Report: Animal Planet’s ‘Call of the Wildman’ show mistreated animals it was rescuing

NOOOOOOOOO!!!! Is nothing scared!?

Even the Wildman!?

Is nothing real. Besides Truman..?

Report: Animal Planet’s ‘Call of the Wildman’ show mistreated animals it was rescuing

Deep Freeze in Midwest, Northeast to Be Prolonged

It’s going to get miserably cold again. This time it will be colder for a longer period of time.

I already heard the reports that propane gas is going up about $200 a fill..  I burn coal.. haven’t heard about that yet. Nonetheless, when it’s 100 in July we’ll laugh about -5. Maybe.

Deep Freeze in Midwest, Northeast to Be Prolonged

A 'tsunami' of store closings expected to hit retail

CNBC: Get ready for the next era in retail, one that will be characterized by far fewer shops and smaller store footprints.

There are three or four malls within a 40 mile square radius of Coal Speaker home base that are practically empty.. Malls try their best to hide empty stores with decoration and advertisements, but there are barren spots. Too many..

I recall those wonderful days of fall, back in the 1980s and 90s when malls were busy.. Internet came and shut it all down.

I know I actively take part in the current day Internet fad. But I will miss stores. I will miss malls. I will miss places like that.

We all will.

It would seem the economy is about to get a big hit this year.. if CNBC is right, a lot of places you shop at (or don’t?) are about to close doors. JC Pennys was first. Who’s next?

A 'tsunami' of store closings expected to hit retail

Techies.. a question

Blogger vs Tumblr Vs Wordpress?

From Accuweather.

Prepare now, I guess..

I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing, but a heavily aged Naked Cowboy is still going strong in New York City.. Read more here.

And reading the weather report, the Naked Cowboy will have plenty more chances for his nipples to cut glass. Lots of cold coming and snowstorms likely over the next two weeks, too..

I have to throw in some comments here about that sports article. What sort of god sits around watching sports while people starve? Or freeze? Or die from diseases? How could anyone rationalize praying to a god that values sports over lives? It's ridiculous. And half of sports fans pray to/ believe this sort of god plays a role? It's articles like this that remind me how proud I am to think for myself & live without religion because if there was a god like that I want nothing to do with it.

AMEN!

No  pun  of  any  sorts  intended

Google Glass has a new and creepy porn app: It allows you to watch yourself have sex with your partner.. it's the ultimate in sexual narcissism and a definite sign the end is nigh

Of course, someone may correctly point out that Shaggin Wagons and carpeted bedrooms of yesteryear were equipped with mirrors, the old fashioned way of Google Glassing it. These days it’s all techno, baby. 

But you’re so vain, you probably thought the sex was about you.

So … how long before Google Glass gets banned—or used—in your bedroom?

Google Glass has a new and creepy porn app: It allows you to watch yourself have sex with your partner.. it's the ultimate in sexual narcissism and a definite sign the end is nigh

Half of American fans say 'supernatural' forces are in play during sports events

………because God cares if someone scores a touchdown.

Half of American fans say 'supernatural' forces are in play during sports events

Several Hawaiian islands will see waves of up to 50 feet

Get your wave on, ya’ll

Several Hawaiian islands will see waves of up to 50 feet

Europeans on alert after Olympic athletes in Sochi receive terror warnings

Europeans on alert after Olympic athletes in Sochi receive terror warnings

mothernaturenetwork:

Mystery solved: Why clocks seem to stop ticking the second you look at them
It turns out that the perception of time passing is as much in our heads as it is a part of reality.

Cool story.

Do people still have analog clocks…??

MASSIVE CHAOS IN KIEV AS PROTESTERS TAKE ON THE POLICE

There’s lot of chaos happening in Kiev.. RT is there with photos and a full report.

What you need to know about this story: There have been three days of fighting between protesters and police.. There seems to be more black smoke billowing over the capitol city of the Ukraine today .. There are also reports that several protesters have now died during the violent clashes.

The New York TIMES provides a bit of background on why all of this suddenly began:

The Ukrainian crisis escalated sharply last week after President Viktor F. Yanukovich signed new laws restricting public assembly and limiting media freedoms. That revived a protest movement that had been fading, as its political leaders were focusing their efforts instead on elections scheduled for next year.

As though Vlad the Impaler Putin doesn’t have enough to worry about with the Sochi games, he’s getting involved with the crisis in Kiev, chiding the European Union for ‘meddling’ in the affairs of the Ukraine. Reuters reports this:

(Reuters) - Russia told European governments on Tuesday to stop meddling in Ukraine’s political crisis and said events could be spinning out of control in Kiev after violence that left vehicles burning in the streets.

Moscow, which sees its fellow former Soviet republic as part of its traditional sphere of influence, has watched nervously as protests against President Viktor Yanukovich’s decision to shun a trade pact with the European Union have turned violent.

Scores of police and demonstrators have been hurt since Yanukovich, who received a multi-billion-dollar bailout package from Moscow after he spurned the EU deal, angered opponents by signing sweeping laws to curb public protests.

RT has a regularly updated minute by minute blog of the happenings..

The government has called the protesters terrorists. The protesters have said they are the ‘people’s council.’ It is beginning to sound and look a lot like THE DARK KNIGHT RISES in Kiev. But there’s no Batman to stop these scenes..

MASSIVE CHAOS IN KIEV AS PROTESTERS TAKE ON THE POLICE

It’s a beautiful morning

The NY Times’ Most Visited Post of 2013 Was Created by an Intern

Take that lamestream snoozies.. You got just got smacked down by someone who you probably didn’t even pay …

The NY Times’ Most Visited Post of 2013 Was Created by an Intern

This story made me a little sad: The "Poe Toaster" is gone and most likely gone for good

Nevermore, I guess.

The Edgar Allan Poe toaster has been absent (not absinthe) for a few years.. The tradition is now almost officially being declared dead. And that’s pretty sad..

There seems to be lots of amazing things from the 20th century quickly vanishing here in this new era. And concerning Poe and other famed literary stars, it would appear that appreciation of good writing, storytelling, and literature, is also dying away too..

This story made me a little sad: The "Poe Toaster" is gone and most likely gone for good

THE RETURN OF ROB FORD

Guess who’s back!? Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who was caught on video in a fast food restaurant ranting and being plain out offensive.

As the CBC reports: 

Throughout much of the minute-long video, titled “New Video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Drunk, Swearing in Jamaican Patois,” Ford attempts to use Jamaican slang, using the word “bumbaclot” — profanity in patois — at least four times.

The mayor admitted he was drinking alcohol.  “A little bit, yeah,” he told reporters. He had pledged numerous times he does not drink anymore, after revelations in 2013 of his crack use while in office.

Good to have you back, Mr. Mayor.

why do you suck?

Because I am.

I miss when it used to snow, I be on instant messanger or ICQ

God I miss those days too..

Christie cancels inauguration party

Thank God for a snowstorm, I suppose. Timing couldn’t have been better..

Christie cancels inauguration party