tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post923268662651807766..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2020-07-01Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-25988748337716551552020-07-03T21:05:32.271-05:002020-07-03T21:05:32.271-05:00It’s Official: The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Shi...It’s Official: The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships are Truly 'Garbage'<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/official-u-navy-littoral-combat-144100888.html<br /><br />The first four of the Navy’s notoriously expensive Littoral Combat Ships have under a year of service life left in their hulls. The announcement by Vice Admiral J. W. Kilby, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations listed March, 31, 2021 as the ship’s projected inactive date. [more; JUNK!]<br /><br />'I don't think we're going to be able to contain this virus:' Fears of second wave loom large<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/covid-19-second-wave-not-preventable-202327315.html<br /><br />[Canada's view]<br />Dr. Banerji added the current tests aren’t providing a clear picture of how embedded the virus was in the community and there is likely a higher rate of infection than we know.<br /><br />“The test is faulty, it has a false negative rate of 30-50 per cent,[more]<br /><br />Penn State University Announces First Known COVID-19-Related Death Among Students<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/penn-state-university-announces-first-161714815.html<br /><br />University officials say, Juan Garcia, 21, of Allentown, died June 30. [more]<br /><br /><br />Sailor Aboard Deployed Carrier Roosevelt Dies After Medical Emergency<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/sailor-aboard-deployed-carrier-roosevelt-181105008.html<br /><br />A sailor assigned to a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet squadron embarked aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt died Thursday after experiencing a medical emergency, officials said. <br />[more]<br /><br />Climate change will make world too hot for 60 per cent of fish species<br />https://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/07/02/climate-change-will-make-world-too-hot-for-60-per-cent-of-fish-species/<br /><br />Fish are at a far greater risk from climate change than previously thought, as researchers have shown that embryos and spawning adults are more susceptible to warming oceans. [more]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-31523942549534413582020-07-03T08:29:57.597-05:002020-07-03T08:29:57.597-05:00[some Friday headlines from Rice Farmer]
News Link...[some Friday headlines from Rice Farmer]<br />News Links, July 3, 2020<br />Rice Farmer<br />https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />The War On Cash – COVID Edition Part II<br /><br />U.S.-China relations are headed for the 'darkest chapter yet,' says Eurasia Group<br /><br />China and India to move troops 'in batches' from disputed border<br /><br />Washington threatens military action against Iran after heated UN meeting<br /><br />Europe Portrays Both America and Iran As Rogue States At the UN<br /><br />U.S. seeks to seize gasoline in four Iran tankers bound for Venezuela<br /><br />Analysts: Fire at Iran nuclear site hit centrifuge facility<br /><br />Palestinians & Global Allies Rise Up Against Annexation<br /><br />$40 Oil Isn't Enough To Prevent A Wave Of Shale Bankruptcies<br /><br />It's Not Just Meat: All Farm and Food Workers Are in Peril<br /><br />Climate change is altering terrestrial water availability<br /><br />Public Outcry Follows Gilead Decision to Charge $3000 for COVID Drug that Costs Pennies to Produce<br /><br />U.S. coronavirus cases soar by more than 50,600 in record single-day jump<br /><br />Florida shatters records with over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases in single day<br /><br />Severe COVID-19 can damage the brain, preliminary study finds<br /><br />'Very little risk' that pets can infect owners with COVID, WHO says<br /><br />Researchers find neurological damage in four children with coronavirus inflammatory syndrome<br /><br />U.S. military coronavirus cases surge as Pentagon lifts travel restrictions<br /><br />Waste of Time to Test Says Mexico as 50% Test Positive<br /><br />Trump Administration Buys up Nearly All the World's Supply of Coronavirus Drug Remdesivir<br /><br />Connecting the Dates – US Media Used To Stop The 'Threat' of Peace<br /><br />Dancing Through the Geopolitical Minefield<br />The elites dancing through the minefield all have plans, but how many are prepared for the punch in the mouth?<br /><br />America's Two Right-Wing Parties Keep Accusing Each Other Of Being Far-Left<br /><br />How An NYPD Officer Can Hit A Teen With His Car In Front Of Several Witnesses And Get Away With It<br /><br />BLS Admits "Survey Error" Continues, Resulting In Artificially Lower Unemployment Rate<br /><br />Illinois' pandemic budget relies on $6.5 billion in revenue that hasn't materialized<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-21838609805468157442020-07-03T08:10:19.472-05:002020-07-03T08:10:19.472-05:00U.S. says leaking nuclear waste dome is safe; Mars...U.S. says leaking nuclear waste dome is safe; Marshall Islands leaders don't believe it<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-says-leaking-nuclear-waste-201441976.html<br /><br />In response to a directive from Congress, the Department of Energy released a report this week assessing the risks of a 50-year-old cracking and crumbling concrete nuclear waste repository in the Marshall Islands, but the findings did little to ease the concerns of Marshallese leaders in the Central Pacific.<br /><br />The DOE report found that Runit Dome, a repository for atomic waste the United States produced during Cold War weapons testing, is sound and that radioactive leakage into the nearby lagoon is not significant. [more; of course!]<br /><br />Climate Change Fuels U.S. Dust Storms With Dire Health Consequences<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/climate-change-fueling-u-dust-185252675.html<br /><br />Dust storms—those billowing walls of sand and dirt often seen seen in the more arid regions of the world—doubled in the American Southwest between the 1990s to 2000s.<br /><br />Data now suggest these weather systems in the U.S. may be associated with increased intensive care unit admissions. [more]<br /><br />A Full Buck Moon Will Illuminate the Night Sky Fourth of July Weekend<br />https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/full-buck-moon-illuminate-night-130000499.html<br /><br /> July’s full “Buck Moon” is expected to rise on Sunday, July 5.<br /><br /> The moon will begin to rise after sunset on the evening of July 4, and reach maximum opacity and brightness at 12:44 a.m. EDT on July 5.<br /><br /> The term “Buck Moon” refers to the male deer, whose antlers finish growing and hardening in the summer. [more]<br /><br />U.S. EPA puts 2021 biofuel blending mandate proposal on hold indefinitely, sources say<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-epa-puts-2021-biofuel-154834308.html<br /><br /> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has put on hold indefinitely a proposal for the amount of biofuels refiners must blend into their fuel next year, two sources familiar with the matter said. [more]<br /><br />[this is in U.K., but i expect a huge spike in home-schooling]<br />Parents can be fined for not returning children to school in September, official guidance says<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/parents-fined-not-returning-children-180648901.html<br /><br />Parents can be fined for failing to return their children to school in September, official guidance said yesterday.<br /><br />School attendance will be mandatory again from the start of the autumn term, meaning parents could face penalties if they do not comply. [more]<br /><br />Sweden's prime minister orders an inquiry into the failure of the country's no-lockdown coronavirus strategy<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/swedens-prime-minister-orders-inquiry-114455827.html<br /><br />Sweden has launched an inquiry into its no-lockdown policy after thousands of coronavirus deaths in the country.<br /><br />Sweden now has the fifth-highest per capita death rate in the world with a larger death toll than all of its neighbours' combined.<br /><br />Sweden's daily new cases rose to over 1,000 in the last week, up from fewer than 500 in May.<br /><br />Sweden's prime minister said the country must now change its approach. [more; lil late]<br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-84594648344858023202020-07-03T08:10:13.859-05:002020-07-03T08:10:13.859-05:00Boeing Quietly Pulls Plug on the 747, Closing Era ...Boeing Quietly Pulls Plug on the 747, Closing Era of Jumbo Jets<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/boeing-quietly-pulls-plug-747-170052471.html<br /><br />Boeing Co. hasn’t told employees, but the company is pulling the plug on its hulking 747 jumbo jet, ending a half-century run for the twin-aisle pioneer.<br /><br />The last 747-8 will roll out of a Seattle-area factory in about two years, a decision that hasn’t been reported but can be teased out from subtle wording changes in financial statements, people familiar with the matter said. [more]<br /><br />[no pension left unfunded!]<br />World’s Largest Pension Fund Loses $165 Billion in Worst Quarter<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/world-largest-pension-fund-loses-063000568.html<br /><br />The world’s biggest pension fund posted a record loss in the first three months of 2020 after the coronavirus pandemic sparked a global market rout in the period. [more]<br /><br />The Radical Solution Tucked Into the House Democrats’ New Climate Plan<br />https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/radical-solution-tucked-house-democrats-163339638.html<br /><br />buried on page 535 of the plan is what amounts to a call for a federal geoengineering research program <br /><br />just because the idea of geoengineering the planet is batshit crazy doesn’t mean it won’t happen. [more]<br /><br />[don't feel bad, it's that way here too]<br />Texas Makes Face Masks Compulsory in Reversal by Governor<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/texas-makes-face-masks-compulsory-204539779.html<br /><br />Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered residents to wear face coverings in public amid a spike in Covid-19 cases across the second-most populous U.S. state.<br /><br />In a reversal of his months-long opposition to such a mandate, Abbott on Thursday said the order applies to all counties with 20 or more virus cases. He also barred people from gathering outdoors in groups larger than 10. Texas reported its second-worst day of the pandemic with almost 8,000 new cases and a surge in hospital admissions. [more]<br /><br />More Than 300 Kids In Texas Day Cares Test Positive For COVID-19<br />https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/more-300-kids-texas-day-083624919.html<br /><br />307 kids in Texas-based day cares have tested positive for COVID-19, and the cases are only increasing [more]<br /><br />Climate battles are moving into the courtroom, and lawyers are getting creative<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/climate-battles-moving-courtroom-lawyers-230100834.html<br /><br />Two decades ago, only a handful of climate-related lawsuits had ever been filed worldwide. Today, that number is 1,600, including 1,200 lawsuits in the United States alone, according to data reported Friday by the London School of Economics. [more]<br /><br />NFL Player Crashes Chevy Camaro Into Lake Erie<br />https://www.yahoo.com/autos/nfl-player-crashes-chevy-camaro-143000740.html<br /><br />According to witnesses, the Camaro was “traveling at a high rate of speed.” We interpret that as speeding, but that’s just a guess. It left the road, drove through a grassy area, then launched off an embankment and into the water below. When police arrived, they found Braswell still in the driver’s seat, trying to get the car moving forward. Officers said he seemed confused and mentioned being stuck, apparently unaware of his situation. <br /><br />A field breath test showed Braswell was over Ohio’s legal blood alcohol limit, said police. That means he’s facing an Operating a Vehicle Intoxicated charge. Yet, when officers talked to him at the scene, he insisted he wasn’t drunk “at all.” [more]<br /><br />[5th installment awaits]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-45313235918399334072020-07-03T08:09:20.031-05:002020-07-03T08:09:20.031-05:00'Airplane!' at 40: David Zucker defends th...'Airplane!' at 40: David Zucker defends the comedy classic's controversial jive-talking sequence: 'Everything is so sensitive nowadays'<br />https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/airplane-5-facts-you-dindt-about-the-comedy-230538825.html<br /><br />[lots of highlights, see ~ 3 min. of Johnny's best lines]<br /><br />[from our No Shit, Sherlock desk]<br />Jane Goodall: If humans don't change "we're going to destroy ourselves"<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/jane-goodall-humans-dont-change-225707971.html<br /><br />While COVID-19 and protests for racial justice command the world's collective attention, ecological destruction, species extinction and climate change continue unabated. While the world's been focused on other crises, an alarming study was released warning that species extinction is now progressing so fast that the consequences of "biological annihilation" may soon be "unimaginable." [more]<br /><br />[and from Duh news]<br />Satellite Data Exposes A Massive Methane Problem<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/satellite-data-exposes-massive-methane-230000379.html<br /><br />Leaky oil and gas infrastructure has been playing an outsized role in climate change by spewing out far more quantities of an even more potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere than earlier thought. [more]<br /><br />[cue Martha and The Vandellas]<br />Get ready for a heat wave coming in July: Accuweather<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/video/ready-heat-wave-coming-july-165044700.html<br /><br />A potential heat wave is expected to hit more than two-thirds of the U.S., according to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center. [more; ~ 2.25 min. weather spot]<br /><br />BAYPOINT WILDFIRE: Raw Video Of Firefighters Battling Early Morning Baypoint Wildfire<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/baypoint-wildfire-raw-video-firefighters-131100488.html [~ 6 min. video]<br /><br />China’s Worsening Floods Highlight Extreme Weather Threat<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/china-worsening-floods-highlight-more-084921272.html<br /><br />Weeks of torrential rain in southern China have left millions of people without homes and caused billions of yuan in economic losses, with environmental groups warning the extreme floods are likely to become more common. [more]<br /><br />Monkeys infected with novel coronavirus developed short-term immunity<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/monkeys-infected-novel-coronavirus-developed-short-term-immunity-233116401.html<br /><br />Test monkeys infected with the novel coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic were protected from reinfection for up to 28 days later, a Chinese study out Thursday in the journal Science said. [more]<br /><br />Nerve agent fear as hundreds of elephants perish mysteriously in Botswana<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-elephants-die-mysteriously-botswana-160803566.html<br /><br />[as Jonny surmised - H2S very well could be the cause]<br /><br />The mysterious death of hundreds of elephants in Botswana has left experts alarmed that there could be a dangerous neurotoxin spreading through one of Africa’s largest conservationist areas. [more]<br /><br />[4th section next]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-47416384672611248752020-07-03T08:08:44.753-05:002020-07-03T08:08:44.753-05:00The Good, The Bad And The Ugly From The Latest U.S...The Good, The Bad And The Ugly From The Latest U.S. Employment Numbers<br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-from-the-latest-u-s-employment-numbers<br /><br />Is the U.S. economy starting to rebound from the massive downturn that the coronavirus lockdowns caused? Some new employment numbers were released on Thursday, and they were very interesting. Many are boldly declaring that these new numbers are fantastic news for the U.S. economy, but that is greatly oversimplifying matters. So far in 2020, tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs, and we knew that millions of those jobs would eventually come back as COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. And on Thursday, we received confirmation that millions of those jobs are indeed coming back…<br /><br />But first, I wanted to point out that the main reason why payrolls rose by 4.8 million was because the number of Americans that were classified as being temporarily laid off declined by 4.8 million last month. At the same time, the number of permanent job losses last month actually rose by more than half a million compared to the month before… [more]<br /><br />Never Before Have I Seen So Much Fake Unemployment & Jobs Data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Labor Department Nails It<br />https://wolfstreet.com/2020/07/02/never-before-have-i-seen-so-much-fake-unemployment-jobs-data-by-the-bureau-of-labor-statistics-while-labor-department-nails-it/<br /><br />Labor Department today: People on state & federal unemployment insurance jumped to 31.5 million, worst ever.<br />Bureau of Labor Statistics today: 4.8 million jobs created, unemployment dropped by 3.2 million.<br />BLS under-reported unemployment by 13.7 million, based on data from the Labor Department. What’s happening is infuriating. Read and cringe. [more; BLS posts complete lying bullshit]<br /><br />Unemployment is Much Worse Than it Looks<br />https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/unemployment-is-much-worse-than-it-looks<br /><br />It is hard to know how many PUA claims represent people working 0 hours, but the answer is somewhere between 20 million and 30 million. <br /><br />Note that All Claims and PUA Claims hit new record highs and both are up since the prior reference week that sets the unemployment rate.<br /><br />Unemployment vs Claims in June 13 Reference Week<br /><br /> Unemployed: 17.750 Million<br /> Continued State Claims: 19.231 Million<br /> All Claims: 31.491 Million <br /><br />The discrepancy between continued state claims and the number of unemployed is 1.481 million.<br /><br />And that does not count those on PUA who are genuinely unemployed.<br /><br />Is the difference entirely fraud? <br /><br />My take is that a record number of businesses closed or will close due to Covid-19. Some of those people may have found other work and if so are double-counted. Others were counted when they should not be.<br /><br />Looking Ahead<br /><br />State Continued Claims,, PUA Claims, and Total Claims all rose this past week. <br /><br />Reopenings In Reverse<br /><br />Importantly, reopenings are in reverse and that is not reflected in any of this data. [more]<br /><br />[3rd piece follows]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-30960334733782781062020-07-03T08:08:15.042-05:002020-07-03T08:08:15.042-05:00Mornin' Jonny, everyone.
i like the new spo...Mornin' Jonny, everyone. <br /><br />i like the new spotlight on the Arctic! You wrap it all up with news stories illustrating your thesis. We're in for it.<br /><br />Friday, 3 July 2020<br />In case you missed it incredible amounts of rainfall has affected untold millions of people, displaced hundreds of thousands and killed hundreds after torrential rainfall around the world in June and early July <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/07/in-case-you-mist-it-incredible-amounts.html<br /><br />While the world's attention focuses on Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter, June and early July has affected untold millions of people, displaced hundreds of thousands and killed hundreds after torrential rainfall around the world [more]<br /><br />Another magnificent beast in danger: 130,000 Saiga Antelopes have died this spring bringing the total to more than 350,000 in the last 5 years with experts not able to agree on the cause of deaths. <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/07/another-magnificent-beast-in-danger.html<br /><br />during May and early June 2020, researchers have discovered more than half of the country's herd, around 130,000 have died. The extent and speed are really unheard of according to veterinarian Steffen Zuther who believes bacteria is to blame for the death of the saigas. [more; could be JJFH too]<br /><br />NEW - Digital Ultra Violet Electromagnetic Radiation - 3 Locations/ 3 Extreme UV [MrMBB333 video]<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avVIjgiA988 [~ 1 min.]<br /><br />[here's another one, ~ 11.6 min.]<br />Scientists BAFFLED as GIANT Star just Disappears! OR is something BIGGER Hiding it??<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWIpQdZVZh0<br /><br />BP and Shell Write-Off Billions in Assets, Citing Covid-19 and Climate Change<br />https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01072020/bp-shell-coronavirus-climate-change<br /><br />The moves were seen as a possible turning point as plummeting demand makes big oil companies admit they’re not worth what they used to be. [more]<br /><br />Mayfly Madness: This Massive Swarm of Mayflies Was so BIG it Was Detected on NWS Weather Radar While Invading Towns Along The Mississippi River and Heading Towards the Twin Cities<br />https://strangesounds.org/2020/07/mayfly-invasion-mississippi-river-video-burlington-hastings-2020.html<br /><br />A massive swarm of mayflies, detected by National Weather Service weather radar starting after 9 p.m. Thursday, invaded downtown Burlington, Iowa along the Mississippi River. [more]<br /><br />[2nd part below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com