Update from post earlier today.. Be aware everyone..
Storm system threatening millions in Midwest could spawn feared derecho
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Storm system threatening millions in Midwest could spawn feared derecho
Storm system threatening millions in Midwest could spawn feared derecho
ICE ICE BABY..Ice ice maybe
No ice please!
According to information being reported in the UK, ice in six out of ten restaurants has more bacteria than water from the toilets .. and it would make sense. Anyone who worked in a restaurant knows the perils of the ice machine—the mold, the mildew, and the bacteria..
Those machines must be cleaned.
But interestingly enough, it’s not just McDonalds and Burger King that was found in the UK to have the issue, but also Starbucks too..
One comical suggestion from a reader:
"Perhaps they should be making ice from toilet water"
Rare scare …
It’s beyond rare for this to happen in France, but it did: A tornado waterspout ripped through the South of France, shocking locals and tourists in the area.. There is video..
Be a star! Ask for your FBI file.. But would you post it on Facebook?
You can Google your own name.. you can deeply search images on Facebook.. but do you really want to know what is known about you but the ‘powers that be?’ By the man?
A new pop industry has developed helping you request your NSA or FBI file from the government!
It’s called GetmyFBIfile.com and it’s free of charge.. Ahhhh.. yes, the creativity of the net..
Of course you can just do it the ‘old fashioned’ way and ask for the file yourself from the FBI. But … asking for a file perhaps creates a file that didn’t exist to begin with? Oh the irony.. What to do, what to do..
Arctic Station Evacuated After Ice Melts Underneath It
Research at Russia’s North Pole-40, a station located aboard an ice floe in the Arctic, has ceased following an emergency evacuation of personnel. The ice upon which the station was built had begun to melt at an alarming rate and split into six pieces.
And they say the planet isn’t changing…
Arctic Station Evacuated After Ice Melts Underneath It
This is an extremely significant and dangerous weather situation developing for Thursday.. (Warnings like this are not common for the area where the purple shaded color on the map is) .. big thunderstorms with high winds are likely.. In the purple: Tornadoes are not only possible but likely—and there will be massive power outages if storms truly knock these areas..
The threat is Baltimore/DC/Philly.. a lesser threat but still potent exists back to Harrisburg PA and the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania..
Places like New York City, New Jersey, and other areas along the coast line could see wind gusts topping 50mph.. 37 million people are in the area where the most dangerous weather could occur Thursday..
Tomorrow is Tornado Thursday for someone, and maybe more than one city.
As I wrote here on Coal Speaker only yesterday *(about this upcoming threat as a matter of fact)*, we see now that tornadoes don’t care if you’re a populated area or a trailer park.
Pay attention to your favorite source of weather today and especially tomorrow. This could be a very bad day for millions of people, let’s hope it’s not.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
'Quit Google, Facebook' suggests tech expert as surveillance scandal deepens
StartPage.com is a good Google alternative. The front porch with a cold beer is better than Facebook. Except all your neighbors will probably still be on Facebook..
'Quit Google, Facebook' suggests tech expert as surveillance scandal deepens
Putin on NSA leak: Government surveillance shouldn’t break law
Pootie Poot strikes…
You read the headline correct, Russia is giving the United States lessons on when to surveil its citizens.
This brings me back to when former Pres. George W. Bush looked into Vlad the Impaler’s eyes and saw deep into his soul, or so he said.
Is it possible Putin has done the same to America?
Putin on NSA leak: Government surveillance shouldn’t break law
If you’re in any of the colored parts on these maps you need to be aware and read this!
This portends to be a dramatic weather situation setting up in the eastern half of United States both Wednesday and Thursday of this week..
We are hours away from what may be 75 mile-per-hour winds ingrained in the storms and also widespread tornadoes. As we’ve seen with recent developments severe weather does not care if you are from a rural town or a big city..
Pay attention to your favorite source of weather, and be aware of the sky above you.
Is this really lightning hitting the new World Trade Center building in New York City? ACCUWEATHER investigates..
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This amazing video from NASA shows dancing tornadoes on the sun.. and when I see something like this it makes me realize that we, as humans, may think we understand everything but really, actually, understand next to nothing.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
The trials and tribulations of parenting.. across the world
Being a parent means you have to keep your guard up.. know what the kids’ lingo of the hour is, know what their every movement is even when they don’t know.. be aware of the total situation of their lives but at the same time let them live it and permit them to think they have freedom to do what they want, even though you know the perfect moment to reign them in. To borrow a theme from our latest headlines, basically, a parent is the NSA, constantly spying on its citizens..
And now it’s time, for me and my wife, to learn more about asthma. After a medical appointment yesterday, little Ayden was diagnosed with it officially. We somewhat knew it would going to occur sooner or later.. we were warned by pediatricians for a year. But it’s it’s more real to hear the real diagnosis made.
Millions of kids are diagnosed with something every day.. asthma, while awful in its own right, isn’t nearly as severe a condition as what some other children are living through right now. It is hell on earth for so many as I type and as you read this..
This did, however, bring up in my mind an important question for our time. We know autism is skyrocketing.. and allergies.. and asthma.. and other conditions affecting the behavior and health of children. While all of these specific conditions are completely separete, is there a common lining that ties them together? One that trained researchers have yet to see?
A SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN article from 2011 details the surging asthma rates among kids.. (They have continued surging since 2011 and are doing so to this day) .. And the basic premise of the theory presented in this article: We live in a world too clean and therefore better sanitary conditions deprive the immune system of ‘training’ needed to keep the body healthy. So ragweed, dust, and everything else become bigger threats.
Ok. I get that. We are pretty clean. Well, most of us. With the exception of some names floating through my head that I’d never publish online..
But let’s think outside the box for a moment. This may require a nicely fitted tin foil hat.
Here’s a link that shows asthma rates across the world in 2004:
Here is a map that shows autism rates across the world:
And finally.. here is a map that shows the countries across the world who use genetically modified food and where GMO use is widespread in the food supply.
A few maps and a few links don’t solve mysteries or answer questions. But you see a theme here? You see the same countries shaded darker? Oh sure, maybe some just have ‘more people’ and therefore rates are higher.. and maybe there’s other environmental factors.. and maybe ‘better observations’ and diagnosis.. and maybe ‘better medicine’ that spots these things in our children.. and the beat goes on. There could be a number of things that have nothing in common leading to the maps to look almost roughly exact..
But for as for me? Maybe my tin foil hate is too tight.. but I have no questions. Do you?
NSA leak journalist says more revelations on their way
One of the journalists who has been working with Edward Snowden, the NSA contractor who leaked NSA documents, says more secrets are set to be revealed soon.
He’s not done yet.. more secrets are set to come out.. and more ‘invasive’ spying programs are about to be revealed by the UK GUARDIAN thanks for the leaking of Edward Snowdown—who by the way has suddenly vanished from the Hong Kong hotel he was staying it..
This has been quite the made-for-TV movie.. or book. If it was 1984.
NSA leak journalist says more revelations on their way
Monday, June 10, 2013
Poor Richard's News: Documents show State Department engaged in large scale coverups of "endemic" illegal activity
As if you really needed more evidence of the Obama administration’s culture of corruption, today documents revealed that the State Department has engaged in large-scale coverups of illegal activity. The illegal activity includes everything from sexual assault to prostitution to drug rings at…
Poor Richard's News: Documents show State Department engaged in large scale coverups of "endemic" illegal activity
Sunday, June 9, 2013
This is Edward Snowden. He is 29. And he is the leaker who told everything and anything about the NSA and the FBI to the UK GUARDIAN.
He also explained to the GUARDIAN as to why..
He spoke about his actions in 12 minute interview posted on the GUARIDAN.. He defended Bradley Manning, and on whether what he did was a crime, he said “we have seen enough criminality on the part of the government.”
He said ‘nothing good’ is going to happen to him. . And now he lives in Hong Kong
He voted for Barack Obama in 2008.
Clearly he wouldn’t do the same now.
This is a major story.. perhaps the story of the year..decade.. our age? This is the main issue at hand right now. Terrorism and defeating it, but defending person liberty and cherishing what makes America great.
Some may wish Snowden ”disappears” as was overheard at a security conference about the leaker and the journalist who reported these secrets over the past week… Some may hail him as a hero.
Either way, is it fair to say the investigation into the leaking of this classified information should now be over..? The Boundless Informant has now revealed his face..
The Guardian newspaper has named Edward Snowden, 29, as the source who leaked material from the National Security Agency.
His identity is being revealed at his request, the paper reported Sunday on its website.
He is a former technical assistant for the CIA and has been working at the NSA for the past four years as an employee of various outside contractors, the paper reported.
CNN news alert..
The leaker leaks his own name..
History of Centralia I never knew: The ill-fated flight 624 in 1948
Every now and then I learn something new and completely kick myself for never knowing it.. and being born in a town that had a plane crash right into it, you’d think I would have known about that.. But I did not.
To my credit, it occurred on June 17, 1948—long before I was born..
United Airlines Flight 624 crashed at 1:41 PM daylight time just between Aristes, PA and Centralia, PA. Four crew members and 39 passengers on board all perished in the accident..
Among the dead: A Broadway famous man, a fashion designer, and the co-founder of ESQUIRE magazine. It almost hit the then-active Midvalley Colliery 2..
And now I am drowning myself in every bit of history I can on it.. the story absolutely fascinates me. I was born about three blocks from where the crash took place..
It also amazes me that somehow, somewhat, I never knew about this. It completely slipped away.
I heard it from a friend who, heard it from a friend who, heard it from a friend.. And I confirmed it through Google searches.. and one on one conversations.
My father is a bastion of history and intelligence.. he gave me some back story on it, and also knew that some bodies were buried in St. Ignatius cemetery in Centralia..
The more we think we know the more we don’t have a clue..
Time to open my mind up to some more coal region history that perhaps has been unknown to me for a lifetime..
While plane crashes occur now and then, this certainly is a strange tale.
Centralia already seemed cursed with the tale of a priest damning the town to misery in the late 1800s after the Molly McGuires attacked him in the back of the St. Ignatius Cemetery.. .. perhaps this plane crash only added to the inevitable misery that the town was yet to endure when a mine fire started deep underground and led all but ten people to vacate it decades later…
Saturday, June 8, 2013
The PURGE is overperforming at the box office this weekend. Nikki Finke from DEADLINE.COM attributes it in part to Tropical Storm Andrea.. I’m not buying into that logic though. Instead I think the folks at Universal Pictures marketed THE PURGE for months in a pretty genius way.. they also utilized TUMBLR and pretty much took over Twitter every time I signed on..
So who out there has seen THE PURGE and what did you make of it?
Here is some interesting news direct from Art Bell on his Facebook page.. apparently ArtBell.com is coming back after many years of dormancy..
I bet the ‘under construction’ sign on the page is already getting tenfold more hits than the current Toast to Toast AM site is..
Incidentally, XM radio just dropped Coast to Coast .. and Ground Zero—which is too bad, I like Clyde Lewis..
We’ll be watching Artbell.com with anticipation.
So atheists use science like the faithful use God
We all need something to get us through life… And if this is how people cope with the insanity in the world, so be it. Jedi.
So atheists use science like the faithful use God
How It's Made: Hot dogs
It’s summer. No better time like the present to get revolted at that American classic: the mysterious hot dog…
How It's Made: Hot dogs
Hawaii's gentle breezes disappearing, but scientists don't know why
This headline reminded me of the scene in THE HAPPENING when the wind just stops..
Before the real storm.
Creepy and unsettling stuff that may be explainable with science but notable since it shows a major change in something is occurring.
Hawaii's gentle breezes disappearing, but scientists don't know why
Sean Benschop, the 42-year-old crane operator wanted on involuntary manslaughter and other charges stemming from a deadly building collapse in Philadelphia, has turned himself in, Philadelphia police spokesman Lt. John Stanford said Saturday.
Six people died and 13 were injured Wednesday when a wall of a building being torn down collapsed onto a thrift store.
CNN news alert.
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Well I heard them!!! Finally.
For the first time since this whole cicada thing started I finally heard them way off in the distance just right now.. When the forest is rocking don’t go a’knockin.. 17 years is a long time..
Philadelphia to Lay Off Almost 4,000 Public School Employees
`Cause I live and breathe this Philadelphia austerity
From the day that I was born I’ve waved the dime
Philadelphia austerity took me knee high to a man
Yeah gave me a piece of mama, daddy never had
Philadelphia to Lay Off Almost 4,000 Public School Employees
Vishal Thakkar, Oklahoma Man, Sues After Plastic Surgery Leaves Him Without A Nose
I suppose this truly is cutting off your nose to spite your face…
Vishal Thakkar, Oklahoma Man, Sues After Plastic Surgery Leaves Him Without A Nose
Alexa Ray Joel on lots of stuff
I like Alexa Ray Joel—not as much as a friend who harbors a long standing crush on her.. But I find her talented like her dad. The problem is she doesn’t have the same attitude that tells the world to go to hell.
Here’s info on an interviewwith her in which she opened up about bullying and plastic surgery.. She appears to have never gotten over when Perez Hilton labeled her a slut at the age of 19..
Worth reading..
Whoa!
And asteroid four times closer than the moon just flew by earth.. It was the size of a truck..
And if you’re wondering why you didn’t hear about it until now, it’s because it wasn’t discovered about a day ago..
When will earth’s luck run out?
Friday night fevers
Parenting is great….until he weekend virus hits. I assume they occur to my son at the end of the week because five days of germs and filth at day care..
It hopefully will be a silent and peaceful night for the boy. He needs sleep.
As does his parents..
Wish us luck.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Obama orders US to draw up overseas target list for cyber-attacks
Day three; another GUARDIAN blockbuster report…
Obama orders US to draw up overseas target list for cyber-attacks
Google Official Blog: What the ...?
Amazing how all of these tech companies suddenly DON’T know what we are doing online when they bragged for years that they knew everything..
Everyone wants to.. Break out of the PRISM they suddenly find themselves in…
Google Official Blog: What the ...?
The ricin diaries
News of the strange got stranger as an actress has now been arrested in connection with the recent batch of ricin mailings..
She has appeared in WALKING DEAD and the VAMPIRE DIARIES..
Documents: U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge
U.S. intelligence has access to the servers of nine Internet companies as part of top-secret effort.
I suppose if the government would have attempted to extract data from Tumblr servers, they would have consistently received the same message that users typically receive when they try to update their websites: ‘WE’RE SORRY, SERVICE IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE’
Documents: U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Boy, 9, shot while riding with mother: 'Mommy, I'm shot'
Police believe a 9-year-old boy was shot by a gunman who had been aiming at his mother’s boyfriend as they drove on the South Side.
Stories like this do nothing but make me sick… totally sick, and frustrated with the inhumanity people harbor..
Boy, 9, shot while riding with mother: 'Mommy, I'm shot'
President Obama’s Dragnet - NYTimes.com
Wow.. This is a MUST read from the NEW YORK TIMES..
And this was written BEFORE we found out that the FBI and the NSA tap directly into severs of nine top net companies getting just about everything that everybody does online..
Wow..
President Obama’s Dragnet - NYTimes.com
NSA has direct access to tech giants' systems for user data, secret files reveal
The UK GUARDIAN reporting continues.. This new amazing story is rocking the rest of the world that wasn’t rocked by the Verizon story this morning…
NSA has direct access to tech giants' systems for user data, secret files reveal
Matt Drudge was right
15 years ago, the Internet pioneer was remarkably prophetic about where journalism was headed.
Interesting story.. And he was right, regardless of your opinion on him. He called this one..
Every era of news reporting has a pioneer.. And often they are flawed, often we’re in awe.. but in the end they are human.
Reporters 15 years ago had disdain for Drudge. They may have more now that he turned out to be spot on..
Matt Drudge was right
Iraqi Birth Defects Worse than Hiroshima
There are some pretty tough images to see in this story.. But we need to perhaps at least be aware of the issue. If this claim is true, then we are seeing horror before our eyes taking place.
Read the story at your own risk..
No images re-printed on here on purpose..
Iraqi Birth Defects Worse than Hiroshima
YES. We hear you. And you hear us.
The world of telecommunications was rocked today when the UK GUARDIAN reported that a FISA court ordered Verizon to provide records of calls of millions of Americans on an ongoing, daily basis. And now the Obama Administration is defending the program as ‘critical’ for safety and the fight against terrorism..
Another report on CNN attempts to break down what exactly the Verizon/FISA/NSA/FBI/Patriot Act issue means for you.. the report concludes that the government cannot hear what you are saying.. At least we think that according to the document released today in the GUARDIAN. We don’t know what other documents exist that have not been leaked…
Lots of people are angry. Some, including Senator Lindsay Graham, assert that they are fine with it because they didn’t do anything wrong…
But the far-reaching program appears to presume someone is doing something wrong.. Constitutional questions are involved.. privacy questions are involved.. Lots of big issues are at stake. This is important, and another issue of government surveillance that hits directly into every home across the United States.
Let's answer Al Gore's question
He asked this:
In the digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous?
I ask the same. Is it?
According to this document obtained by The Guardian, the federal government, through a court order granted to the National Security Agency, is using the Patriot Act to collect the phone records of millions of Verizon users over a three-month period. Awesome. Read the full document here. It’s like the AP thing, except extended to everyone else.
The court order doesn’t allow the NSA to collect any information whatsoever on the contents of phone calls, or even to obtain any names or addresses of customers. What’s covered instead is known as “metadata”: the phone number of every caller and recipient; the unique serial number of the phones involved; the time and duration of each phone call; and potentially the location of each of the participants when the call happened. All of this information is being collected on millions of calls every day – every conversation taking place within the US, or between the US and a foreign country is collected.
Telephone metadata and what it can tell the authorities about you | James Ball (via rubenfeld)
Big data, federal-style.
(via shortformblog)Verizon order: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily
Exclusive: Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama administrationThe National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America’s largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.
Verizon order: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
Yahoo users informed that company has right to scan and read all of their emails.. So Tumblr users, are we scared yet?
Sunday, June 2, 2013
For weeks (actually months) .. wait. .. actually years, my wife has been screaming at me to wash the layers of dead insects off of my car, or at least just take a hose to it. Apparently, last night, Ayden got so convinced that his mommy was right that he decided to wash the car himself. First time in years.. and maybe the last time unless he keeps trying.
Oh, and yes, that is a ‘miracle hose’ and it does in fact work as it does on TV..
Pretty sure this won’t happen again.. I threw some money down on a desk in front of co-workers and a nickel landed on its side, as you can see. Those who saw it are witnesses and can attest to the fact that the photo wasn’t a set up.
For a moment I felt like Dick York from the TWILIGHT ZONE episode where something similar occurs. As for my fate, though, I wasn’t able to hear voices from people walking by me on streets and I could not read anyone’s mind. Which may be fine, since York’s circumstances ended badly in the show—as did most people’s..
So the one day a cookout is planned is also the day when violent thunderstorms are set to strike after 11am
Looks like food will have to be cooked early and preserved in aluminum foil..
Friday, May 31, 2013
Fire bad
I walked into my local convenience store this morning and caught the aftermath of two workers trying to dry out their lottery ticket by microwaving it. They thought the microwave would thoroughly dry the paper, but did not realize that it would set it on fire as well..
Yep, we are the world and this is our future..
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Dying girl, 10, spurs fight over lung transplant fairness
The parents of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who has waited 18 months for a lung transplant are waging a fierce fight to change an organ allocation regulation that they say is keeping their desperately ill daughter from the life-saving treatment she needs. But organ transplant &
A must read..
Dying girl, 10, spurs fight over lung transplant fairness
The wired future.. I will make my prediction for the record.
Not to be outdone by Google, APPLE is now hinting that you will soon be able to wear their technology.. which propels me to re-re-re-state my prediction from ten years back concerning wearable devices. At some point in our near future we will have technology implanted. Your phone will be your hand. Your brain will be wired to the Net.
Unless that big solar flares gets us all..
So yes, that means if the world doesn’t end, you’ll be on Tumblr will be literally in your fingertips. But do you really want Yahoo to be that close to you?
By now you may have heard of those persistent rumors of a ‘tsunami’ in the Atlantic resulting from solar activity. Here is the video of Dr. Simon Atkins that started it all..
For the record, here is his bio
(Source: http://www.glgresearch.com/)
How to NOT be a parent..
Parenting 101: Don’t do this. Ever.. Two parents are facing chargesfor a choice to put their 10-year-old daughter in a dog cage—and then driving through the Pennsylvania turnpike. They are now facing charges for endangering a minor..
If you read the the snews a few days back, you’ll remember the story and controversy of whether the Pope exorcised a demon from a man from Mexico.. The Vatican said no. Other priests said yes. Now the man has weighed in..It turns out that the man named ‘Angel V’ is 43, from Mexico, and claims to be possessed by demons.. Could he be wrong, too?
Changing times..
40% of moms are now the family breadwinners..
Don’t think for a second that it means women are making more.. Women are still underpaid when compared to men in certain positions. Equal pay remains an issue..
This story also means everyone is making less, fewer have pensions, only some have 401Ks, and finally, unemployment has hit construction and manufacturing—industries that primarily have affected men. I think this is less a good thing and more a sign of bad economic times. They say the Great Recession is over. If that’s true, it’s certainly a long time to recede..
The United States of disaster
The disastrous states of America.. a new study releases the list of the ten most dangerous states to live in when considering where natural disasters hit..
Sadly some of those states are some of the poorer states in our union. How unfair Mother Nature can often be..
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
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It’s a long video from 1941 about the great American company, Coca Cola. But I’d love to hear people’s thoughts?
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Ham and Bean’s big day out at the Jersey Shore.
Bean couldn’t get a touchdown, but Ham nailed it on the first try.
And he got to take home the prize..
Gooey Louie
The teacher got the lyrics wrong. The FBI never questioned the maker of the song to see what the actual words of the song were. So how much money did the FBI super snoopers spend on investigating this one way back in 1964?
U.S. Military ‘Power Grab’ Goes Into Effect
Pentagon Unilaterally Grants Itself Authority Over ‘Civil Disturbances’
If you were paying attention to Coal Speaker a few days back you’ll already know this. But hopefully will not be unphased by the possibilities of what this means …
U.S. Military ‘Power Grab’ Goes Into Effect
Why New Zealand?
A tool called ThinThread, a US spy device, has reportedly been tested on the public of New Zealand.. A spy expert told the NEW ZEALAND HERALD this information.. the Prime Minister and other officials that could potentially be involved with this issue have not made public comment and refuse to speak to the HERALD about the allegations..
Smoke em while you got em: Potentially lethal gamma-ray burst from star WR 104 could reach earth
Earth may lie in the path of a lethal gamma-ray burst that could wipe out a quarter of our atmospheric ozone.
This is a serious news story. It’s gone mainstream.. WR 104, a ‘Wolf-Rayet star’ about 8,000 light years away, could go supernova any day now.. Really, ANY DAY NOW. And if it does, rays from the explosion deep in space could actually reach our our little blue dot known as earth.
As FOX news reports:
"We could see it go supernova anywhere from tomorrow to 500,000 years from now," astronomer Grant Hill told Forbes. "For all intents and purposes, the gamma-ray burst and optical photons from the supernova would arrive simultaneously."
A quarter of our atmospheric ozone could be wiped away..?
The earth should follow this story as closely as it can…
Smoke em while you got em: Potentially lethal gamma-ray burst from star WR 104 could reach earth
Monday, May 27, 2013
What is causing the earthquake swarm in Arkansas?
Dozens of quakes in one week…
1811 here we come again?
What is causing the earthquake swarm in Arkansas?
Stuart Walton: Care plan sees dystopian future arriving early
In Scotland, the government plans to give every child a ‘state appointed overseer’ from birth on.. There would be a government employee mediating the bond between parent and child, with the intention on preventing abuse.
With plans like this your don’t need enemies…
Stuart Walton: Care plan sees dystopian future arriving early
MEMORIAL DAY 2013: American War Deaths Through History
There’s been a lot of people who we should pause for today.. the numbers tell the story on their own.
MEMORIAL DAY 2013: American War Deaths Through History
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Thanks to TLC, we can all watch the world’s fattest man, Ricky Naputi die.
And this is ‘entertainment.’
Another example of the sick society we have become..
Disruptions: At Odds Over Privacy Challenges of Wearable Computing
Fans of wearable computers can capture what is happening around them with a wink or a subtle click, which raises the question of whether bystanders have a say in being recorded.
Nick Bilton, who wrote this article for the NY TIMES, presents quite a stark question: What do you do at a party when someone you are talking to is wearing Google Glass? Stare at the all seeing camera, or just leave the room?
I wonder what will happen with the Google Glass future. We have accepted most of the internet’s privacy defects. We are seemingly ok with Google snapping photos of our houses .. we appear alright that every movement we make online is snapped, cataloged, and often given over to government entities for ‘national security’ reasons.. But Google Glass? A contraption that will snap your life in images? One that will also see everything you do.. and if you can see it, Google can see it? … creepy. With a capital C.
But this is the future. Where privacy isn’t existent.
It once was said that, on any given Street Corner, USA, you did not possess any true privacy. No presumption. But what about that dark corner in a bar room late on a Friday night… and someone wearing Google Glass snaps your image? Or .. in your own home .. or.. anywhere.
I have had some major problems with friends who send me “People of Walmart” jokes. Do I chuckle at the first image or two I glance at? I did. I do.. But I often send back a reply telling them to take me off of their list of folks who get these ‘jokes.’ After all, what is it that is funny about them? The odd images of people shopping late at the store…. or the souls of those who mock and degrade them..? We are just fine with people snapping photos of other people, posting them online, just to make light of their either mental or physical conditions? I am not ok with it. I never liked the People of Walmart forwards, still don’t like them… and sadly… I’m outnumbered.
You know why? Because we are going to be entering the new phase of life.. the GOOGLE GLASS phenom.
Get ready..You may be recorded .. all of them time. Without knowing it.
And what happens when People of Walmart turns into the next ‘joke’ …? What happens when your privacy has been compromised?
We may have no presumption of privacy in public places. But for God sakes, don’t we at least have a presumption that other humans will be thoughtful? Other humans .. .being thoughtful? Nah. They will simply just forward the next best joke, making light about someone else..
We are turning into a very different society than we once were..
Disruptions: At Odds Over Privacy Challenges of Wearable Computing
Researchers hurt at Ibaraki nuclear facility
A big heads up on this for you, this may very well be a huge story that you’ll never hear about on tonight’s evening news..
Researchers hurt at Ibaraki nuclear facility
Memorial Day weekend continues. Three days for many, but the pain that occurred to create this holiday is purely evident.
It all began as a celebration of those who perished during the Civil War.. Perhaps just too many other wars had taken place by the time it was expanded to dedicate a day to all lives lost during warfare.. We celebrate with barbeques and picnics, family outings and trips.. but pause for a moment and hear the distsant and faint sound of canon fire, musket fire, and gunfire from the past. And realize that even today wars are continuing (for better or worse) that will lead many more names and lost lives to be cherished for Memorial Days to come..
Saturday, May 25, 2013
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