tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post1416729169464077985..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2019-09-04Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-36795842017735026792019-09-06T18:47:34.819-05:002019-09-06T18:47:34.819-05:00Lightning strike kills mountain goat at wildlife p...Lightning strike kills mountain goat at wildlife park in Kaslo, British Columbia<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419913-Lightning-strike-kills-mountain-goat-at-wildlife-park-in-Kaslo-British-Columbia<br /><br />Lightning kills at least 1,311 in 4 months across India this year - 6,555,000 strikes recorded<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419911-Lightning-kills-at-least-1311-in-4-months-across-India-this-year-6555000-strikes-recorded<br /><br />Hurricane Dorian death toll in Bahamas jumps to 30 and is expected to 'increase significantly'<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419871-Hurricane-Dorian-death-toll-in-Bahamas-jumps-to-30-and-is-expected-to-increase-significantly<br /><br />1,247 ft asteroid 2019 GT3 skims Earth tonight<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419906-1247-ft-asteroid-2019-GT3-skims-Earth-tonight<br /><br />NASA turned blind eye to car-sized asteroid that exploded over Caribbean<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419934-NASA-turned-blind-eye-to-car-sized-asteroid-that-exploded-over-Caribbean<br /><br />Bright flash of light, loud boom filmed in Acworth, Georgia<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419914-Bright-flash-of-light-loud-boom-filmed-in-Acworth-Georgia<br /><br />Meteor fireball caught on home surveillance camera over Nutley, New Jersey<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419905-Meteor-fireball-caught-on-home-surveillance-camera-over-Nutley-New-Jersey<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-46006321299591393962019-09-06T14:07:59.602-05:002019-09-06T14:07:59.602-05:00The Citgo conspiracy: Opposition figures accuse Gu...The Citgo conspiracy: Opposition figures accuse Guaidó officials of 'scam' to liquidate Venezuela's most prized international asset<br /><br />Border Wall Money Taken From Alaska Missile Interceptors, Shipyards & More<br /><br />Greek police fire teargas as child migrants protest conditions in camps<br /><br />Turkish president threatens to allow Syria refugees to leave unless 'safe zone' created with US<br /><br />Kenya's huge wind power project might be great for the environment but not for local communities<br /><br />Is the UN's High Seas Treaty Heading Towards Troubled Waters?<br /><br />Hailstorms at 109°F Wreck Farming in Latur, India<br /><br />Starving Seniors: How America Fails To Feed Its Aging<br /><br />Benefits to farmers of global heating outweighed by losses, says report [i call b/s on @]<br /><br />27M people in Africa face acute food shortage: Report<br /><br />Bill Gates Warns About Global Killer 'Disease X': Millions Will Die<br /><br />New fuel to get sea freight environmentally shipshape<br /><br />Washington State Kills Last Four of a Wolf Pack Hours Before Court-Ordered Reprieve<br /><br />New Zealand measles outbreak rises above 1,000 cases<br /><br />Stay or go? Asian nations mull options as seas rise, cities sink<br /><br />As India Hosts Global Desertification Meet, A Third Of Its Land In Crisis<br /><br />Alaska's Sea Ice Completely Melted for First Time in Recorded History [!]<br /><br />After bronze and iron, welcome to the plastic age, say scientists<br /><br />Google's YouTube to pay $170 million penalty for collecting data on kids<br /><br />Genetic fraud is getting worse, and it's going mainstream<br /><br />Yahoo down for six hours, users vent out on Twitter<br /><br />Our Face Recognition Nightmare Began Decades Ago. Now It's Expanding<br /><br />Humans Are Creating Their Own Narratives<br /><br />Meditations On Twitter's Silencing Of Daniel McAdams<br /><br />WaPo Warns USA Needs More Narrative Control As Pentagon Ramps Up Narrative Control<br /><br />The Twilight Of The Global Order<br /><br />Beware (And Prepare): The American Empire Is Collapsing (Ron Paul)<br /><br />Chinese tariffs hit US food exporters, leaving other nations to make hay while the sun shines<br /><br />Fed's balance sheet could end up higher than $4 trillion: projections<br /><br />On Labor Day, US Workers are 1/3 poorer than in 2003 & Top 1% is 2x Richer<br /><br />Millennials are the new face of the retirement crisis<br /><br />Employment In America, By The Raw Numbers (Economica)<br /><br />Orders for Heavy Trucks Plunged 80% in August<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-862504033114009512019-09-06T14:07:54.612-05:002019-09-06T14:07:54.612-05:00[end of the week RF headlines to see where we are]...[end of the week RF headlines to see where we are]<br /><br />News Links, September 6, 2019<br />Rice Farmer<br />https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Australian economic growth hits 10-year low<br /><br />Dubai housing market dips lowest since 2008<br /><br />Global Electric Vehicle Sales Declined in July<br /><br />Global chip sales fall for a seventh straight month<br /><br />Car Manufacturers Caught in Crossfire of Trump's Trade War<br /><br />Alan Greenspan says it's 'only a matter of time' before negative rates spread to the US<br /><br />How the Next Global Financial Collapse Will Unfold<br /><br />The Economic Future of a Negative Interest Rate World<br /><br />India's Auto Sector Comes To A Screeching Halt, Sales Crash In August<br /><br />S&P: Economic Downturn In Dubai To Persist Through 2022<br />Long-time readers know I've always maintained that Dubai's fate is a pile of ruins in the desert. -- RF<br /><br />These Incidents Raise New Questions about the Security & Operability of the Banking System in Mexico<br /><br />More broken promises at Sears as layoffs and store closures top original projections<br /><br />Global regulator discrepancies over Boeing 737 MAX worry IATA<br /><br />Taliban carry out Kabul suicide bombing even as peace deal with US nears<br /><br />Troops of the Future May Ditch Night-Vision Goggles in Favor of Eye Injections<br /><br />U.S. Pacific Forces Are Using AI To Predict Chinese and Russian Moves<br /><br />Artificial Intelligence Will Make Our Forever Wars Truly Forever<br /><br />Britain, US and France may be complicit in Yemen war crimes, UN says<br /><br />Poland asks US for anti-tank missiles, military transport planes<br /><br />Revealed: Russian S-400s Already Operational In Turkey, Satellite Images Confirm<br /><br />Saudi Arabia Deploys More Troops to South Yemen<br /><br />USS Gerald Ford - A $13 Billion Boondoggle (Ron Paul)<br /><br />US military in Asia, destroyed in hours: study<br />University of Sydney report warns that America's allied defense strategy in the Indo-Pacific region is seriously flawed<br /><br />Putin Trolls Trump<br /><br />Meet the militantly pro-Israel Trump official directing the economic war on Iran<br /><br />Iran to develop centrifuges for faster uranium enrichment<br /><br />US Announces $15M Reward To Disrupt IRGC's "Sprawling Petroleum Shipping Network"<br /><br />US won't waive sanctions to allow French-proposed Iran credit line<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-56801336740051215562019-09-06T09:43:20.380-05:002019-09-06T09:43:20.380-05:00Hurricane Dorian now: Storm makes landfall along N...Hurricane Dorian now: Storm makes landfall along North Carolina coast<br />https://www.yahoo.com/gma/hurricane-dorian-whips-north-carolina-coast-deadly-storm-104007541--abc-news-topstories.html [~ 3 min. news spot & text]<br /><br />At least four people have died in the Southeast as a result of Dorian, according to The Associated Press, including an 85-year-old man who fell off a ladder in North Carolina while preparing his home for the storm.<br /><br />Dorian is expected to dump up to 8 inches of rain in northeast North Carolina through Saturday, with as much as 15 inches of total rainfall accumulating in isolated locations. The combination of downpours and storm surge as high as 7 feet could cause life-threatening flash floods. [more]<br /><br />[my cousin near Wilmington lost power last evening & is still out; fortunately he has a generator]<br /><br />[omen?]<br />Joe Biden's eye fills with blood during climate town hall<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/joe-bidens-eye-fills-blood-005310261.html<br /><br />[how about this for generosity and caring for humanity?]<br />A Florida Man Bought $50K Worth Of Costco Generators And Supplies For Hurricane Dorian Victims In The Bahamas<br />https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/florida-man-bought-50k-worth-161600698.html<br /><br />In light of the devastation wreaking havoc on the Bahamas, one farmer based in Florida, who has chosen to remain anonymous, walked into Costco yesterday and purchased 100 generators to be send to the islands for a whopping $49,285.70 (!!). Whomever you are, YOU ROCK, and we’re sending you our virtual appreciation.<br /><br />The un-named man told CNN yesterday, “About 100 generators and a truck load of food and chainsaws are all going over by boat on Thursday to Marsh Harbour in The Bahamas. It's terrible, and I'm sure you've seen the photos." [more]<br /><br />[from our burgeoning Won't See This on SOTT file]<br />Southern US to feel like middle of summer as record heat builds into this weekend<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/southern-us-feel-middle-summer-114534406.html<br /><br />Record-challenging heat will make it feel like the middle of summer across the southern United States through the weekend.<br /><br />Dry conditions and plenty of sunshine will stretch from eastern Texas to Georgia on Friday as an area of high pressure settles over the region.<br /><br />Temperatures across much of this area will climb into the middle to upper 90s F, while farther west in Louisiana and eastern Texas, highs are expected to peak near 100 F. <br /><br />[Mike's a cool guy as it is, but "stay cool!"]<br /><br />"In fact, record highs may be challenged in several locations, such as Dallas, Houston and Shreveport, Louisiana, just to name a few," AccuWeather Meteorologist Ryan Adamson said.<br /><br />Houston is expected to reach 101 F on Friday, breaking the record of 99 F, last reached in 1909. [more]<br /><br />As Trump Looted FEMA and the Military for His Border Policies, DHS Bought High-End Chairs With Taxpayer Funds<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-looted-fema-military-border-090054226.html<br /><br />while administration officials have defended the diversion of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars from airport security operations, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) disaster relief fund, and the U.S. Coast Guard, DHS has spent nearly $120 million of its funding… on office furniture.[more]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-12018811331415631892019-09-06T09:43:15.936-05:002019-09-06T09:43:15.936-05:00i hope Fran is ok out there in OK.
NASA satellit...i hope Fran is ok out there in OK. <br /><br />NASA satellite spots a mysterious green light that quickly disappeared<br />https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-satellite-spots-a-mysterious-green-light-that-quickly-disappeared/<br /><br />A green space blob flashed into existence and then... it was gone.<br /><br />[possible explanations, from the article, are black hole consuming a small star or a neutron star]<br /><br />Another Facebook privacy breach: Hundreds of millions of users' phone numbers exposed on unprotected server<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419875-Another-Facebook-privacy-breach-Hundreds-of-millions-of-users-phone-numbers-exposed-on-unprotected-server<br /><br />Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts were left exposed on an unprotected server in the latest massive security breach to plague the embattled tech giant.<br /><br />Up to 419 million phone numbers were stored on a database housed on multiple servers including the numbers of an estimated 133 million US-based users alone. The revelation comes just weeks after Facebook was slapped with a record $5 billion fine by the US Federal Trade Commission for violating users' privacy rights. [more; shut it down & put Zuckerberg behind bars]<br /><br />Coroner: 2nd woman dies after lightning strike in cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419876-Coroner-2nd-woman-dies-after-lightning-strike-in-cemetery-in-Cincinnati-Ohio<br /><br />A second woman has died after a lightning strike at a Cincinnati cemetery last weekend.<br /><br />The Hamilton County Coroner's office says 55-year-old Patricia Herlinger, of Colerain Township, died Wednesday.<br /><br />Authorities say she was one of three people struck by lightning at Spring Grove Cemetery last Friday. [more]<br /><br />Jonathan Pie: The Tory Purge!<br />https://www.sott.net/article/419808-Jonathan-Pie-The-Tory-Purge [~ 3.5 min. video]<br /><br />Most renewable energy companies linked with claims of abuses in mines<br />https://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2019/09/05/most-renewable-energy-companies-linked-with-claims-of-abuses-in-mines/<br /><br /> Most of the world’s top companies extracting key minerals for electric vehicles, solar panels and wind turbines have been linked with human rights abuses in their mines, research has found. [more]<br /><br />China’s Belt and Road Initiative Could Drive Warming to 2.7 Degrees<br />https://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2019/09/04/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-could-drive-warming-to-2-7-degrees/<br /><br />China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a multi-trillion-dollar investment strategy aimed at boosting infrastructure development around the globe, will significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions and drive global warming past 2 degrees Celsius unless efforts are made to decarbonize the projects being funded, according to a new report by researchers in China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. [more]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-59597356224411176202019-09-06T07:25:29.298-05:002019-09-06T07:25:29.298-05:00Good morning and happy Friday Jonny and all reader...Good morning and happy Friday Jonny and all readers of JJFH.<br />We made it through another week. With all the H2S (and CH4) blowing around in the atmosphere at ever-increasing rates, this is no small accomplishment. As anyone reading these news stories can see, many people don't make it - including children, very fit individuals, accomplished swimmers, both genders, military people, pilots, firefighters, police and EMTs. <br /><br />BLACK BEAR NEWS 9.5.19 Antarctic Stratospheric Warming Monsanto<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuDZXp1ffzo [~ 14.3 min.]<br /><br />New marine heat wave resembles killer ‘Blob’ that devastated sea life on West Coast, NOAA says<br />https://www.fasterthanexpected.com/blog/<br /><br />A new marine heat wave has formed off the West Coast that is similar to “The Blob” that devastated sea life and ravaged runs of Pacific salmon. [more]<br /><br />Another wave of deadly floods after record rainfall paralyzes Mumbai, India<br />https://watchers.news/2019/09/05/deadly-floods-after-record-rainfall-paralyzes-mumbai-india/<br /><br />Record rains hit Mumbai on September 4, 2019, resulting in widespread flooding. At least five people were killed and one remains missing. [more]<br /><br />Spanish Olympic skier Blanca Fernandez Ochoa, 56, found dead in mountains near Madrid<br />https://www.yahoo.com/sports/spanish-olympic-skier-blanca-fernandez-ochoa-56-found-dead-in-madrids-mountains-141951033.html<br /><br />The body of Spanish Olympic alpine skier Blanca Fernandez Ochoa was found in the mountains near Madrid two weeks after she was last seen alive in the outskirts of the city.<br /><br />She was 56. Spanish police began an intense search for her three days ago and are still investigating the cause of death, per BBC. [more]<br /><br />Uh Oh: U.S. Layoffs Rise 38 Percent – Highest Level For August Since 2009<br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/uh-oh-u-s-layoffs-rise-38-percent-highest-level-for-august-since-2009<br /><br />We continue to get more numbers that indicate that U.S. economic activity is really starting to slow down. According to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, the number of layoffs in the United States was 38 percent higher in August than it was in July. A 38 percent increase in one month is more than just a little bit startling, and many believe that if this momentum continues we could soon be facing an avalanche of job losses similar to what we witnessed in 2008. And without a doubt, all of the other economic numbers that have been rolling in lately also confirm that the U.S. economy is heading into harder times. But is our country ready to handle another major economic downturn? [more; short answer: NO!]<br /><br />[more later]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com