Many are feared dead .. Many are injured..
Here’s video from Texas..
One report said it felt like the earth shook as the blast was felt far and wide..
Hundreds injured.. and now the 2,700 people of the town of West are being told to evacuate due on fears over ammonia in the air..
The scene is reminiscent of a war zone..
It tragic.
And oddly enough it happened before.. On April 16, 1947, a fertilizer explosion destroyed a Texas town..
secretme1029 writes:
I saw a shooting star tonight and couldn’t think of anything to wish for.
Make sure this doesn’t happen to you. Now is the time to arm yourselves with wishes. It’s the Lyrid Meteor shower time!
Yet again, we as a nation are going through some weird deja vu.. A terrorist attack in a major city, shock across the nation.. and then powder and chemicals being sent through the mail.. evacuations and bomb scares from sea to shaky sea. This is America, 2013.. Not 2001. Then it was a much worse attack with a target of Osama bin Laden by the end of the day. This time we still search for someone. Then it was anthrax, with a scientist being blamed and never charged, and he eventually died from the planet .. this time it’s ricin, and we already arrested someone. If we can believe media reports that is.
And should we?
We had a roller coast of emotions today. This morning the trail was ‘cold’ and had run dry. By the afternoon CNN was pounding its chest in celebration of breaking news that “dark skinned bomber” had been arrested. The problem was that he was not arrested. No one was arrested. There was no arrest. Instead rumors being garbled up by everyone quickly …CNN had to back off its story about their dark skinned mail, just as the New York POST had to back off its own embarrassment with their “Saudi national” suspect the night of the bombing. For the record, there is still an AP dispatch of the ‘arrest’ Wonder how long this will be lasting in their archives.
And who can forget about the instant conspiracy theory industry whenever a major event occurs. Alex Jones is rampaging across the airwaves .. he is combing through photos and today on his show said he found Navy Seals—or what he thought of as people acting like Navy Seals—all dressed the same.. with backpacks.. I linked some of those interesting photos already here.
Last night on the Sean Hannity Fox Noise network program, Hannity and ‘respected’ expert Mark Fuhrman wondered aloud if we should be taking a second glance at people who buy more than one pressure cooker in their lives, even reminding viewers that those new objects of war have lifetime guarantees.
But just when you thought lunacy was only abundant not he right wing? Just go left young man and you’ll find just as much. Actor Jay Mohr blamed guns—but on the bright side he didn’t blame pressure cookers. And SALON just went all out, saying they hope that the bomber turns out to be a white male.
Yes indeed, we are living through lunacy.
Conspiracy theorists vs media windbags that want to be first place.. FOX pulling the FAMILY GUY while their news station jumped on the Saudi national original villain.
What have we become, my sweetest friends?
Everyone I know gets questioned in the end.
Indeed. What have we become…
Nonetheless, they report:
An arrest has been made in connection with letters sent to President Barack Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker that authorities are testing for ricin, two federal law enforcement officials said.
The person was arrested in the Tupelo, Mississippi, area, one of the
Is the defeat of the background check amendment the first round of a gun fight? Or is it a knockout for pro gun rights forces?
Fans hungry for new STAR WARS movies are going to be hit hard.. we all will be.
Starting in 2015, Disney is planning a NEW STAR WARS MOVIE every summer.. By 2019 we’d see double the STAR WARS films that exist now. And as Entertainment WEEKLY reports, they are actually hoping that the movies start their very own spinoffs that become just as popular as the original movies..
In modern entertainment, there are two important things to consider: 1) Hollywood is out of ideas, and 2) When they have a great idea they overdo it.
And that is what I predict will happen with this flawed Disney plan..
A new movie every summer?
They will market aggressively. We know that..
The originals, however, are still more popular than the newer films. Because of the cast.. and the originality of it all.
These days we’ve seen it all. And we’ll be seeing it all over and over again every year..
A little too much star wars for me.
Magnitude 7.8 quake strikes Iran
NBC News:A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Iran on Tuesday, according to the USGS.
The quake struck near the city of Khash, Iran, which is close to the Pakistani border. Buildings as far away as New Delhi, India, shook from the tremors.
There is no word on injuries or damage at this time.Follow the latest at Breaking News.
Photo: USGS
Four screen captures of the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon from CBS Boston, which is livestreaming its coverage. In the final picture, the second explosion is visible in the background.
Bieber visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam Saturday. According to the Facebook page for the museum (yes, the Anne Frank House has a Facebook page), Bieber was there a few friends and bodyguards and went inside while a throng of fans waited outside.
The museum then explained … “He stayed more than an hour in the museum. In our guestbook he wrote: ‘Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber.’”
Had she lived … the April 13 diary entry would surely have included the word “douchebag.”
A Kermit Gosnell update:
And more:
Gosnell’s employees say they were just doing what their boss told them to..Some said it was the best job they could find.. Just following orders? We’ve heard that before in history, now haven’t we?
The money quote:
So the question, raised by pro-lifers, is this: Explain to us why Gosnell isn’t a national story. Somebody else can try. I can’t explain it. It’s never made sense to me, how a local crime story becomes a national story. Two words: “Poop cruise.” CNN ran hours of coverage and grainy video of a stranded Carnival cruise ship, a situation that inconvenienced many and killed none. How does a missing college student or an angry man in a TSA line become part of Our National Conversation? I don’t know. I do know that a reporter in the bubble is less likely to be compelled by the news of an arrested abortionist.
This is an amazing and honest article by Megan McArdle of the DAILY BEAST.. And a must read in my opinion..
I’m a solar flare freak.
And I’m pretty excited at the prospects of tonight’s Northern Lights possibilities here in Pennsylvania. On the Kp index, tonight will be a 6 to 8..
it’s going to be touchy though.. They are set to hit at 8pm tonight, but with a deviation of 7 hours, there is a chance that the West may have a better chance if they don’t start before nightfall along the East Coast..
Crossing fingers..
Some strange activity just took place in my home, at least I think it did, as I was working out of the corner my eye I saw a shadow flying around near the floor. I quickly turned around in my swivel chair and looked for whatever the shadow may have been. And somehow out of thin air I realized I was suddenly looking at a dark moth with a shadow underneath it near the floor..
I wondered to myself in the split-second when I so the moth, ‘how did this odd little creature even get in here, it is the middle of the day it is not flying near any light and it seemed to appear out of nowhere?’
It took no longer than two or three seconds before the moth was gone. And I mean gone. Vanished. And the strange part was it disappeared somehow while I was still watching it.
I know there have been some paranormal urban legends that have existed for such a long time about ghost cats and ghost dogs and even ghost rats. I don’t think I have ever heard one about a ghost moth. Until I experienced it myself today, and now I have a tale to tell.
If the moth reappears out of nowhere maybe my story of a ghost moth will be proven false. If I find a carcass of the little creature somewhere or see him again I will update you all .. but until then a ghost moth flies from realm to realm and it visited me today.
Dazzling Northern Lights Anticipated Saturday Night
A solar flare that occurred around 2 a.m. Thursday morning may create a spectacular display of northern lights Saturday evening.
Excellent timing! Great weather expected overtop the great Coal Region of PA.. and Northern Lights will be a movin’ South!
Photographer Lalage Snow takes pictures of soldiers’ faces before, during and after the war in Afghanistan.
Amazing photostream. They can all be found here.
It’s been tough being a parent so far.. Ayden has turned two, and now the real battle begins: Potty training. Mom and Dad have been introducing it to the little man recently.. he’s been understanding of the concept from totally contempt of trying it. We were proud once when he wanted to sit on a toilet at a restaurant that he likes to eat pizza at. But it was a false alarm.. And at home?? No luck.. His grandfather thinks that my wife and I should buy him an old fashioned wooden potty with arms on it—made in America. Which, unfortunately, is just about impossible to find and buy.
But.. perhaps now there is a godlike solution for the poop and pee conundrum. Maybe my son Ayden needs a good old fashioned exorcism.
Seriously.
This website, http://www.demonbuster.com/potty.html, explains all the ways to ‘bust’ those demons up in your household. And potty training, it would seem, summons the most demons of all.. A reader of DemonBuster wrote into the site and said,
"Well my baby boy has been difficult to potty-train. He is past the age that he should be trained and I was getting really tired of it. I would sit him in the toilet for a long time and nothing would happen. When I would put him back in diapers, he would go! And I was sick and tired of it. So I got really mad, sat him in the potty and told him he had to "go". The baby started screaming and I got the idea that it was a demon. So I commanded it to manifest and give me his name. The baby continued screaming and saying: "You can’t make me, you can’t make me". I insisted in the demon telling me his name, so the Holy Spirit said: "That’s his name, "you can’t make me". I commanded it out. The baby had deliverance and he has been potty-trained since."
So tonight maybe it’s time to sit down my wife after Ayden goes to bed, and we write a script. Is this the weekend to command the evil spirits out? Is this the weekend where we tell the demons to leave our son poop in peace?
I love the internet. Before this, who’d ever though that it was demons preventing billions of kids in the past from learning how to properly go to the bathroom indoors?
Thanks demonbuster. Continue the ‘good’ work.
If you have 52 extra minutes, check this video out. Interesting stuff, regardless of your thoughts. Rand Paul went to Howard University to speak about race—and got some very tough questions from a young audience.. r
So evolution of the penis may have happened, too..
Women may have shaped men’s penises through natural selection..
I’d like to get the creationist view on this. Perhaps certain penises couldn’t fit on the ark.
Science is confirming something that has been around for a long, long time: The notion that we are star people. But does this mean we have been created by aliens? Some are realistically exploring that possibility.. and not just those who believe in the 10th planet..
And serious publications are asking it.. such as DISCOVERY.. They are running an article tonight “Is an Alien Message Embedded In Our Genetic Code?
I wish I had some better news.. but nothing earth breaking yet. Recently the owner of the Facebook fan site, People Who Miss Art Bell on C2C, asked Bell directly what is happening with any potential deal. He actually answered and said he cannot speak about anything on whether he’d come back ‘til a deal is done.’
What I worry about is his age..
And listening lately to George Noory it’s clearly evident as to why either Art Bell or someone else must take over the show—or it needs to be canceled. I cannot believe how bad Noory has gotten lately..
I used to talk somewhat on a regular basis with Art Bell through email and Facebook. But I am sure he gets more than thousands of messages a day..
Nonetheless, I’ll keep following up and hopefully Art Bell will give news soon.
And the new generation feels a lot older than their parents at the same age!
Really..
Dutch researchers are telling us something that maybe we all had a little hunch about for a while: Kids these days are obese, unhealthy, have high blood pressure, and are fixated on computer screens. While the best of the best bloggers on TV are thin and svelte, it appears that, if the Dutch study is correct and believable, then the majority of the youth these days are really about 15 years older healthwise..
More here..
Amazing stuff..
Serious question for any plant lovers out there: I have a shamrock plant, and tonight when a thunderstorm started, the shamrock plant drooped down and moved away from the window.. I know there is a certain luck of the Irish that comes with any shamrock plant but is there also an intelligence I was not aware of?
But today my nephew became took his oath and went to Paris Island to become a Marine. It’s been a weighty day, emotion wise.. and it portends to only get more intense as his training intensifies and world conflicts brew. So yes, North Korea Afghanistan, and all the other ‘Stans’ and strange arenas of global strife suddenly take center stage in my family’s life.
We are proud of this young man, Shawn “Mere” as he will now be known. We know he can do it.
And we also know he understands the oath he took today is one of the most sacred and noble things he has ever done…
He’s surely more brave than I ever was at the age of 18..
Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin were confronted by a topless protester..
Not sure about Angela, but Vlad the Impaler surely was amused.. I’m sure KGB style research is being conducted to get a phone number as I type..
It brings up some delicate and truly great questions.. How should businesses that deal with appealing to the sense of sight deal with glasses that see it all?
Billions?! Great.. It will feel like the end of the world here now too. Just great..
Internet firms are pretty angry that a California bill could make their companies tell users what happens with personal information.. And doesn’t that just tell you the whole story in itself?
And they’re from the 1970s!
Nixon and Kissinger documents here we come..
I recently re-watched it. I forgot just how bad it was.
It was bad.
And if you’re really into reading about just how bad the movie was, here is a GUARDIAN piece from 2011 reminding us all of that..
”” caption and photo by warrenellis http://bit.ly/Y6vrFA reblogged from instagram.
If I were them, I’d vote. Twice.
News from the ‘good war’ front. Warning: images of dead babies will be seen once you go to the link..
Libertarians and drug addicts will be reading the article sarcastically saying, ‘well ain’t that a shame’
Anyone who knows me or anyone who has followed this website for any time at all the know I am originally from Centralia PA, where a mine fire still burns..
Today I took a quick drive through the town as I often do when I have a spare minute and noticed something on the porch of my late grandmother’s home. She passed away before the turn of the 21st century, almost 15 years now, But her home has yet to be demolished because it is attached to someone else’s.
To my surprise, as I drove by, I saw two blue small cages and blankets all over the home outside of it.. I pulled up and took a closer look and saw what appears to be houses handcrafted for, maybe, I guess, cats?
I don’t quite know what to make of this. I am a little bit offended that someone would go onto this property to do this, however I cannot justifiably say anyone owns it at this time.. So what was the home of memories for two generations now becomes a scene from CATS before it’s eventual demolishing.. I do not like that at all..
Watching this one closely. 1918 here we come? Or a false alarm ..? We will see…
Not sure how to feel about this..
I actually loved the show .. But the difference between CNN then and now is that then they tackled weighty issues.. The new Crossfire will probably talk about Jay Z and Beyonce going to Cuba..
And besides, there will never be another episode with Bob Novak getting so angry that his teeth fly out.. God rest his soul.
I’d say if CNN ruins Crossfire, they may as well have just left it dead ..
I call it C because I’m not convinced it’s chicken.
Funny enough, about four years ago while eating product from KFC, I actually choked on a C bone. Maybe if I ever succumb to their product again I will go boneless..
We accused the North Koreans of amping things up, now we are worried we did the same thing
The Washington POST details how far North Korean missiles can actually reach here.
The conclusion:
Fortunately, neither is particularly scary for the United States.
Meanwhile the Pentagon has activated a missile shield… I wonder if they have the same map of missile strength that the POST does…
It was in response to my posts all day regarding North Korea.. Valid points are asserted, however. Read along:
Well the US has to treat the threats with some sort of seriousness. A threat is a threat, but it is really not one they should have children hearing about and scared of because as of right now nothing is going to come out of this.The fact that there are US military on the 38th parallel is no new thing, they have been there ready for attack since the seize fire with the Korean War. Actually, we are technically still in the Korean war since no peace treaty was signed, it’s just a seize fire. Plus I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if the North Korean troops started surrendering as soon as we would start an attack. Lots of North Koreans are scared to speak out against their country since it means an immediate sentence for them and their whole family to prison camps. In previous wars, like the Iraq war, the conditions in the country are full of so much suck that the soldier surrender immediately hoping that if they aren’t immediately killed, that they will be given asylum in America. It can be expected that much of the same would happen in Korea since even their Army is starving and the wealthiest in the capital still have to abide to food rations. It’s just a terrible situation for the North Koreans. They really have no chance, I just hope if and when something breaks out we do something for the innocent victims living in North Korea, it is so sad. Watch some of the Korean documentaries on Netflix if you have it like Camp 14.
Time Magazine in 1994 said that Kim Jong Il ‘may be more dangerous than Saddam.’
That certainly turned out to be true..
By the way, in 1994, Kim Jong Un was probably about 8 or 9 years old. And his dad was on TIME.
Thanks for ‘calming’ me down I suppose.
While I am not worried, it’s certainly interesting to think that back in 1991, children were being told in classrooms that there is no concern of Iraqi missiles hitting the United States mainland. Children were fearful of it then.. But in 2013, we don’t really talk about how North Korean missiles will not reach the United States. Should we not be telling our kids the same thing today that we did then?
While I am certainly a ‘form of an idiot’ I don’t know what form I take. And you may turn out to be 110% correct that North Korea cannot do anything right. While they cannot feed their population they can now launch some missiles and tests that surprised experts in 2012. (While their famines have not helped, the United States and UN embargoes on them certainly have aided in them not being able to eat)
And finally, this is not meant to be an aggressive response, I certainly appreciate your message. But I ask this.. if the United States should not be preparing for war, why does it somehow seem we are? Missiles to Guam? Chinese troops on the border .. American troops on the 38th parallel. All getting ready. For what?
Maybe for nothing. Maybe it’s all a game. A chess match.
But somehow a chess match has to end, right? Either with blink.. or brink.
I often feel silly worrying about the things I do. In this circumstance, I certainly hope I’ll feel silly about Lil Kim .. So far I only feel silly about Dennis Rodman being in North Korea.
But if someone like Peter King gets his way, we could be at war due to our own actions and not Pyongyang. That worries me, too.
