tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post430942794605743027..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2017-10-25Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-90663374454429675852017-10-28T06:56:52.686-05:002017-10-28T06:56:52.686-05:00We live in an unlucky spot. The border between the...We live in an unlucky spot. The border between the City of St. Louis and Richmond Heights runs right through the house. Therefore, though we pay sewer insurance to the city, it doesn't cover this, because the part of the house affected is in Richmond Heights. Never foresaw that! This can't possibly affect too many people - could be we're the only ones. And so why are we paying sewer insurance, aside from the fact that it's mandatory?<br /><br />And yeah, lotta jackhammering and digging, but not much dust or dirt inside, at least not yet. We're staying put anyway. Hey, thanks to the kind neighbor, we have water and the sewer part's already done. So it's more or less normal life except for the noise when the workers are working.<br /><br />I'm just chalking it all up to 'shit happens'!Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-47217277110663907042017-10-28T06:28:11.167-05:002017-10-28T06:28:11.167-05:00Homeowners' insurance should cover that. If n...Homeowners' insurance should cover that. If not - crowdfund!<br />If I was even reasonably well off i'd write you a check. Really sorry to hear that, buddy. I imagine they're digging from the street in to your basement to replace the old lines and possibly jackhammering the concrete basement floor too. Lotta dust and dirt - you livin' in a hotel temporarily? My wife would have moved out the minute that happened and said "call me when it's fixed!" <br /><br />So far the only threat to my house is from my dying (> 100' tall) trees that continually drop branches, leaves and nuts all over the back yard. One of 'em got struck by lightning a few years back and is damaged, but I don't have any kind of money for tree climbers to get up there and cut the dead out (that one threatens my neighbor's place). Any time there's a high-wind advisory, I get nervous that my house will be crushed to splinters.<br /><br />Hey - at least we don't live in PR! <br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-25011602149391654912017-10-28T04:26:09.680-05:002017-10-28T04:26:09.680-05:00On a personal note here, infrastructure collapse g...On a personal note here, infrastructure collapse got me! Sewer and water system under the house collapsed. Monday, when workers show up again, will be day 6 of this stuff. A neighbor let the workers connect a hose to their house so we have temporary water for now. (Unmetered water, so it doesn't cost 'em anything, and I'd do the same for them.) Cost to repair everything, five digits. Not blaming this on anything other than it's an old house, which dates back to the St. Louis World Fair at the beginning of the 1900s. Still sucks donkey balls though! Boooo! *shakes fist at universe*Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-11882362515390749522017-10-27T19:29:39.810-05:002017-10-27T19:29:39.810-05:00Dozens of seal pups killed during Storm Brian on t...Dozens of seal pups killed during Storm Brian on the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales<br />https://www.sott.net/article/365623-Dozens-of-seal-pups-killed-during-Storm-Brian-on-the-coast-of-Pembrokeshire-Wales<br /><br />Intense hailstorm in Cordoba, Argentina leaves hail accumulations of 1.5 m (4.9 feet) within 15 minutes<br />https://www.sott.net/article/365595-Intense-hailstorm-in-Cordoba-Argentina-leaves-hail-accumulations-of-1-5-m-4-9-feet-within-15-minutes<br /><br />Spectacular 'fire rainbow' spotted over nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, UK<br />https://www.sott.net/article/365570-Spectacular-fire-rainbow-spotted-over-nature-reserve-in-Cambridgeshire-UK<br /><br />Mudslide kills 5 siblings in Larráinzar, Mexico<br />https://www.sott.net/article/365560-Mudslide-kills-5-siblings-in-Larrainzar-Mexico<br /><br />Four large earthquakes recorded in Iceland's most powerful volcano<br />https://www.sott.net/article/365554-Four-large-earthquakes-recorded-in-Icelands-most-powerful-volcano<br /><br />[on a more personal note, my wife dug a tick out of my back after I had a shower - so far, no ill effects]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-47469396861734917172017-10-27T09:14:47.844-05:002017-10-27T09:14:47.844-05:00[Here's an eye-opener for everyone living in t...[Here's an eye-opener for everyone living in the U.S.]<br />The United States of Toxins<br />http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-25/united-states-toxins<br /><br />JFK TRUTH - The Mob CIA and the 8 Paid ASSASSINS<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=jk_7TCe_Fkk<br /><br />[~ 1 hr. 25 min. video]<br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-76006817734468726782017-10-27T07:15:43.976-05:002017-10-27T07:15:43.976-05:00Big Oil Set to Make Facebook-Level Cash Even With ...Big Oil Set to Make Facebook-Level Cash Even With $50 Crude<br />The oil majors are reaping the benefits of deep cost cuts, but they're still not doing quite enough. The target: being able to fully fund dividends and investments at $40, or even $30 a barrel, according to BP Plc Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley.<br />So, still more cost cutting is needed. But as we've seen, spending on exploration and development has already fallen far below the reserve replacement rate. The promise of further spending cuts doesn't sound very encouraging. -- RF<br /><br />ConocoPhillips' Profit Beats Estimates, But Budget Cut 10%<br />ConocoPhillips, the largest U.S. independent oil producer, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by rising crude prices, although it slashed its capital budget by 10 percent to further cut costs.<br /><br />Wind Farms of a Certain Age Eyeing Surgery to Extend Lifespans<br /><br />Iraq Overtakes Saudi Arabia in Supplying U.S. With Oil<br /><br />Wave of addiction linked to fentanyl worsens as drugs, distribution, evolve<br /><br />People in rich countries are dying of loneliness<br /><br />Urban cooling study: When surrounding farms get hot and dry, cities cool off<br /><br />Resignation syndrome: Sweden's mystery illness<br /><br />New wave of cyber attacks hits Russia, other nations<br /><br />Kaspersky says it obtained suspected NSA hacking code from U.S. computer<br /><br />McAfee says it no longer will permit government source code reviews<br /><br />Our Quest For 'Absolute Security' Guarantees Forever War<br /><br />F-35s Hobbled by Parts Shortages, Slow Repairs, Audit Finds<br />Pentagon will be hard-pressed to keep fighter flying, GAO says<br />This is a textbook example of declining marginal return and the cost of complexity, which are factors which bring down societies and civilizations. Each incremental technological advance requires greater inputs, thus the colossal expense. And the final product is so complex that it's a challenge just to make it work. -- RF [yet we're sending them to Japan . .]<br /><br />Stagnation Nation: Middle Class Wealth Is Locked Up in Housing and Retirement Funds<br />Police Camera Study Shows New Tech Having Little Effect On Misconduct And Excessive Force<br /><br />Bill to restrain warrantless searches of Americans introduced to Senate, House<br />Bipartisan groups in the Senate and House of Representatives introduced legislation Tuesday that seeks to restrain government agencies' surveillance powers on American citizens. [DUH!]<br /><br />Trauma takes toll on half of U.S. kids<br /><br />Housing Bubble 2 Gets Complicated: Pending Home Sales Plunge in San Francisco Bay Area, Drop in all California<br /><br />America First is a Joke. Wall Street Wins Again<br /><br />With Malls In Full Meltdown Mode, GGP Goes All-In With $525MM Connecticut Mega-Mall [more stupidity]<br /><br />How trucking companies that cheat drivers dodge penalties<br /><br />Luxury homes can't keep up with high demand<br /><br />Rising Rents Are Pushing More Tenants Past the Breaking Point<br />Rents have increased rapidly across U.S. housing markets as the share of renting households has risen faster than the number of new units. Now, in a survey published Thursday by an apartment-listing service, nearly one in five respondents reports struggling to make the monthly payments.<br /><br />There's Now A Subprime Auto Loan Program Designed Specifically For RefugeesTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-56305440376414229332017-10-27T07:15:39.400-05:002017-10-27T07:15:39.400-05:00News Links, October 27, 2017
Rice Farmer
http://ri...News Links, October 27, 2017<br />Rice Farmer<br />http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />China's Silk Road Cuts Through Some of the World's Most Corrupt Countries<br />60% of Belt and Road nations have junk status or not rated<br /><br />The EU Just Did the Big Banks a Massive Favor<br />The European Union's executive arm, the European Commission, made a lot of bank executives very happy this Tuesday by abandoning its multi-year pledge to break-up too-big-to-fail lenders.<br /><br />Get ready for a 'substantial' slowdown in the US economy, investment bank predicts<br /><br />China Is Getting Ready To Unleash Its Plan For A Gold-Centric Monetary System<br /><br />Gold-Backed Petro-Yuan Silliness: Reserve Currency Curse?<br /><br />Are Petrocurrencies Heading For Extinction?<br /><br />Why Italy faces worst shock in Europe as ECB prepares to taper bond buys<br /><br />New Zealand to Foreigners – Get Out!<br /><br />The National Party is leaving New Zealand with unprecedented levels of debt<br /><br />Worldwide Debt More Than Triple Economic Output as Central Bank Shift Looms<br /><br />Worldwide debt has risen to a record $226 trillion (£170.4 trillion) - more than three times global annual economic output - and firms in more countries are struggling to service loans, a study shows, just as key central banks prepare to end super-cheap credit policies.<br /><br />'Minsky Moment' Hangs Over World Swimming in Debt<br /><br />Sainsbury's ups supermarket stakes with 2,000 job cut strategy<br />As part of a £500 million cost-cutting plan, supermarket giant Sainsbury's has announced that it will give 2,000 staff their marching orders.<br /><br />Wells Fargo Layoffs in 2017: 762 Job Cuts So Far, Wells Fargo Call Center Hit the Hardest<br /><br />Why Nokia Is Cutting Jobs in France<br /><br />US Military Strike Against North Korea Pose Risk Of 'Unacceptable War': Expert<br /><br />US Officials: Niger Is 'Hub' for US Operations in Western Africa<br /><br />Israel accused of selling military equipment to Burma during 'ethnic cleansing' of Rohingya Muslims<br /><br />24,000 Homicides: Mexico On Pace For Most Violent Year In History As Drug Wars Spiral Out Of Control<br /><br />Desperate journeys: Migrant flow to Italy from Libya increasing<br /><br />Number of intercepted migrants on Aegean at a high<br /><br />U.S. Deepwater Offshore Oil Industry Trainwreck Approaching<br />The U.S. Deepwater Offshore Oil Industry is a trainwreck in the making. The low oil price continues to sack an industry which was booming just a few short years ago. The days of spending billions of dollars to find and produce some of the most technically challenging deep-water oil deposits may be coming to an end sooner then the market realizes.<br /><br />Massive Graphite Shortage Looms over Electric Car Future<br />Spot prices for graphite electrodes have spiked over 300 percent since January, hitting up to a whopping $35,000 per tonne as graphite supplies dry up for a metal that is of crucial importance to the lithium batteries that form the backbone of the electric car boom.<br /><br />100% renewables: 'wishful thinking' or an imperative goal?<br /><br />Venezuela Oil Shipments To U.S. Fall By Half<br /><br />[finished up below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-21834628454551047422017-10-27T06:53:46.290-05:002017-10-27T06:53:46.290-05:00Towards the next false flag? - DHS: homegrown terr...Towards the next false flag? - DHS: homegrown terror threat is the 'most serious' it has been since 9/11 <br />'We are in a generational fight': Homeland Security says homegrown terror threat is the 'most serious' it has been since 9/11<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/10/towards-next-false-flag-dhs-homegrown.html<br /><br />Gerald Celente in the neo-con warmongering lunacy <br /><br />Lionel Interviews the Inimitable Gerald Celente on Warmongering Neocon Lunacy Over Peace<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/10/gerald-celente-in-neo-con-warmongering.html<br /><br />[~ 61.25 min. video]<br /><br />Schneller als degacht - Warning of 'ecological Armageddon' after dramatic plunge in insect numbers <br /><br />FTE19 ~ worldwide connected ~ Burden on Other Species<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/10/schneller-als-degacht-warning-of.html<br /><br />[~ 27.5 min. podcast]<br /><br />"Missing" Vegas Security Guard Left The Country Days After Vegas Massacre <br />Tucker Carlson Blasts Jesus Campos Story - Las Vegas Shooting Investigation<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/10/missing-vegas-security-guard-left.html<br /><br />[~ 5.5 min. video followed by Zero Hedge article]<br />Mysterious "Missing" Vegas Security Guard Left The Country Days After Vegas Massacre<br /><br />[article goes on with the following details, if anyone is still interested]<br />Proof of Two Shooters at Mandalay Bay Hotel - Las Vegas Shooting Investigation [~ 2.75 min. video]<br /><br />Stephen Paddock's Missing Hard Drive - Las Vegas Shooting Investigation [~ 11 min video]<br /><br />The war in Africa no one knew was being fought <br /><br />From Shadow Wars To Overt War: The Pentagon's New 'Scramble For Africa' <br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-war-in-africa-no-one-knew-was-being.html<br /><br />WARNING: DOD Announces EMP DRILL November 4-6th <br /><br />DoD Plans Solar-Storm-Based National Blackout Drill During Antifa Protests In November<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/10/warning-dod-announces-emp-drill.html<br /><br />[this is more about "preparing" Americans for N. Korea EMP attack]<br /><br />CIA blocks release of bulk of JFK assasiantion records <br /><br />Trump Blocks Full Release Of JFK Assassination Records After Last Minute CIA Push<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/10/cia-blocks-release-of-bulk-of-jfk.html<br /><br />[yep, I knew they wouldn't let it all out - because THEY DID IT!]<br /><br />Human exposure to glyphosate, a chemical found in weed killers, increased over 23 years – “Our exposure to these chemicals has increased significantly over the years but most people are unaware that they are consuming them through their diet” <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/10/human-exposure-to-glyphosate-chemical.html<br /><br />Typhoid fever is spreading in North Korea! Authorities are struggling to contain the disease: Military ordered to gather its own rice <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/10/typhoid-fever-is-spreading-in-north.html<br /><br />[gee, I wonder how that got there?]<br /><br />Ebola type invasive and usually fatal disease is killing white-tailed deer in Connecticut <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/10/ebola-type-invasive-and-usually-fatal.html<br /><br />Satanism linked to mysterious disease causing childrens legs to swell, while in anguish and falling into a trance in Zimbabwe <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/10/satanism-linked-to-mysterious-disease.html<br /><br />Corporate Capitalism Is Ending So Badly <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/10/corporate-capitalism-is-ending-so-badly.html<br /><br />Corporate capitalism has rendered the planet an environmental wasteland, while decimating the real economy. Humanity has been conveniently debased into a servile Idiocracy of rapacious consumption zombies. Aside from that everything's great. [more]<br /><br />Key Reversal Of Fortune <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/10/key-reversal-of-fortune.html<br /><br />Super Mario has his work cut out for him tomorrow, because volume and volatility are rising. Soon the machines will no longer be in control...[more]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-2618335329734399042017-10-27T06:53:41.014-05:002017-10-27T06:53:41.014-05:00A massive industrial fire is burning since five da...A massive industrial fire is burning since five days in Parkersburg, West Virginia: State of emergency declared in Wood County but nobody speaks about it<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/10/massive-industrial-fire-parkersburg-west-virginia-videos-pictures-media-blackout.html<br /><br />[article includes several short videos]<br /><br />Unusual glow in auroral sky after Russia fires a nuclear ballistic missile on October 26 2017<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/10/unusual-glow-sky-russia-nuclear-ballistic-missile-test-pictures-october2017.html<br /><br />Unseasonably cold temperatures for Midwest and Plains, powerful storm for the Northeast<br />https://watchers.news/2017/10/26/unseasonably-cold-temperatures-for-midwest-and-plains-powerful-storm-for-the-northeast/<br /><br />A strong cold front in the northern states will usher unseasonably cold temperatures into the Plains and Midwest Thursday into Friday, October 27, 2017, NWS warns. Frost Advisories, Freeze Warnings, and even some Hard Freeze Warnings are in effect. This front will also bring several inches of snow to portions of the Upper Midwest which could cause difficult travel conditions through Friday morning. A rapid cyclogenesis is expected to occur off the Eastern Seaboard Sunday - Monday, October 29 - 30 as a tropical disturbance undergoing extratropical transition enters a region of highly favorable upper-level dynamics, producing a potential heavy rain and wind event for portions of the Northeast. [more]<br /><br />New geological record shows Yellowstone's last catastrophic eruption 630,000 years ago spawned twin eruptions that altered global climate <br />https://www.sott.net/article/365510-New-geological-record-shows-Yellowstones-last-catastrophic-eruption-630000-years-ago-spawned-twin-eruptions-that-altered-global-climate<br /><br />"We discovered here that there are two ash-forming super-eruptions 170 years apart and each cooled the ocean by about 3 degrees Celsius," said U.C. Santa Barbara geologist Jim Kennett<br />[more]<br /><br />Six baby whales found dead on Yasawa, Fiji <br />https://www.sott.net/article/365545-Six-baby-whales-found-dead-on-Yasawa-Fiji<br /><br />30,000 lightning strikes and large hail as 'super-cell' storms hit New South Wales <br />https://www.sott.net/article/365544-30000-lightning-strikes-and-large-hail-as-super-cell-storms-hit-New-South-Wales<br /><br />These storms come just days after the Bureau of Meteorology warned "La Niña" could wash out the east coast's summer. [more]<br /><br />Watch: 250-mile long lightning strike caught on satellite video <br />https://www.sott.net/article/365508-Watch-250-mile-long-lightning-strike-caught-on-satellite-video<br /><br />One of the little known dangers of lightning is that it can strike dozens of miles away from the actual thunderstorm itself. <br /><br />Or in one case this week, hundreds of miles. <br /><br />The new GOES 16 satellite has an advanced lightning sensor and captured a flash that started from a thunderstorm in southeastern Kansas and propagated about 250 miles across parts of Oklahoma and Missouri, according to NOAA [more]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-63503006651063445722017-10-27T06:53:04.767-05:002017-10-27T06:53:04.767-05:00The situation continues to worsen each day. Some d...The situation continues to worsen each day. Some days, it's only "routine" fires, explosions, accidents and the rest. Then, suddenly there's a spike in "activity" that indicates NOTHING is under control and we're all just waiting for the death and destruction bus to visit our own areas. Here's a case in point, NOT spoken about in the MSM:<br /><br />Friday, 27 October 2017<br />Suppressed News <br /><br />A Massive Fire has been burning for 4 days now at a Warehouse in Parkersburg – Media Blackout<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/10/suppressed-news.html<br /><br />A fire has been burning at a warehouse that’s become a dump for things Dupont can’t legally get rid of for more than 4 days in Parkersburg, WV.<br /><br />The state doesn’t know what was in there, but there is possibilities of any number of these products being stored there – PVC, Nylon, Carbon black, Titanium dioxide, Fiberglass, Maleic Anhydride TLV 0.1 ppm, Formaldehyde, PTFE (Teflon), Styrene, Acrylonitrile, Polybutylene Terephthalate, and/or Acrylic Sheet all of which are not good things when burned.<br />Edit: Update from Reddit “There is also an underground storage tank from when it was ames that is full of trichloroethyene, lead, ethylbenzene, and toluene that is leaking.<br />The fire suppression system for the warehouse failed last winter because one of the pipes froze and busted. They never had it fixed.”<br /><br />Edit 2: Another update from an insider that used to work for Dupont. IEI, who owns the building is a shell company owned by Dupont. Also, from a different insider “Saurabh Naik (Ed Note: The official owner of IEI) has dozens of LLC Shell companies like IEI that he funnels stuff through. He makes everyone that works from him sign an NDA.<br />You’d be Shocked at some of the stuff that gets stored in his warehouses. You get everything from polymers to toxic Dust to drums of acid all thrown into the same sections of buildings. I’ve personally seen warehouses wall-to-wall with this stuff with literally no room to walk around in. If a Fire breaks out in one of his buildings then there is no way to put it out short of letting the entire thing Burn to the ground. Apparently this old AMES building was one of his worst . . <br /><br />Fire crews have been on site since Saturday, costing the city of Parkersburg $60,000 a day, they’ve already spent more than $300,000 on fighting the fire. Some fire fighters on site have said that while the fire on the building is easy to put out, some of the materials inside it burn hotter when sprayed with water. They do not have enough foam to put out the fire, but they need it badly.<br /><br />This ash cloud has been bellowing from the fire since the beginning and the ash has been found over 40 miles away. People who breathe in the ash and smoke for as little as half an hour have issues with breathing, burning skin, eyes, and throat. Residents are also reporting headaches and nausea. A lot of people have been hospitalized for acute chemical pneumonitis. Schools are closed, buses aren’t running, businesses are closed, and government agencies are closed. [see disgusting pics]<br /><br />Most people do not have the money to evacuate, and they are not safe in their homes, let alone if they leave to get supplies. The smoke cloud is literally blacking out the sky in areas.<br /><br />The weather in the last few days increased toxicity in the air and has caused toxic water run-off into the creeks and river. The fire department has nearly drained the city’s water reservoir, and the reservoir has likely been compromised by the ash as they don’t know if the filters can clear it. [the more you read, the worse it gets - thanks, DuPont!]<br /><br />Though a Dupont spokesperson said that the cloud was harmless, it reportedly smells like paint thinner and people are going to the hospital because of it.<br /><br />Once again, West Virginia has gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to our water, air, and land. And because of this, our citizens are suffering and our fire fighters are risking their lives to help fight the fire. [more; if you can stand it]<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com