Massive Rains in the Pacific Northwest Impact The Daily Doom Today
There will be no editorial today due to the flooding you may have read about in The Daily Doom or elsewhere, starting to happen today throughout the Pacific Northwest, where I live and work. Some rivers are going to crest beyond their most extreme historic record. This is throwing the place where I work into turmoil so that I have a lot of situations to deal with (as does everyone else here), so I won’t have time to write an editorial. We’ll see what tomorrow holds.
I did, however, already have some headlines pulled together before all the road closures began to be posted, forcing early closure of my workplace and lots of other changes. So, here are the headlines I already had pulled together for everyone today:
Economania (national & global economic collapse plus market news)
Dow closes nearly 500 points higher after Fed cuts rates
Trump administration touts pulling nearly 10,000 truckers off road for failing English tests
Money Matters (monetary policy, metals, cryptos, currency wars & going cashless)
Divided Fed approves third rate cut this year, sees slower pace ahead
Inflation Factors (too much money chasing too few goods due to weather, sanctions, tariffs, quarantines, etc.)
New poll paints a grim picture of a nation under financial strain from inflation
Wars & Rumors of War (including cyberwar, civil unrest and revolts)
U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
Trump’s warships seize Venezuelan oil tanker sparking blockade fears: ‘Serious escalation’
Digital Dominance (AI threats, transhumanism, hacks & cyberattacks, surveillance, etc.)
US plans to order foreign tourists to disclose social media histories
U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
Bezos and Musk Race to Bring Data Centers to Space
Trump Trade Wars & Turf Wars
US farmers report a desperate struggle to ‘scrape by.’
Political Pandemonium & Social Senescence (socio-political issues & events)
Erika Kirk rebukes conspiracy theorists peddling garbage about her dead husband
Dem Defeats Trump-Endorsed Candidate for Miami Mayor. First Dem since 1997.
Off-the-Beat News & Just Plain Offbeat News
Getting Less Than 7 Hours Of Sleep Linked To Shorter Life Expectancy Across America
Hope everyone there stays safe, these records being broken across the Northwest really show the cascading impacts when infrastrucutre wasn't built for this level of intensity. The way the atmospheric river pattern has setup this season is wild becuz it's basically funneling moisture continuously rather than in discrete pulses. Stay dry and hopefully things stabilize quick.