Friday, February 21, 2014

Cops gone wrong

Police shoot and kill teenager who answered the door holding video game controller..

Cop assaults man for videoing him..


.. and a woman was thrown into jail for recording traffic stop..

I don’t comprehend someone wanting to drive a car small enough that snow piles can crush it..

The deep dark web.. And the darkness of the human condition

The internet can be filled with goodness and important websites reporting on news from around the world. 


Or it could be the dark web, which vandalizes the youth of the world and makes children into props for sexual pleasure.. 


There seems to be an increasingly number of horrible websites involving child porn.. As a matter of fact, right now there are 50,000 Americans believed to be actively trading images and videos of children being abused.


One message board comment on a ‘dark web’ site said this, with a photo of an unborn child: ”I have a new baby about to be added to the game.”  I challenge you to read the USA TODAY article about this and still try to argue there is not evil in this world—children being damned before they are born to such conditions is wrong and dreadfully depressing..


Why do such horrible and disgusting things happen to children? Why do so many evil so called humans want to rob the goodness and innocence of childhood? A story from Missouri is shocking: A ten year old girl, Hailey Owens, was abducted and murdered .. and a 45-year-old longtime employee of the Springfield Missouri public school system has been charged with first degree murder..  


And the story of the beautiful young girl has resonated across the United States..


No child, no human—but goddamnit no child—should ever have to be subjected to pedophiles and creeps, inhuman scum and despicable evil people..


Ever. If I had superpowers, I know the scum I’d round up first..

I am sure you’ve come across people who dress like Barbie and try to emulate her entire plastic existence? Hell, there was even a hit song in the 90s celebrating such stupidity. 


And now, Blondie Bennett, a Barbie-obsessed woman, says she is taking steps to become brainless.


The ultimate Barbie—and sign of mental illness.. The step being taken: Hypnotherapy.. Good luck Barbie. Let’s hope your IQ substantially drops.

Scenes like this look like the end of the world. But they are just how things go in Sarajevo these days.


You may have seen these images going viral over the past few days.. 


Dado Ruvic, a photographer from Reuters, snapped and published over a dozen photos of how the 1984 Olympics site looks now. 


It was Sarajevo.. 1984—before the heartbreaking war that killed so many.. The war took a toll on the site of the Olympics.. And now, remnants of a time that was stand. The photos look spooky, strange, and creepy.. There are abandoned structures and reminders of the beauty that once was.


There are so many things that come to mind when I looked at the photos. First off, the power of earth to take over what man creates.. but more importantly, the power of hate, which is able to destroy and bring to rubble vestiges of goodness and sport rivalry.


Normally when people visit a website, the bounce rate is about 80%. Do yourself a favor and stay on this page with photos a little longer.. and contemplate what their haunting message really is..

SCENES FROM THE END OF THE WORLD


Scenes like this look like the end of the world. But they are just how things go in Kiev these days.. The violent Ukraine protests continue.. and now the President has made concessions .. There are also panic-stricken Ukrainians storming shops, banks, and gas stations..  and lots of images of empty store shelves..



Scenes like this look like the end of the world. But they are just how things go in Venezuela these days. As the economy crashes, state-sponsored paramilitaries are roaming middle class neighborhoods and shooting whoever looks like they are protesting. There is a major government crackdown on all dissidents.. And most of the international news media is completely oblivious to it all.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Hot Pockets Recalled Over ‘Diseased And Unsound Animal’ Contents


Nestle is voluntarily recalling an unspecified number of “Philly Steak” and “Croissant Crust Philly Steak and Cheese” Hot Pockets because they could contain meat that is unfit for human consumption, according to the USDA



That sounds pretty disgusting. Like sickening.


I eat the four cheese pizza lean pockets from time to time. I typically avoid any mass produced frozen meat products. Things like Bubba burgers etc. get me sick just to think of thousands of cows being simultaneously killed and mushed together .. but meat that is ‘unfit for human consumption’? Oh my..




Hot Pockets Recalled Over ‘Diseased And Unsound Animal’ Contents

Senator John McCain is now working to get the United States more invovled with the crisis in the Ukraine.. 


Ukraine’s military may be called in..


And at this time.. the truce is over and bloodshed is winning..

My Daily Doodle for February 20, 2014.. Tara, otherwise known as Mommy formerly known as Tara, is getting a homemade birthday card with Mario on it.. Ayden asked for it. 


I made Mario look more like a crooked-faced Jay Leno than the plumbing superhero.. And that little blue star.. It was a botched yellow one.


One reason I dedicated 2014 to be the year of the daily doodle—the year I begin drawing again—was because of how long since I drew anything.


From daily drawings to … zippo.


I knew I needed practice after not drawing in 10 years. I didn’t realize how bad I got until I saw my star.. Oh that’s a horrible star.


But Tara, it’s from the heart.

The FCC Wades Into the Newsroom

Regardless of political persuasion, this is just a bad idea. No one, really, logically has yet explained to me why it is needed.


I know what really is needed.. Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and other sources.. And a strong and fearless media .. one that doesn’t pay attention only to celebrity and bypass the real news.


Thankfully we have Twitter, Facebook, and blogs.


For now.


Until the newsroom police ….


The FCC Wades Into the Newsroom

This is what the map of the United States may look like next week.. the polar vortex makes a return.. Late in the game, but it’s looking strong and cold..


Ready?

FCC Commissioner Warns of Agency’s Plan to Monitor Newsrooms

Oh … I’m sure there’s some very ‘innocent’ reason the government would want to place censors….errrr….monitors in newsrooms and forget that whole freedom of the press thing. Right? I mean…. Authority never wants to censor right?



The FCC won’t let me be.


FCC Commissioner Warns of Agency’s Plan to Monitor Newsrooms

New highly radioactive leak at Japan's Fukushima plant

It never ends.. And won’t for a few hundred thousand (or more) years ..


New highly radioactive leak at Japan's Fukushima plant

FRACKED: What’s Causing the Huge Spike in Earthquakes in Oklahoma? | The Nation


Looks like more pizza may be in order for affected customers in the future..


FRACKED: What’s Causing the Huge Spike in Earthquakes in Oklahoma? | The Nation

The return of the Polar Vortex:: Frigid Air to Clutch Midwest, Northeast Again Next Week

THIS IS THE WINTER THAT NEVER ENDS..
YES IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIENDS…


The return of the Polar Vortex:: Frigid Air to Clutch Midwest, Northeast Again Next Week

101-Year-Old Man Announces Campaign For Congress

Out with the old!


In the with older!


At least you know he’d protect Social Security ..


101-Year-Old Man Announces Campaign For Congress

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Amazing, horrible, and breathtaking images of the violence in the Ukraine..

Potential Record Ice on Lake Superior May Mean a Cooler Summer

So there you go… get ready for that.


The winter of 2013-14.. the winter that never ends..


Will it be the summer that never begins?


I’ll revisit this post in a few months to see what impact the freeze over had…


Potential Record Ice on Lake Superior May Mean a Cooler Summer

Report: Southern Invasion Of Arctic-Dwelling Snowy Owls Spreads To 25 States


Pretty impressive stats, I’d say.


The times they are a freezin’..


Report: Southern Invasion Of Arctic-Dwelling Snowy Owls Spreads To 25 States

The Official Forecast of the U.S. Government Never Saw This Winter Coming

…..but for what it’s worth, the Farmer’s Almanac and the large furry critters that cross the road did.


And so did Accuweather—which seems to be so far ahead of the game on the NOAA all the time…


This is just how WRONG the government was. (Maybe they were too busy writing the code to HEALTHCARE.GOV?)



The Official Forecast of the U.S. Government Never Saw This Winter Coming
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