And you thought eugenics was long-gone.. WRONG
Potentially hundreds of women wrongly sterilized in California prisons
Monday, July 8, 2013
Potentially hundreds of women wrongly sterilized in California prisons
Potentially hundreds of women wrongly sterilized in California prisons
SALON: 'Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book': The new warrior cop is out of control
SWAT teams raiding poker games and trying to stop underage drinking? Overwhelming paramilitary force is on the rise
This is a must read by Radley Balko at SALON.. I think we have all noticed a militarization of the police across the United States. You’d have to be under a rock not to.
It’s probably not a good thing, either..
Read this one if you think it is: Elizabeth Daly bought water, and went to jail for it. Seriously.
Not convinced yet?
What about the story of AJ Marin, who did the crime of …. writing in protest with chalk on a sidewalk outside Pennsylvania Governor Corbett’s mansion.. His citation: He was arrested for writing a “derogatory remark about the governor on the sidewalk.” The “derogatory” comment that AJ was arrested for stated: “Governor Corbett has health insurance, we should too.”
SALON: 'Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book': The new warrior cop is out of control
Anyone waking up and performing their first Google search of the day will be greeted by a new Doodle from the company, something they have made famous over the past few years: Remembered today on the Google Doodle is the 66th anniversary of the Roswell UFO crash.
I myself played with the interactive Google doodle a bit too long, trying to figure out how to help the little E.T. find his spaceship back home..
If you are patient and stay with it long enough, you actually end the little game with a “Google Daily Record” headline saying a flying saucer was spotted over Roswell, indicating that your gaming has been successful and the alien has found his way back to space..
A nightmare on my street
I rarely remember my dreams.. but last night’s was quite visual, and very memorable. The scenery was abundant.. the feelings I had during the dream was palpable. But looking back on it, I don’t quite why the night vision had such a foreboding threat of doom associated with it, but it surely did.
The premise was quite simple, actually.
I was driving —I think with my wife but, as dreams go, I can’t remember for sure—and we were in a mountain setting. It was dry and arid, looking like a drought-plagued dust bowl. The interesting thing, though, is that I recalled being there before. And it was not a good place..
As the dream went on, the discussion came up: What would be scarier: 1) If we see a house in the middle of this no-man’s land, or 2) if we saw a single person walking alone in the distance across the barren landscape.. We concluded that either would be alarming and would cause unease within the mind..
But why?
I mean, yes dreams sometimes take on a life of their own..
Looking back on it now, neither instance—a house or a lone man—really is scary in itself. But for some reason, that dream I had last night was actually a nightmare.. And I cannot figure out why looking back on it now..
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Winter 1994. Summer 2013. A tale of two ages
Allow me to write a rambling stream of consciousness for a bit.. I think I know where I want this to go, but we’ll see where it leads..
It was the best of times.. it was the worst of times.
There was a family party today to celebrate a birthday, a graduation and new nurse Kaitlin in the family, and a young man becoming a Marine.
The world is filled with fires, feuds, and retaliation.
Egypt is in turmoil.
The Middle East always is..
Climate change is occurring..
Weather has always been extreme.
But today was one of those days where the trials and tribulations of reality took a back seat to family and kinship..
An interesting parallel existed in my mind’s eye as I watched my family … we’ve grown and aged. I did, too ..
I distinctly remember a moment in time, so long ago now last century, when a teenage me was walking my now deceased dog on Christmas Eve night.. a full moon was above, and my little nephew Shawn Jr. was by my side .. he followed me around in those times everywhere I went. He was a cute little skinny runt, probably around age 3 in my memory.. I recall fondly the cold air, the snow on the ground, and the magic of Christmas in our hearts as he chatted up a storm about what Santa Claus was going to bring for him.
This year, this day, my young son, now aged 2 and a half, was running after his family members one by one —chasing them around the house with a Superman watch that plays a few seconds of the theme song. The watch was a gift for his Uncle who celebrated a birthday today. But it didn’t fit Uncle Shawn, so Ayden now is wearing it for ‘special powers’… And I looked at my son, sweating and laughing in the 95 degree heat, and could not think back to that cold and snowy Christmas eve when my nephew was just his size..
My nephew is now a Marine..
My son has a future ahead of him.. As of today, he is Superman and he is knocking ‘bad guys’ down one by one…
A tale of two ages..
A sign of the times. Not the overall ‘world’ times.. but the localized times. You know, the ones that matter.
My sister made a comment today about how reality exists for us.. but everyone else has their own reality, their own story, and their own piece of the pie of existence. We only know what takes place on a daily basis for our own bodies and souls. We cannot understand or fathom what happens in the lives of others.
And with that said.. I can only remember what it was like to be ME at age 3, living in the mine fires of Centralia.. While I can try, I don’t really know what it was like to be my nephew patiently waiting the arrival of Santa somewhere in the mid 1990s.. and I can love and appreciate everything my son Ayden does, but only he will know what it was like to be AYDEN at his age, and any age..
Isn’t that interesting?
We can be connected to family.. but disconnected all the same…? Strange in a way..
And now a memory may exist for my son Ayden.. a memory in time.. Etched forever. When he looked up at saw his cousin come back from the Marine Corps, looking more than a tad bit different. I think Ayden met a new hero today.
But .. .that certainly didn’t stop him from using his special toddler powers and taking him down..
Late night grim reaping
If you’re still awake, you may want to tune into Coast to Coast AM, hosted tonight by John B. Wells.
The topic: THE GRIM REAPER..
As the Coast to Coast website describes:
Investigative reporter Peter Lance joins John B. Wells to discuss once secret FBI files that tell the definitive story of Gregory Scarpa Sr. aka “The Grim Reaper;” a Mafia capo, who “stopped counting” after 50 murders, while secretly betraying the Colombo crime family as a top FBI informant.
It’s an interesting topic..
Scarpa is an interesting character I’ve read about years back..
With Wells there is at least one thing you can county on great music. The topic tonight is thankfully not politics or world events.. with some interesting stories of Scarpa and some creepy music, you’ll want to lock your doors and make sure the windows are tightly closed.
Saturday, July 6, 2013
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Didn’t go to a party tonight, but I went to a block party in Minersville.. Had some good buttery halushkie, and other coal region food at its best and most artery clogging.
Sadly I didn’t hear SAPPHIRE sing Kiss Me Deadly because Ayden got tired and we had to go home.. But enjoyed the show I saw nonetheless.
It certainly put me in a Lita Ford kinda mood—maybe because so many in this region drink their Yuengling while still dressing like their kissing deadly in 1985..
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Well it’s pretty much official tonight.. the LONE RANGER is a bust at the box office.
Nikki Finke is reporting on DEADLINE.COM that the movie has had a wretched performance since it opened this week.. Not even good ticket sales on Friday. Apparently very few people want to see the movie..
While you cannot go by ticket sales to judge if a movie is good, you can at least state that this film is the latest of some big Hollywood budget busters this summer with fetched little money..
Finke reported that the movie may not even top $50 mil for the entire weekend..
Horrible performance.
Johnny Depp has a following. But apparently the Lone Ranger just doesn’t..
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg: I switched flight to San Francisco
Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said she had planned to take the flight that crashed on landing in San Francisco on Saturday. Sandberg decided to switch to another airline in order to use reward miles, she said in a post on her Facebook page. “Taking a minute to be thankful and explain what happened. My family, colleagues Debbie…
A stroke of luck for Sandberg, who averted having happen to her what is happening to over 180 people tonight.. and of them, over 40 are in critical condition.. One report surfaced tonight saying 2 were dead from the Boeing disaster..
CNN is reporting tonight that there were 307 on board the doomed flight. Nine different hospitals are treating the injured..
There are also some amazing and breathtaking images online. It’s amazing, looking at the scene, that we are not talking about even more grim numbers tonight.. thank God we aren’t.. but that’s no comfort for the 2 already fatally injured and the others who are in serious condition..
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg: I switched flight to San Francisco
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No matter how many times I watch people scare their unfortunate co-worker in this restaurant, I cannot help but laugh in spite of myself..
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LIVE ON THE INTERNET: The aftermath of a plane crash in San Fran.. as told by those walking away from the crash scene..
I just crash landed at SFO. Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I’m ok. Surreal… - Path — David Eun
Wow. Crazy. (follow for more)
Disaster Saturday part 1
From the Canadian-U.S. border, a train carrying oil derailed in Lac-Megantic in the morning. NBC news dispatches report one quote saying “everything that was there is gone”.. Another report has that the Quebec town is ablaze in the aftermath due to what the train was carrying.. MORE HERE
The future of earth: Hostile and angry.. The mid-life crisis for the planet is upon us
A respectable publication, the UK INDEPENDENT, has a headline zooming its way around the Internet(s) tonight thanks to Drudge for linking it.. The topic: The Earth and the sudden mid-life crisis the planet finds itself in..
The report focuses on the how the future will be quite hostile to life. While we may find it hostile already, the type of planet Jack O’Malley-James is talking about goes a little like this, as the INDEPENDENT reports:
According to leading scientist Jack O’Malley-James, life on Earth will perish in more than a billion years when a warming sun boils oceans and forces out CO2, damning plants and subsequently animals.
Most life will have died by the planet reaches 70s (or 6.5 billion-years-old), he says, with any microorganisms confined to pools of residual water.
“The far-future Earth will be very hostile to life,” Mr O’Malley-James said. “It will be restricted to pockets of liquid water, perhaps at cooler higher altitudes or in caves.
And you thought WE had it tough!
Quite a bad picture painted by this expert—and many others.
The immediate future may not feature boiling oceans.. but we do have a water crisis coming, quite possibly a food crisis, and a changing earth making some rough weather happen in places that never had it.
That mid-life crisis is never easy..
The Lone Ranger is in some big danger:
BUT..
Could this be the next big summer bust? Disney hopes not, since it was a very expensive gamble for the Studio..
Elijah Wood is really good at promoting himself and horror..
I have been seeing headlines about how much Elijah Wood likes horror movies for weeks now..
The latest here:
Wood told the AP: “I love Mike Meyers. He didn’t have a long shelf-life because I didn’t love all the iterations of that character. He’s a great rendering of the boogey man. Jack Nicholson’s character in “The Shining” is extraordinary. I tend to find characters from a more rooted, real place to be more frightening and unsettling. What happens to Reagan in “The Exorcist” I love and find horrifyingly scary. Freddy Kruger is more fun. He becomes a jokester which is fun to watch. That’s another angle with horror.”
It’s all about the marketing.. and it seems that Elijah Wood understands that..
Friday, July 5, 2013
Proof of heaven? Not so much
Remember that best selling book called PROOF OF HEAVEN written by Dr. Eben Alexander? I
f not, it sold two million copies and Dr. Alexander appeared on media ranging from radio to print to television..
In the book, Alexander says he had experiences during a seven-day coma that proved heaven existed .. Those claims and that book is now being challenged, even now with hospital officials stating that a number of examples of dramatization and ‘artistic license’ being taken.. Alexander says he stands by his story..
Wonder what Oprah will think!?
The Loch Ness Monster mystery has been explained, according to one researcher.. Italian geologist Luigi Piccardi says that underground rumbling and bubbles are not the monster, but instead evidence of a fault line under Lake Loch Ness..
If the good expert is right, I am upset. I’d much rather believe that a dinosaur like creature still swims on this planet..
Those messages being beamed into your head DO EXIST
The future is now: This article describes how a new device will soon turn transportation windows into ads by beaming sound into your brains .. this is not science fiction—and the news is being reported in mainstream sources. You will be receiving advertisements without even being aware of what it happening.. It’s all about money..
The weather sure has been strange lately (when isn’t it, of course?) .. but we know why it’s strange: The Jet Stream, which appears to be on a wild summer pattern in 2013. Dr. Jeff Masters from Wunderground writes about it, describing the worldwide weather patterns and upheaval being caused by this surprising and erratic movement of air masses.
And in somewhat related news:
When states monitored their citizens we used to call them authoritarian. Now we think this is what keeps us safe
Suzanne Moore: The internet is being snooped on and CCTV is everywhere. How did we come to accept that this is just the way things are?
Oh sheeple. You are all so funny. And fraught with dangerous thinking.
When states monitored their citizens we used to call them authoritarian. Now we think this is what keeps us safe
Vatican says Pope John Paul II will get sainthood.. Pope Francis signed the decree Friday morning, the Vatican said..
This was predicted, and expected.
Pope John Paul was fast-tracked to sainthood.
I still have not seen reporting done on the ‘miracles’ the Catholic Church will attribute to the deceased Pope..
'Mandela vs. Mandela' family feud sinks to soap opera
MTHATHA, South Africa (Reuters) - A feud between factions of Nelson Mandela’s family descended into soap opera farce on Thursday when his grandson and heir, Mandla, accused relatives of adultery and milking
This is actually an interesting but upsetting report.. as Nelson Mandela rests on his death bed, his family feud is getting headlines across the planet.
Mandela, the time traveler himself, is facing impending death again..
'Mandela vs. Mandela' family feud sinks to soap opera
Thursday, July 4, 2013
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Happy Fourth
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Johnny Cash.. the ragged old flag.
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Familiar name arrested for allegedly stealing from state retirement system
Sheldon Stephens, the same man involved in an alleged sexual assault lawsuit against former Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash, was arrested Wednesday.
Don’t mess with Elmo..
Familiar name arrested for allegedly stealing from state retirement system
Bloodshed stains Egypt protests as military ultimatum looms
All the world’s eyes will be on Egypt today..
Bloodshed stains Egypt protests as military ultimatum looms
You read that headline correct, radio great Art Bell has now joined Twitter. He even joking this Facebook page, but finally he has arrived into 2013 now that he is excepted the newest form of short phrases and brief new snippets..
Meanwhile the website artbell.com maintains three red white and blue exclamation points, causing some to wonder if the unveiling of the site will take place on 4 July.
The matter what the plans are you can be sure of one thing: the suits at Premiere radio are cautiously watching from a safe distance..
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Blood stained coloring books.. wait.. coloring books for adults!?
Life can be scary.. so as a result adults attempt to often limit those needless scares from a child’s already frightened youth. Until a grocery store sells coloring books featuring macabre images from SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and PSYCHO..
Also included with the bloody pages: HELLRAISER, THE SHINING, CLOCKWORK ORANGE..
The store says the books were for adults, but placed in the children’s section by mistake..
Which brings up the even more profound question in all of this: They have coloring books for adults?
Turns out they do. If you want to buy the, go here to AMAZON. No need for Tesco when you can get them direct.. right..?
Could an Italian Scientist Pave the Way for Human Head Transplants?
…but where will they find the bodies..
Could an Italian Scientist Pave the Way for Human Head Transplants?
Monday, July 1, 2013
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If you want to see why Coast to Coast AM with George Noory is a shameful radio program, look no further than Noory ‘singing’ an Elvis song in Canada..
I am a supporter of freedom of speech. But I’d certainly favor a travel restriction and have the United States not allow Noory back into the country for crimes against the sense of hearing.
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Police find children drunk in home of filth, surrounded by snakes and rats
Great job residents of Pennsylvania, always finding a way to make your stay proud……
Police find children drunk in home of filth, surrounded by snakes and rats
NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program
That’s right, the government is tracking in real-time… Actually let me rephrase that, contractors hired by the government are tracking in real-time. And therein lies the dilemma in a free democratic republic.
Happy Fourth of July.
NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program
Yoga poses no risk to church-state separation, says judge
Real news is more like THE ONION every day..
Yoga poses no risk to church-state separation, says judge
A case of the Mondays
Events that matter to me today.. and maybe they should to you, too.. MONDAY JULY 1 2013
Tragic: 19 firefighters killed battling Arizona blaze..
Fast moving..
Elite hotshot crew..
New fears that the deadly MERS virus could be spread across the planet because of an annual pilgrimage to the Middle East.. the Hajj is coming.. and with it fears of a bigger global outbreak..
News now surfaces that the United States have been spying on its European allies..
Veterans Today article asks if DHS has secret assassination squads in major US cities..
Death at Cirque Du Soleil as performer dies during show..
Monsanto GMO wheat found in Oregon was stored at government facility until 2011..
ARAB SUMMER: Egypt back in chaos..
Lightning strikes three children at summer camp..
Sinking volcanoes!
Eat up! Meat from diseased cattle has been sold in the UK..
There will be shockwaves from this decision: Italian court says MMR vaccine cuased autism in child..
BUT..
US MEDIA BLACKOUT ..
LAND OF THE FREE, HOME OF THE GAY: Sunday was a day of gay pride.. but Lady Gaga took it one step further as she opened the events in New York City, changing the words of the National Anthem..
VIDEO..
Welcome to your life: Here are the 7 methods of mind control in the future..
HOW THE WORLD SEES US: IRANIAN media reports: “A quiet American epidemic” of suicide..
Coming this weekend: The Roswell 66th anniversary..
Was Mariah Carey lip synching at the BET awards.. Wait.. people were watching her lips?
A tale of two box offices: WHITE HOUSE DOWN flunked the test at the box office this past weekend but MAN OF STEEL has now passed a billion dollar mark worldwide..
We have been told that THE CONJURING is ‘based on a true story’ of paranormal investigators and their terror at a farmhouse.. we now Well, HORROR-MOVIES has the ‘true story’ of the Perron family and their tale of THE CONJURING ..
Here is another article from PISCAN on Ed and Lorraine Warren, the paranormal investigators that the CONJURING focuses on..
And for that, here are the Warrens. I wonder how much of this story is just buzz as opposed to reality.. I cannot question someone’s perception, as it’s their perception.. but I can certainly ponder the inclusion of the almighty dollar and the fact that, in the end, the stream of images and sounds running across our screens are just that, sounds and images.. entertainment.. and most likely a little additional salt and pepper for a relatively dull meal.
Unbelievable images from
Arizona and tragedy too as 19 elite freighters were killed battling these raging infernos.. Terrible day for the firefighting world— ask any of them, their bond is strong even if they never knew each other..
This is the deadliest day for firefighters in 30 years..
The “hotshot” firefighters were forced to deploy their emergency fire shelters - tent-like structures meant to shield firefighters from flames and heat - when they were caught near the central Arizona town of Yarnell, state forestry spokesman Art Morrison told The Associated Press.The fire also destroyed an estimated 200 homes, Morrison said. Dry grass near the communities of Yarnell and Glen Isla fed the fast-moving blaze, which was whipped up by wind and raced through the homes, he said.
Temperatures have been hot all weekend—the West especially with places like Vegas and Arizona soaring above 115 degrees..
The nation is baking.
Nature is cruel.. we see that firsthand today with these events..
But humanity is strong..
While we never will defeat nature’s wrath, we can at least battle it. Which is just what these firefighters were doing…
Sunday, June 30, 2013
"To Whom it May Concern: Day 8 of our captivity. Rations are low … so is ink and paper. They’ve printed enough copies of their demands to kill an entire forest of a Mayan Colony in Central America. This my final note, is written in potato chip grease but it too is running low as I licked the bag for the last crumb.
The leaders (whoever they may be) said their demands will be met today or else … if only I had a dime each time I heard that one. We all came here as leaders but none of us have enough followers to stage a coup … but I’m working on it.
The caucus chairwoman appears to be their spokeswoman but she’s banged her gavel so much it’s in splinters and she’s almost hoarse.We’re told we will be “brought in” (reconvene according to them) to say our peice but it’s all lies. They keep moving the appointed time. 11 AM. No! 12:30 PM. Just kidding 2:00 O’clock. And by 8 PM people are in tears.
The gentleman from Hershey says he has no more candy but I know he went home last night. So I don’t believe him. He’s like my great Aunt Ida in Buffalo, she always had candy, then one day she said she didn’t but I was free to look and there it was at the bottom of her purse an unwrapped chocolate bar, once you wiped the lint off of it you could read the brand. Ex.Lax, a little piece of heaven … candy for adults, as I knew it to be. I was old enough, and garsh darn it I was man enough. Something inside me changed that day. I was a little less trusting of the world. Much like I am now.
They try to break us down but it is in vain because the other hostages are so much more strong (head strong that is). Me I’m willing to comprise but I found out that’s a dirty word in these parts. So I close my eyes and sing in my head that great tune of Bocephus “A Country Boy Can Survive” … “I can skin a buck, I can run a trout line” … I think to myself, I CAN DO THAT! I can skin a buck but I don’t know what a trout line is … the acid drainage from the ole coal mines near my hometown killed all our trout. “My grandfather taught me how to live off the land” HE DID! I’m telling you I’m not lying. “I got me a friend in New York City” … I do, I got me a friend in New York City! A country boy can survive!
I was singing “I Will Survive” by the one and only Gloria Gaynor but I found myself singing out loud … then suddenly the gentleman (whose name we do not speak), overheard me and I got scared, I mean really really scared. So I started signing that great hymn “Love Lifted Me” soon a majority of the others joined in and we drowned them out AND just when it was about to turn into an episode of Glee we were silenced but late breaking negotiations.
I hear things are just as bad across the Rotunda. I’m told my good friendDaylin Leach led a TP raid on the headquarters (corner of Maclay and Front) … but once the first fellow was tasered they all retreated. But I was impressed because most stayed behind in their private cafeteria.
The stench is overwhelming, I must go. Tell my mother I love her.
Now this is some funny stuff from the Honorable Michael Fleck on the Pennsylvania budget, which is due to pass by midnight tonight..
Friday, June 28, 2013
Video: Russian meteor shock wave went 'round the world twice'
Call me crazy but I think I, and the rest of the world, all felt a little strange that day. Maybe now this is what..
Video: Russian meteor shock wave went 'round the world twice'
The 17-year-cycle is happening
The cicada invasion is on.. They litter the roof of my car.. the ground.. they dive bomb your head.. they are crushed on your windshield.. they are flying in the air, and often during the day, you hear them in the distance singing their song of sex. It’s been 17 years since they were here.. and it will not be until 2030 when they come back again.
I wanted to place something into perspective..
The cicadas have not been here along the East Coast of the United States since 1996.. So much has changed since then.
In 1996, I was just 16 .. thinking life would be something it didn’t turn out to be..
Bob Dole thought he’d be president..
Dave Letterman thought his ratings would never sink…
1996..
Boris Yelstin was president of Russia.
And the United States had the Olympics..
There was a blizzard in 96
And lots of concerns about global warming.. And now in 2013, warnings on global earth changes are becoming reality..
The big show in 1996 was THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN. We don’t really like comedy in 2013.. we’re into drama and torture porn.. we like scandal and sadness… I wonder what that says about us..
The Bosnian war was escalating… Massacres of Hutus by Tutsis in Burundi take place, with more than 450 killed in a few days.
Today Syria is adrift into chaos and darkness…
APOLLO 13 soared in 96..
The White House is down in ‘13..
Ellen hadn’t come out of the closet yet. This year Bert and Ernie are coming out in THE NEW YORKER.
On March 13, 1996: Unemployed former shopkeeper Thomas Hamilton walks into the Dunblane Primary School in Scotland and opens fire, killing 16 infant school pupils and one teacher before fatally shooting himself… We have these events still taking place today.. Horrible events take place no matter the decade, the century, or the moment..
The United States failed at the UN in June 1996 to get enough other nations to support action against Iraq. We know full well what happened since then…
What will the world look like in 2030 when the cicadas rise again?
Will continents be under water? Will we have ice in the Arctic? Will bees be alive..? Will Monsanto destroy everything?
People who were born in 1996 are 17 today. They are entering the workforce, or going to college.. They will be 17 years into that by 2030…What world will they be creating, inheriting, and changing?
My son is only 2.. He does not appreciate cicadas beyond the point where he knows they are bugs, or as he calls them, spiders. But in 2030, when I’m going ‘over the hill’ in life, he will be in his prime.. I hope to God he and his generation have security, safety, freedom, and peace.
But if the last 17 years are any indication, 2030 will be just as nuts if not more than the things were in 2013, or 1996…
Hope they aren’t..
But while those cicadas sleep dormant for the next 17 years…..what will occur on above them?
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Baby Wipes Clogging Sewer Systems In Smaller MN Towns
There are so many things about this I don’t understand..
Baby Wipes Clogging Sewer Systems In Smaller MN Towns
Ailing Mandela on life support, official says
Nelson Mandela, the time traveler… Google that if you don’t get the reference..
Ailing Mandela on life support, official says
Kevin Trudeau ordered to surrender his passports as feds try to force $37 million in GIN refunds
They are closing in on the creator of Bob Barefoot..
Kevin Trudeau ordered to surrender his passports as feds try to force $37 million in GIN refunds
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Every now and then, you just have to stand up to bullies..
This video does convince me to teach my child to respect all persons—and all animals.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Pretty exciting day over at my other website
My main website, HORRORREPORT.COM, had an active day today.
Remember those old rumors from earlier this year that a tsunami would hit the East Coast by June?
Well.. oddly enough, a tsunami hit the East Coast in June. It was small, but it occurred.
I received some nasty snarky comments that he is a fraud.. I’d love to get people’s points of views on this matter.
And are you somewhat stunned that such a prediction would turn out to be true right in the time frame where this man said it would be?
MY UNDER THE DOME thoughts..
THERE HAS BEEN HIGH PRAISE FOR STEPHEN KING’S ‘UNDER THE DOME’
But I don’t know if I’m ready to give it the same praise that the ‘experts’ who get paid to write things gave it..It felt rushed, it felt choppy, and it felt sloppy.
I know it’s a Stephen King made for TV adaption of a book, so the standard is low, but the acting was much less on par when compared to past television events.. So much so that a friend of mine messages me during the show and said he felt like it was the 1990s again. And that’s true.. there seemed to be a bad Dawson’s Creek feel to the supposed sex scene and eventual relationship gone wrong scenes..
I will admit, I only read about 60% of UNDER THE DOME. I never finished the book because, truly, I got downright bored and confused by the whole event. I knew a dome came down over a town.. and lots of people began to essentially do the worst possible things to each other that they could. I suppose we will begin seeing that in true form over the next twelve weeks of UNDER THE DOME made for TV..
Night one wasn’t what I expected. Surely I knew it would not be true to the book—and this movie is so far not—but I was expecting some more production value.The most creative scene was probably a cow being shopped in half.. Let’s home the story line over the next few weeks makes up for a less than spectacular television series..
MORE: Cut by the dome: This clip from UNDER THE DOME and it may make PETA angry..
George Zimmerman's Trial Begins, with a Knock-Knock Joke
The case of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman has always combined tragedy and oddity. Perhaps it’s fitting, then, that on Monday, when both the prosecution and defense offered their opening statements in the first real day of Zimmerman’s trial, the courtroom seemed to be teetering between the two.
Truly bad form.. cannot believe he did this..
George Zimmerman's Trial Begins, with a Knock-Knock Joke
Large desks make people more dishonest, study finds
Sitting behind a big desk can make people more likely to be dishonest, according to a new study.
If you have desk envy, stop. You’re probably more honest. Unless of course you lie about how big your desk is..
Large desks make people more dishonest, study finds
This is either creepy beyond explanation or a natural scientific conclusion will determine what it occurring .. in the meantime, it’s CREEPY: A 4,000 year old Egyptian statue has puzzled curators at the Manchester Museum in England .. why? The relic began to mysteriously spin 180 degrees all by itself.. It dates back to 1800 BC and was found in a mummy’s tomb. For the past 80 years it has been at this museum.. According to the TIMES OF INDIA report, the statute named Neb-Senu is still at night, but spins slowly during the day.. Two comments on the story present two alternative points of view on why: One is the building shaking and feet vibrating is making it move (why not in the last 80 years though?) and the other: “Looks like museum is running out of funding.”
June 25.. the best time of year
It’s not Christmas in July, it’s not Christmas.. but to a kid who was off for summer, it’s the best day of the year.
I say this based on my own experience..
I fondly remember this day throughout my early childhood and then teenage years. June 25.. the day when the summer was hot and heavy, but in the scheme of things, still with so much more to go.
The clock starts to tick away after June 25, of course.. we head into July.. the middle of summer and time off from school.. But by July 25 you’d often be insulted and angered seeing “Back to school” sales.. August? well that is just a waste. Each day grows faster.. every night gets longer.. and by the time you’re ready to look at a calender again it’s already Labor Day and school begins anew..
I get melancholy for those old days of my early life often. Especially on June 25ths. The best day of summer…
Monday, June 24, 2013
UNDER THE DOME is about to air on CBS.. tonight at 10pm EDT if you don’t know already..
I didn’t finish the book. I got to about page 600 or so.. and just quit. I couldn’t do it.. It may have been one of the more slow Stephen King books I have ever actually read.
But I do intend on trying the series out.. I hope to make it through all 13 episodes..
Who else is watching?
Americans hate their jobs and even perks don't help
So utntil the economy improves, or the manufacturing-based is back, or people just flat out what a hire again, until then don’t take this job and shove it even though we absolutely hate it..
Americans hate their jobs and even perks don't help
Natural gas found in drinking water near fracked wells
This is a must must must must read for anyone in Pennsylvania, or anyone who thinks drilling in the Marcellus Shale is without its share of dangers..
Natural gas found in drinking water near fracked wells
NBC 10 Philadelphia : Tsunami Strikes the Jersey Shore
Very interesting..
It happened earlier in June.
The NOAA confirmed today ..
NBC 10 Philadelphia : Tsunami Strikes the Jersey Shore
For those who believe you're just another face in the crowd..
Think you are just another face in the crowd? Think again.. this photo proves otherwise.. As the website explains: The image comes from the Vancouver Canucks Fan Zone along Georgia St. for Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final was captured at 5:46 pm on June 15, 2011. It is made up of 216 photos (12 across by 18 down) stitched together, taken over a 15-minute span, and is not supposed to represent a single moment in time. The final hi-res file is 69,394 X 30,420 pixels or 2,110 megapixels. Special thanks to Bonita Howard and CBC Real Estate. You can zoom in on anyone in the crowd, and virtually see every wrinkle or every nose pick.. Technology is both amazing and frightening. You can’t escape the all seeing eye of the mega pixel world..
Hostess: Twinkies to return to shelves July 15
NEW YORK (AP) — Hostess is betting on a sweet comeback for Twinkies when they return to shelves next month.
The long drought will be over.
Hostess: Twinkies to return to shelves July 15
Bank of America whistle-blower’s bombshell: “We were told to lie”
Bombshell: Bank of America whistle-blowers detail horrid schemes to fleece borrowers, reward foreclosures (UPDATED)
How many more ‘bombshell’ reports can we get before we just stop being blown away? We are probably filled to the top of our minds with whistle blowers telling us the truth—so much truth that we just resign from reality and delve deep into fiction and fun. It’s summer after all.. so no better time like the present to offer up some disgusting reports of schemes inside the BOA..
Bank of America whistle-blower’s bombshell: “We were told to lie”
Jim Carrey does not like the violence in KICK ASS 2 .. the actor says he cannot support the level of violence because of Sandy Hook.. 'In all good conscience'..
Curious to hear other people’s thoughts on this?
Porn star Sashsa Grey is known for quite a bit.. Add to that political commentary, as she is stars in this humorous fake commercial ..
She takes a page out of headlines by saying you can work for the NSA and hear sexual conversations from around the world.
Even a quick impression of President Obama calling her ont he phone..
Quite fun .. the end has an Edward Snowden look alike that the actor NSA agents ‘take care of’.. Not sure who got Sasha Grey to do this, but it certainly works..
From 1997: Why would you want to work for the NSA (this one is from GOOD WILL HUNTING, it is not featuring Sasha Grey.
The supermoon chase
Under the light of the global supermoon, Edward Snowden has United States officials on the chase.. the hunt.. for the leaker. Or as they term, ‘criminal.’ Dianne Feinstein said the chase is on.. she spoke for the Administration who is angry at Russia for not turning Snowden over to the US, since the US gave Vlad the Impaler the ‘criminals’ he wanted. But that old Cold War is back, just colder and more lonely..
This chase seems to be quite dire for the United States, which wants to ensure that those four laptops of information don’t leak to the public.. Four laptops? Could the damages be any worse than the entire world knowing that the global technological infrastructure has turned on the citizenry in some creepy 1984 styled-surveillance planet? I suppose it could be worse..
While the United States is busy warning other countries not to let Snowden just travel in peace, he has virtually gone missing from world media after departing Hong Kong..
On Sunday, most reporters were following a plane from Moscow to Cuba. Turns out the former contract employee who knew too much was not on that plane..
Where is he?
Dianne Feinstein sure wants to know..
Until then, we are only left with drama and intrigue .. rumors and airlines..
Some may equate this to a James Bond movie.. debate, however, ensures we don’t know who the villian is quite yet…..
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Nik Wallenda just crossed the Grand Canyon without incident..
When it was over I felt like the security guards at the end of the TRUMAN SHOW an quickly switched channels for something else.
Though I took note of the slick placement of a 10:20pm season premiere of NAKED AND AFRAID. Good try, Discovery Channel, good try..
Feinstein warns Snowden: 'The chase is on'
Intentional intrigue developing this weekend..
And to think you thought the highlight was going to be the man crossing the gorge at the Grand Canyon on a wire… Try flying all over the world evading the intelligence agencies of the United States government …
Feinstein warns Snowden: 'The chase is on'
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Edward Snowden left Hong Kong, in a plane bound for somewhere.. Cuba? Venezuela? He’s on the move..
It’s certainly not the first time someone ran with the shadows of the night. Pat Benatar becomes his soundtrack, from about 30 years in the past..
The best I could come up with: Running with the Shadows of the Flight
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
The Snowden saga
He may go to Venezuela.. Cuba… He has tickets to ride but the United States government wants him..
The NY TIMES has the full dish on why Hong Kong didn’t help the USA, and how Wikileaks and a man named ‘Harrison’ is currently with Edward Snowden on his voyage somewhere..
Big developing story..
The Snowden saga
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Science-Fiction Phantasmagoria
The supermoon.
Saturday night.
Summer beginning.
Perhaps no time better than to switch on Coast to Coast AM for science fiction writers all throughout the early AM hours.
John B Wells hosts: Larry Niven, Joe Haldeman, Lois McMaster Bujold, and Paul Di Filippo
Science fiction.. predicting the future?
How about … the present has become science fiction.
LISTEN if you so desire..
Science-Fiction Phantasmagoria
Tats and gas masks.. Audrey Hepburn never looked better
A friend of mine just told me that she just got a new tattoo of Audrey Hepburn wearing a gas mask. And she told me because she said I was one of the few people who would appreciate it. I am so happy and glad to know that I am one of those few people!
And it is an amazing tattoo..
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