The Coal Speaker

Saturday, September 17, 2011

South African court blocks nation from buying 11 million Chinese condoms because they aren't big enough

Once again, someone famous making us all feel good about ourselves.

Megan Fox says she’s too poor to have kids..Eh?

It appears that during times the famous aren’t working, the famous are getting work done.. Hi new Simon.

Does Comet Elenin even exist anymore?

Scientists speculate that it may have disintegrated

Does Comet Elenin even exist anymore?

Saturday morning after Reno crash: Patients in surgery or waiting for it..At least three dead

CNN reports:

The pilot, identified as Jimmy Leeward, a real estate developer from Ocala, Florida, was killed in the crash, according to a show official.

The 74-year-old was flying a P-51 Mustang. The event has been canceled and a memorial service will be held for the pilot Saturday afternoon, the show said.

Saturday morning after Reno crash: Patients in surgery or waiting for it..At least three dead

Friday, September 16, 2011

Get down with your bad self, Ralph Nader!

More on the Reno crash

PILOT WAS 80 YEARS OLD…

'Mass casualties' after plane crashes at Reno air race

'Horrific scene of bodies, wreckage'…

'Horrific scene' of bodies

More than 75 injured at Reno air show

'Horrific scene' of bodies

This image captured from video shows the scene of a plane crash at the Reno air races.. developing story of a tragic situation and potentially mass casualty event.. At least 30 injured at 8:40 EDT.. The accident happened just before 4:30 p.m. during the National Championship Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport, KTVN-TV reported.

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WOW.. amazing, frightening.. developing. This story being watched right now around the world.. the crash in Reno.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

And the earth still shakes..

6.6-magnitude quake hits near Japan

PLANE CRASHES INTO SEATS AT RENO AIR RACES

Plane crashes into stands at Reno Air Races; fatalities, injuries unknown

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SIMPLE PLAN — JET LAG

Kids as young as kindergarten age now receiving monthly terror drills

Instill the fear in early. It will last longer..

Kids as young as kindergarten age now receiving monthly terror drills

New research shows that yellow eyelid marks are an early sign of heart disease

Question of the night: Is a college degree worth the cost?

Point: College grads can’t find jobs. Student loan debt is passing the $1 tril mark, and higher than credit card debt nationwide…

The sunspots pointing at earth..

Could the sun set off the next big earth disaster?

Oh did NASA mention?

…the satellite that will crash on earth, somewhere, is over 6 tons.. almost 7. And it will hurl down to earth at 5 miles per second..

Stay inside?
Wear a hat?

…it could fall anywhere between 57 degrees north and 57 degrees south. Good luck earth..

They like me!
They really like me!!

Bloomberg reports: MOST POPULAR POL IN THE WORLD is Hillary Clinton!

Buyers remorse setting in?

Love up to a point, Pat?

Pat Robertson says Alzheimer’s makes divorce OK

What’s next, 700 CLUB, death panels!?!?

Wonder what he really thinks?

Joe McGinniss, ‘Rogue’ author, speaks out on Sarah Palin: ‘She is a vindictive hypocrite’ and an ‘utter fraud’

Remember that dead satellite falling to earth? NASA said today it's fall faster than expected and will hit the planet a day earlier than first thought

A new grim reality for the Postal Service

It’s not 1911 anymore.. welcome to the 21st century, 19th century process..

The HILL reports the inevitable:

The postal service announced Thursday it was considering closing nearly 250 processing facilities, cutting equipment by 50 percent and slowing mail delivery in an extreme cost-cutting effort. It is looking for $3 billion in annual savings

A new grim reality for the Postal Service

Just another Friday night..

BLOOMBERG WARNS OF RIOTS

Abbas Says Palestinians Will Demand Full U.N. Membership at Security Council..

Here comes the sun

11 sunspots now pointing at earth.. Good luck us.

George Lucas was ahead of his time... NASA discovers a planet with two suns

Is Ron Paul the new cool?

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Video: Intense flooding in Thailand

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Any other groans out there?

Anyone else in my readership hearing the earth make noises? I’m curious to know..

The groaning earth

I wanted to give a quick (*again) thank you to those who messaged me and emailed me not to worry about that video I posted the other day of the groaning earth. But those who know me know that there is no rest for the weary: I did further research into this strange phenomenon and I enter, for the record, the following link: A collection of groans and moans that the earth seems to be making (and yes I see that the site isn’t perhaps the most trustworthy but at least it provides a good set of videos that appear they could at least be)

And don’t get me wrong. I am a fan of common sense and a man who appreciates real science. But also someone who is paranoid about the possibility that science can’t explain it all.. and with these groans, some seemingly occurring before earthquakes, it creeps me out. Perhaps more than anything else at this time besides solar flares.. these groans and moans that the earth is making freaks me beyond belief.

This is what happens when a comet hits the sun. So comets, beware. You'll be eaten

I am still upset.

For the first time in 157 years the Bloomsburg Fair is canceled. Just not right… I know the flood..the misery.. but my God, just not right at all.

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An Ocean City tornado today. Yes, you read that right.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Throw the cold, Mamma Nature, Ayden’s ready

This sunset, a few leaves on the ground, and 50 degrees at 7pm. Not ready for this yet!

Another sunspot, another flare

Sunspot 1289 just hurled a flare our way. A glancing blow is coming.. watch for auroras for those way up north.

A NOTE TO DAVID KARP: Please let us be able to start to reply to our replies on blogs hosted here.

It would help. I think most people would enjoy it. Though if you tried it Tumblr would be down for 78 hours…

To answer two questions asked of me

I think the search for life on other planets is a great thing. And the search for a new home for us may even be more reasonable.

I hope Barry Manilow doesn’t want the uninsured to die. But I think those who listen to his music regularly may die before others…

OVER 30,000 BRITISH SCHOOLCHILDREN (SOME AS YOUNG AS 3) IN GOVERNMENT DATABASES FOR BEING 'RACISTS' OR 'HOMOPHOBIC'

I agree with just about everything he says

Barry Manilow on Ron Paul

…everyone needs a fan… just wondering if Ron Paul raided Barry Manilow’s wardrobe?

(STORY: Barry Manilow on Ron Paul: ‘I agree with just about everything he says’…)

CNN has the story: An amazing streaking fireball zoomed through Southwest US skies last night..

Here goes nothing: The search begins for life on one of those super earths

….call me crazy but something makes me think they are actually trying to find a new home, rather than a home already inhabited by people. Real estate… location! location! location!!

Here goes nothing: The search begins for life on one of those super earths

Call me crazy, but I think I just witnessed the season change before my eyes

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Some depressing news, to me at least

Due to the flood, this year’s Bloomsburg Fair is off… Sad to see it not be happening. Very sad indeed… First time in fair history… 157 years later……

News from the sun

This time news from the sun is not of the solar flare brand.. instead, a comet dove directly into it and created some interesting video.. Worth a look-see

Summer's dead.

Surprise summer snow in Colorado…

Record low temps in Iowa…

That’s right…fairs are coming…the cold is around the seasonal corner. And allergies, too. They are coming too. Beware.. summer is gone. With every night, and every sunset minutes earlier, summer is dying.. Sad to see it go, despite that horrid heat we had.

Too soon?

Perry already plays the God card..

I predict and go on record now: Perry/Palin vs. Obama/Clinton. Whoa. Yea. I just said that.

Thank you to those telling me the groans from earth video is fakery

And I sure hope to hell that it is..

And ThePete.com: Continue to calm my nerves…

Pennsylvania man eats raw meat from WalMart shelf..

The flood sure did some crazy things to people

Pennsylvania man eats raw meat from WalMart shelf..

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Another thing to scare me..

New sunspot AR1295 is emerging over the sun’s northeastern limb and crackling with solar flares

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Can someone disprove this video for me? It would make me feel a whole lot better if you could. Come on scientists.. speculate away. What are these noises?

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Scary news from earth and space

Comet dives into the sun..

New sunspot AR1295 is emerging over the sun’s northeastern limb and crackling with solar flares..

Extreme storm may rage on Jupiter..

New haul: “Super earths” found..

16 super earths.. and they may hold life..

Fierce Xray attack on alien planet..

"Vampire woman" bites Florida man asleep in wheelchair..

Low budget “CREATURE” sets LOW box record..

Video: Is the earth groaning?

UK GUARDIAN goes in depth into the 9/11 truth movement..

Big increases in poverty levels in the United States..

Lady Gaga dresses up for a hot dog..

Thanks Jeopardy..

…for once again making people feel dumb — even dumber than normal — but having a computer beat human rump ..

Another troubling number on poverty: 22% of American children

This is America 2011: Poverty soars to record levels

Breakdown of society continues... Fans gone nuts at sports games

End of the world, on a street corner near you

While sitting in traffic this morning, I got stuck next to a rather foreboding man holding a sign reading ‘Repent for the kingdom of heaven is…’. I wondered what was meant by the unfinished statement. Maybe we need to finish it in our own mind. And if that was this rather large man’s intention, then I say ‘the kingdom of heaven is made of cherry cotton candy and sugar plums.’ Mmmmmm… I want to go to heaven now.

Monday, September 12, 2011

New story: Testosterone plummets when men become fathers

Almost 7 months into fatherhood, I’m not sure. I haven’t tried to put on a dress yet. I still am as paranoid and conspiratorial today as I was 7 months ago.. I like Coors Light and sometimes Lager, just like then. And I still watch the same things on TV. And I have driven a Volkswagen since 2003.

But I’ll say this, mock this study if you may, I certainly think men become more affectionate and close to family. And maybe that’s all in the chemicals.. all in the science. I just don’t know. If we do lose the manly traits, maybe it’s all for the best. This from the PBS account of emasculation:

For instance, high levels of testosterone increase a man’s risk of reproductive cancers, especially prostate and testicular cancer. It can also suppress immune function, making it more difficult to protect the body against infections.

So perhaps this child of mine will save me from the worse aspects of manhood. And maybe I’ll regain my masculinity in due time… Play ball with my son, and wonder why I cry when I miss the catch…….

New story: Testosterone plummets when men become fathers

Former US Congressman Walter Fauntroy claims he saw NATO troops behead Libyans

US Military Personnel In Libya: Pentagon Confirms

This despite those assurances that no troops will be on the ground…

US Military Personnel In Libya: Pentagon Confirms

50 new planets including a 'super earth' found

Study says Spongebob and his square pants cause short term memory loss in children

I’ve tried to watch the show.. tried to get into it. But I tend to forget what I just saw every time. I guess this may explain it.

Study says Spongebob and his square pants cause short term memory loss in children

11 things I am thinking about on 9/11

Forgive me for sounding selfish, but here is what I am thinking today.

I was ten years younger, just turned 21, had a whole life in front of me
My dog Newton still was happily alive
My mom and dad were younger. So was my brother and sister, niece and nephew.
I didn’t meet my wife yet.
I didn’t have my job yet.
I didn’t have this website yet.
I still used AOL instant messenger and ICQ
I didn’t have a child..
I didn’t have a college degree yet.
I had trust in authority.
I had more privacy than I do today.
9/11/01 through 9/11/11… A lot of things around our world changed. And a lot of stuff in our collective lives changed, as did a lot of things in our private lives. Too much for comfort maybe.

…by the time 9/11/21 comes, God knows where we’ll be. But I can tell you 2021 will be here before we know it. Time continues no matter what we do to stop it. No plastic surgery will stop death. No amount of cream will stop wrinkles. No amount of liquor will stop grief. We are all in this together.

Evolution continues. Life continues…as those beams of light from Ground Zero softly go into the air.

Good evening, all.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Tiger in a 'love triangle' at a zoo kills his mate..

Staring at the sun

According to Spaceweather.com:

On Sept. 9th and 10th, Northern Lights were spotted in the United States as far south as Washington, Wisconsin, Vermont, Montana, Maine, Minnesota and North Dakota

Stunning and almost unbelievable photo of Saturn snapped by NASA probe..

9/11 current: Don't stay in bathrooms on planes too long.. or NORAD will scramble

9/11 flashback: Osama bin Laden was 'Tim Osman'

Ten years after 9/11, this is us..

Woman dies after injecting hot beef fat into face…

Another long-lasting legacy of 9/11: Toxic dust

Are you ready for some football!? Strange event as one college game was delayed.. wonder who the spacecraft-drivers were rooting for?

Notre Dame game delayed by weather—and a UFO?
Spectators watched the UFO as Notre Dame game was at a standstill..

Full time candidate and part-time Governor Rick Perry a no show at Texas wildfire press conference!

How have we changed in ten years? A good graphic from the ACLU of spying state by state shows how we really have changed...

It may be a hoax.. but I sure remember lots of people believing it after 9/11 latimes:

chrishahn:

40,000 people don’t realize this photograph is fake.

We got a special request from a reader to spread the word that this is a fake photo. Yes, it’s a hoax.

I mean really.. how could a photo survive that blast!!! Oh wait.. a passport of a hijacker was found intact after the tragic day in the wreckage. So many this photo is just real after all….?

Paul Krugman: Bush and Guiliani become 'fake heroes' on 9/11

9/11: Facebook style

Only on Facebook could there about 100 people playing Farmville, another 100 putting up over-done patriotic quotes, and finally a few posting Saturday night’s drunken rampage photos, all on one page.

Oh yes, 10 years later, we haven’t grown up a bit..

The solar plot thickens: Federal agents have expanded their examination of the now-bankrupt California solar power company Solyndra

Whenever a Virgin Mary statue ‘weeps’.. it’s always in the Phillipines! Maybe there’s something about the Phillipines that Virgin Mary statues just don’t like.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Remembering 9/11 the best way I know how ..

Reliving history right now with Art Bell Somewhere in Time’.. They are rebroadcasting his live 9/11 show as I post this… His voice and bumper music summed up the night perfectly. Listening to this, I still can’t believe the last ten years of my life and this nation’s life have gone into the trash heap of time so fast.. I still remember when he played Phil Collin’s In the Air Tonight and, tearing up as I listened, I was scared.. Sad…

I was 21 and dumb.

Jobless and a night owl. Eager to believe the world was nothing more than an ironic joke. We all grew up fast. The kids of the 20th century were thrown into this cauldron of 21st century war and spy games… It wasn’t supposed to be that way.

But it is. Was. And very much now will apparently always be.

Could it be! The 9/11 hysteria in the media is actually about selling fear!?

Now they wouldn’t do that, would they?

Batmanning becomes the new fad

…nothing beats planking..

Batmanning becomes the new fad

Meanwhile in Pennsylvania...

Flood waters are receding, leaving a massive mess of mud and grime behind. Cleanup begins.
Cleanup in Columbia County
Water is Receding in Schuylkill County
Evacuation Order Lifted for Some Luzerne Co. Residents
Harrisburg and Midstate residents start to rebuild homes, lives after flooding
But just as the cleanup beings, this still occurring: Dozens more families on the west end of town had to be evacuated overnight Friday due to an ammonia leak at Windsor Foods that began wafting over homes

Meanwhile in Pennsylvania...

A wild goose chase...?

More news orgs are reporting that the anniversary 9/11 attacks are looking less credible as time goes on…

The newest logo-related image.. Cartoon me, with my real wife, real son, real deceased dog, and real alien from TWILIGHT ZONE…

Google at it again…

GOOGLE Street View camera captures naked woman on her front doorstep…

And in another image, she appears to notice the street view cam photographing her nude..

People online are having a field day making light of the situation and making a lot of fun of the woman..

Laughing as our privacy dies?…. making a joke of a person, photographed by a private company, and her image posted all over the globe?

I’m not laughing… I’m not laughing at all…

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