Friday, March 27, 2015

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This is a video of Terrence McKenna describing his DMT Trip .. It’s a rare audio clip, and not presented in an form of an endorsement of his words.. But just take a minute and listen to how he describes it.. The air pumping out the room, edges sharpening, colors jumping up.. and then after one more enormous hit, it separates the ‘intrepid from the casual,’ as McKenna said..

McKenna describes colors racing together and forming a slowly rotating place..

I have always been fascinated by McKenna.. and this video. Thought I’d share it on a cold early spring night..

The capital of Sierra Leone has turned "eerily quiet" at the start of a three-day national lockdown aimed at accelerating the end of an Ebola epidemic in the worst affected country.

The capital of Sierra Leone has turned "eerily quiet" at the start of a three-day national lockdown aimed at accelerating the end of an Ebola epidemic in the worst affected country.

The big political news tonight: Hillary Clinton wiped her server clean *(come on, who didn’t see this coming? )* The bigger story to me: POLITICO found the most unflattering photo of Hill they could find for their story..

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Monsanto may get the WHO to retract the Roundup cancer link study, I don’t know but they are not going to do anything to win the hearts and minds of the purchasing public with performances like this..

Pilot Used an Axe: Final Moments on Germanwings Plane Sound Pretty Horrifying

The other pilot slamming into the cockpit door with an ax…. people screaming as they saw their peril.. this is like a horror movie and I sure can’t even contemplate what it’s like to be a family member or friend of one of the tragic souls who perished in this mass murder event..


Pilot Used an Axe: Final Moments on Germanwings Plane Sound Pretty Horrifying

Documentary Explores Classic Books 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'

Excited by this one! I still own the books and always found them to be some of the most creative and creepy stories I never read. And they are just as good as an adult as they were when I was young. I would love to see how these were created and just how far reaching they were. I bet money they inspired a number of younger people to explore their artistic abilities just by trying t I emulate the haunting sketches in the book..
I will be following this..


Documentary Explores Classic Books 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'

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p>I love this article. . I tried the same myself with a 1997 HP.. I was surprised how well it worked but how awfully slow it was.. though there’s also a big difference between 97 and 86..

Speculation: Germanwings jetliner catastrophe: The first antidepressant drug-induced mass murder of the skies?

Speculation: Germanwings jetliner catastrophe: The first antidepressant drug-induced mass murder of the skies?

"Michael Crowley in POLITICO writes: "Barack Obama faces a slew of Middle East crises that some call the worst in a generation, as new chaos from Yemen to Iraq — along with deteriorating U.S.-Israeli relations — is confounding the president’s efforts to stabilize the region and strike a nuclear deal with Iran."

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West may be caving on the Iran deal.. Adding some some more straws to the camel’s back: Saudi Arabia wants nukes. But will still not let women drive.

And this is the world we live in.


"Michael Crowley in POLITICO writes: "Barack Obama faces a slew of Middle East crises that some call the worst in a generation, as new chaos from Yemen to Iraq — along with deteriorating U.S.-Israeli relations — is confounding the president’s efforts to stabilize the region and strike a nuclear deal with Iran."

Feds Financing System to ‘Automatically Detect’ Cyberbullying

Feds Financing System to ‘Automatically Detect’ Cyberbullying

Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz behaved like a 'mass spree-killer'

Either all of this information is coming out conveniently fast or its just how fast information can come out…? Nonetheless, some facts presented are chilling in light of messages I I got last night of peklle theorizing that this was an MKUKTRA operation..


Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz behaved like a 'mass spree-killer'

The National Power Grid Is Under Almost Continuous Attack, Report Says

The National Power Grid Is Under Almost Continuous Attack, Report Says

KISS' Gene Simmons, WWE team up to make horror movies

Readers of this website will know that many times over I have said that professional wrestling and horror movies during any given period of time exemplify the generation growing up at that moment. And now we see professional wrestling and horror movies joining together in a pop cultural phenomenon to truly exemplify our current time


KISS' Gene Simmons, WWE team up to make horror movies

No Murder Charge For Woman Accused of Cutting Baby From Womb

I sense this is going to set off quite a raging debate about when life begins… in this matter, we certainly know when life ended. I am very disheartened that n I murder charge will be levied. This crime was heinous and premeditated, and a child was extracted from a mother to be. And killed.


No Murder Charge For Woman Accused of Cutting Baby From Womb

Thursday, March 26, 2015

'Gas-Related' Explosion Destroys Three Buildings in New York City

'Gas-Related' Explosion Destroys Three Buildings in New York City

Do you think the pilot who crashed the plane was Mkultra?

Fascinating you should ask.. had this very conversation with someone tonight. I suppose anything is fair game and possible.. 

Either way.. This was mass murder. Not suicide. 

Meerkat allows livestream of your life

People saw THE TRUMAN SHOW and never thought it’d be real.. it is.
But Jimmy Fallon is wearing one. So jump on the bandwagon, too.


Meerkat allows livestream of your life

Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration reportedly had “sex parties” with prostitutes hired by drug cartels in Colombia Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/dea-sex-parties-colombia-report-116413.html#ixzz3VVjwbi1q

Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration reportedly had “sex parties” with prostitutes hired by drug cartels in Colombia Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/dea-sex-parties-colombia-report-116413.html#ixzz3VVjwbi1q

Today’s daily doodle.. a puffy and ply Ted Cruz. I don’t think America is ready for his jelly. His politics are to Cruzilicious for us baby.

This is how a baby in the womb reacts with a mother is smoking..

COSMOPOLITAN magazine published the photo.. They perhaps didn’t expect the anti-abortion responses they got en masse, including these chosen few:

  • So…how about their reaction when they’re aborted+ripped to pieces? Does that “disturb” you? 
  • Let me see if I get this straight: according to Cosmo smoking while pregnant is bad, but abortion is just fine? 
  • So which is it, just a mass of cells that can be destroyed at will, or a small human with feelings? Can’t be both 
  • They should show how the baby reacts when they are being murdered. 
  • Holy Crap, These fetus-thingies are alive!!!11!!1 
  • Because this is the internet. And speech is free. And COSMO’s Twitter became very political.

The explosion and collapse were reported at around 3:20 p.m. at 7th Street and Second Avenue Thursday afternoon.

Thirteen people were injured, the Fire Department said. Three people were in critical condition. Two of them were rushed to Bellevue Hospital.

Amazon says the FAA is so slow, the delivery drone it approved is already obsolete

It is very interesting, that our Founding Fathers came up with a system of checks and balances, and an amazing way that divided government must, somehow and someway, be forced to work together as the clock approaches midnight.. But the Founding Fathers weren’t living in the tech age.. 

I read this VERGE article by Ben Popper with great interest. 

The government moves slow. 
Very slow..
Our modern age is moving at a fever’s pitch.. One way or the other the future is coming.. 


Amazon says the FAA is so slow, the delivery drone it approved is already obsolete

It may not happen but it’s sure worth seeing. If this particular weather model run from yesterday proves true, it will be a white Easter with a potential blizzard along the East Coast..

Yes, you read that right.

Not much confidence is in the model at this point.. but April is still a time when snow could fall—never discount the chance of it occurring by fluke.. April showers.. rain or snow. Hopefully May flowers will follow.

Two Termite Species Fall In Love And Give Birth To Super Termites

Two Termite Species Fall In Love And Give Birth To Super Termites

She’s just being Miley: Cyrus Instagrams her wisdom teeth.. I sense there was a lack of wisdom in her. Now I can tell it’s all gone for sure..


Knoebels made the DRUDGE Report. A worker was struck at the park today during testing of a new anticipated roller coaster.

Not the best reason to make news.. and hopefully the worker is fine and recovers..

At this time, testing of the coaster has stopped … and I an sure media calls are now deluging the offices of Knoebels. .

More here: The AP reports: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ROLLER_COASTER_WORKER_STRUCK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-03-26-12-24-52@

George Noory sucks maximum ass.

My God does he ever..

I can’t even describe how much he sucks.. how each second of programming exudes this fraudulent verbal diarrhea.. how he took a show that was created to be one of the coolest things on earth by Art Bell and practically halfway flushed it down the toilet before pulling it back up and reusing it again.

Yes, he sucks.

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Also, good luck with your ‘toes’ thing.

The gut feeling on autism

This is something that people have been saying for years–and with autism in my family, I have seen it too.. 

Now a study is coming out to document what many parents (often called crazy) have been saying: Autism is tied to higher gut disorders for children.. 

Compared to those with typical development, children with autism were more likely to have constipation and diarrhea when they were ages 6 months to 18 months, and more likely to have diarrhea, constipation and food allergy/intolerance when they were ages 18 months to 36 months, the researchers said… 

And just to spice up the argument and tension a bit: Common infant vaccines are tied to rise in risk for bowel complications..


The wired brain of tomorrow is coming sooner than you think

Google may be planning something big for your brain! A microchip to heal the world!? I have said many times, for better or worse, that this is the future: The phone will trend to implantable devices. 

We will become one with the internet, and become it, giving it life.. we will also have the ability to search our body for the problems… if we are sick, we can perform a search and find the ailment. Eventually we will be able to print new organs. 

This is all coming faster than expected–as outlandish as it sounds, it really is not science fiction. 

The true question: Will the rich keep the spoils for themselves or allow some goodness to spill out? Or will human beings, for the most part, ruin the goodness that all of this will bring by perverted it with power, greed, gluttony, and murder?


The Pope and the President

Pope Francis is visiting the White House this September when he in the United States..

For purposes of posterity, here are some photos of previous presidential and pontiff relations..

Robot eat Dog world

The future is now.. robots are replacing human beings in most lines of work. The service industry and manufacturing base is collapsing.. Even actors may be replaced by digital versions.. And now this: Goodbye guide dogs.. Robots on reins about to take their work..


The co-pilot identified..

Catholic priest, ex-EWTN TV host, fathered child; he’s now in custody fight, accused of abuse

My grandmother watched this quite often when I was young.. I recall this priest’s face from my early days. Thankfully, as a child, I didn’t know him personally..

According to prosecutors, screaming could be heard on the audio recording only in the last few minutes, and death was instantaneous for those on board when the plane crashed.

Whether that is true or not, perhaps we’ll never know.. It certainly is easier for humans to digest the idea that death is unknown rather than an 11 minute knowing of the doom to come..


DRAMATIC GERMANWINGS DEVELOPMENTS: ALL INFORMATION POINTS TO PURPOSELY TAKE DOWN

DRAMATIC GERMANWINGS DEVELOPMENTS: ALL INFORMATION POINTS TO PURPOSELY TAKE DOWN

Dramatic news today as more and more news sources are beginning to report that Germanwings Flight 9525 was most likely taken down on purpose..

New research reveals why animals don’t get schizophrenia and humans do

Think this: Bigger brains. Bigger problems.


New research reveals why animals don’t get schizophrenia and humans do

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Germanwings Pilot Was Locked Out of Cockpit Before Crash in France

And you thought the Flight 370 was a mystery..


Germanwings Pilot Was Locked Out of Cockpit Before Crash in France

Attention all teenagers

There must be an epidemic today of teenagers crying online, on Twitter and Facebook, about the Zayn One Direction nonsense. Keep in mind, the internet never goes away now. All of your tears will come back to haunt you five years from now when you wonder why you cried about this..



I’m very happy the internet wasn’t popular with Hootie and the Blowfish broke up..

I have yet to find the person that will disprove my theory

People who drive white vans that have curtains on the windows are always crazy

Huge asteroid is on near-collision course with Earth..but it will miss.

Even more troulbing: This fire in the sky is about to skim past Earth this FRIDAY—THIS FRIDAY—at 23,000 MPH..

It will not hit us.. But it’s relatively close and will be viewed by professional and amateur astronomers alike..

It’s also a huge reminder—in size and meaning—of how much is beyond us that can endanger this planet.

While we argue about useless memes and toil away with trouble, the danger lurks in our galaxy. It can strike at any time. So far we’ve been lucky.. But you sure would think by now we would have found a way to find these threats and do something about them …


Huge asteroid is on near-collision course with Earth..but it will miss.

Germanwings plane crash: New information suggests that the descent took 18 minutes, not 8

A lot of initial reporting on the Germanwings flight crash in the French Alps has been discredited as more information has surfaced.. The initial report yesterday that a mayday distress call was placed was wrong.. And then another issue was reported, that the descent of Flight 9525 took 8 minutes. Instead, new information suggests, it took 18!

John Lichfield with the UK INDEPENDENT reports this for history:

The French environment and transport minister, Ségolène Royal,  said that the crew of the Airbus A320 had stopped responding on radio at 10.30am yesterday when the aircraft was over the Mediterranean.
The aircraft slammed into the sheer side of a mountain in the French Alps soon after 10.48am. For those 18 minutes, it gradually shed height from 28,000 feet to less than 2,000 feet without transmitting any form of distress signal.

This information is also being reported: The French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said that so-called “black box” had been damaged in the crash but was “usable”. .. For some reason, I hesitate buying into this at this point. With the number of times official stories have already changed, I wouldn’t doubt a change in this factoid either.

At this point, the results from yesterday’s crash are horrific.. one family last three generations of people. A school lost 16 of its best and brightest children.. The heartache extends to the United States with news that two passengers on the doomed flight were from here..

And a few more things of note as well:

Three generations of one family dead in plane crash..
Mystery: What happened on Flight 9525?
Two people from the United States were on flight..
Weather an issue in search ..


Germanwings plane crash: New information suggests that the descent took 18 minutes, not 8

Three generations of a family die in Alps plane crash

Three generations of one family — a schoolgirl, her mother and grandmother — were on the Germanwings plane that crashed, according to a town outside Barcelona.
A statement from Sant Cugat del Valles town hall didn’t provide their names.
The girl was a student of a middle school for children aged 10 to 11 at Santa Isabel school in Sant Cugat.
"The students are very affected. The teachers are trying to help them any way they can," said a woman who answered the phone at the school. She refused to give her name or comment further.
—By Associated Press writer Jorge Sainz in Madrid.


Three generations of a family die in Alps plane crash

The Big Bang glitch: A shirt circuit at CERN

The Big Bang glitch: A shirt circuit at CERN

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Two stories to make you feel very very small

Just when you think your plight in the grand scheme of things matters a bit, news comes along to give perspective to just how tiny we all are. Today, two examples exist in science news, presented for your review:

Maybe JUPITER is planet x!? There is new information to suggest that the early solar system was made up of giant super earths. And then Jupiter came along to smash things into pieces.. A theory for now, but certainly amazing when considering the mighty explosion something like this could have made..

And this other tale, a little closer to home: The huge Australian impact of an asteroid was so large that it caused cracks to the earth’s core..

When considering the history of our universe, and the ever-changing space around us, it’s pretty amazing that we are even here. That somehow we evolved into the creatures of habit we have.. and somehow still survive in a very hostile existence.. 

We are somehow alive..

No matter how big of planets of the past crashed and asteroids smashed.

Of course all of that could easily happen again..

A rescue helicopter flies over wreckage of a Germanwings Airbus A320 plane that crashed between the towns of Barcelonnette and Digne in the French Alps.



There is nothing left.. The plane, according to all reports, has been obliterated..

The US executed 20 Molly Maguires in biggest federal executions ever

This is a good read about worthwhile history of the coal region.. The area I am from is going downhill fast.. Vacant streets and empty storefronts. We are a mere dilapidated replica of the wealthy area we once were decades ago. But there is still reason to be proud .. even if I move from this area soon—and for my family and me, it will be the best choice when I do it—there will still be these proud roots in my heritage. A place where workers rights began in the United States. Where the government’s injustices were seen in black and white.. with coal soot on top.. 


The US executed 20 Molly Maguires in biggest federal executions ever

Parts of California only have one year of water left

MEANWHILE..

NESTLE keeps taking California water.. 


Parts of California only have one year of water left

Cruzing to a bruising

I don’t put much stock in the chances of Ted Cruz becoming our next president.. But his candidacy will lead to lots of fun and jokes.. Already has.. 

But there is one thing that makes a bigger difference to me than him even being from Canada: 

After 9/11, he stopped listening to rock music.

Hunter Schwartz with the Washington POST reports,

In an interview with CBS News Tuesday, Cruz said he grew up listening to classic rock, but became a country fan after 9/11 because of how musicians responded to the attacks.
"I actually find this intellectually curious, but on 9/11, I didn’t like how rock music responded, and country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me, and I just have to say just at a gut level, I had an emotional reaction that said these are my people," he said.
Country music was very patriotic following 9/11. Songs like “Only in America” by Brooks & Dunn, “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” by Alan Jackson, and “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” by Toby Keith were all hits on Billboard’s Country chart.

The POST article goes on to point out the rock songs that became popular after 9/11, like Bruce Springsteen’s THE RISING, Wu Tang Clan’s RULES, and Neil Young’s LET’S ROLL..

It’s not being said, but I think this whole Cruz quote is based off of what happened to the Dixie Chicks. Remember that fiasco? Freedom fries eating American burned their albums to protest their protesting of the Iraq war? Let’s be honest… there were two periods after 9/11: 1) The initial unification of America and chance to change the world. 2) The Iraq war run-up.. Which America is Cruz talking about?

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10,000 US troops will be remaining in Afghanistan through the end of this year, clearly no drawdown will take place as earlier promised

President Obama said this is not a return to combat..
He also said that he will bring troops home by the end of 2016..

The troops were slated to leave Afghanistan very soon, but now that Afghan president asked for troops to stay longer, the United States has agreed.. 

The war goes on. We just stopped it war.

At a press conference, the airline said the plane was last inspected yesterday and that the pilot was very experienced, with years of service and thousands of hours of flying time.

Another intriguing part of this crash.
Inspections are thorough.. no company wants a crash on their record.. And this plane was inspected one day before this tragedy…


At a press conference, the airline said the plane was last inspected yesterday and that the pilot was very experienced, with years of service and thousands of hours of flying time.

IT’S CONFIRMED: THE X FILES ARE COMING BACK..

6 episodes.. 

Original stars are back, as is Chris Carter..

But only 6 episodes? That part is a little disappointing..

The truth is out there. But only for a few short weeks.

Monsanto chief admits ‘hubris’ is to blame for public fears over GM

I get the sense that Monsanto is about to change its tune.. Get ready for a stunningly amazing PR campaign for complete public acceptance of GMO food.

The FOOD BABE army vs the chemical companies.. the fight is on..


Monsanto chief admits ‘hubris’ is to blame for public fears over GM

Check the date on this foreign news source reporting the Germanwings crash.. yes that says 2 days ago. I have seen a number of people beginning to link this cached page as evidence that conspiracy has occurred here..

We know this:
We don’t know.

Already today, the news surrounding the flight crash has changed substantially.

When it was first reported, there were news accounts that a mayday distress call was made. Now it has turned out, according to official statements, that no mayday was made. And then the plane descended for 8 minutes before the final crash into the mountains of the French Alps..

This is a part of why, until the dust clears, I attempt to steer clear of reporting breaking news, as no news source seems to get anything correct in the initial hours. Or maybe they do. And the official narrative just changes.

As for the events of this Germanwings crash: The theories are abounding.. This is the latest in a series of high profile crashes that have seemingly been dominating headlines over the past 14 months..
But crashes happen too, remember.

I don’t want to authoritatively state any theory on why this crash occurred. To the best of our knowledge, if you believe the reporting of NBC NEWS at least, there is at least one black box recovered from the scene.   In that light, the world hopefully will find out the truth as to why the plane crashed, why no mayday was called out, and why the entire event took 8 minutes… just imagine the horror of those 8 minutes.

I think it’s fair and proper to question all accounts, all theories, and try to ascertain what events took place. That goes for any events that occur.. But it’s premature to conclude a conspiracy.

Sometimes accidents do happen. Just as every crash accident is not a conspiracy, every plane crash is not either.

I have my personal thoughts about Fligth 800 in 1996. I also have my own doubts about Flight 370.. I also think a missile took down the flight in late 2014..

As far as this one? Time will tell.
But there is one thing to note.. If this is not a conspiracy, not terrorism, not inflicted on humans by other humans, then it becomes scarier.. Why? Because it shows how out of luck we can be on this planet.. how cursed we often times are without knowing it.. And how at risk we all are to the dangers that pop up when least expected.

Yes, indeed.. Just as reality is scarier than fiction, ‘chance’ is much more frightening than conspiracy. Because there’s no rhyme or reason or sympathy when you speak about ‘chance.’

German official: High school group on crashed Germanwings plane; Spanish school says 16 students involved

I remember the crash of TWA Flight 800.. I was 16 at the time (and all conspiracy and missile theories aside) that result from that crash was traumatic to my area in Pennsylvania. On Flight 800:  The town of Montoursville PA was ‘in a daze’ after a number of high school kids died on that plane (Source: USA TODAY, 1996)

I would imagine the same ‘daze’ will be happening in whatever school these kids were from—teenagers who were lucky enough to get a chance to see some new parts of the world and now after this tragedy, have perished from our earth..


German official: High school group on crashed Germanwings plane; Spanish school says 16 students involved

Germanwings Flight 4U9525: Airbus A320 plane crashes in French Alps en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf

There was NO mayday..
The plane dived for 8 minutes
NBC news is reporting that at least on black box has been recovered..


Germanwings Flight 4U9525: Airbus A320 plane crashes in French Alps en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf

Big Bang theory could be debunked by Large Hadron Collider

She bang. Or she don’t. Science may be turned on its head as CERN could disprove something accepted and assumed to be true for a long time..



And when CERN powers up to its full blast, anything may be possible..


Big Bang theory could be debunked by Large Hadron Collider

This is how CNN looks this morning… the plane crash in the French Alps taking center stage

Germanwings Airbus A320 Crashes in France, 150 Feared Dead

All are lost…


Germanwings Airbus A320 Crashes in France, 150 Feared Dead

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Morning serial

Last night before bed, I made a little mistake in listening to a DARKNESS RADIO true crime show with Dave Schrader featuring the owner of Serial Killer Magazine. The show was great and interesting. True crime fascinates me … actually scares me. The intense reality that exists beyond the safety of our locked doors and closed windows is abhorrent, often.  There is much to be written and told of true crime—too much to start now. But I’m curious how many others out there are interested in true crime.. How many people are both fascinated and horrified by the macabre.. and how many fear reality more than fiction?

Massive amounts of fresh water, glacial melt pouring into Gulf of Alaska

Is NYC's new gunshot detection system recording private conversations?

Is NYC's new gunshot detection system recording private conversations?

Only 36% of college grads have jobs that pay at least $45,000, a sharp decline from the 1990s, after adjusting for inflation. Perhaps most depressingly, the percentage of young people making below $25,000 has topped 20%, worse than in 1990.

Only 36% of college grads have jobs that pay at least $45,000, a sharp decline from the 1990s, after adjusting for inflation. Perhaps most depressingly, the percentage of young people making below $25,000 has topped 20%, worse than in 1990.

1. Will your child be six years, six months or older when he begins first grade and starts receiving reading instruction?



2. Does your child have two to five permanent or second teeth?



3. Can you child tell, in such a way that his speech is understood by a school crossing guard or policeman, where he lives?



4. Can he draw and color and stay within the lines of the design being colored?



5. Can he stand on one foot with eyes closed for five to ten seconds?



6. Can he ride a small two-wheeled bicycle without helper wheels?



7. Can he tell left hand from right?



8. Can he travel alone in the neighborhood (four to eight blocks) to store, school, playground, or to a friend’s home?



9. Can he be away from you all day without being upset?



10. Can he repeat an eight- to ten-word sentence, if you say it once, as “The boy ran all the way home from the store”?



11. Can he count eight to ten pennies correctly?



12. Does your child try to write or copy letters or numbers?



SORRY HALLE BERRY, NO ONE IS EVER GOING TO FORGET YOU IN CATWOMAN. I know you wish they would..

Saturday, March 21, 2015

I am skeptical humans are the main cause of climate change and that it will be catastrophic in the near future. There is no scientific proof of this hypothesis, yet we are told “the debate is over” and “the science is settled.”



My skepticism begins with the believers’ certainty they can predict the global climate with a computer model. The entire basis for the doomsday climate change scenario is the hypothesis increased atmospheric carbon dioxide due to fossil fuel emissions will heat the Earth to unlivable temperatures.



Patrick Moore. And he is a climate skeptic.. (And a founder of Greenpeace)
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Sure, it’s a good performance.. Fine, she is a great singer.. And yes, she’s a STAR»> But there’s something awfully creepy to me about this J LO live scene from AMERICAN IDOL.. Maybe her hypnotic dress.. perhaps the ‘feel the light’ mantra in light of the CERN churning of parallel universe hopes or the eclipse and super moons..  

Or maybe I just listened to too much CLYDE LEWIS recently.. 

Regardless.. feel the light.

Mexican Wrestler Pedro Aguayo Ramirez Dies From Blow in the Ring

MORE.. Pedro Aguayo Ramirez, known as Hijo del Perro Aguayo, fell unconscious on the ropes, apparently after receiving a flying kick from fellow wrestler and former WWE star Oscar Gutierrez, known as Rey Mysterio Jr., according to video of the match in a municipal auditorium in Tijuana.


Mexican Wrestler Pedro Aguayo Ramirez Dies From Blow in the Ring

A historical perspective of liquor licenses in Schuylkill County PA from the 1800s.. THIS is when things were up and coming in the coal region, when coal was king and the barons were robbing. But the high tide of the economy also lifted all boats.. A  much different picture exists today..

thedoomreport IT was the fun not knowing.. the idea that the truth was just ‘out there’ on the X FILES, and all of that was just fake. Right? All fun and fake.. Soup Nazis on Seinfeld and the Clinton scandals that weren’t really. Those were the days—the 90s were a decade about nothing. A decade in which we were infuriated about issues that didn’t matter. And I was moving through my teens toward 20, paying less than a buck a gallon for gas in a little Chevy car and staying awake often until sunrise listening to Art Bell with my father or friends.

Then the knowing began as I aged.. After 9/11, after floods and fury across the globe. And I began to know.. 

The knowing..
The fun all happens before that.

Thanks for the question—it made me think..

There are times I have such nostalgia for my youth in the 90s…

I’ve never looked better..

The learning process...

I am proud of my son learning to play video games. Is that wrong? Sure.. I will be proud when  he learns science, math, reasoning, and spelling.. but seeing him discover how to play SUPER MARIO not only on the Wii U, but also the WII and the NINTENDO (original, folks) is amazing for a father.. 

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Thanks to someone on Facebook, this song is now re-stuck in my head for the first time in 5 years.. Awful.. just an awful song..

It’s spring.

Put another shrimp on the Barbie..

Spring gets about 30 seconds shorter every year

But we get an extra minute this summer.

Explain that.


Spring gets about 30 seconds shorter every year

A must watch video: Bill Maher takes on college fraternities..

And some news just in time to watch Bill Maher say that Frats are like ISIS:

PENN STATE’S PRESIDENT REACTS TO PROTESTS ON CAMPUS

Monsanto Weedkiller Is "Probably Carcinogenic,"™ WHO Says

And as a result, MONSANTO is dismissing the new study linking one of its popular products to cancer..

Which is to be expected..There has been along controversy about this. Heck, there is still a controversy about Agent Orange—created of course by the same folks who now give us GMO food and products to kill the bugs that used to feast on growing plants.. 

While doing some searching for other peer reviewed science that may back up these most recent WHO findings, I found this article from 2013 appearing in the HUFFINGTON POST, lashing out at those who are critical of Monsanto based on ‘bad science.’   I wonder how much more ‘bad science’ has to happen before we listen.. before the butterflies stop dying.. before cancer rates start falling.. and before we eat good honest food again..


Monsanto Weedkiller Is "Probably Carcinogenic,"™ WHO Says

Witnesses: New Orleans airport machete attack chaotic

Witnesses: New Orleans airport machete attack chaotic
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The exploding ashtray and orb video..

A real video, the owner claims.. one angry spirit..

7 DEAD IN A BROOKLYN FIRE..

An AP Dispatch:

A fire that tore through a home in a heavily Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood, leaving seven children dead and two other people in critical condition, may have been caused by a malfunctioning hot plate left on for the Sabbath, the city’s fire commissioner said Saturday.
Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the deceased range in age from 5 to 15 years old. He said a woman and teenager survived after jumping from the second floor.
The woman is believed to be the mother of all eight children, Nigro said.

This is now how firefighters—heroes—want to  begin a weekend..

The CERN burn continues..

Scientists at Large Hadron Collider hope to make contact with PARALLEL UNIVERSE in days.. For those who don’t know, the Hadron Collider fired back up a few days ago … so far the world didn’t end or fall into a black hole. But there’s always time for that..

But I was a little intrigued when I found that the Extinction Protocol was reporting a story that scientists with CERN are going to be attempting contact with a parallel universe. You certainly don’t see headlines like that everyday, so my eyes did a triple take. The Extinction Protocol is a decent website that usually links up its information to a valid source.. In this matter, they linked a UK EXPRESS article titled:

Scientists at Large Hadron Collider hope to make contact with PARALLEL UNIVERSE in days

So a few things need to be contemplated before running into the world of lunacy.. First off, the UK EXPRESS is a clear tabloid from the land across the pond.. I read it, I enjoy it.. but I take it with a grain of salt. If the DAILY MAIL is the NY POST, the EXPRESS is probably the STAR.. 

Nonetheless, I read Paul Bowman’s article with extreme interest..  I sure don’t really understand what I should about physics but that doesn’t stop me from trying to. 

Ironically, this all travels back in the Internets to the DAILY MAIL, the powerhouse tabloid that gets worldwide attention.  Days ago, that paper reported.

Will the Large Hadron Collider find a parallel universe? Particle smasher could become a gateway to alternate realities, say scientists


Mir Faizil, a scientist at CERN, gets a lot of the attention in various postings regarding this..

Back to the EXPRESS, Bowman writes,

Mir Faizal, one of the three-strong team of physicists behind the experiment, said: “Just as many parallel sheets of paper, which are two dimensional objects [breadth and length] can exist in a third dimension [height], parallel universes can also exist in higher dimensions.
“We predict that gravity can leak into extra dimensions, and if it does, then miniature black holes can be produced at the LHC.
"Normally, when people think of the multiverse, they think of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, where every possibility is actualised.
"This cannot be tested and so it is philosophy and not science.
“This is not what we mean by parallel universes. What we mean is real universes in extra dimensions.
“As gravity can flow out of our universe into the extra dimensions, such a model can be tested by the detection of mini black holes at the LHC.
“We have calculated the energy at which we expect to detect these mini black holes in ‘gravity’s rainbow’ [a new scientific theory].
“If we do detect mini black holes at this energy, then we will know that both gravity’s rainbow and extra dimensions are correct.”

Without question, there is some eyebrows raised and even panic.. Some fear that this attempt to tinker and toy with the unwritten laws of existence are dangerous.. Many fear it will shred the vale between the here and there, the now and the then.. I even read one account that this will amplify our lives and give us super abilities and senses beyond the 5 we have, but that we will die quickly since our existence in this reality cannot handle the reality from some alternate universe..

I quite frankly don’t know what will happen.
We certainly trust those who make oodles more in cash than us to have the best interest of humanity in mind when playing in the scientific sandbox. And to me, I would love there to be some confirmation that alternate universes or parallel existences have gone beyond the science fiction realm and are now becoming mainstream enough to continue studying it for proof of their respective existences. 

Meanwhile, grab some popcorn.. Throw in DONNIE DARKO, and watch the pictures as they flutter around the universe(s). 

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Girardville St. Pat's Parade Still On!

Snow won’t stop this..


“Lucky enough people are stepping up, making thing happen, that`s the old coal region initiative around here, that`s why this is the Saint Patty`s Day parade of the coal region in Girardville,” said parade manager Stephen Barrett.“We have a very optimistic view of this thing, this isn`t the first time we`ve had snow,” said Joe Wayne, the owner of Hibernian House.He says he’s ready for the event with his bar and the block outside being where everyone ends up after the parade.“Well, it`s like inside here, they said if you died you can`t fall over, and it`s not too different out here,” said Wayne.

Girardville St. Pat's Parade Still On!

Water Reads Your Mind, Does That Mean Water Is Alive?

This is a bit out there for me, but I can roll with it. I can head down this lane, this very watery lane. And quite frankly, as we develop more knowledge, we discover lots more. SO maybe one day we will become one with the water bottle. And we will consume what we are..


Water Reads Your Mind, Does That Mean Water Is Alive?

Starbucks #RaceTogether Campaign: An Idea That Failed in Execution

Salon went one step further, labeling Starbucks as a national joke and saying that the campaign was ‘neo-liberal’ self parody


Starbucks #RaceTogether Campaign: An Idea That Failed in Execution

New fallen snow on a Spring morning

There is a fresh blanket of snowing consuming the ground this morning.. it won’t last, I can hear the sounds of spring birds chirping away, perhaps in disbelief that their return home was greeted with a winter blast.. The cold is waning, though. . And the sky is a beautiful shade of pinkish purple the darker clouds lift..

It was a beautiful morning. Even though it was spring, it was amazing to see the snow thick on tree limbs. It will be over soon.. gone.. And forgotten.

Spring will turn to summer.. And summer will also wane away eventually.
Years go by fast anymore.. 

I don’t know if you agree, or perhaps if I am just beginning to fear the middle ages of life as I quickly progress in my 30s, but life is going fast. 

‘Just how we roll’: Bristol Palin’s fiance pictured playing with baby next to unsecured handgun

Yemen mosque bombings: 'Blood was running like a river', say survivors after attack kills 120

Yemen mosque bombings: 'Blood was running like a river', say survivors after attack kills 120

Friday, March 20, 2015

N. Korea prepared to use nukes ‘any time’ it feels threated by US – DPRK Ambassador to UK

Maybe by the time you read this it will be happening…


N. Korea prepared to use nukes ‘any time’ it feels threated by US – DPRK Ambassador to UK

BEST IMAGES OF TODAY’S SOLAR ECLIPSE

Monica Lewinsky gave a really, really important TED talk on bullying

ok.. ok.. ok.. I get it.

But yet, there is a part of me that wants to discredit this and completely ignore the bullying aspect. She was a part of history. As was her dress. The 1990s was the Seinfeld era, the decade about nothing. 

Bullied? I don’t know about that.. I just don’t..


Monica Lewinsky gave a really, really important TED talk on bullying

Twas the night before a St Patrick’s day parade in Girardville PA.. a mess of snow. A quick attempt to clear the parade route. Guntown will go green but not until they clean the white…

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The final snow day?

Let the Heavens Fall: The Rites of Destruction

Tracy Trtyman is Clyde Lewis’ producer.. her latest article is interesting..


Let the Heavens Fall: The Rites of Destruction

sixpenceee:

It took about a year to get the iconic shot in where blood pours out of the elevator in The Shining right, but only three days to film.



Funny.. this is probably, to me, one of the dumnest scenes in any movie. I mean that.. But three days to film? Sad..

Scientology Takes Aim at 'Going Clear' Documentary

As they should, this docu OBLITERATES them..


Scientology Takes Aim at 'Going Clear' Documentary

mothernaturenetwork:

Believe it or not, you can still rent movies at Blockbuster
The well-known movie-rental business closed its stores and ended its DVD-distribution program in January, but about 50 stores remain open — and one man owns half of them.



Wow..

I have no words except wow.

YES… IT’S SPRING.. DESPITE THIS.

Kaia Bonshock, left, Brooke Hovenstine, Kelsee Dunn and Mackenzie Hasuga, freshmen members of the Shamokin Area High School girls’ softball team, decided to practice on their own in a parking lot for Kemp Memorial Stadium on Friday, despite an early dismissal from school because of snow. The team’s first regular season game is tentatively set for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and will be played in Kemp Memorial Stadium, instead of the team’s field because it is not ready for play.

The happy Art Bell dance

For those who don’t know, radio great Art Bell is planning a return this summer. Either online, or perhaps a little online and a little AM. Undisclosed information at this time.. But my son, age four now, is happy. Perhaps by force.. He has been a captive audience member since infancy when he’d hear Art’s reruns on the FINE ART STREAM and U7 Radio .. Now he fully endorses the return with his own version of a celebratory dance. I suspect if Art can muster up another ten years, Ayden will be 14 years of age. And he will have a full experience of what Art Bell was .. Amazing.


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And for perspective, Ayden at 1 year:

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Vanuatu Official: Nation Will ‘Run Out Of Food In Less Than A Week’

think-progress:

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Late last week, a Category 5 tropical cyclone ripped through the island nation of Vanuatu, killing at least 24 people and displacing 3,300 more. In statement to the Associated Press, Vanuatu’s president
Baldwin Lonsdale said that 90 percent of the island’s buildings had been
destroyed or damaged by the storm.

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“Chilling” is now the word for this.. this category 5 storm was immense, and the world, sadly, isn’t paying attention to the plight of those affected. 

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