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   The NOAA has updated its ERSSTv5 gridded dataset for the world's sea   
   surf temp.   
      
   While no regional averages or trends are published with the update my   
   calculations show global SST in Dec 2020 according to the dataset was   
   around .29C above the baseline period (approx ~1980s avg temps)   
   ranking the month as the 9th warmest in the past 167 years.   
      
   The warmest regions were again the North Pole and N Hem at +.47 and   
   +.58C above normal. Both regions ranked 4th warmest Dec since the 1850s.   
      
   The summary table for the month is as follows:   
      
   Region	Rank	Anom   
   	(/167)	(rel ~1980s)   
   Nhem	4	0.5769   
   Npole	4	0.4734   
   Globe	9	0.2925	   
   Shem	28	0.0571   
   Equat	39	0.0799   
   Spole	64	-0.1862   
      
   --   
   "He should be ashamed of himself... And he should turn that shame into   
   a resignation".   
   -- Colin Powell, 8 Jan 2021   
      
   [Deep State!]   
   Report: Companies donated $170M to GOP election objectors   
   ABC News, 13 Jan 2021 18:36Z   
   Corporations and industry groups have donated at least $170 mn in   
   recent years to Republicans who voted to reject President-elect Joe Biden's   
   victory over ...   
      
     N.J. Rep. Mikie Sherrill says lawmakers led insurgent groups through Capitol   
     before riot   
     New York Daily News, 13 Jan 2021 16:37Z   
     A New Jersey congresswoman claims she saw fellow lawmakers lead groups   
     through the US Capitol on Jan. 5 as "reconnaissance for the next day" when   
     a ...   
      
     Capitol Staffer Says Office Panic Buttons Were 'Torn Out' Before Riot   
     Newsweek, 13 Jan 2021 16:35Z   
     A Capitol staffer found that the office panic buttons had been "torn out"   
     while she hid from pro-Trump insurrectionists swarming the building during   
     last week's ...   
      
   Covid-19: Lockdown measures 'starting to show signs of some effect' - PM   
   BBC News, 13 Jan 2021 16:59Z   
   But Boris Johnson does not rule out tougher restrictions in England, saying   
   they are kept under review.   
   [Let's look:   
   Jday	#New cases   
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   362	31481.3   
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   364	35466.2   
   365	37247.6   
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   377	56496.8	<-- max   
   378	55952   
   ].   
      
   Scientists figured out how to stop time using quantum algorithms   
   The Next Web, 13 Jan 2021 20:58Z   
   Everyone's always talking about traveling through time, but if you ask me   
   the ultimate temporal vacation would be just to pause the clock for a bit.   
   Who among us ...   
      
   The truth is out there ... perhaps: CIA releases 1000s of UFO files   
   The Guardian, 13 Jan 2021 20:57Z   
   The truth is out there. Well, maybe. Thousands of documents from the CIA on   
   unidentified flying objects were released this week in a document dump that   
   the ...   
      
   House impeaches Trump again   
   Yahoo News, 13 Jan 2021 21:54Z   
   The House of Representatives voted Wed to impeach President Trump on   
   charges of "incitement of insurrection" for his role in the Jan. 6 siege of   
   the ...   
      
     The National Guard Slept On The Floor Of The Capitol To Protect Lawmakers   
     Ahead Of Impeachment   
     BuzzFeed News, 13 Jan 2021 17:55Z   
     The high levels of security are meant to keep members of Congress safe after   
     they may have been targeted for assassination by pro-Trump rioters a week ...   
      
     FBI has opened more than 170 cases tied to Capitol attacks, more than 70   
     people charged   
     CBS This Morning, 13 Jan 2021 13:56Z   
      
   BREAKING (14 Jan): IMPEACHED. Donald Trump becomes the first President   
   impeached twice.  The House voted to impeach the Pres after his role   
   in instigating the Capitol riot with 10 Reps voting in favor.  The   
   vote was 232 yes/197 no.  Action now moves to the Senate where key   
   Reps are in favor of finding Mr Trump guilty.   
      
   US coronavirus deaths hit another one-day high as infections near 23 mn   
   ABC News, 13 Jan 2021 19:46Z   
   Coronavirus deaths in the United States hit another one-day high at over   
   4,300 while the country's attention was focused largely on the fallout from   
   the deadly uprising at the Capitol.   
      
   UK to deploy 24-hour vaccination centres as 1,564 deaths sets new daily record   
   ABC News, 13 Jan 2021 19:42Z   
   The new measures are part of an ambitious target to vaccinate 14 mn   
   people by mid-Feb, coming as the United Kingdom sets yet another grim   
   milestone for COVID-19 deaths.   
      
   Trump impeachment vote: Live coverage from the House of ...   
   CNN, 13 Jan 2021 20:09Z   
   House Democrats will debate and hold a vote Wed to impeach President   
   Trump for his role in inciting the deadly Capitol attack as ...   
   [Several procedural votes were won comfortably by Dems earlier in the day.   
   The vote to impeach Trump for the 2nd time is expected to pass by an   
   even wider margin after several Reps announced they would back the resolution].   
      
   Secret emails expose Government's role in approving uranium mine a month   
   before 2019 election   
   ABC News, 13 Jan 2021 18:12Z   
   Secret documents accessed by the ABC show a massive uranium mine planned for   
   a remote part of WA -- which experts say will cause the extinction of a   
   species -- was approved just days before the 2019 election after relentless   
   pressure from the foreign mining company.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)