Booms and groans and noises abound: There have been earth noises and booms reported in 7 states in the last 24 hours.. 

One report in Georgia actually came from a resident who said the booms occurred and his driveway lifted up with cracks in the road.. The groans and booms reported all to be appearing along the location of the North American Craton..

Update: A major earthquake hit Japan, a minor tsunami occurred..

The 7.3 magnitude quake struck near Fukushima..

The earthquake shook buildings and swayed skycrapers.. nerves are already frayed by countless quakes and nuclear fears. And now this massive new quake and tsunami to follow only damaged the nation’s psyche more..

FEMA TEAMS WERE TOLD TO 'SIGHTSEE' AS SUPERSTORM SANDY VICTIMS SUFFERED

FEMA TEAMS WERE TOLD TO 'SIGHTSEE' AS SUPERSTORM SANDY VICTIMS SUFFERED

Washington state lights up in a blaze of marijuana

More from the TELEGRAPH:

However, the Seattle Police Department told its 1,300 officers that until further notice they shall not issue tickets, and no officers were present at the Space Needle event.

On the city’s police website, spokesman Jonah Spangenthal-Lee said: “The department’s going to give you a generous grace period to help you adjust to this brave, new, and maybe kinda stoned world we live in.”

He added: “The police department believes that, under state law, you may responsibly get baked, order some pizzas and enjoy a Lord of the Rings marathon in the privacy of your own home, if you want to.”

The department also posted a picture of actor Jeff Bridges as the cannabis-smoking character “The Dude” from the comedy film “The Big Lebowski”.

Washington state lights up in a blaze of marijuana

United States: Syria loads chemical weapons into bombs; military awaits Assad's order

United States: Syria loads chemical weapons into bombs; military awaits Assad's order

Lauren Wolfe: Rape shredding Syria's social fabric

Lauren Wolfe: Rape shredding Syria's social fabric

America a free society? The UK GUARDIAN weighs in

America a free society? The UK GUARDIAN weighs in

Good evening. It feels more like April than December … Trying to get that holiday spirit despite springtime weather..

AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and other wireless providers would be required to record and store information about Americans' private text messages for at least two years, according to a proposal that police have submitted to the U.S. Congress.

AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and other wireless providers would be required to record and store information about Americans' private text messages for at least two years, according to a proposal that police have submitted to the U.S. Congress.

HEY YA'LL: THE ICE CAPS ARE MELTING FAST

HEY YA'LL: THE ICE CAPS ARE MELTING FAST

So Ayden was playing with me and suddenly turned into a demon beast. He ripped my glasses off and scratched my face and preceded to fall in the floor and yell.

Oh these terrible twos will be fun (two months early)

This is Girardville, Pennsylvania, tonight. The Jiffy Mart has stood for decades. And now it’s burning to the ground.. those who live in the coal region or who did live in it will know this is a pretty big deal. This is a huge chunk of history in a small mining town vanishing before firefighters’ eyes.. Sad night in the coal region.

I told you he’d goof it up. He isn’t the kind you can depend on to do anything right.

A quote from the best Christmas special on earth: Charlie Brown.
The whole family watched it tonight. I just hope my son Ayden doesn’t think Charlie Brown is just like his dad—even though he is..

Greetings to the new followers..
I think you’ll like what you see..

The Tuesday radar. What I read this morning and suggest you do, too

On the radar for November 27, 2012:

Sunspot 1620 continues to expand. It has the chance to produce some very strong flares and potential CMEs.. A bright Coronal Mass Ejection appeared to be visible from the sun early this morning, however the impact will not be on earth, but instead deep space..

Tom Bogdon, the director of NOAA’s SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER, is closely monitoring the solar cycle, even warning that the upcoming solar maximum may spell problems for the planet earth..

Stan Deyo, the man who predicts earthquakes, said that he has been watching Southern California for seismic activity. Deyo told George Noory on Coast to Coast Am last night that he is 90% accurate in his quake predictions.. He said he sees a potential 4 to 5 quake within a few days of the 24th of November. Deyo said the small earthquakes taking place right now in the zone he predicted may mean that his original prediction may not hold.. Deyo said he will be able to give advanced warning to large quakes. Time will tell if Mr. Deyo is full of bunk or 90% accurate as he claims he is..

While Deyo claims he may now know where large earth rumbling will occur, the places that they are REALLY occurring across the planet are just plain weird. The latest now in Tennessee, where two small tremors happened..

More troubling news in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: Dunes that protected NY Island from decimation are now gone as a result of the storm..

Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath in the United States as we go into winter.. and in Iran, there are big problems as well: 100,000 are without shelter as a result of an August earthquake as that nation heads into the winter season..

Tis the season to mess up big: The confetti that was showered on NYC this year contained information such as social security numbers, names of detectives, and even a mention of Mitt Romney’s Long Island motorcade.. Some of the material still is scattered in Nassau County..

There is intrigue online as the website Before It’s News posted a story that appears to show a massive number of caskets being prepped in Californina.. The website also points out that FEMA has instructed the government to be prepared for mass deaths..

Hunger in America is a problem. It was never corrected by President Johnson’s Great Society, or President Clinton’s welfare reform, or President Obama’s newest deal. Many are hungry for the holidays in 2012..

Clashes resume in Cairo..

Yasar Arafat’s body exhumed to see if he was posioned..

Yet another study purports to tell us how kids gets autism.. this time it’s early exposure to traffic pollution..

A new furor over Facebook’s plans to change privacy settings..

A study concludes that many of the world’s biggest rivers are running low on water, mainly due to water extraction.. Will anyone get some common sense on the water issue? We face a future of water shortages and war over the very thing we all need to survive. The Colorado River is one thing, but now four major global rivers having the same problems could equal a dismal future..

An update on the Louisiana sinkhole (one that mainstream media still pokes at but never truly covers): One website writes that the explosive potential from the massive sinkhole in Bayou Corne is understated..

North Korea activity suggests the launch of a missile will happen soon..

A video of the most shameful acts of shopping on Black Friday..

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SHAMEFUL ACTS OF SHOPPING!
We are days into the shopping season, but here is a YouTube compilation of the most shameful of behavior displayed by supposed humans on Black Friday. Enjoy.

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

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Interesting.. my hometown has a song about it now. Pretty nifty.

ashesofamericanflags:

Let Rogue Valley, my favorite band, from Minneapolis, Minnesota be your guide to the modern ghost town of Centralia, PA

‘Pennsylvania 61
through the very heart for some
where industry has long been gone
looks like any old abandoned town
it looks like any other place
forgotten and left to waste
its residents have long been chased away

steam rises from the fields
smoke-clouds skim the streets
a fire burns underneath the fallen city

this old mining community
is hotter than the planet mercury
a statuette without a face
disfigured and erased

four hundred acres all unseen
been burning since 1960
the government gave it up
paid money for all the people to move out
they took their pictures and precious things
their families, their histories
level it all, let nature reclaim this town

smoke rises from the hills
like some kind of poison spell
the mines are smoldering still
after fifty years

they’ll burn for a hundred more
hollowing a harrowing core
the coal went when the soul went
the other way down
Pennsylvania 61

level it all

don’t look back on Pennsylvania 61’

You can listen to Rogue Valley’s fantastic brand of Americana at their Bandcamp, like them on Facebook, and find out more about their expansive ‘Four Seasons’ albums through their website.

Drunk on milk? Shedding the magic underwear at Disney? Now a bear hug on Anne Romney.. Just keep him away from her horses.

The relentless sound of Christmas music already plays.. How long until your brain gets fried

The relentless sound of Christmas music already plays.. How long until your brain gets fried

A great stocking stuffer: BLACK EYED CHILDREN.. I want to read this one..

Much more fascinating than the MEN IN BLACK..