tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post8589214196694283966..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2019-08-20Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-78071646963156265852019-08-22T18:57:45.700-05:002019-08-22T18:57:45.700-05:00Nice that Harry gets it. Like Kevin said the othe...Nice that Harry gets it. Like Kevin said the other day: "it's not a matter of believing or not believing, it's a fact."<br /><br />Busy day for animal attacks.<br /><br />Boy mauled by kangaroo in New South Wales, Australia<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419045-Boy-mauled-by-kangaroo-in-New-South-Wales-Australia<br /><br />Mountain lion attacks deer hunter near Kremmling, Colorado<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419044-Mountain-lion-attacks-deer-hunter-near-Kremmling-Colorado<br /><br />Musician killed by grizzly bear on sound gathering trip in Northwest Territories, Canada<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419042-Musician-killed-by-grizzly-bear-on-sound-gathering-trip-in-Northwest-Territories-Canada<br /><br />Four killed, over 30 injured by lightning strikes in Poland's Tatra Mountains<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419024-Four-killed-over-30-injured-by-lightning-strikes-in-Polands-Tatra-Mountains<br /><br />Florida panthers suffering from mysterious disorder affecting their ability to walk<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419023-Florida-panthers-suffering-from-mysterious-disorder-affecting-their-ability-to-walk<br /><br />Boy attacked by mountain lion in Bailey, Colorado<br />https://www.sott.net/article/418998-Boy-attacked-by-mountain-lion-in-Bailey-Colorado<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-14164180386974173302019-08-22T13:40:44.757-05:002019-08-22T13:40:44.757-05:00Missing 5yo girl rescued in Russia after spending ...Missing 5yo girl rescued in Russia after spending NEARLY THREE DAYS alone in a forest<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419018-Missing-5yo-girl-rescued-in-Russia-after-spending-NEARLY-THREE-DAYS-alone-in-a-forest<br /><br />Five-year-old Zarina Avgonova disappeared around 2pm on Sunday. Reports say she may have wandered off from the village of Stepanovka in Nizhny Novgorod Region, 460km from Moscow, to a forest nearby while looking for relatives who went mushroom picking. <br /><br />It was also feared that the girl, who had only been wearing a T-shirt, shorts, and rain boots, was exposed to the cold at night. She could also have been attacked by wild animals. In fact, a bear appeared in the area at one point, prompting the rescue teams to leave the forest. Helicopters and drones were then called in to cover more ground, and search dogs and heat sensing cameras were also used. <br /><br />After being missing for more than three days, Zarina was finally discovered on Wednesday evening. A video from the scene shows the search party patrolling with flashlights in the pitch black forest until they finally track down the little blonde girl, who remained rather quiet as she was being rescued. Initial reports indicate that she was unharmed but severely exhausted. <br /><br />"When the team found the girl, she was quite active and conscious," the coordinator of one of the search parties, Nadezhda Yermolayeva, said. "She asked for sweets. She said she wanted 'some water and cake.'"<br /><br />The girl was apparently wandering in the forest alone and was about 2km from her village. She was airlifted away to receive medical assistance. [more]<br /><br />[A coming Boeing out of business sale?]<br />Pentagon cancels billion-dollar missile defense contract with Boeing<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419013-Pentagon-cancels-billion-dollar-missile-defense-contract-with-Boeing<br /><br />The announced reason for canceling the Boeing contract, effective Thursday, was that the project's design problems were so significant as to be either insurmountable or too costly to correct. [more]<br /><br />[SOTT]Comment: And yet the Pentagon went through with Lockheed's F-35. This Boeing project must have been a monumental failure. Maybe it's fair to blame Russia in this instance: their hypersonic missiles make many American defense systems obsolete, so it's back to the drawing board for American weapons manufacturers attempting to establish full spectrum dominance. But we should thank the Russians. When American military leaders are convinced they have "first strike capability", they tend to lose their minds. <br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-32828178109941454382019-08-22T13:40:40.659-05:002019-08-22T13:40:40.659-05:00Stephen King has a very bleak prediction for how T...Stephen King has a very bleak prediction for how Trump's presidency will affect the U.S.<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-king-very-bleak-prediction-085239754.html<br /><br />[his next best selling horror story!]<br /><br />Last night, Stephen King — who once basically predicted the rise of Donald Trump in a 1979 novel — took to Twitter to share a fairly bleak forecast for the future.<br /><br />Questions of Trump's possible impeachment aside; questions of his possible re-election aside; he has besmirched and devalued the American Presidency so severely it will take at least a generation to recover. [more]<br /><br />Killer smog: Even small amounts of air pollution linked to risk of early death, study finds<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/killer-smog-even-small-amounts-151733954.html<br /><br />"The smaller the airborne particles, the more easily they can penetrate deep into the lungs and absorb more toxic components, causing death,” said study lead author Yuming Guo from Monash University's School of Public Health in Melbourne, Australia. [more]<br /><br />Particulate matter is a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Some particles, such as dust, dirt, soot or smoke, are large or dark enough to be seen with the naked eye. Others are so small they can only be detected using an electron microscope. [more]<br /><br />Tensions rising: Alleged Israeli airstrike on ammo depot in Baghdad a 'declaration of war' - Iraqi lawmaker<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419022-Tensions-rising-Alleged-Israeli-airstrike-on-ammo-depot-in-Baghdad-a-declaration-of-war-Iraqi-lawmaker<br /><br />Abu Mahdi Mohandes, deputy chairman of PMF, said earlier this week, citing leaked intelligence data, that the United States had allowed four Israeli drones to operate in Iraqi airspace and target facilities belonging to Shia militias. [more]<br /><br />[more still]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-31920556640215324212019-08-22T13:37:53.401-05:002019-08-22T13:37:53.401-05:00Farmer's threat prompts U.S. Agriculture Depar...Farmer's threat prompts U.S. Agriculture Department to pull staff from crop tour<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/farmers-threat-prompts-usda-pull-171636785.html<br /><br />The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday it had pulled all staff from an annual crop tour after an employee was threatened, and three sources said the threat of violence was made during a phone call from an angry farmer.<br /><br />U.S. farmers have complained this month that a government crop report did not reflect damage from historic flooding this spring. They are also frustrated about unsold crops due to the trade war with China, falling farm income and tighter credit conditions. [more]<br /><br />[rising anger and resentment, what a surprise . ..]<br /><br />A woman caught a fish with two mouths and the photo is just as shocking as you would expect<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-caught-fish-two-mouths-030945972.html<br /><br />A woman in upstate New York surely found the "catch-of-the-day" when she reeled in a fish that looks like it has two mouths. [more; see pic]<br /><br />[both mouths are saying: thanks Fukushima!]<br /><br />[add to the Planes in Trouble file]<br />Jet catches fire in Northern California; 10 aboard unhurt<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/jet-catches-fire-northern-california-210202236.html<br /><br />OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — All 10 people aboard a small jet escaped injury Wednesday after the aircraft aborted its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went off the runway and burst into flames, officials said.<br /><br />The pilot of the twin-engine Cessna Citation jet aborted its takeoff at Oroville Municipal Airport for unknown reasons shortly before noon, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said.<br /><br />The plane was carrying two pilots and eight passengers, and "all were accounted for, no injuries," said Joe Deal, Oroville's fire and police chief.<br /><br />The jet had complications during takeoff that resulted in its catching fire, he said.<br /><br />It slid off the end of the runway, sparking a fire in dry grass. [more]<br /><br />[from our Breakdown of Society segment]<br />Los Angeles County deputy sheriff hit by sniper targeting cops<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/los-angeles-county-deputy-sheriff-044739581.html<br /><br /> A sniper opened fire at a Los Angeles County sheriff's station on Wednesday afternoon, wounding a deputy and sending police SWAT teams hunting for a gunman on the loose in buildings nearby.<br /><br />The deputy, Angel Reinosa, 21, was shot in the chest as he walked outside the Lancaster City, California, station about 2:45 p.m. (2145 GMT), headed for his car parked near the station's helicopter landing pad.<br /><br />However, body armor deflected the bullet, which grazed his shoulder, sheriff's spokesman Marvin Crowder said.<br /><br />"We're very fortunate that he is going to be all right," Crowder said. "But this is a very, very dangerous situation."<br />[more; that was from Wednesday]<br /><br />US environmental groups sue over wildlife protection rollbacks<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-environmental-groups-sue-over-wildlife-protection-rollbacks-160039632.html<br /><br /> US environmental groups have sued the administration of President Donald Trump over rollbacks that weaken the Endangered Species Act, a law credited with saving iconic species from the bald eagle to the grizzly bear.<br /><br />Non-profit Earthjustice filed a lawsuit on behalf of groups such as the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club in a federal court in northern California on Wednesday.<br />[more]<br /><br />[next piece follows]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-16785497961672548112019-08-22T13:25:17.893-05:002019-08-22T13:25:17.893-05:00I doubt that Mr. Dent is as much safer down there ...I doubt that Mr. Dent is as much safer down there in Puerto Rico as he apparently thinks he is. But that's a reasonable guy there. For intelligent people, it just gets too hard to ignore the facts. Partisanship can't beat reality no matter how hard it may try.Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-3916550083158309472019-08-22T09:19:07.884-05:002019-08-22T09:19:07.884-05:00A few times I have said that I think Harry Dent is...A few times I have said that I think Harry Dent is my favorite economic forecaster because I think on the whole he's proven to be more consistently correct than most. Now he has gone from being a climate change skeptic to believer. <br /><br />https://economyandmarkets.com/economy/rising-temperatures-are-real/Mike Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457050132624768898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-24232455725763743742019-08-22T08:06:45.049-05:002019-08-22T08:06:45.049-05:00Affordable housing crisis spreads throughout world...Affordable housing crisis spreads throughout world<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/08/affordable-housing-crisis-spreads-throughout-world.html<br /><br /> Cities around the world, from New York to London to Stockholm to Sydney, are struggling to solve growing affordable housing crises. [cf. How the 2008 financial crash made cities unaffordable worldwide – Property markets in the world’s major cities have “synchronised”, leaving behind nations and citizens. –Des] [more]<br /><br />Phoenix Back-To-Back Record-Breaking Temperature on Wednesday with a high of 114 degrees<br />https://strangesounds.org/2019/08/phoenix-heat-record-temperature-august2019.html<br /><br />Phoenix broke a high-temperature record for the third time in 2019 on Wednesday after breaking a record on Tuesday as well.<br /><br />Chantal forms as the third named storm of the unusually slow 2019 Atlantic hurricane season<br />https://watchers.news/2019/08/21/tropical-storm-chantal-august-2019/<br /><br />Tropical Storm "Chantal" formed in the North Atlantic Ocean, south of the Newfoundland at 03:00 UTC on August 21, 2019, as the third named storm of the unusually slow 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. [more]<br /><br />1 058 killed, 1.8 million displaced since the start of the monsoon season, India<br />https://watchers.news/2019/08/20/1058-killed-1-8-million-displaced-since-the-start-of-the-monsoon-season-india/<br /><br />The number of people killed in floods, landslides and other weather-related incidents since the start of this year's monsoon season in India has reached 1 058. [more]<br /><br />[under Infrastructure Collapse]<br />Always Dangerous To Cross Bridges<br />https://strangesounds.org/2019/08/bridge-collapse-florida-georgia-line-picture.html<br /><br />The bridge on Hutchinson Ferry Road just inside Gadsden County, Florida has collapsed.<br /><br />Two accidents occurred during the collapse around 5:10 a.m.<br />[more]<br /><br />[just a quick note on one of our fine, upstanding priests]<br />Priest stole $98K from his church, spent it on beach house, travel, relationships with men: DA<br />https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/08/priest-stole-98k-from-his-church-spent-it-on-beach-house-travel-relationships-with-men-da.html<br /><br />A Chester County priest is facing charges after authorities say he stole more than $98,000 from his church.<br /><br />Father Joseph McLoone funneled these funds from the donations of the parishioners of Downingtown’s St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and used the money for a beach house, travel, dining and to spend on adult men with whom he had sexual relationships, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office announced today. [more]<br /><br />[guess they'll be taking up a collection]<br /><br />One Of The Largest “Too Big To Fail” Banks In America Boldly Declares That “The Wheels For A Slowdown Are In Motion”<br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/one-of-the-largest-too-big-to-fail-banks-in-america-boldly-declares-that-the-wheels-for-a-slowdown-are-in-motion<br /><br />Now even one of the biggest banks in the entire country is openly admitting that a “slowdown” is upon us. . .<br /><br />In a note that was just published, Morgan Stanley’s chief economist unequivocally stated that “the wheels for a slowdown are in motion”… [more]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-74216541393712641102019-08-22T08:06:41.120-05:002019-08-22T08:06:41.120-05:00Jeez, Jonny - big day for tractor trailer fires! T...Jeez, Jonny - big day for tractor trailer fires! The list of people dropping dead isn't slowing up and small planes continue having problems. Lotta wildfires too (see MrMBB333 videos, first on tap below)!<br /><br />Nobody is sure WHY this is happening - Never before seen in RECORDED history!<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcvblLV4naQ [10.25 min.]<br /><br />Earth's Inner Core is Doing SOMETHING Weird! - IS it Causing Surface Anomalies?<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLavbkAMb0A&t=74s [~ 13.3 min]<br /><br />[HUGE wildfires]<br />Wildfires in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest hit record number of 72,843 fires, an increase of 83% compared to 2018 - the highest since records began<br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2019/08/wildfires-in-brazilian-amazon.html<br /><br />Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, according to research carried out by Brazil's space research centre (INPE). It cites 72,843 fires, marking an increase of 83% compared to 2018 - the highest since records began in 2013. Since Thursday, INPE said satellite images spotted 9,507 new forest fires in the country, mostly in the Amazon basin, home to the world's largest tropical forest, which is [once was] seen as vital to countering global warming. [more]<br /><br /> Positive feedback on steroids: Fires in Amazon visible from Space<br /><br />Amazon fires size latest: Rainforest fires covering half of Brazil are visible from SPACE<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/08/positive-feedback-on-steroids-fires-in.html<br /><br />[this picture is very disturbing]<br />Thursday, 22 August 2019<br />Image of the day<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/08/image-of-day.html<br />I post this without comment because words fail me [RW]<br /><br />5.4 million hectares ablaze in Siberia – “Almost four million hectares that are burning now are impossible to extinguish with any group of forces”<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/08/5-4-million-hectares-ablaze-in-siberia-almost-four-million-hectares-that-are-burning-now-are-impossible-to-extinguish-with-any-group-of-forces.html<br /><br />Territory covered with wildfires across Russia has reached its peak for the year so far, with some 5.4 million hectares ablaze mostly in Siberia and the country’s far east.<br /><br />The total land destroyed by flames will soon exceed 2018 with weeks of the burning season still to go. [more]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com