First time ever.. I was right about a song lyric over my wife ..! Highway to the danger zone. Not ‘I went to the danger zone’.. Muhahaha
Saturday, January 11, 2014
If I had to make a prophecy, I would say this: There may be a surge in sales for a book called The Rabbi Who Found Messiah: The Story of Yitzhak Kaduri and His Prophecies of the Endtime.
It’s the tale, whether true or not, of the man who supposedly prophesied that the Messiah would return after the death of Ariel Sharon.
Headlines today, obviously, tell us that Sharon has finally shed his human skin and it somewhere in the other realm..
The author of the book is Carl Gallups. You can perhaps start your research and attain a fair assessment of his credibility on your own with a Google search..
In the mean time. Get your food and water. The Messiah is coming. Hope he has a GPS because he sure has been taking a while..
Bridge Scandal Papers Point to Cover-Up by Chris Christie Allies
Top officials loyal to Gov. Chris Christie went to great lengths to make it appear that the closing of several toll lanes was part of a traffic study, according to documents released Friday.
He said he didn’t know a thing.. he fired his staffers.. he had a two hour press conference. Somewhere in there he had lunch.
But really, what did Chris Christie eat and when did he eat it know and when did he know it?
The documents even show that someone from the Christie Administration was physically on the scene during the lane closure..
The NEW YORK TIMES reports this:
In November, as a number of media outlets continued to raise questions, Mr. Drewniak exchanged a series of profanity-laced emails with Mr. Wildstein, cursing reporters and disparaging Mr. Foye, as well.
The documents also indicate that Mr. Christie’s appointees at the Port Authority had discussed the matter with Mr. Christie’s communications director, Maria Comella, as early as Oct. 2, after the second of two articles appeared in The Wall Street Journal. “Comella didn’t think much of the story. Said nobody paying attention,” Mr. Baroni texted Mr. Wildstein.
The emails also suggest the intimate involvement of David Samson, Mr. Christie’s handpicked chairman of the Port Authority, showing that he was aware of the lane closings before they ended on Sept. 13.
One week after Mr. Foye sent him an angry email about the lane closings, Mr. Samson struck back in an email to New York appointees at the authority. He accused Mr. Foye of leaking a memo critical of the lane closings to The Journal. When the New Yorkers said they did not believe Mr. Foye had done so, Mr. Samson insisted, finally warning, “he’s playing in traffic, made a big mistake.”
I am no political expert. Actually politics has made me become physically ill for some time now.. But in this matter, I am very interested. It is amazing how the media is able to propel a man into fame and fortune.. his attitude helps but the media attention creates the aura that he is a man ‘takin care of bidness’.. and then the downfall. The feeding frenzy.
The bigger they are the harder they fall. That may be the case here..
I think there is a larger story than the bridge scandal. These emails may uncover an attitude, not just a potential crime..
It continues to develop.. And the feeding frenzy continues..
Bridge Scandal Papers Point to Cover-Up by Chris Christie Allies
Ariel Sharon was feared. He was hated. And he was adored. The TIMES OF ISRAEL has a full report of his bio and his death..
THE PROPHETIC PREDICTIONS BY RABBI YITZHAK KADURI
Kaduri reportedly prophesied that when Ariel Sharon died, the Messiah was near.
Ariel Sharon died…
THE PROPHETIC PREDICTIONS BY RABBI YITZHAK KADURI
Friday, January 10, 2014
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This looks like a great documentary, it’s called the MASK YOU LIVE IN.
Here’s the official Facebook page for the film..
Boys don’t know how to ‘take the mask off’ anymore..
Culture, pop culture specifically, has ruined girls and caused incredibly awful body image issues for decades. Now it’s moving to boys..
What in the hell have we done as a society…?
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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It has been quite the night.
I guess you know you are meant to keep a dog when he runs away into dark cold woods and after a dashing rescue returns in one piece..
Around 5 o’clock tonight, Ayden suddenly decided to open the door to allow Mutley to escape.. Maybe it was because he was tired of the dog biting his toys, or maybe he wanted to set the dog free from the rules that confine him..
As soon as this occurred a daring chase scene unfolded! I immediately ran after Mutley the dog, over a highway and into the woods, but I couldn’t even catch a glimpse…
Ayden realized what he had done, but his little legs could not join in the search..
So many horrible things were going through my mind, that the dog would get hit by a car, abducted by aliens, or torn apart by Bigfoot..
I said to the higher power “if we’re meant to have this dog let it come back”
Not specifying the fashion I wanted the dog’s return to be in, the higher power answered in his own way.
My father, who joined in the rescue, was driving his car and saw the dog, the dog saw him and darted directly for the vehicle. This is where things get a bit murky.. My dad said that the car and the dog made contact but he said he was not moving at the time. Instead the dog literally railed head first into the car at about 65 mph running speed.. I can attest to that, I’ve never seen an animal on four legs run as fast as Mutley the dog does..
All is now well, the dog has no broken bones but is acting very ashamed.. My dad, as he is done through most of my life, made things right again. Ayden is building his ninja turtle Legos. Mommy is trying, as usual, to understand my meandering and strange stories. And I am just confused and tired from running 2 miles in one minute.
But we will all sleep tonight as a family..
Suicides of young vets top those of active-duty troops
USA TODAY filed an information request about this topic and got some sad results..
As they report:
"The rates … are honestly alarming. This group of young veterans appears to be in some trouble," says Janet Kemp, head of the department’s suicide prevention program.
The Army has struggled with suicide among active-duty troops more than other service branches during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the risk persists after soldiers return to civilian life.
There seems to be a big issue when re-adjusting to civilian life.. that, or the horrors of what these men and women saw in combat haunts them so much so that they choose to take themselves out of the misery of memories..
I’d love thoughts and opinions on my open lines page as to what you think the problem is..
Suicides of young vets top those of active-duty troops
NEW YORK TIMES Review: Wearable Filip Phone/Tracker
The Filip phone, worn like a bracelet, keeps track of a child when paired with an app downloaded to a parent’s mobile device.
I am very conflicted with this story.
On one hand, anyone who reads this site knows I fret—sometimes outright fear—the future and how technology will be used to rid the world of humans and replace our emotions wand actions with those of the virtual nature.. But I’m a parent, too, who understands the dangers of society and how children can easily get lost in a K-MART let alone a big world…
So …I don’t know what to say. In a sense I get nervous about the government and big business monitoring our every move. I don’t like cameras watching my facial expressions in stores. I don’t like public buses recording my conversations. And I don’t like how far the NSA seemingly has overstepped some boundaries, at least according to the Snowden documents..
But parents being big brother? That may be allowable and morally acceptable in my mind. After all, constitutional protections sometimes don’t translate well when you’re talking about the relationship a parent has with a child. A dictatorship in a household is often the best course of action—not always of course..
So … The wearable flip phone tracker for children? I may be a fan. So now tell me, does that make me a hypocrite?
NEW YORK TIMES Review: Wearable Filip Phone/Tracker
No one owns the moon says scientist - Telegraph
From the TELEGRAPH story:
“The legal status of the moon is currently defined by the 1967 Outer Space Treaty of the United Nations.”
But he added: “There’s a strong case for developing international law in this area because in 1967 it was not envisaged that anyone other than nation states would be able to explore the moon. Clearly that is changing now and there is a case for developing the outer space treaty to include private organisations that may wish to explout the moon.”
He said there was also a case for developing the treaty in light of private companies who may in the future want to mine the moon for its minerals, but that it was unnecessary to worry about this at the moment as scientific exploration was still ongoing.
Makes me wonder if any other life forms out there in space debate the question: Who owns the pale blue dot?
No one owns the moon says scientist - Telegraph
A fire has destroyed the historic Neale Mansion
This perhaps is more a story for my local readers in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania..
According to the Pottsville REPUBLICAN HERALD today, firefighters were called to he Neale Mansion in Foster Twp.. The paper does not yet have specifics as to the totality of the fire, but the word ‘destroy’ in the headline is enough to cause me to think it’s a loss..
This photo is from the newspaper:
This would make the destruction of a house with historic appeal—and controversial appeal over the past few years.
James B. Neale was a coal baron who, according to books about him, was generous and took care of children from the area.. There are some very positive stories about Neale and idyllic goals.. James Neale was one of those coal barons who did little evil. . as a matter of fact, as the book "The Great Chance" explained, he wanted coal miners to be well housed, healthy, and sanitary, and educated.
People have long ventured into the area to snap photos of the expansive and amazing mansion..
The mansion itself was subject to years worth of controversy. In 2008, the owners wanted to bar demolition of the mansion.... In 2010, Foster Twp asked a judge to allow work on the mansion. In 2012, it was officially sold.
In 2014: It’s burned to the ground..
Sad day for those who love history, and those who long cherished the ideals set forth by one of the few honest coal barons of that day, James Neale..
West Virginians risk non-stop vomiting if they drink or touch water after chemical spill
And here is some more information on this developing story..
Massive chemical spill in West Virginia forces state of emergency and a water ban in 9 counties! More than that.. schools and restaurants are closed in the main capitol of Charleston.. The water ban and state of emergency comes after a chemical leak into Elk River.. MORE: Affected residents have been told not to drink, cook, bathe or wash with the contaminated water supplied by West Virginia American Water .. Along with all of this, some people are being treated for water related issues .. from the CBS report:
"Once word got out about the governor’s declaration Thursday, customers stripped store shelves in many areas of items such as bottled water, paper cups and bowls. As many as 50 customers had lined up to buy water at a convenience store near the state Capitol in Charleston. "It was chaos, that’s what it was," cashier Danny Cardwell said. "
West Virginians risk non-stop vomiting if they drink or touch water after chemical spill
Target: Stolen information involved up to 70 million people
Target disclosed that a mass information breach involved data belonging to up to 70 million customers, a number more extensive than originally believed.
Thanks for the belated Christmas gift, Target, the inclusion of 30 million more people in the original numbers..
This is a big, BIG, data breach.
Must have been a Target on this store..
Target: Stolen information involved up to 70 million people
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Dead cows washing up on beaches
Seriously space aliens, this is the best thing that you can do to get rid of the body?
Dead cows washing up on beaches
Investigator reacts to leaked bridge scandal emails: Chris Christie is clueless or a liar
Wait a minute.. did Chris Christie eat the bridge!?
Investigator reacts to leaked bridge scandal emails: Chris Christie is clueless or a liar
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Who needs parents when your kids have PJs
Another example of technology extracting even bit of human interaction in life.. Pajamas will soon tell bedtime stories to your kids. Seriously..
SMART PJs will be able to talk your child to sleep, I suppose..
While the pajamas will not be able to comfort a crying child who is scared of dark shadows at bedtime, I am sure a robot soon will. And you, as a parent, can achieve your splendid plan of doing nothing while raising your child. Congrats .. now the shining and most beautiful moment of the day—bedtime—will be taken from your by technologically advanced pajamas.
The Smallest and Faintest Galaxies of the Ancient Universe Spotted
Thanks Hubble for some more thought provoking images.. 60 faint and small galaxies far far away…
The Smallest and Faintest Galaxies of the Ancient Universe Spotted
New construction-themed amusement park being built in South Jersey
Diggerland Adventure Park, which is being touted by developers as the first construction-themed amusement park in the United States will be built in West Berlin, Camden County
Love it!
If only I was a kid again, I would have thoroughly enjoyed this. The hell with Hershey Park! Jersey’s going to have diggers! You just won a Superbowl? You’re going to DIGGERLAND!!!
New construction-themed amusement park being built in South Jersey
George Knapp, get well..
I spoke with Coast to Coast part time host George Knapp today.. he is recovering after a life threatening illness. Sepsis almost struck down the great reporter..
Get well soon, Mr. Knapp. .
We need you back.
I don’t quite know what to make of this.. I have written before about my speculation that Dennis Rodman may be on a secret mission in North Korea to save the planet from World War III.. But today news that he sang happy birthday to Kim Jong Un is just creepy..
You can read the full report here from CBS..
The first thing that popped into my mind when I saw the headline was that Rodman sang the song in Marilyn Monroe style to the Lil Dick-tator.
Other players did NOT join Rodman..
This is how CBS ended its dispatch on this strange display of ….Rodmanism:
Rodman has faced both ridicule and harsh criticism for his trips to North Korea, which some U.S. politicians and activists view as serving only as fodder for North Korean propaganda.
But he defended his visit, saying it would help “open the door” and was a “great idea for the world.”
"It’s amazing how we thrive on negativity. Does anyone know this guy’s only 31 years old?" he said of Kim, whom he calls his friend.
"Dennis, he could be 31, he could be 51," said CNN interviewer Chris Cuomo. "He’s just killed his uncle. He’s holding an American hostage."
After a schism, a question: Can atheist churches last?
Proof that organized atheism is just as religious as religion.. Now the churches of nothingness are splitting, fighting, and perhaps ruining their cause. Could there be a Martin Luther of Atheism? Someone who will bring about reform, and further the beliefs of nothingness to even believe in a stronger nothing ?
After a schism, a question: Can atheist churches last?
Noahs Ark Risks Collapse Without Bond Buyers by February
Shame if the park isn’t created. No, not because I am anywhere close to a literalist, but because .. seriously.. this is a fun story and I have always remembers the Noah’s Ark song from my childhood!
As insane as the Noah story has always been to me, I’d LOVE to go to the theme park. Just alone to hear ‘scientists’ try to tell me why dinosaur eggs weren’t able to hatch on the boat..
And if there’s a rid similar to the last scene of EVAN ALMIGHTY I’d surely pay..
Noahs Ark Risks Collapse Without Bond Buyers by February
“Mein Kampf” Tops Amazon Charts
E-book versions of Hitler’s opus are rising in the rankings on Amazon and iTunes.
I will let your formulate your own thoughts as to why this is occurring..The article doesn’t present theory but leads to further questions.
I do predict though that the article describing how popular Mein Kampf is becoming will only lead to the book becoming even more popular..
“Mein Kampf” Tops Amazon Charts
Bravo to Saturday Night LIVE for finally adding an African American woman, Sasheer Zamata, to the cast—first time since Maya Rudolph left the show..
A little late, sure.. And yes, Lorne Michaels, you’re show is becoming a bit outdated and stale.
But I think that happens with Saturday Night LIVE often.. There are transitional periods of time in which the show re-adjusts.. heck, I still remember when some famed stars left in the mid 1990s to do movies.. People thought the show would end. Until Will Ferrell and other greats came along and made the late 90s into the early 2000s some of the funniest seasons of the show yet..
Saturday Night LIVE will have trouble being the rebel without a cause that came in the late 1970s. But there are always chances for the show to becoming the ‘thing’ again. Maybe the inclusion of some new members of the cast will help. Certainly, Sasheer Zamata will help just in the fact that SNL has been a little uncultured in its cast members recently.
And the other positive: Kenan Thompson will finally be relieved of playing any role in which a black woman is needed.
Alfred Hitchcock's unseen Holocaust documentary to be screened
Did you know..? Alfred Hitchcock made a film about Nazi death camps?But according to this UK INDEPENDENT article, Alfred Hitchcock, the master of macabre, was so haunted and disturbed by actual footage of the Holocaust that he stayed away from the Pinewood Studios for a full week after seeing it..
And now, soon, we will all get to see the horrifying footage that haunted Hitchcock.. The INDEPENDENT reports:
In 1945, Hithcock had been enlisted by his friend and patron Sidney Bernstein to help with a documentary on German wartime atrocities, based on the footage of the camps shot by British and Soviet film units. In the event, that documentary was never seen.
"It was suppressed because of the changing political situation, particularly for the British," suggests Dr Toby Haggith, Senior Curator at the Department of Research, Imperial War Museum. "Once they discovered the camps, the Americans and British were keen to release a film very quickly that would show the camps and get the German people to accept their responsibility for the atrocities that were there."
The film took far longer to make than had originally been envisaged. By late 1945, the need for it began to wane. The Allied military government decided that rubbing the Germans’ noses in their own guilt wouldn’t help with postwar reconstruction.
Five of the film’s six reels were eventually deposited in the Imperial War Museum and the project was quietly forgotten.
In the 1980s, the footage was discovered in a rusty can in the museum by an American researcher. It was eventually shown in an incomplete version at the Berlin Film Festival in 1984 and then broadcast on American PBS in 1985 under the title Memory of the Camps but in poor quality and without the missing sixth reel. The original narration, thought to have been written by future Labour Cabinet Minister Richard Crossman in collaboration with Australian journalist Colin Wills, was read by actor Trevor Howard.
The Imperial War museum has now put together the real footage along with other material and have prepared the film to be seen in the same way that Hitchcock did.. it will be shown on British TV in 2015 when the world marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Europe—the film will then be seen at other theaters and film festivals..
Alfred Hitchcock's unseen Holocaust documentary to be screened
2014 is going to be a bad year for horror movies
Looks like the relics in your closet will be the must watch films of the year.. There aren’t too many horror flicks worth looking forward to in 2014. A shame, too.. So much was great in 2013. The CONJURING was perhaps among the best.
In 2014 there will not be any gems worth mining..
2014 is going to be a bad year for horror movies
Great article from PACIFIC STANDARD: "The Next Civil Rights Issue: Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet"
"Ignore the barrage of violent threats and harassing messages that confront you online every day." That’s what women are told.
Eye opening .. thought provoking..
Great article from PACIFIC STANDARD: "The Next Civil Rights Issue: Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet"
Satanists unveil 7-foot monument they want to erect at Oklahoma Statehouse
Yes, lots of people are really angry about this.
But I got to thinking..
Maybe it’s sort of .. well .. fitting.
Satanists unveil 7-foot monument they want to erect at Oklahoma Statehouse
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Honey Boo Boo, family 'really sore' after car wreck
I already see bloggers and Tweeters and others mocking the family and making some horrible jokes about this car accident.
Yes the show is deplorable. And no, I don’t watch it—not even the clips. But come on, people.. show some class, and interrupt your hate for a few minutes and just hope for the best for some of your fellow humans.
Honey Boo Boo, family 'really sore' after car wreck
On January 6, 2014, I was listening to Ground Zero Radio with Clyde Lewis. His guest was Peter Davenport from the national UFO reporting center.. Davenport spoke to Lewis about a seemingly large uptick in UFO reports since January 1 of this year..
A bit into the show, I learned about a UFO case that may forever haunt me—and I should have known about it since I know exactly where this incident happened. Davenport spoke about Todd Sees from Northumberland County, Pa. Sees vanished in 2002.. Sees was 39 and lived at the base of Montour Ridge .. he was married and a father of two. One Sunday morning he took his ATV to the top of the mountain.. He never returned. They found his four wheeler. They also found his shoe in a tree.. they found his body some time later badly mutilated.. You can read more here about the case (and you can find some archived news stories from the DAILY ITEM here) or watch this video of homicide detective Butch Witkowski speak about this..
While the UFO movement has hitched a ride to the Todd Sees story, we must always strive to take stories of this nature with large grains of salt.
No matter what, though, this story in itself may haunt you for a long time after..
(Source: http://www.groundzeromedia.org/)
Canada's ex-defense minister: Aliens would give us more tech if we'd stop wars
Paul Hellyer, who has long insisted that aliens have visited Earth for many years, says that when aliens saw the atomic bomb they decided that we were a great threat to the cosmos. Read this article by Chris Matyszczyk on CNET News.
If he is crazy, then he’s crazy. If aliens are real, then he may be right. But what about those hostile aliens, you know, the ones in the cigar shaped craft that take us? What about the Grays, who do bad things to people from the South? Paul Hellyer doesn’t answer much about that, but he does say that we need to give up warfare in order to get help from the creature above..
Canada's ex-defense minister: Aliens would give us more tech if we'd stop wars
Angry Dennis Rodman defends North Korea basketball game
This is bizarre. Dennis Rodman just can’t stop loving Lil Kim Un..
Angry Dennis Rodman defends North Korea basketball game
UFO spotted in Berkshire skies leaves investigators baffled
Object shaped like a rugby ball flew within a few feet of passenger jet at 34,000ft, claims pilot
While it may not be proof of aliens, a pilot’s testimony already strikes a special chord with me. Maybe it’s because I picture Chesley Sullenberger heroically landing a plane on the Hudson and saving the lives of hundreds. Or maybe it’s because I loved the movie AIRPLANE ever since I was kid.. Either way, if a pilot tells me something happened, I tend to believe it.
In this circumstance, we have a pilot’s own testimony that the plane was around 34,000 when he saw something..
It was said to be “cigar/rugby ball like” in shape, bright silver and “metallic” and travelling towards the jet. The pilot said he felt certain it was going to crash into his aircraft and ducked as it headed towards him, but it did not appear to make impact. He told investigators he believed the object passed “within a few feet” above the jet.
Beware the cigar shaped UFOs.. All UFO aficionados learn at an early age that they are the bad ones..
This plane is thankfully safe..
But the mystery remains.
A UFO?
Alien life?
Maybe a drone..
Or something having a little fun at everyone’s expense..
The jury is out..
UFO spotted in Berkshire skies leaves investigators baffled
Rise of the exorcists in Catholic Church
Forty years after The Exorcist scared the wits out of cinema audiences around the world, the Roman Catholic Church is training up a new generation of priests to meet a growing demand for exorcisms
It’s the Francis effect. He exorcises one guy in public and now it’s cool enough that everyone wants to do it..
Before you know it, people will be projectile vomiting in a bed near you.
Rise of the exorcists in Catholic Church
Monday, January 6, 2014
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This is a great video. It shows how we are not living in the moment.. too busy with cell phones and other technological gadgets distracting us from the beauty around.
There is nothing wrong with the phone you’re reading this one or the computer screen it appears on.. but we have lost that ability to ‘disconnect’ from the net. And that may have some negative side effects..
Remember in the wild new days of the net when it was young? When you could disconnect from dial up, or ‘dial in’ to the superhighway? Not anymore..
Now we must use will power to moderate our use..Or not moderate.. depending on your abilities..
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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