tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post4056115931864653464..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2019-06-03Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-52537059436599982242019-06-05T14:44:45.518-05:002019-06-05T14:44:45.518-05:00The wildfires in Alberta, Canada are so huge that ...The wildfires in Alberta, Canada are so huge that their smoke has reached Europe<br />http://strangesounds.org/2019/06/alberta-wildfires-smoke-europe.html<br /><br />There are currently 21 wildfires burning in Alberta. Seven of them are burning “out of control.”<br />Smoke billowing from the destructive fires – Chuckegg Creek Wildfire (692,000 acres) and Jackpot Creek Wildfire (61,000 acres) – has spread far beyond Alberta, reaching the US East Coast and Europe within a few days. [more; get used to it]<br /><br />Carnival Cruise Lines Hit With $20 Million Penalty For Environmental Crimes<br />https://www.npr.org/2019/06/04/729622653/carnival-cruise-lines-hit-with-20-million-penalty-for-environmental-crimes<br /><br />The cruise line giant Carnival Corporation and its Princess subsidiary have agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $20 million for environmental violations such as dumping plastic waste into the ocean. Princess Cruise Lines has already paid $40 million over other deliberate acts of pollution. [more]<br /><br />[cost of doing business when you rake in ~ $20B/yr]<br /><br />Iran's supreme leader condemns U.S. Mideast 'deal of the century' as a 'great betrayal'<br />https://www.sott.net/article/414394-Irans-supreme-leader-condemns-US-Mideast-deal-of-the-century-as-a-great-betrayal<br /><br />[and THERE IT IS, FOLKS - it's official and documented]<br />New study shows humans breathe in, eat about 50,000 plastic particles a year<br />https://www.sott.net/article/414395-New-study-shows-humans-breathe-in-eat-about-50000-plastic-particles-a-year<br /><br />Some pieces are small enough to penetrate human tissues, where they could trigger immune reactions. <br /><br />"Removing single-use plastic from your life and supporting companies that are moving away from plastic packaging is going to have a non-trivial impact," Cox said. "The facts are simple. We are producing a lot of plastic and it is ending up in the ecosystems, which we are a part of." [more]<br /><br /> Roger Stone requesting proof that DNC was hacked by Russians - Bill Binney says there's evidence it wasn't<br />https://www.sott.net/article/414383-Roger-Stone-requesting-proof-that-DNC-was-hacked-by-Russians-Bill-Binney-says-theres-evidence-it-wasn-t<br /><br />Roger Stone is requesting proof that the Russians hacked the DNC server, as was reported in the Mueller report. He claims if the Russians didn't hack the DNC, his case should be dismissed.<br /><br />An IT expert and NSA whistle blower who looked at the data online can confirm that the DNC data leaked by WikiLeaks was definitively not hacked, it was copied to a disk or flash drive. [more]<br /><br />[hang in there everyone]<br />Severe storms to unfold from central US to Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/severe-storms-unfold-central-us-230000504.html<br /><br />[due here overnight - hopefully, i'll sleep through it]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-86681448679039218922019-06-05T08:33:26.240-05:002019-06-05T08:33:26.240-05:00Top US journalists spread fake news claiming North...Top US journalists spread fake news claiming North Korean official was 'purged' – then he shows up on TV<br /><br />Manufacturing War With Russia<br /><br />CNN, Maddow Ratings In Absolute Freefall After Russia Narrative Collapses<br /><br />'High likelihood of human civilisation coming to end' by 2050, report finds<br />This focuses only on climate change, and doesn't mention energy at all, which is a serious blind spot. Even without climate change, energy depletion spells the end of industrial civilization. -- RF <br /><br />Washington is wrong about China's economy<br />The US economy is weaker, and China's stronger, than analysts believe<br /><br />China is ramping up its own chip industry amid a brewing tech war. That could hurt US firms<br /><br />U.S. factory activity growing at weakest pace since 2016<br /><br />"The Auto Cycle Has Peaked": Bank Of America Says Industry Now Faces Supply & Demand Mismatch<br /><br />All-American Despair<br />For the past two decades, a suicide epidemic fueled by guns, poverty and isolation has swept across the West, with middle-aged men dying in record numbers<br /><br />A Quiet Revolution Is Brewing<br />Politics as practiced in a bygone era of stability no longer offers any solutions to these profound disruptions.<br /><br />Another Oil Pipeline Blow As Court Rules Against Enbridge Line 3<br /><br />Filth from homeless camps is luring rats to L.A. City Hall, report says<br /><br />Nursing home negligence: Senate report names nearly 400 facilities with 'persistent record of poor care'<br /><br />St. Louis Fed Study Shows Rising Level of Financial Desperation Among the Poor, Hidden by Aggregates<br /><br />Texas struggles to keep pace as thirst for water intensifies<br /><br />'Really astonishing': Average cost of hospital ER visit surges 176% in a decade, report says<br /><br />Goldman Sachs says Uber is needed because NYC parking spaces are $6,570 per household<br /><br />Millennials' habits are threatening countless industries — but a new report says it's only because they're poorer than their parents<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-19937279842855055522019-06-05T08:33:21.715-05:002019-06-05T08:33:21.715-05:00[selected news items listed, entire post @ RF or s...[selected news items listed, entire post @ RF or seemorerocks]<br />News Links, June 5, 2019<br />Rice Farmer <br />https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Global recession fears grow as factory activity shrinks in the US, Europe and Asia<br /><br />Month of May was a month of collapse<br />Collapse in bullish narratives, collapse in trade talks, collapse in yields, collapse in technical structures, collapse in rate expectations, collapse in growth projections and yes, collapse in stocks.<br /><br />Australia's homeless crisis: chance encounter highlights bugs in the system<br /><br />World's biggest firms foresee $1 trillion climate cost hit, report finds<br /><br />The Economic Cost Of Devastating Hurricanes And Other Extreme Weather Events Is Even Worse Than We Thought<br /><br />India could be next on Trump's investigate-and-tariff hit list<br /><br />Venezuela Defaults On $750 Million Gold-Backed Swap With Deutsche Bank<br /><br />The Pentagon's Spoiling for a Fight -- But With China, Not Iran<br /><br />Acting Defense Chief: Major Drills with South Korea Still on Hold<br /><br />Netanyahu Promises Permanent Occupation<br />In a speech commemorating the Israeli occupation of Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will never leave those areas.<br /><br />Trump's Huawei Problem: Asia Doesn't Want U.S. to Kneecap China<br /><br />China-operated ports raise security fears for US, NATO<br /><br />China, Germany 'agree to uphold global multilateral order' in Berlin talks<br /><br />The US is to blame for global erosion of human rights, says top UN official<br /><br />Canada suspends operations at embassy in Venezuela<br /><br />Major Russian Defense Contractor Exits Venezuela In Huge Blow To Maduro<br /><br />FDD Aligned with State Department to Attack Supporters of Iran Diplomacy<br /><br />Iran calls U.S. sanctions 'economic war', says no talks until they are lifted<br /><br />Israel's Mossad Behind Allegations Iran Sabotaged Oil Tankers\<br /><br />Pentagon's Phony Iran 'Evidence': New Rationale for US Intervention?<br /><br />Trump administration bans cruises to Cuba in clampdown on U.S. travel<br /><br />It's Adapt Or Die For U.S. Refiners<br /><br />Threats to America's oil pipeline grid<br /><br />Residential batteries are five times more expensive than electric car batteries<br /><br />Ethanol Industry Suffers Major Blow [GOOD - it's useless!]<br /><br />Oilfield Services Feel The Pain As Crude Prices Drop<br /><br />Heavy Crude Shortage Pushes Louisiana Export Loadings To Record High<br /><br />While US Farms Are Dealing with Natural Disasters, Trump Slapped Tariffs on the Countries We Import the Rest of Our Food From<br /><br />Indonesia vs China in a fish fight at sea<br />Too many humans. -- RF<br /><br />Bon appétit: PFAS Chemicals Contaminate U.S. Food Supply, FDA Confirms [add those to my list from yesterday]<br /><br />The Great Insect Dying: A global look at a deepening crisis<br /><br />Hurricane Season 2019: Global Warming, Forecasts and Probabilities<br /><br />Another Tick-Borne Disease To Worry About<br /><br />Drowning in waste, Russians fume over lack of recycling<br /><br />Feeling the Heat in Winter<br />This year in Alaska, an abnormal rise in temperature has, like in much of the north, disrupted isolated communities, upset subsistence hunting patterns, and even led to some deaths.<br /><br />JAMA study: The cost of brand-name prescription drugs doubles every 7 to 8 years (US)<br /><br />China's Revolutionary Cancer Drugs Undercut American Competitors<br /><br />Russia demands Tinder give user data to secret services [hard up?]<br /><br />New Snowden Leaked Memos Show NSA Aided Israel's "Targeted Assassinations"<br /><br />U.S. shared nuclear power info with Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi killed: senator<br /><br />Newly Released Amazon Patent Shows Just How Much Creepier Alexa Can Get<br /><br />Assange won't face charges over role in devastating CIA leak<br /><br />Don't Be Fooled: Media Still Selling Out Assange<br /><br />[next section below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-48786774523252195012019-06-05T08:24:19.274-05:002019-06-05T08:24:19.274-05:00https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2019/...https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2019/06/04/lime-releases-statement-regarding-massive-scooter-fire-in-downtown-austinMike Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457050132624768898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-27186786815884912842019-06-05T08:11:28.589-05:002019-06-05T08:11:28.589-05:00Caitlin Johnstone: "Trump is the most honest ...Caitlin Johnstone: "Trump is the most honest US president of all time"<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/06/caitlyn-johnstone-trump-is-most-honest.html<br /><br />"When I say that Trump is the most honest US president of all time, what I mean is that he has a unique gift for exposing the face of the empire for exactly what it is, in all its depravity, all its deceitfulness, all its corruption, and in this case, all its jaw-dropping ridiculousness" [more]<br /><br />Trump’s entire presidency has been like this. Blatant, tactless, and completely unmasked.<br /><br />Journalist gets literally butchered in an embassy by the Saudi government? Yeah well we don’t want to do anything about that because they’ve got an arms deal with us worth billions of dollars. He just comes right out and says it. When they want to stage a coup in Venezuela, they don’t limit it to CIA covert ops and behind-the-scenes manipulations; the whole administration is on Twitter saying they’re going to keep starving everyone with sanctions until the nation’s president is replaced with the guy they prefer.<br /><br />His whole cabinet is basically human versions of the departments they represent. His Secretary Treasurer was a Goldman Sachs executive. His CIA Director literally tortured people. His National Security Advisor is an Iraq-raping Bush-era neocon. His Secretary of Commerce is a former Rothschild executive. His EPA Administrator is a former coal lobbyist. His Secretary of State came straight out of the CIA. It’s like he designed a convenient labeling system for everyone who’s unsure of what it is that each department in the executive branch of the US government actually does.<br /><br />Trump has been continuing and expanding all of the depravities of his predecessors, but he’s been doing so openly, making it look exactly as ugly and disgusting as it is. His supporters try to justify this by claiming he’s making brilliant 4-D chess maneuvers against the Deep State, but Trump isn’t playing chess. He isn’t even playing checkers. He’s playing Uno, and he’s playing it with his hand fully exposed on the table, with his only defense being to point at a red card and say “This one’s green” and point at an eight and say “That’s a two. It’s the best two, absolutely terrific two.”<br /><br />Even his dishonesty is honesty, in a way. He lies constantly, brazenly and unapologetically, while his predecessors have lied sneakily, subtly and usually only by distortions, omissions and half-truths. Trump is a walking public service announcement that US presidents are liars. Which is the truth.<br />[more]<br /><br />Due To Cataclysmic Flooding, Millions Of Acres Of US Farmland Will Not Be Planted With Crops This Year<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/06/millions-of-acres-of-us-farmland-will.html<br /><br />Goodbye Middle Class: The Percentage Of Wealth Owned By The Top 10% Just Got Even BIGGER<br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/goodbye-middle-class-the-percentage-of-wealth-owned-by-the-top-10-just-got-even-bigger<br /><br />The middle class in America is being systematically eviscerated, and it is getting worse with each passing year. As you will see below, one new study has found that 10 percent of Americans now own 70 percent of all the wealth. Once upon a time, the United States had the largest and most vibrant middle class in the history of the world, but pretty soon we are just going to have the ultra-wealthy and everyone else. Our system has been designed to funnel as much wealth as possible to the very top of the financial pyramid, and that means that most of the rest of us are deeply struggling. And when you are just barely getting by from month to month, all it takes is one bad break to knock you completely out of the middle class and into poverty. [more]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-29870449684822896292019-06-05T08:11:24.918-05:002019-06-05T08:11:24.918-05:00The Establishment creates cancer and prevents its ...The Establishment creates cancer and prevents its successful treatment <br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-eastablishment-creates-cancer-and.html<br /><br />Chemotherapy may spread cancer and trigger more aggressive tumours, warn scientists [contains this next article]<br /><br /> On the other hand<br /><br />Cannabis Cures Cancer and the Government Knows It<br /><br />Cannabis is labeled by the US Government as a Schedule One Narcotic, meaning little to no known medical value. (Even though the US Govt holds patents that state otherwise) Marinol, which is APPROVED BY THE FDA, is synthesized THC. <br />Millions of people are sitting in jail for using Cannabis raw, but it’s ‘perfectly fine’ to use the plant if the Government and their corporate owners take most of the medicine out of it, then get to charge you an arm and a leg for it. Why is that? I shall explain. [more]<br /><br />Russian MoD publishes test launch video of impossibly fast missile<br />https://www.sott.net/article/414344-Russian-MoD-publishes-test-launch-video-of-impossibly-fast-missile<br /><br />[launches like a bottle-rocket!]<br /><br />Deadly heatwave in northern India climbs above the 50 deg C 122 deg F mark triggering warnings of water shortages and heatstroke<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/06/deadly-heatwave-in-india.html<br /><br />[next piece follows]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-36796296309952529652019-06-05T08:10:08.588-05:002019-06-05T08:10:08.588-05:00It's rainy and may not get above 90 here today...It's rainy and may not get above 90 here today. After a very hot weekend then on Tue we'll have a low in the 60s and a high of 89, give or take a degree. <br /><br />I think it will be a whiplash summer. <br /><br />Up in NY state it is downright winter. 30s at night and 50s during the day. Hambone is not a happy camper. Bwahahaha...Mike Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457050132624768898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-84729468100834252042019-06-05T08:10:06.166-05:002019-06-05T08:10:06.166-05:00Kids Face Rising Health Risks from Climate Change,...Kids Face Rising Health Risks from Climate Change, Doctors Warn as Juliana Case Returns to Court<br />https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04062019/children-climate-change-lawsuit-health-risk-juliana-case-appeals-court<br /><br />A federal appeals court heard arguments as the government tried again to get the children’s climate lawsuit dismissed. <br />[more]<br /><br />Biden's Climate Plan Embraces Green New Deal, Goes Beyond Obama-Era Ambition<br />https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04062019/joe-biden-climate-change-plan-presdiential-candidates-green-new-deal-clean-energy-obama<br /><br />The presidential candidate's plan aims for net zero emissions by 2050, clean energy investments and efforts at a just transition for fossil fuel-heavy communities. [more; pfff]<br /><br />How Monsanto manipulates journalists and academics<br />https://www.sott.net/article/414361-How-Monsanto-manipulates-journalists-and-academics<br /><br />[they still have ads all over tv!]<br /><br />Monsanto's own emails and documents reveal a disinformation campaign to hide its weedkiller's possible links to cancer.<br />[more]<br /><br />Hailstorm damages maize fields, vegetables and fruit in Kashmir<br />https://www.sott.net/article/414365-Hailstorm-damages-maize-fields-vegetables-and-fruit-in-Kashmir<br /><br />"The hailstorm continued for about 39 to 40 minutes in many areas and damaged standing maize, fruit and vegetables crop completely," said Mohammad Yasir Wani, Sarpanch Nalthi.[more]<br /><br />Londoners left baffled by rare 'black hole' cloud formation<br />https://www.sott.net/article/414353-Londoners-left-baffled-by-rare-black-hole-cloud-formation<br /><br />[Is it an omen? Is it because Trump is there visiting?]<br /><br />Nipah virus case confirmed in Kerala, India - Authorities on high alert following outbreak last year<br />https://www.sott.net/article/414363-Nipah-virus-case-confirmed-in-Kerala-India-Authorities-on-high-alert-following-outbreak-last-year<br /><br />Last year's outbreak of the virus had a mortality rate of 70% and claimed at least 17 lives. Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent it. It has flu-like symptoms that lead to encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain. [more]<br /><br />Intravenous vitamin C is a cancer killer and the FDA wants it banned<br />https://www.sott.net/article/414358-Intravenous-vitamin-C-is-a-cancer-killer-and-the-FDA-wants-it-banned<br /><br />Vitamin C has a broad spectrum antioxidant function with the ability to protect cell structures and DNA from free radical damage. Vitamin C is remarkably safe even in enormously high doses. Compared to commonly used prescription drugs, side effects are virtually nonexistent. No matter how high the concentration, vitamin C does not harm healthy cells. Yet, through an array of enzymatic and metabolic reactions, vitamin C has an impressive ability to protect and treat and wide range of diseases, including cancer. When something is this effective at treating disease, the FDA will stop at nothing to prevent public access. [more]<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-65423482703935777672019-06-05T08:09:29.515-05:002019-06-05T08:09:29.515-05:00Today's report makes JJFH much more plausible ...Today's report makes JJFH much more plausible than any other explanation of odd/rare events (that have become commonplace).<br /><br />Three separate incidents in the same town (Oceanside, CA), two events in Brainerd, two in Kuwait City, the car at Walmart in NC, the 20 luxury vehicles in Nairobi, and all the people being pulled dead or unconscious from water (or being near it), not to mention the on-going medical emergencies causing all manner of vehicle accidents and all the people having those same issues in planes or on ships. i mean CAH-MAHN, it's virtually impossible for anything this pervasive to be COINCIDENCE! The simplest, most basic underlying and compelling answer to all these is ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION (pervading the water on the planet), and SPECIFICALLY CH4/H2S.<br /><br />[i should just refer everyone to seemorerocks today, since Robin has ALL of the stuff i'm posting below AND political crap and other stuff, if interested]<br /><br />BLACK BEAR NEWS 6.4.19 INTERVIEW: Jennifer Hynes<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPfTC7RC10U [~ 61 min.]<br /><br />MINDBREAKING - The mental health effects of environmental change<br /><br />This video is the first collaboration between Jan Wyllie and Jennifer Hynes [~ 26.5 min.] <br /><br />Looking at Canadian Wildfires & Earthquake Report with Margo (June 4, 2019)<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOETdNfssC4 [~ 39 min.]<br /><br />When will the so-called "big one" arrive? A total of 430 quakes struck Riverside and San Bernardino counties California on Monday morning <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2019/06/when-will-so-called-big-one-arrive.html<br /><br />Strong tornado hits Bochold, Germany, causing significant damage<br />https://watchers.news/2019/06/05/strong-tornado-hits-bochold-germany-causing-significant-damage/<br /><br />Authorities suspect a tornado hit the city of Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany late June 4, 2019, causing significant damage. Another round of severe thunderstorms is expected today. [more]<br /><br />[and locally]<br />Latest Weather Forecast<br />https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/weather/stories/Philadelphia-Daily-Forecast-328053331.html<br /><br />After two lovely days, temperatures will warm, humidity will rise and the threat of severe weather will return Wednesday.<br /><br />A First Alert has been issued for Wednesday evening from 7pm to Thursday early morning at 3am. During this time frame, Delaware, South Jersey, the Jersey Shore, Philadelphia and the PA Suburbs have the potential to see scattered strong to severe thunderstorms. Although the NBC10 First Alert weather team does not expected the storms to be quite as damaging and widespread as the storms we saw last week, there's still a chance for pockets of damaging winds, heavy rain, or hail. An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out, but doesn't look likely.<br /><br />Wednesday the temperatures take a jump up, with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Humidity climbs to the muggy range again, too.<br /><br />Thursday will also see mid 80s and humid conditions. Some lingering showers are possible, but severe storms are not likely.<br /><br />Friday the region dries out, and temperatures hang in the low 80s through the weekend. [see map]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-49558044397187427362019-06-05T08:03:48.111-05:002019-06-05T08:03:48.111-05:00Wow, 101, yuck. It's 'only' gonna be 9...Wow, 101, yuck. It's 'only' gonna be 92 here today...brr!Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-41930533208467199972019-06-05T07:59:33.590-05:002019-06-05T07:59:33.590-05:00Well it's here! The solar minimum! Ice age c...Well it's here! The solar minimum! Ice age cometh. Just don't tell the folks around the world baking in recrd breaking heat. Might get there hopes up. I'll be thinking of the "quiet sun" this Sunday when it hits 101 here in central Texas.<br /><br />https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/04/sun-reached-solar-minimum-surface-ominously-calm-9805282/Mike Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457050132624768898noreply@blogger.com