The world begins to turn on Ryan...

The world begins to turn on Ryan Lochte

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Scientists find likely cause of 2011 Virginia earthquake, believe there may be more to come

Scientists find likely cause of 2011 Virginia earthquake, believe there may be more to come

The ADVOCATE in Louisiana hits: Vacation or not, a hurting Louisiana needs you now, President Obama | Our Views | theadvocate.com

The ADVOCATE in Louisiana hits: Vacation or not, a hurting Louisiana needs you now, President Obama | Our Views | theadvocate.com:

The ADVOCATE writes,

Now that the flood waters ravaging Louisiana are receding, it’s time for President Barack Obama to visit the most anguished state in the union.

Last week, as torrential rains brought death, destruction and misery to Louisiana, the president continued his vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, a playground for the posh and well-connected.

We’ve seen this story before in Louisiana, and we don’t deserve a sequel. In 2005, a fly-over by a vacationing President George W. Bush became a symbol of official neglect for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The current president was among those making political hay out of Bush’s aloofness.

If anyone is looking for any last minute birthday gifts for me,...

If anyone is looking for any last minute birthday gifts for me, this toilet paper would be great.

This scene is horror is suddenly becoming commonplace in...

This scene is horror is suddenly becoming commonplace in Louisiana .. Massive flooding–worse than even Katrina for some locations–is causing coffins to rise from their burial plots and float down waterlogged streets..

A true disaster of epic proportions .. Not seen for …well, 11 years or so since late August ‘05..

The last thing any of these locations would need now is another superstorm to even wreck more..

In mentally regrouping a bit

I feel like a certain new chapter in life has just started.. But I can’t yet close the old one.
I need the right line to finish this current states before moving on.. But time doesn’t wait for an author to create the perfect word. And if I don’t finish the book, someone else will..
The beat goes on.

Two Killed, Another Injured at Martin County Home Where Man Found Eating Victim's Face

Two Killed, Another Injured at Martin County Home Where Man Found Eating Victim's Face :

Florida: Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told reporters that Austin Harrouff may have been on hallucinogenic drugs when he attacked Michelle Mishcon, 53, and John Stevens III, 59, at their Tequesta, Florida, home.

John McLaughlin dead at 89…John McLaughlin, the...

John McLaughlin dead at 89…

John McLaughlin, the stalwart political commentator who created television’s “McLaughlin Group,” died Tuesday at his home in Virginia. He was 89.

His death came less than two days after he missed the first episode of his show in 34 years.

“As a former Jesuit priest, teacher, pundit and news host, John touched many lives,” the show’s producers wrote on Facebook.

This is South Center Street in Pottsville PA, sometime on a day...

This is South Center Street in Pottsville PA, sometime on a day in 1880…

App maker insists: Trump will win election: Zip founder has widely different results from opinion polls

App maker insists: Trump will win election: Zip founder has widely different results from opinion polls:

Militi insists his replies are a cross-section of voters in age, gender and geography. “These are the same results we saw when he (Trump) was in the primaries,” he says. He contends that most media polls are just flat-out wrong and that smartphone answers are the future.

A car burns after violence erupted during a standoff...

A car burns after violence erupted during a standoff between police and an angry crowd near N. 44th St. and W. Auer Ave.(Photo: Calvin Mattheis / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

USA TODAY:

A standoff between police and an angry crowd turned violent Saturday night in the hours after a Milwaukee police officer shot and killed an armed suspect during a foot chase.

After an hours-long confrontation with officers, police reported at 10:15 p.m. CT that a gas station was set on fire. Police said firefighters could not get close to the blaze because of gunshots.

CNN:

The incident started in the afternoon when two officers stopped two people in a car in the city’s north side, according to the Milwaukee Police Department.

Shortly after, both occupants fled on foot and officers pursued them, police said. During the chase, one officer shot a 23-year-old man who was armed, according to authorities.“He (officer) ordered that individual to drop his gun, the individual did not drop his gun,” Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said. “He had the gun with him and the officer fired several times."The man died at the scene.

Saturday nights are made for fighting.. 
But this is no way to handle anything..

FRIDAY NIGHT HACKS: Guccifer 2.0 back ... Publishes List Of Cell Phone Numbers, Private E-Mails For Most House Democrats.. promises more to come..

FRIDAY NIGHT HACKS: Guccifer 2.0 back ...  Publishes List Of Cell Phone Numbers, Private E-Mails For Most House Democrats.. promises more to come..:

From the SMOKING GUN website:

In a post to his WordPress blog, the vandal–who previously provided nearly 20,000 Democratic National Committee e-mails to Wikileaks–uploaded an Excel file that includes the cell phone numbers and private e-mail addresses of nearly every Democratic member of the House of Representatives.

The Excel file also includes similar contact information for hundreds of congressional staff members (chiefs of staff, press secretaries, legislative directors, schedulers) and campaign personnel.

In announcing the leak of the document, “Guccifer 2.0” reported that the spreadsheet was stolen during a hack of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “As you see I wasn’t wasting my time! It was even easier than in the case of the DNC breach,” the hacker wrote.

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Trump Rally-Goer To CNN Reporter: "I Am A Patriot And You Are A Traitor!" | Video | RealClearPolitics

Trump Rally-Goer To CNN Reporter: "I Am A Patriot And You Are A Traitor!" | Video | RealClearPolitics:

Scenes from America during an election.. Anger during a political campaign.. And a sudden burst of anti CNN furor over their coverage of the election of 2016..

The brutal aftermath.. Hope Solo rips Sweden! ZIKA chants win! the United States women’s soccer team loses with penalty kicks deciding a game for the first time in Olympics history!

The United States’s women’s soccer team lost at the Rio games today.. penalty kicks.. it was intense.

After the match remained tied at 1-1 through 120 minutes, it went to penalty kicks for the first time in Olympic women’s soccer ..

Victory parties were already planned back stateside.. but the anti-US Olympics fans, most yelling “ZIKA” at Hope Solo for the duration of the games so far, seemingly had the last laugh..

The aftermath seems more brutal than other Olympics losses..

HOPE SOLO garnered the most attention post loss.. she called Sweden cowards.. explaining why:

“Sweden dropped off. They didn’t want to open play. They didn’t want to play great soccer. It was a combative game, a physical game. Exactly what they wanted and exactly what their game-plan was. They dropped into a 50. They didn’t try and press. They didn’t want to open the game. And they tried to counter with long balls. We had that style of play when Pia [Sundhage] was our coach. I don’t think they’re going make it far in the tournament. I think it was very cowardly. But they won. They’re moving on, and we’re going home.”

A USA today headline screeched afterwards: 

Calling Sweden ‘bunch of cowards’ should be last straw for Hope Solo

Pia Sundhage’s response to Hope Solo’s cowards comment: I don’t give a crap. I’m going to Rio, she’s going home ..

The United States players were advised to go back to the states and resume their NWSL playing in the wake of their dramatic and unexpected loss..

Z I K A    W I N S 

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More headlines:

Hope Solo calls Sweden 'bunch of cowards’ and trashes former ..

Hope Solo tried to 'ice the kicker’ in a penalty shootout. It didn’t work.

SLATE: 

How “Zika-Proof” Hope Solo Became the Biggest Villain of the Rio

The WRAP proclaims that the Daily Beast Shows Just How 'Sleazy, Dangerous, and Wildly Unethical' It Can Be... they are right... someone posing as gay on a dating app only to lure gay athletes out and then shame them is despicable..

The WRAP proclaims that the Daily Beast Shows Just How 'Sleazy, Dangerous, and Wildly Unethical' It Can Be... they are right... someone posing as gay on a dating app only to lure gay athletes out and then shame them is despicable..:

EXTRA!

EXTRA!

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A new low in journalism! 

The Daily Beast comes under fire from activists and news organizations after straight writer lures gay athletes at Olympic Village for sport

"Making a Murderer:" Brendan Dassey's conviction overturned

"Making a Murderer:" Brendan Dassey's conviction overturned :

The conviction of Brendan Dassey, a Wisconsin man who appeared in the documentary “Making a Murderer,” has been overturned by a federal judge in Milwaukee, according to court documents obtained by CNN…

Weak economy is responsible for rampant swoleness, according to a new study

Weak economy is responsible for rampant swoleness, according to a new study :

Austerity has eroded young men’s traditional means of value-creation so they have become increasingly reliant on their bodies as a means of feeling valuable in society,” said study author Jamie Hakim, a professor at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. “In theoretical terms, so-called ‘spornosexuality’ is an embodied response to material changes brought about by neoliberal austerity.”

The study found that the most significant increase for gym attendance from 2006 to 2013 was among 16- to 25-year-old men. Hakim denied the growing interest in bodybuilding simply reflects a new craze.

Erdogan issues ultimatum to US over exiled cleric

Erdogan issues ultimatum to US over exiled cleric :

As reported during the attempted coup in Turkey.. my home state is making international news .. This from CNN:

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave the United States “an ultimatum,” demanding the extradition of the cleric he believes is behind the failed July 15 coup attempt.

The state-run Anadolu news agency reported that Erdogan had said the US had to choose between its relationship with Turkey and Fethullah Gulen, a former Erdogan ally who has been in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania for decades.

The Fountain Springs Country Club and Golf Links in Ashland PA...

The Fountain Springs Country Club and Golf Links in Ashland PA as it once was.. Way way back.. before it closed.. before it turned into a public restaurant (and the place  I worked for some time and got married at in October 2007) .. 

The golf course is now gone as well.. so is the tennis course. In place of it, a new housing community …

Julian Assange Suggests Seth Rich - Who Was MURDERED in DC - Was Wikileaks DNC Source!

Julian Assange Suggests Seth Rich - Who Was MURDERED in DC - Was Wikileaks DNC Source!:

This is as big an election scandal if ever heard.. Wikileaks is not only saying that they’ll give $20,000 to anyone with I formation about the murder of Seth Rich but that Rich was also the source of the emails from inside the DNC.. Shattering rumors it was Russia .. And raising a whole whole whole bunch of new one..

Another interesting tidbit reported late evening yesterday: Roger Stone appears to be in touch with Wikileaks… We will watch where that goes..

As the campaign turns.
The wildest election in modern history continues..