MASSIVE eruptions in Japan - Sakurajima Volcano blows its top
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015
This is your anscestor. And mine.
As a matter of fact, according to a report today, it’s the jawbone of one of the fist humans. Phallab Ghosh from BBC reports,
The 2.8 million-year-old specimen is 400,000 years older than researchers thought that our kind first emerged.
The discovery in Ethiopia suggests climate change spurred the transition from tree dweller to upright walker.
The head of the research team told BBC News that the find gives the first insight into “the most important transitions in human evolution”.
And it’s a link with the famed LUCY.
The early human. Defined by a jaw. Not a brain. That stuff came later.
Another snowy night.. potentially a housebound day tomorrow for lots of folks in the eye of THOR.. So why not turn off the lights, close the blinds, and entice your mind with a movie about the surreal, unreal, and paranormal. DARK SKIES is one of those films. Try it on for size—an abduction movie with dark shadow aliens, the Greys, evolves quickly into what I think was one of the most legitimately scary and good movies I’ve seen in quite some time.
There are some memorable scenes.. memorable characters. Specifically the idea that the other worldly suddenly presents itself into the lives of mundane people is freaky.
Besides one annoying scene I thought was plagiarism—a family sitting down to a dinner prior to an alien invasion like in SIGNS—the movie was strong and had a good alien premise. If you like alien movies. Or scary ones..
Add to the agenda a dark room and healthy snacks..I think it’s worth it.
Find it on NETFLIX if you can’t find it anywhere else..
After the movie, lighten the mood with the Ballad of the Greys.
Proof is in the prison pudding?
According to potential Republican presidential candidate BEN CARSON, being gay is a choice.. He points to the prison population.. And said you go in straight but come out gay..
No he really said this.
Because a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight — and when they come out, they’re gay. So, did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question
So I did ask myself that question. And in the search yield of results, I found a study from Just Detention International that says while prison rape is a problem, many times the idea of relations are anecdotal.. But even that study did not prove any ‘gay’ or straight facts..
Maybe Candidate Carson should also read this 2012 story from the UK GUARDIAN portraying the truth about being gay in prison. Sadhbh Walsh wrote,
The reality of life in prison for homosexuals and transgender individuals does not appear to reflect this myth. One young man named Rodney, imprisoned for fraud and check-forging, sent me a detailed account of his life so far in prison. He described a litany of brutal rapes, assaults, beatings and, eventually, the total abandonment of his male identity as his only means of survival in the hyper-masculine and often homophobic prison environment. His account suggests that far from being a paradise, prison for gay men can be a living hell.
I think if Ben Carson wants to continue in his quest for office, he best get an advisor. Also if this is an indication of other beliefs, he may also want to avoid questions on evolution and try not to get stumped on the names of world leaders.
U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was injured in an attack in Seoul, possibly by more than one person, according to U.S. government sources.
Police in Seoul say Lippert was cut with a razor blade. Lippert is being treated. A suspect has been detained.
This breaking tonight.. CNN reported this initial dispatch..
Homer Simpson predicted the mass of the Higgs boson particle 14 years before it was discovered, a writer claims
Homer Simpson predicted the mass of the Higgs boson in a 1998 episode of The Simpsons, according to a science writer.
In The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace episode, Homer is shown in front of a blackboard working on an equation.
Twelve years later, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider discovered the Higgs boson.
A case of the fluffy whites..
Candidate for Pennsylvania Senate, Joe Sestak, makes news for wearing sneakers from 1987..
French police continue hunt for mystery Paris drones
Something strange is happening in the skies of PARIS.
French police continue hunt for mystery Paris drones
FERGUSON REPORT ISSUED: Civil rights Division reports that police department and municipal courts system in the St. Louis suburb routinely violated the constitutional rights of its African-American residents.
And here.. (Some of the most damning findings released)
But there will be no prosecution of Darren Wilson..
UK censors horror movie about neo-Nazi hate crime
I am not in favor of censorship.. but I don’t think the banning of this type of film has me particularly upset.. There is a certain style of torture movie I typically avoid.
However.. In no way am I in favor of this being banned.. Or anything else.
UK censors horror movie about neo-Nazi hate crime
I bought a really big carrot at the Hometown Auction today..
A note of caution: Don’t Google “what to do with an enormous carrot” at work..
A good snake isn't a dead one. Educate yourself and you'll see your fear go away. I can see being afraid of venomous snakes, but harmless ones? Grow up.
I believe this message was sent based on a post from 6 months ago in which I referred to a dead autumn copperhead in front of my house.
I grew up when winter set in.. now with spring on the way and the birth of new little evil baby snakes, my fear will come back.
But I will attempt to grow up. I am in my 30s, and a male. So right about now is the prime time to grow up, right?
Bill Nye the genetically modified guy
Monsanto just got a new bow-tie wearing fan..
What gives?
Something..
Bill Nye the genetically modified guy
Is your satnav harming your brain?
Growing scientific evidence suggests a future where our brains may prematurely fail in later life through under-use, thanks to Mother Nature’s rule that we ‘use it or lose it’.
This makes some sense to me.. we are not ‘wired’ to be as wired as we are.. It may take a couple of generations to get in the groove.. until we merge with machine, it will be a bumpy and depressing ride..
Is your satnav harming your brain?
McDonald's to stop using chicken with antibiotics
This is shocking.
It’s the first time McDonalds has admitted to actually using CHICKEN.
I kid, I kid..
This is a good first step though.. now if they take the REST of the plastic and garbage out of their product, we will get somewhere.
Food CAN BE fast. And healthy.. It is just up to consumers to demand it. Thanks to the FOOD BABE and others like her, it’s happening..
Let’s label this the DE-CRAPPENING.
McDonald's to stop using chicken with antibiotics
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
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Devil in a blue dress.
Or was the stress white?
Either way a brand new story about an old affair—the man who painted Bill Clinton reveals the secret Monica Lewinsky Easter egg hidden within..
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hidden-image-bill-clintons-official-portrait/
Monday, March 2, 2015
I did not get the chance until just this weekend to see GONE GIRL.. But finally, my son’s sleeping hour, my wife and I sat down to watch this.. I am a little bit disappointed with the end. I will not spoil it—though I will tell you that you see the full package of Affleck during a scene—but the movie was too great to have such a let down finale..
I have no full review, and perhaps no point. But it’s the internet, I don’t have to.
Am I alone in my dislike of the ending of this movie? It’s so bad it makes me actually dislike the entire film, though until the final five minutes it was perhaps one of the greatest movies I’ve seen in years…
It also reminded me of how much I don’t want Ben Affleck to be BATMAN..
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