9/26/2015 -- New York struck by rare M3.0 Earthquake

The media isn’t reporting it..
But proof is here: The USGS has the numbers..

9/26/2015 -- New York struck by rare M3.0 Earthquake

Massive sinkhole on Australian beach..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11894150/Vast-sinkhole-swallows-vehicles-and-caravan-at-campsite-in-Australia.html

Sinkholes

Even scarier on a beach

The power of Christ compels me to not like remakes.. but there is so much hype and hope over the EXORCIST remake that I will hope it’s good, too.

The question for me: Will the vomit scene by CGI or will they rely on the old fashioned pea soup method..?

Nic Cage interviewed on his new horror movie PAY THE GHOST .. the star also talked about the horror genre in general.

He said, ‘I certainly would have participated more in what you call “straight-up horror” if I had been given the opportunities to participate in them earlier on in my career’..

Read more on this. I am with Cage, especially on the slasher body count idea..

Some more media interviews of Cage yielded this interesting factoid about his true thoughts of the paranormal in general: Esquire talked to him about PAY THE GHOST and also his own personal fears.. “I would say that I’m 98 percent skeptical, but the other 2 percent [is] open for the possibility of things.” ..

On the question of whether he experienced the paranormal, Cage responded, “Nothing I would be able to discuss on public record. I’m not going there” ..

Sounds like he may not be doing any Celebrity Ghost Story show, but there may be a basis for the 2%.. I think there is a basis for the 2% with everyone, including me.

When that 2% type of event occurs to you, you’re immediately placed into a mental location you’ve never expected to be. Sometimes you get the same feeling during a NIC CAGE movie (I kid Nic, I kid him) .. but his track record on films is often hit or miss.

Hopefully PAY THE GHOST scares up some cash based off of a strong story line. Often people cringe during Cage flicks. Hopefully if they do during PAY THE GHOST it will be for the right reasons..

A 13-year-old makes national headlines after he claimed he was blocked by the @POTUS Twitter account. 

CJ Pearson is an immediate success with conservatives for his youthful attacks on the President and Democrats.. 

He’s a black teen who has been swelling in popularity.. 

But now it appears that the teen in stardom fever either punked his fans or was punked himself, with no evidence pointing at an unfollow conspiracy.. And more: This young intelligent (I will give him that) teen wants people to sign a petition to meet with Obama–this is the reason, Pearson says, he was banned…

The Pope’s Excellent American Vacation comes to Philly. And then Francis met Marky Mark 

 The major story this week was the Papal visit.. covered here a bit too..

There remains a few last minute articles to contemplate regarding the Pope before he goes back to Rome..

Among them:
Did Philadelphia go *way* overboard with security? I know few things not mentioned in the USA TODAY article.. I would argue, based off of what I know, it was beyond overboard and almost paranoid.. Maybe they were listening to the prophecies about end times, or even the Mormons fretting about the Sunday blood moon. The pope has also showcased his energy during his excellent American adventure, but he is now wearyand walking with a limp–and caught on camera stumbling up the steps..

I think people so often forget his age..

But there was one last Papal moment, at this point, that I need desreves some notes..

It’s this: Actor Mark Wahlberg hosted an event attended by Pope Francis in Philly.. He also made a joke about the raunchy movie ‘TED’ in front of Francis..

 After Bobby Hill, 14, of the Keystone State Boychoir performed an opera solo, he told Wahlberg that he liked his performance in the movie about an angry talking teddy bear. “He whispered in my ear that he liked the movie 'Ted,’” Wahlberg said. “I told him that was not appropriate for his age. Holy Father, please forgive me.”

He also said “go Eagles”… tacky tacky tacky..

NASA has set a Mars news conference for Monday September 28 to present a ‘major announcement’

NASA has sent lots of people into a tizzy over the announcement thety say is coming that will ‘solve’ a mystery about Mars..

The space agency says a major announcement is coming Monday, a news conference is set for 11:30am ET adn will be broadcast on NASA TV and its website–hopefully it the news is big enough, people will ignore Donald Trump for five minutes and actually give the space agency some time on the major networks..

If it’s HUGE enough, NBC should do the Chimes of Death and give us a special report on their affiliates. Of course it would have to be big news for the Chimes to play.

Perhaps water on Mars is.. or life.. or evidence, conclusive evidence, of either..

One common joke has emerged on the Twitters: NASA found astronaut Mark Watney. Watney is the name of the fictional astronaut stranded on Mars in the movie THE MARTIAN.

While people are in a frenzy with speculation, a part of me thinks this will be just be a ho-hum news conference with little information rendered.

I hope I’m wrong, but that seemingly has happened before with earth shattering news.

The most exciting space story of the year, minus the rodents on Mars images offbeat sites find, has been Pluto and the ever changing way we view that non planet planet. I think life on Mars or evidence of past life would far dominate Pluto..

We will see Monday.

Rieder: Did Philly go overboard on pope security?

Rieder: Did Philly go overboard on pope security?

A SPIDER HANGING BY A THREAD OVER THE CITY OF HARRISBURG PA.. A view from above.. If only I could strap a tiny camera to one of these suckers to see how long it takes to climb 20 stories, I’d be happy. 

A New Hampshire man caught this image of lights in the sky…

The peculiar part, perhaps, is this: He said the lights were only able to be seen through the camera and not with the naked eye..

Others have reported the very same type of light formation–only one caught with camera–in various other places..

It’s a UFO, for sure. 
But will it ever become an IFO eventually?

Lots of people are freaked by the blood moon and eclipse Sunday.. but it would appear the Mormons are really hunkering down for the end times

So far the 9/23/15 asteroid NEVER hit.. I doubt the lunar lunacy will end the planet, either.

Sadly the day the REAL end comes via space rock or sun spot, we’ll be ill-prepared due to our busy nature of listening and giving credit to false prophets who deserve none..

Lots of people are freaked by the blood moon and eclipse Sunday.. but it would appear the Mormons are really hunkering down for the end times

Aliens may be attempting to contact this planet right now.

We just …well.. cannot hear them.

Sort of depressing to think of what we may be missing

Firm behind Apple’s Spaceship HQ reveals plans for Mars habitat

And it’s going to be future shock for some..

It will be built by three different kinds of robots parachuted to the surface of Mars..

It will house four astronauts and be built using regolith – the loose soil and rocks on the surface of the red planet…

And it’s all going to be with 3D printing.

There will be life on Mars. Or somewhat lifelike virtual life..

‘The design of the habitat – carried out in collaboration with industrial and academic partners – envisions a robust 3D-printed dwelling for up to four astronauts constructed using regolith – the loose soil and rocks found on the surface of Mars,’ it said.The settlement on Mars will be constructed by an array of pre-programmed, semi-autonomous robots prior to the eventual arrival of the astronauts. The habitat will be delivered in two stages prior to the arrival of the astronauts. First, the semi-autonomous robots select the site and dig a 1.5 metre deep crater, followed by a second delivery of the inflatable modules which sit within the crater to form the core of the settlement. 

Firm behind Apple’s Spaceship HQ reveals plans for Mars habitat

Switzerland Considers Banning Volkswagen Diesel Car Sales

The ban, by the Swiss Federal Roads Office, would be on all Volkswagen group cars with diesel engines that contain software designed to cheat pollution controls and includes its VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat brands.

The decision comes MONDAY..

Switzerland Considers Banning Volkswagen Diesel Car Sales

The Fed’s Confusing Message About Interest Rate Increases

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES:

Economists always warn, correctly, not to make too much of any single economic report, but rather to analyze new information in terms of longer-term trends.

At the same time, Federal Reserve officials, up to and including Fed chair and ace economist Janet Yellen, keep saying they will raise interest rates this year as long as there are no rude surprises in the economic data – as if Fed policy depends on the next data point, the next report.

The Fed’s Confusing Message About Interest Rate Increases

Congressman swipes Pope’s glass …

From PHILLY: 

The pope sipped from the glass at least three times during his speech, Brady told the Daily News on Thursday night. And as the Holy Father left the chamber - and as many a legislator tried to make contact with him - the congressman calmly headed to the lectern and delicately picked up Papa Francisco’s glass, holding it by two fingers, one at the bottom of the glass and one at the rim.

Holy moly.

Party line

I called 760-733-9969 a few times since Clyde Lewis mentioned it on his show last night.. Though I had heard about the famed Mojave desert phone booth many times over, I had forgotten it returned a few years ago thanks to someone who bought the line and made a conference call bridge out of it..

Obviously with the newfound attention of Ground Zero listeners, the number has a vast possibility of gaining traction all over again..

The call this morning was at times annoying, frantic, strange, bizarre.. Creepy. People speaking about Jesus and also crying out about the devil. At one point when there were only about six people on it, I actually had a bit of a meaningful conversation with the people talking..

I promise this: Some more urban legend and desert facts about the Mojave phone booth will be coming after I conduct more research.. And also more phone calls will be placed to hear the shenanigans and strangeness greeting me on the other end..

Certainly hope Clyde Lewis does another show about it in total..

Longer fasts might help with weight loss but Americans eat ALL DAY LONG

Longer fasts might help with weight loss but Americans eat ALL DAY LONG

Don’t count your property before you build on it..

From the BBC: A question for the future and the ages. Who owns outer space? 

I would tend to think that if other life forms dominate space, we never will own it and certainly better not try buying..

New images from Mars have, as usual, caused a sensation..Could this circular stone formation be the Stonehenge of the Red Planet? 

Could it be the remnants of a past civilization, death from a climactic change? 

Could it be..stones?

Video emerges showing cops in Delaware shooting a man in a wheel chair.. A relative calls the death an execution.. Cops say he had a gun. A relative says he had a book bag..

This is a cool story.. the famous MOJAVE PHONE BOOTH is back.. Would you be willing to try giving a call to number 760-733-9969? If so, who knows you will answer..

There is a lot to the story, and a grand history of the phone booth..  it was captured in this 2013 story..

Oh Ben… 

Carson argued that evolution was of the devil.

NO really, he said that it was from hell itself and benefits Satan.

FAMILY CLAIMS THAT POPE FRANCIS HEALED THEIR BABY

FAMILY CLAIMS THAT POPE FRANCIS HEALED THEIR BABY

THE POPE ARRIVES IN AMERICA FOR HISTORIC VISIT

Service Suspended on Metro's Green, Yellow Lines on Day Pope Arrives

Service Suspended on Metro's Green, Yellow Lines on Day Pope Arrives

Florida man disemboweled girlfriend after sex: cops

This could be one of the worst modern crime stories I have ever heard of.. The details are disgusting. Read at your own risk.. 

Florida man disemboweled girlfriend after sex: cops

DAWN IN THE DESERT: ART BELL'S UPDATE

DAWN IN THE DESERT: ART BELL’S UPDATE

For days, Art Bell has teased a major announcement for today. That announcement hit–it also portends a major development in his program MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT and another enormous opportunity for him to change the night time air waves.. From Bell: ANNOUNCEMENT from ART BELL: It has been a great two Months start but now it’s time to get serious. Starting Oct 1st Midnight in the Desert will send an…

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A memory at the beach

The summer is waning. The final days are quickly approaching. .This past weekend, in a last impromptu decision, my wife and son, along with our niece, went to Long Beach Island for two days and one night.. we rummaged through the online database of phone numbers to find the right place at the right price—still pricey. The beach was abuzz with life. A few specialty shops already closed for the…

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Horror Scoping

A reminder to fans and followers of the Horror Report, I am also on Periscope and have been quickly growing to love the avenue as a means of quick and fun communication.. You may want to give each a follow and I may also follow back.. I had three periscopes last night, one on Art Bell’s upcoming announcement and others involving ‘scary stories to scope in the dark.’  More to come.. I’d love if…

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Monday midnight: What could the latest Art Bell speculation mean?

  
Art Bell has fans waiting until Monday to find out what this speculation is all about..
A new baby ? An expanded network? Another retirement?! 
Inquiring minds are inquiring..
Undoubtedly a big weekend of messages on Bellgab awaits fans desperate for any piece of information that may shed light on what this mysterious and somewhat reassuring post on Facebook actually means .. 

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Art Bell has fans waiting until Monday to find out what this speculation is all about..

A new baby ? An expanded network? Another retirement?!

Inquiring minds are inquiring..
Undoubtedly a big weekend of messages on Bellgab awaits fans desperate for any piece of information that may shed light on what this mysterious and somewhat reassuring post on Facebook actually means ..

Are American Cities Prepared For Massive Tsunamis?

Is there any reason such a story is getting widespread attention a week before so many think the world will end???
Strike while the iron is hot I suppose..

Are American Cities Prepared For Massive Tsunamis?

Chimpanzees love horror films, research finds

From the report:

“According to researchers in Japan, Chimpanzees fall into the first group. When shown a ‘horror’ film, featuring an actor dressed as a King Kong attacking a human, the selected Chimps watched on intensely, neither covering their eyes nor accepting treats as they may distract from the viewing.
In the 40-second film, King Kong is taunted by a human on the other side of a cage. The ape then breaks free, attacking the human. The human then grabs a red hammer and precedes to hit King Kong. Frightening stuff.”

Not sure what if any lesson this has.. What if any value possessing this information does.. But it sure it interesting and explains quite a bit to me.

Chimpanzees love horror films, research finds

New Chile quake: 6.3 magnitude tremor hits off Valparaiso

New Chile quake: 6.3 magnitude tremor hits off Valparaiso

Boko Haram Attacks Displaced 1.4 Million Children.. Half a million children have fled attacks in the past five months, says UNICEF.

Suffer the children, all of the time.

Boko Haram Attacks Displaced 1.4 Million Children.. Half a million children have fled attacks in the past five months, says UNICEF.

Dm Pranks is back .. Terrifying Vegas with killer clowns … Good light laughs after the trick is revealed, but the video proves how scary a clown at night could be..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3238714/The-disturbing-killer-clown-videos-nightmares-Pranksters-chase-guests-hotel-corridors-trap-customers-gas-station-utterly-terrifying-film.html

Chile quake-triggered tsunami waves reach Japan

It got there …

Chile quake-triggered tsunami waves reach Japan

GOP debate ratings appear to set new CNN record

GOP debate ratings appear to set new CNN record

I’m hopeful that someday soon major news sites will figure out that the deluge of politics in their locations is the most annoying thing ever.. Chile quake anyone? Or will we talk about whether Carly or The Donald are ugly and which one more so?

This is going to be a long long season of the Apprentice.

Here’s a bizarre moment from the debate last night .. Jeb Bush wanted to tower above Trump so much he actually stood on his tiptoes for s group shot of the candidates .. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3237930/Jeb-Bush-gets-head-Republican-candidates-manages-tower-Donald-Trump-stands-tiptoes-group-photo.html

Powerful quake off Chile slams waves into coastal towns; eight killed | Reuters

This update from Reuters: “Strong aftershocks rippled through Chile on Thursday after a magnitude 8.3 earthquake that killed at least eight people and slammed powerful waves into coastal towns, forcing more than a million people from their homes.”

Powerful quake off Chile slams waves into coastal towns; eight killed | Reuters

This is a good article about the reason THE VISIT did NOT suck

M Night gets an unfair shake so many times over.. Even with the VISIT. I saw it and loved it.. But I loved some of the other films people called stinkers. But I do think THE VISIT was just fine, just completely fine.

This is a good article about the reason THE VISIT did NOT suck

TSUNAMI IMPACT FELT

The first tsunami waves triggered by a massive 8.3 earthquake have reached Chilean shores, flooding the streets and forcing people to seek shelter on higher ground. Authorities have kept a high alert level in place for most of the coastline.

Chile’s coastal city of Coquimbo has been hit by waves measuring up to 4.5 meters above normal sea level, Reuters reported citing the country’s navy.. 

MORE..

The lively ring of fire..

This all today..

4 Earthquakes today around the Pacific Ocean:
7.9 magnitude earthquake near Illapel, Coquimbo, Chile
4.0 magnitude earthquake near Yucaipa, California, United States
6.1 magnitude earthquake near Kimbe, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea
6.3 magnitude earthquake near Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia

ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE FOR PLACES WITHIN THREATENED REGIONS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION REGION COORDINATESETA(UTC)

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inothernews:

Faces from the GOP Debate audience.

Sleep well.

Everyone has a story.
A soul, though? 

Maybe not.

New Zealand Issues Tsunami Warning After Quake Hits Chile // MORE: New Zealand's Ministry of Civil Defense said people living in some eastern areas should stay away from beaches and the shoreline. Those areas include the East Cape, the Chatham Islands, the Coromandel and Banks Peninsula.

New Zealand Issues Tsunami Warning After Quake Hits Chile // MORE: New Zealand's Ministry of Civil Defense said people living in some eastern areas should stay away from beaches and the shoreline. Those areas include the East Cape, the Chatham Islands, the Coromandel and Banks Peninsula.

Debate sweat

I wonder who has to empty the buckets of sweat that dripped off Ted Cruz’s face and Scott Walker’s lips tonight? It got hot. I almost thought Marco Rubio’s comb over would begin to droop down.

But calm, cool, and collective Donald with hair that never moved..

inothernews:

Happy about the way the “R” on Air Force One frames Jeb Bush’s head perfectly.

A bit of a Darth Vader look for Jeb tonight..

nypost:

Bros

The only oddly civilized moment tonight…

MASSIVE QUAKE

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – A powerful magnitude-8.3 earthquake hit off Chile’s northern coast Wednesday night, causing buildings to sway in the capital of Santiago and prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning for the Andean nation’s entire coast.

I love Periscope lately..

A new series I am working on for the season: Scary stories to scope in the dark..

DARK LIGHT. SMALL CITY.

DARK LIGHT. SMALL CITY.

This is the best of times.. the worst of times. Allow me to briefly explain. I love autumn. I have always.. but this year, for some strange reason, I am dreading it. The weather has already cooled off a bit and it’s been rainy.. My throat has that touch of soreness this morning. I also heard my son coughing a bit.. The changing seasons, along with allergic reasons, is making me dread it all a bit…

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The class of 18 learns about 9/11

I cannot fathom it being 14 years already since 9/11.. I have my personal memories, some I have shared in public settings, others I have kept very secret.. I have those images forever in my mind..    This morning while hearing news accounts of today’s ceremonies planned in the locations hit by terrorism on September 11, 2001, I realized this: The kids born that year, those who first were welcomed…

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The school that wasn't

The school that wasn’t 

While I had no original plans to write anything about this very personal issue, a few events took place that changed my mind.   I went to a little high school in the coal region of Pennsylvania named Cardinal Brennan Jr/Sr High School. It was a strange place. Catholic education echoed through the hallways, along with the shenanigans and teenage laughter of generations forced to wear school…

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THE NIGHTMARE THAT WASN'T

THE NIGHTMARE THAT WASN’T

When I was a young pre-teen in the 1980s, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET part 3, the DREAM WARRIORS, sort of changed my conception of horror.. it became campy, silly and fun.. Yes, Freddy was a menacing creature, whose background was that of a child molester and killer, but somehow Robert Englund turned Wes Craven’s character into a charming and almost likeable trickster in the in the third NIGHTMARE…

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Blue Beam me up: A figure in the sky dances for multiple cameras to catch it

Blue Beam me up: A figure in the sky dances for multiple cameras to catch it

This video from YouTube user Fausto Perez is making news.. though it was recorded mid-August in Los Angeles, a story in the UK MIRROR and link on the Drudge Report have solidified it in the 15-minutes of fame news cycle that so many of these types of videos garner before vanishing into the memory hole of UFO lure.. But this video is…

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A wing and a prayer

A wing and a prayer

While Hillary Clinton still likely seems to be the Democratic nominee to potentially face Donald Trump in 2016 (if that happens), her load of trouble isn’t stopping.. She tried claiming her email server controversy was the fault of others–after she finally admitted there may be a few issues. Then she tried joking about deleted emails, asking a probing reporter what should possibly could have…

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The sky isn't falling but Antelopes are

The sky isn’t falling but Antelopes are

News from Kazakhstan: 60,000 or so antelopes have died, dropped dead, in just a few days. According to scientific reports, there is no conclusion or answers as to why the die-off is occurring. And it’s not the first–80,000 or so took place in May of this year. A LIVESCIENCE.COM report written by senior writer Tia Ghose explains that by the time experts arrived on scene to see the dead animals…

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There May be a Massive Disturber Beyond Pluto - The Monitor Daily

There May be a Massive Disturber Beyond Pluto - The Monitor Daily

This is Beijing, one picture BEFORE a parade and after.. People were so excited to finally see a blue sky in the city, they whipped out cameras to capture the moment.. (http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/04/asia/china-beijing-blue-sky-disappears-after-military-parade/)
The CNN article linked doesn’t mention much about this, but I wonder if it was also utilized by China: Manipulating weather. 

Back in 2008 they proved they knew something, with their intent on making sure it would not rain during the Olympic games.

But have they gotten as good as making there be some blue skies in an otherwise hopeless and polluted city?

One of my biggest problems with TUMBLR has always been its reblogging feature. While I rarely reblog, the times I do, I get as confused about what I am seeing as my readers may be seeing..

But TUMBLR is going to spice things up.. it’s been redesigned.. 

But is it better?

One person’s tweet, quoted in the FORTUNE article, says this:

the new tumblr reblog design is, EVEN BY TUMBLR REDESIGN STANDARDS, an abomination 

Strong fighting words for Marissa Mayer.

Some are already lamenting about the ‘nostalgic charm’ that will be missed with the redesign..

Father of drowned boys returns bodies to Syrian hometown of Kobani for burial

This story has truly captured the world’s attention.

But will the world change because of it?

No.

Father of drowned boys returns bodies to Syrian hometown of Kobani for burial

Heartbreak and shock over drowned Syrian boy attempting to escape his country's horror

Heartbreak and shock over drowned Syrian boy attempting to escape his country’s horror 

   The headline of the Drudge Report is shocking. Drudge published the shocking photo of a shocking cover story from the UK INDEPENDENT … The image shows a Syrian boy, drowned and dead face down..  After the image was published, it has been shared around the word millions of times over.. He was three. His name is Aylan. His brother, age 5, also died.…

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Tetrad -idatious over September offerings

This month is THE month for many.. the month of doom. The month of blood moons.. the month of Papal lunacy. The month of potential prophetic biblical fulfillment. Or maybe.. just September for others.     Unless you’ve lived under a tin-foil covered rock, you have heard about the endless amounts of websites and blogs portraying September as the month life as we have known it ends. It is timed…

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Famous last words and midlife turns

On a yearly basis I post the song linked with this published HORROR REPORT today, September 2, 2015. My birthday.. I don’t remind readers of this for selfish reasons. As a matter of fact, I purposely ‘hide’ this information on my personal Facebook page simply because I don’t want to navigate the ‘Happy birthday” or “hope you have a…

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FAMOUS LAST WORDS. OR MIDLIFE TURNS

On a yearly basis I post the song linked with this published HORROR REPORT today, September 2, 2015. My birthday.. I don’t remind readers of this for selfish reasons. As a matter of fact, I purposely ‘hide’ this information on my personal Facebook page simply because I don’t want to navigate the ‘Happy birthday” or “hope you have a…

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Snuka falls hard

Jimmy Snuka, the legend of wrestling known as the high flying SUPERFLY, has been charged with third degree murder for a 1983 death of his girlfriend in Allentown, PA.. It has been a tremendously bad year for wrestling, with deaths of some like Dusty Rhoades and Roddy Piper, and the ongoing lawsuit that has embarrassed Hulk Hogan and forced the WWE to remove virtually all references of him from…

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The harvest: Missing people in the modern era

I read MISSING 411 in about one day. That’s not to say David Paulides’ book was a lackluster effort at entertainment, but just the opposite. I could not put it down, with each page offering thought provoking tale after another about missing people, cases of the extraordinary, and unbelievable stories about people who vanished. There were those picking berries—lots of people picking berries as a…

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Enormous new factory blast rocks Chinese industrial region

This is new and not associated with the one weeks ago.. Happening now

Enormous new factory blast rocks Chinese industrial region

Your car owns you.

This may shock you if you’re a GM car owner (as I am) . The company claims that you don’t own your car.. instead, you’re just renting it, leasing it.. borrowing. The argument comes down to whether people can crack the code of their car computer and repair things themselves… GM says they don’t have the right to. The copyright claim is undoubtedly going to to through a legal process. If GM wins, your purchase of your car will simply be a licensing agreement. A whole new world..

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Why TMZ exclusives need to be triple sources before being believed..

Why you should always find at least three sources for every online rumor you hear.. TMZ had a scoop about a standout football player in Harrisburg Pa. They reported that Adrian Robinson was shot and killed in his hometown. The only trouble was that he was not. He died after a suicide, a painful and private ordeal for the family.. TMZ blamed “Harrisberg police” … the “Harrisburg” police denied the TMZ accusation.. The world of tabloids, where anyone can claim an exclusive no matter how right or wrong it is..

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THE POLTERGEIST FAIL

The POLTERGEIST remake is released today.. For better or worse.. And while some horror fans may be enthusiastic about the prospects of the classic film, modernized, being in theaters, others are decrying a lack of imagination, and over abundant use of CGI, and a sloppy uninspired mess of a movie.. You can find the reviews yourself–the review roundup on ROTTEN TOMATOES isn’t pretty, with the film scoring less than half positive press with writers.. Horror site BLOODY DISGUSTING checked in with its own review of the movie, with the site lamenting the overuse of special effects, the acting that just doesn’t seem to be convincing, and a climax of the movie suffering from what Kalyn Corrigan called fake-looking spirits.. The movie, it can be said, doesn’t prove itself when compared to the classic from the early 1980s.. I frankly still can’t understand why this movie was picked from the litter of horror films as the target for a re-do. There was almost no need, perhaps less of a need than even Rob Zombie’s messups of the HALLOWEEN films. POLTERGEIST, circa 1982, is a movie about family, love, spirits, death, mystery, and illusion. The modern fare seems more bent on cheap scares and lousy special effects that don’t do anything but give a jump or two in a movie theater. Certainly no long-lasting nostalgia will be created by this remake.. Poorly done, from the reviews I have read, and perhaps something not at all worth it in theaters..

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Police officer killed right before maternity leave

Omaha police officer killed–she was just HOURS away from maternity leave.. Officer Kerrie Orozco, 29, was scheduled to go on maternity leave Thursday to take care of her daughter, Olivia Ruth, born premature in February, according to authorities. Orozco was a 7-year veteran of the department and had worked in the North Gang Suppression Squad since 2012… Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmanderer said Orozco and other officers were in pursuit of 26-year-old Marcus D. Wheeler when Wheeler began shooting at police. Police returned gunfire, hitting Wheeler..

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Quadruple murder suspect has been caught along with four associates.. Darren Wint was apprehended in the nation’s capitol.. “Just got him,” D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said shortly before 11:30 p.m. Thursday night..

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A good night of television

Rand Paul fillibustering the Patriot Act on Cspan… David Letterman says bye on CBS. .. I may go with the Rand stand if he reads kids stories..

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The ongoing horror in Britland

HISTORY and disgusting: Over 1400 individuals are under investigation by British police as part of the ongoing inquiry into numerous alleged historic VIP sex abuse network thought to include celebrities and politicians. Information released by Operation Hydrant, the group of police officers tackling the alleged ring, said that the 1,433 suspected offenders included 76 politicians, 43 musicians, and 135 from film, television and radio…

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The simple swat at a fruit fly suddenly can make you feel thoroughly guilty

Next time you restlessly try to catch a fruit fly floating around your kitchen (and good luck trying) consider this: Caltech has released results of a study in which they conclude, in certain circumstances, fruit fly exhibit emotions! From creepy shadows to even the person chasing the fly, there may be an emotional surge of fear.. Food for thought as your flies feast..

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There was no need for an evolutionary equal pay law: It was natural in most of recorded history, says a new study

New science now revealed: Early humans, we are told by leading anthropologists, had general equality. A research study concludes that for most of the evolutionary history of human, both genders had equal footing in the chaotic game of life.. MORE: Mark Dyble, the leading anthropologist on the study at University College London, said: “There is still this wider perception that hunter-gatherers are more macho or male-dominated. We’d argue it was only with the emergence of agriculture, when people could start to accumulate resources, that inequality emerged.”..

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I can explain the headline. But I sure can’t comprehend the body

The Large Hadron Collider, now fired up and colliding with energy, have observed a rare and new decay of the Bs particle.. It is a previously unseen subatomic process that only occurs about four times out of a billion, an advance that may help explain the imbalance of matter and antimatter in the universe.. The rest is physics. And science.. And I have trouble, as I have always had, wrapping my mind around the metaphysical.. Not that I don’t try.

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Who paved the road to ISIS?

A long look back: Who created ISIS? That question has suddenly became a campaign issue for Jeb Bush. But it is also an American issue–a question that should be answered with some thorough facts. NEW YORK attempts to begin putting the puzzle together–though it neglects to talk about weapons that the United States, under Obama, was pouring into to the ‘freedom fighters’ in Syria and Libya. The world has played chess for quite some time in the Middle East..

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Speed controls have been installed on ‘dead man’s curve,’ the crash site in Philadelphia.. But that may only be a part of the story.. There is still intrigue swirling not only around the engineer of the train, but also the eyewitnesses and visual evidence that something really big and fast hit the train prior to it crashing.. There are even rumors that two projectiles hit the train around the same time..

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More death of the coal region news

I feature some telling headlines from my hometown now and then, today’s offers more compelling information that the dream of the coal region, once filled with hope and coal in veins, is slowly becoming a relic of a past generation.. Catholic parishes in Ashland, Gordon and Girardville to merge This is a double whammy, of sorts: A region losing its luster, and a religion losing its collections. Telling tales from northern boundary of the coal region this Sunday morning..

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Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts signed a state of emergency declaration on Thursday after federal agriculture officials determined a second farm in the state has tested positive for the highly contagious avian flu virus H5N2.

And that is not a good thing for turkey prices, chicken prices, egg prices, or birds.

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An eastern South Dakota farm with 1.3 million egg-laying chickens is the first in the chicken-production business in the state to be infected with a deadly flu virus despite efforts to prevent it

The bird flu continues to spread.. From state to state.. bird to bird.. And your wallet. Turkey, egg, and chicken prices will continue to rise as the number of dead birds pile up..

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At least 136 people were hospitalized after an Amtrak train derailed north of Philadelphia, according to figures from several local hospitals.

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More first hand reporting on the AMTRAK train crash in Philadelphia

Thanks to an NBC NEWS producer.. MORE.. Janelle Richards, an NBC Nightly News producer, was on the train. She said all of a sudden she heard a loud crash and people flew up in the air, there was a lot of jerking back and forth, a lot of smoke, then everything just stopped and people starting asking how to get off the train. “The people that were able to get up, stood up and were able to find an exit,” Richard, who was okay, said. Richards said her car did not tip over. A passenger on the train had blood streaming from her face as they got up and made their way to the rear of the train car, where a man was able to open up a door wide enough for them to get out.

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DEVELOPING: AMTRAK CRASHES IN PHILLY!

An Amtrak train has crashed in Philadelphia, and several people appear to be injured. Train 188 was traveling from Washington, D.C., to New York City on Tuesday night when it crashed. MORE.. First responders are swarming onto the scene.. An AP reporter was on the train.. a former Congressman is too, and is tweeting pictures.. SUCH AS THIS PHOTO It would also appear that Patrick Murphy broke the news, Tweeting that he was just on am Amtrak that crashed..

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Earth shakes

Nepal earlier.. now this: A powerful 6.8 earthquake has struck off the eastern coast of Japan’s Honshu island, USGS and Japan Meteorological Agency report. Shaking has been felt in Tokyo.

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THE ‘Subway Conquestors’ hit NYC..

It’s like a setup for a new NINJA TURTLES movie… instead of Shredder and the Foot Soldiers, this is reality.. Various sources report: A rogue group of subway vandals calling them the ‘Subway Conquestors’ is allegedly on a mission to attack the rail system From CBS in NEW YORK: Police sources believe they were responsible for an explosion in the Bronx, and have been linked to one at Brooklyn’s Nostrand Avenue station in April. In the Nostrand Avenue incident, police arrestedKeyshawn Brown, 16, and accused him of placing a piece of metal on the tracks. “There are plenty of other people out there in the same gang, engaging in the same activities,” Max Diamond explained. Diamond is a self-proclaimed rail enthusiast. He has tracked the group for two years on social media. He said the acts are getting more extreme as the vandals try to one up each other. They have been accused of changing destination signs to confuse passengers, surfing train cars, and stealing MTA equipment and gear.

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Nepal shakes rattles and rolls all over again

At least four people have been killed by the 7.3 magnitude quake that hit Nepal on Tuesday, the International Organization for Migration said. Paul Dillon, a spokesman for the organization, told CNN that the deaths occurred in the town of Chautara, east of Kathmandu.

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Seymour no more Bin Laden: White House responds

Seymour Hersh rocked the world a bit today with the story that the Bin Laden raid was faked and staged.. I wrote earlier that a number of conspiracy theorists already theorized that the raid either did not occur or did not occur as said.. The White House was forced to respond to the story today, calling the Hersh story baseless Being that Seymour Hersh and not Alex Jones is saying this, I think the media will be forced to pay more attention–not that it should matter if a story is backed up by facts.. The White House refuting this isn’t going to make the story vanish. But speaking of staged. There is one thing I want to bring your memory hole back to for a moment.. Remember after Bin Laden’s death was announced, official media sources got a hold of that magic photo of the Administration paying close attention to what was described as live coverage of the raid–Hillary Clinton upped the ante a bit with her hands over her mouth in shock. But it came out a bit later–and was not widely reported–that the original White House account of the ADMIN watching the ‘firefight’ did not really happen. As a matter of fact, the head of the CIA was forced to admit that live video footage of the event did not even happen. It’s your choice what to believe. OR not believe.

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How to find the origin of a quote on the Internet. In the matrix.

nI read a link posted by George Knapp on Facebook and Twitter tonight to a website called Educating Humanity. The link describes well respected people who say we may be living in a simulated reality. A matrix.. Just like the movie version.. This quote, in particular, was present: Rich Terrile, director of the Centre for Evolutionary Computation and Automated Design at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has spoken out about the digital simulation. “Right now the fastest NASA supercomputers are cranking away at about double the speed of the human brain,” the NASA scientist told Vice. “ If you make a simple calculation using Moore’s Law [which roughly claims computers double in power every two years], you’ll find that these supercomputers, inside of a decade, will have the ability to compute an entire human lifetime of 80 years – including every thought ever conceived during that lifetime – in the span of a month. “In quantum mechanics, particles do not have a definite state unless they’re being observed. "Many theorists have spent a lot of time trying to figure out how you explain this. "One explanation is that we’re living within a simulation, seeing what we need to see when we need to see it. "What I find inspiring is that, even if we are in a simulation or many orders of magnitude down in levels of simulation, somewhere along the line something escaped the primordial ooze to become us and to result in simulations that made us – and that’s cool.” While searching for Rich Terrile’s actual quote in VICE (the aforementioned story didn’t link the VICE article), I found YOUR NEWS WIRE declaring this headline: Universe A Matrix Computer Game Designed By Aliens, Say NASA Now, with all due respect to YOUR NEWS WIRE, one scientist speaking doesn’t proclaim NASA’s official position. And even more, if you read then quote displayed originally by Terrille, he said that some theorists have claimed this and that he finds it cool. As do I.. But… Terrile didn’t proclaim we are all simulated and fake. And it certainly didn’t warrant this headline from another strange site I found called ST THOMAS AQUINAS VS NASA (real stuff) .. They went as far as calling this scientist insane for saying that some people say something that other people have always contemplated. The UK EXPRESS fishwrapper over in the UK also did its part, saying that a NASA scientist said we ‘May’ be living in a matrix. Even though he entertained the thoughts only of others, as I said.. With a keen eye, you may notice the text of the EXPRESS article is the same as the others.. which means someone copied off of someone. And with the net, it’s tough to tell if the chicken or the egg came first. In this case, the quote or the highly copied story reposted and reposted all over again. But finally, all of these stories regardless of who the first one to write it was, all mentioned that Rich Terrille was interviewed by VICE .. and that is where all sources are deriving the quote about the simulated matrix notion…I thought about this long and hard, and something was telling me I heard this all before.. Like I read it before. Like maybe I was in a simulated matrix and someone kept rebroadcasting the same link over and over again. So I checked the COAL SPEAKER archive and realized hat this quote was printed on my very site in 2012!! Years ago.. So did I someone hear it before St. Thomas who hates NASA did? And the Knapp linked site? And the EXPRESS? No.. I Checked VICE actually had an article in 2012. Proof here: http://ift.tt/1F9Jq68 … and even more interesting, the VICE article THEN quoting Terrille actually talks about a show he appeared on in 2010: THROUGH THE WORMHOLE.. So … that would mean all of these websites TODAY featuring this quotation as if it’s new are actually repeating news from 5 years ago. Think of it like this: If you were in your matrix, bought a car in May 2010, you now own your car. But also there is a good likelihood that your car was fixed at least 6 times and had way too many things happen to it, causing you to doubt your reality and hate your existence. But you also most likely had the chance to go to a car dealership and eat their “free” popcorn while your car was looked at by professionals, who told you that your car was ‘done for’ and that you should be a new car. And you’re going through it all over again. All in this matrix. But the theory is interesting, don’t get me wrong. I think about it often. The offensive part, to me, is how the internet has a knack for repeating and regurgitating articles simply for click porn. Especially when higher profile people link it without realizing that it was first reported in 2012. And 2010. All in the matrix. All by sims. On earth.

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Chewing gum dumb

There is news about a study today proving–proving no less–than chewing gum increases the chances of getting a song stuck in your head OUT OF YOUR HEAD.. The conclusion of this revolutionary study came from asking less than 100 people and asking them about whether they had songs stuck in their head after chewing bubble gum.. No mention on the type of gum–maybe the aspartame of the sugar free brand fried their remaining brain cells just trying to stay happy with a good tune..? Nonetheless, while the study is being shared on social media locations with ease, I am doubting the conclusions. I don’t chew gum often–mostly because I have researched a little too much of the added chemicals. I chew fresh ginger.. And if it’s strong enough, that will make you forget anything.. Next for the researchers of this University: Scaring people gets rid of hiccups. A study of 5 people.

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Days like today...

…when I think a self-hosted Wordpress blog is the worst idea ever for a person like me who often has little time to keep up with it. And then someone hacks into it and posts 1000 posts about Viagra. UGHH..

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The sounds high above our heads on the edge of space

http://ift.tt/1Joo98s The source of the noises, which were captured 22 miles above Earth, remain a mystery to scientists, though many have speculated about the cause. Those speculations include ocean waves, gravity waves, clear air turbulence, noise from the balloon cable itself, and even a wind farm under the balloon’s path

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A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake has struck the southern coast of Papua New Guinea, US Geological Survey reports. The quake set off a tsunami warning for an area spanning 300 kilometers around the epicenter, which includes Indonesia and Australian coast.

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