The photo pictured here is an AP image from Jim Weber of 83-year-old Jim Brown, a veteran who served in both Vietnam and Korea.. That is what today means: Pride, honor, and service.. 

In 1919, Woodrow Wilson proclaimed today Armistice Day. After a few more ‘wars to end all wars,’ Congress changed Armistice to Veterans Day in 1954.. Since then, every November 11, we have stopped to memorialize veterans who are still living..

There is also some confusion, though, as many today have vigils and ceremonies for the dead .. however today is the day to thank and honor the living.
Thank you Veterans for service.. thank you for your sacrifice.. There is so much gratitude owed to you, it can never be completely fulfilled. The world is a better place because of your actions, and the United States is a better nation because of your honor..

The Veterans Day (and more) news roundup is as follows..

I am glad no one was hit by that satellite today..

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Pretty funny stuff

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GRAHAM From the movie SIGNS:

People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance. I’m sure the people in group number two are looking at those fourteen lights in a very suspicious way. For them, the situation is a fifty-fifty. Could be bad, could be good. But deep down, they feel that whatever happens, they’re on their own. And that fills them with fear. Yeah, there are those people. But there’s a whole lot of people in group number one. When they see those fourteen lights, they’re looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever’s going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope. See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, that sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or, look at the question this way: Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

It’s been two years since the death of a very important person..

Do they leave signs for you to keep hope, even after they have left this reality?

CIA made doctors torture suspected terrorists after 9/11, taskforce finds

I am speechless.. just utterly speechless..

CIA made doctors torture suspected terrorists after 9/11, taskforce finds

Under Health Care Act, Millions Eligible for Free Policies

Federal subsidies will pay the entire monthly cost of some plans being offered in the online marketplaces, a surprising figure that has not gotten much attention, in part because the zero-premium plans come with serious trade-offs.

Interesting.. we’re not hearing much about this….

Under Health Care Act, Millions Eligible for Free Policies

Yep. Art Bell just quit his radio show--again

UGH..

Yep. Art Bell just quit his radio show--again

NSA Spying 'Outrageous,' Google's Schmidt Says

Believe him?

NSA Spying 'Outrageous,' Google's Schmidt Says

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Quick note to fans: Don’t throw water bottles at Beebs.

Instead use spit.

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

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Jay Carney gets a little testy at an ABC reporter.

One day Jay will have to re-join these ranks again. He should really be nicer..

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

North Korea using Russian tech to create ‘electromagnetic pulse weapons’

This is the future of war. You thought the weapons of today were modern, think again.. drones will be nothing compared to am EMP attack.. if this story is correct, we are getting awfully close to dramatically dangerous hands getting horrendous weapons of war.

The 21st century, still filled with violence, pestilence, and sickness and sadness.

Have the dark ages returned? 

If so, LOTS OF CONTRACTORS and weapons manufactures are having quite the field day with creating a bleak future. Hope the enjoy the money while their ATMs work.. 

North Korea using Russian tech to create ‘electromagnetic pulse weapons’

Everything you wanted to know about EDNA

No, not Dame Edna. But Dame Edna would have certainly benefited, too.

Everything you wanted to know about EDNA

The Naval cavity has been exposed.

Expect to hear about this one .. What do prostitutes, Lady Gaga tickets, and a production of the Lion Ling all have in common? A breaking news story involving a bribery case and the Navy. The WASHINGTON POST has the full story here on something you should know.

The POST reports this:

It started with an invitation to the Broadway production of “The Lion King” in Tokyo for the Navy commander, his wife and their children.

In the end, the Malaysian defense contractor known in military circles as “Fat Leonard” would use prostitutes, plane tickets and other bribes to hook the U.S. Naval officer into a scheme that overbilled the Pentagon by millions, investigators say in court papers.

The subject matter…Gaga…the Lion King… all made better by the inclusion of a “Fat Leonard” into the mix.

And you will not be able to read this story without humming the VILLAGE PEOPLE classic song.. I dare you to try.

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Louisiana police tase a father trying to rescue his three-year-old son Riley from a house fire.. they then put him into handcuffs in the back of a police car.

The innocent young boy died..

The investigation into the fire continues.. 

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

Stores Nationwide Begin Holiday Season Early Despite Negative Reaction

You read that CBS headline right. We are already tired of Christmas shopping and it’s not even Christmas.

Maybe that is the reason.

We need to celebrate Halloween…thanksgiving..then other holidays after. WE get rushed through life. Back to school shopping in July. Easter candy in January… Halloween in September, and by the time you’re actually getting a costume, early Christmas sales take place. 

I happen to love Thanksgiving..and I find it sad we sort of seem to miss it every year..

So let’s take a pause. There’s plenty of time to shop for Christmas, let’s take it easy..

HOLY CRAP, IT’S ONLY 7 WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!?!?!?

Stores Nationwide Begin Holiday Season Early Despite Negative Reaction

Pope wants to step up fight against modern slavery

Pope wants to step up fight against modern slavery

Inside the Psyche of the 1%

Very interesting article..

Inside the Psyche of the 1%

Peace prize winner..? DOUBLE DOWN, the new book about the 2012 election, reveals this tidbit about President Obama: He told aides that is he getting 'really good at killing people' when it comes to drone strikes.. And I guess he's right. I wonder if he told Malawi how great his skills are?

Peace prize winner..? DOUBLE DOWN, the new book about the 2012 election, reveals this tidbit about President Obama: He told aides that is he getting 'really good at killing people' when it comes to drone strikes.. And I guess he's right. I wonder if he told Malawi how great his skills are?

And here it is now.. the very computer where HEALTHCARE.GOV was coded.

20 Great "Golden Girls" Comebacks

My favorite:

20 Great "Golden Girls" Comebacks

GAGA did her thing tonight.. And apparently a lot of people hated it

THE LA TIMES SAYS, 

She was crying too. Tears streamed silently down her face as she wailed, and viewers streamed silently out of the show. During the three minutes or so that Gaga was on screen more than 4,000 viewers exited and continued to do so as microphones cut in and out, cakes were mashed to uncover awards, and Tyler the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt were bleeped out for most of their unintelligible performance.

By the time the webcast was almost an hour in viewership had dropped from its peak of about 215,000 to a median of about 180,000. This for an event that 60 million people apparently voted for.

YouTube may break viral videos, but unless it tries harder next time it may not be able to break itself.  

There may have been a point to how she performed—she is performing the song like a junkie..

But this is the INTERNET baby! If people click off, it’s a loser.

However, in this case, they may be the losers… the performance is pretty darn good for purposely trying to sound bad.

GAGA did her thing tonight.. And apparently a lot of people hated it

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A must read:

centerforinvestigativereporting:

Did you know…

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  40 percent of people with asthma in California are renters, which can limit their ability to rid their homes of dust mites, mold, and secondhand smoke.

  
  


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  Children from low-income families are more likely to live next to freeways and be exposed to bio allergens from proximity to agricultural and industrial operations.

  
  


• And nowhere in California is this more apparent than in the Central Valley.

Read more from our investigation into the Central Valley’s respiratory nightmare.

The active sun..

There have been 28 solar flares this week alone.

And more are most likely coming.

The active period of the sun’s 11 year cycle is now here..And that may mean absolutely nothing. Or something. It depends on the strength of the flare, of course.

Science is finally trying to figure out why dogs’ tails wag and what it means when they do.

But here’s a humbling fact for humans: Dogs already knew and will always know why. 

So who’s smart now, ‘master’?

The good old days.. when there was always some sort of a pussy hanging over Bubba..

Long live the 90s!

Magnetically Shielded Giant Cloud to Collide with Milky Way Galaxy in 30 Million Years

So at least we have some wiggle room before it happens.

Either way, we are seeing a vision, perhaps, of how it all might end. 

Magnetically Shielded Giant Cloud to Collide with Milky Way Galaxy in 30 Million Years

I missed this on Friday, but it happened: A major fireball event occurred with hundreds of witnesses in the Pacific northwest..

This seems to be a continuation of September and October’s active fireball-laden skies, but those were mostly along the East Coast.

This time, FEMA REGION 3 breathed a sigh of relief with clear skies..

You not not recognize the blanket, but you would the boy; Hence the blanket. 

It’s Beebs, once again coming from a Brothel. We are told by the fine reporting of PAGE SIX of the NY POST that Bieber spent hours in the ‘whorehouse’ with two women in Brazil.

Some have lost the fever no twitter, slamming the beloved godchild for his dealing with the ‘whores.’ 

I’m left wondering if the piece of walking fecal matter at least spit on them when he was finished.

Centralia is back in the news. The last remaining residents can now stay until they can’t breathe anymore.

It’s a victory in a sense for the lucky 7. But I say, former residents unite! File a class action lawsuit to have YOUR old properties back…

Sadly most residents who were forced to leave are dying or dead.. those old days are over.

Instead, now, only surviving are memories of Centralia and images, like the one featured with this post, of the town .. I believe this may have been a stock photo from the AP that was taken from a hilltop near St. Ignatius cemetery. Could be wrong.  All the houses in it are gone. And THAT is what’s wrong.

This picture taken on November 3, 2013, shows a rare hybrid solar eclipse through clouds from the Canary Island of Tenerife. (Photo: Desiree Martin, AFP/Getty Images)

I missed it. Some weird clock malfunction .. I don’t know what happened. But Desiree Martin from the AFP and lots of others got some really amazing photographs of the event.. Thank you Internets.

The NEW YORK POST published a very graphic shot of accused LAX shooter Paul Ciancia on the ground after he was shot by police.. They 'warning' is directly above the photo of the graphic shot

And I warn you.. clicking through to the post story will give YOU the graphic shot. If you want to see those types of things..

The NEW YORK POST published a very graphic shot of accused LAX shooter Paul Ciancia on the ground after he was shot by police.. They 'warning' is directly above the photo of the graphic shot

There are some very interesting details about the 2012 election in the new book DOUBLE DOWN, especially about Chris Christie

During the 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney ranked Chris Christie among the final contenders to be his running mate. That is until the Republican nominee started digging into the New Jersey governor’€™s record

TIME magazine also wrote this:

Chronically behind schedule, Christie made a habit of showing up late to Romney fundraising events. In May he was so tardy to a donor reception at the Grand Hyatt New York that Mitt wound up taking the stage to speak before Christie arrived. When the Jersey governor finally made his grand entrance, it was as if Mitt had been his warm-up act.

Punctuality mattered to Romney. Christie’s lateness bugged him. Mitt also cared about fitness and was prone to poke fun at those who didn’t. (“Oh, there’s your date for tonight,” he would say to male members of his traveling crew when they spied a chunky lady on the street.) Romney marveled at Christie’s girth, his difficulties in making his way down the narrow aisle of the campaign bus. Watching a video of Christie without his suit jacket on, Romney cackled to his aides, “Guys! Look at that!”

There’s more.. 

I definitely plan on trying to find a bookstore that may still exist to find DOUBLE DOWN..

There are some very interesting details about the 2012 election in the new book DOUBLE DOWN, especially about Chris Christie

Wake up early to watch the weird sunrise on Sunday

And with Daylight Savings, maybe you’ll be awake.

Either way, when the sun comes up on Sunday, you will not see the great ball of fire, but instead an upside down crescent 

Science explains, of course, why these events occur. But that little part of me that likes mystery and menace still loves the myths that have surrounded such solar actions for centuries.

And even this go around, in our modern age, is not immune to people bringing up religious and spiritual connotations.

Food stamp cuts create high demand for food bank supplies

Food stamp cuts create high demand for food bank supplies

Pussy Riot inmate 'missing';

Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, imprisoned in Russia, is “missing,” her family says. The member of the punk rock protest group reportedly was being transferred to a new penal colony. But her husband and other family members say it’s been days and they still don’t know where she is.

What did Vlad the impaler Putin do this time?

What happens in Russia didn’t stay in Russia, as major media has picked up the story about Nadezhda Tolokonnikova going ‘missing’.. 

I think we can all sort of, well, envision where this one’s going?

Pussy Riot inmate 'missing';

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Well today is it.. It’s not the darkest day of the year, that comes before Christmas, but it’s Daylight Savings Time. There’s lots of old farm reasons we do it.. George W. Bush changed the time of year we did it a decade ago. I still don’t get that one.

But here we are again.. falling back—and hour more of sleep tonight, but of course having a child I will just be up an early earlier than normal.. 

It is strange.. As I type this it’s 11:30am. This time tomorrow it will be 10:30…

Something always feels lost this time of year, besides sunlight and daytime hours. 

Thank God someone decided to keep pagan traditions alive in the early Christian church. If not, there’d be no Christmas lights in the dark, dull winter air..

Daylight savings coming in.

By the way, this Counting Crows song was recorded in the year 1996, and there have been lots of daylights savings since then.  I was 16 and the world was in front of me. But I have come to learn that each November, things all become the same…cold days, lonely nights, leaves slowly falling around me.. A whirlwind of autumn leaving, making way for the death of winter.

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And you thought the NSA snooping in on the Vatican conclave was creative? Move over, spooks: China may be bugging Russia and listening through clothing irons! SPY VS SPY, with freshly pressed shirts..

HOT IRON!

HOT MIC.

But does it keep the wrinkles out?

And you thought the NSA snooping in on the Vatican conclave was creative? Move over, spooks: China may be bugging Russia and listening through clothing irons! SPY VS SPY, with freshly pressed shirts..

Saturday night was right: The lucky 6

A new report about Obamacare shows just how bad the website is.. in a nation of million of uninsured people, only six people signed up on day one of Obamacare, and only a few hundred the next day. 

The numbers are coming as a shock—and most likely numbers that have not improved since those opening days..

Porn king Steve Hirsch desperate for Tori Spelling sex tape. He may be the only one..

'Ender's Game' Training Had Cast Asking 'How Is This Humanly Possible?'

'Ender's Game' Training Had Cast Asking 'How Is This Humanly Possible?'

Real story.

A clown was hit by lightning two times in one day—and he plans on going to church more often.. I guess that may be a logical step after being hit by lightning twice in one day.

I’d prefer him just stop being a clown, though, and we can call it even..

Families brace as billions in food stamp cuts set in

Families brace as billions in food stamp cuts set in

Water water everyone.. and not a drop to drink

War, peace, and H20: It’s all going to come to a head.. WORLD AFFAIRS details that very notion in a new issue, arguing that climate chance is nothing when compared to the coming water wars on Earth and ‘water refugees’ roaming the dry land..

British media (as usual, doing what American media doesn’t do) reports that the circumstances of water use may be so sire that now water companies are beginning to take notice of the scarcity.. 

But reports aren’t stop some leaders from making strange choices, such as Harper from Canada selling the fresh water supply to a French company.. 

NESTLE has been called the world’s worst ‘water predator.’ Comments from CEO Peter Brabeck, commenting that water should NOT be a right, surely doesn’t help the corporate cause.

Stay hydrated.

'Mad Men' Was Filming at LAX During Deadly Shooting, Says Crew Member

'Mad Men' Was Filming at LAX During Deadly Shooting, Says Crew Member

The November family photo. 

I want to deep fry a turkey this year. But without a deep fryer or anyone in my circle of friends possessing one, I suppose I’ll just get the oven roasted version of the bird.

Let’s hope we make it through November and survive.

At least preppers' kids will smoke em.. if they got em.. and they may not have them until 21

While preppers may be reader, will their kids!? It’s a logical question that some parents of tech-addicted teenagers are asking.. A website is asking the question: How will your teen act when the SHTF? 

One thing that kids may NOT be able to do when the fecal matter is thrown into the wind, at least in New York State: Buy smokes. New York is raising the legal age to purchase tobacco to age 21..

Gunman opens fire at LAX, killing TSA worker and wounding others

THE LATEST..

Gunman opens fire at LAX, killing TSA worker and wounding others

THE GRINCHES HAVE SPOKEN

Happy holidays: Deep cuts to food stamp program starts now. 

It may be brutal for some.. How it will affect your state.. 

Yes, indeed.. Congress beats up on the weak before their several weeks off from work.

Happy November.

So far at LAX

The media acting somewhat responsible, not reporting rumors, and waiting for confirmation of facts..

Multiple people injured from shooting at LAX

Multiple victims.. High powered rifle.. On suspect may have been wounded

This is a developing story. Expect anything and believe nothing at this point..

Pope Francis remains the cool rockin Pope. The NSA may have spied on him, but when kids love him this much, why should he care. Unless the child is a plant, armed with a hot mic and camera.. hmm..

Either way: Meet the little boy who could not leave the Pope..

Stars and their Halloween selfies.. Heidu Klum ages and Nicki Minaj virtually nude.

Thankfully the Halloween season has ended. I don’t think I could take much more of these..

But stars and their turkeys selfies coming next! Deep fried and oiled up. And that’s the star.

Happy Hallow’s Day.

RELAX. IT’S OVER.

ALL HALLOW’S EVE has ended.. Trick or treat night ended up being rainy for little Ayden.. the dark side of the night actually became intensified—it was like the ancient Celts were right .. I felt a thin vale slowly lifting for a bit as the wind and rain poured down over streets vaguely light by night lights and glowing orange Halloween decor.. But the night, as things go, is over. Quickly.. And now we march as a civilization into the other season. In America, Thanksgiving. And across the world; Christmas. Santa Claus is putting away the Halloween mask and warming up the sleigh.. His slave labor camp is going into high gear.. Elves’ breaks are stopping. Hope he put the suicide nets outside of the North Pole. 

Onto Christmas we go, world! 
For better or worse.

Radio gaga.. Scary matter.

I’m torn! Paranormal with Clyde Lewis or Art Bell tonight!?

Busy night going back and forth this Samhain, as the veil between here and ‘there’ thins..

Spooky matter….

Belgium considering unprecedented law to grant euthanasia for children, dementia patients

There are so many things that I can—but will not—say.
Decide for yourself..
And really think it through…

Wow.

Belgium considering unprecedented law to grant euthanasia for children, dementia patients

US 'spied on future Pope Francis during Vatican conclave'

Nothing seems sacred anymore.. Quite literally.
So while tongues of fire erupted over old men’s heads in a secret conclave, the NSA knew all..

Perhaps there’s a special place in purgatory for people who do such things? If you believe in that sort of thing that is..

But healthcare.gov still won’t work.

Mind blowing.

US 'spied on future Pope Francis during Vatican conclave'

THE FESTIVAL OF ‘SAMHAIN’ .. no matter how you pronounce it. 

(Sow un)

IT’S HALLOWEEN.

The day everyone is entitled to one good scare..

Farting with flare

A few days ago a friend told me there was now underwear that masks your farts. I didn’t believe him.

I will now issue an apology after reading this. 

HAPPY SAMHAIN

A Pakistani teenager tells US how his grandmother was killed by strike

The story that 13-year-old Zubair ur Rehman told was so moving, the moved the translator to tears.. She told the story of Momina Bibi, 67, her grandmother.. she was out picking okra when a drone fired several missiles at an unknown targets near his compound. 

Eventually the drone strike killed Bibi…

The child testifying said this,

"Now I prefer cloudy days when the drones don’t fly. When the sky brightens and becomes blue, the drones return and so does the fear. Children don’t play so often now, and have stopped going to school. Education isn’t possible as long as the drones circle overhead"

Still not concerned about collateral damage? Perhaps then you lost your humanity. 

A Pakistani teenager tells US how his grandmother was killed by strike

Ayden got dressed in his finest Donetello attire and braved a horrendously busy mall for trick or treat night.. It was brutal. He was too tired to even eat French fries.
Kawabunga.

A woman believes that she was healed by a ghost, and also goes on to claim that she has a photo to prove it..She said that the ‘White Lady’ in a church during a family summer holiday.. Does this photo prove that a ghostly angel may have assisted in healing someone, or is it proof that ‘mind over matter’ is stronger than we think?

She got better AFTER she was shown the image.. perhaps her mind filled with joy and wonderment .. maybe a spirit did it. OR maybe her brain simply got a jump charge of positive reinforcement…

And maybe, as some would argue, science and God would go hand in hand, that there was a spirit and her brain did jump start, but that they both worked together.

I am undecided. This did not occur to me, so I cannot judge her situation or predicament. I can only wonder.. and question.. constantly.

GET READY: All thumbs: New CALL OF DUTY ad will feature Megan Fox..

Halloween safety worries lead to 'trunk-or-treating'

The latest scares of the world have led to this: “Trunk or treating.” People are getting candy ‘off the streets’ and instead putting them in trunks of cars in church parking lots.. to make things safer.. although children may not be safer around certain church leaders, I suppose this is all just eventual.

Nevermind the stories that I have been posting in which there have not been these ‘razor blades in apples’ that people always though.. Blame those rumors and decades-long scares on pure rumor and speculation. They didn’t happen.

Nonetheless, let’s go get dressed up in an expensive costume and go to the trunk of one car. Sounds fun.

Yeah.

Halloween safety worries lead to 'trunk-or-treating'

Monsanto and Pepsi trying to stop GMO labeling law in Washington state

A food fight is brewing, with the weapons being chemically enhanced cocktails of mystery. 

Monsanto and Pepsi want it to stay that way.

Monsanto and Pepsi trying to stop GMO labeling law in Washington state

The monsters of Jedwabne

The film is called AFTERMATH. The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER is reporting about the film today.. It perhaps may be one of the most important movies ever made, and since it is about actual events that some have chosen to forget, will be controversial too..

It details some horrible series of events that happened on July 10 1941.. It premiers in the United States this week.. 

If you want to know how controversial this movie may be, consider just the opening paragraph of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER story:

On July 10, 1941, half the residents of Jedwabne, a Polish village 85 miles northeast of Warsaw, murdered the other half. The mob, led by the mayor, were Catholics; their 1,600 victims were Jewish, slaughtered over several nightmarish hours with bats, knives, rifles and other improvised weapons. Those who survived the massacre were then rounded up in a barn donated by a local farmer, which was then set ablaze. A plaque erected at the site blamed Nazis for the massacre, but, in fact, Nazis had only authorized it. Locals walked by the plaque for half a century, knowing the truth, but saying nothing 

The story of Jedwabne is not the typical one taught in American high schools. As a matter of fact, most people may not even know of the dreadful story.. They will this week, at least those who hear of the movie.. 

In 2001, a book called NEIGHBORS explores the death of the 1,600 people.. While I never read it, this may be as good a time as any to reflect on history that mostly has gone unnoticed in the United States.

God fearing Catholics..armed with weapons of little destruction, killed their neighbors … 

One part of the story, also that may come as a surprise to those who are not aware, the Poles actually asked their new rulers, the Nazis, if it was permitted they kill the Jews. When they got the greenlight, they went overboard—so much so that the Nazis actually told the Poles to keep one family of Jews from every profession.. the Poles said no thanks, as they continued their bloody rampage..

There are still a few resources online that re-tell the story and offer images from the atrocity.

Those resources and information sources are set to increase with the movie AFTERMATH.

Consider this review from the VILLAGE VOICE.

This movie is important to understand, watch..and ponder.

Like the MONSTERS OF MULLBERRY STREET of fiction, this movie based on reality can teach a lesson. A lesson that, as sadly timeless as it may be, atrocities can happen where and when you least expect them… 

Why Cut Processed Food - 100 Days of Real Food

This article sort of goes without saying. Or does it??

CUT THEM OUT.

ONE INGREDIENT UP YOUR LIFE.

Why Cut Processed Food - 100 Days of Real Food

People biologically take pleasure in the pain of others

At one time we watched people get hanged in town squares.. Before that we put people on the rack.. Burned witches… So on and so on…

But now we have proof that we like watching people get soaked by taxis …

Did we really need a study to prove the deepest and darkest secrets about the human mind?

People biologically take pleasure in the pain of others

Samhain set: Witches are the most popular costume in 2013, princesses for kids. Not making the list: The TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. I frankly think they were the most popular this year, since we could not find any for my son in a 100 mile square radius. I guess the best gauge for that will be so see if any heroes in a half shell end up joining Ayden in night life trick or treating..

Facebook knows when you’re going to break up |

Mark knows more about you than you do about him.

But does Facebook know when you’ll break up with Facebook?

Facebook knows when you’re going to break up |

21-Year-Old Man Killed Execution-Style Inside North Philadelphia Grocery Store

Welcome to the city of brotherly hate.

21-Year-Old Man Killed Execution-Style Inside North Philadelphia Grocery Store

Government mining Social Media for Information on Health Behavior

Does this bother you?

Government mining Social Media for Information on Health Behavior

Now this is scary: Chubby American military personnel are getting liposuction to pass Pentagon's body fat test

Now this is scary: Chubby American military personnel are getting liposuction to pass Pentagon's body fat test

Tonight's DARK MATTER with Art Bell should be quite interesting.. Bell interviews John McAfee

Tonight's DARK MATTER with Art Bell should be quite interesting.. Bell interviews John McAfee

The best book covers ever—-and some of the best books ever, too. I remember being frightened of these imaginative stories as a child—some have stuck with me ever since. 

There was a yearly ‘book fair’ that would show up in my grade school. I went to a Catholic school, so nice child-friendly books were proudly on display. But if you looked hard enough, you can find these books there.. I bought it sneakily, as though I was doing something bad, and tucked it away in my bookbag until I got home. I’d read it at night, and covered myself with blankets when I heard the house squeak….

They were scary stories to tell in the dark…

And if I’m not mistaken, they still exist somewhere in my house. I just have to find them…

When I do my son will inherit the treasure..

The Obama administration was given stark warnings just one month before launch that the federal health care website was not ready to go live, according to a confidential report obtained by CNN.

A news alert from CNN just in..
The plot thickens. And …
Healthcare.gov still works worse than Tumblr.

The mystery of yeast

I pride myself in being a decent cook.. someone who can put a little love into something and end up with something tasty..

So in my “one ingredient diet"  recently, I planned the big one: Baking my own homemade bread. The concept itself was beautiful in my mind.. in practice? Well..

I’ve not reached three homemade loaves of bread that were crusty, heavy, and didn’t quite ‘rise’ the way I wanted. I have never really used yeast before, and figure my misunderstanding of yeast is my roadblock..

This bread thing? It’s like a science project.. I actually feared that my yeast would rise too much and my house would suddenly take on the appearance of a 1950s rerun of I LOVE LUCY. But alas, it was not meant to be.

The loaves had decent flavors.. but once they got cool, they turned into rock hard entities, things that look like they’d look better as a garden decoration than a food product..

I need more fluff.

More yeast? Less?

A house of bread would be better than a rock hard insult.

I will persevere, though! This dough ain’t got me down.

INCOMING!

breakingnews:

Asteroid due to fly in between Earth and the moon

SPACE.com: NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program says a small asteroid will fly in between Earth and the moon on Tuesday, with its closest pass to our planet occurring around 5:45 p.m. ET.

The asteroid was first discovered on Oct. 25. During its closest pass, the space rock will fly by Earth at a distance of about 176,000 miles. It’s estimated to be between 39 and 89 feet wide. 

Photo: This illustration shows the trajectory of asteroid 2013 UV3, in blue, as it flies by Earth. (NASA/JPL)

There sure have been lots of weird anomalies in the sky in recent days. 

Good thing FEMA REGION 3 is ready for anything.. right?

A haunted history of Halloween.. 

This is a behind the scenes image from the setting of Kubrick’s THE SHINING. There are lots of other images in this treasure trove, and you can see them all at http://imgur.com/a/Ur9Zo#TakkNne

I think Jack Nicholson looked even scarier when he’s not in the role..

From the History Channel, the history of Halloween

Haunted House by Gene Simmons

A frightening image from SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK by Alvin Schwartz. .The artwork by Stephen Gammell.

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Only a few more days to Halloween.. silver shamrock.

This YouTube video is a conglomeration of scenes from HALLOWEEN 3, the Season of the Witch.

I fondly remember old times gone by, gathering together with friends in a house of our choice, firing up the colortini, and watching the waves of Halloween flow through the air. 

Actually, what we did was a high-school type version of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000. We’d make comments and jokes, mock the film, and laugh throughout.. We did it for more than just Halloween 3, it was for many horror flicks. Our favorite character, as a group collectively, was Doctor Loomis. We coined a term “Loomicide” that would one day go on to become my late 1990s and early 2000s AOL screen name.. 

Oh, those good old days!

But in hindsight, dare I say, Halloween 3 is sort of a classic. I may have been met with scorn for that comment last century,  but I think people are rediscovering the awfulness and also amazingnenss of Halloween 3.

Sure,  the acting is terrible.. yes the scenery is awful.. and by all means, the flow of the movie is choppy and sloppy—but isn’t that what sort of makes it good in a sense?

However, think of it this way: Halloween 3 may have been the BEST of the entire series.

Sure, it didn’t feature the SHAPE, Michael Myers, donning the Shatner mask.. and no, it had no mentions of Laurie Strode.  There was a scene though where the tied up main star was forced to watch the original Halloween…

There were also some other lessons to be learned from Halloween 3, some cautionary tales to remember.. 

For instance: Bad parenting. The child who gets his head eaten by snakes and worms had really awful parents, they just seemed to want to be rid of their child.. they were selfish and had little skill in containing their son, who ran wild without attention. 

Another lesson: The overuse of television. In that time, the boob tube had antennas. Today, there’s no need with handheld devices and Twittering from all ends of the earth. Maybe, though, the fact that kids were glued to TV and almost slaves to it should be a lesson for all of us.

Something else: How powerful media is. And how many times influential hidden messages can be tucked into our shows. In this movie, kids were told to get home by 9 o’clock too put their Halloween masks on, and then eventually succumb to a massive amount of worms, snakes, bugs, and other things that would eat their brains.. Pretty scary if you minus out the acting of the movie. Maybe John Carpenter was actually trying to show that subliminal messages are alive and well, and that they could maybe make us do things against our will..? That or he just wanted to come up with an idea that was different. 

I tried contacting the legend, John Carpenter, for this, but his associate said he was not able to comment on Halloween 3 at this time. Understandable. I think he’s a little busier than me at the moment.

So in that sense, we need to look to past interviews to see what exactly John Carpenter intended on doing in THE SEASON OF THE WITCH. It’s worth remember that Carpenter really didn’t want to do any more Michael Myers related films. They actually envisioned that a fourth Halloween would have been a ghost story. Instead, since H3 flopped, the fourth was the RETURN  OF MICHAEL MYERS. And then there was a 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, … bla bla bla.. John Carpenter told Aint it Cool news that he didn’t understand why fans of Halloween hated the third installment so much.. He said, “Hey, man, I don’t know. I like HALLOWEEN 3. I like the story, especially weird evil Irish industrialists. It’s hilarious.” 

And it was hilarious .. It was awful. Wonderfully awful.

I go back now and think to myself that Debra Hill and John Carpenter touched on a number of themes that are actually quite scary. Yes, teenagers can mock it, just as I did with friends back in sultry summer night parties in the late 1990s… But maybe I have developed a renewed appreciation for this movie..

What could be scarier for a child that having your mom and dad buy you a mass produced mask because you were convinced by a commercial with an annoyingly catchy theme to do it.. and you jump on the bandwagon with millions of other American kids… and you wear your mask, at the same time as them, at 9pm on Halloween night.. and have your brain eaten by bugs?

Now that is scary for a kid.

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

NEW YORK TIMES hits: The White House response on Monday to the expanding disclosures of American spying on foreign leaders, their governments and millions of their citizens was a pathetic mix of unsatisfying assurances about reviews under way, platitudes about the need for security in an insecure age, and the odd defense that the president didn’t know that American spies had tapped the German chancellor’s cellphone for 10 years.

NEW YORK TIMES hits: The White House response on Monday to the expanding disclosures of American spying on foreign leaders, their governments and millions of their citizens was a pathetic mix of unsatisfying assurances about reviews under way, platitudes about the need for security in an insecure age, and the odd defense that the president didn’t know that American spies had tapped the German chancellor’s cellphone for 10 years.

When I was a kid, there were ‘scary stories to tell in the dark’ … and then there was ‘HAROLD' .. 

For some reason it was one of the more haunting tales in my early times..

Obama admin. knew millions could not keep their health insurance

NBC news reports this:

President Obama repeatedly assured Americans that after the Affordable Care Act became law, people who liked their health insurance would be able to keep it. But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get cancellation letters for their health insurance under Obamacare, say experts, and the Obama administration has known that for at least three years.

Obama admin. knew millions could not keep their health insurance

Katy Perry to naked female pop stars: ‘put it away’ .. she wants female singers to stop getting naked

So.. would Miss Katy ‘roar’ at this?

Katy Perry to naked female pop stars: ‘put it away’ .. she wants female singers to stop getting naked

Tweeting Bra: Sends Tweets Every Time It's Unclasped

It’s for breast cancer awareness month.

But don’t phones potentially add to risks.. do we want our phones  next to our breasts? Do we even want our bras to tweet!?

What a strange twist of teets.

Tweeting Bra: Sends Tweets Every Time It's Unclasped

Bigfoot in Maine? 10-foot-tall ‘wild man’ was killed in 1886, newspapers reported

So the truth was out there. Then.

Bigfoot in Maine? 10-foot-tall ‘wild man’ was killed in 1886, newspapers reported

Meet the actor who plays dead for a living.. Chuck Lamb has appeared in numerous shows and movies … as a dead man. Naturally he is pale and bald, so seemingly has .. just looks dead? But Lamb is a professional dead man, the one that producers call when they need a victim..

Nightmares and dreamscapes

It has been well over a decade since my paternal grandmother died. Over the years I have been given the gift of having some dreams about her—however she was never actually in them.. only her vacant house and her empty garden. Last night, that changed. I had a dream that we were saying goodbye to her house and her life (a long time after mind you) and she was in it.. she gave me a great big hug and whispered “where did the time go?” and finally “I love you.’ Even though it was a dream it felt like magic.. My dream ended with me asking her, “Do you believe in God” and ….boom. The alarm clock began to do its early morning magic-buster.. I never got an answer.. But I know that she loves me.. Ironically, this was also the first dream in which my son was actually in it—I have been a dad for two and a half years but this was a first.. I was showing my son Ayden a pear tree she had.. I found an old toy in her house..

But as for that potent God question?

Alarm clock.

Rare Zapruder footage: Multiple JFK assassins

Rare Zapruder footage: Multiple JFK assassins

THE WEEK OF THE WITCH

The season of the witch is here.. for some, this is the time of year where the thin line between reality and ‘over there’ vanishes for a while.. Ancient tradition would cause us to wear those costumes, carve those Jack O’Lanterns..

Pagan rituals that persist today.

It’s also a time where, in my opinion, I feel it becomes a virtual ‘full moon’ for the week.. The strange, the creepy, the macabre. It begins today..

Samsung must pay $340,000 after paying people to write bad reviews

Samsung must pay $340,000 after paying people to write bad reviews

Study: 30% of Americans Get Their News on Facebook

And 70% don’t read news.

Study: 30% of Americans Get Their News on Facebook

Someone challenged hackers to investigate him and what they found out is chilling

This is a must read…

Someone challenged hackers to investigate him and what they found out is chilling

What’s Halloween week without a star going a little too far?

Julianne Hough says sorry for blackface Halloween makeup..

This is horrible.. Disgusting news from New York City: Stabbing rampage hits Brooklyn.. a man was arrested after butchering a woman and her four children.. According to reports this Sunday morning, a ‘crazed man’ turned the Sunset Park home into a slaughterhouse.. The woman was 37. She had four young children.. The man has been identified as the children’s mentally troubled older cousin.. This is such a horrible story..

The killing is being called a mass stabbing..