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China Rocked By Another Massive Chemical Explosion

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Seriously, what the f##k is going on over there?

  • *BLAST SEEN IN CHEM. IND. ZONE IN SHANDONG, CHINA: PEOPLES DAILY

This is the second explosion in Shandong, which both follow the huge and deadly explosion in Tianjin.

We'll await the details which we imagine will suggest that, as was the case in Tianjin, many more tonnes of something terribly toxic were stored than is allowed under China's regulatory regime which apparently only applies to those who are not somehow connected to the Politburo.

After the last Shandong explosion, The People's Daily reported that the plant contained adiponitrile, which the CDC says can cause "irritation eyes, skin, respiratory system; headache, dizziness, lassitude (weakness, exhaustion), confusion, convulsions; blurred vision; dyspnea (breathing difficulty); abdominal pain, nausea, [and] vomiting."

 

This clip has just been posted to a Weibo account - reportedly showing tonight's explosion (we are unable to confirm it this is the most recent or the previous Shandong explosion although that was more twlight than dead of night).

 

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Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:18 | 6491031 Peak Finance
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Rod of god isa hoax I think.

If "Rod of God" is a space-based kinetic weapon, there would be thousands of witnesses, They would all see the re-entry fireball of the projectile when the weapon was fired.

 

 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:26 | 6491085 JustObserving
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Spaced-based laser not in visible light range

or more generally,

The weapons can come in various forms:

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:31 | 6491124 ToSoft4Truth
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'Rod of God' isn't a laser.  The ‘Rod of God’ is a titanium spear. 

The United States has reverted back to chucking spears. 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:37 | 6491168 The_Virginian
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Tungsten was what was usually called for in kinetic bombardment designs, I believe. 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:41 | 6491199 ToSoft4Truth
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More like a bunch of chimps chirping, “Rod of God”….  Obama probably is cracking up right now.

LOL

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:14 | 6491414 knukles
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Jesus poeple, it's cyber-warfare!

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 18:20 | 6492315 phaedrus1952
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There have been numerous launches into space over the years by the USAF with no mission description.

I highly doubt they were weather-related tasks.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 21:31 | 6493107 Pipetex
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No way... Fort Knox will inmediately notice the missing tungsten!

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 22:50 | 6493492 post turtle saver
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"Tungsten was what was usually called for in kinetic bombardment designs, I believe."

see, tungsten bars _are_ worth as much as gold...

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 18:01 | 6492245 stormsailor
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thats racists

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:32 | 6491131 BandGap
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Maser is a microwave laser. Coherent microwaves.

Microwave Amplification involving Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Interesting. When I was in grad school I met a guy who worked with masers at Argonne. They were being used for atmospheric "communications". The maser he talked about could burn a hole in 9 inches of stainless steel in seconds. This was in 1986.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:45 | 6491225 viahj
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the true purpose of X-37B?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:42 | 6491588 Raging Debate
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Band Gap - If and when WW3 breaks out we are going to see weapons straight out of science fiction. I liked the AI link. We're 40-50 years away from ending classical death, the only war we should all be collectively fighting at this point. But no, we'll get one more slaughter so a few dudes can bury a few more nuts like a squirrel or get few more classy blowjobs. 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:37 | 6491149 Ralph Spoilsport
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Veterans Today hinting that this was another nuke (again).

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/08/30/was-china-nuked-today-part-2-may...

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:52 | 6491258 SilverRhino
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Spaced-based laser not in visible light range

 

Atmo is opaque to X Rays and shields from UV, Masers and IR .... could make it a bit of a challenge.  Also if your laser is powerful enough it will ionize the beam path [which can become visible] 


Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:16 | 6491423 JustObserving
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The satellite is probably not in a geosychronous orbit and so the laser path is rapidly changing.  So the beam path will not be ionized except very close to target.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 17:27 | 6492118 SilverRhino
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At the power levels required to vaporize metals and solids and moving through the atmosphere .... yes it most certainly will.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 18:27 | 6492341 phaedrus1952
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Just observing

 

IIRC, a year or so back when that fertilizer plant blew up in Texas, people said they saw 'something' target the building from above just before the explosion.

I do not have good feelings about this at all.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 19:22 | 6492558 neilhorn
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Aliens taking out their infrastructure to prevent the next war? Those aliens are benevolently on our side. That means they are good, and therefore, we are good.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:09 | 6491740 IndyPat
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You wouldn't see shit. You'll feel plenty.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:15 | 6491002 Divided States ...
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Like I said last week...You fuck with US (U.S.A) by selling our worthless treasuries, we fuck with you

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:22 | 6491062 angel_of_joy
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Problem is, they didn't really start to fuck with US... yet !

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:35 | 6491154 Winston Churchill
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Glad I don't live in NJ or eastern PA.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:36 | 6491162 tbd108
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What you mean "we" you Nazi asshole?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:15 | 6491003 cherry picker
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ISIS?, CIA? Putin? Pissed Chinese? Australians? XI?

Lots of motivation

A real who dun it.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:18 | 6491030 ZeroPoint
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Not really. It's the US deep state. Always has been.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:21 | 6491458 jcdenton
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US Deep State; aka SSG (Secret Shadow Govt.) ........................................................

....................................................... = DVD ..

 

http://wantarevelations.com/2014/01/wanta-plan-macro-financial-economic-...

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/05/04/neo-so-much-more-than-nukes/

 

which ................................. (you can read between the lines)

 

http://tuppersaussy.com/museum/html/writings/articles/15brienner.html

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:34 | 6491145 great_scot
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Whoever it was, I'm sure they will find his car abandoned with a passport in the glove box and a map of the world with a target drawn over Washington, before the suspect (who is 'known to the authorities') is pursued and killed in a firefight. Case closed.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 18:36 | 6492379 phaedrus1952
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gs

I dunno 'bout that.

Methinks the twentieth or thirtieth time THAT plot line gets trotted out, people might start to wonder, no?

LOOK! The ballgame is coming' on. Gotta go!

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:17 | 6491436 knukles
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It's Bush's Fault, Bitches!
See see see see see .... plausible deniability

Hahha ha ha ha ah ah naha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ahhahahanaha hhnaha aha hhan ahha hanh

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:16 | 6491004 cowdiddly
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Three in a week? whats the standard deviation of that happening? about a 20? or once every big bang?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:18 | 6491036 NikoBellick
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been about 2 or 3 weeks since the first. But really, something is going on over there, we will probably never know the truth but sure does seem like some kind of tit for tat possibly for selling off treasuries

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:50 | 6491630 Raging Debate
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Cowdiddly - Three very similar large events in close proximity nearly rule out coincidence in real terms yes. I am not ready to speculate on causation. 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:15 | 6491008 where_is the_nuke
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The Khazars are in full retard mode. I wonder how long China put up with their BS. Press the button Xi.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:50 | 6491977 g speed
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Xi is worried about the others in the party --not the USA-- thats the least of his worries---

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 17:30 | 6492133 MSimon
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Where would we be without ethnic cleansing? A fine old tradition to be sure. Your support for tradition is greatly appreciated.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:15 | 6491009 Billy Sol Estes
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It was in the Burntdong region.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:20 | 6491017 Billy Sol Estes
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Donglong Gon for anyone working there. Dog Gon too.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:17 | 6491011 NoDebt
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NO WAY this is just coincidence.  Two similar incidents in just a few weeks?  C'mon.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:24 | 6491078 NoVa
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so when do we see Tyler's correlations of China explosions to Stock markets downdrafts?

Kinda like the Cubs No-hitter correlation - 

NoVa

 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:29 | 6491118 NoDebt
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Yeah, that probably has just about as much validity.

If there was any real justice in these tragedies the next one would involve the Earth being hit by a giant 2-mile-diameter meteor made of pure gold.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:32 | 6491129 NoVa
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+1

 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:57 | 6491294 centerline
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Goldbugs would have to label that one under the "tragic irony" category. 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:27 | 6491097 stant
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Cant sell it blow it up collect the insurance , blame it on someone else huuuum where have I seen this before?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:27 | 6491100 Billy Sol Estes
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My my my crude is doing well this afternoon on this news.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:16 | 6491016 Automatic Choke
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What?  Our competitors blew up their excess inventory and collected insurance?  Why didn't we think of that?  Hand me the dynamite, comrade!

 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:19 | 6491024 Dr. Engali
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Purely coincidental, I'm sure.

 

Off topic: Sent by a former Hedger. Seems Tyler needs somebody to babysit his kooks ;-> Look for Tyler and Marla in the comments.

 

http://slopeofhope.com/2015/08/peak-pissed-off-by-bob-kudla.html#more-48143

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:31 | 6491119 Ralph Spoilsport
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I saw that and also noticed there's a TDurden posting on Denninger's market-ticker.org

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:09 | 6491727 TruthHammer
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right, cause no one can make a Tyler Durden account on some shit site....

And if someone did, it must be one of the many people sharing the Tyler account here....

Zerohedge is a Drupal-based site, and we are posting in comments using the most basic of all settings.  They dont need "moderators", its not a forum.  They let people almost post anything as it is, and the few posts they delete, hardly require "paying" someone to do it lol

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:40 | 6491180 viahj
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Tyler confirming the dennigeration of this blog?

Hedge reduced to click bait?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:41 | 6491195 valley chick
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Thanks for sharing Dr.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:20 | 6491451 WillyGroper
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Trump is a diversion.

This will give you the better picture.

Peaked pissed is in it's early brewing/stewing.

Wait for eminent domain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A14PaR8MBAs

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 17:55 | 6492219 Ms No
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Yeah... I'm sure I'm one of the top kooks too.  Anyway, for all of you people who are not "kooks" this is explosion/major fire number 4 between China and our vassal Japan.  I am sure the timing is a coincidence and it is just nothing though, invest accordingly please.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:17 | 6491026 steveo77
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Amazingly, but there  is a reason for it, this "president" is renaming Mount McKinley named after a former president.

Their goal is to roll out a NWO government not as a government per se, because there would be too much objection, revolt even.

http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-new-world-order-sneaks-...

The play is like this.  "If we can acccomplish changing the largest mountain what else can't we accomplish as we work as one big worldwide team".  

But through global accords on trade (you will damn well buy that radioactive fish Taiwan) and agreements on climate that are actual disguises for control of energy....a defacto NWO government is rolled out. 

===========================

Obama departs on Monday morning for a three-day tour of the nation's largest state, closely choreographed to call attention to the ways Obama says climate change is already damaging Alaska's stunning scenery. By showcasing thawing permafrost, melting sea ice and eroding shorelines, Obama hopes to raise the sense of urgency to deal quickly to slow climate change in the U.S. and overseas, and allow him and the Rothschild / Bilderberg crew to roll out a defacto one world government to protect the rich from ever having to worry about fighting to maintain their power and control again.

 How many tens of millions of dollars of renaming products, businesses, and tours are going to be vaporized, how many hundreds of thousands of man-hours to accomplish all this, just to achieve a political stunt?   

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:36 | 6491156 LawsofPhysics
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"changing the largest mountain"-  LOL! what's in a fucking name these days?

What a joke.  The underlying cultures and the laws of Nature and physics will be what they will be.  Stop wasting your time with such mental masterbation and go be productive.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 18:10 | 6492280 stormsailor
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its been called denali for hundreds of years, even climbers call it deanli.  gmc even named a friggin truck after it.  obama renaming it pisses me off, but hell thats what everyone calls it anyway.  wtf was president mckinley and why did it get renamed to him?  andrew johnson signed the treaty that made alaska us territory why wasn't it named mount johnson?

 

biggest mountain in the us,  mount johnson.   we have a really big johnson

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:18 | 6491028 Baldrick
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man! that's some crazy shit!

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:18 | 6491032 orangegeek
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where's the wee-dee-oh?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:18 | 6491037 RopeADope
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Suppliers got tired of being charged storage fees on inventory that won't move in a contracting economy.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:21 | 6491056 NoDebt
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Also known as Joorish Rightning in Chinese.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:31 | 6491123 Grandad Grumps
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Maybe a set-up for when the Fanya phantom minor metals are instantly vaporized.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:20 | 6491047 Bill of Rights
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" The Rod from God "

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:29 | 6491511 Wile-E-Coyote
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Two explosions again a small one then followed by a massive one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgXRxURv4RE&feature=player_detailpage

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 17:28 | 6492127 SilverRhino
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Sounds almost like they are using bursting charges to distribute finely separated fuels / chemicals and then waiting for it to deflagrate as a thermobaric explosion (FAE).

 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 17:28 | 6492128 SilverRhino
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Sounds almost like they are using bursting charges to distribute finely separated fuels / chemicals and then waiting for it to deflagrate as a thermobaric explosion (FAE).

 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 19:34 | 6492608 JohninMK
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No big crater with thermobaric explosion.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:20 | 6491049 KnightTakesKing
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Space-based kinetic weapon is working quite well.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 22:21 | 6493352 yage
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A kinetic weapon that causes no sound, no entry flash, no atmospheric burning?

lmao.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:20 | 6491052 Hal n back
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actually, some of these resposes would be terribly funning if not for the likelihood they are true

 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:20 | 6491053 SSRI Junkie
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at least obola and his muslim operatives in china are spreading it around a bit

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:18 | 6491060 sschu
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Maybe the Chinese got a little too fancy with their cyber warfare and got infected.  IMHO, this has to be related to the Chinese cyber espionage including the theft of millions of personnel records.  

Stuxnet is a computer worm that was discovered in June 2010. It was designed to attack industrial programmable logic controllers (PLCs). 

Or maybe someone else helped the process along.

I bet their PLC of choice in this plant is Siemens.

sschu 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:21 | 6491061 FreeShitter
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America testing out space weapon technology....

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:29 | 6491110 lester1
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Ion Cannon?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 19:21 | 6492552 palmereldritch
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There's more than an iron cannon causing that damage Bub

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:23 | 6491072 Reference Variable
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Inventory channels full -> produciton grinds to a halt -> orders for materials get cancelled -> giant tanks / piles of chemicals leak / explode while in storage

 

Seems plausible

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:55 | 6491658 KCMLO
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Minor explosions followed by huge secondaries support that hypothesis.  We used to get the gun-cam and telemetry feeds from TV guided bombs (when I was in the USAF).  First boom seems tiny to the 2nd and 3rd booms when you hit an ammo stockpile.  That was also an indicator that AC-130U 105 shell hit a "terrorist" target... normal trucks go pfft, trucks full of munitions go boom Boom BOOM

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:07 | 6491717 KCMLO
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My comment implies I think these were struck targets... I don't think so.  Merely indicating that smaller explosions yield larger ones without foul play being the necessary cause.  Massive explosions are usually caused by gas filling up a confined space, or dust doing the same.  Ignition needs time to spread through solids.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:23 | 6491074 ebear
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http://tinyurl.com/ozkt2wk

"The Tianjin Municipal Transportation Commission (TMTC) released a notification of the suspension of imports and exports of dangerous goods at the port late on 17 August, they said."

so...

"Shipments of propylene, which is classified as a hazardous chemical, to Tianjin are currently being diverted to Dongying port in the eastern Shandong province, industry sources said."

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:58 | 6491682 pebblewriter
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If I lived in the next place they divert to, I think I'd take a little vacation.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:26 | 6491086 papaswamp
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Boss: Jin! We have too much inventory!
Jin: Don't worry boss I'll clear it!

OR

Boss: Jin! We have used our inventory as collateral on too many different loans.
Jin: Don't worry boss I'll clear it!

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:26 | 6491090 TxExPat
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Was it insured?  Or were the Auditors about to come out and crosscheck Physical Inventory against Book Inventory...  Either way, we're good now...

Might even be a case of "We've been tipped off that the inspectors from the goverment will be here in 1/2 hour, get this stuff out of here NOW, (Unintended consequences/no good deed goes unpunished...). 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:27 | 6491092 lester1
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Chi-coms got hit with an emp bomb?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:27 | 6491093 FranSix
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'Z'

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 17:01 | 6491095 Jorgen
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ZH #6456044

Once may have been an accident, twice may be coincidence, thrice will be a pattern...

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:29 | 6491112 roisaber
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How possible is it for an American submarine to get tagged by a torpedo that doesn't seem to have come from anyplace at all?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:29 | 6491113 DIgnified
Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:12 | 6491755 Stumpy4516
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Perhaps it is the fourth. 

I saw information of a July 17th blast in Rizhao as well.  But that one seems to have fallen off people's radar.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:14 | 6491770 RichardParker
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You ever work with adipinotrile?  It's fairly nasty stuff.  Its only saving grace is that it's a high boiler (something like 300 C at atmospheric).  Inhalation hazard is negligible.  However, that's the only safe thing about it.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 17:56 | 6492220 Countrybunkererd
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I have worked with a lot of nasty chemicals in my day.  It was one of those situations where "somebody had to do it that COULD do it without blowing the place up, burning it down, or killing themselves and others... I have all my fingers (ask fluorine chemists about that one) but i wait for the day my ding dong falls off or the doc says my liver is a lump of bad cells, etc...

Anyway, i look at this chem and see toxics... it is a 6.1 DOT (but combustible).  It is not class 3 flammable liquid (or solid of another class) nor is it explosive class 1.  I have watched many chemical reactions going wrong, fires and fireworks included.

The explosion was explosive or highly flammable with multiple agents.  Adiponitrile is secondary.  I confess i don't know what this rod of God looks like going off...but i also say it was more than nitrile... nitrites or nitrates yes, which one?  Dry picric acid was my biggest common fear, and anything with fluorines of exotic nature.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:52 | 6491125 Sudden Debt
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Once Is a accident

Twice is a coincidence

Third time IT'S ON!!

 

There's the possibility of a insurance fraud

There's the possibility of a compition war

And then there's the possibility of terrorisme 

And then there's a option where we don't want to think about.

 

And the how? That's easy :)

Forget all the hih tech weapons.

Just one hacker who changes a mixture by rigging a single valve.

I've been to enough chemical plants to know how fucked it is that we build all those factories close to cities. And almost 99,9% of all accidents are covered up, and there's plenty.

 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:52 | 6491264 MsCreant
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What option? 

Oh, nevermind.

What option?

Oh...

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:55 | 6491662 pebblewriter
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Time for a strong reaction:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:33 | 6491141 LawsofPhysics
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Well, that's one way to get rid of waste or inventory!  Break some more windows you fuckers!!!

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:29 | 6491871 PTR
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The question I haven't seen yet- who's paper was tied to that inventory?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:36 | 6491148 csmith
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RE: Space based weapons.

Tianjin = Little Boy

Shandong = Fatman

 

Both videos are the same. It blows up, and then it REALLY blows up.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:40 | 6491189 MsCreant
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Some folks say Rod-of-God, kenetic. I am wondering about lasers or maybe something sound based? Something vibrates something unstable anyway and "boom-boom, out go the lights."

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:03 | 6491337 csmith
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Look closely at the last few frames of the video. The (very large) wall in the foreground is blasted into pieces and they are flying directly at the camera. Wonder if the photographer survived?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:28 | 6491496 robertocarlos
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Go to liveleaks and they say he's dead Jim. Nobody could survive a concrete wall coming at them at 200 mph. The shockwave alone would have killed him.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:35 | 6491150 Westcott Canon
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Broken window theory in action.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:35 | 6491151 Stumpy4516
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The first event.  The big one - the main explosion did not happen at the warehouse.  It happened a short distance from the warehouse, as has been proven by satelite photos of the locations before the event and satelite photo's showing the location of the crater after the event.  And it was way too big to be a truck loaded with fertilizer.  It was high tech, possibly nuclear or something new such as the talked about Rod of God.

How is China going to keep their masses from deciphering that they have been targeted and attacked? 

Is this due to no real fear of China away from their regional waters or is it due to desperation and fear of fiscal ramifications?

China has two options now.  Do something very real or Do nothing (delay is the now the same as do nothing).  Real reactions can be covert but must be major.  If it goes boom it must be deniable, and it must be within the US or Israel borders.  (If it goes boom it should be more than one, China needs to catch up.) 

If China does nothing then accept a subservient place in the world, and most likely be set up for a hopeless decline and destruction.  For even if China accepts a subservient role the Zionist will not rest but will undermine the foundations of China's society and economic strength.  There is currently talk about the first wave of Chinese companies to be barred from the SWIFT system.  They are moving on China is such a way that to delays can be just a deadly and can allow a situation from which China is at even greater disadvantage.

Now that it is going hot (although covert) where is tough guy Putin.  Hiding it seems.  He has given up Syria and now negotiates directly with the insurgents.  Still no missiles in Iran.  Still no action in Ukraine.  China pulled back it's financial expenditures that were to go towards projects with Russia.  Perhaps China is alone and knows it.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 17:23 | 6492101 g speed
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china is undergoing a major change of regime IMHO ---all the signals point to that---censorship being the most prevalent. Capital flight, arrests of upper management in gov't (party) businesses , scapegoating, financal crisis, bombing of infrastructure, etc.  The divesting of foreign denominated intruments, the devaluation of the national currency, the creative narrative about gold holdings, the need of immediacy for inclusion in international banking formats for the current leaderships international validation,  saber rattleing in the south china sea, failed trade deals of this regime with a bordering country, --and the list goes on---- 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:36 | 6491160 mastersnark
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"Do you see what happens Larry, when you you steal DoD HR databases?"

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:37 | 6491171 Escapeclaws
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Veterans Today is claiming that the Tianjin blast was a tactical nuke. Any experts out there to say yea or nay to this?

VA also claims tactical nukes were used in Syria and Yemen. They suggest that tactical nukes are a practical weapon that can be used without leading to MAD. They suggest that such nukes may originate in places like Pakistan and North Korea and fall into rogue hands.

Let us hope that they are wrong.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:04 | 6491340 Inbetween is pain
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They're fucking idiots. Where's the radiation?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:28 | 6491502 cougar_w
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Yeah that's where the "radiation-free nuclear device" comes into play. So devious.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 17:58 | 6492231 phaedrus1952
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If you people are not familiar with Green Beret colonel Dan Marvin, you may want to check out his interviews on YouTube (if they are still there).

Many decades back, amongst his other assignments, he was to lead a team wearing mini backpack nukes to blow up the Aswan Dam.

The advances in this weaponry over the years, along with the accompanying secrecy, makes any speculation by laypersons somewhat pointless.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 19:38 | 6492620 JohninMK
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Remember the Neutron bomb from the 80's. Nowadays they seem to be able to virtually eliminate most of the radiation.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 20:43 | 6492877 Element
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VT is a pox on the internet.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:06 | 6491352 Stumpy4516
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Curious, have you heard of any tactical nukes being used by anyone other than those who are ultimately backed by the zionist?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 17:50 | 6492198 MSimon
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Einstein, Teller, Feynman. It is all starting to fit.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:06 | 6491356 Ralph Spoilsport
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No, they have always implicated Israel as the source after cores were stolen from Pantex and converted at Dimona.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:37 | 6491558 Benjamin123
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VT and zerohedge always blame Israel.

Food shortage in Venezuela, zionist crime!

Explosions in China, zionist crime!

Some tree got uprooted near Ramallah, zionist crime!

Best justification i have read about this is that since everything has an "economic angle" and "economics is influenced by central banks" and "central banks are ruled by zionists" then anything of any importance whatsoever on earth is under zionist control.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:31 | 6491878 PTR
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You could pin it on the Jesuits.

 

Just sayin'.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 17:44 | 6492185 Ms No
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They can always choose to fork over the control of money supply back to their respective countries, having the concentrated power and control over nearly an entire planets central banking system is kinda going to put you in a hot seat.  Maybe they should vacate the hot seat.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:08 | 6491372 Bunghole
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VT is conspiracy theorist on acid.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:55 | 6491663 optimator
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The U.S. invented the neutron bomb, but only Israel has it in its inventory.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:38 | 6491177 Zero Point
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Jewish rightening.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:38 | 6491178 MsCreant
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China's chemical industry is simply BOOMING!

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:44 | 6491211 Dr. Engali
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Ba dum tsssss.

https://youtu.be/6zXDo4dL7SU

 

That was bad MsCreant

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:11 | 6491399 MsCreant
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Would it be funnier if I said, "If you hold a position in Chinese chemicals, you really risk blowing your wad?"

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:24 | 6491477 Dr. Engali
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You need help. ;->

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:59 | 6491685 MsCreant
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Are you that kind of doctor? ;-)

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:40 | 6491190 vq1
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It is interesting to note I see this news on ZH and rarely or very late on US mainstream and Xinhuanet. 

When looking for more info on this I find xinhuanet reporting on explosions at US base in Japan on Aug 24th

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 18:07 | 6492269 phaedrus1952
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vq1

The amount of coverage - or lack of same - is almost always a 'tell' regarding the true significance, and potential agents, in these affairs.

I do believe it's on, folks.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:41 | 6491191 q99x2
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These are WWIII weapons from space. The NWO is directly attacking China at this time. The Japan explosions that followed the Chinese explosions last month occured at the exact time 1am. And, the only thing they or anyone would have to do to stop it is to arrest Lloyd Blankfein for treason.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:45 | 6491220 Biggles2015
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Holy space weapons Batman!

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:45 | 6491224 The Duke of New...
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Thats' just one of Larry Silversteins' new real estate aquasitions in China.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:48 | 6491231 Venice13
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My goodness. How often do they celebrate Chinco de Mayo?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:48 | 6491235 bid the soldier...
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The CIA budget is $50 billion a year.

China's population is 1,400,000,000.

Obviously, given these numbers, it would be impossible for the brain-dead CIA to enlist a dozen Chinese saboteurs to carry out these deadly explosions.

 

/s

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:51 | 6491249 Hongcha
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Jeebus, that looked huge.  I wonder if these are insurance fires.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 18:11 | 6492284 Countrybunkererd
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I think they are "assurance" fires.  Something like "We give you all our assurances that you WILL do as we discused you will do last year"  Who said it to what party is still a bit fuzzy for the plebs...and will remain so, but both know for certain.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:52 | 6491253 beavertails
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Two is coincident, three is War.  At this rate there will be no warehouses left in China by end of the year.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:00 | 6491691 RushRoolz
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And the Chi-Com government can report a big draw-down on inventories, thereby signaling economic recovery!

 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:53 | 6491266 large_wooden_badger
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Brack Toms, Brack Toms everywhere

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:56 | 6491287 me or you
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It doesn't matter how many explosions rock China the US economy will keep crashing at the same speed of the sound of these explosions.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:03 | 6491335 Mr. Bones
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Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is full scale enemy action.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:04 | 6491339 falak pema
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inventory liquidation?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:07 | 6491360 MsCreant
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Everything MUST go!

Every-damn-thing.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:05 | 6491346 Pipetex
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"This kind of unfortunate events are pretty common when you try to unload your reserves into the market"...

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:06 | 6491354 Dolus
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The video was taken down. Sum Ting Wong?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:58 | 6491678 RushRoolz
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Ho Li Fuk, definitely Sum Ting Wong. This can only be Al Queda/ISIS inspired, or symbolism for the Chinese stock market going kerploowie

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:07 | 6491363 dilettante
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The video is the tianjin explosion. The guy holding the camera did not survive. Shandong is a feeble fire by comparison, this is just boomongering

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:09 | 6491378 reader2010
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Wrong place again.  Place explosives in the 3 Gorges Dam instead since China needs water so bad.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:09 | 6491380 Thick Willy
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Oriental lightning.  Incoming bankruptcy of Chinese insurance companies.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:02 | 6491698 MsCreant
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Hopefully, if you are correct, the liability is spread around.

Counterparty risk, my fellow bitchez. Unless of course, the counterparty IS the target.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:17 | 6491433 the_narrator
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Jim willie says that the u.s will devalue and the dollar will lose reserve currency status, it's inevitable, and will happen soon.   No.  There will be world war 3 before that happens and this is just more proof of that.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:38 | 6491922 dwilso39
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You are correct Sir; in order to be the defrauder (champ), you have to beat the current defrauder (champ). 

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:18 | 6491439 Bopper09
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It would be nice to read just 1 post or have one conversation without fucking twitter references.

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:03 | 6491704 MsCreant
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Well that won't be your post now will it?

Mon, 08/31/2015 - 15:26 | 6491473 lakecity55
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Painted by laser, these Kninectec weaponst are quite accurate,.

It's hard to tarck something goig 20X the speed of sound.

BOOM1

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