Posted by Maya
@ 2:53 on November 4, 2026
It is a fact that a thunderstorm core chimney breaks aircraft. Vertical shear winds can exceed 400mph in the space of just a few feet. That lear jet got broken in flight. Some control surfaces of the plane were found miles from the crash site. Likely the tail elevator section.
In my flight training days in the midwest in the early 70s, I came out to the field to see an absolutely unbelievable sight. A Cessna 182 is a high-wing plane with diagonal struts from the fuselage out to 2/3 the length of the wing on each side. This plane parked in the field had the outer 1/3 of each wing beyond the strut folded 90 degrees straight UP!
The pilot got caught in a thunderstorm core with approx. 400mph updraft that folded up his wings. The updraft blew the plane out the top of the thundercloud ‘chimney’. Fortunately he was near the airport and managed to land the plane with only 2/3 of his effective wings! He told us the story at the FBO that day. I didn’t have the nerve to fly that day.
Posted by Maya
@ 2:43 on November 4, 2026
Posted by ferrett
@ 2:14 on November 4, 2026
The Russia Russia Russia brigade in particular will have a field day.
El Sayed wins. Michiganders love a paedophile!
Posted by aufever
@ 1:39 on November 4, 2026
Posted by aufever
@ 1:35 on November 4, 2026
Yep, PMs liked, or didn’t like, the election.
I like the reaction.
Consolation prize
Posted by ferrett
@ 23:57 on November 3, 2026
when you have to concentrate on whether the commies are red or blue.
On the plus side the PMs seem to like the results!
Posted by aufever
@ 20:28 on November 3, 2026
Not liking how the votes are looking so far
Posted by deer79
@ 20:19 on November 3, 2026
they look like they had awesome earnings……hate to say it, but l, at the moment, it looks like earnings don’t matter when the algorithm has everything locked down….
Posted by ipso facto
@ 19:17 on November 3, 2026
Posted by ipso facto
@ 15:51 on November 3, 2026
New York Times: Late deciders are swinging Republican by +9 points…
New York Times: Late deciders are swinging Republican by +9 points…
Posted by ipso facto
@ 15:02 on November 3, 2026
The Hormuz Letter
@HormuzLetter
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BREAKING: Israel says it was blindsided and caught off guard by Trump’s announcement ending all US military aid to Israel, and denied knowing about it, per Kan News.
“We did not expect this announcement, certainly not today,” a senior Israeli official said.
Israel’s security establishment assesses that “Trump misspoke,” as the current agreement runs to 2028.
Trump said hours earlier that he and Netanyahu had already agreed the US would stop paying $4 billion by the end of 2026.
Posted by deer79
@ 14:47 on November 3, 2026
never quit with the trickery and scheming. Voting machines have been down for a large part of the day in Westchester County NY……only paper ballots and then they go into a holding bin……..
Posted by treefrog
@ 14:02 on November 3, 2026
Posted by ipso facto
@ 10:05 on November 3, 2026
Iran Rejects Latest Draft Proposal To End War: US ‘Must Act On 7 Conditions’ To Reopen Hormuz
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/irgc-claims-3-more-tankers-blown-naval-mines-hormuz
back to the bunker
Posted by ipso facto
@ 9:24 on November 3, 2026
Live Storm Chasers
@LiveStormChaser
‼️DEVELOPING: RADAR SHOWS JET FLEW INTO A STORM CORE AT 35,000 FEET
Analysis of Miami NEXRAD radar shows the Learjet 60 (N722BD) entered a thunderstorm core near Wellington at about 12:48 PM ET, just before it crashed in Palm Beach County.
At 35,000 feet, radar echoes around the jet jumped to 34 dBZ, with a 52 dBZ core below it and storm tops near 47,000 feet. Tracking data shows the jet climbed about 450 feet inside the core, then went into a spiraling dive and crashed 76 seconds later.
Minutes earlier, the crew told Miami Center they were in moderate turbulence and “managing the ice” at −53°F, and asked to climb out of the precipitation. Moments later they declared a Mayday, reported an overspeed, and said they were banking 60 degrees.
All 9 people on board did not make it. The NTSB is investigating, and the cause has not been determined.
https://x.com/LiveStormChaser/status/2117024736660099098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2117024736660099098%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Fmach-tuck-investigators-say-learjet-60-may-have-broke-apart-florida-crash
Posted by ipso facto
@ 9:21 on November 3, 2026
Endeavour Mining (TSX, LSE: EDV) suspended underground mining at its Mana gold mine in Burkina Faso after part of an access road sank, adding another setback at an operation already expected to miss its annual production target.
The Oct. 28 incident restricted access to two underground entrances, Dangouna and Aviera, through the depleted Wona open pit, Endeavour said Monday. Workers were evacuated, nobody was injured and local authorities were notified. Mining has been stopped at all three active underground entrances while specialists assess ground stability and repairs.
Endeavour didn’t immediately disclose the cause of the incident or announce a restart date.
https://www.mining.com/endeavour-halts-burkina-gold-underground-as-ramp-sinks/
Posted by ipso facto
@ 9:18 on November 3, 2026
MINING.COM
@mining
$712 billion wiped off world’s biggest mining companies since start of Iran war
Posted by ipso facto
@ 9:00 on November 3, 2026
US-Iran Reportedly Agree To Concessions On Nuclear File, Oil Plunges
Update(0835ET): US-Iran headlines are once again swinging between mediator proposals and Tehran declaring it is “now in a state of war” after the Qeshm strike – which is a sadly all too familiar pattern from this past summer. The latest from regional sources are seeing oil prices drop lower:
“Washington has approved the draft memorandum of understanding that the Qatari delegation presented to Iran yesterday”, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reports citing sources close to the mediation team.
“Washington and Tehran have made concessions regarding the Iranian nuclear program and frozen funds”, Al Araby Al Jadeed reports citing sources.
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/irgc-claims-3-more-tankers-blown-naval-mines-hormuz
Posted by drb2
@ 8:55 on November 3, 2026
Good post by Chartmaster on Gold Tent:
Best Explanation For The Paper Vs. Physical Silver Price Disconnect
-> Posted by Chartsmaster @ 7:14 am on November 3, 2026
I took this section from a longer article about comparisons to Rome and the Weimar hyper inflations.
“Today, modern central banks and fiscal authorities walk the exact same tightrope. Facing mounting national debt, multi-theater defense expenditures, and structural entitlement obligations, modern fiat systems increasingly rely on expanding liquidity and monetization to maintain debt service. When currency creation outpaces tangible economic productivity, the price of hard assets does not merely rise—it recalibrates to reflect paper currency dilution.
The extreme volatility in the chart’s percentage change line reveals how market participants violently reprice physical assets when counterparty trust dissolves. As global monetary bases continue to swell, physical gold and silver remain the ultimate neutral reserve assets, offering an immutable anchor outside the digital paper matrix.
So why is Silver Falling below $50?
Paper-to-Physical Mismatch: The COMEX holds 580 million ounces in paper open interest backed by only 100 million ounces of physical vault inventory, leaving a severe structural deficit of physical metal.
- Perverse Short Incentive: Bullion banks face a powerful incentive to dump “paper silver” onto the market. Because every $1 decline in silver reduces the total liability of that open interest by $580 million, a engineered $15 drop cuts total cash-settlement obligations by $8.7 billion.
- The “Force Majeure” Resolution: Driving paper prices down to ~$45 allows exchanges and short positions to cash-settle outstanding paper claims at a suppressed total payout (~$26.1 billion) rather than defaulting on physical delivery.
- Violent Physical Repricing: Once paper liabilities are settled in cash, the underlying physical inventory is freed to reprice to true market value—potentially leaping to $500/oz and elevating vault inventory value to $50 billion, resolving exchange risk while dramatically enriching physical holders.”
Posted by Buygold
@ 7:58 on November 3, 2026
Gotta give back every penny in the metals. Silver shares were pathetic yesterday, and will be worse today, if you can even imagine that.
It’s lesser evil day. I got a phone call last night urging me to vote Republican and asking what time I planned to vote. They were tracking the rolls and knew I hadn’t voted yet. Unbelievable. If they just represented their constituents and did what they said they’d do, they wouldn’t be worried about turnout. They’d never lose.
Posted by Maddog
@ 3:31 on November 3, 2026
Posted by Maya
@ 1:32 on November 3, 2026
Posted by Maddog
@ 19:57 on November 2, 2026
There was effectively an attempted coup last Friday night, by the Prime Minister Tusk, he tried to appoint 3 new Judges to the Constitutional Court, who he had appointed, rather than the President of the Court , so that he could cook the Court, as it is blocking many of his EU mandated dictats…such as joining the Euro and allowing mass gimmigration…….
The row continues, but the people have made it clear they are against the PM……
“Even for Us Poles, This Is Unimaginable”: Journalist Ela Beszłej on the Night Tusk’s Police Sealed Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal (VIDEO)
Posted by ferrett
@ 19:52 on November 2, 2026
I did for quite a while, but then the ludicrocity and frequency just got to me. You know what it’s like …… 🙂
Posted by Maddog
@ 19:45 on November 2, 2026
I just ignore what that poster puts up…..