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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1143878)	6/22/2019 9:37:38 PM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By sylvester80 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575244

You forgot about the war on carbon. A Winding Jetstream Brings Weather Chaos Around the Globe June 22, 2019 Winding Jet Stream, June 22 2019Working on a new jet stream explainer that I hope will be ready soon. Have chatted with Mike Mann, Jennifer Francis, and others. Meanwhile,.. Michael Mann in Scientific American: During the extreme events I noted, the jet stream acted strangely. The bends went exceptionally far north and south, and they stalled—they did not progress eastward. The larger these bends, the more punishing the weather gets near the northern peak and southern trough. And when they stall—as they did over the U.S. in the summer of 2018—those regions can receive heavy rain day after day or get baked by the sun day after day. Record floods, droughts, heat waves and wild fires occur. My collaborators and I have recently shown that these highly curved, stalled wave patterns have become more common because of global warming, boosting extreme weather. But we predict that the rising severity may level off for the next several decades. That may sound strangely “good”—the bad spells will continue, but at least they will not get worse. We also predict that the extreme events will start becoming much more severe, beginning around 2050 or so—particularly in summer. Threats to people’s health and safety will increase, storm damage will get more extensive and crops needed to feed a rising population will be ruined. How do we know? Wave mathematics and quantum mechan- ics tell us. Yes—the mathematics that characterize the behavior of electrons at the smallest scale help us describe the behavior of our atmosphere at global scales. They indicate that the rise in dangerous weather, the coming plateau and the subsequent surge are driven by a curious trade-off between greenhouse gas concentrations from fossil-fuel burning and sulfur pollution from industrial smokestacks. And that trade-o raises the question of whether cutting emissions will prevent the jet stream from wreaking havoc. climatecrocks.com

To: RetiredNow who wrote (1143878)	6/22/2019 9:52:29 PM
From: Mongo2116	3 Recommendations Recommended By Land Shark rdkflorida2 sylvester80 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575244

TRUMP'S SHAME: "The study from the Congressional Research Service finds that none of those promised secondary effects have materialized. Growth has not increased above the pre-tax-cut trend. Neither have wages." Follow Occupy Democrats for more.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (1143878)	6/23/2019 3:19:04 AM
From: sylvester80	1 Recommendation Recommended By rdkflorida2 Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575244

BOMBSHELL: Truckers see US economy chill to "QUIETEST IN 20 YEARS" Javier E. David Editor focused on markets and the economy Yahoo Finance•June 22, 2019 finance.yahoo.com A truck hauls shipping containers at Yusen Terminals (YTI) on Terminal Island at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake More The shipping industry, which serves as the arterial system for the economy, is feeling the chill of a slowdown. As U.S. growth decelerates, an overwhelming majority of trucking companies tracked by Merrill Lynch expect shipping rates to either fall or stay flat, the firm said on Friday, as its Truckload Diffusion Indicator tumbled to its weakest levels since October 2016. The index, a barometer of the freight-hauling industry, is now down 29% year over year, and shippers’ outlooks are broadly negative to neutral. One Southeast shipper surveyed by Merrill noted that current conditions in Florida were “the quietest he has seen it in his 20 years in Florida through May and June.” The bank also reported that asset based companies in the region “are lowering prices to compete with the spot market, and expects this situation to level out in the next month or so.” Merrill’s anecdotal data shone a light on a critical sector of the U.S. economy, where ominous signs suggest a slowdown may metastasize into something deeper — especially with the U.S. and China engaged in a trade war that shows no signs of an immediate resolution. The sluggish conditions cited by Merrill Lynch in its report appear to be playing out around the country. The Cass Freight Index, watched by some market analysts as a bellwether of the broader shipping industry, fell for the fifth straight month in May. Meanwhile, with shipments tumbling 6% from the year prior, Cass Freight sees conditions moving from “‘warning of a potential slowdown’ to ‘signaling an economic contraction.’” Cass Freight warned that “weakness in spot market pricing for many transportation services, especially trucking, is consistent with the negative Cass Shipments Index and ... strengthens our concerns about the economy and the risk of ongoing trade policy disputes.” In March, shipping and logistics giant FedEx lowered its outlook for the year, citing “weaker global trade trends” — and analysts are holding their breath when the company reports quarterly earnings next week.