tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post4345813960680702257..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2020-08-26Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-17047206532319313732020-08-28T21:58:33.006-05:002020-08-28T21:58:33.006-05:00[A few Friday headlines from Rice Farmer]
News Li...[A few Friday headlines from Rice Farmer]<br /><br />News Links, August 28, 2020<br />Rice Farmer<br />ricefarmer.blogspot.com<br /><br />As virus rages, US economy struggles to sustain a recovery<br /><br />Running on empty? Emerging markets burn through reserves fighting virus<br /><br />United Airlines announces biggest pilot job cut in its history<br /><br />Drone maker General Atomics lays off hundreds<br /><br />What A Cashless Society Really Means For You<br /><br />Airlines, Trying to Dodge Bankruptcy with Air Travel Still Down 70%, Threaten Oct. Jobs Massacre Unless they Get 2nd Bailout<br /><br />US detaining more migrant children in hotels despite outcry<br /><br />Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is now worth more than $200 billion. Protesters built him a guillotine.<br /><br />Coal’s Share Of Global Energy Supply Has Increased Since 1973<br /><br />Hormel Foods warns of supply shortages on COVID-19 hit<br /><br />Extreme Heat, Wildfires and Record-Setting Storms Suggest the Future Climate Crisis Is Already Here<br /><br />Dolphin die-offs on the rise in Mauritius following oil spill<br /><br />Overfishing erased sharks from many of the world's reefs, researchers say<br /><br />Journalism’s Gates keepers (on the Gates Foundation's sponsorship of journalism)<br /><br />America's Metastasizing Class Wars<br /><br />Small Landlords, Tenants, Lenders, Governments Grapple with “Extend-and-Pretend Forevermore”<br /><br />Extinction Rebellion co-founder Roger Hallam among activists arrested ahead of environmental protests<br /><br />The Zombie Companies Are Coming<br /><br />25% of U.S. malls are expected to shut within 5 years. Giving them a new life won’t be easy<br /><br />The Triumph of Monopoly Capitalism is Hurting American Workers’ Life Expectancy<br /><br />Kamala Harris vows support for Israel and protection against Iran<br />There you have it. Vote for Biden and you get Trump. Or vice versa. -- RF<br /><br />2 New Jersey cops admitted they dressed in disguises and vandalized the cars of a man who filed complaints against them<br /><br />U.S. commercial-property prices fall with worst yet to come<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-21608786080334246592020-08-28T11:39:02.038-05:002020-08-28T11:39:02.038-05:00#3 comment
400,000 farm chickens, turkeys & e...#3 comment<br /><br />400,000 farm chickens, turkeys & emus EUTHANIZED as bird flu blights Australia<br />https://www.rt.com/news/499304-australia-birds-flu-euthanazed/<br /><br />The Australian state of Victoria has had to euthanize huge numbers of poultry, among them thousands of baby chicks, in a bid to stem the spread of the bird influenza, likely to add to Australia’s perils in containing coronavirus.<br />Choosing between bad and worse, poultry farmers in Victoria have decimated their livestock, with a whopping 400,000 turkeys, chickens, and emus being killed out of fear they could be a great risk of transmitting the contagion. That includes 2,000 baby emus, local media have reported.[more]<br /><br />[from So Much For "Green" news]<br />Solar Panels Are Starting to Die, Leaving Behind Toxic Trash<br />https://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/08/22/solar-panels-are-starting-to-die-leaving-behind-toxic-trash/<br /><br />solar panels contain toxic materials like lead that can leach out as they break down, landfilling also creates new environmental hazards. [more]<br /><br />Afghanistan flash floods toll reaches 151<br />https://www.siasat.com/afghanistan-flash-floods-toll-reaches-151-1959368/<br /><br />The death toll from the recent flash floods in Afghanistan has increased to 151, as search and rescue operations continued in the affected areas on Friday. <br /><br />The worst-hit province of Parwan has so far reported 93 deaths and 110 injured.<br /><br />According to government statistics, 1,500 houses were damaged in these provinces. [more; 2 videos]<br /><br />BBN: Owning Everything Leaves Us With Nothing<br />https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCz0okP--rmK1v41YgJu8kxA [39 min.]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-68836030676602761142020-08-28T10:49:21.825-05:002020-08-28T10:49:21.825-05:00Hey Terry! Good to hear from you again! I don...Hey Terry! Good to hear from you again! I don't know if my 1st comment made the cut today.<br /><br />Things Have Gotten So Bad That A Million New Claims For Unemployment Benefits In One Week Is Considered “Good News”<br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/things-have-gotten-so-bad-that-a-million-new-claims-for-unemployment-benefits-in-one-week-is-considered-good-news<br /><br />The Labor Department announced on Thursday that another 1.006 million Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week. Prior to this year, the all-time record for a single week was just 695,000, and so the number of Americans that are losing their jobs each week continues to remain at a catastrophic level. But this latest figure is actually being spun as “good news” because at least it was lower than the week before. And I am willing to concede that point, because we should definitely welcome any sign that the numbers are starting to move in the right direction. However, there is no doubt that what we have experienced up to this point in 2020 is nothing short of an economic cataclysm. Over the last 23 weeks, more than 58 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits. Even if zero workers filed for unemployment for the rest of 2020, this would still be the worst year for unemployment claims in all of U.S. history by a gigantic margin. Vast hordes of workers have been losing their jobs week after week as the U.S. economy melts down right in front of our eyes. This has truly been an economic horror show, and the most nightmarish chapters are still ahead of us. [more]<br /><br />These states are suffering from the worst unemployment rates<br />https://finance.yahoo.com/news/these-states-are-suffering-from-the-worst-unemployment-rates-144451899.html<br /><br />Hawaii is currently suffering the worst employment picture with a nation-leading insured unemployment rate of 19.8%. The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico and Nevada round out the top three, with insured unemployment rates at 19.2% and 17.3%, respectively. California followed the top three at 16.1%. New York, Connecticut, and Louisiana follow closely behind, all with insured unemployment rates above 13% and notably higher than the national average of 10.1% for the same week ended August 8. [more]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-63159618135699345692020-08-28T08:52:38.355-05:002020-08-28T08:52:38.355-05:00Firefox changed overnight and I'm having troub...Firefox changed overnight and I'm having trouble posting this morning.<br />This is the 3rd attempt, as I inadvertently erased the first 2, hitting the blogger button while cutting and pasting. Frustration @ 5 a.m. isn't how I expected to begin the day.<br /><br />Friday, 28 August 2020<br />The trail of destruction left by Hurricane Laura in Texas and Louisiana<br /><br />Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana<br />https://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/08/blog-post.html [Hal Turner]<br /><br />3 dead, hundreds of thousands affected as destructive storms hit Victoria, Australia<br />https://watchers.news/2020/08/28/victoria-storm-august-27-2020/<br /><br />Destructive storms packing winds of up to 158 km/h (98 mph) wreaked havoc in Victoria, Australia, on Thursday, August 27, 2020, leaving at least three people dead. Power was disrupted to 95 000 households, while 250 000 homes were affected by possible water contamination. Almost 3 000 calls were made to the State Emergency Service (SES) for assistance as numerous trees were torn down and several properties were damaged. [more]<br /><br />Record-breaking rainfall submerges Karachi, leaving more than 20 people dead, Pakistan<br />https://watchers.news/2020/08/28/karachi-record-rainfall-pakistan-2020/<br /><br />At least 23 people were killed in weather-related incidents in Karachi, Pakistan, on August 27, 2020, as intense monsoon rains continued to batter parts of the country. Up to 223.5 mm (8.7 inches) of rain fell in just 12 hours on Thursday alone, marking the city's highest single-day downpour in 52 years. [more]<br /><br />Kesongo mud volcano erupts, leaving 4 people poisoned and 19 buffaloes missing, Indonesia<br />https://watchers.news/2020/08/27/kesongo-mud-volcano-eruption-indonesia-august-27-2020/<br /><br />Kesongo mud volcano in Central Java, Indonesia erupted at around 05:00 LT on August 27, 2020, leaving 4 people poisoned and 19 buffaloes missing. The last eruption of this mud volcano took place 3 years ago. [more]<br />Man killed by polar bear on Norway’s Arctic Svalbard islands<br />https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/world/man-killed-by-polar-bear-on-norways-arctic-svalbard-islands/<br /><br />A polar bear has attacked a camping site and killed a foreign national in the remote Svalbard Islands on Friday. [more]<br /><br />Police say lightning kills 10 children in remote Uganda town<br />https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2020-08-28/police-say-lightning-kills-10-children-in-remote-uganda-town<br /><br />The children, whose ages ranged from 9 to 16, were sheltering from the rain in a grass-thatched house when the lightning struck Thursday evening. They had been playing soccer in a nearby field, said Josephine Angucia, police spokeswoman in Uganda's West Nile region. [more; 4 others injured]<br /><br />Iowa’s farmers double blast: First the derecho, now a dramatic drought<br />https://strangesounds.org/2020/08/iowas-farmers-double-blast-first-the-derecho-now-a-dramatic-drought.html<br /><br />The ever-widening drought now encompasses three-fifths of Iowa, the U.S. Drought Monitor’s latest map showed Thursday. Nearly all of the rest of the state is considered abnormally dry, with only a few pockets of Iowa escaping both the drought and derecho. [more]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-14120755688155041342020-08-28T08:14:18.951-05:002020-08-28T08:14:18.951-05:00Lol, typo, and thanks for pointing it out. But kin...Lol, typo, and thanks for pointing it out. But kinda true either way!Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-73051260660989944662020-08-28T08:03:10.417-05:002020-08-28T08:03:10.417-05:00Hellooooo everyone. I am still alive:) Some jjfh...Hellooooo everyone. I am still alive:) Some jjfh events in my area (Scarborough Bluffs) with people dying in the water at the beach which I avoid. There is a huge storm water retention pond and a giant storm drain down there. If there is an H2S problem that is the first place it would become obvious.<br /><br />The typo made me laugh! "Hurricane Laura makes landfill." ...or was it a typo? <br /><br />Cheers to survivin' another day.Terrynoreply@blogger.com