tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post8893837459718926286..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2017-12-02Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-86332051189343799402017-12-04T17:54:04.777-06:002017-12-04T17:54:04.777-06:00Bitter cold and snow threatening parts of eastern ...Bitter cold and snow threatening parts of eastern US<br />https://www.yahoo.com/gma/bitter-cold-snow-threatening-parts-eastern-us-122006672--abc-news-topstories.html<br /><br />[here's what we're expecting around here in the coming days]<br /><br />Wall Street Executive Killed in Shark Attack While Scuba Diving During Vacation<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/wall-street-executive-killed-shark-172301989.html<br /><br />A New York woman was killed by a shark while scuba diving off the coast of Costa Rica, officials said.<br />Rohina Bhandari, 49, was attacked by a tiger shark while at the Manuelita dive site at Isla del Coco National Park Thursday, the country’s Ministry of Environment and Energy and the National System of Conservation Areas said. [more]<br /><br />California Couple Dead After Being Swept Over Waterfall in Hawaii<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-couple-dead-being-swept-213537931.html<br /><br />[what a way to go]<br /><br />North Korean Missiles Could Hit the U.S. and Trick Missile Defense Systems, Experts Warn<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korean-missiles-could-hit-171523787.html<br /><br />US missile defenses fired 5 shots at an incoming target — and it looks as if they all missed<br />http://www.businessinsider.com/us-missile-defenses-fired-5-saudi-houthi-riyadh-missed-2017-12<br /><br />Officials have said that interceptors from a US missile defense system took out a ballistic missile fired at an airport in Saudi Arabia, but a new analysis by The New York Times suggests that didn't happen. <br /><br />The likely failure of the US missile defense system shows a weakness as Saudi Arabia's enemies seem intent on firing more and more missiles. [more]<br /><br />German hunter dies after wild boar he tried to shoot attacks<br />http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/12/04/german-hunter-dies-after-wild-boar-tried-to-shoot-attacks.html<br /><br /> Police in Germany say a hunter has died after being attacked by a wild boar he was trying to shoot. [more]<br /><br />[Hey, bwana - you better learn how to shoot to kill, think we playin' out he'?]<br /><br />U.S. Judge Orders Oil-Spill Response Plan for Dakota Access Pipeline<br />https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-12-04/us-judge-orders-oil-spill-response-plan-for-dakota-access-pipeline<br /><br />[we plan to put our team of lawyers on it and get out of any damage claims]<br /><br />Porter Ranch residents informed of brief surge in methane levels at Aliso Canyon gas storage facility<br />http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-aliso-canyon-20171202-story.html<br /> <br />[yeah, uhm . . ya know, a . . . sorry and all . .. no harm done]<br /><br />[remember yesterday we read about Saleh coming back in Yemen and all being well, Russia wins and all that? well there's this]<br />Ex-president Saleh dead after switching sides in Yemen's civil war<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/saudi-warplanes-strike-houthis-alliances-shift-yemen-war-103344845.html <br /><br />Veteran former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed in a roadside attack on Monday after switching sides in Yemen's civil war, abandoning his Iran-aligned Houthi allies in favor of a Saudi-led coalition, foes and supporters said [more]<br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-68021724955015368452017-12-04T17:53:55.168-06:002017-12-04T17:53:55.168-06:00[recall that large mound rising under the NE state...[recall that large mound rising under the NE states, well . .]<br />A force to be reckoned with: Seismologists report that a volcano is building up under New England <br />https://www.sott.net/article/370185-A-force-to-be-reckoned-with-Seismologists-report-that-a-volcano-is-building-up-under-New-England<br /><br />"The upwelling we detected is like a hot air balloon, and we infer that something is rising up through the deeper part of our planet under New England." <br /><br />That's right. Seismologists report that a volcano is building up under the northeastern United States - Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Vadim Levin, a geophysicist and professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of Rutgers University, led the research and co-authored the paper published this week in the journal Geology. [more]<br /><br />[hat-tip Mike D.]<br />The Giant Iceberg That Broke off Antarctica Has Disintegrated Into Pieces, Raising Major Concerns Among Scientists<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/giant-iceberg-broke-off-antarctica-162137944.html<br /> <br />Antarctica’s fastest-melting glacier had an iceberg break off more than two months ago. That iceberg—around 100 square miles—disintegrated into several smaller icebergs in a pattern scientists did not expect. <br />An animation using satellite images of the iceberg reveals that the iceberg likely got stuck by thick sea ice before it disintegrated into smaller icebergs. Previously, scientists expected the iceberg to drift far out into the ocean before breaking up. The iceberg calved from Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica back in September. The calving event followed a different pattern than is typical of calving events, and scientists attribute the difference to thinning ice over the past few decades.<br />Trending: Bronze Age Elite Forged All Their Best Weapons and Jewelry From Meteorites<br /> <br />“What we’re witnessing on Pine Island Glacier is worrying,” Robert Larter, a marine geophysicist at British Antarctic Survey who flew over the glacier last season with the German Alfred Wegener Institute, said in a statement. “We’re now seeing changes in the calving behavior of the ice shelf, when for 68 years we saw a pattern of advance and retreat resulting in the calving of a single large iceberg which left the ice front to approximately the same place.” <br /><br />Pine Island Glacier—from which the most recently disintegrated iceberg calved from—is the fastest-melting glacier in Antarctica. It is responsible for a quarter of ice loss on Antarctica—shedding 45 billion tons of ice each year. [more]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-26287699468276071322017-12-04T11:00:26.791-06:002017-12-04T11:00:26.791-06:00Copy that, Mike! Great grabs! The Antarctic is t...Copy that, Mike! Great grabs! The Antarctic is the one with the most potential to drastically increase sea level rise over the (who knows how) long run. Recently we read (here) that sea level rise had been found (ice core or other geologic measure) to occur very quickly over a much shorter period of time than previously thought. So yeah, we gotta keep an eye on that. i'm starting to get the feeling that the melt rates at the poles are somewhat related and that any increase is a MULTIPLYER of calamity.<br /><br />[from our AWKWARD desk, today]<br />Power outage affects packed arena for Garth Brooks concert <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/power-outage-affects-packed-arena-for-garth-brooks-concert/ar-BBGaOsG<br /><br />[only for about an hour, but still]<br /><br />DOJ to Martin Shkreli: Hand over the Wu-Tang Clan album <br />https://www.sott.net/article/370124-DOJ-to-Martin-Shkreli-Hand-over-the-Wu-Tang-Clan-album<br /><br />[greedbag - just like the people who purchase famous one-of-a-kind art and keep it in their own homes, maybe lending it out to museums, "for a fee" - of course . . (hrumpf) "he-now"]<br /><br />US abandons militants it backed in Syria after failure to overthrow Assad <br />https://www.sott.net/article/370122-US-abandons-militants-it-backed-in-Syria-after-failure-to-overthrow-Assad<br /><br />[and, this just in from our Weird Animal Attack Dept.]<br />Unusual animal behaviour: 'Aggressive' wombat euthanised after attacking people in Tasmania <br />https://www.sott.net/article/370108-Unusual-animal-behaviour-Aggressive-wombat-euthanised-after-attacking-people-in-Tasmania<br /><br />One person was taken to hospital after an attack. [more]<br /><br />Dozens of dead sharks found on beach in Queensland, Australia <br />https://www.sott.net/article/370099-Dozens-of-dead-sharks-found-on-beach-in-Queensland-Australia<br /><br />Man falls into sinkhole as footpath opens up in southeastern China <br />https://www.sott.net/article/370093-Man-falls-into-sinkhole-as-footpath-opens-up-in-southeastern-China<br /><br />Fortunately, the man eventually emerged relatively unscathed, with a few minor cuts and bruises. [more; video]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-32385731864224756552017-12-04T10:21:44.375-06:002017-12-04T10:21:44.375-06:00Two gigantic storms, known as bomb cyclones, are b...Two gigantic storms, known as bomb cyclones, are blasting the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands, each unleashing towering waves and hurricane-force winds. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/11/27/bering-sea-blasted-by-back-to-back-bomb-cyclones/?utm_term=.56793661a2a1<br />Mike Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-59241103597253514052017-12-04T10:03:54.738-06:002017-12-04T10:03:54.738-06:00A Giant Iceberg in West Antarctica Is Disintegrati...A Giant Iceberg in West Antarctica Is Disintegrating, And Scientists Are Worried http://www.sciencealert.com/this-giant-iceberg-in-west-antarctica-is-disintegrating-as-we-speak-pine-glacier<br /><br />Since the antarctic is in winter right now I do think much of the heat is coming from below. <br /><br />Last night I woke up at 1:23 in the morning because I was too HOT. Then I found out that it was still 70 degrees. We're supposed to be well up in the 80s today. Now we aren't known for very cold winters in central Texas, but it should be in the mid 30s to upper 40s at night with daytime highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s. The last time I filled up my propane tank was December first of 2016! I have never gone this long on one tank before. <br /><br />Still waiting for that "Maunder Minimum" to kick in. Lol... Right Adapt 2030 dude? What a clueless moron. Mike Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-83473837284381158912017-12-04T08:04:24.346-06:002017-12-04T08:04:24.346-06:00Hundreds evacuated in Albania amid persistent rain...Hundreds evacuated in Albania amid persistent rain, flooding<br /><br />Climate change forces Alps to use artificial snow (gallery)<br />[global cooling - mini-Ice Age - grand solar minimum . ..]<br /><br />Amazon steps up pace in artificial intelligence race<br /><br />AOL Suffers Service Outage: Report<br /><br />Verizon Data Down, 4G Not Working For Southwestern US Wireless Customers<br /><br />"We Need To Find That Guy": New Docs Reveal FBI Focus On Leaker In Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Meeting [no truth allowed!]<br /><br />Did Flynn's Plea Deal Just Disprove Election Collusion?<br /><br />It's too easy for the government to invade privacy in name of security [effing DUH!!]<br /><br />NSA leak exposes Red Disk, the Army's failed intelligence system<br />The leak marks at least the fifth exposure of NSA-related data in as many years.<br /><br />House Internet Censorship Bill Is Just Like The Senate Bill, Except Worse<br /><br />Censorship Comes to Google<br /><br />Israel To Coordinate With Google, YouTube, To Censor Palestinian Videos Of Conflict<br /><br />Cherry-picking Toward War with Iran<br />In trying to rally American hostility toward Iran, CIA Director Pompeo and other U.S. officials are engaging in the same kind of distorted intelligence that led to the catastrophic Iraq invasion.<br />[of course, because it WORKS on the clueless idiot masses]<br /><br />Yemen's cities running out of fuel and clean water in 'imminent catastrophe,' UN says<br /><br />Google Sued Over Privacy on Behalf of 5 Million iPhone Users [UK]<br />[stop using Google - they suck!]<br /><br />Fear in London as acid attacks soar<br /><br />Obamacare plans get more restrictive and deductibles get pricier in 2018<br /><br />The Internecine Deep State Conflict Moves to Stage Two<br /><br />The Path to Impeachment<br /><br />Psychiatrists warn Trump becoming more mentally unstable, putting US, world at 'extreme risk'<br /><br />US Demand for Electricity Falls Further: What Does it Mean?<br /><br />America's Military-Industrial Addiction<br />Polls show that Americans are tired of endless wars in faraway lands, but many cheer President Trump's showering money on the Pentagon and its contractors, a paradox that President Eisenhower foresaw.<br /><br />Carmageddon for Tesla — This is where Hype Goes to Die.<br /><br />The Great American Single-Family Home Problem<br /><br />McAdams Warns US Empire Is "Too Fragile" For A Free PressTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-61972117115921323332017-12-04T08:04:19.026-06:002017-12-04T08:04:19.026-06:00News Links, December 4, 2017
Rice Farmer
http://r...News Links, December 4, 2017<br />Rice Farmer <br />http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />The End of Economic Growth (UK)<br /><br />Inflation Surges as Economy Bogs Down in Mexico<br /><br />Even a $1 million retirement nest egg isn't enough anymore (US)<br /><br />SOCGEN: The good times are coming to an end in 2018<br /><br />General Electric lays off workers at power business in New York<br /><br />Coinbase Ordered to Turn Over Identities of 14,355 Cryptocurrency Traders to the IRS<br /><br />The crypto exchange Coinbase went down again as bitcoin prices neared $11,000<br /><br />Enter 'petro': Venezuela to launch oil-backed cryptocurrency<br /><br />The government is coming for your Bitcoin [yup, "legal" THEFT]<br /><br />North Korea's nuclear boasts belie plight of the elite army<br />Undernourished soldier shines light on dire conditions<br /><br />South Korea Unveils Plan To Strike North Korean Missile Launchers<br /><br />Coalition: Over 400 US Marines to Leave Syria [to go where?]<br /><br />Missile test furthers India's push for Indian Ocean supremacy<br />New Delhi draws line at Strait of Malacca as China tests the waters [that's all we need - the 2 countries with the largest populations engaged in a nuke war]<br /><br />Gunmen attack agriculture institute in Pakistan, wounding 11<br /><br />John Kerry: Israel And Saudi Arabia Urged A Preemptive US Strike On Iran Prior To Nuclear Deal<br /><br />Extreme right wing movement gains momentum in Europe, echoes heard around the world<br /><br />Middle East leaders paint 'dark picture' at Rome conference<br /><br />CIA director confirms he sent warning letter to Iranian Quds commander (who didn't accept or read it)<br /><br />Official: Trump Will Recognize Jerusalem as Israel's Capital, Won't Move Embassy<br /><br />What Was Hailed as First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Is No More<br /><br />U.S. Vastly Overstates Oil Output Forecasts, MIT Study Suggests<br /><br />Tesla's Semi-Truck Would Require Energy Of 4,000 Homes To Recharge, Says European Consultancy<br /><br />Germany removes Tesla from subsidies list as too pricey<br /><br />Russia receives 1m barrels from Iran in 'oil for goods' deal<br />The deal was signed in May in an attempt to curb the US dollar restrictions placed on Iran.<br /><br />Venezuela's Farmland Sits Barren During Hunger Crisis<br />This shows what happens to industrial agriculture when deliveries of seeds, fertilizer, tractor parts, fuel, and pesticides stop. It isn't just a Venezuelan problem. -- RF<br /><br />A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs to farm<br /><br />How To Start A Small Farming Business<br /><br />France finds traces of radiation from Chernobyl in mushrooms from Belarus <br /><br />US exporting dirty fuel to already pollution-choked India<br /><br />5 Volcanoes That Could Erupt At Any Moment<br /><br />San Diego opens giant tent to contain hepatitis outbreak<br /><br />[2nd half below] <br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-64573068724361755932017-12-04T07:39:25.538-06:002017-12-04T07:39:25.538-06:00An Antarctic eruption at Deception Island could ‘s...An Antarctic eruption at Deception Island could ‘significantly disrupt’ international air traffic as far away as South America, Australia, and Africa<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/12/antarctic-eruption-deception-island-could-significantly-disrupt-international-air-traffic.html<br /><br />Under the black sand of Deception Island, off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, lurks the flooded caldera of an active volcano – home to more than 50 volcanic craters. And now, a new research is showing that an ash eruption at Deception Island would potentially disrupt air traffic as far away as South America, Australia, and Africa. Yes, amazingly, even these remote Antarctica’s volcanoes can have an effect across the world! [more]<br /><br />The next immense earthquake in Japan could send the whole World into recession<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/12/next-big-earthquake-japan-could-send-the-whole-world-into-recession.html<br /><br />Remember the catastrophic 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan? That was just nature warming up. Scientists are predicting that the chances of a magnitude 8 or 9 earthquake along the Nankai Through within the next 30 years are 70%. Such a Big One could rack up to 323,000 casualties, because not only would this quake (and its massive tsunami) hit population centers, it would happen with only around five minutes of warning – a less than ideal timeframe when you need to evacuate millions. In response to this terrifying prospect, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has advised his citizens to be “calmly and appropriately afraid.” [more]<br /><br />Scientists are afraid an Italian supervolcano is getting ready to blow<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/12/scientists-are-afraid-an-italian-supervolcano-is-getting-ready-to-blow.html<br /><br />Do you know another volcano besides Mount Vesuvius in Italy? No? Well, scientists are becoming concerned that there’s actually a much bigger volcano just a few miles away from Vesuvius, and it’s getting ready to go cataclysmic for Italy… And the rest of the world. Campi Flegrei, just a stone’s throw from Naples, is what scientists call a “supervolcano” – as if regular volcanoes weren’t terrifying enough. [more]<br /><br />[Just as unseen tectonic forces cause a "sudden" earthquake or other natural calamity, it seems the unseen political, social and environmental forces are pressuring humanity to self-destruct ahead of "schedule" - when the environmental collapse does it for us, quickly causing mass extinction ]<br /><br />A mysterious giant rock monument lurks on the bottom of the Sea of Galilee in Israel and baffles scientists<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/12/mysterious-giant-rock-monument-structure-sea-of-galilee-israel-archeology.html<br /><br />It’s huge, ancient, on the bottom of the sea … and not a natural formation. In 2003, a team of Israeli archaeologists were conducting a seabed survey upon the Sea of Galilee. Then they found this, and the room presumably got real quiet. So what is that giant rock monument under the Sea of Galilee? Because, up close, this huge mysterious shape on the seabed is actually made up of thousands of meticulously stones arranged in a pyramid measuring over 230 feet in diameter, standing 39 feet high, and weighing at least 60,000 tons – or roughly twice as big as Stonehenge and six times heavier than the Eiffel Tower. [more] <br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-749169263171487852017-12-04T07:39:22.101-06:002017-12-04T07:39:22.101-06:00Missile fired at Abu Dhabi nuclear plant
Yemen R...Missile fired at Abu Dhabi nuclear plant <br /><br />Yemen Rebels Claim They Fired Missile At Abu Dhabi Nuclear Plant<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/missile-fired-at-abu-dhabi-nuclear-plant.html<br /><br />Two days after Israel reportedly destroyed an alleged Iranian airbase in the city of al-Qiswa near Damascus in Syria, Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed they fired a cruise missile toward the $20 bilion Barakh nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi in the UAE (which is still under construction) which "successfully hit its target", the group’s television service said on its website Sunday, however without providing evidence.<br /><br />The launch was in retaliation for the closing of sea and air ports, it said without offering evidence or providing further details. The statement quoted a Houthi leader who warned against continuing the blockade, “affirming Yemenis’ right to take sensitive steps.” [more]<br /><br />Living in cars, working for Amazon: meet America's new nomads <br />https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/02/nomadland-living-in-cars-working-amazon<br /><br />Wages minus grocery receipts. Minus medical bills. Minus credit card debt. Minus utility fees. Minus student loan and car payments. Minus the biggest expense of all: rent.<br />In the widening gap between credits and debits hangs a question: which bits of this life are you willing to give up, so you can keep on living? [more]<br /><br />The Silence Of The Sheeple <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/12/fool-me-every-time-i-enjoy-it.html<br /><br />The RepubliCon tax plan is the reason why Big Cap tech and growth/momentum got shellacked last week. It's now up to Macy's and the Gap to keep the casino levitated. [more]<br /><br />[last bit below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-70290298016292616252017-12-04T07:38:44.317-06:002017-12-04T07:38:44.317-06:00War with North Korea "is getting close" ...War with North Korea "is getting close" <br /><br />Senator Tells Pentagon "Begin Moving Dependents OUT of South Korea" -- War with North Korea "is getting close" MORE: EXPECT SEVERE U.S. RESPONSE TO ANOTHER NUKE TEST<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/war-with-north-korea-is-getting-close.html<br /><br />Senator Lindsay Graham has now publicly told the Pentagon to begin moving the Dependents of US Troops (Spouses and Children) OUT o South Korea because "War with North Korea is getting close."<br />Th[is] is a developing story, please check back for updates.[more]<br /><br />[followed by embedded article]<br />Upon ACTUAL North Korea Missile ATTACK, Here's How it Would Play-out, step-by-step . . . and the END GAME. The U.S. Gov't NEEDS a lot of you DEAD<br /><br />WE ARE VERY VULNERABLE; DO THE MATH<br />The United States Missile Defense Program has forty (40) Ground-based Interceptors. Yes, you read that correctly, we have 40. And since real-life policy is to launch four Interceptors at each inbound attacking missile, if North Korea launched TEN attacking nuclear missiles, all forty of our Interceptors would likely be launched to take them out (hopefully).<br /><br />What happens when North Korea launches ANOTHER ten attacking nuclear missiles? We don't have any Ground-based Interceptors left. ALL TEN GET THROUGH.<br /><br />Good-bye New York City, Washington, DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and likely Seattle, Groton, CT, Norfolk, VA and Kings Bay, GA <br /><br />Seattle (Bremerton) and San Diego are our major naval bases on the west coast. Groton, CT and Kings Bay, GA are our nuclear submarine bases. Norfolk is our largest Naval base on the east coast.<br /><br />So if North Korea merely launches twenty missiles, our Ground-Based Interceptors are totally used-up, and we still lose the top major cities in our country and five of our most important military bases/ports. [more]<br /><br />[here's the dangerous part]<br /><br />Exercises in Korea simulates war with North Korea <br /><br />In "Largest-Ever" Military Drill, US Orders 16,000 Troops, 230 Jets To Simulate War With North Korea<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/exercises-in-korea-simulates-war-with.html<br /><br />Just days after Pyongyang launched its most advanced ICBM, one which experts warned has the potential to hit a target anywhere on the territory of the United States, North Korea said the U.S. is “begging” for a nuclear war by planning the “largest-ever” joint aerial drill with South Korea just after concluding an exercise with nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, Bloomberg reported.<br /><br />“Should the Korean peninsula and the world be embroiled in the crucible of nuclear war because of the reckless nuclear war mania of the U.S., the U.S. will have to accept full responsibility for it,” North Korea’s state-run KCNA said Saturday, citing a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. <br /><br />Meanwhile, showing no signs of de-escalation, North Korea has tested dozens of missiles this year, and claimed its nukes can now hit the US. Kim is also feared to be readying the dreaded Juche Bird missile – a live nuke fired out into the heart of the Pacific. [more]<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-89710860713969997332017-12-04T07:38:11.350-06:002017-12-04T07:38:11.350-06:00Five teen guys decide to have some fun and jump in...Five teen guys decide to have some fun and jump in the ocean while at a beach in the Philippines & all died (probably immediately). That's just tragic. This seems to happen every day somewhere.<br /><br />Lots of huge BOOMS and loud strange noises cropping up all over the place, too.<br /><br />Fake News outlet Washington Post misleads readers on GOP tax reform bill — then Brit Hume smacks them with facts <br />https://www.sott.net/article/370084-Fake-News-outlet-Washington-Post-misleads-readers-on-GOP-tax-reform-bill-then-Brit-Hume-smacks-them-with-facts<br /><br />In a story published on Wednesday, the Post minimized who would receive tax cuts in the reform bill and how much taxes would go down. What's more, the story said a significant chunk of Americans - 38 percent - would pay the same taxes as they do now or receive a tax hike because of the bill. <br /><br />"Trump has promised Americans 'huge' tax cuts, but only 44 percent of taxpayers would see their tax bills reduced by more than $500 in 2019, according to JCT's analysis of the winners and losers in the plan. The chart below was first reported by The Washington Post after a GOP senator's office shared it," the story said. <br /><br />The story was obviously framed to undermine the reform. It was even titled, "38 percent of Americans won't get a sizable tax cut under the Senate GOP plan." <br /><br />However, that wasn't the complete truth - and the story even admitted as such later. <br /><br />In response to the Post's story, Hume pointed out the obvious: that roughly the same number of people who won't receive a tax break due to the Senate's reform bill already don't pay taxes. How can someone who pays no taxes receive a cut? <br /><br />Yemen risks starvation as western-backed Saudi siege continues <br />https://www.sott.net/article/370079-Yemen-risks-starvation-as-western-backed-Saudi-siege-continues<br /><br />An estimated 17 million people - 60 percent of the total population - are food insecure while a further seven million people do not know where their next meal is coming from and are at risk of famine, the UN said. [more]<br /><br />'Strange' Arctic rainbow and red 'summer' sprites in winter - rare atmospheric events on the increase <br />https://www.sott.net/article/370070-Strange-Arctic-rainbow-and-red-summer-sprites-in-winter-rare-atmospheric-events-on-the-increase<br /><br />Yesterday, Valtteri Immonen saw such a rainbow over Muonio, Finland, but something was missing: the raindrops. "It was -6 degrees C, no rain and no snowfall," he says. "Yet there was a huge rainbow across the sky." <br /><br />"I have never seen a rainbow during the winter and I didn't even know that it is possible for them to form when the temperature is below 0 degrees Celsius," he marvels. [more]<br /><br />Monday, 4 December 2017<br />Abrupt climate change: Tasman Sea is like a 'bath with the hot tap on' <br /><br />Summer scorcher: Tasman Sea a 'bath with the hot tap on'<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/summerscorcher-tasman-sea-bath-with-hot.html<br /><br />[~ 4 min. weather report and text, followed by embedded video]<br />Farmers worried early summer highs could spell drought: RNZ Checkpoint<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br /> Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com