Doom

[Smackie Chan]

There is a lot of *doom* potential on the radar for the next two weeks, folks.

This just in...water is WET!

There is potential doom every second of every day everywhere. There are varying levels of actual doom at the individual and small group levels every day as well.

PDED

Do you constantly remind us as a means of demonstrating your remarkable skill as a soothsayer, or to get us to needlessly hide in our bunkers?

[Softball Bat]

If I was going to be a soothsayer I would have given you specific things that I think/expect will happen.
While I do have some specific things in mind, I don't care to disclose them.

But mostly this is just for "entertainment," Smackie.
Just bouncing things around.

People do find doom, or potential doom, fascinating.
Look, this thread has roughly the same number of replies and views as your Radio thread.

[Smackie Chan]

mostly this is just for "entertainment"

Same reason I occasionally bust out the smack bat.

this thread has roughly the same number of replies and views as your Radio thread.

Technically not "my" thread since I didn't start it, but if you wanna bestow its ownership to me due to my having hijacked it, I'll claim squatter's rights.

[Kierland]

mostly this is just for "entertainment"

Same reason I occasionally bust out the smack bat.

Yes I remember the last time you did that. 2002 was a good year.

[Mikey]

I have been in SO many unpleasant crowd situations here, and of course nothing that approaches what happened on this tragic day, but the instinct to just jam things forward is one I have been witness to many times.

Apparently you didn’t go to too many stadium or arena rock concerts in the 70s.

[Softball Bat]

Good point.

I remember this crowd/death incident that happened at a WHO concert in Cincinnati in 1979 (when I was in college).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who_concert_disaster

[LTS TRN 2]

Yeah, Pete was in tears the next night at the Richfield Coliseum, though the show must go on. :cry:

[Softball Bat]

If I was going to be a soothsayer I would have given you specific things that I think/expect will happen.
While I do have some specific things in mind, I don't care to disclose them.

Oh come on, do tell.

What's going to happen, and when?

Well, just for a little taste, I posted this about 5 days ago...

Watch the Nasdaq tank hard between now and 11/9.

So we'll see.

[Softball Bat]

Nasdaq down 7% so far (since my call on 10/26).





#soothsayer

[Softball Bat]

Cyber attacks.




Kremlin backed hacking group "Killnet"claimed responsibility for today's attacks on US Airports.
Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Grand Forks, Portland, Missouri, Long Beach, Durango, Bismarck. Also,
taking down some other government websites.
Source: @JayinKyiv
#Hungary

- Törteli Dénes

https://twitter.com/DenesTorteli





#doom

[Softball Bat]

Itaewon

The current president of S. Korea is from the conservative party.
The Dims of Korea are demanding that he resign over the Itaewon tragedy.


“The Itaewon disaster is a manmade disaster, and it was caused by the complete collapse of the
current administration’s emergency response coordination,” said the party’s Rep. Cheon Jun-ho.
“Neither the presidential office nor the government nor the Seoul metropolitan office did their job.”

He pointed out that the president has still yet to fire the police and government officials for their
failure in response.

https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20221108000719




On the night of the incident, the p0lice received about a dozen emergency calls from people in Itaweon, expressing concerns about a dangerous crowd problem.
The police did not respond well, to say the least.

So the Dims say the president of the country needs to -----> GO!

That's how things roll here.


There are cultural considerations, as things are not the same here as they are in the U.S.
And there is also the background of the Sewol ferry disaster of 2014 (which Phibes posted about).
There were systemic failures in that ferry incident, and the country was reeling for a few years on the heels of that event.
It was amazing how one disaster like that could dampen the mood and economy of the whole country for a few years, but it did.

So now there is this Itaewon deal.
The scab has been torn off.

It won't surprise me if the president steps down.

[Donnie Baker's Ghost]

If I was going to be a soothsayer I would have given you specific things that I think/expect will happen.
While I do have some specific things in mind, I don't care to disclose them.

Oh come on, do tell.

What's going to happen, and when?

Well, just for a little taste, I posted this about 5 days ago...

Watch the Nasdaq tank hard between now and 11/9.

So we'll see.

Bump. How is your prediction working out so far? One more day!

[LTS TRN 2]

Yo Sloppy, isn't the former woman SK president still in prison? They shuttle the top spot like the three cups with ball under one of them scam on the subway.

Meanwhile the stock market likes the election--and closed up 300. Red Win Tonight, Investors Delight. And moreover, the general zeitgeist of the American public is soothed and comforted knowing that the Woke asshole lunatics have been temporarily put in their kennel. Oh sure, they'll bleat and whine a bit, decrying the Death of Democracy, without ever explaining why. But it's a good thing and there's no need for your pouty mumblings about "doom" and so forth.

[Softball Bat]

The Nasdaq is down 3.5% since I made the call before the market opened on 10/26.

I said the Nasdaq would tank hard by 11/9.

"Tank hard" implies to me that it would sink by, say, 10% or more.

So unless it drops a lot tomorrow, I have missed this.

I do still expect the hard fall to occur soon, however.



Typed on 10/31...

There is a lot of *doom* potential on the radar for the next two weeks, folks.

I am watching this closely until 11/14.

[Softball Bat]

Yo Sloppy, isn't the former woman SK president still in prison?

She was released (end of 2021) after the new president took office.

[Softball Bat]

The Nasdaq is down 3.5% since I made the call before the market opened on 10/26.

I said the Nasdaq would tank hard by 11/9.

"Tank hard" implies to me that it would sink by, say, 10% or more.

So unless it drops a lot tomorrow, I have missed this.

I do still expect the hard fall to occur soon, however.

It dropped 2.5% today.

So that's a 6% drop from the time I made my call, until now, 11/9.

I wouldn't say that it "tanked hard," but a 6% drop is not good if you are on the wrong side of that.


Just my opinion, but I suspect the NAZ will be dropping further by Monday the 14th.
But we'll see.

[Softball Bat]

Nasdaq UP 4% in pre-market on "lower than expected" inflation numbers.

Doom OFF -- for the moment.


:)

[Softball Bat]

Crypto doom...




'We will see cascading effects': Binance CEO who backed out of FTX bailout warns crypto industry is facing a reckoning on the scale of the 2008 global financial crisis as rival collapses

The CEO of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has warned that troubled sector faces 'cascading effects' after the implosion of major rival FTX.

Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao issued the warning in remarks on Friday at a conference in Indonesia, speaking shortly before FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried resigned and filed the company for bankruptcy.

Zhao, who this week walked away from a proposed bailout of FTX after deciding the company's problems ran too deep, agreed when the moderator compared the fiasco to the 2008 financial crisis, saying: 'I think that's probably an accurate analogy.'

'With these type of events happening, its devastating for the industry...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... e-FTX.html

[Donnie Baker's Ghost]

I never trusted crypto. Glad I didn't. What country tied their entire economy to bitcoin?

*googled*

El Salvador. How is that going lately? Can't be good.

[Softball Bat]

BREAKING: Cryptocurrency exchange FTX claims it has been
"hacked" as more than $600 million disappears

- BNO News

https://twitter.com/BNONews



rotf...




"hacked"







A fool and his money are easily parted

- Dr. John Bridges

[Screw_Michigan]

Musk is well on his way to destroying Twitter. He might as well just have set 44 billion US dollars on fire. Would have taken longer to burn.

Hopefully Tesla stock will continue to tank as well.

[Kierland]

Fuck Eli Lilly and Twittard, looks like he is also tanking Tesla. What a glorious fall.

[LTS TRN 2]

What's wrong with Tesla? It's not union? The owner isn't some soulless corporate board? You don't like electric cars? Oh wait, that's right, you pissy little punks can't stand the thought of a purely Capitalist endeavor working so well, providing so many good jobs, and offering a product that the public actually wants and needs. Sucks top be you.

[Kierland]

Any other fever dreams you want to comment on?

[Softball Bat]

We will see cascading effects

BlockFi suspends withdrawals, retains bankruptcy counsel

https://www.kitco.com/news/2022-11-11/B ... unsel.html

Crypto lender BlockFi announced Thursday evening that they have been forced to halt withdrawals on the platform
amidst the chaos of the FTX collapse.

"We are shocked and dismayed by the news regarding FTX and Alameda," they wrote in a Twitter post. "Given the
lack of clarity on the status of FTX.com, FTX US and Alameda, we are not able to operate business as usual."

[Diego in Seattle]

Whoa!


No, insulin is not free: Eli Lilly is the latest high-profile casualty of Elon Musk’s Twitter verification mess
Eli Lilly shares fell after pranksters using Twitter Blue impersonated it and made a surprising claim—and this might be just the beginning.

The best of the new "verified accounts"....

[Softball Bat]

Russia has apparently gotten OFF with a major missile barrage on Ukraine in the last 30 minutes.



Waves of aircraft-launched missiles from the Caspian Sea and "Caliber" launched
from the Black Sea are on the way.

- cvetko

https://twitter.com/cvetko35




This is what we get when there’s missile attack. Timings for every major city.
Next hour is going to be tough (up to 70 missiles were shot).
I trust in our air defense forces

- Oleksandra Zubal

https://twitter.com/OleksandraZubal





Next hour is going to be tough!





#doom

[Softball Bat]

Russian missiles reportedly hit Poland, killing at least 2 people.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/15/euro ... index.html




NATO spokesperson says NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will chair an emergency
meeting of the alliance’s 30 member states tomorrow. The meeting will discuss an explosion
in Poland in which two people died. (Sky News)

- Instant News Alerts

https://twitter.com/InstaNewsAlerts

[Diego in Seattle]

Russian missiles reportedly hit Poland, killing at least 2 people.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/15/euro ... index.html




NATO spokesperson says NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will chair an emergency
meeting of the alliance’s 30 member states tomorrow. The meeting will discuss an explosion
in Poland in which two people died. (Sky News)

- Instant News Alerts

https://twitter.com/InstaNewsAlerts

[Softball Bat]

Snowmageddon!


4 to 5 FEET of snow is coming to Buffalo!











Barren down the hatches!




#doom

[Kierland]

Was in Buffalo first week of Aug. Way nicer than it’s rep. At least it was then. Five feet of snow might have damped our spirits.

[smackaholic]

I've been to Crapchester in January and August.

I know of no other place that degrades as badly in the winter. It is unbelievable.

[Sven Golly]

Lived in Buffalo for 8 years while attending undergrad and grad school. Fierce winters and pleasant summers.

Grew up in Syracuse, and they actually get more snow on average than Buffalo.

[Softball Bat]

[Softball Bat]

The Big Island is rumbling again!



HVO Mauna Loa RED/WARNING - Eruption has commenced at Mauna Loa summit. Local hazards
include lava flows, ash and ... https://bit.ly/3OLnNSf

- USGS Volcanoes

https://twitter.com/USGSVolcanoes

[Softball Bat]

LIVE 24/7 Kilauea & Mauna Loa Volcano
Big Island Hawaii Eruption Monitoring

[Screw_Michigan]

I'm sure nothing will go wrong here. #JudgementDay #MOVEPt2

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 687813007/

San Francisco will allow police to deploy robots that kill

San Francisco — Supervisors in San Francisco voted Tuesday to give city police the ability to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations -- following an emotionally charged debate that reflected divisions on the politically liberal board over support for law enforcement.

The vote was 8-3, with the majority agreeing to grant police the option despite strong objections from civil liberties and other police oversight groups. Opponents said the authority would lead to the further militarization of a police force already too aggressive with poor and minority communities.

Supervisor Connie Chan, a member of the committee that forwarded the proposal to the full board, said she understood concerns over use of force but that “according to state law, we are required to approve the use of these equipments. So here we are, and it’s definitely not a easy discussion.”

The San Francisco Police Department said it does not have pre-armed robots and has no plans to arm robots with guns. But the department could deploy robots equipped with explosive charges “to contact, incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed, or dangerous suspect” when lives are at stake, SFPD spokesperson Allison Maxie said in a statement.

“Robots equipped in this manner would only be used in extreme circumstances to save or prevent further loss of innocent lives,” she said.

Supervisors amended the proposal Tuesday to specify that officers could use robots only after using alternative force or de-escalation tactics, or concluding they would not be able to subdue the suspect through those alternative means. Only a limited number of high-ranking officers could authorize use of robots as a deadly force option.

San Francisco police currently have a dozen functioning ground robots used to assess bombs or provide eyes in low visibility situations, the department says. They were acquired between 2010 and 2017, and not once have they been used to deliver an explosive device, police officials said.

But explicit authorization was required after a new California law went into effect this year requiring police and sheriffs departments to inventory military-grade equipment and seek approval for their use.

[Diego in Seattle]

[Kierland]

Just more proof that SF isn’t the left wing Mecca the right wing tards make it out to be.

[Screw_Michigan]

What movie is this from?