tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post7783588064222342408..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2019-04-17Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-15598113569908373982019-04-19T19:21:42.117-05:002019-04-19T19:21:42.117-05:00College professor bought 1-way ticket to Rome befo...College professor bought 1-way ticket to Rome before St. Patrick’s Cathedral arson attempt, police say<br />https://www.yahoo.com/gma/college-professor-bought-1-way-ticket-rome-st-042922990--abc-news-topstories.html<br /><br />A part-time philosophy professor was charged with attempted arson on Thursday after he entered a historic cathedral with gasoline and lighter fluid, investigators said.<br /><br />Marc Lamparello, a former director of music at a New Jersey Roman Catholic Church, was arrested at the historic St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on Wednesday night after security stopped him with two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters, police said. [more]<br /><br />Former White House economist: U.S. 'shooting ourselves in the foot' in trade war<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/china-trade-war-us-economist-163514707.html<br /><br />A former White House official believes that President Donald Trump’s art of the deal is akin to “shooting ourselves in the foot” when it comes to the U.S. economy<br /><br />As the U.S.-China trade negotiations drag on without a firm end date, “the Trump administration's gotten themselves into a bit of a fix where the options don't look terribly good,” Chicago Council on Global Affairs senior fellow Phil Levy told Yahoo Finance’s On The Move (video above). “This all has to do with their desire to keep their options open to strike at the Chinese whenever they want, or whenever they think the Chinese have done something wrong.” [more]<br /><br />GSK cutting employees at its R&D unit in Collegeville<br />https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2019/04/19/gsk-cuts-employees-at-its-r-d-unit-in-collegeville.html<br /><br />Months after new research and development head Hal Barron announced a new strategy for his unit, pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has laid off employees in its two main R&D hubs — Collegeville, Pa., and Stevenage in the U.K.<br /><br />A GSK spokeswoman declined to provide specifics on the number of impacted employees, though British outlet Endpoints News, citing sources familiar with the situation, said the number could be as high as 250 and will include a heavy concentration on chemists. But the R&D group is hiring and could wind up with the same headcount when the restructuring is completed. <br />[more; but then again, maybe not . . b/s non-info story]<br /><br />Sears Lawsuit Alleges Billions in Assets Were Transferred to Ex-CEO & Shareholders Ahead of Bankruptcy<br />https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/sears-lawsuit-alleges-billions-assets-212620808.html <br /><br />[that's how we roll]<br /><br />Powerful storms, tornadoes hit southern US, killing at least 3 people<br />https://watchers.news/2019/04/19/powerful-storms-tornadoes-hit-southern-us-killing-at-least-3-people/<br /><br />A powerful storm swept through the southern United States on April 18, 2019, leaving more than 100 000 customers without power and killing at least 3 people. [more]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-21174906912567461032019-04-19T19:21:22.290-05:002019-04-19T19:21:22.290-05:00Furious steppe fires in the Baikal Region, Russia,...Furious steppe fires in the Baikal Region, Russia, leave 240 people homeless as their homes and cattle burn down – State of Emergency<br />http://strangesounds.org/2019/04/baikal-fires-russia-video-picture.html<br /><br />Fires is going out of control due to strong winds. Several villages have almost completely burned down during steppe fires in Transbaikalia. Just on April 19, 2019, more than 240 people, including 25 children, were left homeless as the fire torched 71 houses and 21 buildings in eight settlements. [more]<br /><br />Earthquake swarm hits Santa Cruz Mountains, near the San Andreas Fault in California – Less than 20 seconds between the two largest quakes<br />http://strangesounds.org/2019/04/california-santa-cruz-mountains-earthquake-swarm-san-andreas-fault.html<br /><br />A cluster of earthquakes shook the Santa Cruz Mountains on Thursday afternoon. Less than 20 seconds separated the two largest quakes, which hit about 2:35 p.m. near Boulder Creek.<br />[more]<br /><br />Three world-class climbers presumed dead in Canadian avalanche<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/three-world-class-climbers-presumed-180000151.html<br /><br />Three renowned professional alpinists are missing and presumed dead after an avalanche in Canada's Rocky Mountains, Parks Canada said on Thursday. [more]<br /><br />Analysts Estimate Exxon Mobil (XOM) to Report a Decline in Earnings: What to Look Out for<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/analysts-estimate-exxon-mobil-xom-143002090.html<br /><br />The market expects Exxon Mobil (XOM) to deliver a year-over-year decline in earnings on lower revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended March 2019. [more]<br /><br />Two-wave US flu season is now the longest in a decade<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/two-wave-us-flu-season-now-longest-decade-151935157.html<br /><br />Three months ago, this flu season was shaping up to be short and mild in the U.S. But a surprising second viral wave has made it the longest in 10 years.<br /><br />This flu season has been officially going for 21 weeks, according to reports collected through last week and released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That makes it among the longest seen since the government started tracking flu season duration more than 20 years ago.<br /><br />Some experts likened the unusual double waves to having two different flu seasons compressed, back-to-back, into one. [more]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-39457737711392231212019-04-19T14:10:08.185-05:002019-04-19T14:10:08.185-05:00Jet stream change driving California’s floods and ...Jet stream change driving California’s floods and wildfires – “Recent California fires during wet North Pacific Jet extremes may be early evidence of this change”<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/04/jet-stream-change-driving-californias-floods-and-wildfires-recent-california-fires-during-wet-north-pacific-jet-extremes-may-be-early-evidence-of-this-change.html<br /><br />Prior to modern fire suppression, the paleoclimatic reconstruction showed no cases of a high-precipitation year coupled with a high-fire year. If warming continues, as is the scientific consensus, then significant wet season rain and snow may not ensure a quiet fire season afterward.<br /><br />“Recent California fires during wet NPJ extremes may be early evidence of this change,” the paper states.<br /><br />Besides fire risk and its associated health and economic impacts, such a change could alter species distribution, forest composition, and ecosystems. [more]<br /><br />U.S. church membership down sharply in past two decades – Percentage of Americans who report belonging to a church, synagogue, or mosque at all-time low, averaging 50 percent in 2018<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/04/u-s-church-membership-down-sharply-in-past-two-decades-percentage-of-americans-who-report-belonging-to-a-church-synagogue-or-mosque-at-all-time-low-averaging-50-percent-in-2018.html<br /><br />As Christian and Jewish Americans prepare to celebrate Easter and Passover, respectively, Gallup finds the percentage of Americans who report belonging to a church, synagogue or mosque at an all-time low, averaging 50% in 2018. [more]<br /><br />[well, pedophilia-addicted religious leaders kinda put a damper on "worship"; 2. they never really help; and c) it's all a racket]<br /><br />N.J. Is Warming at An Alarming Rate and It’s Making Our Air Harder to Breathe<br />https://www.climatecentral.org/news/new-jersey-warming-alarming-rate-air-pollution<br /><br />Since 1970, New Jersey has experienced a 3°F increase in annual average temperatures, making it one of the fastest-warming states in the nation, Climate Central analysts found when examining temperature records. The last 20 years have seen 11 of the state’s 15 hottest summers, according to state climate records that date back to 1895. The state’s warming is largely the result of greenhouse gas-driven climate change and urban development.<br /><br /> ozone resting near the Earth’s surface is synonymous with smog. It forms when gases from tailpipe and smokestack pollution mixes in the air and combines in hot, sunny conditions. Ozone attacks the lungs—some people describe ozone pollution as “sunburn for the lungs.” [more]<br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-33871473742635829632019-04-19T14:10:02.552-05:002019-04-19T14:10:02.552-05:00[more cowbell]
Man attacked by bobcat on Connecti...[more cowbell]<br /><br />Man attacked by bobcat on Connecticut golf course<br />https://www.sott.net/article/411451-Man-attacked-by-bobcat-on-Connecticut-golf-course<br /><br />A bobcat that attacked a golfer in Connecticut was beaten off by golf clubs before environmental police tracked it down and killed it, authorities said. [more; oh, of course]<br /><br />[soon to be banned completely]]<br />NYC proposes ban on glyphosate as public awareness of its toxicity grows<br />https://www.sott.net/article/411460-NYC-proposes-ban-on-glyphosate-as-public-awareness-of-its-toxicity-grows<br /><br />[in HR News today]<br />Veterans Affairs whistleblower 'protection' office being investigated for retaliation against whistleblowers<br />https://www.sott.net/article/411463-Veterans-Affairs-whistleblower-protection-office-being-investigated-for-retaliation-against-whistleblowers<br /><br />[well, who do you think we're protecting, sir?]<br /><br />Sleeping toddler dragged from camper van by dingo on Fraser Island, Australia - third attack on a child this year<br />https://www.sott.net/article/411425-Sleeping-toddler-dragged-from-camper-van-by-dingo-on-Fraser-Island-Australia-third-attack-on-a-child-this-year<br /><br />A Brisbane father has saved his son from a dingo attack in Queensland after the animal dragged the sleeping child from a campervan. [good ON-ya mite!]<br /><br />The 14-month-old was asleep with his parents on a remote part of Fraser Island when the dog entered the vehicle and bit the toddler's neck on Thursday night. [ged-dem]<br /><br />The toddler began crying when the dingo dragged him away, alerting his parents. [wool YA!]<br /><br />The child's father fought off the dog, snatching him from its jaws before chasing off several other dingoes. [atta-wye DED!]<br /><br />The boy's skull has been fractured, he also suffered two deep wounds to his neck and some minor cuts on his head. [more]<br /><br />[ah nah - eel be aight in a die a-too]<br /><br />[and now from UH-OH]<br />Shallow 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits Western Indian Antarctic Ridge<br />https://www.sott.net/article/411424-Shallow-6-5-magnitude-earthquake-hits-Western-Indian-Antarctic-Ridge<br /><br />Unusually high level of landslides worldwide - Over 1000 fatalities so far this year<br />https://www.sott.net/article/411423-Unusually-high-level-of-landslides-worldwide-Over-1000-fatalities-so-far-this-year<br /><br />Sun halo seen over Norfolk, England<br />https://www.sott.net/article/411410-Sun-halo-seen-over-Norfolk-England<br /><br />Search for more dead in Papua New Guinea's highlands landslide continues after 8 killed<br />https://www.sott.net/article/411392-Search-for-more-dead-in-Papua-New-Guineas-highlands-landslide-continues-after-8-killed<br /><br />The devastating slip burst through at least two remote villages in Enga province on Monday, destroying homes and crops. [more; Mother Nature is NOT fuckin' aroun']<br /><br />New CDC report shows Autism is still on the rise<br />https://www.sott.net/article/411440-New-CDC-report-shows-Autism-is-still-on-the-rise<br /><br />The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new report on autism spectrum disorder (ASD), released Thursday, offers little good news. It estimates that about one in every 59 children nationwide has the complex developmental disorder, a figure that seems unchanged from its previous estimate a year ago. But, for a few reasons, it's likely that this is an underestimate. [more]<br /><br />[global environment is TOXIC, what do you expect?!]<br /><br />[from our Corruption in Government desk]<br />Recording reveals oil industry execs laughing at Trump access – “We have unprecedented access to people that are in these positions who are trying to help us, which is great”<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/04/recording-reveals-oil-industry-execs-laughing-at-trump-access-we-have-unprecedented-access-to-people-that-are-in-these-positions-who-are-trying-to-help-us-which-is-great.html<br /><br />[wasn't that guy in Animal House? syrysly]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-50700160199367590642019-04-19T08:00:52.905-05:002019-04-19T08:00:52.905-05:00News Links, April 19, 2019
Rice Farmer
https://ric...News Links, April 19, 2019<br />Rice Farmer<br />https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Wall Street banks under pressure to make deeper cost cuts<br /><br />IBM Tumbles After Reporting Worst Revenue In 17 Years As Cloud Hits Air Pocket<br /><br />Power shortages could cut 2019 GDP growth (South Africa)<br /><br />Nissan to slash production by 15%<br /><br />More store closings coming: Pier 1 Imports could close up to 145 more stores<br /><br />Africa as Colonial as Ever: US "New Africa Strategy" Old Oil in New Bottles<br /><br />American War Is Off the Charts<br /><br />Navy's $128 Billion Nuclear Sub Project Faces Audit Over "Unreliable Cost Estimates"<br /><br />Air Force Secretary: US Needs to Prove Ability to Use Force in Space [pffft, with what your junk F-35?]<br /><br />North Korea test-fires a new tactical guided weapon<br /><br />North Korea demands Pompeo's removal from US nuclear talks<br /><br />Hundreds Dead, Injured As Fighting Escalates In Oil-Rich Libya<br /><br />Trump's Sanctions Kill Iranian Reforms<br /><br />Is the U.S. Prepared to Accept a Defeat in Venezuela?<br /><br />U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Weren't Built for Climate Change<br /><br />The Dirty Truth About Green Batteries<br /><br />U.S. Soybean Exports Plunge, No Recovery In Sight, Farmers Are Concerned About Tariff Man<br /><br />Colonialist economics – the contrast with indigenous land care principles<br /><br />Farmers Nervous As Major Northwest Crops Are Weeks Late In Planting (US)<br /><br />Central Illinois farmers ready to get in the fields, but wet weather isn't helping matters<br /><br />Chicken often contains fecal bacteria, lawsuit against USDA claims [it's chicken shit report if you ask me]<br /><br />The World's Glaciers Are Sponging Up Loads of Nuclear Fallout, But You Shouldn't Worry — Yet<br /><br />Switzerland to monitor potential health risks posed by 5G networks<br /><br />Six-decade plankton study charts rise of ocean plastic waste<br />Early ocean plastic litter traced to 1960s<br /><br />The Ebola Outbreak in Congo Is Close to Becoming a Global Emergency<br /><br />Silver Lining as New, 97% Effective Ebola Vaccine Saves Lives in The Current Outbreak<br /><br />Report: Going 100% renewable power means a lot of dirty mining<br /><br />CRISPR gene editing has been used on humans in the US<br /><br />VIPS Fault Mueller Probe, Criticize Refusal To Interview Assange<br /><br />Trump & the Bolton-Pompeo Axis<br /><br />A hacker has dumped nearly one billion user records over the past two months<br /><br />Facebook unintentionally uploaded email contacts of 1.5 million new users<br /><br />The Assange Poop Smear Was Concocted to Cover Ecuador's $4.2 B IMF Loan<br /><br />Julian Assange's Nightmarish Future<br /><br />First Julian Assange, Then Us<br /><br />From Jesus Christ to Julian Assange: When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State<br /><br />Ecuador says it faced 40 million cyberattacks after giving up Assange [thanks Anonymous!]<br /><br />(How) American Collapse Resembles Soviet Collapse<br />Six Ways America's Collapse is Eerily Like the Soviet Union's Last Days.<br /><br />Tax Day trauma: Paying for our massive national debt<br />An average taxpayer is going to have to fork over more than $2,000 this year just to cover their share of the interest on the national debt. It's a huge sum going purely to finance the spending and borrowing of the past.<br /><br />Trump vetoes measure to end US involvement in Yemen war<br /><br />Truck drivers see orders, miles fall in latest U.S. slowdown signal<br /><br />U-Turn in Trucking: Cass Truck Shipment Index Down 4th Consecutive Month<br /><br />FCC set to block China Mobile bid to provide U.S. services<br /><br />Beige Book Drivel: Slight to Moderate Growth<br /><br />Fed's Evans says low inflation may freeze interest rates through most of 2020<br /><br />IHS Markit PMI shows slowest U.S. economic growth in 31 months<br /><br />60% Of Millennials Don't Have $500 In Savings Ahead Of Next Recession [savings? wtf?]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-65005538503309925362019-04-19T07:40:04.333-05:002019-04-19T07:40:04.333-05:00ah c'mon! NOT THE WINE!!
Don't ya just lo...ah c'mon! NOT THE WINE!!<br /><br />Don't ya just love it when the common person does what he thinks is the right thing to do - like the mechanic (from PA) who disconnected a Tesla from its battery to prevent car fire, only to have the vehicle burst into flames for a 2nd time? Oh, and how about all the firefighters falling over dead either during or after an assignment? Let's not forget all the children (and others) being pulled unconscious from swimming pools, some who later die - and we haven't even reached summer yet! More and more vehicle drivers are suffering untimely "medical emergencies" and passing our or dying, too. Then we get to all the vehicle fires, barns, homes and other buildings flaming out or collapsing suddenly for no apparent reason. Things are gettin' worse by the day.<br /><br />BLACK BEAR NEWS 4.18.19 Flight attendants know the real job killer isn't the Green New Deal<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noKE9cavbW4 [~ 19.5 min.]<br /><br />Earthquake Preparedness & Earthquake Report with Margo (April 18, 2019)<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTh97NrUDJw [70.5 min.]<br /><br />Amazing PINK MOON set to rise over Earth on Good Friday<br />http://strangesounds.org/2019/04/pink-full-moon-april-2019-april-fullmoon.html<br /><br />The full pink moon is expected to occur on Good Friday at 12:12 BST (07.12 EST). Despite having the name, the moon will not actually appear as the colour pink. Its name is derived from a flower that blooms at the same time in Spring annually.<br />[more]<br /><br />M6.1 earthquake jolts Taiwan, causing highrises in Taipei to sway violently and school children to flee their classrooms<br />http://strangesounds.org/2019/04/taiwan-earthquake-hualien-video-april2019.html<br />[and]<br />Strong and shallow M6.1 earthquake hits Hualien, Taiwan<br />https://watchers.news/2019/04/18/hualien-taiwan-earthquake-april-2019/<br /><br />A strong and shallow earthquake registered by Taiwan's CWB as M6.1 hit Hualian, Taiwan at 05:01 UTC (13:01 LT) on April 18, 2019. The agency is reporting a depth of 18.8 km (11.7 miles). USGS is reporting M6.1 at a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles); EMSC M6.1 at a depth of 19 km (11.8 miles). [more]<br /><br />Australia’s legendary inland sea, Lake Eyre, is filling, greening the desert and attracting wildlife and tourists from far and wide<br />http://strangesounds.org/2019/04/lake-eyre-desert-sea-filling-up.html<br /><br />Lake Eyre in northern South Australia is Australia’s biggest lake and the thirteenth largest in the world when full. It is also the lowest geographical point of the island nation at 15m below sea level. The usually dry lake system in the state of South Australia – believed by early European settlers to be home to an enormous inland sea – is about 500km from the coast and only fills about four times a century. [more]<br /><br />[Let Us Try, the Army Corps of Engineers (buffoon theme song)]<br />After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees Are Sinking<br />https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/after-a-14-billion-upgrade-new-orleans-levees-are-sinking/<br /><br /> 11 months after the Army Corps of Engineers completed one of the largest public works projects in world history, the agency says the system will stop providing adequate protection in as little as four years because of rising sea levels and shrinking levees. [more; hey thanks a lot . ..]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com