tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post6745665668206034115..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2017-05-03Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-12297671510695202632017-05-05T22:09:53.359-05:002017-05-05T22:09:53.359-05:00One of the beers on tap tonight was Dogfishhead...One of the beers on tap tonight was Dogfishhead's Beer to Drink Music To.<br /><br />I'm stickin' to Tequila Sunrises.<br /><br />Great local band - 6 guys that can play anything from Alman Bros. to David Bowie to Clapton to Talking Heads. Extremely accomplished musicians calling themselves Swamp Ash. <br /><br />The place is jumpin' for their second set. Lotta people dancin'. <br /><br />Feliz Cinco Dr Mayo, Jonny! Ah - HA!<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-72964297854558735842017-05-05T15:09:33.364-05:002017-05-05T15:09:33.364-05:00Terrifying shelf cloud engulfs Florida and turns d...Terrifying shelf cloud engulfs Florida and turns day into night<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/05/terrifying-shelf-cloud-engulfs-florida-pictures-video.html<br /><br />Mystery as Cows Go Crazy in Numbers of Farms in Holland<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/05/mystery-cows-go-crazy-farms-holland.html<br /><br />[this he' some weird shit!]<br /><br />Historic floodings far from over across the Midwest and South: Nine deaths blamed on flooding in several states<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/05/historic-floodings-missouri-arkansas-illinois-loods-video-pitures-map.html<br /><br />Lungs produce blood or how did we miss such a crucial biological process this whole time?<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/05/lungs-produce-blood-surprising-function-video.html<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-16525849433389966772017-05-05T14:35:09.212-05:002017-05-05T14:35:09.212-05:00The Macronian Candidate. Is Priced In.
http://pon...The Macronian Candidate. Is Priced In. <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-macronian-candidate.html<br /><br />Imploding commodities, not so much...<br /><br />One thing the ill-fated Brexit and Trump polls apparently forgot to ask, was the minor detail - "do you plan to vote?". Because any chimp can say they like a candidate, but when apathy is the majority voter, passive opinions are totally meaningless...<br /><br />We know one thing for certain, Wall Street has already voted for their inside man...<br /><br />"The first round vote of the French presidential election on Sunday, which put centrist Emmanuel Macron on course for a convincing victory in the second round on May 7, has cemented the positive view of many banks and brokers on the euro zone."<br />[more]<br /><br />Seven killed and two injured by lightning strikes in India <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350166-Seven-killed-and-two-injured-by-lightning-strikes-in-India<br /><br />'Creepy' horn sounds coming from the UK sky <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350161-Creepy-horn-sounds-coming-from-the-UK-sky<br /><br />Sinkhole partially swallows truck in San Francisco <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350155-Sinkhole-partially-swallows-truck-in-San-Francisco<br /><br />Make Bullshit Great Again <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/05/choose-delusion.html<br /><br />Bulltards inhaled a fresh breath of desperately needed bullshit this week, even as the Commodities complex went into liquidation mode...The chasmic divergence between non-stop bullshit emanating from Trump, the Fed, and OPEC versus reality has never been wider. Today's "better than expected" payrolls report was a scrap of desperately needed flotsam in an ocean of denial. And yesterday's House Obamacare repeal was viewed as a step closer to tax cuts for billunaires<br />[more]<br /><br />Strange trumpet sounds recorded in Georgia skies <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350151-Strange-trumpet-sounds-recorded-in-Georgia-skies<br /><br />Merck's president led secret biowarfare program - influencing experiments on Americans <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350171-Mercks-president-led-secret-biowarfare-program-influencing-experiments-on-Americans<br /><br />First female White House chief usher 'no longer employed,' official says<br />https://www.yahoo.com/gma/first-female-white-house-chief-usher-no-longer-152904609--abc-news-topstories.html<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-16861196432988906982017-05-05T11:55:40.769-05:002017-05-05T11:55:40.769-05:002 dead after cargo plane crashes at West Virginia ...2 dead after cargo plane crashes at West Virginia Yeager Airport <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350132-2-dead-after-cargo-plane-crashes-at-West-Virginia-Yeager-Airport<br /><br />Huge blaze engulfed a building in central Moscow, not far from Kremlin <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350127-Huge-blaze-engulfed-a-building-in-central-Moscow-not-far-from-Kremlin<br /><br />[no cause given]<br /><br />Last straw: Barret Brown wants out of America's 'moral vacuum' after being being re-imprisoned for talking to press <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350122-Last-straw-Barret-Brown-wants-out-of-Americas-moral-vacuum-after-being-being-re-imprisoned-for-talking-to-press<br /><br />Brown lamented the US's current state of affairs, not just politically, but socially. He cited the downfall of whistleblowers in recent years, and looked more favorably on developments in Germany and Iceland, where protests and uprisings had shifted government actions or rolled back the state altogether. Those countries were the kind he would "like to live in," he told RT. [more]<br /><br />'Vicious plot': Pyongyang claims CIA planning biochemical attack against Kim Jong-un <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350121-Vicious-plot-Pyongyang-claims-CIA-planning-biochemical-attack-against-Kim-Jong-un<br /><br />[SOTT]Comment: Given the CIA's history, the N. Korean's concern is warranted. [more; and I agree]<br /><br />First large Chinese-made passenger jet C919 takes flight, seeks to rival Boeing and Airbus <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350136-First-large-Chinese-made-passenger-jet-C919-takes-flight-seeks-to-rival-Boeing-and-Airbus<br /><br />[SOTT]Comment: Russia's answer to Boeing and Airbus: MC-21 airliner rolls off assembly room floor [more]<br /><br />Raccoon attack leaves elderly woman in bandages in Niagara, Ontario <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350113-Raccoon-attack-leaves-elderly-woman-in-bandages-in-Niagara-Ontario<br /><br />An 81-year-old woman is recovering from bites and scratches after being attacked by a raccoon at her St. Catharines home in what officials say is a rare event. [more]<br /><br />Man attacked by stray cow for 20 minutes in Gujarat, India <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350109-Man-attacked-by-stray-cow-for-20-minutes-in-Gujarat-India<br /><br />A stray cow went berserk and seriously injured a motorcycle-borne diamond polisher at Rukshmani Nagar society near Bapasitaram Chowk in Katargam on late Wednesday evening. The incident occurred when Dinesh Prajapati, 38, was returning home from work. <br /><br />The angry cow came in front of Prajapati, a resident of adjoining Nandanvan Society, and he lost control on the vehicle. The cow continued to attack the youth for more than 20 minutes, before the youth gathered courage to escape when other residents were trying to rescue him. [more]<br /><br />Amazing photo captures the bizarre moment a giant eye formed in the clouds above Leeds, UK <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350106-Amazing-photo-captures-the-bizarre-moment-a-giant-eye-formed-in-the-clouds-above-Leeds-UK<br /><br />[it's Guy Fawkes face - anonymous is everywhere!]<br /><br />Central California towns in trouble if Sierra snowpack melts too fast<br />http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-central-valley-flood-control-20170504-story.html<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-43469481177677809802017-05-05T08:43:10.093-05:002017-05-05T08:43:10.093-05:00NYT Cheers the Rise of Censorship Algorithms
The N...NYT Cheers the Rise of Censorship Algorithms<br />The New York Times is cheering on the Orwellian future for Western "democracy" in which algorithms quickly hunt down and eliminate information that the Times and other mainstream outlets don't like.<br /><br />Let's Call Western Media Coverage of Syria By Its Real Name: Propaganda<br /><br />Government Smearing of Israel's Critics<br />Israel's pressure to conflate criticism of its treatment of Palestinians with the evils of anti-Semitism has stifled a needed debate in Western societies.<br /><br />Al-Jazeera Said To Film False Flag Chemical Attack Against Syrian Civilian<br /><br />Earth Overshoot: How Sustainable is Population Growth?<br /><br />Too many humans: Shhh. Hear the rustle of grass? Not so much now in US parks<br />Peaceful, natural sounds- bird songs, rushing rivers and rustling grass - are sometimes being drowned out by noise from people in many of America's protected parks and wilderness areas, a new study finds.<br /><br />Climate change may corrode concrete even faster [they have no idea, Jonny]<br /><br />The Decline of the West: Left or Right, It Doesn't Matter<br /><br />Dangerous bridges: 100,000 are at least 65 years old and subjected to thousands of daily crossings<br /><br />No. of children in Japan falls for 36th year to new record low<br /><br />Fukushima's Nuclear Radiation Could Be Spread By Raging Wildfire<br /><br />Kyle Bass Warns "All Hell Is About To Break Loose" In China<br /><br />Carmageddon: After Abysmal April Sales, Auto Workers Prepare For "Extended" Summer Shutdowns<br /><br />GM Auto Inventory Hits 10 Year High: Most Since November 2007, One Month Before The Recession Started<br /><br />Dip in Tesla's customer deposits triggers worries over orders<br /><br />Shulkin says he's considering closing 1,100 VA facilities<br />Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin says his department is seeking to close perhaps more than 1,100 VA facilities nationwide as it develops plans to allow more veterans to receive medical care in the private sector.<br /><br />Most U.S. Homes Are Worth Less Than Before the Crash<br /><br />Puerto Rico Placed in Bankruptcy Protection: Illinois Needs Similar Deal<br /><br />U.S Gold Scrap Market Drying Up: Americans Pawned Off Their Best Asset To Go Further Into Debt<br /><br />Welcome to the new retirement — now you have to figure out how to pay for it<br /><br />State Farm to Displace 4,200 Workers, Exit 11 Locations<br /><br />Washington Is Making It Tougher to Retire<br /><br />Republican Sponsored "Trumpcare" Passes House: Hooray?<br /><br />Factory Orders, Except Aircraft, Fizzle Once Again<br /><br />[Tequila for everyone today! Ah-ha!]<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-80184528516072439642017-05-05T08:42:53.109-05:002017-05-05T08:42:53.109-05:00Why the Retail Crisis Could Be Coming to American ...Why the Retail Crisis Could Be Coming to American Groceries<br /><br />There Is One Way Out of Debt-Serfdom: Fanatic Frugality<br /><br />Deadly 'superbug' fungus emerging in U.S. hospitals<br /><br />Hidden Radiation Secrets of the World Health Organization<br /><br />Loud Ship Traffic Is Causing Seals To Go Deaf<br /><br />Pittsburgh is second largest U.S. water system exceeding federal lead level<br /><br />Analysis Of Global Warming 'Hiatus' Confirms, Once Again, That Humans Are Driving Climate Change<br /><br />This hidden fee is become increasingly common — and it's a nasty surprise on medical bills<br /><br />President Obama's team sought NSA intel on thousands of Americans during the 2016 election<br /><br />NSA Collected Americans' Phone Records Despite Law Change: DNI Report<br /><br />NYPD Refuses to Disclose Information About Its Face Recognition Program, So Privacy Researchers Are Suing<br /><br />Those !@#% Passwords Are Headed Out. Here's What Comes Next<br />Sounds great! But unlike a password, which can be changed at will, you cannot change your stolen biometrics. Additionally, you must somehow provide your biometrics in order for the system to work. It's unlikely that you can keep your biometrics out of the hands of governments, corporations, hackers, and other parties. -- RF<br /><br />New virus found to have destroyed IoT device<br />A Japanese research group has found a new type of computer virus that destroys programs in devices that are connected to the Internet.<br /><br />Business is booming for the surveillance state<br /><br />Eugene Kaspersky on cyber-espionage: 'The reality is that everyone hacks everyone'<br /><br />NATO cyberwar games show the U.S. needs more practice<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tom<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-69133793789623460162017-05-05T08:41:39.288-05:002017-05-05T08:41:39.288-05:00News Links, May 5, 2017
Rice Farmer
http://ricefa...News Links, May 5, 2017<br />Rice Farmer <br />http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Canada Housing Bubble Pops and Looks Similar to US Housing Bubble<br /><br />Canada's Largest Alternative Mortgage Lender Crashes in Dramatic Fashion.<br /><br />Canada's Banking System Is Crashing Before Our Eyes<br /><br />Puerto Rico Triggers Largest Ever US Muni Bankruptcy Process<br /><br />Wealthy feel pinch of housing costs as one in four Australians face mortgage stress<br />The burden of housing costs is biting even in Australia's wealthiest suburbs as an unprecedented one in four households nationally face mortgage stress, according to the latest in a 15-year series of analyses.<br /><br />Copper, barometer of global economy, posts worst drop in 19 months on China growth worries<br /><br />Trump's Commodities Rally Is Almost Gone<br /><br />China service sector slows, suggesting economy losing steam<br /><br />Tesla Burns Through $620 Million, Loses $13,000 Per Car Made Ahead Of Model 3 Launch<br /><br />Apple CEO Vows to Bring Manufacturing Back to the US, Robots to Fill Most of the Jobs<br /><br />Delta: Get off this flight or you're going to jail and your kids will be taken away<br />"Airlines don't give a crap about their customers."<br /><br />After two gov't bailouts, Italy's Alitalia airline is again bankrupt<br /><br />Airlines Made $4.2 Billion in Baggage Fees Alone Last Year. But Their Profits Still Plunged<br /><br />American Airlines is taking away more legroom in economy, report says<br /><br />What airlines don't want you to know: Our view<br /><br />Court: Airlines can be sued over baggage fees when bags are late<br /><br />Russia, Iran, Turkey sign on 'de-escalation zones' in Syria<br /><br />Syrian government supports de-escalation zones: foreign ministry<br /><br />Mattis in talks to keep 'several thousand' US troops in Iraq after ISIS<br /><br />South Korea's Likely Next President Warns US Not to Meddle in Nation's Democracy<br /><br />Yemeni Al-Qaeda Leader: We're Fighting Alongside US-Backed Forces<br /><br />While the Pentagon often presents the war in Yemen as being against al-Qaeda by way of trying to justify ever deeper direct US involvement, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader Qasim al-Rimi was a bit more frank about the situation, noting AQAP forces regularly fight "alongside" the US-backed Sunni forces.<br /><br />Saudi Power Struggle Could Destabilize The Entire Middle East<br /><br />Tillerson 'Emphatic' About Need to Halt South China Sea Buildup<br /><br />Anger grows in South Korea over US anti-missile system<br /><br />The US is using so much solar power that it will have to prepare for the August eclipse<br /><br />No end in sight as oil slide accelerates; 'The bears are in control of this market'<br /><br />The World Is Buying American Diesel as Fast as Refiners Can Make It<br />Indeed, diesel fuel is the workhorse fuel of industrial society, running trucks, heavy machinery, and generators. -- RF<br /><br />"A Nightmarish Picture For Iron Ore Prices" Has Emerged, Axiom Warns<br /><br />A desperate plea for help as four African nations near a famine crisis<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tom<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-15087691621179183862017-05-05T08:19:26.232-05:002017-05-05T08:19:26.232-05:00CONFLICT OF EXPLOSION
http://ponziworld.blogspot....CONFLICT OF EXPLOSION <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/05/waiting-for-explosion.html<br /><br />To summarize the "logic" in the prior post: Wall Street collectively doesn't believe that a crash can happen therefore they over-leverage themselves to GUARANTEE it does happen. It's called conflict-of-someone-else's-money.<br /><br />Remember to act surprised when it happens...<br /><br />Here is the Hindenburg Omen I alluded to earlier today [graph]<br /><br />In other words, ahead of Sunday's election, Europe is the new global "safe haven"<br /><br />What could go wrong? [more]<br /><br />"Printing Money Was Their Secret To Effortless Wealth" <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/05/got-policy-error.html<br /><br />"The key driver of realized global reflation, has been China"<br /><br />"Every single piece of U.S. data that was released Monday missed expectations..., personal income growth slowed, personal spending stagnated, construction spending turned negative and manufacturing activity grew at its slowest pace this year according to the ISM." [more]<br /><br />Nature paper on the "hiatus".<br />https://moyhu.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/nature-paper-on-hiatus.html<br /><br />For Hadcrut it's now 1.4°/Cen (other surface indices are higher). <br /><br />So my conclusion is that, just as contrarians protest (with some justice) that not too much should be made of the current strong warming trends, because they are influenced by a single event, so too should the much weaker hiatus be observed with modest interest, because it is the result of the concurrence of two weaker events, La Nina's, which get less noticed because they are less prominent, but are equally rather chance occurrences. [more; I corrected the spelling and spacing errors]<br /><br />New Crack Found in Delaware-Sized Chunk of Larsen C Ice Shelf as it Heads Toward Southern Ocean<br />https://robertscribbler.com/2017/05/04/new-crack-found-in-delaware-sized-chunk-of-larsen-c-ice-shelf-as-it-heads-toward-southern-ocean/<br /><br />Choking dust storm engulfs Beijing, less than a week after hottest April day on record <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/05/choking-dust-storm-engulfs-beijing-less.html<br /><br />Less than a week after enduring the hottest April day on record, Beijing was struck by a choking dust storm on Thursday and may not experience relief through Friday. [more]<br /><br />Torrential rain to exacerbate flooding following record crests along central U.S. rivers – Arkansas Governor deploys National Guard to combat flooding after at least 9 levee breaches <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/05/torrential-rain-to-exacerbate-flooding.html<br /><br />[I can't even imagine how much cropland washed out in this]<br /><br />Slow-moving disaster to continue for days, perhaps weeks<br /><br />The North Fork of the White River, near Tecumseh, Missouri, reached a record crest of 35.51 feet on Saturday night. [more]<br /><br />Killer whale Lulu found with extreme levels of PCBs, may be “the most contaminated on planet” <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/05/killer-whale-lulu-found-with-extreme.html<br /><br />[weren't PCBs banned years ago?]<br /><br /> killer whale found dead on the Scottish island of Tiree had one of the highest levels of PCB pollution ever recorded, scientists say. [more]<br /><br />Tom<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-71607350652780311192017-05-05T08:18:39.937-05:002017-05-05T08:18:39.937-05:00Hey, Jonny! Happy Cinco de Mayo! Weather people...Hey, Jonny! Happy Cinco de Mayo! Weather people say you're in for about a 4 day respite from all the rain, while we in PA are just gettin' started on "cool and wet for the foreseeable future." Swell.<br /><br />Hull pickin' up a double on this day.<br /><br />Explosions at hazardous waste plant in Spain leave 37 injured <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350087-Explosions-at-hazardous-waste-plant-in-Spain-leave-37-injured<br /><br />Several explosions ripped through a recycling site for hazardous chemical waste near Madrid on Thursday, injuring 37 people, three of them seriously, and forcing the evacuation of nearby schools, officials said. <br /><br />The authorities are investigating the cause of the blasts. <br />[more; and we'll never hear about what they find]<br /><br />Brief worldwide Twitter outages day after WhatsApp panic <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350084-Brief-worldwide-Twitter-outages-day-after-WhatsApp-panic<br /><br />20 small earthquakes strike near Kitsap Peninsula, Washington <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350091-20-small-earthquakes-strike-near-Kitsap-Peninsula-Washington<br /><br />Shallow 5.8 magnitude earthquake recorded near Karakenja, Tajikistan; followed by 3 aftershocks <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350090-Shallow-5-8-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-near-Karakenja-Tajikistan-followed-by-3-aftershocks<br /><br />Dead humpback whale found at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware; fifth in 10 months <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350089-Dead-humpback-whale-found-at-Rehoboth-Beach-Delaware-fifth-in-10-months<br /><br />This is the fifth humpback whale death in Delaware in the last 10 months, and the 43rd on the East Coast from 2016 to the present. [more]<br /><br />Elephant kills a mahout at Dubare Elephant Camp in India <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350088-Elephant-kills-a-mahout-at-Dubare-Elephant-Camp-in-India<br /><br />A mahout was killed by Forest department elephant on Thursday in Dubare elephant camp. <br /><br />Sources said that elephant Karthik (7) trampled Mani (47), a mahout to death while he was providing fodder. <br /><br />The incident occurred at five o clock in the evening. Last month on April 17 the same elephant had killed a mahout Annu (45). [more]<br /><br />National Guard deployed to combat Arkansas flooding following at least 9 levee breaches <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350082-National-Guard-deployed-to-combat-Arkansas-flooding-following-at-least-9-levee-breaches<br /><br />Morning sun halo appears in Iowa skies <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350078-Morning-sun-halo-appears-in-Iowa-skies<br /><br />Arkansas city 'rocks' massive sinkhole <br />https://www.sott.net/article/350076-Arkansas-city-rocks-massive-sinkhole<br /><br />"There Was No One Left To Fuck Over" <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-final-sticks-of-dynamite.html<br /><br />This will be biblical, I guarantee you that much...<br /><br />Today the Roman Congress took the first steps to repeal the post-2008 financial regulations, and also to repeal Obamacare, which will eventually leave 24 million people without health insurance. <br /><br />It was a "good day" for corruption so Circus Clownius who has "amazing" health coverage by the way, is very happy<br /><br />Now, back to collapse in broad daylight<br /><br />How about a China-induced commodities meltdown, first quarter GDP implosion, recession stock rotation, blow-off top in Tech, a clueless Fed, and a Circus Clown in the White House, would that be an hypothetically worthy "catalyst"? [more]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com