International

“This must be what hell looks like.”: Pacific Ring of Fire, December 2018

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Incomplete list of seismic/disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, 29NOV2018 through to 31DEC2018.

Science News: Super volcano events sucks oxygen out of the air, causing mass-extinction event 

Scientific American: Can Rivers Cause Earthquakes?

GlobeNewswire:  Global $1.98 Billion Seismic Survey Equipment Market Outlook to 2026

CHILE: Minor mag. 3.6 earthquake

6.2-M Quake Shakes Easter Island

CHINA: Light mag. 4.4 earthquake – TAIWAN

STRONG 5.1 earthquake STRIKES Taiwan

China’s NYC-Sized ‘Earthquake Warning System’ 

COLUMBIA: Light mag. 4.5 earthquake -W […] Continue Reading…

Business/Economics

“a sequence of unfortunate events”: Sears Kmart death spiral, January 2019

“If you have any gift cards, spend them as quickly as you possibly can and don’t purchase any more!”-James E. Dion, Dionco Incorprated

MotleyFool: Real Estate Investment Trusts to benefit from Lampert’s bid

Fox News: Dying Kmarts killing off Little Caesars pizza!!!

Washington Examiner: Taxpayers now own Sears-Kmart employee retirement plan!

Japan Times: The nicest Sears you’ll ever […] Continue Reading…

U.S.

‘Seven days of Hell’ ‘1.5 million lethal doses’: Drugs, the American Way, August 2018

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Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg, seriously this isn’t the half-of-it!) list of U.S. drugs related crimes and oddities for the month of August 2018:

CNBC: Antianxiety drugs — often more deadly than opioids — are fueling the next drug crisis

In Korea (south) the U.S. Air Force’s 51st Fighter Wing has started a Food First! program to help with its Drug Demand Reduction […] Continue Reading…

U.S.

Outbreaks & Recalls: U.S. Food Crisis, August 2018

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Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns, outbreaks and recalls for the month of August, 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

CBS News: More Americans struggling to buy food, especially those with kids

In Korea (south) the U.S. Air Force’s 51st Fighter Wing has started a Food First! program to help with its Drug Demand Reduction operations.  It’s partly […] Continue Reading…

International

Coffee thru the Mail is just as bad as illegal drugs?

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17DEC2018 (08:55 UTC-07 Tango 06) 26 Azar 1397/08 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1440/11 Jia-Zi 4716

Millions of U.S. citizens have family and friends employed by the U.S. military and deployed to other countries, now imagine millions of ‘care packages’ being sent to those military personnel.  I remember guys getting books, music cassette tapes (remember those?), cookies, candy, but I […] Continue Reading…

Business/Economics

“Now they need a job.” “effective immediately”!: Happy New Year, Sears-Kmart death spiral December 2018!

EverythingLubbock.com: woman waiting on reimbursement from Sears two months later

CNBC: Vacant Sears stores to be demolished due to lack of active retailers

Ace Hardware, Centerbridge consider bid for Sears’ home services

New York Post: Sears says it’ll cost them $442M to shutdown 142 stores

Business Insider: After giving execs $25M in bonuses Sears now slashing severance for laid off employees!

Chicago Business Journal: Sears […] Continue Reading…

U.S.

What happens to your pets after Paradise is destroyed by the Fires of Hell?

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29NOV2018 (02:34 UTC-07 Tango 06) 08 Azar 1397/20 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1440/22 Gui-Hai 4716

A volunteer with the North Valley Animal Rescue Group, cuddles a dog being housed in a temporary shelter at the municipal airport in Chico, California. California Army National Guard photo by Specialist Amy Carle, 18NOV2018.

“As awful as this situation is, it has […] Continue Reading…

International

Pacific Ring of Fire: Volcanoes & Glaciers cause global warming?

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Incomplete list of seismic/disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, 26OCT2018 through to 28NOV2018.

National Geographic:  Strange waves rippled around the world, and nobody knows why

Decoded Science: Earthquakes in Chile, the Philippines and California

Nature.com: World’s first automated volcano forecaster makes a prediction

And here’s more proof humans are not the cause of catastrophic climate change;

Science Magazine: Why 536 was ‘the worst […] Continue Reading…

Kit Bashing, Reviews

1:600 Moskva: Aurora vs Airfix

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One of the first ship kits I built was the 1:600 scale Aurora Moscow helicopter anti-submarine ship (not to be confused with the Moskva of the Atlant class of missile cruisers, aka Project 1164).  I also built the Airfix version, and there are differences.

Back then it was the final two decades of the Cold […] Continue Reading…

U.S.

Teachers more violent & criminal than students?: Dumbing Down U.S.A., October 2018

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”-George Orwell (aka Eric Arthur Blair)

Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): A phrase created by me to describe a phenomenon taking place across the United States, affecting both privately and publicly funded schools, from Kindergarten all the way through University levels.

Google […] Continue Reading…

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