An esoteric look at things today: Scientist keep fining new continents, a few months ago they found Zealandia, not to be confused with... Zoolander.
Zoolander
This past weekend they found Greater Adria in the Mediterranean which just might be, wait for it, Atlantis!
This is good news for those of us who knew Atlantis was more than just a fictional myth. In other esoteric news, on this day in 1928 the Republican R. Babson said "if a Democrat is elected there will be a depression." Of course, this scared the shit out of voters much as Republicans are scaring the shit out of voters today by calling Bernie Sanders a "Socialist"; and, back in 1928 it worked and so the democrat lost the depression and the Republican president Hoover cut taxes and ushered in our first great depression. Lesson learned here: vote for Bernie: f--kk em! That's is for today boys and girls. ~ Dr TV Boogie
MOon TAlk So you think you know all there is to know about the moon... Think again. This past Friday we just had a “micromoon.” It’s when the moon is at it's farthest point away from the Earth. Unlike the "Supermoon" which occurs when the moon is at perigee — its closest point to Earth. When the moon is at perigee, it pulls the shit out of ocean tides as well as looks neat as shit. The Supermoon is the "Vampire" moon you see in the movies.
So what's up with this "micromoon?"
Micromoon is the opposite. It occurs at apogee — when the moon
is furthest from Earth — which can reduce the variation in spring tides
by 2 inches. The micromoon appears about 14% smaller than supermoons, and sometime seems
dimmer, since the area illuminated by the sun appears 30% smaller.
What's this mean to you and me? Well, less moon, less moon-type shit happens. So, you probably won't even notice... or will you.
here are the traditional names for each month's full moon, starting with this month.
Over the millenia, this full moon has
signified to farmers that it's time to finish harvesting corn and other
crops for the winter. It sometimes occurs in October, but is always the
moon closest to the autumnal equinox.
Because the
harvest moon rises with the setting sun, it looks larger than usual.
These bright moonlit nights give farmers a little extra time to harvest
their crops.
The next ones: September 13, 2019; October 1, 2020
October: Hunter's Moon, Blood Moon
A man shoots at pheasants flying overhead during a pheasant hunt in Stokenchurch, southern England.Eddie KeogREUTERS
The leaves have fallen, the deer are
fat, and animals are coming into the harvested fields to eat what's left
of the grain. Historically, hunters took advantage of October to store meat for the winter.
The next one: October 13, 2019
November: Beaver Moon, Frosty Moon
A Canadian beaver chews through a tree in Gatineau Park, Quebec.Wikimedia Commons
Beavers are preparing for winter, and
so are trappers. This moon signaled trap-setting time, to catch beavers
and secure a supply of warm furs before the swamps froze for the
winter.
The next one: November 12, 2019
December: Cold Moon, Long Night's Moon
The moon sets behind a mountain at sunrise in Lake Louise, Alberta on December 2, 2009.Andy ClarkREUTERS
December has the longest, darkest nights of the year, and the moon sits above the horizon longer than usual. It's also cold.
Some Europeans and their descendants in North America called it the "moon before Yule."
In midwinter, the story goes, hungry
wolves would gather outside villages in North America and medieval
Europe, and howl deep into the night.
This one was sometimes called the "moon after Yule."
The next one: January 10, 2020
February: Snow Moon, Hunger Moon
The full "Snow" moon rises above the Hudson River and the town of Irvington in Westchester County, New York on February 3, 2015.Mike Segar/REUTERS
In North America, February marks the
depths of winter ,when snow blankets the ground and food is hard to come
by. Because it's a shorter month, some years February doesn't have a full moon at all.
The next one: February 9, 2020
March: Worm Moon, Sap Moon, Crow Moon
Massachusetts
Governor Charlie Baker urges sap to come out of a maple tree after he
tapped it during an event to kick off maple syrup month at Hollis Hill
Farm in Fitchburg, Massachusetts March 6, 2015.REUTERS/Brian Snyder
The air is getting warmer and
earthworms emerge from the ground, inviting the robins to return for the
feast. Maple trees are ripe for tapping, and the crows' cawing heralds
the end of winter. European settlers with religious calendars called it
the Lenten moon.
The next one: March 9, 2020
April: Pink Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, Fish Moon
The pink moon is named for the pink
phlox flowers burst with fresh blooms in spring. The grass sprouts,
birds fill their nests with eggs, and fish swim upstream to spawn.
The flowers bloom in May, and it's time to sow crops again.
The next one: May 7, 2020
June: Strawberry Moon, Rose Moon, Hot Moon
A family picks strawberries at the Legare Farm Stand in Calais, Vermont, Thursday, June 21, 2007.AP Photo/Toby Talbot
Strawberries ripen for picking in
June. Europeans dubbed this the rose moon, and other cultures called it
the hot moon for the summer heat ahead.
The next one: June 5, 2020
July: Buck Moon, Thunder Moon, Hay Moon
REUTERS/Toby Melville
Deer grow new, velevty antlers this month, and thunderstorms rage aplenty. For Anglo-Saxons, July was all about hay.
The next one: July 5, 2020
August: Sturgeon Moon, Red Moon
Virginia
Commonwealth University graduate student Matt Balazik, gets ready to
toss a 70-lb Atlantic sturgeon into the James River near Charles City,
Virginia, October 8, 2010.AP Photo/Steve Helber
Tribes of the Great Lakes and Lake
Champlain knew this was the best time to catch sturgeon, an enormous,
hearty fish. Some people think the moon looks reddish this month in the
heat.
The next one: August 3, 2020
Blue moons are like special bonuses, occurring every two or three years when a month or season has one extra full moon.
When an astronomical season (the time
between solstice and equinox) has four full moons instead of the normal
three, the third one is a seasonal blue moon.
When a calendar month has two full moons, the second one is a monthly
blue moon. That happens because the lunar month is only 29 days long,
while the Gregorian calendar month is usually 30 or 31 days long.
The moon doesn't actually appear blue on these special occasions. The
moon appears blue very rarely, regardless of its phase, when dust or
smoke particles of a particular size cloud the atmosphere after forest
fires, volcanic eruptions, or dust storms.
Great News: A Conservative Republican finally acknowledges Climate Change!
That's right folks, one of the greedy bastards has come out and admitted what they all really know deep down inside but instead chose to earn a more profits off of the destruction of the planet. Still, this is good news. Rep. Francis Rooney represents Florida’s 19th Congressional District, has written in The Agenda: It is well past time for Republicans to recognize the increasing costs
and dangers associated with a changing climate. Scientific data
empirically substantiates rises in sea and land temperatures which have
materially increased over the past 20 years, increased acid in our air
and seas, and rising sea levels, which have also increased velocity over
the past 25 years. In the past few years, the U.S. alone has
experienced record-breaking tornadoes and flooding, devastating
hurricanes, and expansive wildfires. The doubling of the deep ocean heat
content in the past 20 years portends significantly more severe storms
and hurricanes in the future, creating more and more calls for “disaster
relief.”
Unfortunately, that is just one voice, hopefully others will follow. Here's a list of deniers, and if you are voting for them, you are part of the problem, not the solution, and as Buddha said, "Being part of the solution is the solution."
Okay, maybe Buddha didn't say it exactly that way.
A colorful cast of characters has made a living out of denying
the science of climate change. These so-called “experts” often start out
their statements with “I’m not a climate scientist, but…” before
launching into a series of carefully rehearsed talking points meant to
confuse the public on the climate change issue. Many of them are
well-paid operatives of organizations like The Heartland Institute,
CFACT, and Americans for Prosperity, which take contributions from
fossil fuel corporations — including ExxonMobil,the Koch Brothersand their company Koch Industries
— who seek to delay or block any substantial government policy
initiatives meant to curb fossil fuel emissions or hasten the rapid
growth of cheaper, cleaner sources of energy like wind and solar power.
Below is a list of ten of the most prominent climate deniers working
actively to mislead the public and delay policy action to address
climate change.
James InhofeCreative Commons
Sen. James Inhofe
Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. According to Oil Change International,
Inhofe has received over $2 million in political contributions from the
fossil fuel industry. He once compared the Environmental Protection
Agency to the Gestapo, and brought a snowball onto the Senate floor to ‘disprove’ global warming. Sen. Inhofe, author of the 2012 book The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future, once claimed on the Senate floor that “man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” Read more
Marc MoranoCreative Commons, Toper Field
Marc Morano
Executive director of ClimateDepot.com and communications director for the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT),
an anti-science think tank that has received funding from ExxonMobil,
Chevron, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars from foundations
associated with Richard Mellon Scaife. Morano previously worked for Sen.
James Inhofe and began his career with Rush Limbaugh. Read more on DeSmog’s Denier Database
Chris HornerCreative Commons, TBA Productions
Chris Horner
Christopher C. Horner is a Senior Legal Fellow for the Energy and Environment Legal Institute
(E&E Legal) and a senior fellow for the Competitive Enterprise
Institute (CEI). Horner has personally received funding from the coal
company Alpha Natural Resources for legal counsel, as well as fossil
fuel funding to his organization. He is a regular speaker at the
Heartland Institute conferences. Read more
Steve Milloy was most recently the Director of
External Policy and Strategy at Murray Energy Corp, which claims to be
the largest privately-owned coal producer in the United States. Milloy
is the publisher of the websites JunkScience.com, a former columnist for Fox News, co-creator and manager of the Free Enterprise Action Fund, an adjunct scholar with the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the president of the business consulting firm Steven J. Milloy, Inc. Milloy is also a Senior Policy Fellow at the Energy & Environment Legal Institute. Steve Milloy has been associated with the major American tobacco companies since at least 1997. Read more
Patrick MichaelsCreative Commons, John Locke Foundation
Patrick Michaels
Pat Michaels is the director of the Center for the Study of Science at the conservative Cato Institute.
Michaels is a regular commentator on climate change issues on Fox News
and Forbes and contributes opinion articles to US newspapers and has
written several books critical of climate change science and the risks
of rising greenhouse gas emissions. Michaels once estimated that “40 percent” of his funding comes from the oil industry. Read more
Bjørn LomborgCreative Commons, Simon Wedge
Bjørn Lomborg
Bjørn Lomborg is a political scientist, economist and the founder and president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center (CCC). Lomborg is the author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and Cool It,
two books that downplay the risks of global warming. Lomborg is a
regular critic of renewable energy and claims that fighting global
warming is too expensive to warrant taking action. He also advocates for
the expansion of fossil fuel usage in developing countries,
particularly natural gas fracking, and claims “there is a lot of positives to global warming right now.” Read more
Matt RidleyCreative Commons, Ian Smith
Matt Ridley
Viscount Matthew White Ridley is a Conservative hereditary peer in
the British House of Lords, a science writer, journalist, author, and
advisor to the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). He was a strong advocate for the “Brexit” campaign to pull Britain out of the European Union. Ridley benefits financially from coal mining
on his family’s land, advocates for expanded gas fracking and
criticizes renewable energy technologies. “I am a climate lukewarmer.
That means I think recent global warming is real, mostly man-made and
will continue but I no longer think it is likely to be dangerous…”
Ridley says. Read more
Christopher MoncktonCreative Commons, Don Irvine
Christopher Monckton
Christopher Walter Monckton, the third Viscount Monckton of
Brenchely, is a former British politician affiliated with the UK
Independence Party. He holds a degree in classics and a diploma in
journalism. Monckton claims that “global warming will not affect us for
the next 2,000 years, and if it does, it won’t have been caused by us.”
He once led a Tea Party crowd in a call-and-response that “Global warming is? BULLSH**T.” Read more
Roy W. Spencer is a research scientist at the University of Alabama,
Huntsville, and self-describes as a climatologist, author, and former
NASA scientist. He has received funding from the coal company Peabody Energy
to testify at a Minnesota state hearing on the impacts of carbon
dioxide. Spencer’s position on climate change is: “There’s probably a
natural reason for global warming […] We will look back on it as a
gigantic false alarm […] The Earth isn’t that sensitive to how much CO2
we put into the atmosphere. I think we need to consider the possibility
that more carbon dioxide is better than less.” Read more
Okay, this happened this past June but you and I didn't hear about it because, well, no one died. That's right, it was a good-news story and so why bother. Well, here at EsotericDaily.com Good News, we do. It seems that: Curtis Whitson and his family were days into a scenic, Father's Day
weekend trip in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park when they got
trapped at the top of a 40-foot waterfall in the Arroyo Seco Canyon.
Whitson told the
Washington Post he hiked the same route seven years ago and descended
the very same waterfall by rappelling down a rope attached to its side.
But this time, there was no rope! That's right, they were stuck, low on rations, and without help probably would have had to resort to cannibalism -- eating worms and bugs is cannibalism to this vegetarian. So, stranded miles from the nearest campground and without cell service,
he wrote an SOS note on a bar order pad his girlfriend apparently
brought to keep score playing card games: "We are stuck here at the
waterfall. Get help please." He put the note in a green water bottle,
carved "help" into its side, and tossed the message downstream.
That’s right people, a woman at the age of 73 gave birth to twins. So, stop thinking you’re old. Stopping obeying their lie that life is over after forty. For most of us, it begins at forty.
I've been searching high and low for good news to share, and I'll tell you, it's hard. However, I found something. Seems a Chinese girl escaped being kidnapped by giving the "OK" signal with her hands at an airport. This alerted people around her to talk with her and the kidnapper ran and she was returned to her parents. Although I couldn't find the video, I did find this photo:
And so, if you see someone making this sign near you, introduce yourself. Ask them directions or something. The life you save could return the favor one day.
