This will undoubtedly become of the more famous photos from the London mayhem: A terrified women jumps from a burning building as the riots continue in one of the most wonderful cities on earth..
Monday, August 8, 2011
Speaking of solar flares.. another one just erupted
Spaceweather.com reporting:
Sunspot 1263 produced an impulsive M3-class solar flare on August 8th at 1810 UT.
The latest on today's horrid day in economics
Big Wall Street plunge: 633 points..
Worst since 2008..
World reacts to USA credit downgrade..
Buying while the market buckles..
The market tanked as Obama talked..
Michael Moore: “Show some guts” to Obama.. arrest the S&P head..
…instead of Michael Moore’s suggestion, Obama blames Tea Party..
Republicans, in turn, blame Obama..
Obama says USA is still AAA..
Financial Armageddon? So say some after the Great American Downgrade..
The news today .. for the first time in a long time.. alarmed me
Call me paranoid but the news of financial Armageddon doubled with prospects of solar flares… yea… call me paranoid. but THAT!
Great story from mothernaturenetwork:
U.S. pipelines at a crossroads
As the Yellowstone oil spill and other recent disasters reveal the risks of aging pipelines, MNN takes a closer look at the 2.5 million miles of oil and gas lines zigzagging across the U.S.
Even more alarming in my mind: So many of the pipelines and gas lines traveling the underground of the United States are made of wood. Really.. they do. More here
Question for science folks?
What scares you the most:
- Solar flares?
- Asteroids?
- Comets?
- The unknown
Just wondering.
For me, it’s probably solar fares… At least there’s the possibility we’d be hit with an asteroid by surprise, but a solar flare? …we got hours of knowledge before it strikes. The ‘knowing’ scares me more than the unknowns…
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The summer is almost over.
Everyone is almost all used up.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Sunday, August 7, 2011
The hottest trending jobs in a jobless market
It’s all tech. Social media. Marketing… Want to know why we are screwed? WE DON’T MAKE ANYTHING ANYMORE!
The hottest trending jobs in a jobless market
Wow…
Bus on fire in Tottenham, London riots. More at BBC.
Photo via Sky News TV capped by JonathanHaynes
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Got lots of responses to my question yesterday on how the newest APES film was.. Most agree: it was great. Now, anyone out there want to babysit so my wife and I can go?
Latest from London: Riot scene being described by news accounts and Twitter feeds across the net.. Being called a war zone, 26 police officers have been hurt..
Dozens have been arrested in the violence..
The riots are taking place in the economically deprived Tottenham area. Police cars are being set of fire, buildings and buses are being torched..
It all began when Mark Duggan, 29, father of four, was killed in what is being described as an ‘apparent’ exchange of gunfire..
Developing story that the world is watching..
Solar flared out? …not the sun. A sunspot, 1263, is only getting bigger.. As a matter of fact, here is how SpaceWeather.com reports it:
Behemoth sunspot 1263 has almost doubled in size this weekend. A 28-hour movie from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the spot developing a tail that has added some 50,000 km of length to the active region. This development may increase the likelihood of a strong flare.
Watching and waiting… staring at the sun….
What a year!
And if they had to do it again, would they have stayed in the mine…?
Living in poverty: A year after the world was chilled watching Chilean miners get rescused on live TV, they still live in poverty and strife..
And not only dealing with poverty, but now they have to deal with fruit being hurled at their heads! Protesters threw fruit at the rescued miners, accusing them of being greedy..
Everyone on earth should watch this program: WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE with Brian Cox
Amazing show that I have recently become addicted to
Everyone on earth should watch this program: WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE with Brian Cox
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Our political thoughts, as explained in a classic Johnny Cash song. Goodnight all.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Saturday, August 6, 2011
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And finally, in my hope to cheer up the world: Scarlet Takes a Tumble
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
For those up in the wee hours of the night..
Tonight/this morning’s Coast to Coast AM will be hosted by Ian Punnett and feature an interesting topic: The prospect of technology turning on us.
I think of that every morning when I use my electric shaver…what if it gets mad at me.
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Another oldie but goodie: The news team that couldn’t stop laughing at the news
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Cheer up all: HE-MAN sings!
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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The S&P downgrade.. solar storms.. comets approaching. With all this bad news, here is the video we need: Good times with Pastor Gas
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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……this REALLY SCARES ME
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
The coal region gets a black eye for lack of things to do .. but this new thing to do is pretty cool
In your face America: The Coal Region has something that few others do. (Besides mounds of rock and leftover sulfur rivers from abandoned coal mines of course) A digital drive in! That’s right, The Schuylkill Mall in Frackville, PA, will have a digital drive in as of August 12.. There were only four of these in the United States. And we got it..
Now, some may say it will close down within weeks after people, not wanting to spend $7 a car and instead just $1, don’t attend. And others will say the hot dog prices are too cold. And some may even complain about strange radioactive digital pollution that is being placed into the brains of the subjects viewing the content on the side of the mall building, but I say, this is pretty cool while it lasts. And I hope it does last…
The area responsible for Mrs. T’s perogies and block party halushki will have what few others do: A modern 21st century digital drive in. It will be like a time machine watching people, dressed like it is 1985, going to a digital movie in the modern age.
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Addicted to this song:
Foster the People- Pumped up Kicks
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
The FBI fears that sibling criminals are on a violent rampage across the South
Concerns that Ryan Edward Dougherty, 21, Stanley Dylan Dougherty, 26, and Grace Lee E. Dougherty, 29 are on a violent mission that will lead to multiple deaths..
The FBI fears that sibling criminals are on a violent rampage across the South
Meet Anne Hathaway as Catwoman..
Not sure if I like the outfit.. And as a matter of fact, not even completely sure if this is even the full outfit.. Time will tell. Namely summer 2012.
More:
he CATWOMAN rises: Anne Hathaway revealed..
'Experts' weigh in on Hathaway as Selina Kyle..
To anyone in the Bloomsburg, PA, area.. and a fan of their fair
Saturday: The Ticket Office is open for Grandstand Show Tickets, advanced gate admission, pre-paid parking, Reithoffer Rides and more.
ANYONE SEE RISE OF PLANET OF THE APES?
I wanted to know your thoughts, if you have any.. Worth seeing?
Saturday downgrade: Tumblr still works, but the United States economy sure doesn't..
A wrap of the most important headlines .. Americans waking up to dramatic news about the S&P.. At least they waited until after the Wall Streeters went to bars to cry in their beer before the news erupted late Friday .. But what about Monday? We can wait to see .. and may want to turn our eyes when that opening bell rings..
First time in history: United States downgraded..
Congress’ approval rating: All time low..
Tea Party approval: New low..
Stock market reaction: Will it be a black Monday?
World reacts to sudden United States downgrade..
S&P message to Congress..?
The United States becoming the tower of babel as politicians argue about who is at fault for downgrade..
CNN: Washington DC dysfunction has shaken public trust..
Geithner flashback: The US will not lose triple A rating..
Friday, August 5, 2011
Being downgraded sure doesn't feel fun..
S&P: At least you waited until the Friday Stock Market closed
BREAKING: Credit rating agency S&P downgrades U.S. debt from AAA, the first debt downgrade in U.S. history
The outlook on the new U.S. credit rating is negative, S&P said in a statement, a sign that another downgrade is possible in the next 12 to 18 months.
BREAKING: Credit rating agency S&P downgrades U.S. debt from AAA, the first debt downgrade in U.S. history
Happy Friday night..
…I am outright addicted to Foster to the People ‘Pumped up Kicks’ .. can’t get it out of my head
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…Be a new soul. Or an old one in a new world.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Thursday, August 4, 2011
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The summer is slowly but surely waning away.. Enjoy the final weeks before it’s gone.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Dozens arrested after global child porn sweep
It was called Dreamboard and it has now led to multiple arrests and the collapse of an international child abuse ring..
The site hosted images of child porn. The children being victimized were in obvious, and intentional, pain..
Servers disguised the users’ real identity..
The kids were 12 and under in many cases.. A number of countries were involved.. 72 were arrested after the sweep..
Court papers allege that participants who molested children and created new images of child abuse were placed in a “Super VIP” category that gave them access to the entire quantity of child abuse on the bulletin board.. Government officials even said that some who were on the site were infants..
INFANTS.. This is what humanity is capable of.. this is what humanity can do. This is disgusting and horrid.. and very real. 72 less creatures now roam freely to rape and pillage the most innocent on earth.. but so many more are out there to terrorize children across this globe..
Attorney General Holder said this on others across the earth involved with child porn: We will find you, we will stop you, and we will bring you to justice. We pray he’s right and will follow up and bring degenerates to justice wherever they are.
Just friends? Not if you're a teacher and student in Missouri
Now in Missouri, teachers have been banned by law from becoming social media friends with students in Facebook and any other platform that exists.. Teachers are now, by state edict, not permitted to be friends with students online—I suppose even if the students asks. Even more interesting in the new law: "Teachers also cannot have a non work-related website that allows exclusive access with a current or former student"
Some are applauding the ban, others worry about the long term repercussions. It will be more interesting see what states follow with their own regulations..
The amazing Vesta: New amazing images of the surface of asteroid Vesta are leaving scientists stunned at what they are seeing.. They will have years of images to think.. ponder.. analyze.. and study.
You will most likely be shocked too—if you even see them.. The team does not plan to post raw images online as other NASA missions have done. Instead, there will be just one picture released daily.
One picture daily? …that’s all? … Don’t know about you, but I certainly feel left out
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Goodnight all.. if you can sleep.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
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The song at the moment that most reminds me of my son.
Goodnight all.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Monday, August 1, 2011
…and before anyone was able to catch their collective breath, the calender turned a page and it became August.. With the summer nearing an end, the great people of earth reached for the stars, hoped for the best, and rallied together for a few more picnics, adult beverages, and laughs under the stars.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
A debt deal is reached..
The only thing more shocking than politicians playing like kids in sandboxes, taking America to the edge of disaster, is that Obama is going to speak during BIG BROTHER. Now that will make his poll numbers drop..
....and on that dream topic..
…were I to find “John Panne” or run into someone named that, would I announce that I had a dream about him!? Would I say “nice to meet you! I dreamed of you!” ???.. If this man my version of Mother Abigail from the STAND? Will he be in a corn field next telling me to head out to Colorado? … so many mysteries.. And maybe just nothing at all to think about, just a random thought in a random dream on a random night…
Had one crazy dream last night..
…and it was name specific. The name ‘John Panne’ kept popping up everywhere, the last part of the dream being a phone number for me to reach him. Of course I forget the phone number but can’t forget the name… It was strange. I never had a name specific dream before, but I cannot say that anymore. Now what does it mean? .. .clueless.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Thanks, again, to all those who sent emails this past week, messages.. those who visited and read what was here..
The news of the world, yet again, has been dominated by debt. The economic gains are diminished, here in the US of A.. and the world, too, isn’t much better. Though 7 billion inhabit the planet, it’s obvious most of that population is in for inescapable journeys, some that will take us to hell on earth and others that will force development of our species.
The idea of 7 billion people.. I can’t even fathom it. That amount of souls, spaced out in space here on this blue dot somewhere in a galaxy, in a universe.. I can’t grasp the idea of what we are, who we are..
People offer up tales of physical prowess at bars across America every Saturday night.. It will happen to you, no doubt, that at some point this weekend someone will offer up a point or two about how much better they are as compared to you. But, ask yourself, what are they? … cell… atoms.. spinning. A mass of atoms, and often a mass of ass. Mass, nonetheless..
And take it even further.. we don’t know what the universe is, we’re not quite sure exactly how a big bang occurred, but still somehow buy into the notion that the universe was the size of a fist and exploded into this. Despite our inability to conjure up any real data to prove the big bang once and for all, it’s our best belief. So, this Saturday, when Joe Sixpack propels himself to the head of the club or the front of the line, realize that you’re somehow joined with him/her.. we’re all somehow joined together.
But I still can’t figure out, despite a mass of atoms, what exactly we are.
And never will.
But that’s just how it’s going to be.
Good Saturday evening, all, and here’s hoping your figure out what you are and where you’re going on this long highway of life, with stretches of boredom and others filled with accidents and riddles.
Good evening.
That’s right.. 7 billion strong, here on this planet.. Food shortages.. water problems.. some population booms in lands hurt by storms and disasters.. Oh yes, indeed, those here, all 7 billion of us, have quite a story to tell.. And those coming onto the planet, or back again depending on your religious beliefs, have some tough times ahead.
But that’s the way it’s always been here… here on this beautiful blue ball, surrounded by space and time, and ravaged by war and crime.
COWBOYS & ALIENS isn’t doing as well as expected.. but the SMURFS is doing much better..
Remember, only days ago, most predicted that the SMURFS would be trounced by the bigger budget flick..
Go SMURFS! A victory for anyone who grew up in the roaring 80s..
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Crystal Gayle sings … Get ready for the times to be better.
We’re all ready for it..
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Friday, July 29, 2011
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The Highwaymen
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Thursday, July 28, 2011
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Goodnight all
Let the lion sleep. And you should, too.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
I’ll be the first to say it, I hate the giant plastic testicles on the backs of trucks.. But … a jury trial for displaying them!? … that’s more obscene than the testicles. (More here: http://www.live5news.com/story/15154990/sc-woman-gets-jury-trial-for-display)
A little depressing...
That summer sun is setting sooner each night. 8pm now and it’s already getting a little dark. These long summer days are ending, and the lightning bugs are gone.. How sad, how… sad.
Some other news of the day
How to tell if it’s made in China..
Piers Morgan implicated in phone hack scandal..
Hundreds of strange underground tunnels found in Bavaria..
Suicide spikes among middle aged women..
Unique findings on the far side of the moon..
A town bans ANIMAL NOISES!
New information suggests that long winters made people have bigger eyes..
Woman arrested after sausage attack..
Alex Trebek injures leg while chasing a burglar..
Facebook removes NEVERMIND cover photo..
If a woman gains weight a new poll says half of men would leave them.. and guaranteed that at least 70% if the 50% are obese slobs themselves.. The women would probably be better off without self centered selfish males who age just as fast as women.
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Spirit in the Sky — Norman Greenbaum
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
So much for that Tuesday
So much for that..
Scientists say time travel is not possible.. Can’t wait for someone from the future to come back and tell them they were wrong.. Or perhaps they are right. After all no one came back yet. Right? …it’s so confusing.
Buzzkill Tuesday
First time travel said to be impossible, and now we are alone in the universe?! How much more depressing can it get for the dreamers of earth..?
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