tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post8401825668344598806..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2018-01-01Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-82534374640938102322018-01-03T13:25:51.082-06:002018-01-03T13:25:51.082-06:00NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, sl...NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, slumping morale and unpopular reorganization <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nsa%E2%80%99s-top-talent-is-leaving-because-of-low-pay-slumping-morale-and-unpopular-reorganization/ar-BBHNIfB<br /><br />[the government can even screw up their own agencies!]<br /><br />The National Security Agency is losing its top talent at a worrisome rate as highly skilled personnel, some disillusioned with the spy service's leadership and an unpopular reorganization, take higher-paying, more flexible jobs in the private sector.<br /><br />Since 2015, the NSA has lost several hundred hackers, engineers and data scientists, according to current and former U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. The potential impact on national security is significant, they said. [more]<br /><br />[or maybe it's like the mob and these people will end up dead]<br /><br />Man killed by lightning strike at Kings Canyon, Australia <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372943-Man-killed-by-lightning-strike-at-Kings-Canyon-Australia<br /><br />"They were nearly at the end of that walk when two storm fronts came through at the same time, there was quite a bit of rain and lightning and unfortunately the lightning struck the tripod that the deceased person was carrying on his back." [more]<br /><br />Powerful nor'easter to impact the coast from Florida to Canadian Maritimes<br />https://watchers.news/2018/01/03/powerful-nor-easter-to-impact-the-coast-from-florida-to-canadian-maritimes/<br /><br />A major winter storm developing just off the East Coast of Florida today is expected to move northeastward to the Canadian Maritimes by Friday, January 5, 2018. This powerful nor'easter is expected to bring snow, ice, rain, very strong winds, and rough surf to coastal locations of the Southeast U.S., Middle Atlantic, Northeast, and into New England Wednesday into Thursday, the National Weather Service warns. The Environment Canada has issued a special weather statements for the Maritimes, warning that significant amounts of snow and damaging winds may result in power outages, travel delays and cancellations, and school cancellations. [more]<br /><br />Supply Side Ponzinomics: Betting On Proven Failure <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2018/01/supply-side-ponzinomics-betting-on.html<br /><br />Trump's tax cut for the ultra-wealthy is human history's largest bull trap<br /><br />Republicans are looking to create broad-based prosperity by taking a policy that has generated broad-based poverty for 37 years, to level '11'. It makes perfect sense to anyone with an IQ of 0 or lower.<br /><br />Giving massive tax cuts to the bailout class on the theory that the bread crumbs will fall onto the heads of the indolent masses, has been tried twice before already. Each iteration leading to more job insecurity, more financial insecurity, and far more debt. Nevertheless, here they go again. It never once occurs to any of them that only by directly increasing the incomes of the middle class, can the roller coaster ride to penury end. But these are not bright people. They're serial failures, and their main skill is conning idiots.<br /><br />The locus of imminent failure for this third iteration of the experiment of course comes on the monetary policy side. As the term "inflation" makes its way into the Wall Street lexicon, the bond market and even the dullards in the Fed begin to take notice. Even though there is actually no broad-based inflation, especially not in wages; however any minor lift in wages is seen as a threat to the temple of debt. Under the *free trade* race to the bottom, real wages can fall continuously, but they can never rise. Lest they pose a threat to corporate profit margins. <br /><br />Therefore, working in close collaboration, the Fed and Republicans are generating insolvency for the U.S. middle class<br />[more]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-32261154196272238442018-01-03T07:08:10.285-06:002018-01-03T07:08:10.285-06:00News Links, January 3, 2018
Rice Farmer
http://ric...News Links, January 3, 2018<br />Rice Farmer<br />http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />U.N. Secretary General issues worldwide 'red alert' for 2018<br />Yeah, happy new year to you, too, António. But no progress will be made until humanity changes its fundamental priorities. As of this writing, global priorities include (1) empire-building, (2) making more humans (hey, there's a labor shortage!), (3) still more mindless consumption, (4) the great resource grab, (5) corporate rule, (6) endless war, and (7) the pursuit of perpetual growth. -- RF<br /><br />US Dollar Refuses to Die as Top Global Reserve Currency <br /><br />Digital Media Layoffs in 2017: BuzzFeed, Mashable & More Cut Jobs as Ad Revenue Declined <br /><br />Bitcoin fever to burn out in 'spectacular crash,' David Stockman warned<br /><br />Egypt says 'Bitcoin' currency is prohibited by Islam<br /><br />The Criminal Underworld Is Dropping Bitcoin for Another Currency<br />Privacy coins such as monero, designed to avoid tracking, have climbed faster over the past two months as law enforcers adopt software tools to monitor people using bitcoin.<br /><br />Who Are the Leading State Sponsors of Terrorism?<br />Hint: Not Iran. -- RF<br /><br />US Empire Is Running The Same Script With Iran That It Ran With Libya, Syria<br /><br />Ron Paul on Iran Protests… CIA Fingerprints?<br /><br />The Next Empire (China-Russia)<br />Warfare is often the death knell of a declining empire—both in its extreme financial cost and in its ability to alienate the peoples of other countries. In the new millennium, the US has invaded more countries than at any other time in its history and appears now to be in a state of perpetual warfare. This is being carried out both militarily and economically, as the US imposes economic sanctions on those it seeks to conquer.<br /><br />DARPA Is Building A Flying Aircraft Carrier<br /><br />Israel to tell African migrants: leave or face indefinite imprisonment<br /><br />Poland refuses Middle Eastern migrants<br /><br />Libya sends migrants home to Gambia<br /><br />Migrants in Europe: Desperate journeys across mountains<br /><br />The world is running out of a resource, and it's not oil [sand]<br /><br />Solar's Bright Future Is Further Away Than It Seems<br /><br />Rare-Earth Uncertainty<br />A long list of obscure elements are vital for advanced electronics and military systems. China has cornered the market.<br /><br />Nuclear reactor to shut down amid Germany's atomic phase-out<br /><br />Momentous Change in US Natural Gas, with Global Impact<br /><br />Unfiltered fervor: The rush to get water off the grid [very few unpolluted sources left - this is potentially dangerous]<br /><br />Ag group claims 41 million acres of U.S. farmland lost since 1982 (US)<br />We need more roads, parking lots, theme parks, office buildings, and subdivisions. There's always plenty of farmland... until there isn't. -- RF<br /><br />There's An Ocean Of Energy In The Sea. And This Team Just Unlocked It.<br /><br />Global warming to force winemakers, growers to plant different grape varieties<br /><br />Work 'til you drop: When a $1 million retirement nest egg isn't enough<br /><br />America's Power Grid Is Showing Signs of Strain During Brutal Cold<br /><br />Pension Dilemma: Expecting 7% Returns in a Negative Yield Setup<br /><br />This Is What Pseudo-Democracy Looks Like<br /><br />Chicago ends 2017 with 650 murders, a grim sign of improvement<br /><br />'Not Just Murder' - Chicago Carjackings Surge To Highest Point In At Least A Decade<br /><br />Staggering Rent Increases in 2017: Will 2018 Follow?<br /><br />Home prices are set to soar in 2018Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-51710148100582014932018-01-03T06:50:51.473-06:002018-01-03T06:50:51.473-06:00Life-threatening Tropical Cyclone "Ava" ...Life-threatening Tropical Cyclone "Ava" to hit Madagascar, heavy rain already falling<br />https://watchers.news/2018/01/03/life-threatening-tropical-cyclone-ava-to-hit-madagascar-heavy-rain-already-falling/<br /><br />A tropical cyclone designated 03S, named Ava at 09:00 UTC, January 3, has formed east of Madagascar and is currently affecting Reunion, Mauritius and especially northern Madagascar where heavy rain is already causing problems. This system is expected to continue organizing and gaining strength until it makes landfall early Friday, January 5, 2018 (UTC) along the northeastern coast of Madagascar. Be ready for strong winds, dangerous storm surge, heavy rain, flooding and landslides. [more]<br /><br />Earth will start becoming a desert by 2050 if global warming isn't stopped, study says <br />http://www.newsweek.com/earth-desert-2050-global-warming-768545<br /><br />[no worries, we'll all be gone]<br /><br />[we read about Louisiana, well they aren't the only ones]<br />Sea level rise could displace 20,000 in Hawaii: report<br />http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2018/01/sea_level_rise_could_displace.html<br /><br />The Texas coastline is slowly disappearing. Here's how one community is coping.<br />https://www.texastribune.org/2018/01/02/beach-project-aims-save-coastal-habitat-and-refineries-behind-it/<br /><br />Unfolding Arctic Catastrophe <br />http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2018/01/unfolding-arctic-catastrophe.html<br /><br />On January 2018, methane levels as high as 2764 ppb (parts per billion) were recorded. The solid magenta-colored areas near Greenland indicate that this very high reading was likely caused by methane hydrate destabilization in the sediments on the seafloor of the Arctic Ocean. [more]<br /><br />Beware Violent Reversal Of Fortune <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2018/01/beware-stampeding-dumb-money.html<br /><br />The dumb money is stampeding off the cliff, led by trusted psychopaths, but they're too busy doing bong hits to notice...<br /><br />Happy New Year from CNN!!! [see pic]<br /><br />Pot stocks are leading the list of New Year's highs. What else?<br /><br />Out of career preservation, hedge funds have morphed into mutual funds. Which means that anyone who can still fog a mirror is getting stampeded by dumb money...<br /><br />ZH: Beware Violent Reversal Of Fortune<br /><br />"History suggests one should watch out for crowded stocks at the beginning of the year...after Dec. 31, fund managers "tend to rebalance after year-end" <br /><br />"As Tech accounted for 38% of the S&P 500’s returns in 2017, the unwind - which has yet to come - will be especially violent and painful" [more]<br /><br />Best photos of the year from Caters News<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/best-photos-caters-news-slideshow-wp-181358331.html<br /><br />EPA to face a lawsuit over power plant pollution spreading into Delaware<br />http://www.newsweek.com/epa-sued-over-power-plant-pollution-spreading-neighboring-state-768445<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-91435860332164514842018-01-03T06:38:52.290-06:002018-01-03T06:38:52.290-06:00Quarter of land will be drier under 2 C warming: s...Quarter of land will be drier under 2 C warming: study<br />http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/01/01/quarter-of-land-will-be-drier-under-2-c-warming-study/<br /><br />Storm Eleanor impacts western Europe with 200,000 French without power flights cancelled in Holland as category 2 hurricane strength storm heads East <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/01/storm-eleanor-impacts-western-europe.html<br /><br />Eleanorgeddon batters the UK and Ireland with category 2 strength hurricane winds of more than 100mph and devastating flooding <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/01/eleanorgeddon-batters-uk-and-ireland.html<br /><br />[Jonny posted this above]<br />Dead seagulls thousands of fish and a dolphin wash up dead for the third time in just over a year along the same area of beach in Cornwall England <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/01/dead-seagulls-thousands-of-fish-and.html<br /><br />[headline shows it's a REPEAT for the 3rd time; i'm waiting to hear about birds falling from the sky like they do every Jan. for the past few years down south]<br /><br />Beyond Standing Rock: Environmental Justice Suffered Setbacks in 2017<br />https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03012018/standing-rock-environmental-justice-2017-year-review-hurricane-puerto-rico-texas-human-rights<br /><br />'There is a real war going on and it’s a war against health, against the environment and against human rights.' [more]<br /><br />We need federal leaders who take climate change seriously<br />Kathleen Hartnett White should be kept off Council on Environmental Quality<br />http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/We-need-federal-leaders-who-take-climate-change-12469323.php<br /><br />At a time when Houston is still recovering from Hurricane Harvey, we need federal leaders who take seriously the connection between climate change and extreme weather events. Hartnett White is not up to the task. [more]<br /><br />Coal mining deaths surge in 2017 after hitting record low<br />https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/01/02/coal-mining-deaths-surge-2017-after-hitting-record-low/998410001/<br /><br />Wildfire potential, January through April<br />http://wildfiretoday.com/2018/01/02/wildfire-potential-january-through-april-2/<br /><br />[check the monthly maps for your area]<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-86106926923669044832018-01-03T06:38:08.027-06:002018-01-03T06:38:08.027-06:00Happy 2018, Jonny (Fran and Mike D. + all readers ...Happy 2018, Jonny (Fran and Mike D. + all readers of JJFH)!<br /><br />After a year of writing 2017, many of us write checks that have to make a 7 into an 8 (with initials above) or write a new one.<br /><br />Lots going on already! Look at all those people who died fiery deaths (or just fell down dead) on the 1st of the year! <br /><br /> <br />Trump's greatest achievement? Surviving his first year as President <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372911-Trumps-greatest-achievement-Surviving-his-first-year-as-President<br /><br />Earth's thermostat discovered in rocks: Regulates planet and helps recover from ice ages <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372908-Earths-thermostat-discovered-in-rocks-Regulates-planet-and-helps-recover-from-ice-ages<br /><br />[notice SOTT publishes this but still believes an Ice Age is due]<br /><br />British scientists say they've discovered that the preeminent mechanism that allows the Earth to recover from global cooling events is linked to the weathering of rocks. Rocks dissolve by rain and river water during the weathering process, and carbon dioxide is taken from the atmosphere to carbon-rich rocks in nearby waterways. When weathering runs its course, there's a decrease in carbon dioxide on our planet. <br /><br />The researchers examined rocks from about 445 million years ago, which matches out to the second largest extinction period in the planet's history. Using samples from Canada and Scotland, the rocks showed that the global chemical weathering rate declined, which meant less carbon dioxide was removed and the climate was able to recover from the cool temperature. [more]<br /><br />[so humanity constantly dumping mega-tons of CO2 into the atmosphere - leads to a mini-Ice Age? Either they can't read or they can't think straight]<br /><br />Hurricane force winds hit Switzerland <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372916-Hurricane-force-winds-hit-Switzerland<br /><br />Flake news: Snow seen in the Gulf of Mexico 30 miles south of Louisiana's coast <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372915-Flake-news-Snow-seen-in-the-Gulf-of-Mexico-30-miles-south-of-Louisianas-coast<br /><br />Mystery boom shakes Michigan village blamed on 'frost quake' <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372907-Mystery-boom-shakes-Michigan-village-blamed-on-frost-quake<br /><br />"We just heard what sounded like an explosion ... It shook the entire house," Bethanie Kramer, who lives outside of the village. "It was not subtle at all. It was 'boom!'" [more]<br /><br />Dazzling green meteor fireball seen flying above Peterborough, UK <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372756-Dazzling-green-meteor-fireball-seen-flying-above-Peterborough-UK<br /><br />A meteorological 'bomb' is set to go off along the East Coast, snowstorm and dangerous cold to follow <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372905-Weather-bomb-set-to-go-off-along-US-East-Coast-Record-snowstorms-and-cold-to-follow<br /><br />[guess I better take the snow-blower out of the shed..]<br /><br />Waggy New Year! Russian Armed Forces show off their canine colleagues <br />https://www.sott.net/article/372864-Waggy-New-Year-Russian-Armed-Forces-show-off-their-canine-colleagues<br /><br />[caution: cute overload!]<br /><br />Wednesday, 3 January 2018<br />Sub-tropical storm for New Zealand <br /><br />Weather warning: Strong gusts and king tides on way<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/01/sub-tropical-storm-for-new-zealand.html<br /><br />2017 was the hottest year on record without an El Niño, thanks to global warming<br />http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/01/02/2017-was-the-hottest-year-on-record-without-an-el-nino-thanks-to-global-warming/<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com