The most curious aspect of this all is the timing of these events. If they happened, say a year apart, little to no attention would possibly be paid to a connection but because they are all relatively new a connecting thread has been established. Time is an iffy thing, as with perspective, as the planet is literally billions of years old and geologic time is very different from human time. The real challenge is looking at the big picture while it is still being “filmed” and trying to draw a conclusion from it. These comments are all very philosophic and, as I’m sure may be the case, flawed, but I hope there isn’t anything truly sinister behind these connected events.