tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post8525534029938865193..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2017-12-16Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-16141098251474681582017-12-18T11:49:24.990-06:002017-12-18T11:49:24.990-06:00Federal appeals judge announces immediate retireme...Federal appeals judge announces immediate retirement amid investigation prompted by multiple accusations of sexual misconduct <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-appeals-judge-announces-immediate-retirement-amid-investigation-prompted-by-multiple-accusations-of-sexual-misconduct/ar-BBGXUaa<br /><br />[who's judging the judges? who's policing the police? who's watching the "intelligence agencies"]<br /><br />Fueling dissent: how the oil industry set out to undercut clean air <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/12/fueling-dissent-how-oil-industry-set.html<br /><br />[because it saves them MONEY to dump their shit into the air!]<br /><br />California fire continues to grow as strong, shifting winds bring new dangers – “This is the worst fire condition I’ve seen in the last 32 years” <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/12/california-fire-continues-to-grow-as.html<br /><br />2017 on track to be third worst year for wildfires in U.S. – Top ten years are all after the year 2000 <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/12/2017-on-track-to-be-third-worst-year.html<br /><br />Along the West Coast of North America, air pollution from wildfire smoke spiked to dangerous levels, from San Francisco to Vancouver, and over Canada’s Northwest Territories and Yukon and Nunavut provinces. A new term for the region’s unprecedented levels of air pollution entered the lexicon: the “Smoke Belt”. [more]<br /><br />Third World Revelations <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/12/third-world-already.html<br /><br />Since 2008, I've continuously made the assertion that when this last bubble pops, the U.S., and its vassal states, will be revealed to be Third World nations. That ship has already sailed...<br /><br />What makes a nation Third World is extreme wealth inequality combined with an appetite for rapacious exploitation among the nation's wealthy. Voila. Another feature of Third World nations is authoritarian leadership with little or no regard for the law: Megalomaniac despots who hire and fire people at will. Meanwhile, apologists for extreme greed say that wealth inequality is a "feature" of capitalism. Sure, we get it - we can't all be Bill Gates. However, the type of wealth inequality that exhibits now is the impoverishment of the middle class to benefit an ever-smaller cadre of bailed out paper billionaires. I say paper because while profit margins have never been higher, corporate revenues have been stagnant for the past decade, which is all the more staggering given the more than doubling in U.S. debt, and the increase in the population.<br /><br />Adjusting for inflation and population, real retail sales are at 2007 levels. What "growth" exists is a function of adding more bodies to the population...[more]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-59966958411886537372017-12-18T11:49:18.978-06:002017-12-18T11:49:18.978-06:00A record number of journalists worldwide are behin...A record number of journalists worldwide are behind bars for doing their jobs <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/12/a-record-number-of-journalists.html<br /><br />[oh you can be a journalist - just don't tell the (whole) truth]<br /><br />Far-right Freedom party enters Austrian government – Pro-Putin group takes defense, interior, and foreign posts in coalition deal <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/12/far-right-freedom-party-enters-austrian.html<br /><br />["v e d d y in ter es tink . ." (ala Laugh In)]<br /><br />Life without power in Puerto Rico, with no end in sight – The apagón, or “super blackout,” is the longest and largest major power outage in modern U.S. history <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/12/life-without-power-in-puerto-rico-with.html<br /><br />[what if I told you, in the next years the REST of the U.S. will be in the same boat?]<br /><br />(The Washington Post) – Puerto Rico’s apagón, or “super blackout,” is the longest and largest major power outage in modern U.S. history. Without electricity, there is no reliable source of clean water. School is out, indefinitely. Health care is fraught. Small businesses are faltering. The tasks of daily life are both exhausting and dangerous. There is nothing to do but wait, and no one can say when the lights will come back on.<br /><br />No power and no water means no school for many of the territory’s more than 1,000 schools.<br /><br />That’s brought total disruption to the lives of tens of thousands of children. They have lost their daily routine of classes, friends and meals. Most have not been to school at all this fall.<br /><br />Since the storm, there has been a surge of deaths from pneumonia, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and breathing disorders compared with the same period in 2016. The toll could rise over 1,000, some estimate. [bingo!]<br /><br />All the advances of modern medicine are useless without electricity. [more]<br /><br />[continued below]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-12898703155136188972017-12-18T11:48:19.556-06:002017-12-18T11:48:19.556-06:00Amtrak train derails on highway bridge in Washingt...Amtrak train derails on highway bridge in Washington state <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amtrak-train-derails-on-highway-bridge-in-washington-state/ar-BBGYGOH?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp<br /><br />Dec 18 (Reuters) - An Amtrak passenger train derailed on a bridge over a major highway in Washington state on Monday morning, leaving at least one train car dangling onto the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 and injuring several people, according to authorities.<br /><br />The derailment occurred on the first day that Amtrak trains began using a new track between the cities of Tacoma and Olympia [more]<br /><br />[link to live coverage (it happened within 15 min. of me logging on)]<br /><br />[update: multiple DEATHS, but even though TRAIN cars FELL ONTO vehicles on I- 5, all the fatalities are ON THE TRAIN!]<br /><br />[this is the very definition of a clusterfuck!]<br /><br />Puerto Rico Orders Review and Recount of Hurricane Deaths <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/puerto-rico-orders-review-and-recount-of-hurricane-deaths/ar-BBGXhFM?ocid=spartandhp<br /><br />[WHO CARES!? Besides - that number keeps climbing because of the lack of electricity and unrepaired infrastructure damage]<br /><br />This is what Puerto Ricans need from the U.S. government. Right now. <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/12/this-is-what-puerto-ricans-need-from-us.html<br /><br />The federal government’s response to the disaster in Puerto Rico has been painfully slow and not commensurate with the hurricane response in Texas and Florida. It reminds me of Ricky Martin’s 1995 song “María.” He sang, “un pasito pa’lante María, un dos tres, un pasito pa’tras.” That’s the reality in Puerto Rico — one step forward, one step backward. We rejoiced when the first package of $5 billion in aid was approved by Congress. But then the House included a 20 percent import tax on products manufactured in foreign jurisdictions in the tax-reform bill it passed in November. Because Puerto Rico would be considered a “foreign jurisdiction” under the bill, this tax would deal a mortal blow to the island’s fragile economy, costing up to 250,000 jobs. [more; never let a good catastrophe go to waste!]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-31671145634113220342017-12-18T07:53:43.357-06:002017-12-18T07:53:43.357-06:00100 million still pushed into extreme poverty beca...100 million still pushed into extreme poverty because of health expenses [mostly here]<br /><br />How much soil goes down the drain—new data on soil lost due to water<br /><br />Large, valuable, private properties will 'fall into the sea' because of climate change (Ireland)<br />Houses, including some large valuable private properties, will fall into the sea and it is not in the public interest to save them, a climate change conference has heard.<br /><br />Emmanuel Macron says the world is losing the battle against climate change<br />"When I say that we're losing the battle, I would like you to realise that of the countries represented here, 5, 10 or 15 of them won't exist anymore in 50, 60 or 100 years."<br /><br />The Importance of Electromagnetic Field Remediation In the Treatment of Chronic Disease [electricity and phones are killing us]<br /><br />Sun May Be Dimming: NASA To Confirm Declining Luminosity Using SpaceX's Payload [SOTT correct on that one]<br /><br />These 10 Rivers Are Responsible for 90 Percent of the Plastic in the Oceans [because people use them as garbage dumps]<br /><br />FBI Edits To Clinton Exoneration Go Far Beyond What Was Previously Known; Comey, McCabe, Strzok Implicated<br /><br />Mueller "Improperly" Obtained "Tens of Thousands" Of Trump Transition Emails<br /><br />Newly-Declassified Documents Show Western Leaders Promised Gorbachev that NATO Would Not Move "One Inch Closer" to Russia<br />[U.S. "promises" are bullshit - ask Native American tribes]<br /><br />Leaked E-mail Shows Even The FCC's Own CTO Thinks Gutting Net Neutrality Harms The Public<br /><br />Meet The "Armani of Armor" Behind America's Growing Bulletproof Clothing Industry<br /><br />New York City Wants to Audit the Powerful Algorithms That Control Our Lives<br /><br />Trump's Misuse of Intelligence on Iran<br />Bowing to Israeli-Saudi desires, the Trump administration is abusing the U.S. intelligence process to whip up a war fever against Iran, much like George W. Bush did on Iraq.<br /><br />How you can be tracked even with your GPS turned off<br /><br />NYT Prints Government-Funded Propaganda About Government-Funded Propaganda<br /><br />Bolton: U.S. might have to attack North Korea<br />The Grand Hothead is still at it. All we can hope is that cooler heads prevail. -- RF <br /><br />Doug Casey on What Happens After the Next 9/11<br /><br />China's CNPC Considers Taking Over South Pars Gas Field<br />China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is mulling the taking over of the majority stake in an Iranian gas project from Total if the French company walks out of Iran to comply with possible new U.S. sanctions.<br /><br />Why Does The New $1 Billion US Embassy In London Need The First Moat Since Medieval Times<br /><br />Plans for major nuclear power station in Wales win green light<br /><br />Zombie Corporations: 10% of Companies Depend on Cheap Fed Money<br /><br />Connecticut pension system worst in the nation, according to new study<br /><br />Without Serious Reforms, U.S. Postal Service Could Be Next Bailout Recipient<br /><br />The US Military Is the Biggest "Big Government" Entitlement Program on the Planet [NO SHIT, SHERLOCK!]<br /><br />Four Charts Prove The 'Economic Recovery' Is Just A Fed-Induced Entitlement Program For The Wealthy<br /><br />2017's onslaught of disasters stretched FEMA to its limits <br /><br />The next crisis for Puerto Rico: A crush of foreclosures<br /><br />More than $600,000 spent on police gear for pipeline protest<br /><br />DOJ Wants Protesters & Reporter Convicted For 'Hiding Behind The First Amendment'<br />State senator warns day of reckoning is near as Illinois' pension liability leads nation<br /><br />And finally...<br />Man Says "Russian Mind Control" Forced Him To Kill His Mother<br /><br />UPS Loses Family's $850,000 Inheritance, Offers To Refund $32 Delivery FeeTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-3524813340249044432017-12-18T07:53:38.494-06:002017-12-18T07:53:38.494-06:00News Links, December 18, 2017
Rice Farmer
http://...News Links, December 18, 2017<br />Rice Farmer <br />http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Report: Rich will get still richer unless policies change [duh]<br /><br />Unfunded Liabilities of State Public Pensions Top $6 Trillion in 2017 (US)<br /><br />Global Dollar Liquidity Shortage Explodes - Worse Than European Crisis<br /><br />Russian Banking Crisis: 3rd Major Bank Topples in 4 months<br /><br />Tech Giants Trying to Use WTO to Colonize Emerging Economies<br /><br />The United States Is Now as Unequal as Russia. And That's Before the Tax Bill.<br />A new report shows how the 1 percent have sucked up 39 percent of America's wealth.<br /><br />The Inconvenient Limits to European Unity & Integration<br /><br />"Dark Money" Runs the World<br /><br />Bitcoin Proves You Cannot Have Your Digital Cake and Eat it Too<br /><br />EU agrees clampdown on bitcoin platforms to tackle money laundering<br /><br />Bitcoin is failing as a currency. Instead, it's evolved into an asset.<br /><br />French finance minister calls for bitcoin regulation debate at G20<br />[well, it was fun while it lasted]<br /><br />White House Corrects Tillerson, Rejects North Korea Talks<br /><br />"China Should Prepare For Nuclear Conflict": Beijing Warned To Be Ready As War On Korean Peninsula "Possible At Any Time"<br /><br />Trump Set To Accuse China Of "Economic Aggression" On Monday<br />[it's okay when we do it though..]<br /><br />Mexico One Step Closer to Legalizing Military State [us next?]<br /><br />US Allegations of Iran Missiles in Yemen Met With Skepticism<br /><br />The Oil and Gas Industry Wakes Up to Blockchain<br />The rush to blockchain and AI is accelerating. Imagine how this is going to boost energy consumption. -- RF<br /><br />China suffers natural gas shortage as coal ban backfires<br /><br />Construction of China-Russia natural gas pipeline gains steam<br /><br />Gas exports from Total's North Sea field halted until early January<br /><br />Adapt Or Die: Oil Majors In The New World<br /><br />Norwegian Pension Fund Set to Divest From Oil Sands and Coal Ventures<br /><br />Paralysis at PDVSA: Venezuela's oil purge cripples company<br /><br />What Goes Up Must Come Down: the Challenge of Rig Decommissioning<br />The cost of decommissioning is rising sharply, with experts predicting it will reach $13 billion a year globally by 2040. [?]<br /><br />Canadian Oil Prices Plunge To $30<br /><br />Anger grows as Puerto Rico misses power restoration deadline<br /><br />New Jersey Weighs $320 Million-a-Year Lifeline for Nuclear Power<br />[oh right, when most people are scarcely surviving]<br /><br />Trump seeks pro-coal alliance as global push against fuel grows<br /><br />It's Time to Rethink Education – Part 3 (The Future of College)<br /><br />Sumatran Rhino On Brink Of Extinction, Species Future Decided Million Years Ago<br /><br />Trump reconsiders rules protecting miners from black lung<br /><br />U.S. Fights Mention of 'Climate Change' in New Nafta<br /><br />World Bank and WHO: Half the world lacks access to essential health services<br /><br />[2nd half below]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-69465563949658751242017-12-18T07:27:02.379-06:002017-12-18T07:27:02.379-06:00[there's a post regarding McPherson before thi...[there's a post regarding McPherson before this next one, if interested, containing the meet with Hambone video]<br /><br />The collapse of the Arctic Beaufort Gyre and what it means <br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-collapse-of-arctic-beaufort-gyre.html<br /><br />[2 Beckwith videos (one we've seen already), and this story]<br />Global warming may be turning the Arctic Ocean inside out <br /><br />Bitcoin Is Now Worth More Than Wal-Mart (The Entire Company)<br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/bitcoin-is-now-worth-more-than-wal-mart-the-entire-company<br /><br />But now the entire globe is gleefully embracing “the cryptocurrency revolution”, and most do not even realize that this is a giant step toward a cashless society.<br /><br />As long as “the cryptocurrency revolution” remains outside of the grip of governments and central banks, it will be a good thing. But once the elite start cracking down and taking control, everything will change. [more]<br /><br />Trudeau government gag order in CIA brainwashing case silences victims, lawyer says<br />http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian-government-gag-order-mk-ultra-1.4448933<br /><br />Forty years after revelations that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency funded brainwashing experiments on unsuspecting Canadians, the Trudeau government is continuing a pattern of silencing the victims, a lawyer for one of the families says. [more]<br /><br />Bay Area cities face growing crisis as RVs become homes of last resort <br />http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/12/17/cities-face-growing-crisis-as-rvs-become-homes-of-last-resort/<br /><br />Bay Area cities are coming to realize what Ramirez already knows — parking tickets won’t solve the problem of finding a place to live. From Oakland to San Jose, officials are struggling to cope with a growing influx of RV dwellers seeking a safe, permanent place for the only homes they can afford. [more]<br /><br />[we can see society incrementally fracturing each day]<br /><br />Near miss! The Big Wobble prediction of a major quake or eruption in the vicinity of Kanlaon volcano Philippines see's a mag 5.1 and 2 mag 4.7's <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/12/near-miss-big-wobble-prediction-of.html<br /><br />Conflict Of Implosion <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/12/conflict-of-implosion.html<br /><br />Unhedged funds have lowered their shields ahead of the holidays, since it's not their money anyways. And this time of year has always been bullish, except in 1929, 2007, and 2008... [more]<br /><br />Harvey victims say FEMA hotel program plagued by confusion<br />https://www.texastribune.org/2017/12/18/texas-harvey-victims-say-fema-hotel-program-plagued-confusion/<br /><br />When Miranda, 24, went to the Houston Inn and Suites' front desk, an employee confirmed it: "Oh yeah, y'all are not extended," she remembers them saying. Miranda and her eight family members had an hour to empty out the two rooms they had occupied for two-and-a-half months.<br /><br />When FEMA cut off their hotel assistance on Nov. 28, they returned to their gutted home, where five of them — Miranda, her mother and three teenage siblings — have been sharing two mattresses they got at a furniture bank.<br /><br />"We've been at the house because there's nowhere else to be, but there's no water, no light, no restroom, no nothing," she said. They use the bathroom at a neighbor’s house, cook at her grandmother's and cover themselves up with several blankets at night because the heating system is broken. [more; some recovery]<br /><br />Red Flag Warnings for California<br />http://wildfiretoday.com/2017/12/17/red-flag-warnings-for-california/<br /><br />[my son's home (i'll hopefully visit in Jan.) is in the red area up by San Jose]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-58011612226076117372017-12-18T07:26:58.137-06:002017-12-18T07:26:58.137-06:00[while SOTT touts the coldest day in Queensland hi...[while SOTT touts the coldest day in Queensland history, from the 6th: "Burketown yesterday had a minimum of 17.7C which was the lowest they'd seen up there since 1920, but that was eclipsed today with 16C, and that's the coldest December morning since 1907," Mr Bernard said. Well now there's this:]<br />Heatwave in Australia <br /><br />40 to 45C For Half Of Australia Sunday & Monday<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/heatwave-in-australia.html<br /><br />Issued Thursday 14th December 2017. A SEVERE heatwave will continue to build across large parts of Australia this week peaking in size and intensity on Sunday and Monday! Maximum temperatures are forecast to exceed 40C in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Some locations will see 45C.<br /><br />More on the fires in SoCal <br /><br />More questions about the California fires<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/more-on-fires-in-socal.html<br /><br />[long article with this embedded story and video]<br />Highly Decorated Fire Captain John Lord speaks out about CA Fires<br /><br />Navy Veteran, Highly Decorated, 25-year fire educator and Northern California Fire Captain, John Lord goes on the record here with his bombshell affirmations that the wind and fire events around Santa Rosa were “not natural”. Fire Captain John Lord speaks out about the possible directed energy weapons used to start over 16 major fires that began in the middle of the night in Napa/Sonoma/Mendocino Counties. [more]<br /><br />[and this short video]<br />VENTURA AFTERMATH FOOTAGE LOOK ME IN THE EYES WHEN YOU CALL THAT A FOREST FIRE [more]<br /><br />Extreme weather report - 12/16/2017 <br /><br />Climate & Extreme Weather News #86 (December 8th to 16th 2017)<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/extreme-weather-report-12162017.html<br /><br />Thomas Fire Likely to Become Largest in California History<br />https://robertscribbler.com/2017/12/17/thomas-fire-likely-to-become-largest-in-california-history/<br /><br />Fanned by Santa Ana winds gusting up to 65 mph, the Thomas Fire swiftly expanded toward the Santa Barbara community of Monticeto on Saturday. The blaze rapidly grew by 8,500 acres forcing numerous evacuations and road closures, including the emptying of a zoo. [more]<br /><br />[some more follows]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-77890112109733905082017-12-18T07:26:10.060-06:002017-12-18T07:26:10.060-06:00Ski area of Les Paccots in Switzerland claims 3.5m...Ski area of Les Paccots in Switzerland claims 3.5m (almost 12 feet) of snow in 7 days; second resort has 9ft in 72 hours <br />https://www.sott.net/article/371620-Ski-area-of-Les-Paccots-in-Switzerland-claims-3-5m-almost-12-feet-of-snow-in-7-days-second-resort-has-9ft-in-72-hours<br /><br />[buildings can only handle so much snow-load before they collapse]<br /><br />New brief lava flow at Stromboli volcano, Italy; activity remains elevated <br />https://www.sott.net/article/371618-New-brief-lava-flow-at-Stromboli-volcano-Italy-activity-remains-elevated<br /><br />[reading about this volcano mysteriously makes me hungry]<br /><br />Third sea lion attack in a week prompts swimming ban at San Francisco's aquatic park <br />https://www.sott.net/article/371600-Third-sea-lion-attack-in-a-week-prompts-swimming-ban-at-San-Franciscos-aquatic-park<br /><br />The San Francisco Fire Department said that an adult man suffered trauma injuries from a sea lion's bite Friday morning. [more]<br /><br />More than 30 dead, 90k evacuated after Tropical Storm Urduja (Kai-Tak) hits Philippines <br />https://www.sott.net/article/371563-More-than-30-dead-90k-evacuated-after-Tropical-Storm-Urduja-Kai-Tak-hits-Philippines<br /><br />Drinking Hot Tea Associated With Reduced Risk of Glaucoma <br />https://www.sott.net/article/371629-Drinking-Hot-Tea-Associated-With-Reduced-Risk-of-Glaucoma<br /><br />[at least you'll have good vision when you drop dead unexpectedly]<br /><br />Shocking video showing UFO encounter released after Pentagon admits to UFO program <br />https://www.sott.net/article/371619-Shocking-video-showing-UFO-encounter-released-after-Pentagon-admits-to-UFO-program<br /><br />[NOW can we get some real UFO information?!]<br /><br />[more on the story I posted yesterday]<br />Monday, 18 December 2017<br />Power Outage at Atlanta Airport <br /><br />Massive Power Outage at Atlanta Airport Grounds Flights - LIVE BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/power-outage-at-atlanta-airport.html<br /><br />[almost 5.5 HOUR video (wtf!?)]<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-8830305799157324672017-12-18T07:25:27.762-06:002017-12-18T07:25:27.762-06:00DANG! What a report you have here today, Jonny! F...DANG! What a report you have here today, Jonny! First of all, the driver of the dump truck that plunged off the Old Oak Island Bridge has DIED in an update to the story (I clicked on the 2nd link and found that). I crossed that bridge when I was down there this past spring and noticed that the "guardrails" are awfully LOW (meaning a big vehicle could easily be forced over it).<br /><br />Another long list of homes and residences being destroyed, not to mention all the people dying abruptly. Poor baby never had a chance to run or play outside with friends - and he wasn't even sick. The usual long list of bizarre accidents with vehicles crashing all over the place piloted by unconscious drivers. Two guys found parked underwater. People still let their kids play in the water in INDIA?! Geez, put a sign up, wi'-ya!<br /><br />Woman mauled to death by her dogs while on a walk, police say <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/woman-mauled-to-death-by-her-dogs-while-on-a-walk-police-say/ar-BBGSzhe<br /><br /> Police say a 22-year-old woman found dead in Virginia was mauled to death by her dogs<br /><br />The two dogs each weigh more than 100 pounds [more; geez]<br /><br />Hackers shut down plant by targeting its safety system <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/hackers-shut-down-plant-by-targeting-its-safety-system/ar-BBGSEo1<br /><br />Hackers have already attacked critical infrastructure, but now they're launching campaigns that could have dire consequences. FireEye reported that a plant of an unmentioned nature and location (other firms believe it's in the Middle East) was forced to shut down after a hack targeted its industrial safety system -- it's the first known instance of a breach like this taking place. While the digital assault was clearly serious in and of itself, there are hints that it could have been much worse. [more]<br /><br />Disease wastes South Florida's corals, despite end of bleaching <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/disease-wastes-south-floridas-corals-despite-end-of-bleaching/ar-BBGWsfL<br /><br />A mysterious epidemic continues to sweep South Florida's reefs, transforming corals into lifeless skeletons and threatening undersea structures that support tourism, provide hurricane protection and serve as homes to a vast range of marine life. <br /><br />Although coral can recover from bleaching, the ordeal weakens them and makes them vulnerable to disease. Particularly hard hit was Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef. [more]<br /><br />Trolling Nikki! Russian Embassy online poll shows 82% think the US is the real threat in the Middle East - Iran gets less votes than Aliens <br />https://www.sott.net/article/371616-Trolling-Nikki-Russian-Embassy-online-poll-shows-82-think-the-US-is-the-real-threat-in-the-Middle-East-Iran-gets-less-votes-than-Aliens<br /><br />US defense secretary James Mattis rejects war on Iran <br />https://www.sott.net/article/371611-US-defense-secretary-James-Mattis-rejects-war-on-Iran<br /><br />US Defense Secretary James "Mad Dog" Mattis has refuted claims that the US is preparing for war on Iran after US Ambassador to the UN, Nikkie Haley led a bizarre press conference in which she stated that Iran has armed Houthi fighters in Yemen and thus violating the terms of the JCPOA (aka Iran nuclear deal). Haley did not provide any evidence to substantiate her claims, claims which are logistically impossible given the Saudi led blockade of Yemen which predates the JCPOA by nearly four months. [more]<br /><br />Thousands rally in Tel Aviv demanding 'Crime Minister' Netanyahu resign over corruption scandals <br />https://www.sott.net/article/371590-Thousands-rally-in-Tel-Aviv-demanding-Crime-Minister-Netanyahu-resign-over-corruption-scandals<br /><br />Fragmenting meteor fireball captured over Russia's Sochi (VIDEO) <br />https://www.sott.net/article/371614-Fragmenting-meteor-fireball-captured-over-Russias-Sochi-VIDEO<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com