was complicit in alleged Russian "online and cyber influence campaigns," the outlet said in a news release. [more]<br /><br />[from our SURF'S UP!! desk]<br />Storm surge from Storm Gloria reaches at least 3km inland in Spain<br />https://www.sott.net/article/427819-Storm-surge-from-Storm-Gloria-reaches-at-least-3km-inland-in-Spain<br /><br />A severe storm brought powerful winds, cold temperatures, snow and coastal flooding to wide areas of Spain from 20 January. Media blamed at least 4 deaths on the storm. Satellite images show storm surge swept 3km inland in Tarragona Province, resulting in severe damage to rice paddies and the ecosystem.<br /><br />The storm, named "Gloria" by the State Meteorological Agency of Spain, AEMET, produced waves of over 8 metres [~ 26'] along the coastline of south-eastern Spain on 20 January. [more]<br /><br />Wrong place, wrong time: Cape May warbler that normally winters in the West Indies turns up in Las Cruces, New Mexico<br />https://www.sott.net/article/427808-Wrong-place-wrong-time-Cape-May-warbler-that-normally-winters-in-the-West-Indies-turns-up-in-Las-Cruces-New-Mexico<br /><br />They are extremely rare throughout the West. The great majority winters in the West Indies, with a few in southernmost Florida and along the Caribbean coast. Thus, for one to turn up in January most anywhere in the states but Florida, let alone a city park in Las Cruces, New Mexico, is downright astonishing, but one indeed did, at Tellbrook Park just a couple of weeks ago.<br /><br />Only once has a Cape May warbler been documented in neighboring El Paso County, that being in 1983, so this January 2020 occurrence, a definite first for Doña Ana County, was truly remarkable. [more; see map]<br /><br />Ominous black ring-shaped 'evil-cloud' looming over Pakistan bewilders residents<br />https://www.sott.net/article/427799-Ominous-black-ring-shaped-evil-cloud-looming-over-Pakistan-bewilders-residents<br /><br />A mysterious black O-shaped cloud spotted over a city in Pakistan has prompted a torrent of unusual theories from residents and netizens alike, with some suggesting the odd sight is a harbinger of an alien invasion. [more]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-89816583924321649672020-01-22T16:48:23.691-06:002020-01-22T16:48:23.691-06:00[Geology 101 fact of the day]
The Oldest Known Imp...[Geology 101 fact of the day]<br />The Oldest Known Impact Crater Is in Australia and Named Yarrabubba<br />https://strangesounds.org/2020/01/yarrabubba-oldest-known-impact-crater-earth-australia.html<br /><br />The Yarrabubba Crater is our planet’s oldest asteroid impact site.<br /><br />It measures 70-kilometer (44 miles) in diameter and was triggered by a giant asteroid that smashed into what is now Australia over 2.2 billion years ago. [more]<br /><br />Strong and Shallow Earthquake Hits Turkey – People Seen Running in the Streets on Videos<br />https://strangesounds.org/2020/01/turkey-strong-earthquake-felt-istanbul-video.html<br /><br />A very shallow M5.6 earthquake hit 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) east of Kirkagac, Turkey, at a depth of about 8.6 kilometers (5.3 miles) on January 22, 2020, 7:22 p.m. (UTC). [more]<br /><br />Spanish Town Submerged in Meters of Sea Foam (Videos)<br />https://strangesounds.org/2020/01/spanish-town-submerged-in-meters-of-sea-foam-videos.html<br /><br />The massive storm cell Gloria that caused havoc across Spain this weekend has generated so much sea foam that it submerged parts of the Spanish town of Tossa de Mar in coastal Catalonia. In some places, meters of sea froth accumulated. <br />[more]<br /><br />[from our Nyaaah-aaaaaah-aaaaaaaah! desk]<br />That Fish Jumped Out of the Water and Stuck its Sword in a Teens’ Neck<br />https://strangesounds.org/2020/01/fish-jumps-out-water-stuck-in-teen-neck-pictures-surgery.html<br /><br />The fish’s long snout sliced through the 16-year-old’s neck and pierced the back of his skull. Doing so, it created a large gaping hole that went straight through to the other side of the boy’s neck – from under his chin right through to the back of his skull. [more; pics]<br /><br />It’s so Cold in Florida Right Now That Iguanas Are falling Out of Trees (Video)<br />https://strangesounds.org/2020/01/florida-iguanas-falls-from-trees-video-cold-temperature-wind-chill.html<br /><br />Even Florida’s iguanas can’t handle below 30-40°F. [more]<br /><br />[2nd part next]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-34049440706559676512020-01-22T10:29:40.138-06:002020-01-22T10:29:40.138-06:00China's coronavirus has 'the same death ra...China's coronavirus has 'the same death rate as the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50m people'<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-coronavirus-has-the-same-death-rate-as-the-spanish-flu-pandemic-that-killed-50-m-people-151608803.html<br /><br />Chinese officials have confirmed 440 cases of the new coronavirus strain - 2019-nCoV - so far, with 17 deaths.<br /><br />Based on existing data, it is said to have a 2% death rate.<br /><br />This means that for every 50 people who catch the infection, one will statistically die.<br /><br />To put this into context, around one in every 1,000 who develop flu die, giving it a death rate of 0.1%.<br /><br />“This [2019-nCoV’s death rate] could be 2%, similar to Spanish flu,” Professor Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, said. [more]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-89243375663930033822020-01-22T10:02:13.535-06:002020-01-22T10:02:13.535-06:00Monty Python Star Terry Jones Dies at 77
https://t...Monty Python Star Terry Jones Dies at 77<br />https://time.com/5769399/monty-python-terry-jones-dies-dementia/<br /><br />He was 77 and had been suffering from dementia. [more]<br /><br />Galaxy Song - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=62&v=buqtdpuZxvk&feature=emb_logo<br /><br />[RIP Terry Jones]<br /><br />Sore loser Killary STILL slagging Bernie three years later: 'Divisive', 'nobody likes him'<br />https://www.sott.net/article/427770-Sore-loser-Killary-STILL-slagging-Bernie-three-years-later-Divisive-nobody-likes-him<br /><br />Two-time presidential also-ran Hillary Clinton hasn't dropped her grudge against erstwhile opponent and current Democratic frontrunner Bernie Sanders, and her comments on his 'likability' have triggered a backlash from all sides.<br /><br />Clinton excoriated her former competitor as unlikeable and ineffective, telling the Hollywood Reporter that "nobody wants to work with [Sanders]" in the Senate in an interview published Tuesday ahead of a four-part documentary due to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. [more]<br /><br />Tulsi Gabbard announces defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton<br />https://www.sott.net/article/427796-Tulsi-Gabbard-announces-defamation-lawsuit-against-Hillary-Clinton<br /><br />"Gabbard, a U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district, asserts in her complaint that Clinton deliberately and maliciously made false statements in an attempt to derail Rep. Gabbard's campaign, by alleging that Gabbard is a 'Russian asset.' [more; now Bernie can join in too!]<br /><br />First US case of potentially deadly Chinese coronavirus confirmed in Washington state<br />https://www.sott.net/article/427782-First-US-case-of-potentially-deadly-Chinese-coronavirus-confirmed-in-Washington-state<br /><br />Washington state health officials said the man, a resident of Snohomish County, Wash., returned Wednesday from a trip to the region where he was visiting relatives in Wuhan, where the outbreak began. Shortly after arriving at Seattle's international airport, he began feeling ill and reached out to his health-care provider on Sunday. Local, state and federal officials quickly collected samples and sent them to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing. His case was confirmed Monday as the coronavirus that has sickened close to 300 people in China and others in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. [more]<br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-66627837231702477462020-01-22T08:02:46.732-06:002020-01-22T08:02:46.732-06:00[some mid-week headlines from Rice Farmer]
News Li...[some mid-week headlines from Rice Farmer]<br />News Links, January 22, 2020<br />Rice Farmer<br />https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />IMF cuts global economic growth forecasts<br /><br />Nearly half billion people lack decent jobs: UN<br /><br />Leaders at Davos doubt China and US will reach a phase 2 trade deal by end of Trump's term<br /><br />Big Brother Australia aims to ban cash spending<br /><br />Peter Schiff Says He's Lost His Bitcoin After Wallet Freeze-Out<br /><br />Virgin Australia flight diverts after 'chunk' of wing comes loose<br /><br />Boeing seeks to borrow $10 billion or more amid 737 MAX crisis: source<br /><br />737 Max "Fix" Causes Entire Computer System to Crash<br /><br />After Blowing $43 Bn on Share-Buybacks in 6 Years, Boeing Scrambles to Borrow $10 Bn, on Top of a $9.5 Bn Credit Line in Oct, to Fund its 737 MAX Fiasco<br /><br />CDC expanding coronavirus screening to two more airports: Atlanta and Chicago O'Hare<br /><br />Cathay Pacific cabin crew warn of 'catastrophic' consequences of not guarding against Wuhan virus as they demand right to wear masks on all flights [need full body suits]<br /><br />Taliban Negotiator: End of War Means US Withdrawal<br /><br />Pompeo says more U.S. action coming to support Venezuelan opposition leader<br />But don't call it meddling. -- RF<br /><br />Mexico Murders Rise to Record in AMLO's First Year in Office<br /><br />South Korea sending troops to Strait of Hormuz<br /><br />8 European states back naval force to patrol Strait of Hormuz<br /><br />Sweden suffers surge in bomb attacks as gang violence rises<br /><br />North Korea abandons nuclear freeze pledge, blames 'brutal' U.S. sanctions<br /><br />Today's US-Iran Crisis Is Rooted in the Decision to Invade Iraq<br /><br />Iran Counters EU Threat Of Snapback Sanctions<br /><br />US Officials Admit Covert Tech Program Is Fueling Iran Protests<br /><br />Is Mass Civil Disobedience Our Future?<br /><br />4.5 magnitude earthquake shakes southern Kansas<br /><br />Alberta's Oil And Gas Company Tax Debt Balloons To Double The Size<br /><br />10 Critical Water Scarcity Facts We Must Not Ignore<br /><br />I lived without heat for an entire winter—here are my top tips for staying warm [coming soon]<br /><br />6 dead of coronavirus; WHO calls emergency meeting<br /><br />Here's Who Got Paid for the Amazon to Burn<br /><br />Global Day of Protest Against 5G, January 25, 2020 (press release; PDF)<br /><br />Snipers, security guards and soldiers: Keeping the elite safe at Davos is not cheap<br /><br />The Garbage Crisis in Venezuela: Sanitation Issues When the SHTF<br />Venezuela is a bellwether. Smart people will take good notice of what happens as socioeconomic collapse proceeds. It will be more or less the same everywhere no matter what the political and economic system. -- RF<br /><br />Think the Government Will Save You? Puerto Ricans Find Warehouse FULL of Emergency Supplies Stashed Since Hurricane Maria<br />After collapse proceeds past a certain point, there is little that governments will be able to do, even to save themselves. Get what you can while the getting is good, but plan to be on your own (if you're lucky, you'll be part of a mutually supportive community). -- RF<br /><br />India's Half-Finished "Ghost Towns" Leave Middle Class In Crisis<br /><br />Climate change could [could?!, IS DAMAGING] damage thousands of U.S. bridges, engineers say<br /><br />Wipe out: Japan's ski slopes suffering worst winter in decades<br /><br />Trump promises farmers that China trade deal to be good for them<br /><br />Are Consumers Nearing the End of Their Road of Debt?<br /><br />The Latest & Most Reckless US Imperial Act<br />Following the U.S. assassination of Soleimani, the Trump administration is leading American conduct abroad into a zone of probably unprecedented lawlessness.<br /><br />U.S. new housing supply falls about 4 million homes short of demand<br /><br />Deputies: Worker fatally stabs Trump-loving boss in fight<br /><br />The Federal Reserve is stuck in quantitative-easing hell<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-45044418007480887592020-01-22T07:43:01.912-06:002020-01-22T07:43:01.912-06:00Some say we’ve seen bushfires worse than this befo...Some say we’ve seen bushfires worse than this before. But they’re ignoring a few key facts.<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2020/01/some-say-weve-seen-bushfires-worse-than-this-before-but-theyre-ignoring-a-few-key-facts.html<br /><br />Earth had its hottest decade on record in 2010s – “2020 is off to a horrifying climate start, and I fear what the rest of the year will bring to our doorsteps”<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2020/01/earth-had-its-hottest-decade-on-record-in-2010s-2020-is-off-to-a-horrifying-climate-start-and-i-fear-what-the-rest-of-the-year-will-bring-to-our-doorsteps.html<br /><br />The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second-warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported Wednesday. And scientists said they see no end to the way man-made climate change keeps shattering records.<br /><br />“If you think you’ve heard this story before, you haven’t seen anything yet,” Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said at the close of a decade plagued by raging wildfires, melting ice and extreme weather that researchers have repeatedly tied to human activity.<br /><br />Schmidt said Earth as a whole is probably the hottest it has been during the Holocene — the past 11,500 years or so — meaning this could be the warmest period since the dawn of civilization. But scientists’ estimates of ancient global temperatures, based on tree rings, ice cores and other telltale signs, are not precise enough to say that with certainty. [more]<br /><br />As Trump lashes out at “prophets of doom” in Davos, Greta Thunberg calls for climate action – “I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act.”<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2020/01/as-trump-lashes-out-at-prophets-of-doom-in-davos-greta-thunberg-calls-for-climate-action-i-want-you-to-feel-the-fear-i-feel-every-day-and-then-i-want-you-to-act.html<br /><br />Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and President Trump offered two opposing visions at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, with Trump lashing out at what he said were “perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse” as Thunberg inveighed against the sowers of “climate chaos.”<br /><br />“We will never let radical socialists destroy our economy, wreck our country or eradicate our liberty,” Trump said at the conference.<br /><br />Even though Trump said he was a “big believer in the environment” and did not explicitly name climate change as he lashed out at “alarmists,” his remarks stood in stark contrast to the 17-year old Thunberg’s renewed call to “start listening to the science” on climate change. The world, she said on Tuesday, needs to “treat this crisis with the importance it deserves.”<br /><br />Thunberg’s remarks echoed her prior warning in Davos last year, when she told world leaders: “I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act.” [more]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-35705537528810350882020-01-22T07:42:57.140-06:002020-01-22T07:42:57.140-06:00China virus spreads to U.S., curbing travel plans ...China virus spreads to U.S., curbing travel plans and spooking markets<br />https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-deaths/china-coronavirus-claims-sixth-victim-as-holiday-travel-heightens-infection-risks-idUSKBN1ZJ2D2<br /><br /> the first case was reported in the United States, sending markets tumbling on fears of economic damage as tourists canceled travel plans and airports stepped up screening. [more]<br /><br />[humanity, just tryin' a help . ..]<br />Wednesday, 22 January 2020<br />CRIME against Nature east of the Mississipi <br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/01/crime-against-nature-east-of-mississipi.html<br /><br />[pick-up truck loads of dead foxes]<br /><br />Australian TV on water theft in Australia <br />Corporate investors making huge profits from water, while farmers go broke<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/01/australian-tv-on-water-theft-in.html [2.6 min. news spot]<br /><br />The US Navy site is back up<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-us-navy-site-is-back-up.html [79 sec. Robin Westenra video]<br /><br />BLACK BEAR NEWS: The Reason Fossil Fuel Companies Are Finally Reckoning With Climate Change<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7W8oWVKHms [~ 24 min. video]<br /><br />Google critic, 66, who testified that the tech giant's 2016 'election meddling gave 2.6m votes to Hillary Clinton' now suggests his wife's fatal car crash was NOT an accident<br />https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7908435/Google-critic-66-suggests-wifes-fatal-car-crash-not-accident.html<br /><br />Glenn Greenwald has been charged by the Bolsonaro government in Brazil<br /><br />The Empire’s War On Oppositional Journalism Continues To Escalate<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/01/glenn-greenwald-has-been-charged-by.html<br /><br />Journalist Glenn Greenwald has been charged by the Bolsonaro government in Brazil with the same prosecutorial angle used by the US to target WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. [more]<br /><br />[3rd (last) piece follows]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-35334015063682349852020-01-22T07:42:08.746-06:002020-01-22T07:42:08.746-06:00Good Humpday morning, Jonny, everyone reading JJFH...Good Humpday morning, Jonny, everyone reading JJFH.<br /><br />Those events in your vicinity are too close for comfort! If it was me, i'd-a donned the oxygen mask and grabbed the fire extinguisher! How the &@#( does a car wash explode, and a sports medicine clinic shouldn't even have a reason to explode and burn . . (more evidence of JJFH!)<br /><br />The big news today, and i've been waiting for this from the msm, is the exponential spread of the nCoV disease out of China.<br /><br />Wednesday, 22 January 2020<br />Chinese Mystery Disease Update No 5: WORLD IN PANIC! 440 confirmed cases equal almost 20,000, unconfirmed cases according to Prof Neil Ferguson's table: MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/01/chinese-mystery-disease-update-no-5.html<br /><br />According to Prof Neil Ferguson's table, (see below) of the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London, 440 confirmed cases is the equivalent of almost 20,000 unconfirmed cases. [more]<br /><br />A State Of Panic Hits The Globe As Cases Of China’s New Mystery Virus Rise Exponentially<br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/a-state-of-panic-hits-the-globe-as-cases-of-chinas-new-mystery-virus-rise-exponentially<br /><br />This is already becoming the worst public health scare that we have seen in many years, and experts are warning that we are still in the very early chapters of this crisis. Officials are fairly certain that the spread of this mysterious new coronavirus began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, and as you will see below, measures are now being implemented to try to isolate that city from the rest of China. But it is already too late, because cases have already been reported in other major Chinese cities, and the virus has also already traveled to a whole bunch of foreign countries via airplane. Cases have been reported in Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines, Australia and now there has even been one case in the United States. It is being estimated that this virus has an incubation period of about a week, and so the truth is that countless others could be spreading it around right now without even realizing it. [more]<br /><br />[READ THIS ARTICLE - info, maps, prevention measures]<br />11 million people in Wuhan, China have been quaranteened over coronavirus<br /><br />CHINA IMPOSES VOLUNTARY QUARANTINE OF WUHAN - 11 MILLION PEOPLE - OVER CORONAVIRUS SPREAD<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/01/11-million-people-in-wuhan-china-have.html<br /><br />The Chinese government has imposed a QUARANTINE of the city of Wuhan, over the outbreak and spread of a new and deadly coronavirus. <br /><br />Official records say more than three-hundred (300) have become infected since the outbreak started on 31 December, but hospital staff claim more than one-thousand, seven-hundred (1700) are hospitalized with serious symptoms. <br />Official records say six (6) people have died from this disease, but hospital sources claim "hundreds" are already dead!<br /><br />Anyone ever remember a city of 11 million placed in quarantine before? [more; expect it to get a lot worse]<br /><br />[2nd part next]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com