Amazing image of Mount Etna erupting..

It's not just Australia

Brazil deluged..

Fueling worries

Unemployment figures today were less than great news, and now this: OPEC and the world watching oil prices as they near $100 a barrel..

Scary future: New iPhone app can read your mind.

No literally. It can.

Scary future: New iPhone app can read your mind.

I seemingly have had a particularly bad day today. I tend to think the night, however, will be filled with a bright moon and shooting stars. That’s if the clouds clear..

Who said eugenics was a thing of the past? New blood test for Down Syndrome could lead to NO AFFECTED BABIES BEING BORN

Who said eugenics was a thing of the past? New blood test for Down Syndrome could lead to NO AFFECTED BABIES BEING BORN

It happened

Mt Etna in Italy erupts

Earthquake: Pacific

Earthquake: Pacific

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Good morning.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Just 'paperwork delays'?

Jobless claims rise—highest in two months..

Tiny dwarf packs a big hole

Scientists have spotted a relatively tiny galaxy (3,000 light years wide as opposed to 10,000 light years for the Milky Way).. but the minuscule galaxy also has a gargantuan black hole..

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It lingered. But it had to.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Full Obama speech from tonight in Tuscon

Full Obama speech from tonight in Tuscon

Gabbie opened her eyes

President Obama tonight at a memorial in Tuscon

If anyone is looking to get me a really late Christmas gift, I’ll take this sweater..

Credit sky-habit:

This is the coolest “lame” sweater ever

The Loughner news continues to intrigue..

We found out today that police stopped Jared Loughner only hours before his shooting rampage in Tuscon, and now this: Police visited Tucson suspect’s home before rampage…
BUT»>
Sheriff won’t release reports…

The police were apparently there on more than one occasion and the reasons, Pima County officials say, are under review..

Evidence of an old winery in Armenia

Yes, I’ll have a bottle of your oldest dry red. Try 6,100 years young.. Vintage..,

Evidence of an old winery in Armenia

The state of the union is..

Snowy. 49 out of the 50 United States now have snow in the ground..

The odd state out still has then 49 other states’ oranges happily growing..

Officers stopped Jared Lee Loughner on the same day of shooting!

Officers stopped suspect on day of shooting…

AP reports: Jared Lougher ran a red light but was let off with a warning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, the Arizona Game and Fish Department said. The officer took Loughner’s driver’s license and vehicle registration information but found no outstanding warrants on Loughner or his vehicle

We’re waiting for you Ayden..

Goodnight all..

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Goodnight earth.

If Bonnie Tyler still hasn’t found she is looking for.. none if us will..

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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Yes, life can sometimes be rough..

Thinking about Martin Luther King Jr. made me also think of this song, and I am not truly sure why, as it has no geo-political or social message besides Bonnie Tyler losing someone she loved.

But nonetheless… here’s Bonnie Tyler — It’s a Heartache

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Even more on shooter Loughner: He didn't pay attention to politics, he didn't watch the news, and didn't listen to the radio.. Friend says, "He did not watch TV. He disliked the news. He didn’t listen to political radio. He didn’t take sides. He wasn’t on the left. He wasn’t on the right"

Even more on shooter Loughner: He didn't pay attention to politics, he didn't watch the news, and didn't listen to the radio.. Friend says, "He did not watch TV. He disliked the news. He didn’t listen to political radio. He didn’t take sides. He wasn’t on the left. He wasn’t on the right"

MORE INFORMATION REVEALED ABOUT JARED LOUGHNER

Accused Shooter Wrote on Gaming Site of His Job Woes, Rejection by Women…

As Lady Bailey could tell you, it’s not always easy finding your spot in life..

Regular or decaf?

Shopkeepers salvage a coffee machine from their flooded shop in the Brisbane suburb of Milton January 12, 2011.… Read more »REUTERS/Mick Tsikas

Sarah Palin's 'blood libel' comments sparks even more controversy

Sarah Palin's 'blood libel' comments sparks even more controversy

Amazing: The Planck space telescope has identified some of the largest structures ever seen in the Universe

Amazing: The Planck space telescope has identified some of the largest structures ever seen in the Universe

Murder never has to happen.. but for some reason this case particularly touches my heart

Florentine Dejesus-Lopez moved from Queens NY to the Harrisburg, PA area. He wanted to own his own business and be his own boss—everyone’s dream. And he was just about to get realization of the dream..

However, a teenage or 20-something-year-old gunman entered his store, shot him with a rifle five times, only to get an empty register..

And now Florentine Dejesus-Lopez is dead.

Murder never has to happen.. but for some reason this case particularly touches my heart

Maybe my favorite photo from the storm..

nbcnews:

Our NBC News setup in Conn. Cameraman Mike Herron a real trooper!!! (Via @JeffRossen)

First dead birds, then dead fish ... now crickets

Jiminy Cricket!

today:

A virus has killed millions of crickets raised to feed pet reptiles and those kept in zoos.  Some operations have gone bankrupt and others have closed indefinitely until they can rid their facilities of the virus.

First dead birds, then dead fish ... now crickets

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Sarah Palin fights back ..

Click here to view the full text

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

When you’re a public figure, every clumsy action will be broadcast. This one from Hillary Clinton, falling after going up a flight of stairs, has become a sudden hit on You Tube.

Thankfully no one videos me when I’m walking on FLAT SURFACES..

The Kinks — Sunday Afternoon

The Who — I can see for Miles

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Juice Newton — Playing with the Queen of Hearts

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Picture perfect morning

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Top of the morning

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Of all the question posed, they chose this one during a Coast to Coast AM chat.. and George Noory alleged I was the victim of a peeping Tom..

Of all the question posed, they chose this one during a Coast to Coast AM chat.. and George Noory alleged I was the victim of a peeping Tom..

The music you put on here is horrible you think you'll ever change that?

My God! It’s horrible? The music I choose is horrible!? I am sorry to offend your ears.. to make miserable your life… to make awful your existence.

As far as changing it? Nope.

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Don’t go over the borderline.

Goodnight earth.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

There is a certain silence when it snows at night. Nothing moves. But there is a loud noise at the same time. I can only think it’s the roar of a billion snowflakes hitting the ground at once causing a hum of passion.

My thoughts as I shoveled tonight. Yes. I think about this stuff… weird.

A ‘few inches’ as the local meteorologist would say has turned into quite a few more..

Bailey enjoys a winter paradise

A dark and snowy night in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania..

For all the new readers here...

You may as well follow me …

That's a wrap: Update on all the rest of the day's news of importance

Massive layoffs taking place at Myspace—fast becoming office space available..MORE: MySpace said Tuesday that it is cutting nearly half of its staff in an effort to create a “much tighter focus”. ..

Google this! Google founder Larry Page buys a 193-foot-yacht.. Second hand..

"Instant tsunami" hits Australia..

Is that it!? Location of Mona Lisa background landscape may have been found!

This doesn’t happen every day: Many shot in the head—sneezes out a bullet..

They’re not a hoax! Flying ‘vampire’ frogs found..

Green Hornet star goes to jail..

Hit us baby one more time: Britney Spears back to the radio!

Is DC Universe Online the next World of Warcraft?

NASA BECOMES A FILM CRITIC? DECLARES FILM '2012' THE 'MOST FLAWED' SCI FI FILM IN HISTORY!

I just thought it was plain bad. Never mind the science.

NASA BECOMES A FILM CRITIC? DECLARES FILM '2012' THE 'MOST FLAWED' SCI FI FILM IN HISTORY!

Rocky road: Update on the exoplanet announcement from NASA today

NASA announces rocky exoplanet find..
Found outside out solar system..
Rocky road: Probe finds ‘planetary missing link’..
Small and rocky..

560 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY: MEET KEPLER 10b

A tale of two special operations: Wikileaks will release more documents while Brad Meltzer writes about Homeland Security recruiting him

BRAD MELTZER WRITES: I WAS RECRUITED BY HOMELAND SECURITY // WRITEs: “And when I went home at night, I felt horrified, because I saw how easy it was to kill us”

Assange ready: Says Wikileaks is stepping up release of leaked documents..

Update on the Tuscon massacre

Claim: Tuscon killer Jared Loughner frequented conspiracy and UFO sites..
..sought community at AboveTopSecret.com..
But fellow commenters questioned his sanity in threads!
Above Top Secret’s statement on their most famous user..

And in news about Loughner’s shooting — on the DAY OF the shooting: AP reports: Investigators on Tuesday revealed more disturbing details about the events leading up to the assassination attempt against U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, including a menacing handwritten note in the suspect’s home with the words “Die, bitch”

Mother Nature gives you no choice: Rest for a night

I took the Coal Speaker dog Bailey for a walk tonight in the snow storm. There was something very peaceful..

Night snow is quiet.. And yes, my location is miles from an interstate and relatively in a quiet part of the earth, there is still noise pollution. But on a night where the only thing visible is slow falling snow under orange-hued street lights, there is no noise except precipitation hitting the ground..

Every now and then, a passing car’s tires crunched by slowly, driven by anxious persons desperately trying to stay in the barely visible auto tracks of vehicles that passed by long enough ago that snow is already covering the evidence..

Yes, indeed. I love a quiet night. And since in our modern ‘error’ of over-doing it, taking a night off isn’t a bad idea at all. Even when the forceful hand of mother nature makes us do it..

The coal region begins go get buried. While I’m hoping for a foot I suppose we’ll only get half of that. NYC and Boston: Enjoy the rest..

The state of emergency

It’s snow folks. It’s snow. It’s not a crisis, emergency, or the end of the world. Yes be careful. But enjoy it too. Too many scare tactics anymore.. It gets to be too much.

Scientists proclaim: Too much TV damages the heart!

Scientists proclaim: Too much TV damages the heart!

Unplowed roads and iced over sidewalks: Atlanta, Georgia, completely shut down snowstorm

Unplowed roads and iced over sidewalks: Atlanta, Georgia, completely shut down snowstorm

A cross eyed opossum has captured the heart of Germany.

Now if only David Hasselhoff was cross eyed.

Myspace gets space vacancies

Big layoffs at the once thriving social networking site..

Come to think of it, Mayor Mike sure did look tan during the NYC blizzard..

What's the matter with antimatter

Amazing: Antimatter caught streaming from thunderstorms on Earth

560 light years from here..

Another earth may exist.

I guess my previous post should say gizzard shad?

The plural of deer is deer.
The plural of shad is shad.
Sorry for that.

Flash frozen gizzard shad? The latest mass animal deaths occurring in cold Chicago

Massive and bizarre fish die-off being documented in Chicago. .. CBS in Chicago is reporting it this way:

Thousands, perhaps far more than that, of dead gizzard shad in the 3- to 5-inch range are frozen in the ice of Chicago harbors or floating around in open patches of water.

It would be nice. Or maybe not.

If broken promises were written on paper, they’d cover the world times over..

Humanity needs to start being true to itself. And others. After all the aliens probably are watching. Just sayin’ is all.

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It never does come easy…

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Tweet this! Twitter defends First Amendment in Wikileaks case!

Ryan Singel:

Regardless, Twitter deserves recognition for its principled upholding of the spirit of the First Amendment. It’s a shame that PayPal, Amazon, Visa, Mastercard, Bank of America and the U.S. government all failed — and continue to to fail — at their own versions of that test.

Tweet this! Twitter defends First Amendment in Wikileaks case!

Hey there hot pants. No literally, really hot pants. A new year's party goes awry when a man's pants are set on FIRE!

Police said that at 6 a.m. on Jan. 1, the victim, 20, was asleep at the party, held on Center Mills Road, when a 23-year-old man lit his pants on fire as a prank.

The man then walked away, police said.

A witness looked in the room and saw the victim’s pants on fire — from his knee to his foot — and put it out, police said.

Hey there hot pants. No literally, really hot pants. A new year's party goes awry when a man's pants are set on FIRE!

And the amazing Ayden kicks!!

Being a soon-to-be parent is strange.. but even stranger is watching the hands and feet of your soon-to-be son poke through your wife’s stomach..

For Tara, every day has been take your child to work day. Your active, apparently happy, or angry, baby boy in the womb.. I feel forher. The sleepless nights are getting more sleepless, as the lungs are being pushed along with any other vital organs in Ayden’s way.

The miracle of life.. it’s unstoppable. And every night around 9pm Ayden becomes unstoppable, as well. 

And he’s coming. Soon. Eight months in, and Tara can’t wait. Neither can I. Of course, if we think sleepless night are sleepless now..? Wait until true sleeplessness sets in.

Twitter twang

Slang in tweets reveals localized dialects..

NASA announces discovery of small exoplanet

NASA announces discovery of small exoplanet

Incidently..

Tuscon massacre Loughner’s family blocked the FBI from accessing the house..

The smirking killer: Jared Loughner smiles in court and smirks in his mugshot photo, and displays a freshly shaved head for the courtroom.,

Just another day

Maybe in another dimension my day today better than it was in this one..

NY Daily News reports on another Jared Loughner motive: A strange skull found shows a possible occult connection

NY Daily News reports on another Jared Loughner motive: A strange skull found shows a possible occult connection

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Happy new week.

Make it great.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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Crystal Gayle — Midnight in the Desert

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All victims of a crime that didn’t have to happen but did..

Hopefully they find rest in whatever eternal life exists after this madness on earth..

inothernews:

The victims who died, clockwise from top left: Christina Taylor Green, 9; Dorothy Morris, 76; United States District Judge John M. Roll, 63; Gabriel Zimmerman, 30, an aide to Ms. Giffords; Dorwin Stoddard, 76; and Phyllis Schneck, 79.  (Photos: AP via the New York Times)

The storm this week as broken down by Accuweather's Henry Margusity

The storm this week as broken down by Accuweather's Henry Margusity

The latest frightening map from Accuweather.. People in New York City may not like seeing this one..

But it may be more notable that the South is in for the massive brunt of the latest winter storm..

Link:

Snow, Ice Threatens Travel, Power Outages in South

If I'm not mistaken...

I think this January is missing that coveted January thaw. Maybe later in the month. Sure, that’s it..

Jim Carrey on SNL the highest rated since Betty White

Jim Carrey on SNL the highest rated since Betty White

Image from a vigil outside Arizona Capitol Saturday night for those killed by Jared Loughner

This upcoming week

For those sick of divided politics, get ready. It’s going to be brutal..

Gun control vs no control..

Abortion as terror vs pro choice as error..

Truth vs fiction.

Politics is a dirty game to begin with, but when violence like we saw this weekend is thrown into the mix, it brews a bad combination of continued vitriol and obnoxious debate. And it forces those who really care about the future to get shouted down by those who don’t and America loses.

Nonetheless, it’s going to be a week filled with hostile rage, debate over ‘ring wingers’ vs ‘left wingers.’ .. And moderates, rationals, and sensibles, all will lose moderation and rationality in their quest for sensible debate.

…it’s going to be a bumpy, divided ride.

Daily Kos also had interesting rant about Gabrielle Giffords

And another piece of irony: Described by Classmate as ‘Left-Wing Pothead’…

Daily Kos also had interesting rant about Gabrielle Giffords

The only man for the job

Attorney appointed to defend Jared Lee Loughner is Judy Clarke, known for defending Unabomber Ted Kaczynski

And then it's on to the Northeast

The winter storm nailing the South will turn into potential blizzard in the Northeast and New England Tuesday/Wednesday..

Winter rolling in

States of emergencies declared in Southern states due to winter storm

The disturbed classmates saved their emails

Jared Loughner’s classmates were afraid of him

Class isn’t dull as we have a seriously disturbed student in the class, and they are trying to figure out how to get rid of him before he does something bad, but on the other hand, until he does something bad, you can’t do anything about him. Needless to say, I sit by
the door

Facebook will not shut down on March 15

In related rumor news: The rapture will not occur in May

Facebook will not shut down on March 15

A nuisance snowfall or a paralyzing snowstorm? By Tuesday and Wednesday we’ll know since forecasting beforehand hasn’t been helpful lately..

A nuisance snowfall or a paralyzing snowstorm? By Tuesday and Wednesday we’ll know since forecasting beforehand hasn’t been helpful lately..

'Person of interest'

'Person of interest'

ABC News: law enforcement sources say Loughner’s Glock 19- 9mm was legally purchased at Sportsman’s Warehouse in Tucson on Nov 30

6.9 magnitude quake strikes off Vanuatu

6.9 magnitude quake strikes off Vanuatu

Congresswoman battles for life after shooting

 
Details of suspect in Ariz rampage slowly emerge

The face of a Governor

RENDELL EXPLODES IN 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW

The face of a Governor

RENDELL EXPLODES IN 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW

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It’s a mad world..

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)