10PM WRAP

10PM WRAP

The latest from the Boston Marathon Massacre

There was lots of misreporting by big news organizations earlier today.. the HORROR REPORT linked to several articles that turned out to be incorrect (for now), including stories over 12 people being dead and a Saudi national being a suspect.. Right now, the Saudi national is a ‘person of interest’..

The latest from the city of Boston, which is unusually quiet this night of Patriot Day

• Latest numbers: There are three dead.. 134 injured.. the number is grim but sure to rise. Among the dead, an 8-year-old child.. and among the injured, many children. Some are having their limbs amputated tonight in hospitals..


• The scene was one of chaos near the finish line today as both bombs went off nearly at the same time..


• TIME MAGAZINE goes inside a Boston emergency room treating the injured[LINK HERE]


• The Saudi national, and ‘person of interest,’ under guard.. [LINK HERE]


• The NEW YORK TIMES is reporting that there were potentially five devices.. Police officials said one was blown up in a controlled explosion..[LINK HERE]


• Flights are banned over the site


• NBA cancels Celtics game


• Cell phone use is heavy and still operating in Boston..


• According to CNN tonight, doctors are frantically pulling ball bearings out of people who are injured.. primary injuries appear to be tissue and lower body hits.. 


• Obama does not call the attack terror [LINK HERE]


• Insult to injury: Newtown parents were in the stands when  explosions went off..


• The final mile was dedicated to Newtown families [LINK HERE]


• Witness tells reporters: “I saw blood everywhere”

Perhaps the most troubling thing tonight is that there is no claim of responsibility, there is no suspect, and there are no answers. The night of 9/11, when Bush addressed the nation, for better  or worse we had a shared cause and a new found enemy of the state—twelve years of war and missteps we question more now than we did then.. but the cause was just that night when George W. Bush gave his prime time address from the Oval Office.. this time, we have no clue as to who will be blamed…

Will the Saudi national become a suspect?

Will it be a domestic group?

Will it be an international group?

Is this the beginning of a new age of soft targets being targeted? Are we entering an age of low-grade terror with big implications? 

There are more questions than answers tonight.. 

With time, we will heal. With time, more will be known.. And with time, we’ll have an idea as to what today will mean to the nation’s future.

But until then, doctors will frantically treat traumatic injuries and funerals will take place for children way too young to leave this earth in a act of terrorism.. 

This world is so often a seemingly endless mass of poisonous psychopaths. Welcome to the planet Earth.

There’s little doubt now that this was a coordinated and purposeful attack on the Boston Marathon

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chrisgeidner:

Four screen captures of the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon from CBS Boston, which is livestreaming its coverage. In the final picture, the second explosion is visible in the background.

No one is calling this an attack yet, but I don’t think it will be long before we do

Happy tax day everyone…

This timelessly funny video comes from somewhere in time, back in the 20th century. Irwin R Shyster may have been the best wrestling character of all time.

The Beeb shows just how tacky he can be

Get ready world: Justin Bieber is about to attack teenagers as a spokeschild for a company that wants to sell them debit cards. That’s right, hook them in early and addict them to plastic for life.

But while the Beeb is prepping for that crime against monetary decency, he may have overstepped the line when it comes to what stars should and should not say. His comments concerning Anne Frank are frankly tacky—and more so quite shocking that the Beeb specimen may see a backlash of anger.. Maybe his 60% of fake Twitter followers will help out, though..

Here is the story, from TMZ no less:

Bieber visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam Saturday. According to the Facebook page for the museum (yes, the Anne Frank House has a Facebook page), Bieber was there a few friends and bodyguards and went inside while a throng of fans waited outside.

The museum then explained … “He stayed more than an hour in the museum. In our guestbook he wrote: ‘Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber.’”

Had she lived … the April 13 diary entry would surely have included the word “douchebag.”

I don’t think I could have summed it up  better than TMZ’s final sentence in the dispatch..

Anne Frank would have been a belieber..
I know he’s into himself.. but by God, this much? So much so that, given the history of Anne Frank and the human race during the 20th century’s great war, he leaves only thinking about what she would have thought of him?? Unbeeblievable.

So much for that: Northern Lights are a no show ..

So much for that: Northern Lights are a no show ..

A Kermit Gosnell update:

Kermit Gosnell’s house of horror in Philadelphia was not inspected for seventeen years by Pennsylvania state government..

And more:

Gosnell’s employees say they were just doing what their boss told them to..Some said it was the best job they could find.. Just following orders? We’ve heard that before in history, now haven’t we?

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rocknrollercoaster:

Suspicious Quotation Marks

Yes indeed.. very mysterious quotation marks…

Good evening everyone, may your solar flare viewing be great.

7-year-old girl is the latest to suffer bird flu in China.. fear grows..

Alert in Hong Kong..

Report on deaths from bird flu underscore how grim and serious the situation could become..

Trust the Bieber: He signs a multi-million dollar deal with a debit card company..

Spend early: A debit card for teenagers (from parents)

Seriously.. will you trust Justin Bieber with your teenage kid?? 

Don’t mess with the machine: Virginia man gets 7 years for stealing President Obama’s teleprompter

David Weigel of SLATE has another must read story on the Gosnell trial non coverage

The money quote:

So the question, raised by pro-lifers, is this: Explain to us why Gosnell isn’t a national story. Somebody else can try. I can’t explain it. It’s never made sense to me, how a local crime story becomes a national story. Two words: “Poop cruise.” CNN ran hours of coverage and grainy video of a stranded Carnival cruise ship, a situation that inconvenienced many and killed none. How does a missing college student or an angry man in a TSA line become part of Our National Conversation? I don’t know. I do know that a reporter in the bubble is less likely to be compelled by the news of an arrested abortionist.

David Weigel of SLATE has another must read story on the Gosnell trial non coverage

Why I Didn't Write About Gosnell's Trial--And Why I Should Have - The Daily Beast

This is an amazing and honest article by Megan McArdle of the DAILY BEAST.. And a must read in my opinion..

Why I Didn't Write About Gosnell's Trial--And Why I Should Have - The Daily Beast

London set to party to celebrate Maggie’s death..

Massive party..

Thatcher dead: New song hits the charts, “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead, and it’s a hit..

So, my British and London followers, are you partying today?

Northern Light watch

I’m a solar flare freak.

And I’m pretty excited at the prospects of tonight’s Northern Lights possibilities here in Pennsylvania. On the Kp index, tonight will be a 6 to 8.. 

it’s going to be touchy though.. They are set to hit at 8pm tonight, but with a deviation of 7 hours, there is a chance that the West may have a better chance if they don’t start before nightfall along the East Coast.. 

Crossing fingers..

Did anyone ever see a ghost moth before??

Some strange activity just took place in my home, at least I think it did, as I was working out of the corner my eye I saw a shadow flying around near the floor. I quickly turned around in my swivel chair and looked for whatever the shadow may have been. And somehow out of thin air I realized I was suddenly looking at a dark moth with a shadow underneath it near the floor.. 

I wondered to myself in the split-second when I so the moth, ‘how did this odd little creature even get in here, it is the middle of the day it is not flying near any light and it seemed to appear out of nowhere?’ 

It took no longer than two or three seconds before the moth was gone. And I mean gone. Vanished. And the strange part was it disappeared somehow while I was still watching it.

I know there have been some paranormal urban legends that have existed for such a long time about ghost cats and ghost dogs and even ghost rats. I don’t think I have ever heard one about a ghost moth. Until I experienced it myself today, and now I have a tale to tell. 

If the moth reappears out of nowhere maybe my story of a ghost moth will be proven false. If I find a carcass of the little creature somewhere or see him again I will update you all .. but until then a ghost moth flies from realm to realm and it visited me today.

Kermit Gosnell.. a 'local crime' story? So sayseth a Washington POST reporter, explaining why there is little to no attention of the abortion horror house trial in Philly

Reserved media seats.. Empty.

Another reporter argues that people have forgotten what needs to be on page one.

Indeed we did… 

Kermit Gosnell.. a 'local crime' story? So sayseth a Washington POST reporter, explaining why there is little to no attention of the abortion horror house trial in Philly

accuweather:

Dazzling Northern Lights Anticipated Saturday Night

A solar flare that occurred around 2 a.m. Thursday morning may create a spectacular display of northern lights Saturday evening. 

Excellent timing! Great weather expected overtop the great Coal Region of PA.. and Northern Lights will be a movin’ South!