Eight years since Iraq began..
A supermoon over earth. And a brand new war…
The stars must have aligned the right way…
Saturday, March 19, 2011
MARCH 19, 2011
OBAMA: ‘Today we are part of a broad coalition. We are answering the calls of a threatened people. And we are acting in the interests of the United States and the world’…MARCH 19, 2003
BUSH: ‘American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger…
Very interesting quotes featured by Matt Drudge on the Drudge Report today
Irony?
Today is also the 8th anniversary of the war beginning in Iraq.. and now we’re on the third war …
For those having a parade today.. have a good one
And if you should find yourself with the misfortune of being in Schuylkill County, head to Girardville, the home of some good Molly Maguires history, which will be having quite a large parade at noon.
There has been a week of heartache and tragedy.. The most recent and perhaps saddest example of the horrors that took place in Japan since the massive quake and tsunami come from a school in Japan, where 30 children wait silently for their parents to pick them up.. The children wait at the Kama Elementary School.. According to reporting from the UK DAILY MAIL:
"They sit quietly in the corner of a third-floor classroom where they have waited each day since the tsunami swept into the town of Ishinomaki for their parents to collect them. So far, no one has come and few at the school now believe they will.
Teachers think that some of the boys and girls, aged between eight and 12, know their fathers and mothers are among the missing and will never again turn up at the gates of the school on the eastern outskirts of the town, but they are saying nothing.
nstead, they wait patiently reading books or playing card games watched over by relatives and teachers, who prevent anyone from speaking to them.
Officials fear that even the sound of the door sliding back might raise false hope that a parent has come to collect them. Their silence is in marked contrast to other children playing in the corridors of the four-storey building, whose parents survived due to a complete fluke.
There have been some sad stories from the nation, and most likely will be more as the cleanup kicks in and nuclear annihilation still threatens the general population, but the story of the kids at school, waiting for patiently for the parents they love to come, is one of the hardest hitting of the entire natural disaster.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7m7Q9VwYqw?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=374]
Goodnight. Avoid the rain. No matter the color.
Peace.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Friday, March 18, 2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XFLruFA-9Y?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=374]
May the night be quiet, peaceful, and serene. Goodnight.
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? — Carole King
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Thursday, March 17, 2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmFgnuLGG70?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=374]
Johnny Cash & Jimmie Rodgers - Danny Boy
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZDhnRo8YvQ?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=374]
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, 2011
Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar (Dublin Ireland, 2006)
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Two states left
I did a shout out to the states of Hawaii, North Dakota, and Wyoming.. North Dakota came through with visits today.. still waiting for the other two.
Stay lean, minus the cuisine
Dieters and male office workers unite: Be fearful over a recall of some Lean Cuisine dinners..
Interestingly enough, they were on sale a week ago on my local grocer..
Good thing I didn’t take advantage of the sale on half-sized turkey dinners and blank egg rolls..
Although the chicken marsala isn’t so bad.
Either way, some of the dinners have been recalled after discovery of ‘foreign’ materials within the spaghetti and meatballs.
The products were sold east of the Rocky Mountains in 9.5 ounce units entitled “Lean Cuisine Simple Favorites, Spaghetti with Meatballs” and have the establishment number “EST 7991.”
They bear a November 2011 “best before” date on the side of the package.
I can’t recall if the meatballs were on sale.. and I hope for your sake your don’t have packages with that establishment number..
International child pedophilia ring busted
Three year old “Operation Rescue” has succeeded, according to police.. They say the product of their investigation revealed an international pedophile ring, rescuing 230 children from abuse and arresting 184 suspects — including teachers and police officers
The ring was centered on an Amsterdam-based online forum called boylover.net.. Investigations still are ongoing concerning members to the website. One official said, “Those who have been members of the site can expect a knock on the door in the very near future”..
New readers, old world, the coal mine is never full
The United States.. joined by Canada, and the UK, Australia too.. Argentina, don’t cry for me, with Aruba’s brew.
Singapore, don’t cane me, Slovenia don’t distain me.. Welcome France and Japan, join in the fun..
Thanks for reading, new readers and old ones alike. For those in the middle, stay for a while..
Take two
Workers at Japan’s damaged nuclear power plant have returned after being evacuated, Tokyo Electric Power Company says.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4bib4PBqGA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=374]
The world sometimes can be sadder than anyone can take.. Find solace in what you know.. somehow. Somewhere.
God bless earth.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Ominous
Workers at Japan’s damaged nuclear power plant have suspended operations and evacuated, chief Cabinet secretary says.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The news is busy tonight telling people they don't need to take potassium iodide..
But I must ask, are they really surprised people are making runs to health stores for the little pills that are meant to protect the thyroid against problems? Are they really surprised people are worried about radiation.. And are they really surprised that people don’t 100% believe government statements that the ‘radiation will not reach California’?? ..
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3AdFjklR50?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=374]
A horrifying video of the monster wave in Japan, as seen from a helicopter above..
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRDpTEjumdo?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=374]
More video from Japan: Tsunami waves smashing land..
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uJN3Z1ryck?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=281]
Raw video of the tsunami in Japan
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
A late afternoon wrap..
Not a full wrap— with news developing fast and furious, more information will be coming through the night..
NUKE PLANT CRISIS HAS ‘WORSENED CONSIDERABLY’…
Europe’s energy commissioner: ‘Apocalypse’…
Japan works to contain nuclear threat after quake
And as if we didn’t know:
WHY IS THERE NO LOOTING?
…It’s an interesting question posed by the UK TELEGRAPH..
Japan is filled with very decent, good people… but why no looting?
Why no violence? None.
Interesting readers and followers respond, I’d be interesting hearing your thoughts.
WHY IS THERE NO LOOTING?
Too early for Japan jokes?
For Gilbert Gottfried, it is.. He has been fired as the AFLAC voice for these two tweets, which may be a bit too much a bit too soon:
"Japan is really advanced. They don’t go to the beach. The beach comes to them." He also posted: "I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, ‘They’ll be another one floating by any minute now."
Read more: Gilbert Gottfried canned as Aflac Duck voice | Atlanta Business Chronicle
So who will take over? I’d say… Don Rickels! Take advantage of him while he’s here
Monday, March 14, 2011
Radiation levels have 'increased to levels that can impact human health' around Fukushima.. Japan is telling people around the plant to remain indoors..
This is a major amplifying up of Japan’s government’s statements. After days of calm, real warnings are finally beginning.. God bless Japan and its people… No one deserves to live through this.
Remember the Westboro Baptist Church?... they are longing for your attention
So much so that they decided now they will protest at the funeral of the death of CHILDREN who died in a fire..
Seriously..?
Westboro Baptist Church… Enough already!
Remember the Westboro Baptist Church?... they are longing for your attention
Despite the talking heads on TV saying 'no big deal' and 'no bigger deal than a CT scan,' we are in UNCHARTED waters with the nuclear crisis developing in Japan
And while I understand the overall feeling not to put anyone in a sense of panic, I also wish realistic reporting could be done…
Despite the talking heads on TV saying 'no big deal' and 'no bigger deal than a CT scan,' we are in UNCHARTED waters with the nuclear crisis developing in Japan
There is undoubtedly a ton of bad news on its way in Japan, but for one fleeting moment, the world saw something good: A miracle child, 4 months old, plucked from the rubble, reuinted with her father..
Yes, indeed.. we needed that.
…back to reality.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6pfR7lsZWw?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=281]
It’s been a long weekend..
Goodnight all.. sleep in peace. Dream of better times
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Shocking footage of the tsunami surfaces that would out all Hollywood graphics artists to shame.. This video is the real thing..and damn scary
ANOTHER URGENT
Shinmoedake volcano erupts, sends ash two miles into sky…
Can things get any worse..
People talk about the end of the world a lot these days. I can only imagine that in Japan, it feels like it
Amazing images running in the DAILY MAIL of massive swarms of fish (as they point out, looking more like oil slicks in the water than fish, since there were that many of them) swimming to Acapulco..
Fishermen took advantage. So did people with cameras..
Did the earthquake and tsunami make this happen…?
Officials in Japan warn: A monster aftershock may strike within days..
The other fear, besides the nuclear concerns, is another tsunami.. The ultimate fear is a quake, tsunami directed at the nuclear facility at Fukushima..
The death toll continues to rise in Japan — and it may very well likely top 10,000..
AP alert: Japan’s nuclear crisis intensified Sunday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple reactor meltdowns and more than 170,000 people evacuated quake- and tsunami-savaged northeastern coast where fears spread over possible radioactive contamination.
Japan braces for more reactor explosions..
100,000 troops deployed..
Concerns over food and water..
Finally facing reality
Japanese prime minister: Country facing most difficult crisis since World War II.
I just can't stop thinking...
Only weeks ago, my wife and I brought a child into this world.. And during the quake and tsunami in Japan, someone there was bringing a child into the world too, at some unnamed hospital and some time.. So unsettling to think of how difficult Japan’s days are now..
As much as I hated the media over-covering Charlie Sheen, I think I miss him being the top story
It would be far better than hearing of death and destruction with waves of tsunami waters destroying land and human life.
I just can’t sleep..
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)