This is actually a pretty interesting NBC story about how and where Americans tuned into the presidential debate. Over beers and laundry.. and lots of other places as well. Sixty-one million folks watched. 

A moment captured in time.

More on that theory that you're a projected simulation, not one that is real

There has been a popular thought lately among folks with astute degrees and high intelligence: The theory that we are not real, that life is just a projection, that humans and the race we have lived and are living is just a big quantum experiment. Or as Nancy Evans Bush said on Coast to Coast AM last week, we are a joke..

The newest example of this thought process comes from the NEW SCIENTIST, which places on its cover and talks in great detail in its issue, about what exactly reality is. The publication is also devoting a special section to that question on their website as well..  And it’s a great question. Think of the implication, the deep rooted potential, and the mighty ability to chaos that comes with the answer…

To me, reality is my own. I know my reality, I know my family, friends.. I know my job.. I know my hobbies, my fears, and my hopes. I don’t really know yours. And you don’t know mine. So reality, in a sense, is specific to the person having that reality. Do we share one ultimate reality? Maybe. Although atheists may say no, as will Christians, as will Muslims, and as will Mormons—along with any other religion, sect, tribe, or tribulation. Reality will be specific to them. And to someone who hallucinates on regular basis, well, it’s safe to assume few will ever be able to get a grip on their reality.

But what if we are nothing? What if we are a bit of bytes and coding in some quantum computer, somewhere out there..? Somewhere here? What if we are fake. Just projections. Just manifestations of software permitted to just ‘run with it’?  It may be difficult to imagine, but some are imagining just that: The very real potentialreality as we know it is just a computer simulation.

According to this dispatch in Kurzweil profiling the NEW SCIENTIST article, the notion that we could be computer simulations arose from black holes. Here is how they wrote it:

This bizarre idea arose from an argument over black holes. One of the fundamental tenets of physics is that information cannot be destroyed, but a black hole appears to violate this by swallowing things that contain information then gradually evaporating away. What happens to that information was the subject of a long debate between Stephen Hawking and several of his peers. In the end, Hawking lost the debate, conceding that the information is imprinted on the event horizon that defines the black hole’s boundary and escapes as the black hole evaporates.

This led theoretical physicists Leonard Susskind and Gerard’t Hooft to propose that the entire universe could also hold information at its boundary — with the consequence that our reality could be the projection of that information into the space within the boundary.

There are huge implications if you go down this road. If you strip humans of the flesh and bones we think we have, take away those memories and chalk them up to simulated experiences, and just say it’s all not real but a figment of some programmer, well.. that is massive. Are we just mindless bits and bytes living out some creepy SIM CITY type of game? How does the game end? Who started the game? …and if someone did truly start it, could consider that being or beings to be “God” ?? 

What role would free will play in a simulation? Would our SIMS and avatars be permitted to even possess such a gift?

And finally, if we are just flowing through some binary processor, what can one make of love and hate? What can you say about tears? 

Think of it this way: If tomorrow irrefutable evidence turned up that we truly were not real but instead a part of a quantum program, many people on this planet (which would not really be a planet in reality) would cry. They would have real wet watery tears flowing. Or would they? Permits the programmer would allow those tears to flow. And if he clicked to stop them… we’d just vanish with the program. 

For those who believe that we are in this world of fraud, I certainly hope the programmer or the god doesn’t accidentally walk by his desk and unplug the computer by accident. 

Finally, I say this: We make fake world, we grow fake plants in Farmville (does anyone play that still?) and we have pretend avatars. What if those avatars come alive, have feelings, and think they are real too. We suddenly become God. To them. But who would be God to us? The one who made us..whether it’s flesh and bones or endless 0s and 1s of data. 

Fascinating questions. Profound answers.

But none to be found!

What is reality? What are we? Maybe nothing more than a gigantic computer program.. A quantum sized fraud that forces us too believe we are real even though we are just projected

What is reality? What are we? Maybe nothing more than a gigantic computer program.. A quantum sized fraud that forces us too believe we are real even though we are just projected

theatlantic:

The cover of next week’s issue of The New Yorker.

Interesting cover.. Says a lot

What a mix!! Speculators, gas prices and shortages, and an election year

Get ready for five bucks a gallon..

What a mix!! Speculators, gas prices and shortages, and an election year

In 2004 George Bush was accused of having a listening device in his back during the debates, and now this year Mitt Romney is accused of using a cheat sheet

However the campaign says it was a handkerchief

Others may respond that only the elite use handkerchiefs

This is all getting to be too much. Wake me up when November ends

In 2004 George Bush was accused of having a listening device in his back during the debates, and now this year Mitt Romney is accused of using a cheat sheet

Imagine!!

The debate rehash: A blown chance.. or purposeful tactic?

While I am certainly not a paid analyst that regularly opines on politics are strategies behind candidates surges or splurges, I will say this: The debate the other night was one of the most horrendous public appearances for the President in years. Some are chiding him for losing touch.. losing his fire in his tiny string bean belly. Some are arguing that Michelle Obama was angry the debate fell on their wedding anniversary. Chris Matthews almost had a coronary on MSNBC afterwards, in his anger that Obama doesn’t watch his program on that network with the 5,000 or so others that do. And finally, an immense Al Gore theorized that Obama’s brain was hit because of Denver’s altitude. So with all of these theories, I think mine will be just as good!!

I think President Obama purposely blew the debate. I think he purposely didn’t have the fire in his belly. I think he knew that the unemployment number that was released today was going to be good (And it was, if the numbers are credible, unemployment is now 7.8%) .. President Obama may have felt that letting Mitt Romney win one for the Gipper was good. At the beginning. Get that victory out of the way, let Romney talk about Big Bird and unemployment, and just buy time until the Friday jobs report came out.. reinvigorate the campaign, let the media have a firestorm of positive stories, and come in to the next debate swinging.

That strategy in my mind makes sense. It works. Romney gets good press.. Obama gets shocked media people live on TV with wide eyes speculating about why he did so poor debating Mitt, the man the media think is a twit.

Because Obama knows that the media will come back home again. He knew the jobs numbers would be positive. He knew that there are two more debates. And he knows that October can bring many surprises.

What he may not have bet though is that 61 million people tuned in—the highest number since 1980, then 81 mil watched Carter square off with Reagan. And if 40 million or so don’t tune in to the next couple matches, perhaps the strategy of blowing the debate will work against the President. Time will tell.

I have a last theory, though, on Romney. I think they dug up the folks who did Ronald Reagan’s hair to do Romney’s. He looked like Reagan, in some weird way. He even seemed to want to sound like him. I don’t know if it was on purpose, or maybe it was the red tie, or maybe it was the stage, but Romney gave Republicans a taste of the visual past, looking like a President they loved. While Obama’s downed lips and nervous head nodding gave Democrats a burst of anger.

Perhaps the President needs a teleprompter? Remember in 2004 when people said George W. Bush had a device in his back for Karl Rove to tell him what to say? Perhaps President Obama was hoping somewhere in the audience Robert Gibbs would come to the rescue with a screen to give him answers.

But I think not. I think he gave the match early on to Mitt. And next time the President will win the debate. Third debate? I will not predict that one.

But I will make this final prediction: The Joe Biden/Paul Ryan debate will be a match made in heaven for political observers. It should be filled with nasty comments, fireworks, and verbal mutiny. Maybe a part of Biden’s entourage will be those biker chicks he got so friendly with….?

It’s all in the branding: G-Spirits, a liquor company, says alcohol will be poured down women’s breasts before being bottled. According to the company, every drop is poured.. Some calling it offensive…

More images (NOT SAFE FOR WORK)

I guess this could work. Until we see the ‘behind the scenes’ operations.. Factory conditions perhaps unclean? 

How many women are involved? Where are they from? Do they bathe beforehand? Are they French!? So many questions.. so many breasts.. so much liquor. 

Until answers come, I may stick to beer. 

Penthouse Club stripper ‘ruptured groom’s bladder at bachelor party after she slid down pole and landed on top of him’

Jesus surrounded by gays and transvestites creates firestorm among Serbians..

AND HERE I THOUGHT THIS WAS A BUYER’S MARKET!? THE AMITYVILLE HORROR HOUSE FOR SALE AGAIN, AND THE PRICE CONTINUES TO DROP.. 

The sellers insist it’s not demons but instead divorce driving them from the home..

But you may be able to argue that the demons the ruined the marriage, don’t you think? Just saying..

More absolutely amazing images coming from Mars. But these are only intensifying an already existent mystery..

…what are those spiderly black things? Are they dangerous? Maybe! 

The odd objects on Mars creates massive speculation..

Panera cares.. but to what end? Panera Bread is expanding restaurants that allow people to pay what they can afford.. Some now complain that the pay what you want style restaurants are bringing in less than desirable people..

Panera cares.. but to what end? Panera Bread is expanding restaurants that allow people to pay what they can afford.. Some now complain that the pay what you want style restaurants are bringing in less than desirable people..

I hate to say this: Be forewarned, a Hulk Hogan sex tape is out.. UGH

Justin Bieber has already reacted:

I hate to say this: Be forewarned, a Hulk Hogan sex tape is out.. UGH

Justin Bieber reacts to tonight’s debate

All smiles.. At first.

FIRST DEBATE. SHOWTIME.

DEBATE NIGHT! Who’s watching, who’s playing drinking games, and who do you think will win?

Sometimes life can be beautiful despite the horror

Winter storms will now be named ... What about those duds

I have been a long proponent of winter storms being named. They deserve it. The blizzard of 93 would sound much more frightening if it was named El Diablo, after all.
There may have been divine intervention now as the Weather Channel has decided this year to NAME WINTER STORMS!  So they are only as official as the Weather Channel. Not the NOAA. Not Accuweather. Just the Weather Channel. And that’s fine. I bet it catches on. It take son to start the ball rolling.
But here is the problem.. And the Weather Channel answers none of these issues: Is there a difference between West Coast and East Coast, Midwest and South storms? What if the storm turns out to be a dud..? Will the storm be named AFTER it strikes or before? We all know computer models show storms in the winter time that never become a storm.. So what then? cancel the name and start from scratch?
What about the possibility that nationwide there are more than 26 storms?
What constitutes a named storm? Wind? snow potential or actuality?
The Weather Channel, narrated by Al Roker, explains why it will be naming storms.  I can’t help but thinking the channel is trying to get some attention and press before tomorrow’s 2012-13 Accuweather winter forecast is released..
So my final question, since I am near some areas that get those lake effect snows, is this: What about the snow squalls that dump 20+ inches? Shall we name squalls?
And are cold fronts next?
I have long hoped for a naming of storms. But now when I think about the logistics, I ponder how in the world this naming process will go……

I could watch this for hours

FINAL FAIR NIGHT. UNTIL NEXT YEAR, BLOOMSBURG FAIR, IT'S BEEN REAL

The harvest moon is bright in the sky.. you can see your breath as it rises into the night air. Amazing time to be alive.. an amazing time for a fair.

There is something special about a little fair in Bloomsburg, PA. It’s actually quite a big. It’s a fair with flare. And tonight, as the chill of autumn descends over a landscape that was recently burdened with summer and sin, it’s a much nicer landscape to view.

All the food has been fried. And people are fried, too. It’s been a long week for carnies and ‘freaks’ and geeks with sneaks. But it’s been real, that’s for sure.

And reality stays the same at the Bloomsburg Fair. What was there in 1940 is pretty much there today. That is the amazing part of it all. It’s like each year picks up where the previous year left off..

I recall older days when a fuller family went to the fair. I remember warm afternoons under the sun and cold nights—I even remember a late 1980s night when my cousin and I jammed ourselves into a phone booth to stay warm. Yes, those phone booths are gone now. Replacing them? Mind-numbed zombies watching their phones instead of the surroundings.

The fair doesn’t change much. The people who go to it do, however.
But..
In the nighttime air, under that harvest moon, families still walk together, children still laugh in awe at the sights and smells and sounds. And lovers still embrace by a gate, leaving the fair, glancing back, and saying ‘see you next year’ with a wink and a smile.

Bloomsburg Fair 2012. END.
To be continued.

Ben Franklin at the Bloomsburg Fair (carved pumpkin version)

Speaking of the fair today is the perfect day of fall weather to say goodbye to the best week of autumn in Pennsylvania..

Champagne supernova in the sky. Is the sun going to go wild?

Just read a very interesting but unscientific article on a website claiming that the sun was getting whiter brighter an hotter than ever before.. There weren’t any findings within the text of the story that back up the author’s point of view but there were rather vague memories from when he was younger.. He recalls a time when the sun was more yellow and less heated, according to his generic recollection of events..

It’s an interesting thought, plus one that others have spoken about in recent years. There seems to be a fear that the sun is going super nova.. It’s the newest end of time end of the world conspiracy concern—and has little to no hardcore evidence backing up that theory..

But I traveled into my own memories … I recall, as well, a bright orange yellow sun. I remember hot days that were not oppressive.. Whether what the author of of ConspiracyHQ’s story believes is a real fear or not, my memory also had me thinking of a kinder and gentler period of time for weather on this planet..

So I’d be curious of thoughts from readers out there. Do you believe that memories can make a mind believe the past was better than it was or is the sun going wild and ready to burn a hole right through the planet earth?? I would love thoughts from all..

Binge on liquor, but an enema is quicker

But the idea of placing an alcohol enema directly into your rear end seems to go be directly opposed to every form of common sense. What about the old days of ANIMAL HOUSE like behavior where at least one would enjoy the taste of the liquor .. But the enema maybe is quicker.

Forget about beer pong and bongs..hello anal lubrication with an onslaught of alcohol.. And now parents have something new to worry about: Binge drinking with a new angle.. And the angle all takes place in the ‘back of the house’ so to speak..

This is just downright amazing

What you see here is an image of the universe, about 500 million years after the big bang 13.7 million years ago. You are seeing a universe in chaos. You are seeing the past. And we’re just getting a glimpse of it now thanks to the Hubble Telescope, with it’s new “extreme” view of history, peering deep into the past like no other piece of technology that has existed— at least that we know of.

If you sit and contemplate this image long enough, you won’t be able to not just sit in amazement at the big picture of this picture. What are we ? who are we ..? and WHY are we? All of those questions are now present in my mind as I see this mixture of galaxies and other objects.

Absolutely amazing.

Your ration of news. Choose to accept it.

Every day is scary. Today seemed to be one of the scarier. Don’t know why. Maybe it’s that change of weather .. that new cycle of autumn? Maybe just something in the air tonight.. 

The news of the world. All that is fit, and unfit, to print. And then some:

Security forces on high alert as Iran test fires a missile designed specifically to hit warships..

Court rules that mororists can be detained for paying cash at toll booths!

6.2 mag quake strikes the Gulf of California..

4.5 shakes Northern California..

3.1 tremor near Southern California..

Hurricane threatening Baja, California..

Another “super typhoon” set to strike.. this time Jewlawat targets Pacific island nations..

A dock from the Japanese tsunami has now washed ashore in Oregon..

Salt cavern below sinkhole has failed!

US bees vanishing at an alarming rate—still—19 crops are now at risk from Colony Collapse..

Russia suspends Monsanto corn!

A key US weather satellite used for monitoring the East Coast of the United States has gone offline..

A newly discovered comet, C/2012 S1 (ISON) is now located beyond the orbit of Jupiter.. it is set for a close encounter with the sun in 2013. And after that, the blind naked eye on earth may be able to see the comet in the night sky.. Will it fizzle like another Elenin? Or be visible for months in ‘13? Time will tell. All eyes on space, watching and waiting..

Hubble goes extra deep back in time..

This was our night.. The little Ayden just couldn’t sleep . . Nights like that happen.

Does Tumblr own satellites too? East Coast weather satellite fails, spare used

Does Tumblr own satellites too? East Coast weather satellite fails, spare used

Majestic fall nights. Melancholy memories. Streetlights named desire losing their light. All that tonight in my autumnal thoughts

If you are in the Northeast part of Pennsylvania, you already know tonight is the perfect fall night. Maybe it is where you are too, should you be absent the Pennsylvania skies.. 

There are a tremendous amount of stars visible tonight. Maybe it’s the fresh cold air that got rid of the chemtrails and smog.. maybe it’s just that right time of year to be outside—or maybe it’s due to the fact that the street light in front of home base is down for the count, unlit for days , actually nights, now..

Nonetheless, I gazed a bit at the stars while I had the chance. The breeze that was blowing was the kind that sent a cool chill down your spine but reminded you of the cold shivers that are on the way.

There is just something about fall that makes your heart get both melancholy and vibrant all at the same time.

My wife commented to me tonight that the smell of fall is both awesome but depressing. She’s right.

The Bloomsburg fair is going on right now. It’s a happy time of year filled with memories. I recall fondly being a teenager at the fair.. even younger.. in my 20s.. and now 30s. And coming full circle, this year my wife and I brought the little man named Ayden to the fair. We are parents. And by God, we are keeping traditions alive and hoping to create new ones.

But that is what surrounds my mind tonight: That creeping feeling that traditions, for as much as one tries to fight for them to survive, don’t. Often a death in the family ends them all. Think about it.. Christmas dinner may be something of the past one grandmother passes away.. Or just like as occurred in Ashland, PA a few years ago, if a town chooses to cancel an ABA Labor Day parade, hundreds of families and thousands of people won’t have a party. Traditions can end in a heart beat.

I have a vivid memory of my childhood. It’s one of those ‘bits and pieces’ type of recalls.. one where you know your surroundings but weren’t sure what was going on.  I remember walking towards the front door of my house in Centralia, PA, when  I was probably about 4 or 5. It was around this time of year because I fondly recall the biting wind, a Frankenstein window dressing on the door, and laughter. It’s amazing and frightening how fast time blows on…

I was talking to a friend this evening who I didn’t see in much too long of time. He and I were quite shocked through the text messaged we exchanged when we realized  it had been a DECADE since we saw each other, talked to each other, and shared a drink and memory. We have Facebook, of course. People live vicariously through that. Vigorously vicarious as a matter  of fact. But I think I’m entering a stage in life when I want to abandon the virtual for the real again. I want to rid myself of the holiday Facebook cards and instead go to someone’s house, pay a visit, stay for a warm drink…

You know. Real stuff. Actual things. Not virtual.

We did that about ten years ago. Incidentally that is about the last time I saw a great friend. And where, really, did the past ten years get us? You answer that one.

MONDAY MORNING .. STUFF, with a Fiano Apple mugshot included.

Penn State plans to bring in the man who ran the Sept. 11 victim fund and other major compensation programs as it attempts to settle claims by Jerry Sandusky’s child molestation victims..

California Governor Jerry Brown signs bill that allows nurses to perform abortions..

Maybe my mom was sad during pregnancy? New information suggests that women who suffer depression while carrying children end up having shorter kids..

India retail worried about its future.. Walmart on the horizon..

New Monsanto studies claims that GMO corn causes tumors and organ damage.. other scientists quickly became critical of the study as ‘below standard’..
And now Monsanto goes into damage control..

Facebook raises new fears with ad tracking plans..

Feed prices going through the roof.. the farmers’ response? Feed the livestock gummy worms!

Riots break out at Foxconn factory in China—the factory housing 2,000 people that make iPhones..

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day checks into rehab after iHeart radio breakdown..


Singer Fiano Apple arrested on drug charges..

Animal abusers may be tracked in new online registray in NYC..

Are the houses of Parliament haunted?

New JK Rowling book only for adults..

AMERICAN HORROR STORY loses bid for Emmy.. was it punished?

Gerald Celente says to get off the grid, eat better, and lose weight..

Should we ‘abandon the idea of hell?’

The face of fun. Ayden Morris having a blast at the 2012 Bloomsburg Fair.

Just days after iHeart Radio concert meltdown, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong enter rehab

Just days after iHeart Radio concert meltdown, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong enter rehab

New study finds that apes love slapstick humor

So really me and all other typical males are not that far advanced from apes. I want to find a good monkey and sit down and watch the NAKED GUN movies.

New study finds that apes love slapstick humor

Topless women become warriors: A boot camp now started for global feminism

One told the London GUARDIAN:

We are taking off our clothes so people can see that we have no weapons except our bodies. It’s a powerful way to fight in a man’s world. We live with men’s domination and this is the only way to provoke them, the only way to get attention.

We don’t hide our bodies, we don’t hide our faces, we confront our enemies face to face. We look them in the eyes and we have to be well prepared physically for that.

Indeed it may be.

Topless women become warriors: A boot camp now started for global feminism

America the depressed

The worldwide press is paying more attention to this tidbit than American counterparts: There are more Americans now that die as a result of suicide than from car crashes.. the UK DAILY MAIL reports on a study conducted by the American Journal of Public Health, which believes that suicide is under counted..

The DAILY MAIL headline however says this: “More Americans now commit suicide than die in car crashes as miserable economy takes it toll”

The world itself has seen some strange occurrences involving the collapse of humanity recently..Whether it’s the spike in suicides around the globe or just kids being abandoned in Greece, there are some rough times facing people. 

Zombies invade Scranton, PA. Mostly to get drunk I think.

I have said it before and unfortunately I am going to say it again: I am quite tired of zombies..

If it’s not the government issuing fake warnings about zombies instead of talking to citizens as adults it’s zombie conferences—much like the one now taking place in Scranton, PA. It’s the Lackawanna Historical Society’s fourth annual Scranton After Dark Walking Tour, and men and women dressed in zombie attire are roaming the streets of the Electric City.

But the premise is interesting. I’m relatively close. I didn’t actually know about this but if I did I may have tried to attend for the fun of it. The tour the Historical Society does is a virtual walking tour of the macabre of the city of Scranton, such as how bodies were stored in basements of businesses during the flu outbreak in the early 20th century, or tales of voices still being heard in some buildings. There were hangings in the town square.  And all that stuff other towns have too, probably.

But why the zombies?

This: The Infect Scranton Zombie Convention. That’s right, There is a zombie convention taking place within the boundaries of Scranton. And being a Saturday night in the Northeast of PA, there is also a bar crawl (maybe literally) of people dressed as the dead drinking like they are alive but dying.. 

However, not all are happy that the living dressed as the deceased have entered their city limits. 

The local newspapers in Scranton and Northeast PA, including the TIMES TRIBUNE, is covering the zombiethon. But naysayers are also commenting on stories posted. The comments sections is dicing up the zombie weekend. One comment pointed out that the Riverside High School is sponsoring the INFECT SCRANTON ZOMBIE CONVENTION .. Another comment from someone says this:

What a bunch of puke minded degenerates. If they want to see blood and guts why don’t some of them join the service of their country. And if they want to see torn and maimed bodies; let them visit the Veterans hospital.

Perhaps that comment is a little too much.

But what is NOT too much to me is the overabundance of zombies in our pop culture. They have undoubtedly taken over the aliens of the 20th century and the vampires of the early 21st. Zombies are everywhere. There are people even taking so many drugs that they are turning into flesh eating monsters.

And the government, constantly, warns people to be ready for the zombie attacks—they use zombies as the basis for us to get ready for natural disasters, but being it as it is, they just can’t be frank enough to tell us disasters are coming and instead rely on fictitious zombies.

But that is that. And people are dressing like the dead tonight in Scranton. Having fun. So let them. But who will clean up the vile zombie bile and drunken vomit in the morning? The city of Scranton, no doubt.

Balloons litter the sky.. the ground.. and they caused a blackout of power at the stage tonight at the Bloomsburg Fair. All in a a good first day, don’t you think?

Wells with Saturday night UFOs

The Caravan to Midnight is once again ditching politics and new world order conspiracy.

In turn, John B Wells will host a second weekend Saturday night show with UFOs as the topic.

This week, Wells brings in Vince Rotonda and Colet Abedi, both producers for a new TV series called UNSEALED ALIEN FILES. 

It’s worth noting that narration of the show is done by someone with a familiar voice—Wells.

According to Coast To Coast AM’s website, the topic tonight with both will be government cover ups of the subject, UFO sights and abductions, and photoshopped pictures ..

Should be interesting.

As John B would see, brew the proper cup of tea and board the Caravan to Midnight.

New York Minute: Ahmadinejad travels to United Nations for last address as President of Iran

He’s here..

And tonight Matt Drudge’s DRUDGE REPORT website has a source stating that Ahmainejad is stating at a Hilton hotel with the NYPD and Secret Service setting up a ‘mini fortress’.. Drudge is even linking to the Hilton website where his source says that the Iranian leader is staying..

The stuff they do on hard wood, it blows my mind

Joe Biden on cheerleaders.

Really, he said that.

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And this just in from Green Day. Apparently they are still trying to be relevant and hip. And a broken guitar proves it.

Billie Joe had quite the freak out and meltdown on stage because Green Day’s act got cut for Usher. I’d be mad too .. but breaking a guitar? How rude.

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

Fair time. Vendors armed with food. Bloomsburg Fair 2012.

And now unveiled: The 2012 fall family photo

NEWS OF THE WORLD AS FALL BEGINS

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 22 2012, NEWS OF THE WORLD

The first day of autumn.. as summer slides away..

And it begins: Wreckage and debris from the Japan tsunami finally making its way to Hawaii.. first official reports now confirmed..

New information suggests that a migrating North Pole is contributing to the strange and severe weather taking place across the globe..

Fall 2012: Drought expands!

Several strong solar flares—not towards Earth..

Serious flooding occurs in Alaska..

More tension: South Korea fires warning shots at North Korea fishing boats..

Apple wants to sell 10 million iPhones in record debut..

"Slight concern" of radiation with Idaho wildfire..

Remember that Assumption parish sinkhole? The situation isn’t good yet. As a matter of fact, now there are reports that gas is “coming out of the ground everywhere” in a massive amount!

Religious leaders uniting against the sad slaughter of elephants..

Officials in LA investigating the death of a crew memeber of the upcoming LONE RANGER film.. he drowned on set..

The other day the HORROR REPORT re-printed a photo of a larger Lady Gaga.. now there are reports on Radar Online that she has been told to lose weightand new outfits have been ordered because she won’t fit into the old ones..

Gaga hits back at critics: Weight gain? So what!

Newfound alien planet the top contender to host life..

Two tickets to paradise

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It’s almost autumn.. 

I think I saw memories of heat and drought fizzling away tonight as the last sunset of the summer season slowly occurred, leaving behind a pinkish-red aura in the sky. The type if aura that hints of chilly nights and football fights, the kind of light that welcomes frights.. the frights that bite in the cold winter blight. Good evening all.

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

Intoxication nation?

So 20/20 is running a show tonight called INTOXICATION NATION. I have been briefly watching it.. it’s painting a pretty morbid picture of the current generation, and the drinking class that seems to be classless. People do shots in their eyes? Am I just getting old or what!?

Nonetheless.. I’d be curious on opinions out there. 

Are you a binge drinker? Know someone who is? Want to be one? Hate it? 

The real question though is this: ARE WE REALLY AN INTOXICATED NATION? Has alcohol eaten away our ability to reason? Are we truly just walking morsels of what we used to be?

Opine away.

Three Mile Island nuclear plant expectantly shut down Thursday after coolant pump failed..

CNN reporting this:

The Unit 1 reactor shut off automatically about 2:20 p.m., the plant’s owner, Exelon Corporation, reported. There is no danger to the public, but the release of steam in the process created “a loud noise heard by nearby residents,” the company said.

Three Mile Island nuclear plant expectantly shut down Thursday after coolant pump failed..

THE ULTIMATE SIGN OF AUTUMN FOR ME

If tonight’s not fair weather I don’t know what is. Good luck *starting tomorrow* to the great Bloomsburg Fair. Hope people show up in the hundreds of thousands… It was cancelled by a flood last year for the first time in 100+ years.  The first time. Think about that.

So that is what makes this year’s fair all the better. 

Give me the Gyros (though I don’t eat them) and the halushki.. give me the freak shows and the Native American bands.. give me then bleenies and the snake-girl! I want it all! 

I want the cheap knock off ShamWows.. I want the bizarre people selling honey. I want the crazy man selling pianos. I want it all!

Give me the grease, the guy in the trash can who follows people around, the pigs and cows and the dog show for $.50.. Kenny Rogers will be there, too. Can’t beat that, right?

For Coal Regioners who understand this fair, it’s an amazing time. Think about this.. since the 1800s people have been going to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, for the biggest fair in the state. I have been going since 1980 when I was born. And all through time, lovers kissed under cold starlit nights, families laughed while playing games .. children were in awe of the show. It’s back again. 

So I wish them good weather and great memories.

The Bloomsburg Fair’s 157th fair is set to begin after a long hiatus due to earth changes. Glad it’s back!

Please don’t mistake this as an insult against Lady Gaga’s apparent weight gain.. But if she doesn’t get new plusser-sized outfits soon she is going to look like another ‘People of Walmart’ chain email..

i I know she's rich. I know she's famous. And yes, she's in the Royal family. But I am just tired of hearing about how people unfairly took shots of her naked and how obscure international sources are publishing them..

And in all honestly, the shots so far that I saw.. are.. well? Quite awful. Grainy images of a scantily clad Kate Middleton.. how not exciting.

i I know she's rich. I know she's famous. And yes, she's in the Royal family. But I am just tired of hearing about how people unfairly took shots of her naked and how obscure international sources are publishing them..

A sunset in early autumn. An example of why I love fall..

Strange rumors: The USA and China are working on fighting off underwater UFOs..

And this is being reported in VETERANS TODAY.. 

Strange rumors: The USA and China are working on fighting off underwater UFOs..

Calling it a night..

All the news unfit to print. Stained with coal.. all that stuff. Happy Tuesday. It's the 18th ALREADY!? Where is September going!?

Mitt Romney panic mode: Finger pointing begins weeks before the election.. A sore loser already?

OR


Keep in mind that in 2008, then candidate Obama made disparaging remarks about Americans who ‘cling to God and guns’ .. he didn’t seem to want their votes either. It’s amazing how often candidates running for the highest office in the land really don’t want the votes of people that will put them there..

Also on the political/entertainment front: Networks are being asked and persuaded to help boost Obama’s health care policy by positive portrayals on TV. Don’t believe me? Here is the proof, if you believe NEWSBUSTERS..

Now on to the real news!

A terrifying typhoon hits into South Korea.. rocks are sent flying into the air as the 100mph storm slammed..

More seismic unrest is taking place on the Canary Islands—watch this one..

Nerves are rattled as two Indonesian volanoes wake from a dormant slumber..

With all of these earthquake swarms and volcanoes coming back alive after decades if not centuries of no activity, could we look back and say we should have known? Since strange noises in Kiev were posted online, most of the world has smelled sulfur, seen fish and animal deaths, and heard odd noises coming from the ground. Quite possibilty the new activity across the planet is a byproduct or a result of the groans from the planet. Maybe something, deep down has occurred and now the crust is simply letting out the steam, so to speak, from the inside movements…? Just a thought.. A very niave and uneducated guess, perhaps. But a thought.

There is an increased use of antidepressants in a depressed Japan.. Could it be the result of just hardcore awful news for the past several months? A nuclear reactor gone wrong and a tsunami that took so many? Perhaps people are just trying to escape. Sadly medication will never, ever, help them.. And on that note of nuclear instability: A pink grasshopper has been found near Fukushima..

Is whooping cough linked to pesticide spraying? One website points to what it calls evidence that it is..

Cancer is now the number 1 cause of death for US Latinos..


A UFO photographed over Vancouver in the daylight hours.. A drone/ A plane/ SUPERMAN?.. a UFO for sure, as no one quite knows what the bright lights were off of Dallas Road in Victoria, B.C…

Fear: Arctic Sea ice melt may trigger extreme European winter..

Fear: One scientist says Arctic sea ice may completely vanish in four years..

Fear: Many people are not ready for Doomsday.. food is being stocked.. And when doomsday does not occur, hope the food won’t go bad..

Fear: Bad things happen ever 7 years! Though good things happen daily..


Court orders French magazine hand over all images of Kate Middleton nude..

Author speaks about ghostly encounters at battlefield..

Ghost hunting classes now being offered at tech school..

New election controversy brews after Mitt Romney is secretly recorded disparaging 47% of Americans as people who don’t pay taxes or take responsibility for their lives.. Romeny says he will not get their votes. With comments like this, he may not get anyone’s vote.. Romney is responding, however, the best he can with the circumstances.. He said his words were not ‘elegant’.. Elegant like his life. His wealthy life. Lots of commentators are saying that the Romney campaign is beginning to look a lot like a campaign that Thurston Howell from Gilligan’s Island would run. I say, and have said, no: He is just like Max Schreck from BATMAN RETURNS.. I just hope not as crazy..

So THE BUNNY GAME is fiction?

Tell that to Rodleen Getsic.. The NEW YORK TIMES reports that the address who stars in the direct to video horror torture porn movie actually has branding scars on her back to prove that most of what occurred to her in the movie was done in .. real terms. 

The movie is a simple concept—as most torture porn flicks have been. A truck driver kidnaps her to rape her, torture her, slap her, spit on her.. all of those things that a mentally deranged truck driver would do. 

Oh, and he puts a rabbit-shaped hood on her, giving the movie the name THE BUNNY GAME. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES profiled the movie and quoted the actress Getsic saying “Part of my soul did die in making this film.” 

The TIMES also reports that horror fans are split on this movie. (As they are about this whole newfound torture porn element of scary movies).. 

I myself don’t think I’ll be watching the BUNNY GAME. Though the image of the rabbit mask it itself is chilling, plus the fact it was shot in black and white also has a creepy factor, the movie seemed to be complete garbage. More sickening torture for .. the purpose of? What? To  showcase how someone can scream in pain? To show how someone loses a soul through constant rape? This is what entertainment is? I don’t find myself compelled to view a movie that has such disturbing elements — if the elements were tamed by more of a storyline perhaps the movie would have a societal point. But with the absence of a story besides rape and horrific brandings, I doubt this film has any point at all. Other reviewers, including this one from INSIDE PULSE, seem to agree. PULSE goes on to write:

I understand film as art and I understand showing the unpleasant side of life. But I don’t understand, nor do I want to understand, the desire to make a dark twisted film like this. If anything like what really happened in this film really did happen to Getsic then I’m really sorry for her, but I don’t see why she had to reenact it on film. Some may call The Bunny Game an art film, others will want to call it a snuff film.

But the movie’s existence in itself shows how horror is evolving, or perhaps devolving. Even though this is a low budget movie, THE BUNNY GAME produced physical pain for Getsic. She ‘got into her work’ I suppose. 

From the SAW franchise to HOSTEL .. to remakes of 1970s good horror films added the newfound torture porn element, I am just sick of it all. Rob Zombie is a bit of a genius. But to date I have refused to watch more than three minutes of his HALLOWEEN remakes. I just can’t find myself eager to watch brutality and gore without more than gore for more than that much time.

I liked SAW when it came out .. the first one. That was good. It appeared to me to be a more graphic and gory SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. But then  it phased out its freshness and created just regular old sickening scenes with torture and hopelessness. There is something about horror that can provide hope. The women in horror movies who fight back. 

THE BUNNY GAME appears to be a doing a great disservice to horror in itself. After all, there is a common thought out there that women are just abused without point in horror movies. THE BUNNY GAME seems to do that. It makes the point for detractors who already think horror is a genre not worth watching.

Maybe I am getting old.. maybe being a dad has tempered me too a place where I can only view PG-13 horror and enjoy it.. But call my crazy, there is something wrong with society if it wants to emulate torture.

I have always believed that professional wrestling and horror movies are good working examples of the pop culture and society of the day. Being that I have not watched wrestling in years, and have steered clear of torture porn since I got sick of it mid-2000s, I can only say it appears society continues to turn into a mass of dribbling and morbidly rancid-souled folks. 

Is it unfair for me to review THE BUNNY GAME without even seeing it? Maybe. Judging from descriptions of the depictions, there isn’t much at all to review anyway..

Ok. Life sometimes has a way of punching you in the face. And the most mundane of circumstances can set up a day of panic. Bumps on a baby’s legs from heat rash turn into something much worse in the mind of a 21st century paranoid dad. I think it’s time to brew a hot cup of tea relaxation tea. Avoid the colon cleansing kind. That’s a whole different story.

A 70-foot deep sinkhole is causing a massive stench in NYC

The smell is so bad that it is reportedly even making residents sick, though officials in NYC are not ready at all to admit that.

As a Coal Regioner, I have smelled bad smells. Centralia. Sulfer. All that. I cannot even imagine what a 70-foot-deep sinkhole in a sewer may smell like.

A 70-foot deep sinkhole is causing a massive stench in NYC

Maybe the crowned jewels are so miraculous that they find them necessary to be shown to the world. But does that explain the Dutchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, buffing it up as well.. She was photographed by a French magazine topless. Much to the chagrin of the Royal Family, those pictures were published.. she isn’t getting the star treatment that Prince Harry got for his wild sex romped weekend in Vegas. Middleton was more demure in her attempt to be wild. She was topless but there is no other evidence of orgies or all night pool parties with stars.

And this time, the Royal family is going to take action. They are going to sue the French Magazine closer FOR PUBLISHING THE PHOTOS.

Unfortunately if the Royal Family doesn’t think hundreds of other publications are already publishing the photo they are wrong. Forever now, Middleton’s bare-breasted day in the beach will be fully able to be seen, so as long as there is a free net and free speech.

Despite doom and gloom and news of fiction and non, this blog is a little bit family friendly. So you’ll only get a censored image from me. You can do the rest of the world yourself should you be desperate to see Kate Middleton’s breasts. Here’s a secret, though: They look like everyone else’s. Nothing Royal about body parts in the end…

The world at war: Darkness prevails. Even though love abounds.

I have been doing some thinking lately about all this violence, chaos, and nonsense surrounding us on this planet. I haven’t posted anything overly meaningful here in quite some time, so no better time than the present, I suppose.

I look at most things now through vision of a father. I became a proud dad almost two years ago. The world hasn’t changed much since my son was born. Sadly it’s degenerating quickly now. Talk of war, acts of violence.. machines taking over.. a mechanical and technological future of dictatorships and mobile devices that will track you and track everything. Jobs are scarce.. But people are abundant. There is a disconnect there and I don’t know how that will turn out. Do you?

But the most immediate concern seems to be, as usual, the Middle East. Talk of war between Iran and Israel at an all time high. Even China and Japan are in the midst of newfound tensions. And as we know, Libya is .. well, Libya. Lots of other embassies look like our embassy in Libya, too, as violence spreads.

All due to a movie? A MOVIE?

Somehow I don’t buy into that theory.

Nonetheless, it’s happening, and it’s the current theory offered by the powers that be. So for the sake of argument we’ll just go with that..

But as a dad, I think: How do you explain a world of senseless violence and cruelty to a child—a child who just wants to live, learn, and love?

Sadly lots of people ask themselves that daily.

No one to date has found an answer. From the Crusades.. to the Jonestown Massacre.. to our current day insanity of war and needless violence, how can it all keep going like this? Humanity has learned nothing since day 1.

Think about the basic invention that catapulted technology and travel: The wheel. Man created a wheel and from that point we decided to put weapons on it to make them move faster.. and that is about it.

Weapons and war and battle and death. A long trail of tears is dragging behind the human race.  

I think during trying moments in history, the bad always got worse and the good always got better. So hug your kids and love your family, laugh with friends and just smile at a sunset. Because it’s quite frankly all we have to grasp.. Madness is taking place outside our homes. We can lock ourselves in and fear it.. or simply open the window, hear it.. and live our lives anyway. 

Good Saturday morning

NODADDY!

Not even Danica Patrick was able to keep GODADDY up when Anonymous struck..

GODADDY DOWN .. and Anonymous takes credit

GODADDY DOWN .. and Anonymous takes credit

I bet Tumblr is feeling pretty proud today

Any site registered with GoDaddy.com is down. GoDaddy.com is down. Oh, and their phone isn’t working either. 

Congrats Tumblr, it’s not you.

Good morning

This shot is of Harrisburg PA last week.. The foggy mornings of fall are beautiful ..

It's been a while since I opined on politics.But I will now

If you want to know why the GOP is bound to lose  in 2012??? just watch  their convention!

They can’t dance. They have awful elevator bumper music. Their outfits are atrocious.. they … just … are… lame!

RIP NEIL ARMSTRONG..

He made one giant leap for mankind..

And was one giant man for all of time.

This is America, 2012: Honey Boo Boo ratings rise as more and more people choose to laugh at others than better themselves

Apparently Americans like watching seemingly kind hearted people make fools of themselves on TV. After all, that somehow seems to be the real secret of reality television, doesn’t it? You can safely sit on a couch behind curtains, close off the world, and flip on the boob tube and watch someone else be the fool.. watchsomeone else get laughed at.. watch someone else’s life from a distance.

The latest example of our nation’s ability to find strange programming and make it a hit comes from HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO, the show based on the child from Georgia pageant fame. The show is now gathering about 2 million plus viewers for TLC.. and now that the new child star of the “reality” genre is getting more fame and fortune, she is also being attached heavily throughout the web world. A girl, simply living her childhood, thrust onto camera and forced to be a star—and now she will have the cloud of fame that follows her beyond into age. 

Ratings are rising, promising that the sick theater of reality programming is a sure bet to continue for a while, despite the probable detrimental effect he could have on the national psyche.  So with that, for those out there who want to be famous on TEEE VEEE, with reality programming being so young, there are plenty more chances for you to get yourself involved with the genre that can steal away your dignity for a couple thousand dollars—even though your image will be plastered all over everything for ever.. 

Honey Boo Boo will one day be an adult. I wonder how her childhood of television programming and giving up a pet pig on TV will help or hinder her eventual development… Don’t you? 

Just when I felt better, increased by vitamin intake, and began to exercise again, enter this scenario: My wife and I took Ayden to eat some pizza at PIZZA HUT today for lunch and we casually brought up to the younger waitress how we used to love the ‘book it program.’ She gave us a strange blank stare, smiling saying, “I never heard of that.” She seemed stunned of the knowledge we had on the past! It was like we told her we saw the ‘wheel’ get created.

She went on to tell us that her “older” manager “always talks about old days” of Pizza Hut.

I began to get stunned. And feel really old.

The waitress was only, say, ten years younger.. and I thought to myself in horror, when did “book it” end!?

I even told the server how, back in ‘the day,’ there would be a grand pizza party during the last week of school. I didn’t tell her, but I even have a newspaper clipping somewhere in my possession showing me and my friend Kevin in third grade waiting in line for pizza. Third grade for me was … the late 1980s. So the age begins to show, I suppose.. 

Soooo.. I did some research! AND feel a whole hell of a lot better!

BOOK IT STILL EXISTS! That’s right, server! Young punk! take your no-knowledge of anything and shove it! I have proof that YOU don’t know your own trade! ha! 

I still feel old, though.

After all, perhaps BOOK IT would work better if Pizza Hut changes it to “Kindle it.” Just saying.

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Greetings earthlings across the pale blue dot.It’s the weekend. Are you ready? Summer seriously winding down.

The crickets are chirping loud.. I see some yellow tint to some leaves. I just can’t believe that the long hot summer was so short..

This time of year may be the best. Now until October. Beautiful nights.. amazing mornings.. Sunny and warm but not oppressive.

But this time of year goes by rather fast, too.. Gone soon will be the noise of leaves rustling in a summer breeze. Soon a howl of cold wind

But we cannot be depressed. The midsummer night’s dream turns into an autumnal depression.. followed by winter suppression.

But at least we have Christmas……. And the Mayan calender excitement on 12/22.. if we make it through December we’ll be fine.

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The other thing that happens when Mitt Romney comes to town

There is a lot of fanfare this year about the chances that we could have the first Mormon president.. beyond that, the GOP platform is anti-gay marriage and pro-life.. But when Republicans party, they let their hair down and unfasten those striped ties.

The proof? Strip clubs in Tampa are prepping for the Republican presence. 

CNN is reporting this evening that while GOP officials are closely watching the track of Tropical Storm Isaac, strip clubs are getting their poles shined.  The strippers want the GOP to ‘make it rain,’ CNN says. CNN’s profile also speaks about a roof view where you can get a ‘quick launch’ lap dance. Or one called a ‘death lay.’ 

CNN is also reporting in the same dispatch that strip clubs are playing on thought that conservatives are stuffy. Clubs offering the chance to 'party like a liberal' are popping up around the city..One place called Thee DollHouse is even offering a VIP entry with a government ID, according to their sign outside. Republicans believe in voter ID. Perhaps it will translate into strip club ID as well..

How many clubs will paint the pole red, white, and blue for the week? How many strippers will come dressed or undressed in patriotic pride? G-strings with a small elephant.. lots of aspiring women working night jobs to support a day life, hoping the wealth of the Republican party will translate into dollars down  the pants and lap dances behind the plants. Interesting, though.. we will see how much play this strip club story gets. 

Some comments on the CNN article are speaking of the potential hypocritical nature of this story. After all, will CNN have a similar report about the Democrats…? Or is just expected that strip clubs will be busy when Donkeys act like asses? 

What CNN failed to talk about in their piece was just how many MALE STRIP CLUBS were going to try to get the same attention that the female folks do… and how many Republicans may sneak a show into one..? All the while cheering on the floor of the convention to have a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage…

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Caillou.. the kid all parents hate, but love.

Attention parents out there.. what is the deal with Caillou? My son loves him.. but I don’t get him. Is he real? an illusion?

Perhaps he is just an enigma. The imagination of an insane older grandmother who is intent on believing he exists. 

I cannot imagine a father in reality like  Caillou’s. Or a mom. Or even a sister. No fighting!? No drugs!? No alcohol at an early age!

No,  Caillou must be fake. He carries no knives, no weapons. Not like the reality of kids today.

But the fact he likes making crafts and enjoys doing laundry makes me happy my son watches him.. after all,  Caillou is a boy of peace. I think. OR a villain waiting to rear his ugly head..

Nude Congressmen!! "Legitimate rapes!" This is why Republicans will lose in November.

Just the facts first: A Republican named Todd Akin in Missouri was a favorite to win this fall in a Senate race against incumbent Claire McCaskill. Then he said this: It seems to me first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare, If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down” .. Enter the firestorm. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have distanced themselves already, Akin has Tweeted constant sorrys from his account.. and he has vanished from the media glare as the firestorm continues across the political landscape. Now a woman who was set to lose in the fall, McCaskill, may have an issue, a new fire to hit back, and a chance to win and keep the Senate for the Democrats in November.

Second, this one more obscene than the ‘legitimate rape’ stupidity: A Republican Congressman named Kevin Yoder from Kansas went to the Sea of Galilee last year with lots of other Republicans. They decided to get really drunk and party, and in a sign of stupidity, immaturity, and absolute disrespect for where he was, took his clothes off and went skinny dipping into the sea. And now the FBI is looking into it!  Other Republicans were there, too—including former Vice President Dan Quayle’s son Ben.. OH, and one Congressman’s daughter swim with all of the others.. Hmm.. Yoder, thus far, is the only one making ‘waves’ for being completely in the buff in the historic sea of Galilee. He also Tweeted a sorry, too.

These two stories have intense political significant, and pop culture repercussions, too. Legitimate rape? Swimming nude in the Sea of Galilee? If this is how Republicans are without the media spotlight, just imagine how they’ll act next week at their own convention!?