There are multiple weather models showing the storm this weekend moving north.. and south.. and no where.. and here. And there. My area is bracing for 1 to 25 inches of snow. That’s an old joke, of course, but this go around it’s actually quite accurate. The weatherman knows a storm is brewing—they are getting better at timing—but they sure aren’t sure yet as to what path it takes…
The sun shines.. but so many nations see war planes on bright and blue days. I worry about war today.. This world has seen way too much of it in modern life. But so much more seems to be coming..
Some Saturday morning news to use or lose this bright and shiny sunny morning:
The world is watching—and some are holding collective breath—as Russia and Crimea continue to embroil themselves in an inevitable war.. A few days ago, theBBC ran a good article explaining what was so dangerous about the situation in Crimea..
The other facts as they are known at this hour. It may change by next hour:
Russia extends its reach in Crimea with calls for troops in Ukrainian region..
President Obama is warning Vladimir Putin that there will be ‘costs’ for Ukraine action..
But… Putin is holding the cards and dictating the timetable..
This is the dogs of war floating at sea.. WE should all be watching these provocations closely: Russia is seeking access in eight countries for its ships and bombers. There is already a mysterious ‘spy ship’ docked in Havana.. But now they also want to be set to fire in Cuba, Venezuela, Singapore.. and more..
As expected.. the United States is scrambling for intelligence on the developing crisis..
Some history: Crimea was a gift to Ukraine. It happened in 1954 and, in between Nikita Khruschchev famous using his shoes as weapons during speeches, he gifted the beautiful Crimea to Ukraine.. that was back in happier days when mother Russia claimed Ukraine for the Soviets..
There are also some other reports worth contemplating. Back in 1994, President Bill Clinton, John Major, Boris Yelstin, and Leonid Kuchma signed a treaty. That treaty, now it’s said, may actual embroil the United States and Britain into a war with Russia if Russia invades Ukraine!! The agreement signed back in the roaring 90s had world leaders vowing to protect Ukraine’s border. Things were happier then.
And lest we forget… a month ago media outlets quietly reported that Iran was sending warships close to the United States East Coast border..
So you see how this could could quickly get out of hand, right?
Just as the Archduke Franz Ferdinand..
Saturday, March 1, 2014
What a 1994 treaty may mean for 2014
I have really never liked horror movies based on true stories.. they seem a little over the top, often. And in this matter, perhaps insensitive and tacky..Sony has just bought the rights to a horror movie based on the death of Elisa Lam in Los Angeles in 2013..
You may remember recent stories about Lam in the news. She was the student who was found dead in the water tank of then famed and cursed Cecil Hotel—for two weeks hotel visitors were complaining of a smell and taste in the water, later they found Lam’s body.
In recent months, a surveillance video from the elevator in the hotel was made famous because it seemed to show Lam acting odd moments before she supposedly entered the roof area and somehow got into a high and secured water tank..
The coroner ruled the death to be accidental.
Not an accident is SONY making profits off of the death of the innocent young woman.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Horror movie controversy in Australia.. two famed movie critics from down under refused to review a horror flick WOLF CREEK 2.. And now as a result, star from the movie John Jarratt took aim at the ‘elitist’ critics for their refusal to acknowledge the movie..
I am actually somewhat laughing at the image of the critics, Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton. Stratton looks identical to the man who does my taxes every year.. I hope I don’t take this movie review refusal out on him in 2015..
We're Fukushima-ed
Navy sailors suffering pain and ailments after Fukushima response..
But nothing to fear, Navy sailors.. Apparently smoking is worse than the radiation, so says a FORBES editorial about the disaster.. I am sure the author means well. Right? I’d be interesting how tied in with nuclear energy he is.. Nonetheless, the NOT DANGEROUS radiation will be making it to the West Coast by April.. Also the not dangerous scenario playing out at Fukushima is getting a little less dangerous as warnings sound that clean up pumps stopped working. Nothing to see here. The FORBES science author said so..
My favorite Facebook weather source, the Weatherboy Weather posted an “OMG” over top of today’s snowstorm forecast.. This is beginning to look like a long duration snow storm set to drop up to 20 inches or more in spots.. prepare now because by Monday all travel may be temporarily grounded.. The other concern may be ice if enough warmth spreads into the storm.. It’s a March storm after all—and March storms typically produce heavy snow. In like a lion.. a cold, cold lion in winter.
A dark horse minus some darkness…
Katy Perry edits DARK HORSE video after accusations of blasphemy. A petition was signed by thousands saying that the video was offensive to Muslims. The name of Allah has been removed from the footage.. For those keeping track of the footage removal: The Illuminati messages are still in it..
Thursday, February 27, 2014
This beautiful image comes from CBS 21 in Harrisburg .. it’s the Susquehanna River, obviously iced over from a long winter..
More snow and ice coming Sunday into Monday. The scene may get even colder looking..
M. Night Shyamalan Secretly Directing A New Horror Film!
I am extremely exited about this.. too cool.
M. Night Shyamalan Secretly Directing A New Horror Film!
Big people. Little houses.
A new idea: “Tiny houses” to end homelessness..
My quick take: It looks more like little dog houses, as though there is a new low in America.. that instead of trying to get better jobs in this nation, or industry, or good construction, we are going to promote the idea of making one body ‘homes’ that people can hide away in like pieces of garbage..
One ‘advocate’ quoted in the NBC story says that this could ‘revolutionize housing’ in the United States.
He may be right. The only house most Americans will be able to afford will be these tiny houses..
TIME TO LOSE WEIGHT, AMERICA! You’re being downsized..
UK spy agency intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users
Here we go, just the facts:
• Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images in bulk
• 1.8m users targeted by UK agency in six-month period alone
• Yahoo: ‘A whole new level of violation of our users’ privacy’
• Material included large quantity of sexually explicit images
And MORE!
GCHQ files dating between 2008 and 2010 explicitly state that a surveillance program codenamed Optic Nerve collected still images of Yahoo webcam chats in bulk and saved them to agency databases, regardless of whether individual users were an intelligence target or not.
In one six-month period in 2008 alone, the agency collected webcam imagery – including substantial quantities of sexually explicit communications – from more than 1.8 million Yahoo user accounts globally.
So… what did the UK government catch you doing??!
Time to secure your tin foil hats and adjust your tape overtop of your webcam.. things just got real.
UK spy agency intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users
I'll take Crimean Tatars with my Crisis
The latest.. Which may be different by the time you finish reading.
Russian fighter jets have been put on combat alert over tensions in Ukraine.. Now that the Winter Games have successfully concluded for Momma Russia, Vlad the Impaler is doing as he sees fit..
Including this provocative move: A Russian spy ship has docked in Havana, Cuba. And the silence is deafening as to why.
All eyes are now on Moscow’s military moves in the Ukraine—troops are being spotted in Crimea..Ukraine’s ousted president is defiant, saying he’s still in charge.. And from RT: The Facts you Need to Know about Crimea..
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
You may have seen this—or heard this—before..
Best not to listen with your lights down..
The possible true story behind this audio is that it was a famous radio hijacking.. the alien sounds replace the classical music being played.. about two minutes into the clip, the female voice begins to rhythmically recite names of people who died during the Pan Am bombing from the 1980s.. There’s more on the clip here.. There’s also some debate, on some boards, as to when the actual audio was recorded..
The audio has been online for over a year.. there are countless message boards, including this REDDIT thread, of people debating if they should even listen—and if they did, would they experience a “RING” like fate..
I was first introduced to the file by Clyde Lewis’ radio program last year.. I never quite got it out of my head, and last night Lewis played the file again during his program on weird radio transmissions and numbers stations.
While it’s really not known if this event actually occurred or if it’s a big hoax, or some sort of publicity stunt from years ago, this is what is apparent: The tape is freaky, frightening, and downright chilling.
If you listen, you may want to wait until daybreak.. Unless you’re into things that go bump—or squelch—in the night.
A Clyde Lewis show so good I may listen twice
I love Clyde Lewis. What can I say but that..
He’s an incredibly gifted radio personality.. he has the spirit of Art Bell and often the anger of Alex Jones, but is so much more talented than others who host nationally syndicated shows—especially those old ones with mustaches who attempt hosting..
Last night he had an already unforgettable show.. I just got through it and may very well listen again.
The show’s topic was ‘radio activities.’ Creepy sounds over shortwave, AM, and FM bands.. Famous historical hijacks of television stations.. weird numbers stations being played late in the night.. Odd sounds and voices coming from stations that seem to portend messages of doom. That and more discussed last night on Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis..
I recommend you give it a listen in your spare time.
With the lights off, of course..
My Daily Doodle.. certainly not as macabre as Ayden’s interpretation of the goings on at a dentist, but weird nonetheless.
An orange beats an apple.. while riding a banana. It was the dull drawing of a long day .. It’s all I got.
I eat fruit. What can I say. It was in front of me.
Monday, February 24, 2014
Harold Ramis is dead.. pretty sad news.
This is from the AP report on the death:
Ramis was surrounded by family in his Chicago home, where he’s lived since 1996, when he died early this morning from complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, his wife Erica Mann Ramis told the Chicago Tribune.
Ramis was 69.
And he was responsible for laughs, smiles, and amazing roles in movies.
Godspeed Harold Ramis..
I hope you find peace and solace on the other side.. you gave us good memories.
It’s a snail!
It’s a pain!
IT’S THAT GUY
The man who lives in a shade of gray.
My Daily Doodle presented in color. Not living color. Unless you’ve seen the Mythical Creature who lurks in offices or near copy machines, the man who saves staples and paper clips, the man who eats cold meat sandwiches for lunch every day: That Guy..
Recent Caribbean Earthquakes Spark Concern
In the article about the shaking, Accuweather points out one historic fact that hopefully will not get repeated:
“One of the most infamous occurred in 1692 when a 7.5-magnitude quake dismantled the city of Port Royal, Jamaica. Much of the city was submerged under water, and thousands of people lost their lives.”
Recent Caribbean Earthquakes Spark Concern
Her concert’s like a wrecking ball.. Miley Cyrus is desperate to stay relevant (and obviously Googled “1990s + Bill Clinton) .. She is staging a Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky moment during her song PARTY IN THE USA.. You can read more about it here if you’d like.. But I wonder, what will this do for Hillary’s plans to run in 2016..?
I’m not done yet!
Another story from Miley’s BANGERZ TOUR.. she is making out with Katy Perry. We know already that Katy has successful sold her soul to the devil long ago.. Miley is just clumsily trying to do the same.
HE-MAN all these years later..
You may have seen this article before, or the concept of it: Toys that are made so much more valuable after many years because they were never opened from their original packages.
In this case, 18 MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE toys worth hundreds of dollars each if they maintain themselves in their cardboard casings from the 1980s.
But I think back.. there’d certainly be no way as a child I would have chosen to NOT open these toys.. and even more, what’st he point? Sure, there’s monetary value now on them, but.. the endless hours and rivalries on my bedroom floor that I imagined would have been nonexistent.
And that’s completely worthless…
Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life
This is the last time I’m going to talk about my personal life in an American publication ever again.
A very interesting article and interview from VULTURE .. Alec Baldwin says MSNBC didn’t pay him, he says he loathes the media.. and he pages Holden Caulfield with this quote about Rachel Maddow:
I think Rachel Maddow is quite good at what she does. I also think she’s a phony who doesn’t have the same passion for the truth off-camera that she seems to have on the air
Ouch…
Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Happy birthday Ayden..
3?
Seriously?
Already?
A worthwhile event for the third year of life
Infrequent updates this weekend due to the preparations for and the having of a 3rd birthday party for Ayden Morris. My son is three.. I cannot fathom the consequences of that for him, let alone me and my wife.. Three years of memories already.. three everything. Good things come in threes, even years I suppose.
Three means the trinity.. growth.. forward looking.
Mutant reality
You really don’t know how bad potholes are until you transport a large ninja turtles cake in your trunk.