tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post6170514122536762279..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2017-05-26Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-43431918951084709452017-05-28T10:00:36.439-05:002017-05-28T10:00:36.439-05:00'Pipeline insurgency' - sounds like a dehu...'Pipeline insurgency' - sounds like a dehumanizing military term.Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-29454488983666547742017-05-28T08:24:10.410-05:002017-05-28T08:24:10.410-05:00Photo gallery: Life for displaced typhoon victims ...Photo gallery: Life for displaced typhoon victims forced into the sex trade <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/05/photo-gallery-life-for-displaced.html<br /><br />A month after Typhoon Haiyan, the United Nations Population Fund estimates that 5,000 women were subjected to sexual violence. Darlene Pajarito, the head of the State Department’s Philippines anti-trafficking unit, describes the wake of Typhoon Haiyan as a “feast for human traffickers.” [more]<br /><br />Farewell, giant pine: Global warming kills a champion at Washington Park Arboretum <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/05/farewell-giant-pine-global-warming.html<br /><br />after 72 years, Pinus rigida 212-45-C, the state’s champion pitch pine, has died and will be cut down at the Washington Park Arboretum.<br />The cause of death was climate change: steadily warming and drier summers, that stressed the tree in its position atop a droughty knoll. Red turpentine beetles, catching the scent of stress chemicals emitted by the tree as it struggled, bored in. [more]<br /><br />Faced with global warming, Canadian Arctic residents fear their way of life is melting away <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/05/faced-with-global-warming-canadian.html<br /><br />The territory of Nunavut lies in the northernmost reaches of the globe. Iqaluit, the capital, is just 200 miles south of the Arctic Circle. And it’s warming at twice the global rate. There are now shrubs where once there was only ice. The town's buildings were designed to stand on permafrost, and now, as the ground thaws, those structures — as well as roads and runways — are sinking and wearing away. [more; no mention by SOTT]<br /><br />Will the Trump government help U.S. farmers adapt to global warming? <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/05/will-trump-government-help-us-farmers.html<br /><br />[NOPE! People in charge refuse to accept that HUMAN ACTIVITY is causing climate change - despite all the facts and scientific consensus]<br /><br />CME impact sparks G3 - Strong geomagnetic storm<br />https://watchers.news/2017/05/28/cme-impact-sparks-g3-strong-geomagnetic-storm/<br /><br />A coronal mass ejection (CME) produced during the early UTC hours of May 23, 2017 hit Earth's magnetic field at 15:36 UTC on May 27, more than 24 hours after it was expected. Although the solar wind speed is relatively slow, the embedded magnetic field had a prolonged period of southward Bz that managed to spark G3 - Strong geomagnetic storm. [more]<br /><br />Manias, Panics, Crashes And The Madness Of Crowds <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/05/manias-panics-crashes-and-madness-of.html<br /><br />Unfortunately, the speculative cycle is extremely abrupt, and therefore the economic cycle is very abrupt as well. This is going to be an education they never forget <br /><br />For some totally unknown reason, the Economics profession remains wilfully ignorant about the downside effects of cheap debt - not only on speculative portfolios, but on the economy itself. [more]<br /><br />Tom<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-31135125651913632742017-05-28T08:24:01.746-05:002017-05-28T08:24:01.746-05:00Leaked documents reveal counterterrorism tactics u...Leaked documents reveal counterterrorism tactics used at Standing Rock to “defeat pipeline insurgencies” <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/05/leaked-documents-reveal.html<br /><br />A shadowy international mercenary and security firm known as TigerSwan targeted the movement opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline with military-style counterterrorism measures, collaborating closely with police in at least five states, according to internal documents obtained by The Intercept. The documents provide the first detailed picture of how TigerSwan, which originated as a U.S. military and State Department contractor helping to execute the global war on terror, worked at the behest of its client Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the Dakota Access Pipeline, to respond to the indigenous-led movement that sought to stop the project. [more]<br /><br />Trump’s EPA moves to dismantle programs that protect kids from lead paint <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/05/trumps-epa-moves-to-dismantle-programs.html<br /><br />Environmental Protection Agency officials are proposing to eliminate two programs focused on limiting children’s exposure to lead-based paint, which is known to cause damage to developing brains and nervous systems.<br />The proposed cuts, outlined in a 64-page budget memo revealed by The Washington Post on Friday, would roll back programs aimed at reducing lead risks by $16.61 million and more than 70 employees, in line with a broader project by the Trump administration to devolve responsibility for environmental and health protection to state and local governments. [more]<br /><br />Receding glacier causes immense Canadian river to vanish in four days – “Day by day we could see the water level dropping” <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/05/receding-glacier-causes-immense.html<br /><br />An immense river that flowed from one of Canada’s largest glaciers vanished over the course of four days last year, scientists have reported, in an unsettling illustration of how global warming dramatically changes the world’s geography.<br />The abrupt and unexpected disappearance of the Slims river, which spanned up to 150 metres at its widest points, is the first observed case of “river piracy”, in which the flow of one river is suddenly diverted into another. [more; reported this a while back]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tom<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-80712789552369273462017-05-28T08:22:56.783-05:002017-05-28T08:22:56.783-05:00Ok - I checked, and last year was about 55 ahead o...Ok - I checked, and last year was about 55 ahead of this year in tractors/tankers/semis burning up.<br /><br />Meteor fireball reported over England and Wales <br />https://www.sott.net/article/352237-Meteor-fireball-reported-over-England-and-Wales<br /><br />Lightning bolt kills woman, hurts man on beach in Thailand <br />https://www.sott.net/article/352242-Lightning-bolt-kills-woman-hurts-man-on-beach-in-Thailand<br /><br />Lightning strikes kill woman, 70 sheep in Andhra Pradesh, India <br />https://www.sott.net/article/352241-Lightning-strikes-kill-woman-70-sheep-in-Andhra-Pradesh-India<br /><br />A third of the honeybee colonies in America died in 2016: Why you should care <br />https://www.sott.net/article/352240-A-third-of-the-honeybee-colonies-in-America-died-in-2016-Why-you-should-care<br /><br />Massive whirlpool filmed on the coast of Corfu, Greece <br />https://www.sott.net/article/352239-Massive-whirlpool-filmed-on-the-coast-of-Corfu-Greece<br /><br />Sri Lanka floods update: Death toll rises to at least 103 with 113 still missing and nearly 500,000 displaced <br />https://www.sott.net/article/352214-Sri-Lanka-floods-update-Death-toll-rises-to-at-least-103-with-113-still-missing-and-nearly-500000-displaced<br /><br />Lightning bolt kills 3 and injures 9 others in Uttarakhand, India <br />https://www.sott.net/article/352208-Lightning-bolt-kills-3-and-injures-9-others-in-Uttarakhand-India<br /><br />3-week-old infant girl dies following dog attack in Grand Rapids, Michigan <br />https://www.sott.net/article/352206-3-week-old-infant-girl-dies-following-dog-attack-in-Grand-Rapids-Michigan<br /><br />Endangered blue whale found dead in Bolinas, California <br />https://www.sott.net/article/352205-Endangered-blue-whale-found-dead-in-Bolinas-California<br /><br />A 79-foot blue whale carcass rests on the sand at Agate Beach in Bolinas. (May 26, 2017) [more; ~ 80' long]<br /><br />Arctic Sea Ice Collapse May 2017 <br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/05/arctic-sea-ice-collapse-05272017.html<br /><br />Merkel Furious With Trump After "Unprecedented" G-7 Failure To Reach Consensus On Climate Change<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/05/merkels-fury-at-donald-trump.html<br /><br />Steve Keen: The coming crash<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/05/steve-keen-predicts-next-financial-crash.html<br /><br />[33 min. podcast]<br /><br />Brazil Senate reduces protection of 597 thousand hectares of Amazon forest <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/05/brazil-senate-reduces-protection-of-597.html<br /><br />Unchanged, the Senate ratified on Tuesday (23) two provisional measures that reduce the protection of 597 thousand hectares [1.48 million acres] of protected areas in the Amazon, equivalent to four municipalities of São Paulo.<br />[more]<br /><br />Vietnam makes a big push for coal, while pledging to curb emissions – “If the entire region implements the coal-based plans right now, I think we are finished” <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/05/vietnam-makes-big-push-for-coal-while.html<br /><br />Shaken by news that Vietnam had confirmed plans to build another 40 gigawatts worth of coal-fired power plants by 2030, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim ad libbed a few lines into a May 2016 speech to an audience of government and business leaders. “If Vietnam goes forward with 40GW of coal, if the entire region implements the coal-based plans right now, I think we are finished,” Kim said. “That would spell disaster for us and our planet.” [more; we're done anyway]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com