The idea El Nino and only El Nino is to blame for the heating is nonsense.

Earth's mechanisms of climate such as storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. are not changing within the climate crisis. However, Earth's mechanisms are driven by heat to a greater and greater dynamic. The El Nino of 2023-24 was 3 degrees Celsius (37.4 degrees Fahrenheit) HIGHER THAN NORMAL.

So, what?

What that means is all that heat that churned in the ocean added to ocean heat as well as engaged HEAT TRANSFER in the way of midlatitude vortexes to the Arctic Circle further diminishing Earth's ice reserves. The reserves are so badly diminished that scientists conducting annual reviews of this ice can't stand on it anymore. The ice is so thin it is cracking under MINIMAL WEIGHT.

Earlier there was reporting that demanding less SOOT out of ocean going vessels is eliminating the shadow for Earth and caused increased heating. That is not accurate by any stretch of the imagination. It only pretends that sooty emissions is beneficial. The primary driver of increased heat this year has been the out of control El Nino. 37.4 degrees Fahrenheit above normal is very, very hot.

There is a popular thought about Thermohaline Circulation (click here) when disturbed by the climate crisis and it slows the entire process of Earth's decline will end. That is not correct. If Earth's heating continues past the absence of ice on the caps and in the Arctic and Southern Oceans it will negate any of Earth's natural physics to reverse into glaciation.

Earth runs on physics. There are physics from every aspect of Earth's presence, including space which is why the USA's expertise on all matters of human survival REQUIRES knowledge of space. Earth's physics can be disturbed even though it is a planet by the large population of humans on it AND their consumerism. The more people with a carbon footprint the more danger to Earth's climate exists. That human footprint includes all aspects of life including industrial activities that emit dangerous greenhouse gases. It is not the number of humans that needs focus, but, the carbon footprint each one has.

When a planet's physics is disturbed and it's path is changed there really is no returning it without natural phenomena acting on it and/or in the case of Earth human activity changing a negative path forward. In the case of Earth's climate crisis it is going to require every aspect of human greenhouse gas footprint/emissions to end. There is no ALLOWABLE EMISSIONS anymore. Human longevity will demand all greenhouse gas emissions to end.

The level of greenhouse gas emissions returning to pre-industrial levels should be the focus in order to obtain a planet with increasing populations and an Earth that is benevolent.

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05 March 2024

El Niño (click here) has officially started, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Here's what it means for the Bay Area.

...The current El Niño event, (click here) which developed in June 2023, was at its strongest between November and January. It displayed a peak value of about 2.0 °C above the 1991 to 2020 average sea surface temperature for the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean. This made it one of the five strongest El Nino events ever, though it was weaker than the 1997/98 and 2015/2016 events.

El Niño is mainly a seasonal climate phenomenon with climate impacts on seasonal climate averages but can make extreme weather and climate-events more likely in certain regions. Furthermore, the seasonal forecasts are found to be more accurate during El Niño and La Niña events, particularly in the tropics, and this emphasizes the pivotal role of early warnings to support decision-making and enhance preparedness and anticipatory action....

Why was COP 28 such a joke?

COP28 (click here)

The corruption within the United Nations is profound to assign a petroleum producing country the right to hold a climate summit is ridiculous. There is no balance in Dubai to bring about a complete change in emissions. The fossil fuel industry emits carbon dioxide when it burns off methane, that is NOT A BENEVOLENT corporate activity.

In order for a country to qualify as worthy of hosting any climate summit it must demonstrate the advancements it has made to reverse the harm it at one time and/or continues to do to our planet, especially within the definition of greenhouse gas emissions.

...Industrial Revolution (click here) began in the mid-1700s, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels were typically 280 parts per million (ppm) or less....

This is called ABRUPT climate change because it is happening on a very short time scale in comparison to Earth's life. Abrupt environmental change at any time in Earth's history has caused extinctions. Species cannot mutate and/or adapt to their best genetics during extinction events.

Read the article below really carefully. EVIDENCE PROVES the PLANS the fossil fuel industry has for OUR PLANET is not in the best interest of OUR PLANET.

The "idea" of "Net Zero" isn't realistic either. Net Zero is an interesting and moral concept, however, in order to give it profound meaning there MUST be a CAP on any and all greenhouse gases. Net Zero only demands more and more action be taken while there is no limit on the amount of greenhouse gases emitted. Earth will continue to warm while building more and more wind turbines and solar arrays. Net Zero IS NOT a guarantee to REVERSE emissions, so much as meet them no matter how high they become.

The goals for every country on Earth must be to eliminate the emissions of greenhouse gases and REPLACE energy demands by alternative energies.

Earth's warming cannot be limitless.

There must be a CLEAR, DEFINED LIMIT on all greenhouse gas emissions based in sound science. The containment must be measurable with actual benevolent outcomes. Measurements alone cannot be the answer to understanding THE REVERSAL of density of greenhouse gases and their emissions. Earth must reflect benevolence along with all efforts to contain and end dangerous emissions.

Greenhouse gases can be toxic at certain levels to Earth's benevolence, hence, the human race.

30 April 2024

...Big oil (click here) has privately acknowledged its efforts to downplay the dangers of burning fossil fuels, US Democrats have found.

Major fossil-fuel firms have also pledged support for international climate efforts, but internally admit these efforts are incompatible with their own climate plans. And they have lobbied against climate laws and regulations they have publicly claimed to support, documents newly revealed by the committee show.

The tranche of subpoenaed communications were unveiled on Tuesday morning by Democrats on the House oversight committee before a Wednesday hearing.

“For decades, the fossil-fuel industry has known about the economic and climate harms of its products but has deceived the American public to keep collecting more than $600bn each year in subsidies while raking in record-breaking profits,” said Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, who chairs the committee....

Trashing the ocean seems to not bother boaters. There should be a law.

Watching this video one has to question the wisdom of being on the water with such turbulence, but, it seems as though creating pollution goes along with foolishness. The trash will ultimately endanger human lives as well as marine wildlife because the USA is entering the tourist season and people can be injured or made ill by trash. There have been times when syringes were found on beaches. Evidently the efforts to clean up the ocean will continue indefinitely.

The boat seems to be unregistered. Florida is anarchy except when it comes to abortion, reading and LGBTQ rights.

April 29, 2024

...According to reports, (click here) it appears that the incident occurred during the Boca Bash on Sunday, April 28, an annual event that draws thousands of boaters, most of whom are there to party.

The party, which is held in Lake Boca Raton, isn’t affiliated officially with the city of Boca. It has an interesting origin story....

Israel vs. Hamas is no longer simple.

Divesting from Israel is not realistic. It is interesting to watch college campuses ignore the fact Iran’s attack on Israel has complicated the war to contain Hamas. I would be very surprised if the ICC ignored the Iranian escalation of war with Israel. There are now two sovereign countries involved in this conflict and not just containment of a terrorist organization.

The problem is the current status with this war is that attacking Israel through proxies is exactly the goal of Iranian armament of the terrorist organizations. When Iran attacked Israel directly it was proved as a goal of the war begun my Hamas. This action by Iran complicates the entire assessment of this war. Iran should have demanded the surrender by Hamas to stop the conflict and free the hostages. Iran didn’t do that. Instead Iranian leaders sent military advisers to escalate the fighting.

The status of this conflict escalated when Iran took an active interest in killing Israelis and providing its own military attack via missiles to attempt to tip the scales for Hamas. The anti-war movement demanding divestiture from Israel was defeated not by college administrators, but, by Iran’s plans for Israel.

One thing that has come out of the protest movement in the USA is the current commitment to building a dock for arrival of aid to the Palestinians. The dock is to provide for the arrival of humanitarian aid and only humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. So long as the USA is supervising the dock, boat arrival, and unloading of supplies to trucks Israel cannot complain.

The technology used at USA ports to end terrorist threats can be applied to the new dock as well. There will be no arrival and distributions of armaments to Hamas permitted through this dock. It will remove the propaganda warfare by Hamas that triggers the IDF to attack such truck movements.

George Orwell predicted Trump!

“Orwell on Truth” (click here)

I plan to read it from cover to cover. I believe it is Orwell’s granddaughter that is sending all his works to be printed again. Google Books has about 25 pages for free at the link above. 

Below is the first page of the introduction. The page here ends with an incomplete sentence. In turning the page the sentence ends “than bombs….”

Billionaire Club

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Billionaire Wealth History

I really don't want to hear the bellyaching about how they all did so much better under previous administrations in DC. Seriously now. The wealthy accomplished this WHILE AT THE SAME TIME the wage incomes of most Americans have increased, especially within the structure of unions/organized labor. The labor wage growth ended in June of 2001. It turned around in January 2010 and increased exponentially under the Biden administration. It is noteworthy the current down turn in labor gains began to decline after the change of leadership in the US House in 2022.

List (click here)

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New York City

Total billionaires: 110 | Since last year: +9 | Total net worth: $694 billion | Richest resident: #12 Michael Bloomberg ($106 billion)

Moscow - This is actually incorrect. Russia does not have billionaires. They have government owned oligarchs. There is a huge difference in the definition and freedom of these persons, their projected longevity, and the permanence of their investments

Total billionaires: 74 | Since last year: +12 | Total net worth: $378 billion | Richest resident: #59 Vagit Alekperov ($28.6 billion)

Hong Kong 

Total billionaires: 74 | Since last year: +4 | Total net worth: $326 billion | Richest resident: #38 Li Ka-shing ($37.3 billion)

Mumbai

Total billionaires: 69 | Since last year: +13 | Total net worth: $379 billion | Richest resident: #9 Mukesh Ambani ($116 billion)

Beijing - This is actually incorrect. China does not have billionaires. They have government owned oligarchs. There is a huge difference in the definition and freedom of these persons, their projected longevity, and the permanence of their investments. However, there are Chinese that have made it out of China that are now independent. That is not the majority.

Total billionaires: 63 | Since last year: flat | Total net worth: $211 billion | Richest resident: #27 Zhang Yiming ($43.4 billion)

London

Total billionaires: 62 | Since last year: -1 | Total net worth: $326 billion | Richest resident: #52 Len Blavatnik ($32.1 billion)

Shanghai

Total billionaires: 54 | Since last year: -11 | Total net worth: $167 billion | Richest resident: #33 Colin Huang ($38.9 billion)

Los Angeles

Total billionaires: 53 | Since last year: +19 | Total net worth: $222 billion | Richest resident: #140 John Tu ($13.6 billion)

Singapore

Total billionaires: 52 | Since last year: +6 | Total net worth: $156 billion | Richest resident: #60 Eduardo Saverin ($28 billion)

San Francisco

Total billionaires: 50 | Since last year: +13 | Total net worth: $185 billion | Richest resident: #103 Dustin Moskovitz ($18.3 billion)

Putin, much like Trump, is a gas lighter.

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Volcanism

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Iceland is not alone. There are erupting volcanoes all over the planet occurring at the same time. While there was some increase in activity before Hawaii moved from its “hot spot,” the activity has increased since. 

The Grindavik activity has increased that it is moving further than it ever has before. In my opinion, for whatever it is worth, I think governments need to prepare for a long duration of activity and protect the life within the reach of these oozing mountains of liquid Earth.

The Hawaiian “Hot Spot” relieved a lot of pressure from the mantle against the lithosphere. That isn’t available in the same way and the mantle is building pressure/uplift that is finding relief through mountains with holes in them.

Tornado outbreaks were once a thing of the past.

(Click here) Now, they are a regular occurrence.

The permission to hate is the most troubling part.

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The United States of America prides itself on diversity which also makes its culture richer. The idea, with known history of genocide in WWII, an American with great promise can come forward in hate speech to remove an entire nation of oppressed people is simply unthinkable.

This valedictorian is at a very esteemed university which makes her hatred of Israel all that more concerning. Who gave her permission to carry out anti-semitism? Who gave her the idea that hatred of anyone or any people is okay? She is a very dangerous person. It was right to prevent her from speaking to and for an entire graduating class. 

I quite frankly am appalled this level of hatred exists on that campus. This is the University of Southern California which traditionally has fought for human rights. Hating is not fighting for human rights. An international court has already ruled in regard to the war in Gaza. She doesn’t even accept that.

Is there a radical Mullah involved here? 

Who gave her permission to hate knowing the power of her speech at commencement would carry? I am quite certain her speech was rehearsed with someone. Additionally, there would be every opportunity for her to completely derail her approved speech and conduct her own form of hate, if she so chose. Even with the commencement cancelled her power is not diminished. Cancelling the commencement was necessary and put a permanent mark on her radical views, but, she still has power albeit stained. 

At least others now can judge her views as ill conceived.

There are many problems with racism in the United States. Not long ago three magnificent students who were religiously Muslim were gunned down in North Carolina. The White Supremists in this country are disgusting. They are radical extremists that were given permission to feel the way they do to enable a rejected former president an attempt of at least a coup. His hate of this magnificent democracy still continues with followers besides to this very day.

Confronting hate with more hate will never get the parties involved to peaceful coexistence. To have a valedictorian from an esteemed university believe she has something to teach the world in extinguishing Israel is an astounding reality. It would have lead to greater disharmony and violence within our borders. More violence is the last thing this country needs and there is no valedictorian from any university that should be contemplating how much power they have to spur violence by teaching a country about changing its values.

I hope she finds a way to reconcile her hatred and move forward. Israel was attacked by Iran. The attack killed 1200 people and cast that postage stamp sized country into war. A diaspora has returned home to Israel to protect not just their land, but, God as well. That is not something anyone should want for the Middle East.

I have only one message, end the hate now. That focus is not new for this blog. I believe the address is “stopwarsaveearth.blogspot. com.”

Half the demonstrators aren’t students or faculty

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Many of those at the rallies and encampments are nothing short of trouble makers. It cannot be ignored though that a valedictorian was calling for the end of Israel. That is nothing but hate speech. They aren’t interested in a two state solution. 

The hatred has to stop and students need to return to learning and final exams. It is really a shame that graduations are being cancelled. It is just wrong to be this hateful.

It is not too late to plant a tree.

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Hush Money

No doubt Trump will demand his lawyers make a plea that the hush money was an official duty before he ran for president otherwise his candidacy would not occur. That is nonsense. 

The monies used were personal monies to suppress the truth. The USA justice system demands the truth. Trump has a very long history of being a gas lighter. All Judge Merchan has to do is make a ruling that the prosecutors charges stand under New York law and the challenge is over. 

The Supreme Court deferred to the trial courts. End if discussion.

Typical of the extremist Robert ‘s Court…

…they are always trying to control the future.

“Not so much in deciding this case, but, the cases in the future…”

Since when does a Supreme Court require clairvoyant decisions?

Donald John Trump ordered the assassination of two Iranian generals, of which, he is yet to be indicted. There is no way any president should be shielded from murder. 

The use of drones in military operations is used primarily in intelligence gathering and destroying terrorist cells where it was in the interest of national security, including defending troop deployments. 

There have been proposals by Congress to define domestic use of drones (click here). 

In the case of Trump’s use of military drones to assassinate others, the USA was not engaged in any confrontation with Iran. The only motive that is possible in those assassinations was the war with Saudi Arabia and the Houthis (click here).

The USA was not engaged in that war. The assassinations were far outside any defense of American troops or within the Defense Department preview. The assassinations took place in Iraq where meetings were being held with the Prime Minister. Who is to say what the outcome of those meetings would have been? 

Typical of Trump. “I could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue and I wouldn’t lose any voters.” (Click here) The Robert’s Court is completely derelict in its duty to the nation. The citizens looking to protect children from gun violence can forget about any of it.

What kind of an example is it to anyone/the world to have a president demanding the right to kill others with immunity as an official duty? The entire idea is completely beyond reason, yet, the court of six has no problem with it. Who is going to even sit in a meeting room with an image of a USA president capable of violence? Other leaders wouldn’t shake hands with Trump because of his idiotic comments like “small hands.” 

The “Court of Six” have no guardrails themselves and like Trump are little tin gods.

The responsibility of legitimate lawful behavior by the president falls to the Congress and the powers of impeachment.

The question is simple. Is TRUMP, as a former president, immune from prosecution? Simple question turns into a wild ride about the future. Can he stand trial? The answer is YES!

Richard Nixon was a criminal, too.

The reason he never stood for trial is because he was pardoned by then President Gerald Ford. The Robert’s Court has no right to interfere with criminal prosecutions of presidents that turn criminal. 

The DOJ is raising awareness.

Nearly 43,000 people died from gun violence in 2023

A few American cities with populations approximately 43,000:

Niagara Falls, New York

Florence City, Alabama

Hutchinson City, Kansas

Apache Junction City, Arizona

Momence City, Illinois

Cape Girardeau City, Missouri

Grove City, Ohio

Lebanon City, Tennessee

Charleston City, West Virginia

Wauwatosa City, Wisconsin

April 23, 2024

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (click here) visits the memorial outside a dance studio where a mass shooting took place on Lunar New Year’s Eve on Jan. 25, 2023, in Monterey Park, Calif. 

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland (click here) and Director Steven M. Dettelbach of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) dedicated a new “Faces of Gun Violence” exhibit today at a ceremony hosted during ATF’s Inaugural Gun Violence Survivors’ Summit. The exhibit honors and memorializes those whose lives have been tragically lost to gun violence.

“As we remember those we have lost to gun violence, the Justice Department promises that we will strive every single day to honor their lives in our work,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “We promise that we will not rest until every family, every law enforcement agent, and every community is safe from the devastation of gun violence. As our dedicated ATF agents pass by the ‘Faces of Gun Violence’ exhibit every day, it will stand as a powerful monument to those they are fighting for.”

Farmers are high tech these days.

April 20, 2024
By Linda Qiu

Loren Brey, (click here) a poultry grower in Minnesota, walked onto the farm where his egg-laying turkeys nest in November to discover a handful of hens, dead from the highly pathogenic avian flu.

Within a week, he lost nearly half of his entire flock.

So when Mr. Brey’s turkeys began producing eggs again in the spring, he gave a seemingly unconventional prevention method a go: lasers installed atop his barns, firing beams of green light to fend off wild ducks, owls and other possible carriers of the deadly virus....

There are bird flu vaccines for humans, but they aren’t available to the public right now.  (click here)

There are currently several states that not only have some farmers frantic about protecting their flocks, but, also cow herds are experiencing the virus. Out of that comes a concern for the milk produced by these herds. There is a concern. It is legitimate, but, there is a precaution that all Americans can understand and heed.

DO NOT USE RAW MILK PRODUCTS.

That is the concern and the warning. The pasteurized milk does not contain the avian virus.

This is not an "inject bleach" issue. The scientists at the FDA are aware of the problems and are addressing each one. They do not believe any transmission of the avian flu will occur once the milk has been pasturized.

April 23, 2024

By Brenda Goodman

The US Food and Drug Administration (click here) said Tuesday that it had detected viral particles of H5N1 avian influenza in milk purchased at grocery stores, but the agency says it still believes that the milk is safe to drink.

In an update about an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in cattle, the FDA noted that it believes the viral particles were detected by highly sensitive lab tests and are likely to have been remnants of viruses killed during the pasteurization process. The agency said that it does not think it is likely that the particles would able to infect people but it is conducting additional tests to be completely sure....

From the CDC site:

...The best way (click here) to prevent bird flu is to avoid sources of exposure whenever possible. Infected birds shed avian influenza viruses in their saliva, mucous, and feces and other infected animals may shed bird flu viruses in respiratory secretions and other body fluids (e.g., cow milk)....

...Cooking poultry and eggs to an internal temperature of 165˚F kills bacteria and viruses, including bird flu viruses. People should separate uncooked (raw) poultry from cooked foods and foods that won’t be cooked. Cook all poultry and poultry products (including eggs) all the way before eating. More information about safe handling and cooking of poultry can be found here: Chicken and Food Poisoning | CDC...

It is a darn shame.

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But, the six consecutive justices value law over human life. The USA is entering into a new phase of oppression as exampled by the incredibly diminishing women’s rights. According to the Washington Post the Robert’s Court is about to state Idaho does not have to save a woman’s life if it means carrying out an abortion.

This court is very dangerous. Women are going to fear pregnancy if this continues. There will be more and more men having vasectomies. Is that the goal of the Robert’s Court? A sterile USA? 

It is difficult to realize a Supreme Court of this country is so immoral in most of its decisions. Letting a woman citizen perish when it is completely unnecessary is anti-American. I guess this is one way to end the Affordable Care Act; make doctors afraid of practicing. 

The Robert’s Court are human rights violators. They see words and not citizens.

Semester closes

The big crush by students at campuses across the country that want to see the end of Israel, is the end of the semester. Why not create encampments that could linger for years? Campus housing can be expensive. 

Perhaps the chancellors of the universities should declare a safety emergency, retreat to online classes for the remaining semester. Exams can be conducted off campus in controlled halls. Even the avian flu can be a reason. Nip it in the bud.

High School rankings are not weighted on all dynamics

US News and World Report comes out with a variety of ratings for the country. The most recent are high school rankings. I found one high school to be exceptional above all others.

Why?

It has an enrollment of over three thousand and still holds high ranks in both STEM and National Rankings. 

I find the rankings a bit skewed due to enrollment size. I haven’t looked at socioeconomic status of the schools, but, the actual fiscal demographics are probably interesting, too.