tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post7754697145401387949..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2019-03-30Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-77312048320783044102019-04-01T12:36:08.162-06:002019-04-01T12:36:08.162-06:00More than just THC: Pharmacologist looks at the un...More than just THC: Pharmacologist looks at the untapped healing compounds of Marijuana<br />https://www.sott.net/article/410276-More-than-just-THC-Pharmacologist-looks-at-the-untapped-healing-compounds-of-Marijuana<br /><br />Researchers have also shown that anxiety can be effectively treated with strains that have more cannabidiol and linalool. It may be best to rub a cannabidiol balm or lotion on your cheeks to relieve anxiety.<br /><br />Other conditions that studies have shown are improved by marijuana are: cancer induced nausea, Type 2 diabetes, two forms of epilepsy, HIV-induced weight gain, irritable bowel syndrome, migraines, multiple sclerosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, pain, chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disorders and traumatic brain injury. <br /><br />For some of these conditions, studies show that eating or topically applying marijuana products rather than smoking is recommended. [more]<br /><br />American Airlines flight makes emergency landing following bird strike after takeoff<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/american-airlines-flight-makes-emergency-174608605.html<br /><br /> "We hit a goose on takeoff and the skilled @americanair pilots brought us back for an emergency landing." [more; i'll leave the humor to Jonny on this one]<br /><br />3.1 magnitude earthquake shakes San Fernando Valley<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/3-1-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-002304789.html [18 sec. news update]<br /><br />UPDATE 1-Ethiopian crash could be largest non-war aviation reinsurance claim -Willis Re<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-ethiopian-crash-could-largest-102823490.html<br /><br /> Liability claims related to the Ethiopian Airlines crash and the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft could be the largest non-war aviation reinsurance claim on record, hitting reinsurers' profitability, reinsurance broker Willis Re said. [more]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-85549925207115721352019-04-01T12:36:04.273-06:002019-04-01T12:36:04.273-06:00U.S. judge scraps “unlawful” Trump order opening A...U.S. judge scraps “unlawful” Trump order opening Arctic, Atlantic areas to oil leasing<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/04/u-s-judge-scraps-unlawful-trump-order-opening-arctic-atlantic-areas-to-oil-leasing.html<br /><br />[the judge may find a decapitated horse head in his bed]<br /><br />A federal judge in Alaska has overturned U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to open vast areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans to oil and gas leasing. [more]<br /><br />Children suffer most from deadly coal pollution in one of Earth’s most polluted cities – “I no longer know what a healthy lung sounds like”<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/04/children-suffer-most-from-deadly-coal-pollution-in-one-of-earths-most-polluted-cities-i-no-longer-know-what-a-healthy-lung-sounds-like.html<br /><br />Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (National Geographic) – Coal is everywhere in Mongolia’s frigid capital. It sits beneath the towering smokestacks of power plants in piles as big as football fields. Drivers haul it through town in the open beds of pickup trucks. Vendors stack yellow bags of the stuff along roadsides, and jagged pieces spill from metal buckets in the round felt yurts where the poorest families burn it to keep out the bitter cold.<br /><br />The smoke in Ulaanbaatar is at times so thick that people and buildings are visible only in outline. Its smell is acrid and inescapable. [more]<br /><br />Seven-year-old boy mauled by cougar near Lake Cowichan, British Columbia<br />https://www.sott.net/article/410250-Seven-year-old-boy-mauled-by-cougar-near-Lake-Cowichan-British-Columbia<br /><br />A seven-year-old boy is in serious condition with injuries to his head, neck and arms after being mauled by at least two cougars near Lake Cowichan. [more]<br /><br />Lightning bolt kills 2 students, injures 2 others in Ganjam, India<br />https://www.sott.net/article/410247-Lightning-bolt-kills-2-students-injures-2-others-in-Ganjam-India<br /><br />[SOTT]Comment: Elsewhere recently in India lightning killed 2 children in Andhra Pradesh while strikes killed a total of 4 individuals in Bangladesh and a man at a graveyard in Thailand. [more]<br /><br />Freak storm in Nepal kills 27, injures hundreds<br />https://www.sott.net/article/410231-Freak-storm-in-Nepal-kills-27-injures-hundreds<br /><br />At least 27 people have been killed and hundreds injured after a freak storm hit southern Nepal, destroying houses, uprooting trees and toppling electricity poles, officials said.<br /><br />The thunderstorm swept through the district of Bara and adjoining areas late Sunday killing at least 27 people and injuring more than 600, according to the home ministry. [more]<br /><br />[a bit more below]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-46601030333010144392019-04-01T06:42:41.441-06:002019-04-01T06:42:41.441-06:00Population explosion fuelling rapid reduction of w...Population explosion fuelling rapid reduction of wildlife on African savannah, study shows<br /><br />Ocean Heat hits Record High, in Bad News for Planet<br /><br />Measles cases on track to a five year high (Australia)<br /><br />Climate change could melt decades worth of human poop at Denali National Park in Alaska<br /><br />EU bans UK's most-used pesticide over health and environment fears<br /><br />Facebook 'Accidentally' Scrubs Years Of Mark Zuckerberg's Old Posts<br /><br />Zuckerberg backs stronger Internet privacy and election laws: 'We need a more active role for governments'<br /><br />Mark Zuckerberg's call for tougher Internet regulation won't save Facebook from these investigations<br /><br />The US Military Is Creating the Future of Employee Monitoring<br /><br />DoD Orders $250 Million Of Gas Masks - What Do They Know?<br /><br />The new Grand Strategy of the United States<br /><br />Khashoggi killers received training in the United States — report<br /><br />Silencing the Whistle: The Intercept Shutters Snowden Archive, Citing Cost<br /><br />The Newest AI-Enabled Weapon: 'Deep-Faking' Photos of the Earth<br /><br />Courthouse News yanks article for its woefully fair and accurate coverage of 9/11 lawsuit<br /><br />You're A Sucker For Not Believing That The System Is Rigged<br /><br />Olympic squeeze: Fingers continue to creep toward the panic button<br /><br />Japan still doesn't accept Israel's annexation of Golan Heights: Suga<br /><br />Senators demand to know why election vendors still sell voting machines with 'known vulnerabilities' [because the whole activity is a SHAM!]<br /><br />The eviction crisis is starting to look a lot like the subprime mortgage crisis<br /><br />Economic Insecurity Is Becoming the New Hallmark of Old Age<br /><br />As nation struggles with opioid crisis, workers bring addiction to the job<br /><br />Trump Threatens to Close Entire Mexican Border: Instant Recession If Carried Out<br /><br />California Home Prices Are So High, Even High-Income Households Can't Keep Up<br /><br />Median-priced homes still unaffordable in nearly 75% of US counties: report<br /><br />Pelosi and McConnell Are Inching Us Closer to Nuclear War<br /><br />70% Of Consumers With Credit Cards Say They Can't Pay It Off This Year<br /><br />Retail Apocalypse Closing Stores Down Like Death of Dinosaurs<br /><br />Sears Condemned for Ending Retirees' Life Insurance After Handing Executives $25 Million in Bonuses<br /><br />$80M Roundup Verdict Is Only $2.5M After Taxes, New IRS Math<br /><br />Walmart is quietly closing stores — here's the full list [FEMA taking them over?]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-69569445383034900262019-04-01T06:42:37.426-06:002019-04-01T06:42:37.426-06:00News Links, April 1, 2019
Rice Farmer
https://ric...News Links, April 1, 2019<br />Rice Farmer <br />https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />De-Dollarization Accelerates: Central Banks Dump Dollar In Q4, Buy Yuan<br /><br />Russia is dumping U.S. dollars to hoard gold<br /><br />Financial Press: Boeing Should Charge Passengers Extra Not to Crash<br /><br />Regulators knew before crashes that 737 MAX trim control was confusing in some conditions: document<br /><br />EU member states unanimously reject Israel's sovereignty over Golan Heights, defying Trump and Netanyahu<br /><br />Erdogan Remains Unmoved As US Senators Seek To Kill F-35 Transfer To Turkey<br /><br />U.S. orders foreign firms to further cut down on oil trades with Venezuela<br /><br />The Navy's Newest Aircraft Carrier Is Delayed, Yet Again<br /><br />The Pentagon is 'Absolutely Unapologetic' About Pursuing AI-Powered Weapons<br /><br />Trump eyeing stepped-up Venezuela sanctions for foreign companies - Bolton<br /><br />South Africa's electricity blackouts have become worryingly normal<br /><br />Oil Prices Climb As Geopolitical Issues Mount<br /><br />U.S. judge scraps Trump order opening Arctic, Atlantic areas to oil leasing<br /><br />India's nuke deal with US gets a new life as Washington reiterates intent to build six reactors as planned<br /><br />The Farm Belt faces an expensive cleanup after already-costly record flooding<br /><br />Climate Change and the Death of the Small Farm<br /><br />More than 1,000 people are infected with Ebola in DR Congo and the outbreak is still spreading<br /><br />The ocean's twilight zone may be the key to feeding and protecting life on earth<br />Recent research suggests there are more fish there than any other part of the world's oceans, and it could be the next frontier for the fishing industry. Countries like Norway have developed technology that allows them to extract hundreds of fish at a time from these depths.<br />Is that a good thing? -- RF<br /><br />[2nd half below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-41397067997733788222019-04-01T06:27:37.166-06:002019-04-01T06:27:37.166-06:00[don't forget to VOTE!]
Understanding the Amer...[don't forget to VOTE!]<br />Understanding the American Dictatorship<br />https://washingtonsblog.com/2019/03/understanding-the-american-dictatorship.html [Eric Zuesse]<br /><br />The American dictatorship is by the aristocracy of the country’s 585 billionaires, and has been scientifically proven beyond any doubt, now, not only in the classic Gilens and Page study, which examined thousands of bills in Congress and their money-backers and their ultimate outcomes (passage or failure to pass), during the studied period, 1981-2002. But also another (though less rigorous) study suggests that this control of the U.S. Government by America’s billionaires is getting even worse. So, America is clearly a dictatorship, by America’s aristocracy.<br /><br />This is not just one or the other of America’s two Parties — Democrats versus Republicans — representing only the super-rich. Both of the Parties do, but the Democratic Party represents liberal billionaires, while the Republican Party represents conservative billionaires. Each Party represents a different faction of the billionaires. [more]<br /><br />[no April Fool's joke]<br />So Called "Experts" Are Paid To Tell Us Fukushima, Chernobyl, And Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Stations Will Always Be Safe!<br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2019/04/so-called-experts-are-paid-to-tell-us.html<br /><br />The recent findings as you might expect are being played down and the usual sound-bites are telling us "it's nothing to worry about," something the powers that be have been saying for 8 years now.The 2020 Olympic Games is allowing the Japanese government to focus on the games while their unsuccessful attempt to clean-up the ongoing spread of leaking radioactivity from Fukushima approaches its first 10 years since the disaster. <br /><br />They keep on telling us all is well and Fukushima is actually nothing to worry about but the experts who keep on telling us everything is ok are actually being paid to say exactly that!<br />[more]<br /><br />Severe thunderstorm claims at least 35 lives, leaves more than 600 injured, Nepal<br />https://watchers.news/2019/04/01/severe-thunderstorm-claims-at-least-35-lives-leaves-more-than-600-injured-nepal/<br /><br /><br /><br />A severe thunderstorm swept through parts of southern Nepal on Sunday night, March 31, 2019, leaving at least 35 people dead and over 600 injured. Search and rescue operations are still in progress and the death toll could rise. [more]<br /><br />Monday, 1 April 2019<br />Arctic sea ice is collapsing and it is early spring<br /><br />Farewell to Arctic ice <br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/04/arctic-sea-ice-is-collapsing-and-it-is.html<br /><br />That RED is indicative of a Bloody nose dive to a new low on the Chart. OMG, it is coming too fast.<br /><br />If we lose the Arctic Ice Cap, we will quickly die in a couple of years. That ice cap is our salvation right now. It takes 80 calories to melt one gram of ice at Zero Degrees C to one gram of water at Zero Degrees C.<br /><br />After that transition in state, it only takes 80 calories to warm the gram of water up by 80 degrees C.<br /><br />Without the Ice our oceans will heat up far more rapidly than they ever have before since Homosapiens evolved.<br /><br />--Joe Neubarth [more]<br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-45415555001508042142019-04-01T06:27:32.549-06:002019-04-01T06:27:32.549-06:00Good thing nobody works in all 'em stores a-cl...Good thing nobody works in all 'em stores a-closin,' Jonny - why that coulda affected the unemployment numbers! We cain't have 'at!<br /><br />Retail Layoffs Are 92 Percent Higher In 2019 – And Now Even Wal-Mart Is “Quietly Closing Stores”<br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/retail-layoffs-are-92-percent-higher-in-2019-and-now-even-wal-mart-is-quietly-closing-stores<br /><br />Just like we witnessed during the last recession, major retailers are laying off tens of thousands of workers, and it looks like this will be the worst year for store closings in all of U.S. history. Many are referring to this as “the retail apocalypse”, and without a doubt this is one of the toughest stretches for retailers that we have ever seen. But many believe that what we have witnessed so far is just the beginning. After all, if retailers are struggling this much now, how bad will things be once the next recession really gets rolling? [more]<br /><br />Nostradoomus’ Methane Report & Earthquake Report with Margo (Mar. 31, 2019)<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CJLw8kNPF8 [~ 55 min.]<br /><br /><br />Mum-of-six pregnant with her seventh baby dies from heart attack at home<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/mum-six-pregnant-seventh-baby-dies-heart-attack-home-145524591.html<br /><br />A mother expecting her seventh child has died after suffering a sudden heart attack leaving behind six “heartbroken children”. <br /><br />Lindsey Ann Hughes died on Wednesday March 27 at her home in Anglesey, North Wales. [more]<br /><br />Record numbers of Australia’s wildlife species face ‘imminent extinction’<br />http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2019/03/30/record-numbers-of-australias-wildlife-species-face-imminent-extinction/<br /><br />Regional forest agreements have failed in the 20 years since they were established by state governments, says a new report, which reveals that record numbers of threatened forest dwelling fauna and many species are heading towards imminent extinction. [more]<br /><br />Firefighters battle the Beach Fire along Colorado River<br />https://wildfiretoday.com/2019/03/31/firefighters-battle-the-beach-fire-along-colorado-river/<br /><br />The blaze is in Lake Havasu City, Arizona [more]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com