Well, there goes Phoenix…
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
I don’t have any tattoos, but were I to get one this may very well be the one I’d want..Pennywise The Clown by Oliver Jerrold at Hope And Glory Tattoo, Swaffham UK.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Do you want to live forever? Scientists give hope to those who may want a cure for aging
….but I ask again, do you want to live forever? .. I think few would..
Do you want to live forever? Scientists give hope to those who may want a cure for aging
…a note to the pundits on TV trying to over-do the verdict: The jury did NOT say Casey was innocent.. they said ‘not guilty,’ which means the prosecution didn’t prove the case..
Now, as for that jury? …we’re still waiting for you to fill those 12 angry empty chairs and tell us why you decided all of this in just 10 hours..
I have to to wonder..
If the Casey Anthony trial wasn’t televised and had no attention, would the jury have found her not guilty..? Regardless of her guilt, the jury held true to their oath.. But if Casey was an inner city poor nameless face, would her fate have been different…?
Wow...
The jury thinks Casey Anthony is a liar.. But not a murderer.. The jury finds her not guilty on murder charges as Casey smirks from her seat…
Monday, July 4, 2011
4th of July as it's meant to be
It’s 9pm on the East Coast, America 2011.. The light of day still hovers in the evening sky.. Illegal fireworks explode in the distance.. This, indeed, is how summer is meant to be ..
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America, for all its flaws and mistakes, is still the best place to live. Because after all, where else in the world can you point out your country’s flaws and mistakes and not go to jail or be killed..?
Enjoy all.. Cook out. Light fireworks. Be safe. And sing a song of American pride.
Goodnight America. Just don’t say goodbye to America.
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*Another* new study suggests that autism may be triggered in the womb
The latest in a number of theories as to what causes the distressing ailment to children..This theory is according a study by Stanford University.. They compared cases of autism in identical and fraternal twins and found that fraternal twins — who share only half of the same genes — have unusually high rates of autism. Reuters reports further:
"In another, researchers at health insurer Kaiser Permanente found mothers of children with autism were twice as likely to have been prescribed a common antidepressant during the year before their pregnancy than mothers of healthy children.
And the risk was even greater — a threefold increase — when the drug was taken in the first trimester of pregnancy.
*Another* new study suggests that autism may be triggered in the womb
Coal region bites: For the fourth time in just two weeks, a person was bitten by a pit bull in Pottsville, PA
…it’s the home of Yuengling brewery, and now dangerous dog bites.. Four times in 2 weeks!? Is there something in the water, or is it just that the SPCA doesn’t take pit bulls anymore!?
Coal region bites: For the fourth time in just two weeks, a person was bitten by a pit bull in Pottsville, PA
Black cloud over Florida..
There is currently drenching rain in Florida as reporters await a verdict in the Casey Anthony trial… Expect full scale media feeding frenzy when the half hour warning comes from the judge..
Just remembered
Fourth of July marathon of the Twilight Zone on SyFy.. watch the last remaining hours of it, if you can..
Just when the Kahn man thought he could get away with it.. enter a new woman: French writer Tristane Banon will file a criminal complaint against Dominique Strauss-Kahn for an alleged 2002 rape attempt..
The United States of gloom? UK TELEGRAPH says maybe
Author Tony Harnden puts forward an interesting proposition: The United States is gloomier this year than it was in1980. In the argument, pollster and ever-growing Frank Luntz and his hair were used as source code for numbers.. Thanks UK TELEGRAPH, 235 years later you’re rubbing in the fact we declared independence, and using Frank Luntz for some help.
The United States of gloom? UK TELEGRAPH says maybe
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One of the most moving and epic songs at one of the most moving and epic times in our nation’s history. On September 14, 2001, the United States Navy performed a stirring rendition of the Battle Hymn of the Republic while the nation mourned thousands of deaths on 9/11/01.
It’s easy to forget.. it’s simple to turn the page. But these days are ingrained in whoever lived through them. Regardless of what happened since, this time, this moment, that very song at that very second, filled the American people with courage and a thriving sense of patriotism.
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Sunday, July 3, 2011
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The story of the STAR SPANGLED BANNER
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The second video of two I promised today.. This one to me best exemplifies the spirit of America—as told by one of the greatest voices in American history: Johnny Cash.. The Ragged Old Flag.. Enjoy.
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The first video I promised for today.. This is on the Fourth of July in a little suburban town. It’s the finale of the Wonders Years, the final 5 minutes namely..
Things have been a little rushed this year with some family ailments, a new son, and just life whizzing by.. Thanks for a friend who posted this video on my Facebook page yesterday, I realized how every Fourth of July I take a few minutes to watch this and .. sure, cry now and then too. It was a great show and it ended with a great proposition: The American dream, in a suburban American town, with fireworks blazing and life just going on.. Amazing.
I offer this up to you now.. hope you’ll take as much “Americana” as you can from it like I do ..
America seemingly is living in the wonder years.. confusing times of arguments, war, violence.. But since 9/11 things have been different. People are on edge.. People are watching over their shoulders for suspicious anythings..
I’d love to go back to a time when the American soul wasn’t perverted by color coded terror alerts and instead just wanted a grilled burger with a cold beer. I want to go back to a time when the United States wasn’t a bastion of political rhetoric—all of which means nothing in the end—and instead just work together for the betterment of all..
In some small measure, this show ending grounds me in a way. And I wish I can explain better why but I tried by best here.
And I knew they’d never have Winnie and Kevin get together..
Reblogging this image from asylums- because of just how much it creeped me out..:
Harrisburg State Hospital beds
The thought of these old sanitariums and ‘nut houses’ as they once were called freak me out, to my core.. Maybe too many stories of abuse or ghost haunts.. But this image is lonely, sad, and chilling.
Shock storm hits Wisconsin and kills a child…. the storm rolled in out of nowhere, moved across Minnesota and Wisconsin on Friday, packing winds approaching 80 mph and hail as large as softballs..
A freaky holiday dream
I’m only relaying this because of how much it disturbed me last night..my dream involved a Fourth of July cookout with family and while we were looking at the sky, the sun went dim enough to stare at it—and it began to visibly emit large red flares … visible from the backyard cookout here on earth.
br>Looking back now the humorous part of my dream was that I immediately checked Twitter to see who else saw it..
Of course, it was the Armageddon flare. We were doomed. Then I woke up. Thankfully.
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You can’t beat this song.. At least not when performed by Roberta Flack.. Goodnight all.
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Saturday, July 2, 2011
Bombs bursting in air
Homemade fireworks blowing up tonight from sea to shining sea.. My neighbors are not excluded from the festivities.. It’s just my hope that they have a slight inkling as to what July 4th actually is..
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Keep sending good thoughts my way.. My mother-in-law is trending better but she’s still in heap of problems. This is her favorite song, my wife tells me.. and I’m posting it since hope it all we have in life..
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Oh the irony..
Chris Hansen is famous to sneaking up on naked men who prey on kids on TO CATCH A PREDATOR, but now he is the victim of a hidden camera.. He was caught potentially cheating.. Allegations now. No word on whether he brought the wine and condoms. I’m sure we’ll find out.
Oilstone: Exxon oil spills in Yellowstone River and forces evacuations.. No word yet on what caused the leak .. the oil stretches for miles. Ain’t that America..
Go Daddy was sold this week for $2.25 billion bucks.. and it’s giving a lot of people the excuse of running an image of giant breasts with the Go Daddy image planted on them. Including me. Because it’s the Fourth of July, and damnit, that’s the right of every American: To blog an image of large breasts with Go Daddy on them. Let the fireworks begin.
A fake world making millions
Welcome to the articifial world: FARMVILLE files for IPO!
Zynga aims high..
Months ago, a story was relayed to me about Farmville. My sister was in a sandwich shop waiting for food when a woman in front of her, obviously rushing, told the person at the register that she needed to get home quickly to tend to her coconuts. When the cashier, a little stunned, wondered aloud how this woman was growing coconuts in the middle of winter, the woman responded that they are growing at home, on her computer, in the land called Farmville. Welcome to the new land of make believe—escaping from the reality of food shortages and crop failures, GMO foods and E Coli. Virutal food bourne illnesses don’t kill, and Zynga is aiming high..
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Deep into patriotism..stand up for yourself always. Goodnight world.
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Friday, July 1, 2011
You’ll never know where you’ll find a meth lad these days!
It could be.. your backyard.. It could be a restaurant that has a hotel over top—a restaurant with a cute little grandmother figure standing outside watching for danger. This one, unfortunately, passed granny by.
The site: Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Frackville. Granny’s Motel: Cops swooped in and busted a meth lab in room 18.
The business has been around for ages.. it is a motel/bed and breakfast.. And now, after strong odors were reported, it is the latest scene of the depressed world of meth labs—something that seemingly is becoming as common in the coal region as coal mines themselves. The most repugnant of drugs .. cooking in a bed and breakfast.
..and if a place called Granny’s isn’t safe from the smell of cooking meth labs, I’d suppose no where will be.
The Kahn man can: He's out--on his own recognizance
Dominique Strauss-Kahn… how do you do the things you do…?
The Kahn man can: He's out--on his own recognizance
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Happy July.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Today was another tough day..
Always hug your mom, dad, spouse, and kids. Life is quick..precious.. And alarmingly fragile..
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
That's the Coal Speaker version of news for now..
I will be updating when I can.. In the immediate, family comes first and as those following me know, it hasn’t been easy lately. Please keep the compassion of collective consciousness coming this way, I believe there is a certain power to it. At least I hope.
Victory for common sense: Update on the Emily Good case
THE CHARGES AGAINST EMILY GOOD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED..
Remember, she was arrested for video taping a cop doing his job—while she was in her front yard..Her own front yard.
A headline worthy of reading again.. and again.
EPA On Radiation Alert As Fires Reach 50 Feet From Los Alamos
Thanks for the emails and messages
Just an update from the Coal Speaking headquarters: The situation is still troublesome.. vital signs are a little better. For those who wanted to know it’s my wife’s mom.. Still very tough road in the next 24 hours — watching and waiting.. and praying. Praying to whatever watches over this whole mess called earth.
Thank you all for the concern.
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The static age is here
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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Gimme Sympathy.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Cool reading from 1991
Found this little gem that I remember reading years ago: THEY’RE MADE OUT OF MEAT by Terry Bisson
As 2011 MD flies by..
Feel the breeze as the earth gets a close shave from Asteroid 2011 MD.. that’s just how just we all are to destruction.. An event like that which killed off dinosaurs millions of years ago can happen in an instant. Will we, like the previous species which went through extinction, succumb to similar fate? Or will we march into the future bruised and battered, but survive? Hopefully we will never have to answer questions like that and instead, just have the asteroids and comets keep just buzzing by.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
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