Indeed.. now there are going to be holograms to greet you at airports and guide you as opposed to real people.
Help me Obi Wan.. and all that stuff. Technology continues to outdo itself, doesn’t it?
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The state of the union: Man passed out on a sidewalk, robbed of everything
Was it the liquor that caused the behavior.. or maybe the lack of …something… in our collective heart and soul?
The state of the union: Man passed out on a sidewalk, robbed of everything
Ruh roh
Shareholders sue Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, number of banks alleging information was concealed ahead of IPO.
Mark Zuckerberg has sold 30.2 million shares and director Peter Thiel has sold 16.8 million shares of the social-networking company, according to securities filings published late Tuesday.
Zuckerberg sold 30.2 million shares at a price of $37.58 for gross proceeds of $1.13 billion; Thiel sold 16.8 million shares for gross proceeds of $633 million
Mark Zuckerberg has sold 30.2 million shares and director Peter Thiel has sold 16.8 million shares of the social-networking company, according to securities filings published late Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Nuclear annihilation is just on my mind tonight..
Early this evening I wrote about the new CHERNOBYL DIARIES causing controversy. Moments ago I wrote about the Fukushima nightmare…
You know the Chernobyl core is still melting into the earth? It’s still melting into the earth.
It’s a never ending nightmare.
Eventually they’re going to have to put concrete under the melted core to prevent it from hitting groundwater and creating perhaps a steam explosion
That is pretty frightening to contemplate… don’t you think?
The Fukushima files..
I take news from Fukushima with a grain of salt. Maybe instead I should take news about the nuclear disaster constantly in progress with a capsule of iodine instead, but I’m not quite there yet.
But where I am is constantly freaked by the news coming from there—news that the mainstream media really, arguably, is not reporting. Japan still grapples with the devastation of a post-quake land.. post tsunami.. Always on edge due to continuous jolts from fault lines. The ring of fire is on fire, and has been since March 2011.
Also today, another story floated around the world like earthquake debris: A former Fukushima worker believes that the ‘entire country’ of Japan could be evacuated if No. 4 fuel pool collapses.
Hear that? The entire country.
Oh I’m sorry, you’re busy watching the CHERNOBYL DIARIES trailer.. Get back to that, then…
Words of Murata and this Daiichi worker got immediate attention after translation. Whether anything was lost in translation? I don’t know.. whether it was hyperbole? I don’t know.. Was Murata trying to just get attention of the world on Fukushima? Attention that slipped away steadily since radiation starting pouring out of the reactor and spread across the world.
Oh, and yes, if you’re on a beautiful beach somewhere along the left coast, get ready: The shores will soon be plagued by debris from Japan. It’s already hitting Hawaii and Alaska.
It is a small world after all.
So raise a glass to luck. And hopefully Murata is wrong and our luck will not run out…
This whole Facebook IPO fiasco is just getting more and more strange.. now regulators are set to review Morgan Stanley allegations
Allegations state that Morgan Stanley shared negative news with big investors right before Facebook went public… this news today after only days since Facebook was unveiled on the market—and the stock declined ferociously ever since.
But think of it this way: Facebook is virtual. It’s selling virtual reality. And in reality it’s selling you. So really, what market investor really wants to invest in you anyway?
This whole Facebook IPO fiasco is just getting more and more strange.. now regulators are set to review Morgan Stanley allegations
Is it too soon for a Chernobyl movie?
When CHERNOBYL DIARIES is released, Friends of Chernobyl Centers U.S. will not be in attendance.. The group has blasted the film over the portrayal..
In the movie, six tourists enter the nuclear town to discover horrific zombies and nuclear-drenched people.. Scares ensue. Problem is, Chernobyl is a real life tragedy. A meltdown in 1986 was one of the biggest nuclear disasters in history .. in real life, thousands of people have died and 400,000 had to leave when the incident took place..
The furor over the film began with a report on TMZ with comments from the group that is angry over the movie .. but today, a new report on TMZ gets the producer’s side of the story: Oren Peli said the film was done with respect for the ‘86 disaster and its victims..
Peli told TMZ: “As for the claim that our film exploits anyone — we could not disagree more vigorously. First of all, the criticism and accusations are coming from a group that has not seen the film, whereas conversely the praise for it is coming from those who have indeed seen it” .. More here..
Perhaps Peli will strike gold and FUKUSHIMA DIARIES will be next?
So what are your thoughts, all?
Bulgaria bulges: Big earthquake hits (mere hours after Italian tremor)
The earth indeed is moving.. I’ll be checking DutchSinse in a bit for the latest and I think you should too..
Bulgaria bulges: Big earthquake hits (mere hours after Italian tremor)
Monday, May 21, 2012
I’d like to think that Truman Burbank ended up liking life outside his show. But after much consideration since 1998, I think maybe he ended up trying to find a way back into the comfortable safety net of predictability and fraud that he was used to. Fourteen years is, after all, quite a long time.
Good morning.
And in case I don’t see you, good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.
Other news worthy items you'd rather not know about
But know them.
Series of strong quakes rocking Japan..
Man arrested in Thailand after being found with six roasted human fetuses..
Facebook continues to have bumpy ride on Stock Market..
Robin Gibb dead at 62..
New theory: Columbus was Jewish?
And you thought INCEPTION was just fiction.. think again: Reality .. art.. it’s all the same.. Dream with control: New mask sets to create sleep your way..
Ron Paul: out of the race but still winning delegates..
No more freedom of speech? A teacher asserts that student can be arrested for speaking badly about President Obama..
This is a conference, POST GSA scandal? Yoga classes.. fishing.. Zumba.. $1 million tab..
Beautiful images from around the world as the ring of fire solar eclipse was visible..
If the highway won't kill you, the heart disease will
If it’s not one thing it is the other.
Yes, highway deaths are declining because cars are becoming safer.
And men are closing the longevity gap
BUT….
Diabetes and heart disease are increasing among kids in the US of big A..
RED DAWN: CHINA FIRM BUYS AMC TO CREATE WORLD’S LARGEST CINEMA CHAIN
Does it seem like a little bit of Americana is lost today? No shame on the Chinese billionaire who just bought AMC for a cool $2.6 bil, it’s business. But .. something seems awry when the biggest theater company in the United States is based out of another country.. another part of the world.. Yes, indeed. Something vintage is gone.. Something real is out the door. History. AMC .. ABC.. easy as 1 2 3..
Death in a steel town goes unpunished:
Nick Revetta’s death was one of 4,551 people killed on the job in America in 2009. He had a wife and two children. And his death made no national headlines but this article about his story is a must read and a microcosm of what is occurring all throughout the nation..
Death in a steel town goes unpunished:
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Occupy livestreamers detained at gunpoint by police in Chicago
But..
The police never explained why the men were being detained but handcuffed and interrogated them, searched their car, repeatedly slammed one of their computer hard drives against the car floor, and attempted to delete their footage of the incident before it could be archived at Ustream
But it was too late. The attempt to delete the footage … well, it appears it did not work.
Occupy livestreamers detained at gunpoint by police in Chicago
Three have been charged in Chicago .. police say the three NATO protesters planned to “commit terrorists acts” on Obama, police, and mayor’s home.
Yes, indeed. As mentioned earlier on this site.. it’s going to be a long NATO summit indeed.
NBC CHICAGO IS LIVE BLOGGING THE NATO PROTESTS GOING ON TODAY
I assume they will be live blogging more this week, too.
Worth bookmarking the link.
NBC CHICAGO IS LIVE BLOGGING THE NATO PROTESTS GOING ON TODAY
More on the big Italy quake: Historic buildings hit with a lot of damage
Reuters reports on one man who died because he was at the right place.. at the wrong time:
A 57-year-old Italian was killed when part of an ironworks in Sant’ Agostino collapsed, and two men were killed in the same town when part of a ceramics factory collapsed. “He wasn’t supposed to be there. He changed shifts with a friend who wanted to go to the beach,” the mother of one of the victims said.
More on the big Italy quake: Historic buildings hit with a lot of damage
Excellent point and video from the website DutchSinse: Have a plan and be ready
Some mighty large quakes recently.
It’s not a bad idea to just have some notion of what you’d do in case of a dire emergency.. one that say, hasn’t hit since the 1300s….. Italy..
Excellent point and video from the website DutchSinse: Have a plan and be ready
This Reuters image showcases the amount of damage that took place in Italy—as a quake stronger than any in hundreds of years hit ..
The official summary of the photo:
The old tower is damaged after an earthquake in Finale Emilia May 20, 2012. A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least three people and causing serious damage to the area’s cultural heritage. The epicentre of the 6.0 magnitude quake, the strongest to hit Italy in three years, was in the plains near Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of the Po River Valley. REUTERS/Paolo Bona
The magnitude was a 6.0.
The earth is moving in Italy
Actually it seems lately that the unstable crust that houses our feet is moving everywhere.. But today, one of the worst quakes to hit northeast Italy in hundreds of years rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday.
A civil defense official told the AP that it was the worst earthquake since the 1300s..
The quickening just got quicker..
And it begins.
This image shows a NATO protester being arrested in Chicago .. Outright crackdown on protesters is set to begin by police, who have been warning for months that security was going to be tight.
Reports a few days back on local Chicago news indicated that a no fly zone will be in effect in Chicago for the duration of the NATO meeting.
A large demonstration in set for Chicago today.. police vs. protesters Match 1 set to begin some time during the next several hours..
An AP report illustrates the amount of tension that is already existent between both sides in Chicago.
And meanwhile, when the NATO summit begins, world leaders will be dealing with a potential breakup of the EU, war, and all that happy go lucky stuff…
Readers in Chicago: Keep in touch with me about what is going on. It’s going to be a long summit for many..
Saturday, May 19, 2012
GHOST ADVENTURES Ayden edition
Saturday morning craziness here maybe for some followers of mine, but this morning while Tara and I were videoing Ayden in his post-casting of his leg and, to our surprise and his, he began to point around the room and become distracted by something.. He followed something with his eyes, his entire body moved to find whatever it was he was looking for. When we reviewed the tape…. mom and dad found a white orb-like object moving where Ayden looked.
Seriously.
It’s interesting because I am addicted to ghost shows on TV—with the exception of GHOST ADVENTURES, they just annoy me sometimes.. But with all my addiction aside I am typically quite scientific and skeptical of videos I see. I analyzed the video this morning of Ayden for the past hour.. I cannot debunk it.
That in itself does not mean it is authentic or real.. I am choosing not to post it on here simply because.. well.. I don’t know what it would be that I am posting and don’t want to go onto a limb that cannot support the weight of any argument. *I did post below a little screen cap of Ayden Morris searching the room with his eyes*
It is interesting though.. In October 2010, I had a VERY brief glimpse of a strange fast moving object in the sky that seemingly vanished into thin air. My dog Bailey was still alive, but sadly she couldn’t share in my outright joy of finally seeing a UFO after years of wanting to.. On the flip side, I never really wanted to see a ghost. But if they are real, well, I suppose then the chances of us seeing one increase. Maybe having a child also do well in increasing the likelihood of strange activities? …
…I am followed on here by agnostics, atheists, Christians, pagans, and witches. I love that about who follows me.. and who I follow. So you may focus your point of view on this post and either laugh at me, think I’m crazy, or want to send me strange powders and creams to protect the house.
Frankly, I don’t know what it is that showed up… dust? A glowing orb? A spirit?…
Or just nothing?… I don’t know
Do you venture to say you do?
Friday, May 18, 2012
Here's one link I left out of the previous update
Read it and weep.
Texas CPS takes child from parents because of their recreational drug use and then goes on to destroy the child with ravaging psychotropic drugs!
"There’s paperwork saying she was screaming for mommy and daddy," Rachel’s mother said.
"And the easiest way to handle her acting up was to medicate her," said Rachel’s father.
I read the news today oh boy. And now I’m done…
I read the news today.. oh boy
The headlines and links to things that you may want to see, may not want to see.. and may be disgusted by seeing. Indeed, the earth is a mess. Here are some examples.
The silver lining is that you’re alive. And you can change it. Or at least try. Even the highest mountains can move if the earth quakes enough…
Just the facts:
- Half of Florida high school students fail reading test…
- Flesh-Eating Bacteria Consumes Man’s Penis…
- The long awaited Facebook IPO: No return today
- A pregnant woman was tasered by police three times during a traffic stop
- The student loan bubble builds and debt collectors are making upwards of $450,000 salaries a year. Think they feel good about that or just don’t care?
- 4,700 potential dangerous asteroid have been mapped near earth. That’s the good news.. The bad news is we only know of 30% of them..
- Man with six roasted fetuses arrested in Thailand…
- UK surveillance program could expose private lives…
- Surveillance .. not just the UK, but here in the US of A, too. Drones will moan in the skies.. will you look up and smile as it uncovers your every secret? Secrets that should stay secrets. Well, if you’ve got nothing to hide why care, right?
Wrong.
Care.
We have some very big questions to answer as we head down the path of surveillance. And love him or hate him, Matt Drudge had a Twitter ramble the other day that is worth quoting. He made some sense in the questions asked:
Question for The New Age: If one shoots down a fed/police drone while it’s invading one’s privacy, does that make one a terrorist?
Does ‘Homeland’ need warrant to fly drones over one’s backyard? Will new drones look into window? Follow one driving? Walking? NSA protected
Can media organization use drone for ‘news gathering’? Can citizen hire private ‘eye’ in personal dispute? Or only ‘Homeland’ can have fun?
Once had LAPD tell me ‘traffic’ cam could zoom up to zit on nose. Will new drones have same ability? Big Sis Reads Lips! Or will have mic?
Alas, no one would care on TWITTER, they’re all looking down. What drones?
How soon until Rahm unleashes armed drones in Chicagoland, like he did at White House in ‘terror’ war? And can one be put on ‘no spy’ list?
…I read the news today indeed.
Hope tomorrow will be better.
We know it won’t.
See you all on the other side of the sunrise.
The sunrise.. ready to be eclipsed and shine a ring of fire.
A Friday night welcome to my new followers
I am appreciative of your support. I am always curious though of the folks who follow for only a brief moment in time. I’d imagine just an accidental click…
You don't see a story like this every day.. The newest rumor floating around Russia is that an Obama official warned that the end of the world is coming
…Does Harold Camping now work for Obama?
You don't see a story like this every day.. The newest rumor floating around Russia is that an Obama official warned that the end of the world is coming
Today was tough. Ayden Morris was a trooper when they applied the cast. But … even troopers have bad moments. He yelled, screamed.. his face turned a strange shade of purple.. veins popped out of his forehead.. his strength was overwhelming. I think at that moment he could have seriously lifted a car in the air.
I never had a broken bone in my life. Knock on wood that it stays that way..
So I asked the friendly Doc ‘is it worse to put the cast on or take it off?’
There was laughter.. Followed by a horrific look on all our faces.
Yes, indeed. Three weeks from now Ayden’s anger may build again.
Until then….. stickers of Thomas the Train and …well, as much sugar as he wants.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Here's one to make you wonder: A mystery object nearly caused a mid-air collision
The object didn’t show up on radar..
Maybe it was a bird.
A drone?
And it brings up the question in my mind: In the future, how many people are going to believe that the drones that are about to fill the sky are actually extra terrestrial craft? And in the past, how many people already thought it…
Here's one to make you wonder: A mystery object nearly caused a mid-air collision
A stroll down amnesia lane
My wife and I looked back through old photos tonight.. Way back to those retro days of *gasp* 2005. Yes, it doesn’t seem like a long time ago.. but wrinkles add to the days and stress and weight add to our ways.
It is just strange when you stop for a brief moment and look back at yourself.
Sometimes the events captured in pictures isn’t even fresh in the mind anymore..
Time sure can be fleeting.
I think a new goal, as of now, is to live a little more like every day is the last. Strolling through photos illustrates just how rapidly it all goes.. but where does it go?
I picture Langoliers happily eating the past.
And you thought texting while driving was bad.. try this one on for size
Perhaps NATURAL NEWS titles it best:
Mindless pedestrians walk right into traffic while texting, talking on cell phones
What is happening in this nation, and world? …and street corner. People increasingly unaware of what goes on around them.
We are tuned in to Twitter and Facebook. We are streaming live.. we are Netflixing up life and Skyping until the sun sets.. we are setting up our iPads and iPods and iEverythings at the side of our bed.. ready to search and lurk at a moment’s notice. And yes, even some are putting iPods into their skin so they will vibrate with every alert.
This is our society.. Tuned in but tuned out at the same time.
A similar note, perhaps: The IQ level of the world is a fascinating thing. The listing can be found here .. Highest: Hong Kong. Where is the United States? 19th.
Find that on your Twitterfeed. Just don’t walk into traffic if you decide to click the link…
Texting.
Sexting.
Wexting (Walking while texting.)
What will be next?
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
There are times I really hate the summer.. one reminder of the on again off again relationship occurred today
Seriously. Summer can be great. Weather often beautiful.. long days.. warmth. Sunshine. All that romantic stuff of summer nights. Fourth of July.. Barbeques.
Oh..
And blood sucking ticks.
Yes, ticks.
For all of its beauty and wonder, there are times I despise the summer season. A few reminders occurred in the past few days: My niece unplugged a tick from her neck. My wife got one off her stomach, one we subsequently found crawling in our laundry. My dad had one on his hand. And today while driving my son home from his doctor’s appointment, one little disgusting vile creature was crawling on my arm.
I know the tick season will be worse this year because of the warm winter. Which is another reason I actually LOVE COLD AND SNOWY winters. Get the logic now?
How is tick season where you are?
Interesting story from George Knapp in Vegas: Death in the desert.. bodies buried perplex investigators
Knapp has been ferociously working missing persons stories lately.. his Coast to Coast AM show about strange disappearances in National Parks around America still resonates with many who heard it.
Great story from Knapp..
A whole new way of looking at a desert: A vast graveyard topped with sand.
Interesting story from George Knapp in Vegas: Death in the desert.. bodies buried perplex investigators
Something few in the world are paying attention to right now.. but if it happens, the world will notice: A possible Euro split coming?
Merkel warns.
Greece scorns.
Euro splits…
Call it quits?
Stocks dash.
Hope no crash.
Be aware.
The Euro’s square.
Something few in the world are paying attention to right now.. but if it happens, the world will notice: A possible Euro split coming?
The future is now: AP reports: One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said.
As though we needed another reason to understand that the autism generation is growing up.. and when they do, will they have the chance that others did? Or will they be tossed aside by a society that doesn’t value the gifts they have?
This is a big story.. 1 in 3 is a lot. Just as 1 in 88 is, too.
The future is now: AP reports: One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said.
PLANETS GONE ROGUE? WHAT IS BEHIND NEPTUNE?
According to one astrophysicist, something lurks behind Neptune: A rogue planet. A new entry to our solar system maybe? The newest theory of a dark icy planet yet undiscovered comes from Rodney Gomes of the University of Brazil. As expected, it sparked quite a controversy after world media picked up the story and circulated it across the planet.
And also as expected, theories abound.. is it Nibiru, the famed planet X that so many officials say isn’t existent at all?
We know this: If this planet exists, it is about four times the size of earth, according to Gomes. He also theorizes that if it’s there hiding behind the known Neptune, it was kicked out of its star system and picked up into orbit by our own sun.
Dramatic theories from an observation yet unproven, of course.
But consider this: Kepler is finding, constantly, planets. Some massive. Some possibly able to harbor life. Some maybe water. Some with two suns. This universe is still unfolding. We are tiny spokes on the wheel of something grand. Are we even aware we are on a wheel as we spin into infinity?
Gomes’ theory of another planet remains a debated theory. If it would pan out into science fact it would be spectacular, but also perhaps not overly exciting. Who knows what else lurks out .. there.
Science is often slow to embrace new truths, anyway. The educated community of people with esteemed degrees is giving the third degree to Gomes’ ideas today all over the net.
Bunk.Unreal.We have 9 planets.All that they say.
If we had a tenth, it could certainly throw off a great deal of fact we’ve been taught.. plus would lead to the inevitable ripping up of science textbooks.
And if it’s Nibiru? Well then, as imagined, all bets are off.
Something else to be scared of, something with a scary name: The "Devil's Breath"
It can block free will.
Wipe memory.
Create ‘zombies’ out of victims.
It can kill.
It is being dealt on the streets of Columbia and … well, as most drugs do, will most likely make its way around the world.
But no fear, governments are no strangers to the ramifications of the drug:
In modern times, the CIA used the drug as part of Cold War interrogations, with the hope of using it like a truth serum.
However, because of the drug’s chemical makeup, it also induces powerful hallucinations.
The tree common around Colombia, and is called the ‘borrachero’ tree – loosely translated as the ‘get-you-drunk’ tree.
Something else to be scared of, something with a scary name: The "Devil's Breath"
Some news stories are cautionary tales to remember youthfulness doesn’t equal invincibility. But it would be very unfair to label George student’s Aimee Copeland ordeal that. After all, she wasn’t really doing anything dangerous.. but still ended up through the freak laws of nature contracting a rare form of a flesh eating disease..
The story has received a lot of worldwide attention. It’s scary to think.. zip lining with friends one minute, in a hospital after the water had germs that got into a cut and gave her a flesh eating virus. She lost a leg already.. She may lose her fingers. And her family has yet to tell her about her condition…
Something seems so wrong about this in the grand scheme of things. She is on a hospital bed going through an intense ordeal of human suffering, she has not a clue as to the ramifications of what happened to her, and yet the rest of the world reads about her situation.. The rest of the world is only connected to her by words and brief seconds on nightly news shows.
Yes, indeed, something just seems unfair about life sometimes.
The section from the ABC story that hit me the most:
"Aimee appears to have normal brain function at this time, which is something I’m celebrating because within Aimee we have a very compassionate heart and an incredible mind of intellect," said Copeland’s father, Andy Copeland.
Aimee Copeland was riding a homemade zip line near the Little Tallapoosa River May 1 when the line snapped, causing a fall that cut open her left calf.
Doctors at a nearby hospital cleaned and closed the gash with 22 staples, but bacteria that burrowed deep into the wound caused necrotizing fasciitis, a rare but deadly infection that claimed her leg one week ago.
Copeland’s family said she’s coherent and able to nod and shake her head, a gesture she used to pick the Grateful Dead over the Rolling Stones Thursday, according to her sister Paige.
"I just told her if she keeps improving like this, she’ll be out of here in no time," said Paige Copeland.
I just cannot fathom going through this. But even more cannot fathom watching someone else..
Thoughts are with this person. I hope to hell that the universe gives her as good of a spell of luck as it did give her bad luck. How unfortunate..
If you pray do it. If not, do it anything. She needs something.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
How the FBI takes servers. And then reinstalls them
"I thought they were Jehovah’s Witnesses, but I joked with people on the call that it was the FBI," he said. Moments later, it was no joke.
How the FBI takes servers. And then reinstalls them
Here’s our cover this week, featuring a rainbow-haloed Barack Obama—America’s first gay president!
I’m surprised NEWSWEEK couldn’t find someone who would offer to breast feed the President to combat TIME’s Playboyish cover shot..
And in seriousness, it really should be Joe Biden on the cover as he forced the issue. Just saying.
North Korean women being sold into slavery in China
News of the world never makes a faint heart feel better. This piece of news involving women unknowingly being sold into slavery in China is included with that category of horrific news.
Reports rumor that hundreds of North Korean women are forced to work in ‘chat rooms’ selling telephone and internet sex. And who are they talking to? That particular blot appears to go to South Korea.
Human rights organizations blame South Korean gangs for some of the suffering. Working in cahoots with Chinese Koreans, investing in karaoke bars in China, they are said to hold women against their will while paying them just enough to survive."South Korean businessmen are their best customers,” says Tim Peters, director of Helping Hands Korea, dedicated to aiding North Korean children in China. “It’s a blot on South Korean society,” he says blaming the Chinese for "doing nothing about a criminal system in violation of the rights of women.”
South Korea’s apathy towards the women’s plight as they get sold to the bidders of China may make more sense when considering that many rich South Korean men are the customers..
The bottom line: Defectors who escape from North Korea are often hit with hardcore slavery in China. If they are sent back to North Korea, they face beatings, captivity, being placed in a room with 60 other women, stripped naked, and most likely tortured for their crime of defecting.
This is our modern world, everyone. Not the past. It’s the present. And until the human population gets serious about human rights, it’s the sad future too for many women.
And finally, don’t make the mistake of thinking that slavery and abuse of women is confined to one torture camp, one prison, one nation, or one continent. The untold story of so many … the internet is filled with evidence of abuse.
This Mother’s Day, honor your mother. Honor important women. Plus think about the tortured souls not being honored but instead being put through untold consequences for just being born the gender that they have been.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
The top-secret US National Security Agency is not required to reveal any deal it may have with Google to help protect against cyber attacks, an appeals court ruled Friday. The US Court of Appeals in Washington upheld a lower court decision that said the NSA need not confirm or deny any relationship with Google, because its governing statutes allow it keep such information secret
Chile asks fishermen to help save birds caught in nets; Chilean beaches littered with dead fowl
There is always something about news accounts of animals beaching themselves or thousands of dead birds being found in a single week that freak me out a bit.
Animals many times are harbingers.. They are sometimes more clued in to earth and how things work than humans.
We can learn a thing or two perhaps if we stopped and thought about these profound numbers of dead birds along Chilean beaches. If we care.
Chile asks fishermen to help save birds caught in nets; Chilean beaches littered with dead fowl
HOLD THAT END TIMES SCENARIO! A new calender from the Mayans seems to point to life after 2012. Like we should be shocked..
…I know, I know. You were hoping for destruction and mayhem on December 21, 2012.
Well.. being earth, that is entirely possible. But surely not the end …. Mayhem and destruction never has an end.
HOLD THAT END TIMES SCENARIO! A new calender from the Mayans seems to point to life after 2012. Like we should be shocked..
Friday, May 11, 2012
The EPA weighs in
The agency says that Dimock, PA water is safe… so anyone in the mood for bottled Dimock water ?!?
DARK SHADOWS is being released this week. No way it will outdo what AVENGERS did last weekend.. and maybe it should not. I like Tim Burton, or at least liked him. His films are creative.. interesting. The whole Johnny Depp/Burton constant connection is nice in a way, but also.. unsettling. I don’t necessarily think that every film Burton makes needs to have Depp in the main role.
Even more, the true question I have about this is whether DARK SHADOWS was meant to be a dark comedy or more of a true horror. A lot of good horror and creative scares could have been done. Instead, as Burton would predictably do, he turned it seemingly into a 21st century BEETLEJUICE. Which in itself isn’t bad.. but is it what should be?
I am interested in reactions of you all care to share any. Did you see the film, and what did you think?
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Now this is cool.
Why look for UFOs when there are UWOs (underwater weird objects) right beneath us!?
This video was taken by cameras looking at an underwater drill recently near England. It shows a massive blob of a brown creature.
The brown blob has a name: A Deepstaria enigmatica jellyfish.
While the entire video is fascinating, I really started getting amazed around 3:15 seconds into it..
This video clearly defines the reasons I am frightened of the deep, dark ocean. I don’t even have to add words to explain..
(Source: http://tampa.cbslocal.com/)
Feet don't fail him now
Tough night last night .. Little Ayden sprained his foot trying to play soccer in the house. He may be a sports star one day. But not at age 1.5..
The little person is doing ok, though. Getting a good sleep now after a very long day at the emergency room and eating Wendy’s French Fries last night … Yes, we let him splurge, Michelle Obama would not be fond of his post-sprain diet.
In the old days you got a recovering child a toy. Now toy stores are closed.. so we just add to childhood obesity. I guess. Or something like that.
I knew parenthood was stressful.. But I guess I just never understood that stressful meant….it’s stressful !!
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
IS EARTH SUNSPOT READY?
Earth looks to the sky: Monster solar event may soon occur..(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2141488/Monster-sunspot-Earth-crosshairs-powerful-solar-storms.html?ITO=1490) Big sunspot dramatically developing..
Heard someone say .. a solar flare would do us good. But think of how much reliance we have on .. technology. No hands. Just keys.
The just in time life we have lived for a half century would potentially end with a burst of the sun
So no.. I don’t hope for a flare to end all satellites. Instead I pray it won’t happen. But as we know, everything is eventual..
So is monster sunspot1476 the one? The killshot? Cue Dr. Doom Ed Dames. Somewhere on some mountain, he must be ready, right?
Besides impending solar doom, everything else here on the pale blue dot seems to be .. as erratic and insane as ever..
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Russians protest Putin’s return to power, and police are out in force.
An amazing photo from Julia Ioffe.
A boy on a bike vs. the military.. This is an amazing photo. Putin takes office *again*…
Earthquakes.. tsunamis.. nuclear disaster.. and now this!? Tornado rips through area near Tokyo..
The world is just getting .. scary.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
If the light from the supermoon keeps you awake throughout the early hours of Sunday morning, take a few moments or an hour or two and listen in to John B. Wells host Leonard Mlodinow on Coast to Coast AM about how we may be shaped more by the unconscious mind than the one that’s conscious.
The supermoon rises.
Hopefully not a bad moon rising.
A beautiful scene from my window. Hopefully the view of the moon is just as wonderful where you are.. Moments like this make me just focus my eyes on the sky and wonder just what else is out there millions of billions of light years away that we will never know..
A space weather forecaster is warning: A truly damaging solar storm could happen soon, and the world is not ready
Not ready at all!
A few people have said over the years I’ve don’t this site that there have been too many solar updates.. so many sunspots, so little time. And I have stood by my fascination and fear of the sun since day one.
Mike Hapgood’s conclusion makes me continue to fear the blast that do harm. Hope it never happens.. but people who stare at the sun long enough know it will.
A space weather forecaster is warning: A truly damaging solar storm could happen soon, and the world is not ready
Matt Drudge has a headline running tonight about the Obama campaign kickoff:
I’d like to say maybe we just should call it half full?
Depends on your party affiliation I suppose.
Independents will just stay neutral.
Oh, by the way, Sunday marks 6 months until the election. And six months until your television, radio, newspapers, and internet will not be under a hostile takeover of campaign donors, big corporations, and politicians. Good luck. Clear the cache on November 7.
And here I have always thought Andre Linoge did it!?
New clues are being revealed in the lost colony of Roanoke Island.. Maps are helping.
The mystery isn’t solved yet. But researchers seem hopeful that they are close.
CROATAN
FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO PARTY
Sad day ..
And one that is making me feel a bit old to be honest.
With the death of Adam Yauch and the sudden “flashbacks” to Beastie Boy days of the 80s.
Indeed old time is a flyin’..
That same Boy that’s Beastie today tomorrow will be dyin’.
RIP Adam Yauch
Study: Amish farm kids "remarkably" immune from allergies..
..and autism.
Here’s a hint to those who laugh at the Amish: Maybe we should figure just what it is that they are doing right.
Study: Amish farm kids "remarkably" immune from allergies..
Friday, May 4, 2012
The heat is on..
Welcome to the summer!
Box office blasts ready.. First up.. AVENGERS..
Already the film has scored the highest midnight opening of all time.. Record setting weekend coming? The full moon will be bright over crowds heading to see the first box smash of summer ‘12.. Feeling like a good year for movies? Maybe.. Insiders predict $172 mil for AVENGERS is possible.
The film opening this weekend in 4,349 theaters strong..
Next week the box office mania continues with DARK SHADOWS opening in 3,700 theaters.. Can Johnny Depp and Tim Burton NOT freak out America enough to create a decently sized opening weekend? Time will tell.
So who is going to AVENGERS this weekend?
At 11:34 p.m. EDT Saturday night, the moon will be about 221,802 miles from Earth. That's about 15,300 miles closer than average
Yes indeed.. the supermoon is coming.
Can’t wait to see photos stream all over the net..
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