Frank Sinatra was Ole Blue Eyes.
Ayden Morris is the younger version. A crooner in waiting. Stylish. Rookie still, but professional one day.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
A tropical storm has already formed off of the East Coast
The weather outside indeed will be frightful..
So are YOU ready for months worth of scary tornadoes, hurricanes, winds, and rain? … I don’t think I am.
A follower of mine, NotEntirely, (and you should follow the site) said:
weather’s been weird lately out here, looked a lot like this for the last two days.
A few Twitter followers have also updated me on their fears of this season.
Is it just something we are feeling? Because I am feeling it. I am not weather vane or predictor or prognosticator, and the wonderful folks at the National Hurricane Center, Accuweather, and the Weather Channel would mop the floor with me on my weather knowledge.. But something deep down just makes me think this year will be one we will want to remember but will not be able to. Hope I’m wrong. Maybe I am. But if I’m not, as always, better safe than sorry. Prepare for the worst, expect the best. The reality is somewhere in the middle.
A tropical storm has already formed off of the East Coast
Centralia 'still burns'
Here we go again. Another story from major media on the quaint little town of Centralia, population almost no one. Population once was Over a thousand.. a mine fire changed that, and destroyed a road or two in the process.
The fire started 50 years ago this weekend, a Memorial Day somewhere in time.
And this year, another news article portrays the town as “macabre.” It is not macabre. It is a tragic story, of course. However, the typical yearly media portrayal that occurs, or the occasional blip on the radar that it gets in AP news alerts due to constant court cases, always gets me irritated. No one ever really wanted the attention that they got, even today. No one really appreciates that their little home town is now home to explorers and travelers from around the world—people who seem shocked that zombies aren’t walking around the street and fires aren’t smoldering. Instead, now and then, smoke rises.
Nonetheless, it’s a story. News media come and go. And they did in the 1980s, when NIGHTLINE broadcasted live (complete with a smoke machine for the effect.) And they come and go yet again. 50 years of this.. interesting.
Friday, May 25, 2012
There has been a ton of criticism for the hosting style of John B. Wells on Coast to Coast AM. But I like him. Tonight he is taking the show into a strange direction: Palmistry. Yes it’s a real thing. And Vernon Mahabal will explain all about it. Worth the listen should you be awake at 1am on the East Coast.
Had enough..? I have.
The week was long. The weekend will be long, too. And hot. And in some places, fears of tropical season are already arriving.
Here are the dreary highlights of the latter portion of Friday:
Surprise, you’re a girl!!! Man admitted to the hospital for kidney stones finds out he is actually a woman!
North Korea used staged traffic accidents to kill..
There are plans being made right now of how to deal with a post-Euro collapse.. Work is “ongoing” to restrict European immigration if the Euro implodes..
After all these years.. A man has confessed to the murder of Etan Patz.. Mental illnesshas already been claimed as defense.. 33 years later .. but is the confession enough?
THE BUTLER DID IT!
A SCANDAL IN ROME HEATS UP.. Vatican police have arrested Pope Benedict XVI’s butler for allegedly leaking confidential documents and letters detailing claims of corruption..
Already the scandal has been dubbed Vatileaks .. Some documents involve the awarding of contracts in dubious ways.. some involve management of the Vatican bank.. The Pope said to be shocked. Maybe he is just afraid we’d be shocked too?
Revealed in the documents: Power struggles, corruption The Vatican had condemned the book as ‘criminal’ and the printing of the documents were a violation of the Pope’s privacy ..
The Pope’s privacy.. the hallowed holy halls aren’t private enough? .. No, we need to thicken that frock even more..
I've read the news today oh boy
40 tons of wreckage from Japanese tsunami washes up on Alaska island..
Up to 100,000 dead fish wash ashore in Maryland..
LAPD REQUESTS TAPE THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD.. COULD PROVIDE FRESH EVIDENCE IN MANSON FAMILY MURDERS
Arrest made in Etan Patz case — unsolved since 1979
New York senate bill poised to end anonymous internet posting..
Fear: The next 6 or 7 quake that hits near Fukushima reactor 4 could cause ‘global security issue’
How the blurry line between news and advertising messes with our minds..
Google removes 1.2 million search links a month!
Long hot Memorial Day weekend coming..
Heaven can be a place on earth for a former president.. Bill Clinton snapped surrounded by porn stars
Yet another occurrence of a young man drowning in the a few feet of water..
EXORCIST to be remade into TV miniseries..
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Developing
Investigators in New York have a man in custody who has implicated himself in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, Commissioner Ray Kelly of the New York Police Department said Thursday.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The hunt for planet X
An astronomer insists it is out there .. And says facts and observations back him up. What say you, all?
The hunt for planet X
Put this one in the "I don't want this as a gift for Christmas" category.. A vial of Ronald Reagan's "blood" went on sale.. A lot of people are outraged
This story is more than creepy.
Owning Ronald Reagan’s blood, for some, may be like having Christ’s himself. But .. alas..this is real life. And real blood, supposedly from Reagan.
I’m not buying any of it. Including the blood..
Put this one in the "I don't want this as a gift for Christmas" category.. A vial of Ronald Reagan's "blood" went on sale.. A lot of people are outraged
I bet some more airline workers may end up losing jobs
Indeed.. now there are going to be holograms to greet you at airports and guide you as opposed to real people.
Help me Obi Wan.. and all that stuff. Technology continues to outdo itself, doesn’t it?
The state of the union: Man passed out on a sidewalk, robbed of everything
Was it the liquor that caused the behavior.. or maybe the lack of …something… in our collective heart and soul?
The state of the union: Man passed out on a sidewalk, robbed of everything
Ruh roh
Shareholders sue Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, number of banks alleging information was concealed ahead of IPO.
Mark Zuckerberg has sold 30.2 million shares and director Peter Thiel has sold 16.8 million shares of the social-networking company, according to securities filings published late Tuesday.
Zuckerberg sold 30.2 million shares at a price of $37.58 for gross proceeds of $1.13 billion; Thiel sold 16.8 million shares for gross proceeds of $633 million
Mark Zuckerberg has sold 30.2 million shares and director Peter Thiel has sold 16.8 million shares of the social-networking company, according to securities filings published late Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Nuclear annihilation is just on my mind tonight..
Early this evening I wrote about the new CHERNOBYL DIARIES causing controversy. Moments ago I wrote about the Fukushima nightmare…
You know the Chernobyl core is still melting into the earth? It’s still melting into the earth.
It’s a never ending nightmare.
Eventually they’re going to have to put concrete under the melted core to prevent it from hitting groundwater and creating perhaps a steam explosion
That is pretty frightening to contemplate… don’t you think?
The Fukushima files..
I take news from Fukushima with a grain of salt. Maybe instead I should take news about the nuclear disaster constantly in progress with a capsule of iodine instead, but I’m not quite there yet.
But where I am is constantly freaked by the news coming from there—news that the mainstream media really, arguably, is not reporting. Japan still grapples with the devastation of a post-quake land.. post tsunami.. Always on edge due to continuous jolts from fault lines. The ring of fire is on fire, and has been since March 2011.
Also today, another story floated around the world like earthquake debris: A former Fukushima worker believes that the ‘entire country’ of Japan could be evacuated if No. 4 fuel pool collapses.
Hear that? The entire country.
Oh I’m sorry, you’re busy watching the CHERNOBYL DIARIES trailer.. Get back to that, then…
Words of Murata and this Daiichi worker got immediate attention after translation. Whether anything was lost in translation? I don’t know.. whether it was hyperbole? I don’t know.. Was Murata trying to just get attention of the world on Fukushima? Attention that slipped away steadily since radiation starting pouring out of the reactor and spread across the world.
Oh, and yes, if you’re on a beautiful beach somewhere along the left coast, get ready: The shores will soon be plagued by debris from Japan. It’s already hitting Hawaii and Alaska.
It is a small world after all.
So raise a glass to luck. And hopefully Murata is wrong and our luck will not run out…
This whole Facebook IPO fiasco is just getting more and more strange.. now regulators are set to review Morgan Stanley allegations
Allegations state that Morgan Stanley shared negative news with big investors right before Facebook went public… this news today after only days since Facebook was unveiled on the market—and the stock declined ferociously ever since.
But think of it this way: Facebook is virtual. It’s selling virtual reality. And in reality it’s selling you. So really, what market investor really wants to invest in you anyway?
This whole Facebook IPO fiasco is just getting more and more strange.. now regulators are set to review Morgan Stanley allegations
Is it too soon for a Chernobyl movie?
When CHERNOBYL DIARIES is released, Friends of Chernobyl Centers U.S. will not be in attendance.. The group has blasted the film over the portrayal..
In the movie, six tourists enter the nuclear town to discover horrific zombies and nuclear-drenched people.. Scares ensue. Problem is, Chernobyl is a real life tragedy. A meltdown in 1986 was one of the biggest nuclear disasters in history .. in real life, thousands of people have died and 400,000 had to leave when the incident took place..
The furor over the film began with a report on TMZ with comments from the group that is angry over the movie .. but today, a new report on TMZ gets the producer’s side of the story: Oren Peli said the film was done with respect for the ‘86 disaster and its victims..
Peli told TMZ: “As for the claim that our film exploits anyone — we could not disagree more vigorously. First of all, the criticism and accusations are coming from a group that has not seen the film, whereas conversely the praise for it is coming from those who have indeed seen it” .. More here..
Perhaps Peli will strike gold and FUKUSHIMA DIARIES will be next?
So what are your thoughts, all?
Bulgaria bulges: Big earthquake hits (mere hours after Italian tremor)
The earth indeed is moving.. I’ll be checking DutchSinse in a bit for the latest and I think you should too..
Bulgaria bulges: Big earthquake hits (mere hours after Italian tremor)
Monday, May 21, 2012
I’d like to think that Truman Burbank ended up liking life outside his show. But after much consideration since 1998, I think maybe he ended up trying to find a way back into the comfortable safety net of predictability and fraud that he was used to. Fourteen years is, after all, quite a long time.
Good morning.
And in case I don’t see you, good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.
Other news worthy items you'd rather not know about
But know them.
Series of strong quakes rocking Japan..
Man arrested in Thailand after being found with six roasted human fetuses..
Facebook continues to have bumpy ride on Stock Market..
Robin Gibb dead at 62..
New theory: Columbus was Jewish?
And you thought INCEPTION was just fiction.. think again: Reality .. art.. it’s all the same.. Dream with control: New mask sets to create sleep your way..
Ron Paul: out of the race but still winning delegates..
No more freedom of speech? A teacher asserts that student can be arrested for speaking badly about President Obama..
This is a conference, POST GSA scandal? Yoga classes.. fishing.. Zumba.. $1 million tab..
Beautiful images from around the world as the ring of fire solar eclipse was visible..
If the highway won't kill you, the heart disease will
If it’s not one thing it is the other.
Yes, highway deaths are declining because cars are becoming safer.
And men are closing the longevity gap
BUT….
Diabetes and heart disease are increasing among kids in the US of big A..
RED DAWN: CHINA FIRM BUYS AMC TO CREATE WORLD’S LARGEST CINEMA CHAIN
Does it seem like a little bit of Americana is lost today? No shame on the Chinese billionaire who just bought AMC for a cool $2.6 bil, it’s business. But .. something seems awry when the biggest theater company in the United States is based out of another country.. another part of the world.. Yes, indeed. Something vintage is gone.. Something real is out the door. History. AMC .. ABC.. easy as 1 2 3..
Death in a steel town goes unpunished:
Nick Revetta’s death was one of 4,551 people killed on the job in America in 2009. He had a wife and two children. And his death made no national headlines but this article about his story is a must read and a microcosm of what is occurring all throughout the nation..
Death in a steel town goes unpunished:
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Occupy livestreamers detained at gunpoint by police in Chicago
But..
The police never explained why the men were being detained but handcuffed and interrogated them, searched their car, repeatedly slammed one of their computer hard drives against the car floor, and attempted to delete their footage of the incident before it could be archived at Ustream
But it was too late. The attempt to delete the footage … well, it appears it did not work.
Occupy livestreamers detained at gunpoint by police in Chicago
Three have been charged in Chicago .. police say the three NATO protesters planned to “commit terrorists acts” on Obama, police, and mayor’s home.
Yes, indeed. As mentioned earlier on this site.. it’s going to be a long NATO summit indeed.
NBC CHICAGO IS LIVE BLOGGING THE NATO PROTESTS GOING ON TODAY
I assume they will be live blogging more this week, too.
Worth bookmarking the link.
NBC CHICAGO IS LIVE BLOGGING THE NATO PROTESTS GOING ON TODAY
More on the big Italy quake: Historic buildings hit with a lot of damage
Reuters reports on one man who died because he was at the right place.. at the wrong time:
A 57-year-old Italian was killed when part of an ironworks in Sant’ Agostino collapsed, and two men were killed in the same town when part of a ceramics factory collapsed. “He wasn’t supposed to be there. He changed shifts with a friend who wanted to go to the beach,” the mother of one of the victims said.
More on the big Italy quake: Historic buildings hit with a lot of damage
Excellent point and video from the website DutchSinse: Have a plan and be ready
Some mighty large quakes recently.
It’s not a bad idea to just have some notion of what you’d do in case of a dire emergency.. one that say, hasn’t hit since the 1300s….. Italy..
Excellent point and video from the website DutchSinse: Have a plan and be ready
This Reuters image showcases the amount of damage that took place in Italy—as a quake stronger than any in hundreds of years hit ..
The official summary of the photo:
The old tower is damaged after an earthquake in Finale Emilia May 20, 2012. A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least three people and causing serious damage to the area’s cultural heritage. The epicentre of the 6.0 magnitude quake, the strongest to hit Italy in three years, was in the plains near Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of the Po River Valley. REUTERS/Paolo Bona
The magnitude was a 6.0.
The earth is moving in Italy
Actually it seems lately that the unstable crust that houses our feet is moving everywhere.. But today, one of the worst quakes to hit northeast Italy in hundreds of years rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday.
A civil defense official told the AP that it was the worst earthquake since the 1300s..
The quickening just got quicker..
And it begins.
This image shows a NATO protester being arrested in Chicago .. Outright crackdown on protesters is set to begin by police, who have been warning for months that security was going to be tight.
Reports a few days back on local Chicago news indicated that a no fly zone will be in effect in Chicago for the duration of the NATO meeting.
A large demonstration in set for Chicago today.. police vs. protesters Match 1 set to begin some time during the next several hours..
An AP report illustrates the amount of tension that is already existent between both sides in Chicago.
And meanwhile, when the NATO summit begins, world leaders will be dealing with a potential breakup of the EU, war, and all that happy go lucky stuff…
Readers in Chicago: Keep in touch with me about what is going on. It’s going to be a long summit for many..
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