tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post7135188270138120605..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2020-07-14Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-70164557504466923662020-07-16T19:21:34.371-05:002020-07-16T19:21:34.371-05:00[hero of the day nominee]
‘If someone had to die i...[hero of the day nominee]<br />‘If someone had to die it should be me’: Heroic 6yo boy bitten IN FACE by dog while shielding sister named honorary World Champ<br />https://www.rt.com/sport/494896-six-year-old-bridger-walker-honorary-world-champion/<br /><br />Heroic 6-year-old Bridger Walker, who required 90 stitches to his cheek after being bitten in the face when defending his little sister from an onrushing dog, has been named ‘honorary world champion’ by the World Boxing Council.<br /><br />“On July 9th, my six year old nephew Bridger saved his little sister’s life by standing between her and a charging dog,” the boy’s aunt wrote in the post, which has received over a million likes.<br /><br />“After getting bit several times on the face and head, he grabbed his sister’s hand and ran with her to keep her safe.”<br /><br />The dog clamped its jaws around the left side of Bridger’s face, slicing open his cheek and leaving him needing a two-hour surgery and 90 stitches to close the wound. [more]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-81737608902576308192020-07-16T16:55:15.762-05:002020-07-16T16:55:15.762-05:00Navy says ship fire in San Diego is now out; cause...Navy says ship fire in San Diego is now out; cause unknown<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/sailors-battle-hot-spots-aboard-050219542.html<br /><br />The Navy believes a spark from an unknown source first ignited heavy-duty cardboard boxes, rags and other maintenance supplies that were being stored in the lower vehicle storage area. [more]<br /><br />Sweden becomes an example of how not to handle COVID-19<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/sweden-becomes-example-not-handle-141918249.html<br /><br />The economy has still taken a serious hit, however, and now Sweden is being seen as a cautionary tale on the risks of allowing businesses to reopen too early.<br /><br />The country's mortality rate from the coronavirus is now 30% higher than that of the United States, when adjusted for population size. [more]<br /><br />America Is on Track for a Million Coronavirus Cases a Day, and at Least 800,000 Deaths, by the End of 2020<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-track-million-coronavirus-cases-112633549.html<br /><br />If someone had suggested five months ago that we would be seeing more than 3 million cases and 135,000 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. by mid-July, I wouldn’t have believed it.<br /><br />But now it’s distinctly possible that, five months from now, half of all Americans could have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, and more than 800,000 Americans may die in this extraordinary outbreak. That is what many of our most prominent public-health experts now expect. [more]<br /><br />Americans Tear Up Old Eating Habits, Forcing Farms to Raze Crops<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/americans-tear-old-eating-habits-150000784.html<br /><br />U.S. consumers, whose previous food preferences were stable enough that farmers could often make reliable planting decisions years in advance, have shifted their habits at a torrential pace during the coronavirus pandemic. That includes cooking more at home, buying more organic food, purchasing in bulk, forgoing brand-name treats and eating smaller meals due to fewer trips to restaurants with their often oversized portions.<br /><br />Even one of those changes by itself could throw a wrench in the global food supply chain. Add all five together, and some suppliers are finding they can’t adapt fast enough to keep pace with all the changing consumer demands. Farmers like Jack Vessey, a lettuce grower in California, have been forced to destroy crops after restaurant demand dried up, while Oreo-maker Mondelez International Inc. is cutting its product offerings by 25% to simplify logistics.<br /><br />“The entire food supply chain has been put on its head,” said Kevin Kenny, chief operating officer at Decernis, an expert in global food safety and supply chains. “Nobody can really do a post-mortem because we are still in the middle of it.” [more]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-40838290476470032222020-07-16T16:55:08.097-05:002020-07-16T16:55:08.097-05:00Towards a complete failure of fiat money this year...Towards a complete failure of fiat money this year<br /><br />Banking Crisis This Month & Fiat Failure This Year | Alasdair Macleod<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/07/towards-complete-failure-o-fiat-money.html [~ 50 min.]<br /><br />"Probably By Year End" - Alasdair Macleod Warns "The Dollar Is On Its Way To Zero" [~ 37 min. Greg Hunter interview of him]<br /><br />‘This is the beginning of the greatest financial crisis in US history’: Peter Schiff makes dire predictions to Boom Bust <br />https://www.rt.com/business/483006-greatest-financial-crisis-us-history/<br /><br />“The bull market is clearly over, just look at the numbers,” says the veteran stock broker.<br /><br />“This is the beginning of the greatest financial crisis in US history,” Schiff says, adding “The financial crisis of US of 2008 will pale in comparison as with the severity of this recession. We are going to have a much greater recession than the one that we had in 2008.” [more]<br /><br />BBN: When Is Peak Population<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCCMnDmsWLE [34 min.]<br /><br />4 killed, dozens trapped in rubble as 2 buildings collapse in India's Mumbai (VIDEOS) <br />https://www.rt.com/news/494977-mumbai-building-collapse-trapped/<br /><br /> A search for survivors is underway in India's financial capital of Mumbai after two buildings collapsed amid heavy rainfall, killing at least four people and trapping dozens more under the debris.<br /><br />The first collapse occurred at around noon in the city's Fort area, where part of a six-story building went down. At least two people were killed in that incident and two others critically injured, ZeeNews reported.<br /><br />Earlier in the day, a three-story building collapsed in the Malad suburb of Mumbai, killing two people and trapping many others. A rescue operation saw 15 people extracted from the rubble. They were sent to hospital, with most being discharged later. [more]<br /><br />[more confusion - sunlight rapidly kills corona virus, yet]<br />Why didn't summer kill the coronavirus? Experts explain what White House officials were missing<br />https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/why-didnt-summer-kill-the-coronavirus-experts-explain-what-white-house-officials-were-missing-173100360.html<br /><br />Rachel Baker, a postdoctorate fellow at the Princeton Environmental Institute, was one of three authors of a study published May 15 in the journal Science on how SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — may be affected by climate. In it, she and her colleagues concluded that summer was unlikely to have a major effect on the spread of COVID-19. Their findings did not inherently contradict Bryan’s; they too found that the virus may be weakened by sunlight and warmth. But their research contained a pivotal missing piece: that a virus with zero immunity is more powerful than both.<br /><br />“When you have a new virus and the population lacks any immunity to that virus, it’s just going to spread really well, and the climate is not going to matter much,” Bakers tells Yahoo Life. “We made that prediction in May and are now seeing all the cases come up in Florida and Texas, these places that are very warm, have lots of UV light, all these kinds of climate variables that people were saying might slow down the virus. But that ended up not being the case. It was sort of sad but interesting to see those predictions come true.” [more]<br /><br />[2nd section next]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-38042852743318797042020-07-16T08:06:16.504-05:002020-07-16T08:06:16.504-05:00[some Thursday headlines from RF]
News Links, July...[some Thursday headlines from RF]<br />News Links, July 16, 2020<br />Rice Farmer<br />https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />J.C. Penney to cut 1,000 jobs, close 152 stores<br /><br />U.S. withdraws from five bases in Afghanistan, reduces forces to 8,600 troops<br /><br />US, world population to shrink after midcentury, study suggests<br />World population is certain to dive before mid-century because of war, climate change, environmental degradation, famine, and other causes. -- RF [it's obvious]<br /><br />Forging Greater Israel: The Annexation of Palestine isn't one Event, it is Ongoing<br /><br />Oil & Gas Methane Leaks Responsible For Rise In Emissions<br /><br />Most air conditioning systems don't protect against the coronavirus. In some cases, they can actually facilitate spread<br /><br />Companies Are Selling Cops Access To Personal Data Harvested From Malicious Hacking And Data Breaches (US)<br /><br />Trump Authorized CIA To Wage Cyberwar On Iran And Others<br /><br />This Is a Financial Extinction Event<br />The lower reaches of the financial food chain are already dying, and every entity that depended on that layer is doomed.<br /><br />Fertility rate: 'Jaw-dropping' global crash in children being born<br /><br />It Starts: Mortgage Delinquencies Suddenly Soar at Record Pace<br /><br />Coastal flooding in US will continue to increase as seas rise, report says [duh]<br /><br />US has sustained 10 billion-dollar weather disasters already in 2020 [!]<br /><br />Trump vs Fauci? Undermining Science for Cult of Personality Politics is Taking America Down<br /><br />Fauci calls White House criticism of him bizarre, says 'let's stop this nonsense' and fight coronavirus<br /><br />Spring's coronavirus surge was bad, but 32 states are doing much worse now<br /><br />Work-from-Home & Covid Resurgence Maul Office OccupancyTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-63818654414786344622020-07-16T07:57:28.800-05:002020-07-16T07:57:28.800-05:00[from Don't Even Think About It news]
Ben Cars...[from Don't Even Think About It news]<br />Ben Carson on second coronavirus economic shutdown: ‘You do that again, and you completely destroy the financial infrastructure’<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/ben-carson-on-second-coronavirus-economic-shutdown-you-do-that-again-and-you-completely-destroy-the-financial-infrastructure-145120567.html<br /><br />A second shutdown of the U.S. economy would destroy the country’s financial system, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson told Yahoo Finance.<br /><br />“When you look at the damage that was done the first time, you do that again, and you completely destroy the financial infrastructure, and a lot more people would...die than would ever die from the virus,” said Carson. [more; ~ 14.6 min. vid]<br /><br />[SURF'S UP!!]<br />Huge Waves Draw Daredevil Surfers to Sydney Beach<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/huge-waves-draw-daredevil-surfers-123453402.html<br /><br />Huge waves off Shelly Headland in Manly, Sydney, attracted some daredevil surfers and bodyboarders on July 15, despite warnings of hazardous conditions.The surf was well and truly up, as winds gusting up to 100 km/h were reported locally, bringing waves of almost 12 meters. [~ 8 min. video!]<br /><br />Here's Which Schools Say They're Not Reopening in Fall of 2020<br />https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/heres-schools-theyre-not-reopening-155623056.html<br /><br />So far, some major school districts have already announced that they won’t be reopening in any capacity — and sticking to online instruction only — for the fall of 2020. Those school districts include San Diego Unified School District in San Diego, California, which will start the school year on August 31 from home. Their neighbors, the Los Angeles Unified School District, will also start the school year online, citing a lack of conclusive research on COVID-19 in schools, lack of resources to reopen buildings safely, and rising cases in the state. [more]<br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-46042180436978744272020-07-16T07:57:23.591-05:002020-07-16T07:57:23.591-05:00UN official: Catastrophe looming from oil tanker o...UN official: Catastrophe looming from oil tanker off Yemen<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/un-official-catastrophe-looming-oil-235102956.html<br /><br />The U.N. environment chief said Wednesday that “time is running out” to avert an environmental, economic and humanitarian catastrophe from a deteriorating oil tanker loaded with 1.1 million barrels of crude oil that is moored off the coast of Yemen. [more; just another rust bucket]<br /><br />Greta Thunberg demands 'crisis' response to climate change<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/greta-thunberg-demands-crisis-response-104235935.html<br /><br />Swedish activist Greta Thunberg urged European leaders on Thursday to take emergency action on climate change, saying people in power had practically "given up" on the possibility of handing over a decent future to coming generations. [more]<br /><br />The Problem With Trump Stripping The CDC Of COVID-19 Data Is Obvious, But Still Terrifying<br />https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/problem-trump-stripping-cdc-covid-211922908.html<br /><br />On Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services shared that all further hospital data on coronavirus patients will be sent directly to the Trump administration starting July 16. The information previously went through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first, reports CNN. <br />[more; gee, what could go wrong?]<br /><br />Governor Wolf imposes new restrictions in Pennsylvania as COVID-19 cases surge<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/governor-wolf-imposes-restrictions-pennsylvania-210436403.html [~ 1 min. news bit]<br /><br />[more confusion regarding masks]<br />Doctor shares video explaining how face masks don’t reduce your oxygen intake<br />https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/face-masks-oxygen-intake-doctor-115336968.html<br /><br />Wearing a face mask in shops and supermarkets will become compulsory in England from 24 July, with those failing to comply to the new rules facing fines of up to £100.<br /><br />The coverings are already compulsory on public transport in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19.<br /><br />While Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it would “give people more confidence to shop safely and enhance protections for those who work in shops”, others have questioned whether wearing a mask regularly will be good for their oxygen intake.<br /><br />A doctor has shared a video on Instagram explaining why face masks don’t reduce your oxygen intake in the hopes of putting people’s minds at ease. [more; yet another recent video MEASURED the INCREASED amount of CO2 you breathe in when wearing a mask!]<br /><br />[4th section below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-25530688925288810442020-07-16T07:56:26.052-05:002020-07-16T07:56:26.052-05:00Climate Science Has a Blind Spot When it Comes to ...Climate Science Has a Blind Spot When it Comes to Heat Waves in Southern Africa<br />https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13072020/africa-heat-waves-climate-science<br /><br />The lack of detailed information on extreme heat impacts hinders disaster response and preparedness. [more]<br /><br />The Wood Pellet Business is Booming. Scientists Say That’s Not Good for the Climate.<br />https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10072020/wood-pellet-business-booming-scientists-say-%E2%80%99s-not-good-climate<br /><br />Trump’s EPA is expected to propose a new rule declaring burning biomass to be carbon neutral, as industry looks to expand its domestic markets. [more]<br /><br />Three large wildfires in southwest Utah<br />https://wildfiretoday.com/2020/07/15/three-large-wildfires-in-southwest-utah/<br /><br />Three large wildfires are burning in southwest Utah.<br /><br />At least one home has burned in the 2,618-acre Veyo West Fire which is very close to Veyo, Utah and 18 miles northwest of St George, Utah. [more]<br /><br />Incident Management Team ordered for the Neiber Fire south of Worland, WY<br />https://wildfiretoday.com/2020/07/15/incident-management-team-ordered-for-the-neiber-fire-south-of-worland-wy/<br /><br />Wednesday it had grown to 7,800 acres according to the Bureau of Land Management. The fire is in Pistol Draw 13 miles south-southeast of Worland, Wyoming. [more]<br /><br />Mineral Fire Burns Over 14,000 Acres in California's Fresno County<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/mineral-fire-burns-over-14-020241297.html [short video]<br /><br />A run on cents: Why coins are disappearing from cash registers across the country<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/customer-spare-dime-pandemic-leads-190817082.html<br /><br />The apparent absence of enough coins in the nation's marketplace has so alarmed the federal government that last month the Federal Reserve established a U.S. Coin Task Force to "mitigate the effects of low coin inventories caused by the COVID-19 pandemic."<br /><br />The 22 members of the task force were announced Friday, representing government agencies, banks and businesses, and they will meet this month with the goal of sharing recommendations in early August to identify "actionable steps that supply chain participants can take to address the current coin circulation issue." <br /><br />Daniel Soques, an assistant professor of economics at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, called the situation a "perfect storm" of circumstances born out of the pandemic, during which businesses that deal heavily in coins, such as laundromats, may have closed, while the fear of getting the coronavirus by touching currency may have spurred people to avoid physical monetary transactions altogether. Coinstar, which operates about 22,000 coin-cashing kiosks nationwide, said volume slowed amid state and city lockdowns. New coin production was also hampered at the U.S. Mint's production facilities in March and April. <br /><br />And when the economy started tanking with record losses in the spring, it was enough for some people to "start hoarding coins and hoarding money in general," Soques said. [more]<br /><br />[3rd part follows]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-46884548869174552972020-07-16T07:55:53.944-05:002020-07-16T07:55:53.944-05:00Hello Jonny, everyone. It's cooled off around...Hello Jonny, everyone. It's cooled off around here some (81 the high today) and the humidity has dropped to reasonable. <br /><br />HUGE changes coming via climate change, the shamdemic (and associated "decisions" by "our leaders" to wear masks when out - ruining people's health - and potentially locking down large parts of the country again, which will cause even more economic pain), natural disasters and upcoming weather trouble (see first article below). Besides Thwaites Glacier melting, the Arctic melt continuing, Greenland melt accelerating and the methane releases from permafrost and the Arctic seas, we're in for FOOD problems before long.<br /><br />Thursday, 16 July 2020<br />Paul Beckwith on crop failures and thunderstorms in the High Arctic Cascading Simultaneous Crop Failures a HUGE Risk from Unfortunate Jet Stream Resonances with Earth<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/07/paul-beckwith-on-crop-failures-and.html [3 15-min. videos]<br /><br />Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, July 11, 2020, #257 (Dane Wigington)<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/07/geoengineering-news-11-july-2020.html [~ 54.3 min. podcast - more PROOF Covid-19 was MADE IN A LAB]<br /><br />Crazy weather continues: Death Valley in California records a temperature of 128 deg F, (53 deg C). Unprecedented rainfall contributing to growth of unprecedented locust swarms: Untold millions affected as 2020 could be hottest ever <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/07/crazy-weather-continues-death-valley-in.html<br /><br />June 2020 tied as Earth’s 3rd hottest on record. The first half of this year saw near-record warmth for the globe. Earth’s persistent warming trend last month vaulted June 2020 to the third-hottest June on record — a tie with 2015. Warm temperatures from January-through-June pushed the year to date to second highest in the 141-year climate record, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. [more]<br /><br />Soon, You Will Need To Wear A Mask To Enter Virtually Every Major Retail Store In America<br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/soon-you-will-need-to-wear-a-mask-to-enter-virtually-every-major-retail-store-in-america<br /><br />If you are adamant about not wearing a mask, you are not going to like this news one bit. Coming into this week, Costco, Starbucks, Best Buy and Panera Bread were requiring customers to wear masks to come into their stores, but most other major retailers were still giving people the freedom to choose whether they wanted to wear a mask or not. I know that a lot of people appreciated this freedom to choose, but it is about to come to an abrupt end. On Wednesday, Walmart and Kroger announced that they will be starting to require consumers to wear masks in all of their stores, and the National Retail Federation is pushing all of the rest of their members to do the same thing. In the days ahead it is expected that most of them will follow suit, and that means that soon there will be very few major retail stores that you are able to enter without wearing a mask. [more]<br /><br />[2nd piece awaits]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-78013399418919236882020-07-16T07:21:58.046-05:002020-07-16T07:21:58.046-05:00Arizona and Texas counties hit hard by coronavirus...Arizona and Texas counties hit hard by coronavirus bring in refrigerated trucks as morgues fill up:<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html<br /><br />And awaaaaay we go! Same as happened in New York. Totally predictable.Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.com