THIS IS AMERICA, 2011.. WISCONSIN EDITION…
Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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This song reminds me of a warm night under summer stars.
A shame I can’t swim.
Goodnight all.
R.E.M. - Nightswimming
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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Good evening.
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Just when we forgot about them, animals deaths are back
Millions of dead fish in Rodondo Beach....
Mystery..
More on the mass fish death: Anchovy Carcasses Blanket Los Angeles Harbor..
Official says no foul play..
Millions dead..
Sheen lost the shine
…and it’s for all to see.
What I originally thought was inventive marketing seems to have spiraled out of control..
Just as CBS fired Sheen from TWO AND A HALF MEN, Chuck took to a roof waving a machete..
Just as I thought the machete was just one last attempt to get some attention, he appeared on the internet, looking more like a corpse than a man, looking less like a star of a hit TV sitcom, and more like SKELETOR from the 1980s cartoon HE-MAN..
Is this the light of fame shining down on a soul of someone who has no shame? Is this, perhaps, the ultimate of greed profit in the sin city of Tinseltown..? Is this the image of a man who will one day have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame? .. shame.
No, this is the image of a troubled soul, empty and void of common sense at the moment.. And the world’s watching. But then again, all the world’s a stage.. And Charlie Sheen may be one of its best players..
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Goodnight world at war.
Be at peace.
Grandpa Tell Me Bout The Good Old Days — The Judds
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Monday, March 7, 2011
News from the heartland: The Dusk Bowl coming back strong?
The UK TELEGRAPH reporting on some interesting, and really not good news, that farmers are worried about the Ogallala Aquifer, which is now running dry..
(Some of the comments on the article are just as interesting as the article itself)
News from the heartland: The Dusk Bowl coming back strong?
'Spectacular' cyber attack hits French government
…watching this one closely..
The French finance ministry has shut down 10,000 computers after a “spectacular” cyber attack from hackers using Internet addresses in China, officials and reports said on Monday.
The hackers were hunting for documents relating to the Group of 20 (G20) developed and developing nations, which this year is led by France, said Budget Minister Francois Baron, adding that a probe was under way into the attacks.
“We have leads,” Baroin told Europe 1 radio, saying that what he called a “spectacular” attack was “probably the first time” that the French government’s computer system had been hit on this scale.
» via Yahoo! News
'Spectacular' cyber attack hits French government
A new and chilling 9/11 tape emerges from the vantage point of a NYPD helicopter
According to Gawker: The National Institute of Standards and Technology requested the 17-minute video through the Freedom of Information Act, and the video was sent anonymously to the secret-sharing website Cryptome..
Cryptome has famously led the way in posting secret government documents throughout the years—much longer in operation than Wikileaks as well..
A new and chilling 9/11 tape emerges from the vantage point of a NYPD helicopter
Restaurants not faring very well on the 'germ' list
As a proud germaphobe, I was eager to read This: The top germiest places you’d never realize..
Restaurant menus. I can see that. Lemon wedges in the restaurant? Sure.. they are never cleaned but yet put into your water glass..
Cleaning the clock
Me: Dad, why isn't this clock working anymore?
My Dad: It does work! It just always ticked but never tocked
My Dad: It does work! It just always ticked but never tocked
It's really not news anymore, but oil jumped in price again
…and if there was any economic recovery, say goodnight Irene if oil keeps rising.
I think it was Gorilla Monsoon from the old 80’s WWF should perfected the saying ‘goodnight Irene.’
I wonder if Irene ever slept, really.. And if she still can knowing she will have to spend her entire savings by Memorial Day just to fill up her car was gas?
It's really not news anymore, but oil jumped in price again
An interesting CNN story on the exorcist behind the movie THE RITE
And no.. he does not do exorcisms on demand.
An interesting CNN story on the exorcist behind the movie THE RITE
Snowzilla? This is the name for it?
Either way, news agencies are accounting for the surprise snow that blanketed much of the Northeast..
I never liked the strange names we give weather events. Although I due sometimes wish major Nor’Easters would get named, just as hurricanes do..
Snowzilla? This is the name for it?
Lava spews 65 feet high after a crater collapse in Hawaii
A new vent has opened at one of the world’s most active volcanoes..
The Kilauea volcano suddenly made news Sunday. MORE Kilauea volcano crater collapses in Hawaii
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Just read an urgent weather bulletin from the National Weather Service about heavy snow and ice beginning tonight. It’s been raining heavy all day .. a few folks said “at least it’s not snow.”
Now it will be…
Jinx.
Maybe I should start believing myself more often: On February 27, Accuweather reported and this website re-linked a possibility that this weekend’s rain would turn to snow.. I suppose that turned out to be true after all..
For those along the East Coast drenched in rain, be forewarned.. it may soon turn to a blinding heavy snow accumulation reminding everyone that March still can act as a lion before the lamb sets in…
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No skin off my back.. the tip of the spear.. the boiling point.. don't pull the wool over my eyes: The war over circumcision in San Francisco
Anti-circumcision groups want to stop the cutting. Some Jewish groups oppose.
In a few years, will San Francisco be filled with foreskin or will it be cut? The debate rages..
No skin off my back.. the tip of the spear.. the boiling point.. don't pull the wool over my eyes: The war over circumcision in San Francisco
This is the Daily Beast and Newsweek.. Will it be newsweak with Tina or strong again? The redesign features bulky verdana letters.. And Hillary in her finest of light..
Tina Brown going where others have gone before: The logical choice for a logical cover.. The redesign looks a lot like the previous if you ask me. But no one did.
Government gets its first three subjects from Schuylkill County
A local story of interest to me, and maybe even you.. Three babies have been born in Schuylkill County, PA, and are going to take part in a decades-long government study on children..
The government study, according to the report, intends on asking not why children get sick, but instead why some children are healthier than others..
My wife and I were offered the chance to stick Ayden into the study a few weeks before he was born, but we declined. I am not accusing anyone of anything nefarious.. I just didn’t have the interest and maybe even the paranoia of untrustworthiness for any government study that will watch my child until the drinking age of 21..
As far as health? Schuylkill County!? If you’ve never been here, you’ll most likely not know it’s the home of a vast array of abandoned former coal mines.
Nothing unhealthy in the ground there, right?
And it’s the home of a sulfur creek that many have labeled the ‘shit crick’.. Yes, I said crick. Local word..
And this county of Coal Speaker home base is also the home of a rare cancer that has been seen more and more in the region.
So I hope the 21-year-long study goes well. I’ll be 51 by the time we find out why certain kids are sicker than others.
The Lincoln history books neglect to mention
New book sheds new light on Lincoln’s racial
views
He wanted to send free blacks to Central America.. While that fact has been tossed around for generations, few took hold to it and spoke about it. And the new book by Philip Magness and Sebastian Page, they write about newly uncovered documents found in London on America’s hero president.
According to AP’s reporting on the new Lincoln book, Magness and Page’s book offers evidence that Lincoln continued to support colonization, engaging in secret diplomacy with the British to establish a colony in British Honduras, now Belize
It’s a history lesson few know.. and one most history teachers aren’t comfortable telling.
But we should face facts of American history more often.
History is interesting, filled with complexities, and must (MUST) be viewed in the prism of then, and reflected on now with the knowledge of today.
After all, does anyone really think Dwight Eisenhower opened-armed loved African Americans enough to send forces in to help desegregate a school? No. He was just enforcing a Supreme Court decision. And in doing so, IKE accidentally became one of the most important presidents in history concern racial desegregation.
As far as honest Abe? He probably could tell a lie. He most likely was a typical politician. He probably did the 1800s version of Dick Morris type triangulation. And he was really successful.
And he, just like Ike, also accidentally did something wonderful: He spoke the Emancipation Proclamation as leverage against the South during the Civil War, held strong, and ended up freeing slaves, though Radical Republicans in the aftermath of his assassination would undue his successes through their punishments.
And yes, racial intolerance continues today.. Racial segregation continued for generations. Horrible racial crimes took place within the North and South of the United States. And even today, a few places proudly fly a confederate flag without abandonment.
So while Lincoln helped push the nation into the future, it is more than worthwhile to know the full history of the man who the 21st century feels to be a saint. He was not a saint, most likely a sinner, and a complex man who shaped history in ways he most likely never knew he would.
And since we’re talking about real history, he also declared Martial Law, suspended freedoms of press, fired lots of generals, mismanaged and micomanaged the Civil War, and had a really high pitched voice. But people said he knew how to tell a joke. Unless people were just laughing at how he sounded…. Those things don’t make history books.
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Flashdance What A Feeling - Irene Cara
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
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Happy evening all
ABBA starts it with DANCING QUEEN
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Don't put your iphone next to your head.
Today in things that creep me out.
Indeed.. creepy is to understate it..
Don't put your iphone next to your head.
I actually received a sympathy card from the veterinary hospital where my dog Bailey was put down two weeks ago signed by the entire staff..
Even if they do it for all their cases, it still was very kind..
I miss Bailey. Hope she’s doing well.. Even if it risks sounding crazy, maybe one day I’ll write about how she stopped by to visit the house the night she was put to sleep..
Hey man, sorry I've been out of touch! Congratulations on the new offspring! It's a heavy responsibility, for sure. Did you change blogs? Suddenly Tumblr erased your question to me and says you're deactivated. Not sure what's up with Tumblr these days. Anyway, hope you're well, man!
I’ve had some issues with Tumblr recently.. not sure what happened. I also had a problem with posts being eaten as well..
Thanks for the message back.
As in disagreement with Tumblr, I am not at all deactivated. Unless Mr. Karp just hasn’t told me yet..
History repeats itself: Mike Huckabee calls Natalee Portman's pregnancy 'troubling' because she is not married
Reminiscent of years ago with another politician attacked a pregnancy, although Murphy Brown’s was fiction. But Dan Quayle wasn’t running for president. Mike Huckabee is..
Huckabee: If Natalee Portman’s pregnancy troubles you, guess what, your weird kinda creepy not at all interesting weekend talk show on Fox News troubles a lot more people than a gorgeous Natalee Portman carrying a baby with pride..
History repeats itself: Mike Huckabee calls Natalee Portman's pregnancy 'troubling' because she is not married
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Good evening.. Good night.. good day. Wherever you may be. Sleep in peace.. if you have children, laugh along with the and try not to cry when they do.. Goodnight
This Woman’s Work — Greg Laswell
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Friday, March 4, 2011
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Happy Friday night ..with Britney babe
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I'm curious to ask my followers, and other Tumblr users, this question
Is Tumblr, in your mind, trustworthy? Do you feel confident not backing up your data? Do you think the amount of times the site goes down has been an impairment to gaining credibility? .. Someone I know told me every time they tried to read Coal Speaker, it was unavailable.. thoughts? ideas? ..
A cautionary tale of BioFreeze
When applying to someone else, wash your hands before you use the restroom. I’ve learned a lesson..
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The Wallflowers - Heroes
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
Eight legged freaks
65,000 Mazda 6 cars are being recalled.. Not for electronic issues.. not for brakes.. not for safety concerns. But instead because of eight legged freaks, the tiny version..
The Japanese automaker is recalling more than 50,000 Mazda6 cars from the 2009-2010 model years in the United States and an additional 15,000 vehicles in Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico..
The company said the spiders could weave a tangled web in vents and clog up ventilation..
Even more frightening would be the dreaded brown recluse spider.. In this case, though, it’s the less dreaded by still scary yellow sac spiders, which can still pose a threat andleave a lasting impression..
Oh what strange things people do. I am eagerly anticipating Paula Deen riding some part of Gingrich’s head on the website Paula Deen Riding Things
Newt Gingrich in front of stock photos. It’s a web site. That’s his wife Calista there on the right. Names of kittens n/a.
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Absolutely hysterical..
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Here's a happy mid-day lift for you
Who owns America, and consequently, you?
China 20.4%..
Japan 20.2%
England 12.4%
Oil exports 5%
And the list goes on, with some fine folks like Brazil, Caribbean Bankers, Hong Kong, and the friends to the North in Canada.
You can find the full amount of information on our owners here..
Now hopefully if our dollar keeps crashing none of the owners will try to collect on the debt…
The airports were apparently testing grounds for further body scans
ATTACK OF THE BODY SCANNERS, 2011 edition..
Indeed, if the airport body scanners had a stigma connected to them, just imagine what the new crop of body scanners will do—body scanners that will be train stations and also in mobile vans, roaming the streets, blasting high powered radiation to pedestrians who just want to jay walk and go on with life..
Interestingly, the body scanners have been ‘debunked’ by several sources over the past years, saying they were simply ramblings of paranoid conspiracy hacks. Now, with the information appearing in FORBES, either the world has turned upside down or those conspiracy hacks were on to something for years.
Scan me up Scotty.
RIP the cougar?
We are being told that the eastern cougar has become extinct.
If you ask me, evidence would say otherwise:
Unless I have the wrong meaning….
TIME magazine confirms what we know: America is no longer number 1
But on the flipside, many good people have always been number two. And some people think David Letterman is funny, and he’s been number 3 since 1995..
TIME magazine confirms what we know: America is no longer number 1
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Winter is almost over.. heading to spring in overdrive.. Until warmth comes in, it’s still a shade of pale..
WHITER SHADE OF PALE — Procol Harum
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
New Stephen King book announced
Simon & Schuster has just announced that a new Stephen King novel, 11/22/63, will be released on November 8th, 2011 and will focus on someone going back in time to try to prevent the death of JFK
Sounds like a good book. Of course good only if it’s not 200,000 pages long, as Mr. King so often hands us.
New Stephen King book announced
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Having the dreaded midday slump? .. enjoy some LOVE TODAY from Mika.
My wife and I have also found this song to be the most joyful to play while cleaning up infant regurgitation. Enjoy.. Be happy. Life’s short.
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Meet the miracle dog named Wall-E
Euthanized one day. Rises from the dead the next. If he starts walking on the water he drinks, be worried of the end times..
Meet the miracle dog named Wall-E
The Charlie Sheen soap opera continues today
After last night’s Hugh Hefner-lite appearance on ABC, a court order led to a late night removal of his two sons from his party mansion.. Sheen is now busy making the rounds launching a counter offensive against all those who are anti Sheen..
Are we watching the dimming of a once bright star? Or .. are we being “Sheened” ..?
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Good morning all..
"Red Rubber Ball" by Cyrkle
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In like a lion.
Sleep like a lamb.
Goodnight all.
The Sounds - Ego
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