On the radar for November 27, 2012:
Sunspot 1620 continues to expand. It has the chance to produce some very strong flares and potential CMEs.. A bright Coronal Mass Ejection appeared to be visible from the sun early this morning, however the impact will not be on earth, but instead deep space..
Tom Bogdon, the director of NOAA’s SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER, is closely monitoring the solar cycle, even warning that the upcoming solar maximum may spell problems for the planet earth..
Stan Deyo, the man who predicts earthquakes, said that he has been watching Southern California for seismic activity. Deyo told George Noory on Coast to Coast Am last night that he is 90% accurate in his quake predictions.. He said he sees a potential 4 to 5 quake within a few days of the 24th of November. Deyo said the small earthquakes taking place right now in the zone he predicted may mean that his original prediction may not hold.. Deyo said he will be able to give advanced warning to large quakes. Time will tell if Mr. Deyo is full of bunk or 90% accurate as he claims he is..
While Deyo claims he may now know where large earth rumbling will occur, the places that they are REALLY occurring across the planet are just plain weird. The latest now in Tennessee, where two small tremors happened..
More troubling news in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: Dunes that protected NY Island from decimation are now gone as a result of the storm..
Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath in the United States as we go into winter.. and in Iran, there are big problems as well: 100,000 are without shelter as a result of an August earthquake as that nation heads into the winter season..
Tis the season to mess up big: The confetti that was showered on NYC this year contained information such as social security numbers, names of detectives, and even a mention of Mitt Romney’s Long Island motorcade.. Some of the material still is scattered in Nassau County..
There is intrigue online as the website Before It’s News posted a story that appears to show a massive number of caskets being prepped in Californina.. The website also points out that FEMA has instructed the government to be prepared for mass deaths..
Hunger in America is a problem. It was never corrected by President Johnson’s Great Society, or President Clinton’s welfare reform, or President Obama’s newest deal. Many are hungry for the holidays in 2012..
Clashes resume in Cairo..
Yasar Arafat’s body exhumed to see if he was posioned..
Yet another study purports to tell us how kids gets autism.. this time it’s early exposure to traffic pollution..
A new furor over Facebook’s plans to change privacy settings..
A study concludes that many of the world’s biggest rivers are running low on water, mainly due to water extraction.. Will anyone get some common sense on the water issue? We face a future of water shortages and war over the very thing we all need to survive. The Colorado River is one thing, but now four major global rivers having the same problems could equal a dismal future..
An update on the Louisiana sinkhole (one that mainstream media still pokes at but never truly covers): One website writes that the explosive potential from the massive sinkhole in Bayou Corne is understated..
North Korea activity suggests the launch of a missile will happen soon..
A video of the most shameful acts of shopping on Black Friday..
SHAMEFUL ACTS OF SHOPPING!
We are days into the shopping season, but here is a YouTube compilation of the most shameful of behavior displayed by supposed humans on Black Friday. Enjoy.
Interesting.. my hometown has a song about it now. Pretty nifty.
Let Rogue Valley, my favorite band, from Minneapolis, Minnesota be your guide to the modern ghost town of Centralia, PA
‘Pennsylvania 61
through the very heart for some
where industry has long been gone
looks like any old abandoned town
it looks like any other place
forgotten and left to waste
its residents have long been chased awaysteam rises from the fields
smoke-clouds skim the streets
a fire burns underneath the fallen citythis old mining community
is hotter than the planet mercury
a statuette without a face
disfigured and erasedfour hundred acres all unseen
been burning since 1960
the government gave it up
paid money for all the people to move out
they took their pictures and precious things
their families, their histories
level it all, let nature reclaim this townsmoke rises from the hills
like some kind of poison spell
the mines are smoldering still
after fifty yearsthey’ll burn for a hundred more
hollowing a harrowing core
the coal went when the soul went
the other way down
Pennsylvania 61level it all
don’t look back on Pennsylvania 61’
You can listen to Rogue Valley’s fantastic brand of Americana at their Bandcamp, like them on Facebook, and find out more about their expansive ‘Four Seasons’ albums through their website.
Drunk on milk? Shedding the magic underwear at Disney? Now a bear hug on Anne Romney.. Just keep him away from her horses.
A great stocking stuffer: BLACK EYED CHILDREN.. I want to read this one..
Much more fascinating than the MEN IN BLACK..
BE PROUD AMERICA. THE WORLD IS WATCHING.
And scratching it’s head in a mixture of disbelief and amusement..
Embarrassing..
First he was pumping gas obviously drunk on milk. And now Mitt Romney has been photographed at Disneyworld with his kids.. It looks like he is happier on the water rides than he was pumping gas at a station.
At a certain point though Mitt will become old news. I can’t imagine the media continuing to have fun with him so many weeks now after he lost the election..
I would say this is the best meal of the year..Seriously great food, great family, great fun.. Great thanks.
Sure, we have this silly notion that Thanksgiving is about Pilgrims and Natives sitting at a table enjoying a meal. That may have happened but it wasn’t until Abraham Lincoln that this whole thing even became a national holiday, and that was after a big social campaign to have him do it during the Civil War. And yes, some even think there is a much darker and more sordid history of Thanksgiving than one portrayed in history books. We do know there is a pretty rough section of history large not told to young aspiring students in school. America’s government often (and still often does) treated Native Americans with contempt.. White landowners didn’t have their land until a trail of tears forced original settlers off of it. That is the dark history of this nation. One that cannot be ignored.
But we really cannot change much of that now. can we?
At this point we can only make sure the turkey is cooked and the filling isn’t raw. I don’t mind lumpy potatoes.
History is something open for debate often..
So all debate aside, all untold history of sketchy pilgrim and Native American dinners ignored, why is it really that Americans eat like gluttons and sit for hours watching large men in stretch pants knock into each other?? Well, it’s all because of Sarah Hale. She wrote the letter than saved Thanksgiving and convinced Honest Abe to name it a day. There must have been a big brain in that large forehead, Sarah.
Without it, today would just be Thursday and most Americans would be stuck in the weekly grind .. Instead now we will gain 10 pounds, pass out in our sloth, and wake up early to be rude to each other at stores at 3am. The American way.
… and right now my wife and my son are both soundly asleep and I am watching a Back to the Future marathon on HBO.
I don’t regret for one moment that I’m not out enjoying the party night.
But for those who are out be safe everyone.
Creepy Christmas..
We already know that stores are set to track your ID and see if you are a ‘repeat returner’ of products.
But this one is a little weirder and Orwellian to me. Store mannequins are not set to watch you as you shop to spy on your shopping habits.
Christmas of the future!
Buy local. Avoid the all-knowing eyes of the lifeless mannequin.
From the age of 16 until about a year and a half ago, I worked either full time or part time in the restaurant industry. I took a sabbatical from the profession since I had a full time job and a second full time job as a dad since 2011. Nonetheless, tonight was always a night of greatness in my restaurant recollection.
Pies. Lots of pies.
The smell of turkey roasting in the oven in the restaurant kitchen.
Setting tables up for reservations.. Making certain enough seating was available..
The magical ‘setup’ hours were fun times, in my memory.
Not like Mother’s Day. I despised worked Mother’s Day for a number of reasons—not because I hate Mother’s Day itself but more because I can’t stand the notion that so many kids see their moms once a year and their choice on that productive day is to take Mother to a busy restaurant with bad service and cold food. How lame.
But Thanksgiving? I always loved waiting tables on Thanksgiving. There was something fun about it.. something ‘holidayish’..
I am jealous of those who get to smell the wafting aroma of pies in restaurant kitchens across the United States tonight.
