tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post9143354230647977298..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2018-05-19Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-44504307129293404652018-05-21T20:57:01.499-05:002018-05-21T20:57:01.499-05:00Not a lot of info on this story, but it sounds lik...Not a lot of info on this story, but it sounds like a possible JJFH related event. Man in his 20s crashes his car and dies after 3 A.M. <br /><br />http://www.kxan.com/news/local/travis-county/man-in-his-20s-killed-in-sunday-crash/1189331491?utm_source=newsfore&utm_medium=onsite&utm_campaign=3016#Mike Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457050132624768898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-49816554357502091402018-05-21T20:03:41.148-05:002018-05-21T20:03:41.148-05:00A One Way Trip To The Sun
http://ponziworld.blogs...A One Way Trip To The Sun <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2018/05/nobody-cares-yet.html<br /><br />What Trumptopia represents more than anything is abdication of responsibility - towards the economy, the environment, the future. They may not care at this particular instant in time, but they surely will<br /><br />The fact that so few people care about fiscal responsibility is a testament to the power of tax cuts and self-interest. The epitaph for the U.S. empire will read that it was a failed experiment in self-interest taken to its logical dead-end. And then on to level '11' under Forrest Trump. <br /><br />Of course, outside of Fantasyland, there is no such thing as free money. So whereas most financial bloggers seem to always think that the day of reckoning is at some indeterminate point in the distance - the days of reckoning are already at hand. It's just that the pain so far has only been felt at the low end of the income scale and in Emerging Markets. [more]<br /><br />100% Pure Ponzi. Accept No Substitutes. <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-meltup-boom-aka-big-long.html<br /><br />This final melt-up boom phase has forced Wall Street back in to the casino, due to a massive short squeeze attended by rampant lying. With consumption, investment, casino margin, and fiscal stimulus all ginned up simultaneously, Wall Street's forward profit estimates exhibit the odds of a Powerball ticket...[more]<br /><br />In soaring heat, farmers are paying the price<br />https://tribune.com.pk/story/1715704/2-soaring-heat-farmers-paying-price/<br /><br />Pakistan’s farmers are struggling to bring in a harvest as the country’s weather patterns change as a result of climate change. Warm spring weather, now coming as early as March, has led to fruit trees flowering before bees arrive to pollinate them, for instance, or fruit and vegetables ripening at unusual times. [more]<br /><br />A Warming Climate May Produce More Drug-Resistant Infections<br />https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-warming-climate-may-produce-more-drug-resistant-infections/<br /><br />Hotter temperatures can lead to increased growth and genetic mutations <br /><br />A study appearing today in Nature Climate Change from researchers at the University of Toronto (U.T.) and Children’s Hospital Boston links the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria to a hotter climate. [more]<br /><br />Bitcoin mining consumes as much energy as the country of Ireland <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/05/bitcoin-mining-consumes-as-much-energy.html<br /><br />In addition to being insufferable, Bitcoin is also absolutely terrible for the environment. According to a letter published today in the energy journal Joule by financial economist and blockchain specialist Alex de Vries, the Bitcoin network is consuming roughly 2.55 gigawatts annually, at the absolute minimum. To put that in context, that’s nearly the same amount of energy consumed by the entirety of Ireland. That’s just the conservative current estimate; De Vries predicts that by December, the Bitcoin network could be using almost triple that.<br />[more]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-51716086580458955302018-05-21T16:41:30.592-05:002018-05-21T16:41:30.592-05:00Dead humpback whale found at Ocean Shores, Washing...Dead humpback whale found at Ocean Shores, Washington <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386110-Dead-humpback-whale-found-at-Ocean-Shores-Washington<br /><br />A dead humpback whale washed ashore Sunday morning at Ocean Shores. <br /><br />Calambokidis described the whale as 28 and a half feet long and estimated that it was 1 to 2 years old. [more]<br /><br />Flash flood strikes again in Ankara, Turkey - 2nd such event in 2 weeks <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386108-Flash-flood-strikes-again-in-Ankara-Turkey-2nd-such-event-in-2-weeks<br /><br />Lightning strikes have killed at least 50 people and 52 cattle across Cambodia so far in 2018 <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386107-Lightning-strikes-have-killed-at-least-50-people-and-52-cattle-across-Cambodia-so-far-in-2018<br /><br />4 new sinkholes open up at The Villages in Florida sparking fears of being the next people swallowed up alive by a deadly crater<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/05/4-new-sinkholes-the-villages-in-florida-video-pictures-sparking-fear-of-being-the-next-man-swallowed-up-alive.html<br /><br />Four sinkholes have opened up in a fast-growing retirement community, The Villages, in Florida, including one in front of a home that was abandoned months ago because of an earlier sinkhole. The new sinkholes opened up Monday in The Villages following a week of nonstop rain in central Florida. [more]<br /><br />Merapi and Sinabung volcanoes erupt in Indonesia<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/05/merapi-and-sinabung-volcanoes-erupt-in-indonesia-pictures-and-videos.html<br /><br />Mount Merapi volcano on Indonesia’s Java island spewed ash more than 1 kilometre into the air on Monday. The eruption lasted for six minutes but there was no order for local residents to evacuate as no lava was ejected. The alert level for the volcano remained normal. A day before, Mount Sinabung volcano spewed ash into the air and lightning from its crater in Karo, Indonesia. <br />[more]<br /><br />Before-and-after satellite images of Kilauea volcanic eruption in Hawaii<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/05/before-and-after-satellite-images-of-kilauea-volcanic-eruption-in-hawaii-gif.html<br /><br />Eruptive fissures from Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano have been spreading lava through parts of Leilani Estates near Pahoa since the start of May. The lava has destroyed homes, charred trees and taken out roads in the community. New satellite images provided to the Associated Press by DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company, show how the lava has affected the community as of Monday in comparison to satellite images from nearly a year ago.<br />[more; hey, 'at's a nice development ya got he' - be a shame if somet'ing were to happen to it . ..(paraphrase of Uncle Louie's favorite line to convince people they need his "protection")]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-91247185201125833842018-05-21T16:39:55.228-05:002018-05-21T16:39:55.228-05:00Huge sinkhole swallows 3 cars at construction site...Huge sinkhole swallows 3 cars at construction site in east China <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386168-Huge-sinkhole-swallows-3-cars-at-construction-site-in-east-China<br /><br />Merapi volcano in Indonesia erupts for the 2nd time in 2 weeks <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386165-Merapi-volcano-in-Indonesia-erupts-for-the-2nd-time-in-2-weeks<br /><br />Dog bites affect over 2.7 million people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386164-Dog-bites-affect-over-2-7-million-people-in-the-Indian-state-of-Uttar-Pradesh<br /><br />While the killing of more than a dozen children by feral dogs in Sitapur in back-to-back incidents has only brought the problem to the fore in its worst form, on an average, not less than 100 people are bitten by dogs in each district every day, as per a rough estimate. [more]<br /><br />[this one is big, Jonny]<br />'Loud boom', gaping hole and smell of smoke leaves Nebraska family puzzled <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386160-Loud-boom-gaping-hole-and-smell-of-smoke-leaves-Nebraska-family-puzzled<br /><br />Benes said the initial thinking is that a lightning strike might have been the culprit but that's still just speculation. The mystery still looms. [more]<br /><br />Floods and heavy rain affect 5,000 in Guatemala <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386159-Floods-and-heavy-rain-affect-5000-in-Guatemala<br /><br />Erratic seasons and extreme weather devastating crops around the world <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386158-Erratic-seasons-and-extreme-weather-devastating-crops-around-the-world<br /><br />[most of the information comes from a SOTT comment within]<br /><br />Heavy rains, landslides kill 5 in Sri Lanka, while Cyclone Sagar kills 15 in Somaliland <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386156-Heavy-rains-landslides-kill-5-in-Sri-Lanka-while-Cyclone-Sagar-kills-15-in-Somaliland<br /><br />Meanwhile at least 15 people have died in Somaliland after heavy rains caused by tropical cyclone Sagar which landed in the Horn of Africa over the weekend. [more]<br /><br />Kilauea volcano growing more hazardous - spewing lava causes first major injury <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386143-Kilauea-volcano-growing-more-hazardous-spewing-lava-causes-first-major-injury<br /><br />A volcano on Hawaii's Big Island that is oozing and spewing lava and exploding with ash and gas has become more hazardous in recent days, with rivers of molten rock flowing into the ocean and flying lava causing the first major injury. <br /><br />That sent hydrochloric acid and steam with fine glass particles into the air, a process that can lead to lung damage and eye and skin irritation, another danger for residents as the plume can shift with the wind, the Hawaii County Civil Defense agency said. [more]<br /><br />[many islanders will discover, too late, that they've been breathing toxic-particulate filled air]<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-69347775756234471522018-05-21T07:26:20.380-05:002018-05-21T07:26:20.380-05:00News Links, May 21, 2018
Rice Farmer
http://ricef...News Links, May 21, 2018<br />Rice Farmer <br />http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />The Long Death of America's Middle Class<br /><br />Europe reassures Iran of commitment to nuclear deal without U.S<br /><br />Iran says Europe's support for nuclear deal not enough<br /><br />'Fake Growth' - Satellite Data Exposes China, Russia's Massive GDP Distortions<br />No surprise here. Virtually all governments likely manipulate their data (GDP, unemployment rates, etc.). -- RF<br /><br />Federal Reserve Nominee Wants To Take Your Cash And Track How You Spend<br />Goodfriend's monetary views should be terrifying to anyone who values individual liberty and limited government.<br /><br />The U.S. Army Is Turning to Robot Soldiers<br /><br />The World Will Not Mourn the Decline of U.S. Hegemony<br /><br />Air Force secretary: China, Russia could shoot down new JSTARS on day one of a war<br /><br />Report: After failed Afghanistan assault, Taliban promise to target only US forces from now on<br /><br />The US is Meddling in Venezuelan Election<br /><br />Russian Supersonic Bombers Head To Arctic Borders, 500 Miles From Alaska<br /><br />The Shale Oil Ponzi Scheme Explained: How Lousy Shale Economics Will Pull Down The U.S. Economy<br /><br />The Myth Of An Imminent Energy Transition<br /><br />Norwegian Gas Exporter Warns Europe May Be on Verge of Blackouts<br />Europe is facing power generation capacity shortages and may even risk blackouts without additional use of natural gas, one of the continent's biggest producers of the fuel said.<br /><br />Gazprom's Gas Pipeline To China 83% Completed<br /><br />Big Battery Boom Hits Another Roadblock: Fire-Fearing Cities<br /><br />Costa Rica to ban fossil fuels and become world's first decarbonised society<br />Costa Rica also begins its return to a much simpler, de-industrialized lifestyle. Many people are going to be unpleasantly surprised when they realize that renewables don't pack the punch of fossil fuels. Not that I am promoting fossil fuels; it's just a heads-up. -- RF<br /><br />Russian Gas 'Will Remain Cheaper in the Long Run' Than US' LNG - German Media<br /><br />Why Agriculture and Forestry Are Dead or Obsolete the Way They Are Practiced Nowadays<br /><br />Sustainability Boils Down to Scale <br /><br />Electromagnetic radiation from power lines and phone masts poses 'credible' threat to wildlife, report finds <br />Electromagnetic radiation from power lines, wi-fi, phone masts and broadcast transmitters poses a 'credible' threat to wildlife, a new report suggests, as environmentalists warned the 5G roll out could cause greater harm.<br /><br />Americans distrusting Big Pharma seek traditional Chinese cures<br /><br />Death of the Birds and the Bees Across America<br /><br />Deaths from fungal infections exceeding malaria, say researchers in new drug resistance warning<br /><br />Facebook Announces Partnership with Think Tank Connected to NATO, Military Industrial Complex<br /><br />Haspel Could Be Subject to Arrest Abroad Under Universal Jurisdiction (interview with Francis Boyle)<br /><br />[once touted as a great mind/thinker] Steven Pinker's Ideas About Progress Are Fatally Flawed. These Eight Graphs Show Why.<br />[turns out he's just another shill for industrial civilization]<br /><br />Social media was supposed to 'bring the world closer together.' Instead it's making us pettier<br /><br />Life Without Medical Care: How the Public Health System Collapsed in Venezuela<br /><br />Empty stomachs drive Venezuela soldiers to desert in droves<br />No matter what country you live in, don't laugh. Venezuela is a prelude to what will happen globally. -- RF<br /><br />Stagnant wages + soaring cost of living + massive cuts to services = collapsing US birth-rate<br /><br />Increasing the National Debt By $6 Trillion in One Committee Meeting<br /><br />An Empire of Nothing at All? The U.S. Military Takes Us Through the Gates of Hell<br /><br />Credit Card Delinquencies Spike Past Financial-Crisis Peak at Smaller US Banks<br /><br />This Illinois Town Is on the Brink of Bankruptcy. How Many Will Follow?<br /><br />Arizona Preparing For Post-Earthquake Inflow Of 400,000 Californians<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-84388526127012186162018-05-21T06:54:26.541-05:002018-05-21T06:54:26.541-05:00Storage capacity of radioactive water at Fukushima...Storage capacity of radioactive water at Fukushima power plant nears limit<br />http://www.stltoday.com/news/world/storage-capacity-of-radioactive-water-at-fukushima-power-plant-nears/article_c3d8c9f8-4cdd-5a5e-b99b-f06fdc5ddde7.html<br /><br />The number of storage tanks for contaminated water and other materials has continuously increased at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Japan, and space for still more tanks is approaching the limit.<br />Behind this is the fact that a way to get rid of treated water, or tritium water, has not been decided yet. The government and TEPCO will have to make a tough decision on disposal of tritium water down the road. [more]<br /><br />The first lava flows from Kilauea reaching Pacific<br />https://www.yahoo.com/gma/first-lava-flows-kilauea-reaching-225347157.html<br /><br />[~ 1.5 min. video; new word: laze - volcanic haze]<br /><br />Trump’s latest outrageous appointee: A judge who wants to shut down the EPA<br />https://www.salon.com/2018/05/21/trump-latest-outrageous-appointee-a-judge-who-wants-to-shut-down-the-epa/<br /><br />Andrew Oldham has argued that regulating pollution is illegitimate. But he’s fine with taking away human rights [more]<br /><br />Monday, 21 May 2018<br />from Iran: Mr. Trump, you have been served <br /><br />Top officials, including former CIA officers, Pentagon officials, US Army officers and former diplomats demand explanation of Israeli actions<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/05/from-iran-mr-trump-you-have-been-served.html<br /><br />MEGA EARTHQUAKE forecast THIS WEEK - 15 Volcanos ERUPT Hawaii + EQ @ St. Helens, Yellowstone, Ranier<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/05/forecasts-of-mega-earthquake-inteh.html<br /><br />[~ 24 min. dutchsinse update]<br /><br />Lava Injuries, USGS Admits Kilauea Able to have MASSIVE Eruption, Hwy 137 Closed<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/05/lavainjuries-usgs-admits-kilauea-able.html<br /><br />[lots of videos and text]<br /><br />Warmer-than-usual weather in NZ as we head towards an el-Nino<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/05/how-are-weather-conditions-down-under.html<br /><br />BLACK BEAR NEWS 5.20.18 Earth Shatters Climate Record, Sending Planet Toward 'Worst Case Scenario'<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qckr0yaIpuE<br /><br />[~ 20 min. video]<br /><br />Severe storm strikes Sri Lanka, leaving 3 people dead and over 8 000 affected<br />https://watchers.news/2018/05/20/severe-storm-strikes-sri-lanka-leaving-3-people-dead-and-over-8-000-affected/<br /><br />Severe storms that hit Sri Lanka on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20, 2018, left at least three people dead and over 8 000 affected. Weather authorities warned residents the country is facing its annual southwest monsoon and that more rains are expected in several districts across the country in the days ahead. [more]<br /><br />Washington’s Glacier Peak volcano is among the most dangerous but remains the least-monitored and the least-studied in the Cascade range<br />http://strangesounds.org/2018/05/glacier-peak-volcano-volcanic-hazards.html<br /><br />Washington’s hidden Glacier Peak volcano is among the most dangerous. The volcanic peak is ranked by volcanologists among the country’s highest-threat volcanoes and has unleased eruptions five times bigger than Mount St. Helens’ stupendous blast 38 years ago this month. But the volcano in Snohomish County remains the least-monitored and the least-studied in the Cascade range. [more]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-12655055163865013202018-05-21T06:54:22.843-05:002018-05-21T06:54:22.843-05:00Things are really getting dicey. The weather is o...Things are really getting dicey. The weather is out of whack, people are stressed and exhibiting behaviors associated with mental illness and psychosis, the food chain is vanishing slowly, die-offs of marine and avian species is increasing, and both war and economic collapse loom large.<br /><br />Thanks for another great report, Jonny.<br /><br />The market is doing something most investors have never seen in their lifetime — and could be foreshadowing the next crash<br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-market-is-doing-something-most-investors-have-never-seen-in-their-lifetime-—-and-could-be-foreshadowing-the-next-crash/ar-AAxxoYG<br /><br />[~ 3 min. video "explanation" and text]<br /><br />5.2 magnitude earthquake hits Mexico, USGS says; it's felt in Mexico City<br />https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/21/americas/mexico-city-earthquake/index.html<br /><br />NATO weapons discovered by Russian military in territories liberated from Syrian terrorists <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386096-NATO-weapons-discovered-by-Russian-military-in-territories-liberated-from-Syrian-terrorists<br /><br />Syrian military seizes large amount of weapons and medical equipment in southern Damascus <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386100-Syrian-military-seizes-large-amount-of-weapons-and-medical-equipment-in-southern-Damascus<br /><br />The Syrian military has already uncovered another cache of equipment that was located near this large warehouse; this cache was mostly medical equipment and telecommunication devices.[more]<br /><br />Two attacked by cougar identified; wildlife officials say predator was ‘emaciated’ <br />https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/two-attacked-by-cougar-identified-wildlife-officials-say-predator-was-emaciated/<br /><br />[they killed it, of course . ..]<br /><br />Capt. Alan Myers, of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife police, said the brain of the 100-pound cat will be tested to determine why it attacked the cyclists, the first fatal encounter between a human and a cougar in the state in nearly a century. [more; oh bullshit - it was fucking HUNGRY!]<br /><br />Earth's Magnetic Field Is Drifting Westward, and Nobody Knows Why<br />https://www.space.com/40621-earth-magnetic-field-drifts.html<br /><br />Over the 400 years or so that humans have been measuring Earth's magnetic field, it has drifted inexorably to the west. Now, a new hypothesis suggests that weird waves in Earth's outer core may cause this drift.<br /><br />The slow waves, called Rossby waves, arise in rotating fluids. They're also known as "planetary waves," and they're found in many large, rotating bodies, including on Earth in the oceans and atmosphere and on Jupiter and the sun. [more]<br /><br />The 'Great Filter': Are we humans about to go extinct by our own hand? <br />https://www.sott.net/article/386085-The-Great-Filter-Are-we-humans-about-to-go-extinct-by-our-own-hand<br /><br />[yes, due to loss of habitat - that they don't cover here]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com