tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post5600303560314723281..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2018-06-08Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-1794793751524857382018-06-10T20:20:53.160-05:002018-06-10T20:20:53.160-05:00US fighter jet crashes into sea in Japan – reports...US fighter jet crashes into sea in Japan – reports<br />https://www.rt.com/usa/429358-f15-crash-sea-japan<br /><br />Woman killed by bear, 7 others injured in Andhra Pradesh, India <br />https://www.sott.net/article/387761-Woman-killed-by-bear-7-others-injured-in-Andhra-Pradesh-India<br /><br />[of course the locals found a bear to beat to death ..]<br /><br />The Inconvenient Post-Truth <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-inconvenient-post-truth.html<br /><br />Sites like Breitbart and Zerohedge are making bank monetizing paranoid idiots willing to believe ANYTHING except the truth, while exhibiting the morality of 12-year-old crack addicts...<br /><br />What the Lonely Crowd predicted decades ago, is the Matrix. A mindless consumption Borg existing solely by and for maximized corporate profit. The industrial-scale extraction of humanity locked in a recursively imploding rat race to nowhere. There is no winner in a rat race, there are only spent rats gamed continuously by serial con men...[more]<br /><br />Mystery booms shake US and UK, but nobody knows why<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/06/mystery-booms-shake-us-and-uk-but-nobody-knows-why.html<br /><br />These mystery booms are being reported across the USA and the UK, but nobody really knows why they are happening. Do you? Here the latest news reports for June 2018 [Bucks Co. PA, Arkansas to MO, Ruthin, U.K.]<br /><br />Lava flow sparks Winter Weather Advisory on Big Island<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/06/lava-flow-sparks-winter-weather-advisory-on-big-island.html <br /><br />The Hawaii volcano eruption has triggered a shock event that has left experts baffled. The interaction of lava with sea water has created an unusual weather phenomenon causing freezing rain on the Big Island Summits, forcing the Hawaii National Weather Service to issue a shock Winter Weather Advisory alert. <br /><br />The unusual weather event is incredibly rare and meteorologists have admitted that they have “never seen this before”. [more]<br /><br />Jackson Odell Dies: Actor in ‘The Goldbergs’ And ‘iCarly’ Was 20 <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/jackson-odell-dies-actor-in-‘the-goldbergs’-and-‘icarly’-was-20/ar-AAysoMa<br /><br />The young actor was found unresponsive at the facility in the San Fernando Valley and there were no immediate signs of foul play. [more]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-16403307102047483182018-06-10T09:45:32.602-05:002018-06-10T09:45:32.602-05:00Scott Pruitt is doing everything in his power to p...Scott Pruitt is doing everything in his power to protect industry — even at the cost of health and the environment, according to EPA staff<br />http://www.businessinsider.com/epa-scott-pruitt-protects-industry-health-environment-expense-2018-6<br /><br />According to 45 current and retired EPA employees, Scott Pruitt and the Trump administration are aggressively reorganizing the EPA to promote interests of regulated industries.<br /><br />These efforts have come at the expense of its official mission to "protect human health and the environment."<br /><br />Academics call this activity "regulatory capture," which occurs when an agency makes decisions based on the interest of a regulated industry, rather than public interest.<br /><br />If passed, Pruitt's proposals would undo, delay or otherwise block at least 30 existing rules beneficial to public health, such as the Clean Power Plan. [more]<br /><br />Scott Pruitt aide resigns from EPA amid Chick-fil-A, Trump mattress scandals: report<br />https://www.salon.com/2018/06/06/scott-pruitt-aide-resigns-from-epa-amid-chick-fil-a-trump-mattress-scandal-report/<br /><br />One of his top aides, Millan Hupp, announced her resignation on Wednesday as a result of the numerous scandals, according to The Atlantic. EPA spokesperson Jahan Wilcox told The Atlantic when questioned, "You have a great day, you’re a piece of trash."<br />[more; how sweet]<br /><br />Opinion<br />Scott Pruitt’s Civilization-Threatening Lie<br />https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/opinion/scott-pruitt-epa-climate.html<br /><br />Scientists predicted the warming many decades ago, and it is proceeding pretty much as they forecast. They also predicted that glaciers and ice caps would melt, the oceans would rise, rains would intensify, heat waves would get worse — and every bit of that has come to pass. The same scientists are telling us that failing to get emissions under control would be to risk a mass extinction of life on Earth and would be very likely to create so much chaos in the human realm as to imperil the stability of our civilization. [more]<br /><br />Stunning video shows line of blue water just off Galveston<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/stunning-video-shows-line-blue-185418175.html [short video]<br /><br /><br /><br />Trump Threatens To End Trade With United States' Closest Allies<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-end-trade-united-165446873.html<br /><br />Magnitude 4.4 earthquake shakes part of northern Oklahoma<br />http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/09/magnitude-4-4-earthquake-shakes-part-northern-oklahoma.html<br /><br />The U.S. Geological Survey says a 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook parts of northern Oklahoma and neighboring Kansas.<br /><br />Geologists say the earthquake was recorded at 8:59 a.m. Saturday about 16 miles (26 kilometers) east of Cherokee, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City. The earthquake was recorded at a depth of five miles (8 kilometers). [more]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-74323546240363959842018-06-10T09:45:26.602-05:002018-06-10T09:45:26.602-05:00Tom Skilling, Bill Foster and others lament 'h...Tom Skilling, Bill Foster and others lament 'historic blunder' of U.S. withdrawal from climate accord <br />http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-climate-change-st-0610-story.html<br /><br />A group of environmental experts were in Aurora Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of when President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord.<br /><br />“This notion that climate change is a hoax is the only hoax around. Climate change is very real and ongoing,” WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling told an audience gathered on the third floor of the old Aurora Public Library building at 1 E. Benton St.<br /><br />U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, hosted the forum “A Year of Climate Change” to draw attention that the U.S. needs to act now.<br />[more; this is the U.S. acting . . ]<br /><br />Earth's dismal water future, mapped<br />http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-famiglietti-shifting-water-sources-20180610-story.html<br /><br />Satellite data and images are provocative, even disturbing. They confront us with a global view that can be at once breathtaking, like a piece of art, and yet, in this era of rapidly changing climate, they paint a picture of the demise of the environment. How and if we will respond to what we see is uncertain. That uncertainty lies at the root of our perilous future. [more]<br /><br />[see below for more]<br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-77166184705664238892018-06-10T09:17:45.261-05:002018-06-10T09:17:45.261-05:00A New Arctic Cyclone Could Be Among the Most Power...A New Arctic Cyclone Could Be Among the Most Powerful On Record<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-powerful-new-cyclone-in-arctic.html<br /><br />Big cyclones like this don’t normally start hitting the Arctic until late summer. The Great Arctic Cyclone of 2012 spun up in August as did a major storm in 2016.<br /><br />“Preliminarily, this storm could rank in the Top 10 for Arctic Cyclones in June as well as for the summer (June through August) in strength,” Steven Cavallo, a meteorologist at the University of Oklahoma, told Earther via email. [more]<br /><br />Austria Set To Deport 60 Imams, Close 7 Mosques In Crackdown On "Political Islam"<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/06/austria-decides-to-deport-imams-and.html<br /><br />The G7 as symbol of western unity and power is DEAD <br /><br />The 'West' Is Past<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-g7-as-symbol-of-western-unity-and.html<br /><br />USGS quell concerns regarding the stability of 2nd Hawaii volcano Mauna Loa as hundreds of quakes are still rattling the Kilauea volcano <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/06/usgs-quell-concerns-regarding-stability.html<br /><br />The Trump Dump <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-trump-dump.html<br /><br />Trump just tossed the grenade to implode the RepubliCon party for good. I'm really starting to like this guy...<br /><br />The G7 summit just wrapped up and the ink wasn't even dry on the official communique, before Trump refuted all of it. He didn't have the sack to disagree in person, so he waited until he was back onboard Air Force One to throw a shit grenade back at his fellow world leaders. Anyways, he was late for his meeting with his twin brother from North Korea. I humbly suggest, this could backfire on Donny. Next, I'll explain why [more]<br /><br />Weekend Reader: EPA's Undercard <br />http://www.dailyclimate.org/weekend-reader-epas-undercard-2576665339.html<br /><br />The supporting cast for Scott Pruitt's EPA fits the bill nicely. <br /><br />In boxing, the "Undercard" consists of the pretenders, palookas and schmoes that battle it out before the main event takes the ring. The Environmental Protection Agency's undercard consists largely of deputies and regional administrators whose résumés are a good match for Pruitt's. [more]<br /><br />Radium has been widely spread on Pennsylvania roadways without regulation: Study<br />http://www.dailyclimate.org/fracking-wastewater-spread-on-roads-2573551796.html<br /><br />200 times more of the carcinogen has been released into the environment through legal road brining than has as a result of oil and gas industry spills. <br /><br />Wastewater from the oil and gas industry that's being spread on roadways to control dust and ice in at least 13 states, including Pennsylvania, poses a threat to the environment and to human health, according to a study released this week. [more]<br /><br />In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice.<br />https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/climate/trump-administration-science.html<br /><br />Water is not supposed to be naturally bubbling! What is going on in New Mexico?<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/06/water-is-not-supposed-to-be-naturally-bubbling-what-is-going-on-in-new-mexico.html<br /><br />It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas! The post says boiling but I guess it is just bubbling. Anyway, it is very weird! [see video]<br /><br />By the way, this map shows you where you shouldn’t drink tap water in the USA. [more]<br /><br />Massive insect plague: Millions of caterpillars invade Blue Hill, Maine and trigger a statewide traffic advisory<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/06/massive-insect-plague-millions-of-caterpillars-invade-blue-hill-maine-and-trigger-a-statewide-traffic-advisory.html<br /><br />Millions of caterpillars have invaded Blue Hill, Maine for the last few weeks, eating everything on their path and even triggering a statewide traffic advisory for slippery conditions.<br />[more]<br /><br />Coastal water showing a HUGE circular boiling "vent-like plume" - Area packed with ancient vents<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6jt81iCBwQ&list=PLo273xJs-T3S873dM8-U6AuEE49Pl1LId<br /><br />[~ 10.25 min. MrMBB333 video]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-76141923068866699692018-06-10T08:31:55.161-05:002018-06-10T08:31:55.161-05:00A New Arctic Cyclone Could Be Among the Most Power...A New Arctic Cyclone Could Be Among the Most Powerful On Record<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-powerful-new-cyclone-in-arctic.html<br /><br />Big cyclones like this don’t normally start hitting the Arctic until late summer. The Great Arctic Cyclone of 2012 spun up in August as did a major storm in 2016.<br /><br />“Preliminarily, this storm could rank in the Top 10 for Arctic Cyclones in June as well as for the summer (June through August) in strength,” Steven Cavallo, a meteorologist at the University of Oklahoma, told Earther via email. [more]<br /><br />Austria Set To Deport 60 Imams, Close 7 Mosques In Crackdown On "Political Islam"<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/06/austria-decides-to-deport-imams-and.html<br /><br />The G7 as symbol of western unity and power is DEAD <br /><br />The 'West' Is Past<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-g7-as-symbol-of-western-unity-and.html<br /><br />USGS quell concerns regarding the stability of 2nd Hawaii volcano Mauna Loa as hundreds of quakes are still rattling the Kilauea volcano <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/06/usgs-quell-concerns-regarding-stability.html<br /><br />The Trump Dump <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-trump-dump.html<br /><br />Trump just tossed the grenade to implode the RepubliCon party for good. I'm really starting to like this guy...<br /><br />The G7 summit just wrapped up and the ink wasn't even dry on the official communique, before Trump refuted all of it. He didn't have the sack to disagree in person, so he waited until he was back onboard Air Force One to throw a shit grenade back at his fellow world leaders. Anyways, he was late for his meeting with his twin brother from North Korea. I humbly suggest, this could backfire on Donny. Next, I'll explain why [more]<br /><br />Weekend Reader: EPA's Undercard <br />http://www.dailyclimate.org/weekend-reader-epas-undercard-2576665339.html<br /><br />The supporting cast for Scott Pruitt's EPA fits the bill nicely. <br /><br />In boxing, the "Undercard" consists of the pretenders, palookas and schmoes that battle it out before the main event takes the ring. The Environmental Protection Agency's undercard consists largely of deputies and regional administrators whose résumés are a good match for Pruitt's. [more]<br /><br />Radium has been widely spread on Pennsylvania roadways without regulation: Study<br />http://www.dailyclimate.org/fracking-wastewater-spread-on-roads-2573551796.html<br /><br />200 times more of the carcinogen has been released into the environment through legal road brining than has as a result of oil and gas industry spills. <br /><br />Wastewater from the oil and gas industry that's being spread on roadways to control dust and ice in at least 13 states, including Pennsylvania, poses a threat to the environment and to human health, according to a study released this week. [more]<br /><br />In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice.<br />https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/climate/trump-administration-science.html<br /><br />Water is not supposed to be naturally bubbling! What is going on in New Mexico?<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/06/water-is-not-supposed-to-be-naturally-bubbling-what-is-going-on-in-new-mexico.html<br /><br />It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas! The post says boiling but I guess it is just bubbling. Anyway, it is very weird! [see video]<br /><br />By the way, this map shows you where you shouldn’t drink tap water in the USA. [more]<br /><br />Massive insect plague: Millions of caterpillars invade Blue Hill, Maine and trigger a statewide traffic advisory<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/06/massive-insect-plague-millions-of-caterpillars-invade-blue-hill-maine-and-trigger-a-statewide-traffic-advisory.html<br /><br />Millions of caterpillars have invaded Blue Hill, Maine for the last few weeks, eating everything on their path and even triggering a statewide traffic advisory for slippery conditions.<br />[more]<br /><br />Coastal water showing a HUGE circular boiling "vent-like plume" - Area packed with ancient vents<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6jt81iCBwQ&list=PLo273xJs-T3S873dM8-U6AuEE49Pl1LId<br /><br />[~ 10.25 min. MrMBB333 video]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-59528029210885181452018-06-10T08:31:51.231-05:002018-06-10T08:31:51.231-05:00Former Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Danny Kirwan Dead a...Former Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Danny Kirwan Dead at 68 <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/former-fleetwood-mac-guitarist-danny-kirwan-dead-at-68/ar-AAyqhg0<br /><br />Danny Kirwan, the former Fleetwood Mac guitarist who played on five of the British band's albums, died Friday at the age of 68.<br />Mick Fleetwood, who recruited the then-18-year-old Kirwan to join Fleetwood Mac in 1968, confirmed Kirwan's death with a tribute on the band's Facebook. No cause of death was announced.<br />[more]<br /><br />[update] <br />Woman's body found after gator attack in Florida <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/womans-body-found-after-gator-attack-in-florida/ar-AAypkQH<br /><br />Man dies after lightning strike in Maumelle, Arkansas <br />https://www.sott.net/article/387754-Man-dies-after-lightning-strike-in-Maumelle-Arkansas<br /><br />Earthquakes in strange places! A mag 3.9 strikes north-east England more than a 1,000 miles (1600km) from the nearest fault line.<br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/06/earthquakes-in-strange-places-mag-39.html<br /><br />North of England hit by 3.9 magnitude earthquake <br />https://www.sott.net/article/387753-North-of-England-hit-by-3-9-magnitude-earthquake<br /><br />Atmospheric greenhouse gases continue inexorable rise – 2017 was sixth consecutive year CO2 rose by 2 ppm or more <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/06/atmospheric-greenhouse-gases-continue.html<br /><br />NOAA’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI), which tracks the warming influence of long-lived greenhouse gases, has increased by 41 percent from 1990 to 2017, up 1 percent from 2016 -- with most of that attributable to rising carbon dioxide levels, according to NOAA climate scientists. [cf. NOAA’s greenhouse gas index up 40 percent since 1990 – Carbon dioxide increase is accelerating and Graph of the Day: NOAA annual greenhouse gas index (AGGI), 1700-2015. –Des] [more]<br /><br />25 percent increase in U.S. suicide rate since 1999 – Half of states saw rises of more than 30 percent – “Firearms make up about half of all suicides” <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/06/25-percent-increase-in-us-suicide-rate.html<br /><br />Suicide rates increased by 25 percent across the United States over nearly two decades ending in 2016, according to research published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Twenty-five states experienced a rise in suicides by more than 30 percent, the government report finds. <br /><br />More than half of those who died by suicide had not been diagnosed with a mental health condition, said Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC.<br /><br />"These findings are disturbing. Suicide is one of the top 10 causes of death in the US right now, and it's one of three causes that is actually increasing recently, so we do consider it a public health problem -- and something that is all around us," Schuchat said. The other two top 10 causes of death that are on the rise are Alzheimer's disease and drug overdoses, she noted. [more]<br /><br />Weather And The Warm Season Are Among Factors Associated With Suicide<br />https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2018/06/08/weather-and-the-warm-season-are-among-factors-associated-with-suicide/#3c26d578268b<br /><br />Sunday, 10 June 2018<br />HEADS-UP TEXAS -- WEATHER MODELS SHOWING CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/06/warnings-of-cat-3-hurricane-for-texas.html<br /><br />[~ 30 min. video]<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-33523467065314016752018-06-10T08:31:08.965-05:002018-06-10T08:31:08.965-05:00My wife surprised me with tickets she bought last ...My wife surprised me with tickets she bought last Oct. to a Kenny Chesney concert last night at the Linc in Philly. There were 3 opening acts (none of which I knew or heard of, but everyone else there seemed to know all the words to everyone's songs). The place was sold out with probably ~ 55,000 people there. Great sound, unbelievable lights, and a beautiful night for an outdoor stadium concert, the first i'd been to in many years, actually many decades. i'd heard some of Chesney's songs, but he played for about 2 hours straight, drenching his t-shirt, but never flagging in energy. At the end, the (NFL Champion) Phila. Eagles came out on stage after he dedicated his song The Boys of Fall to Philly. The place was bedlam. Got home around 1 a.m. <br /><br />One observation - Chesney, like Buffett, has created his own niche music market, he also has his own premium rum line, and with his stellar bandmates promotes the country-style, laid back, emotional, big-production "everything's gonna be alright" mentality (just have another)! It works great in large crowds. The problem, of course, is that once everyone is in their cars to leave for home, the anger, frustration and hostility comes right back, especially in drunk people who cause problems or are problems. Otherwise, it was fun.<br /><br />Meanwhile, back here, the world continues to degrade with people dropping dead or dying violently, pollution wafting about, crops and animals dying, buildings collapsing and all kinda stuff burning up. Yet we have a "good" attitude about it all, since most of us have gone through the stages of grief/realization about our coming demise. <br /><br />The stock market's biggest bear unloads on the 'economic Ponzi scheme' he says will cause the next crash — and explains why this meltdown feels different <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-stock-markets-biggest-bear-unloads-on-the-economic-ponzi-scheme-he-says-will-cause-the-next-crash-—-and-explains-why-this-meltdown-feels-different/ar-AAyeTRk<br /><br />When it comes to predicting a stock market crash, all roads lead back to the economy.<br /><br />Hussman, a former economics professor who is now the president of the Hussman Investment Trust, is no stranger to such bearish proclamations, having made a name for himself by repeatedly predicting a stock market decline exceeding 60% and forecasting a full decade of negative equity returns. He has now turned his sights on the economy, which he says is setting the market up for unprecedented failure. [more]<br /><br />Colorado wildfire spreads as winds strengthen <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/colorado-wildfire-spreads-as-winds-strengthen/ar-AAyrtj4<br /><br />A stubborn Colorado wildfire grew by around a fifth on Saturday and was expected to continue to grow Sunday, consuming sparsely populated land as low humidity and high winds left firefighters bracing for it to spread, officials said.<br /><br />An additional 220 homes were evacuated Saturday, said Megan Graham, a spokeswoman for La Plata County, Colorado. <br /><br />The total number of homes evacuated during the fires burning in southwest Colorado has reached more than 1,300 residential structures, Graham said, and the fire had burnt more than 8,691 acres, according to the last aerial survey, early Saturday, she said. [more]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-50819838555403289212018-06-10T07:17:28.507-05:002018-06-10T07:17:28.507-05:00"The heat was so hot it melted the boot of on..."The heat was so hot it melted the boot of one of the first firefighters..."<br /><br />http://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2018/06/09/texas-house-fire-kills-2-children--90-year-old-grandmotherMike Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457050132624768898noreply@blogger.com