This was reported on Drudge yesterday .. the debate coming Monday is set to be epic. Must see TV … And 90 minutes commercial free!? Break free!? I don’t think 90% of the 100 million people watching the debate could go that long without a couch break to bathroom trip. We will see how two candidates near or exceeding the age of 70 will deal with this..
They seem to be. Especially in the southern United States..
And getting arrested when found!
New York MAGAZINE is reporting on the pop culture phenom in a latest September 23 run.. Adam Raymond writes,
Reports of creepy clowns first emerged in Greenville, South Carolina, where a red-nosed creepo was reportedly trying to lure kids to a house in the woods by flashing wads of cash. Police looked into the claims and found nothing.
In Alabama, schools across the state ramped up security after reports emerged on social media that clowns were going to attack local high schools with guns. In Ohio, a sheriff’s office is looking for two clowns and advising citizens to contact the department because “we are unsure what their intentions are at this point.” And in Florida, a state where you might think clowns would be among the most normal roadside sightings, police keep getting calls about clowns but are having a hell of time finding them.
Here in coal country, the news is the same..
SMALL TOWN CLOWNS
Frackville PA.. Pottsville PA .. Ashland PA. Supposedly clowns lurking behind scrubs, scaring people at night.. I am dubbing it the small town clown fad.. There are some new stories reported today that Wilkes Barre PA is also having a burst of clowns..
I have written before that a clown under a street light at midnight holding a balloon could very well be one of the most frightening images one’s mind can endure.. But are these sightings really sightings?
I have come to a conclusion that some of these local sightings are just psychosis.. I don’t think people are seeing nearly as many clowns as they 1) report they are and 2) think they are..
The whole fad is also being driven by the media–a media that decides to use stock images of ghoulish clowns or Pennywise from IT in their news articles..
This past week, the Frackville police here in my local area thought it would be wise to post an image of clowns with a report that they are in the neighborhood.. the story took off like a rocket, to the point where kids on school buses were scaring little kids about deadly clowns behind woods. It is the stuff urban legends are made of.. or even local yokel legends.. Nonetheless, I have it from a good source that some of the local police departments professing word of clown sightings are now regretting their early decisions. Almost annoyed with the number of sightings that are being reported through social media..
Last night, under the Friday night lights of coal region football, the plays on the field were the second topic. Up first: Who is dressing up like clowns and terrorizing a region. I bet that topic was also being discussed around America from coast to coast.. and beyond to the rest of the planet where the phenomenon is popping up.
My prediction stands: We will face a clown deluge from now until Halloween night. When it gets cold, the masks were come off and attention will be turned to the next fad. But until then clowns will abound.
Keep calm, Earth.
The capture of the Handarat camp a few kilometres north of Aleppo marked the first major ground advance of the offensive, which the government announced on Thursday. Residents of the rebel-held half of the city say warplanes have unleashed unprecedented firepower…
And this news from other sources..:
Bloodied toddlers wail on a hospital bed. Rescuers pull a baby from rubble, unsure whether the child will survive.
The latest videos from rebel-held eastern Aleppo purportedly show scenes from a nightmare that a joint US-Russian peace plan was supposed to resolve.
DEVELOPING..
Hopefully by now you know ‘what is Aleppo’ Gary..
CNN URGENT:
A man carrying a rifle entered a Macy’s store at a mall in Washington state, shot dead four women and a man, and vanished into the night, police said.
Authorities believe only one person fired the shots Friday night at Cascade Mall in Burlington, about an hour north of Seattle.
A search is underway for an armed man who headed toward Interstate 5 after the attack, said Sgt. Mark Francis, a spokesman for the Washington State Patrol.
Francis released a blurry surveillance photo of a man described as the suspect. His motive or relationship to the victims, if any, are unclear, he said.
The names of the victims were not immediately released.
MORE..
An employee at a restaurant near a deadly mall shooting in Washington state said they “immediately locked the doors” when they heard of the mayhem Friday night.
Stephanie Bose, an assistant general manager at Johnny Carino’s Italian restaurant near Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, told The Associated Press the shooting happened inside the Macy’s department store. Her restaurant is just outside the Macy’s.
People fled, customers hid in dressing rooms and employees locked the doors of nearby stores after gunshots rang out just after 7 p.m. Friday at the Cascade Mall. A helicopter, search teams and K-9 units scoured the area for a rifle-carrying man.
“We are still actively looking for the shooter,” Washington State Patrol spokesman Sgt. Mark Francis said at a news conference. “Stay indoors, stay secure.”
MORE information : Very chilling eye witness interviewing about the Macy’s Makeup Department Massacre..
All of this is very very horrible…
The entertainment media is piling on top of the misery that has become Jim Carrey’s life..
The text messages reveal this to me: Carrey ended up being THE MASK in real life, hiding away the obvious issues the comedian had behind the scenes..
This reporting from the UK MIRROR:
Now, Cathriona’s ex husband, who is suing Carrey over his estranged wife’s death, has released text messages between the pair, which appear to show Carrey ditching her after she reveals her STD fears.
Carrey’s lawyer has blasted the accusation that the actor gave his ex-girlfriend STDs before she committed suicide.
A wrongful death lawsuit filed by Mark was amended on Thursday to include the allegation that White was allegedly suicidal because she had sexually transmitted diseases she believed that the actor gave her.
Carrey’s laywer allege she married Mark, a Hollywood camera man, to secure a legal immigration status after her father died.
They allege that White only married Burton for a green card, and he has multiple witnesses who will confirm this to the court.
White married Burton on January 15, 2013 at the Heavenly Bliss Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.
And more
In one message, Carrey appears to reply to his girlfriend’s worries about unusual lumps, brushing her worries aside: “Aggravated folacles [sic] or bumps are normal when you shave or have vigorous sex.
He adds: "I hope your [sic] ok hun. It could be from someone before me. Doesn’t show up until you’re really stressed.”
Carrey, who has denied any wrong doing, blasted Turner in a statement: Is this the way a “husband” honors the memory of his “wife?” The real disease here is greed, shameful greed!“
All of this feels creepy reading.. and a little too much for public consumption. I feel almost guilty about even re-publishing some of the content that is in the once private text messages.
Lifestyles of the rich and famous…
Wish I was rich. But sure glad I am not famous.
startling breach disclosed Thursday is believed to be the largest to hit a single email provider. The security breakdown risks magnifying Yahoo’s preexisting problems — specifically, that it is losing users, traffic and the advertising revenue that follows both, to rivals such as Google and Facebook.
And some have joked that the hack would have been awful of people still used yahoo email.. But they do.. Enough to cause a major problem.. And probably enough now that those same people who use yahoo email will be quitting yahoo email..
