Republican debate: Trump attacks George W. Bush on 9/11, Iraq war

Republican debate: Trump attacks George W. Bush on 9/11, Iraq war:

THIS was the moment that may have changed all games tonight..

Either South Carolina will head to the polls and revolt against Donald Trump.. or the undercurrent of the GOP will realize that Trump was dead on accurate about his take on history.

This was an amazing moment. I cannot underscore it any more .. As a viewer of politics my entire life, I have quite honestly never seen a moment like this on prime time television during a major debate before a South Carolina primary.

Amazing.. Amazing. Amazing.

The Rumble in South Carolina

Trump told Bush that his ‘mom should have ran.’ .. . Trump also said Bush Jr led to the World Trade Center collapsing.. he said he lied about weapons of mass destruction.. he said the Iraq war was a mistake.. Tonight Donald Trump sounds like the Democratic nominee for President.

This is fascinating..
And we will see how it plays in conservative South Carolina.

Don’t forget 2000.. McCain cleans the Bush clock in New Hampshire. Comes back to live in South Carolina..
Could it be a repeat of history?
OR .. does Trump defy the odds in the land of military might of South Carolina?
Amazing television tonight on the CBS debate..

Thinking about an old friend who lost his life to cancer last...

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Thinking about an old friend who lost his life to cancer last year. Every now and then his face pops up in my mind.. and his favorite song, ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN, does as well..

I get comforted by this song.
But.. what does not comfort me is the lack of messages from beyond the grave. He always said he may try to send me one from the great beyond.
Perhaps that violates the rules of space and time. Or .. space and time do not exist. 

I just don’t know this cold, dark, and snowy Saturday night in February. I just don’t know.

Shock death.. Antonin Scalia dead.. History changing moment.....

Shock death.. Antonin Scalia dead..
History changing moment.. Vacancy needing to be filled during an election year..

Game changer ..

scarystoriestouploadinthedark:

Developing now..

Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said.

Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa.

There was a horrendous crash in Pennsylvania today –...

There was a horrendous crash in Pennsylvania today – deaths and injuries occurred on Interstate 78 .. 

It was a major accident that occurred during a snow squall..

Here is one video of someone describing the events, sounding like ‘bombs’ ..

Sadness for the loss of life and injuries..

And a stark reminder of the dangers of snow squalls and how they could change life immediately on roads.. 

Take caution during situations like this..

Oklahoma rattled by state's third largest earthquake; 5.1 recorded near Fairview

Oklahoma rattled by state's third largest earthquake; 5.1 recorded near Fairview:

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The third largest earthquake in recorded state history rocked parts of western Oklahoma on Saturday morning near the site of other large, recent temblors.

The quake registered a 5.1 magnitude and was recorded northwest of Fairview at 11:07 a.m., according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Geological Survey.

A 3.9 aftershock followed about 10 minutes after the earthquake, according to the USGS….

News from the coal region home front: 'Thunder Over Ashland' fireworks canceled after 20 years .. Another example of an area falling apart

News from the coal region home front: 'Thunder Over Ashland' fireworks canceled after 20 years .. Another example of an area falling apart:

Another entry into the ‘death of the coal region’ tag..

This is a pretty big deal, in my opinion.. it’s these events, parades and fireworks, that so often unite small towns with the Americana feel.

The coal region of Pennsylvania, dwindling in population but surging in drug problems and alcoholism, is leading to a rebirth of something much, much worse.

The fireworks are canceled.
The show is over.
All that remains?
A distant memory of thunder over Ashland…

May the county rest in peace.

Grandma charged in toddler granddaughter's smothering death in Mahanoy City PA

Grandma charged in toddler granddaughter's smothering death in Mahanoy City PA:

Too close to home.. This taking place in the heart of the formerly great coal region of Pennsylvania. And it’s disgusting to its core.. 

A grandmother, watching her granddaughter, kills her.. the story has been picked up globally by the ASSOCIATED PRESS due to the shocking nature of the crime. This is the AP dispatch:

A northeastern Pennsylvania grandmother is charged in the suffocation death of her 14-month-old granddaughter.

Pietrina Hoffman, of Mahanoy City, was arraigned Friday in Schuylkill County.

Police accuse 52-year-old Hoffman of smothering Navaeh Doyle on Jan. 10 while she was babysitting the toddler.

An autopsy determined the girl died from asphyxia by smothering. She was sent to county prison without bail pending a preliminary hearing Feb. 25.

Awful.. Just awful.

I get tremendous rage when innocence is broken. I get angry to my very core when some adult, an adult who is supposed to be responsible and loving, does nothing of the kind and instead murders and destroys the beauty of life. 

The curse of the Powerball: The house always wins

Will you sell your soul for a billion bucks?

The curse of the Powerball: The house always wins

First snow … And it’s a sudden blizzard. A deliberate attack from the Snow Miser. And we must respond accordingly. Any road that harbors snow is an enemy of freedom.

Fox's 'X-Files' revival has controversial new theories.. Character based off of Alex Jones

EW REPORTING:

“In the first return episode screened for reporters (trailer below), paranormal investigators Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) team up with a charming web-series host named Tad O’Malley (played by the usually comedic Joel McHale, here in a dramatic role). The character, loosely based on conservative online personalities Alex Jones and Glenn Beck, bashes the “liberal media” in the episode; at one point, Mulder compares O’Malley to Fox News host Bill O’Reilly (“What Bill O’Reilly knows about the truth can fill an eyedropper,” O’Malley retorts). ”

Fox's 'X-Files' revival has controversial new theories.. Character based off of Alex Jones

Sale of 'Silence of Lambs' house in Fayette County goes torturously slowly | TribLIVE Mobile

The home near Perryopolis appeared in “The Silence of the Lambs” is up for sale. In the film, the three-story Victorian was the home of a serial killer nicknamed Buffalo Bill.

But he house isn’t selling.. It looks quite beautiful though has some plumbing issues.. It’s also in a remote area of Pennsylvania..

Perhaps some people think that Bill from SILENCE OF THE LAMBS actually existed? Maybe they think real murders happened?

The cutting curse of fame.
It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets no sale again..

Sale of 'Silence of Lambs' house in Fayette County goes torturously slowly | TribLIVE Mobile

A lawyer says the number of children sexually or physically abused by priests while serving in a choir run by Pope Emeritus Benedict's brother at their Catholic school in the German city of Regensburg totals 231. That’s more than three times as many cases as had been reported previously by the church.

A lawyer says the number of children sexually or physically abused by priests while serving in a choir run by Pope Emeritus Benedict's brother at their Catholic school in the German city of Regensburg totals 231. That’s more than three times as many cases as had been reported previously by the church.

Clyde Lewis is right.. I mentioned Lazarus myself hours ago on my initial David Bowie dead post.
Check out the video. It’s haunting.. It’s also very predictive and clearly shows that David Bowie knew he was dying soon..

Poor Francis baptized 26 babies and told moms to begin nursing..

“One bit of advice to the moms: When a baby cries because he’s hugry, feed him. Feel free to feed him here.”“

Poor Francis baptized 26 babies and told moms to begin nursing..

DAVID BOWIE DEAD AT 69

Bowie died surrounded by family after a long battle with cancer..

From his most recent song LAZARUS, the first line:

Look up here, I’m in heaven / I’ve got scars, that can’t be seen’ to the image of his frail body dressed in black climbing inside an armoire

Bowie was a star for the ages.. an unforgettable personality who swept through culture like a hurricane.. He was the one who ended up dry after the storm.

He gave us hits, classics.. he gave us Major Tom and ground control’s epic final conversation.. He gave us memories. And by God, he gave us amazing music.

He’s gone today.. And he will be missed.

THE REVENANT PART 2?

Leonardo DiCaprio’s immediate viral reaction after bumping Lady Gaga at the Golden Globes..

A blast of color.. A rainbow behind my house as photographed by a friend.. Directly from the woods behind the abode.. The cold air just moved in. Night is falling.. The last glimmer of light is from the array of colors fading into the winter night..

The CHAPO interview and the PENN controversy

The world is intrigued by Sean Penn meeting with El Chapo.. The Rolling Stone published the interview just as the drug kingpin was re-arrested. .  The interview is bizarre. Controversial. People are angry at Penn. The issue even became a campaign talking point for Republicans on the trail, Marco Rubio today saying it was out of line but not illegal. There are, however, some interesting interview comments that the interview has given the world to digest and contemplate.. Among them:

• I supply more heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana than anybody else in the world. I have a fleet of submarines, airplanes, trucks and boats 
  
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  Well, it’s a reality that drugs destroy. Unfortunately, as I said, where I grew up there was no other way and there still isn’t a way to survive
  
  
  
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  I don’t usually drink
  
  
  
• On Trump: “
  
  Ah! Mi amigo!”
  
  
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  The only way to have money to buy food, to survive, is to grow poppy, marijuana, and at that age, I began to grow it, to cultivate it and to sell it
  
• On drug addiction: “
  
  No, that is false, because the day I don’t exist, it’s not going to decrease in any way at all. Drug trafficking? That’s false.“
• On drug consumption: “
  
  If there was no consumption, there would be no sales. It is true that consumption, day after day, becomes bigger and bigger. So it sells and sells”