tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post7972014855747176988..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2017-04-30Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-49347824568001143292017-05-02T16:01:39.306-05:002017-05-02T16:01:39.306-05:00Man it was windy today - big gusts blew through ev...Man it was windy today - big gusts blew through every now and again. <br /><br />DNC argues in court it had the right to rig 2016 democratic primary <br />https://www.sott.net/article/349862-DNC-argues-in-court-it-had-the-right-to-rig-2016-democratic-primary<br /><br />A lawsuit brought against the Democratic National Committee, and its former chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, by Bernie Sanders donors has revealed the DNC believes its own rules of impartiality don't apply, and they can pick whatever candidate they wish. <br /><br />"We could have voluntarily decided that, 'Look, we're gonna go into back rooms like they used to and smoke cigars and pick the candidate that way," DNC's lawyer Bruce Spiva told a Florida court. [more; how ethical . ..]<br /><br />Libya takes French multinational bank to court amidst secrecy and confusion <br />https://www.sott.net/article/349861-Libya-takes-French-multinational-bank-to-court-amidst-secrecy-and-confusion<br /><br />[we should all be taking the big banks to court!]<br /><br />Deaths from lightning triple in the first quarter for Cambodia compared to 2016 <br />https://www.sott.net/article/349847-Deaths-from-lightning-triple-in-the-first-quarter-for-Cambodia-compared-to-2016<br /><br />a total of 21 people were struck and killed by lightning, up from eight people during the same period the previous year<br /><br />The number of injured due to lightning also increased to 26, up from 15 last year, he said. Additionally, 30 cows were killed and three buildings were damaged by lightning. [more]<br /><br />Farmer and four of his camels killed by lightning in Oman <br />https://www.sott.net/article/349843-Farmer-and-four-of-his-camels-killed-by-lightning-in-Oman<br /><br />[Oh man, the article could start and end with the same word!]<br /><br />2 shallow earthquakes hit Van, Turkey <br />https://www.sott.net/article/349840-2-shallow-earthquakes-hit-Van-Turkey<br /><br />[4.1 and 4.5]<br /><br />Philippine residents discover sinkhole within Badian River <br />https://www.sott.net/article/349839-Philippine-residents-discover-sinkhole-within-Badian-River<br /><br />A huge sinkhole was spotted in the middle of a river in Badian town, prompting officials to cordon the area to prevent accidents while authorities are still trying to figure out how to go about the matter. [more]<br /><br />Deep-sea oarfish found dead on the shore of Surigao City, Philippines <br />https://www.sott.net/article/349838-Deep-sea-oarfish-found-dead-on-the-shore-of-Surigao-City-Philippines<br /><br />2 killed and 7 injured by lightning strikes in Nepal <br />https://www.sott.net/article/349833-2-killed-and-7-injured-by-lightning-strikes-in-Nepal<br /><br />2 critically injured by pit bull in Detroit <br />https://www.sott.net/article/349830-2-critically-injured-by-pit-bull-in-Detroit<br /><br />Roseville police responded Sunday night to a report of a dog mauling and found a 52-year-old woman outside a home covered in blood. She said she was attacked by her son's pit bull and they found the woman's 51-year-old husband unconscious inside the home. <br /><br />Police say the dog suspected in the attack was "extremely aggressive" and wouldn't allow emergency crews to get past, so they distracted the animal. Rescuers tried to remove the man from the home and the dog returned, so they used a stun gun on the animal. [more]<br /><br />13-year-old girl killed by crocodile in Sri Lanka <br />https://www.sott.net/article/349827-13-year-old-girl-killed-by-crocodile-in-Sri-Lanka<br /><br />[like being killed by a dinosaur]<br /><br />The body of a 13-year old girl dragged by a crocodile when she was taking a bath in a lake in north central Sri Lanka was found inside the animal's belly after the animal was killed, a news report here said. [more; nyaaah-aaaaaaaaaaaah]<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-16910385327256447392017-05-02T13:43:04.425-05:002017-05-02T13:43:04.425-05:00[as happens with most of the real world, parallels...[as happens with most of the real world, parallels between the biosphere and civilization are seen; for example McPherson claims that we're in a damned if you do and damned if you don't predicament with respect to the climate and "doing something about it"; now here's the economics to match]<br />For The Love Of Ponzi <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/05/for-love-of-ponzi.html<br /><br />The Fed is boxed in by their own bullshit - either they admit that the economy is slowing, and implode the stock market, or they continue raising rates, further imploding the economy...<br /><br />ZH: Why Is The VIX So Low And Complacency So High?<br />"Clearly 'earnings growth' is an ENORMOUS factor right now"<br /><br />'Earnings growth' visualized [see chart]<br /><br />We've never seen this before - a collapsing earnings yield (E/P) and quiescent VIX [graph]<br /><br />Also, Energy is expected to contribute 43% of Q1 earnings growth. <br /><br />Here is what Energy stock investors think about forward prospects for Energy earnings and how that correlates with the price of Oil [see graph]<br /><br />Then there is the other major reason for the imploding VIX, cited in the same article above:<br /><br />"short vol' isn't just an institutional trade anymore, it's massive with retail as evidenced by the shares outstanding in the various VIX ETNs. FT highlighted over the weekend that ‘short interest’ in VXX has actually outpaced creation of new shares in VXX this years, which is indicative of this growing retail demand for the ‘strategy.’ Currently per my stock loan team, VXX short utilization spiked to an insane 95% yesterday (% of the ‘free shares’ being used to short)."<br /><br />Momentum AND shorting volatility. Two things that implode great together [see chart; more follows]<br /><br />I was interviewed by Susan Livingston for the Sequitur podcast on 30 April 2017. The result is described and embedded here<br />https://guymcpherson.com/2017/05/sequitur-podcast/#more-14077<br /><br />I’ll be touring Missouri today through 6 May 2017. Please note the full schedule beneath the Coming Events tab. See you on the road. [hope you two get to meet, Jonny]<br /><br />Humanity at a Crossroads<br />http://weeklyhubris.com/humanity-at-a-crossroads/<br /><br />“The evidence is gaining increasing clarity: We’ve reached a crossroads unlike any other in human history. One path leads to despair for Homo industrialis. The other leads to extinction, for Homo sapiens and the millions of species we are taking with us into the abyss. I’d love to choose Door Number One. Unfortunately, we collectively selected Door Number Two long ago.”—Guy McPherson [essay follows]<br /><br />Tom<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-710765539029171442017-05-02T13:42:00.485-05:002017-05-02T13:42:00.485-05:00Wow! Nice job on the month end cavalcade of doom,...Wow! Nice job on the month end cavalcade of doom, Jonny! Geez, that's a lot of work. <br /><br />To add my meager contribution to the month end tally:<br /><br />Hull has had FAR more incidents than any other place, bar none. This past month saw 24 JJFH incidents with many being multiple incident days, including a rare 4-occurrence day and another 3-incident day!<br /><br />Garbage trucks have fallen off to a mere 6 this month.<br /><br />Yearly totals to date: <br /><br />Hull with 81 incidents in 56 actual days [for a REAL average of over 1 per day] or 120 days in calendar time [for a standard average or rate of about 1/2 an incident per day, which makes little sense, except for projection purposes and tends to discount or lessen the fact].<br /><br />Garbage trucks are burning up at a rate of 42 trucks in 29 actual days [about 1.5 per day] or the same 120 calendar days [or about 1/3 truck per day avg rate of loss]<br /><br />More Than 90 Scientists Release Report That Arctic Is ‘Unraveling’<br />http://observer.com/2017/05/scientists-release-climate-change-report-artic-region-unraveling/<br /><br />[won't see this on SOTT]<br /><br />The National Snow and Ice Center reported that Arctic sea ice in March 2017 was the lowest it has ever been for the month of March since satellites began recording sea ice extent 38 years ago. NASA noted that between 1976 and 1996 average sea ice loss in the Arctic was 8,300 square miles per year. Between 1996 and 2013, this number more than doubled to 19,500 square miles per year. This rapid loss of sea ice in the Arctic contributes not just to rising sea levels, but it reduces the properties of sea ice that reflect the sun’s radiation back into space rather than absorb it like the ocean does, contributing even further to global warming. A recent report that boasts contributions from more than 90 scientists detailed the drastic impacts climate change is having on the Arctic, a region of earth that is warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet. [more]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-80501190376633259652017-05-02T07:07:22.964-05:002017-05-02T07:07:22.964-05:00Mass death of reindeer attributed to too much snow...Mass death of reindeer attributed to too much snow and ice for them to paw through. <br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reindeer-dead-climate-change_us_5832bda6e4b058ce7aabe78e<br /><br />One more thing about rain as murder weapon of ice and snow. It has been linked to the decline of caribou. They have evolved to paw through snow, to get the lichens. They have not evolved to break ice to get lichens. When one of these rain events comes along in the winter, they can produce a really thick ice layer on top of a snowpack . <br />I can think of four other creatures that are facing this same problem . Musk Ox, buffalo, mice, and owls.<br />This idea of rain falling where it shouldn’t, and when it shouldn’t , is a real biological feedback loop, as well as a geophysical feedback loop.<br /><br />[hat tip to CO Bob and bostonblorp: comment by Bob, article from blorp @Scribbler's]<br /><br />Why There Will NEVER Be A Political Solution To America’s Problems<br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/why-there-will-never-be-a-political-solution-to-americas-problems<br /><br />Another cluster of aftershocks as more than hundred rattle Skagway Alaska after the two major quakes yesterday <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/05/another-cluster-of-aftershocks-as-more.html<br /><br />NOAA Fisheries declaring recent deaths of 41 humpback whales from Maine to North Carolina to be an unusual mortality event <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/05/noaa-fisheries-declaring-recent-deaths.html<br /><br />Deflation Bets Crash "Down" To 2008 Levels <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/05/deflation-bets-crash-down-to-2008-levels.html<br /><br />ZH: Citigroup Issues Warning On Macro Data Collapse<br />"This is the biggest crash in US Macro data in 6 years..."<br /><br />"After a weak Q1, downside misses in economic data this week have a heightened capability to trigger a reassessment of the whole growth trajectory."<br /><br />It's very clear that the U.S. long bond market is both terrified and bearish on Fed Policy by Police Squad.<br /><br />Post-election, Treasury bond shorts reached record levels and have subsequently crashed back down to net long levels in the past week. The lowest level since 2008. [more]<br /><br />[please note Police Squad clip at bottom of article]<br /><br />"More Kool-Aid, Please" <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/05/an-insatiable-appetite-for-bullshit-to.html<br /><br />"Every single piece of U.S. data that was released Monday missed expectations..., personal income growth slowed, personal spending stagnated, construction spending turned negative and manufacturing activity grew at its slowest pace this year according to the ISM." [more]<br /><br />Living Large On Bread And Circuses <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/05/let-them-eat-iphones.html<br /><br />2000 x 2008 x 1987 = ?<br /><br />Stained underwear.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Tuesday and Wednesday, the Fed meets to decide on money printing policy. Friday is the jobless report, where we learn how many real jobs were automated and replaced with McJobs.<br /><br />In the meantime, "Let Them Eat iPhones" [more]<br /><br />ZERO HEDGE: HIGHEST RISK. EVER. <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/05/zero-hedge.html<br /><br />In Goldman Sachs We Trust <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-dumbest-society-in-history.html<br /><br />The Idiocracy has bound their fate to a sociopathic circus clown [more]<br /><br />Wildfire activity by county<br />http://wildfiretoday.com/<br /><br />FEMA produced this interesting map that plots the number of wildfires, by county, that were 300 acres or larger between 1994 and 2013.<br /><br />[just under that one, see this]<br />Wildfire potential, May through August, 2017 <br /><br />State Department Issues Travel Alert for Europe Over Terrorism Fears<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/state-department-issues-travel-alert-223653592.html<br /><br />Stephen Colbert unleashes all-out Trump takedown: 'I love your presidency, I call it "Disgrace the Nation."'<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/stephen-colbert-unleashes-trump-takedown-050138549.html<br /><br />Tom<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-65617410387514496342017-05-02T07:07:13.908-05:002017-05-02T07:07:13.908-05:00G'mornin' Jonny - Coatesville got the most...G'mornin' Jonny - Coatesville got the most rain in the state last night, just over an inch, from the remnants of that strung out storm. Supposed to get cooler and breezy today.<br /><br />[The track coach probably dropped dead near the finish liNe.]<br /><br />So many "medical episodes" that it's surprising it isn't being investigated or questioned AT ALL. People plowing into buildings, vehicles and other people REGULARLY now. geez<br /><br />Thanks for the explanation on the safety of water - great advice too, since most people are doing just that, taking it for granted that the water is "safe."<br /><br />Let's see what today has to offer.<br /><br />Don’t worry! There is just a Gigantic Lake Of Molten Carbon The Size Of Mexico Under Yellowstone<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/05/massive-lake-of-molten-carbon-the-size-of-mexico-under-the-us.html<br /><br />[ooh, quick - how can we make money off of it!?]<br /><br />Mysterious burning grounds kill one and create panic among residents in India<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/05/mysterious-burning-grounds-kill-one-and-create-panic-residents-india.html<br /><br />Smoke has created panic among local residents as it started emanating out of the ground of a swamp, while a boy’s death upon falling on ‘burning soil’ triggers concern in India. [more; swamps are water-logged areas, last time I checked]<br /><br />Opiates killed ten times as many Americans as terror attacks in the last 20 years <br />https://www.sott.net/article/349765-Opiates-killed-ten-times-as-many-Americans-as-terror-attacks-in-the-last-20-years<br /><br />[next up, the war on WAR, by Big Pharma]<br /><br />[cool pic @ SOTT]<br />Catatumbo Lightning <br />https://www.sott.net/quirk/393432<br /><br />Tuesday, 2 May 2017<br />Donald Trump slams 'archaic' US constitution <br /><br />Donald Trump slams 'archaic' US constitution that is 'really bad' for the country<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/05/donald-trump-slams-archaic-us.html<br /><br />[yeah, meanwhile he, like the last 3 presidents, uses un-Constitutional "executive orders" to do what he wants and by-passes Congress . ..]<br /><br />Wildfires at Fukushima sparks feat of airborne radiation <br /><br />Sparking Fears of Airborne Radiation, Wildfire Burns in Fukushima 'No-Go Zone'<br />Contaminated forests such as those outside fallout sites like Fukushima and Chernobyl 'are ticking time bombs'<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/05/wildfires-at-fukushima-sparks-feat-of.html<br /><br />[what a load of crap - airborne radiation has been going on since the meltdown!]<br /><br />The Korean crisis - 05/01/2017 <br /><br />Korea Times: "China Bracing For Emergency Situation Involving North Korea"<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-korean-crisis-05012017.html<br /><br />North Korea threatened to sink the USS Carl Vinson and a US submarine near the Korean peninsula, and its foreign ministry declared that Kim Jong Un could conduct a nuclear test “at any time.” Despite President Donald Trump’s suggestion last week that South Korea should pay for a billion-dollar missile defense system the US is building there, it has been confirmed that the US will pay for it after all. <br />[more; 3.5 min. video report]<br /><br />Huge strom in central USA <br /><br />Sprawling Central U.S. Storm Takes at Least 15 Lives<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/05/huge-strom-in-central-usa.html<br /><br />[thar she blows!]<br /><br />A classic midlatitude spring storm churned its way across the midsection of the United States over the final weekend of April, killing at least 15 people in 5 states. The system’s threats were multifaceted: torrential rain and flooding, deadly lightning, downburst winds, and at least two strong tornadoes. [more]<br /><br />Early Greenland Melt Spike Possible as Forecast Calls for Temperatures of up to 50 F Above Average<br />https://robertscribbler.com/2017/05/01/early-greenland-melt-spike-possible-as-forecast-calls-for-temperatures-of-up-to-50-f-above-average/<br /><br />[won't see this on SOTT]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com