Urgent news is coming from Fukushima—so urgent that apparently no American news company even knows it? Seriously? This is big stuff and nothing is being reported virtually anywhere..
Monday, October 21, 2013
An author makes a new claim: Robert Kennedy stole JFK's brain!
RFK stole JFK’s brain. What else do I have to say.
An author makes a new claim: Robert Kennedy stole JFK's brain!
Sunday, October 20, 2013
A fascinating story from Japan: The youth of the nation do not want t have sex.. so much so that there is a birth crisis on the horizon..
The UK GUARDIAN has a report about Japan, where people seemingly have stopped desiring sexual relations.. As a matter of fact, it’s not just a disinterest, but a large percentage of the nation ‘despises’ sexual contact!
Even more, the ‘celibacy syndrome’ is so bad that the government is worried about it.
Not mentioned in the story: Worries about Fukushima.. I wonder how many people have stopped being interested in having children because they fear the nation that their children would actually grow up in?
Nonetheless, the GUARDIAN story is worth the read..
And it’s not just Japan.. people in America too seemed much less interested in sex than ever before..Maybe American kids are just plain lazy?
Is this just evolutionary? That naturally, somewhere along the line, human beings would stop being interested in the very act that resulted in our existence?
A fascinating story from Japan: The youth of the nation do not want t have sex.. so much so that there is a birth crisis on the horizon..
POLITICO REPORTS: Tech ‘surge’ to tackle Obamacare websites
The Obama administration Sunday said it’s called on “the best and brightest” tech experts from both government and the private sector to help fix the troubled website at the root of the Obamacare enrollment problems.
A new Administration. A new ‘surge’ to handle a crisis of their own creation.
I just hope no one in the White House hired on David Karp.
POLITICO REPORTS: Tech ‘surge’ to tackle Obamacare websites
Six year ago today (on a day virtually the same as today weatherwise) my wife Tara and I took our first walk as a married couple. This image perfectly symbolized how I felt that day—walking into the future, backs to the past.. but the same bridge of life.
Since then we had a child, headaches and heartaches, deaths and tribulations. Along with it, laughs, endless smiles, and sure, a few necessary frowns.
The journey of life.. accompanying each other..
After six years, we now have a legacy. A child ..
In six years, he’ll be going on 9.. and we’ll be combing out gray hairs—with me maybe shining a bald head.
While we know things can mightily change in the span of only a few years, a few constants will remain.
DAILY BEAST on the HEALTHCARE.GOV disaster
Whether you agree with the Obama Affordable Care Act or not, one thing appears clear: The rollout of the website was a complete and utter disaster..
DAILY BEAST on the HEALTHCARE.GOV disaster
So what did CARRIE fail at the box office?
I thought the cool secret advertisement that was done in the New York City coffee shop did a great job showcasing the movie.. I have seen endless ads for the film.. the word of mouth has been decent, and actually I even saw a review in CHRISTIANITY TODAY that portrayed the movie in a much more favorable light than what would be expected from a religious publican.
So why did it fail?
First off, it’s up against what may possibly be the movie of the year: GRAVITY, which is now experiencing its third week as the number one film at the box office—and that is pretty impressive this year, as many movies did not have much staying power once released.
But it’s almost Halloween.. scares are in the air. So why did a horror movie fail?
Interestingly enough, it seems that scary flicks do better in the middle of the summer than the autumn—maybe kids are out of school and parents are more apt to get them into a an R rated film than they would be when school’s in session? I recall when my mom took me to see FRIDAY THE 13TH JASON TAKES MANHATTAN and my music teacher caught her in the act..
There is a certain aspect of CARRIE that doomed it from the beginning: The fact that MGM actually remade it to begin with. It was not really, well.. needed. The original film is still a classic, and people happily watch that version when they have the chance.. Nikki Finke made a good point, too: CARRIE did not satisfy the people who wanted SAW-like gore, and didn’t make people happy who wanted the creepy factor like in PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
So here we have CARRIE, a film that may have been better never existing—at least the current incarnation..
But one other thing is for sure: THE FIFTH ESTATE, Wikileaks movie, flopped big time. It is only in about 1700 or so theaters. Next week, it will be lucky to be in 17..
Now this will be a World Series to remember
The Boston Red Sox have won the American League pennant and will meet the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series..
Saturday, October 19, 2013
After six years and marriage and a two and a half year old...
…an anniversary dinner at a nice restaurant reveals two truths:
1) We don’t know how to eat hot food anymore. There were no interruptions for us to let it cool down..
And 2) We forgot how to drive at night.
This is now the life of me and my wife:
'A DEADLY CITY'
Not what Wilkes Barre wants to hear.. You’re now MORE LIKELY to die in a homicide in the pennsylvania city than you are in Philadelphia, New York City , and Chicago..
A troubling trend. Read all about it.
'A DEADLY CITY'
I smell a PR disaster..
Sirius XM just dropped a lot of popular shows and channels from their lineup.. a contractual issue with Clear Channel is the reason. But head over to the Sirius Facebook page and see .. every single comment is someone saying they are now dropping their Sirius subscription..
And in a sense, Sirius did not tell people who were signing up within the last few days that the shows they were signing up for were suddenly going to be dropped on midnight October 18 .. very bad business plan on this one Sirius.. .. very bad indeed. They are lucky they have Howard Stern and Art Bell.. There really are few other reasons at this point to keep the service if you’ve already paid for it..
You know why American students are so bad at science...?
Here’s an example.. A story comes out that an asteroid may hit in 2032 (and another one in 2036, but that’s besides the point) .. and what does the news media collectively do? Put it at the end of their newscasts, or the back of the paper, and make a little funny quip about ‘better get your stockpile of food ready’ or something else they find funny.
But it’s not very funny to think that an life-altering event may take place—in our lifetimes! It’s not too humorous to imagine a world where food can’t grow, water is not clean, and everything eventually dies off.
Science is also mocked, left until the ‘end’ of the broadcast.. and when spoken about, changed into a political debate instead of scientific one..
Science is not respected much by this modern world.. And certainly kids in high schools aren’t given many examples in life of their piers respecting much of anything about it.
Believe in earth changes? You’re an elitist.
Scared of 2032’s asteroid strike? You’re a prepper..
All political.
Never scientific..
It is frustrating indeed.
Saturday morning news. Not cartoons.
Modern world: Should PARENTS be charged when their kids cyberbully
Boy Scouts leader destroys millions-old rock formation in Utah park..
And there is videotape to prove it..
Criminal charges—and an INTERNATIONAL outcry!
New super-typhoon heading towards Japan.. .. and it will follow the previous path. It’s like mother nature wants to only exacerbate the dangers of Fukushima..
Asteroid discovered after passing earth..
Big asteroid may collide with earth in August 2032.. And if we make it through 2032, there’s another one set for a close shave in 2036. Retirement for me is looking really, really bad..
New and disturbing details emerge from Sandy Hook shooting ..
Does God really care who wins football games? *NO!*
Strange tales from the deserted towns in Colorado, abandoned by the flooding earlier this autumn: Towns “spooky” and empty..
The Monsanto Protection Act is history.. (for now)
Seven African nations join in anti-Monsanto protests..
Manhunt underway in Florida for two murdered that were mistakingly released from prison..
Report: Britain faces dangers of no electricity during the winter..
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he once feared that terrorists could use the electrical device that had been implanted near his heart to kill him and had his doctor disable its wireless function
The five best horror movies that flopped..
Post-baby Kim Kardashian draws a BACKLASH for bikini selfie.. She has received comments calling her body disgusting and others saying she is desperate.. I am quite tired of the world of ‘selfies’ ..
Verdict: Comet Ison is still alive..
Good odds to endure the solar fly-by..
..or will the Christmas Comet crack up?
Update: Michael Bay attacked on set in Hong Kong..
Box office update: GRAVITY still leads while CARRIE is second..
review: CARRIE is gorier than the original, but not better..
Friday, October 18, 2013
Krokodil is the drug to watch..
My unamed nephew at an unnamed school in Pennsylvania tells me that his unnamed classmates have spoken of an interest in finding Krokodil.. this worries me. It truly does. .
I have been spreading the message of this drug for months now after hearing about the ravages on bodies it is causing in Russia.
This is the closest thing we are going to get to the ‘zombie’ apocalypse so many joke about. But Krokodil is not a joke.. it’s a drug that has some big ramifications here in America.
It is here..
A source even confirmed to me that the MILITARY has is spreading the word among ranks, telling soldiers to avoid this drug..
For anyone who wants to try this nonsense, remember this: It eats you from the inside out.
And people are taking it—sometimes unknowingly..
If you thought heroin was bad? ? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
For anyone bored right now..
Give Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis a listen.
He’s on the top of his game tonight.. the Zodiac killer is the subject.. he was attacked by the Zodiac ghost last night while on air.. tonight his ghost hunt continues.
This is actually riveting radio—the way it was meant to be.
GHOST BUSTER GALS SPILL THE BEANS
As if you didn’t think the Art Bell return to radio was interesting enough, in comes this: First Coast to Coast AM began trying to steal guests away from DARK MATTER, but now this: Ronnie Foster and Laura Mistyeah told Art Bell last night that they were also booked for an appearance on Coast to Coast AM… Until they received a call from Tom Danheiser, the producer of Coast to Coast AM, and told them that he was doing ‘research on the net’ and found out they were booked on DARK MATTER. According to the "Ghost Buster Gals," Tommy D told them that they’d be canceled from Coast if they made an appearance on Art Bell’s show..
Whether Tom Danheiser knew that the two somewhat famous pet ghost hunters would tell the world of this affair or not, the beans are spilled ..
Art Bell allowed the Ghost Buster gals to expound on their experience with Coast ..
Bell most likely couldn’t pass up the chance..
Tonight on Facebook, he wrote:
When I said competition I hoped would cause Coast to up their game, they must have heard lower their standards, my bad.
His bad indeed.
Things are getting dirty in the world of talk radio, perhaps.
And in other news somewhat related: Today Sirius XM dropped some very big named showed from their lineup.. No more Alex Jones.. no more Ground Zero.. and yes, no more Coast to Coast AM with George Noory..
Man Who Cries Blood Searches For Answers
His name is Michael Spann..
His condition keeps him from obtaining a job—and thereby has no health insurance.
The article doesn’t detail if Spann attempted to use the Obama care website…
Man Who Cries Blood Searches For Answers
This is Jeh Johnson (not a typo)
He’s formerly the Pentagon’s top lawyer and a key figure in the administration’s debate over the legality of drone use and will now be nominated to head the Department of Homeland Security, according to White House officials.
You may as well get to know him. In his job he’ll certainly get to know all of us.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
870k Toyotas recalled for spider-related problem
Just in time for Halloween and in light of my recent posts about spiders… SPIDERS causing problems for Toyota vehicles! Seriously.. They are causing air bag problems..
Spiders!
In October!
Around Halloween…
It’s a serious issue but by God the synchronicity is amazing on this..
870k Toyotas recalled for spider-related problem
GET READY AMERICA.
The long extended summer season is about to end. As predicted back in June by some weather experts (like Accuweather): Cold air is going to start to .. well.. do what it does at this time of the year..
Next week, a cold pattern will emerge..
I frankly don’t think I’m ready.. it’s been at least 70 degrees everyday for most of October.. A realistic wake up call is going to knock our long johns off.
It’s here.
Winter 13-14.
During the shutdown, we made every effort to water accessible plants. And of necessity, the refrigerators were emptied of all perishable foodstuffs last week. The oldest food found? A can of Campbell’s soup dated 1997! So, please remember it is everyone’s responsibility to keep the refrigerators clean
That’s pretty old soup—and actually may date back to the previous government shutdown.
….so how many federal workers you think were found still asleep at their desks when offices reopened today???
Reporter Asks 'Gravity' Director Alfonso Cuaron 'What It's Like to Film in Space'
Not sure what category to put this in.
I guess you can at least say that the reporter knew the subject matter.. But .. maybe just didn’t have a grasp on fiction..? I don’t know. I just don’t know.
But! Right now MSNBC and FOX NEWS is debating which one will hire him first!
Reporter Asks 'Gravity' Director Alfonso Cuaron 'What It's Like to Film in Space'
What leaves Victoria's Secret does not stay a secret
…here’s a sick little one from the big apple.. New York City cops are looking into 17-year-old girls who, when leaving a Victoria’s Secret in Manhattan, had a baby fetus n their bag..
They were stopped by the store’s loss prevention security.. one girl admitted having a baby in the bag..
Times like this.. I’m at a loss for words..
I wrote to you about the spiders a while ago. I keep seeing the bright orange ones in my car. One crawled across the inside of my windshield a few days ago while I was driving and one was on my steering wheel today, which I also didn't notice until I was driving. I swear I'm going to crash my car soon. I sprayed my car with an indoor bug spray though so I hope it works!
Any thing can help!
These spiders are atrocious.. I, just like you, have never seen the colors on these eight legged freaks that I am seeing this year.. I think Pennsylvania must have received a strange shipment of bananas from Peru or something..
The strangest I saw was a spider, about the size of a half dollar, with hairy legs and a yellowish tint. I thought I was going to have to shoot it in the head..
Stay safe out there.
And always check your shoes before you put them on.
*Google image search spider bite on foot and you’ll see why*
**Graphic** Video Shows Kenya Mall Terrorists Stopping To Pray During Mass Murder
As though you needed proof of how sick humans can often be..
This video will tear you to pieces .. First you’ll have tears. Then anger.
**Graphic** Video Shows Kenya Mall Terrorists Stopping To Pray During Mass Murder
JP Morgan Chase to limit cash withdrawals, prohibit all outgoing international bank wires, bank officials say
Wow.
Red alert!
Hyperinflation!
Smellen Yellen!
And no United States media outlets are yet reporting this bank control..
This is an urgent economic story..
JP Morgan Chase to limit cash withdrawals, prohibit all outgoing international bank wires, bank officials say
The 'sons of the devil' reopen the government
The United States did not default. Once again, politicians took the nation to the brink of destruction and, at the last moment, turned back and agreed on a deal—one that will only be temporary of course.. So the brink of disaster will happen again. And again. And again. But if we make it through November and December we’ll be fine..
If only elections were this year….
But the passage of the budget was not without incident—and a strange one, as well.. The HORROR REPORT reported last night about the strange Freeman rant that a House stenographer had on the floor of Congress last night… she shouted “You are all sons of the devil” as she was taken from the floor by security..
Her name is Diane Reidy, and she approached the mic in Congress like a zombie in a trance-like state.. She began to shout, saying “The greatest deception here is this is not one nation under God, it never was!”
There is video of the affair.. While some are laughing at Reidy’s predicament, this was somewhat alarming to me. There is always something strange to me about people in zombie-like appearances shouting about God, Freemasons, or anything else. It also reminded me of something I heard on Clyde Lewis just the other evening, when he spoke about the woman on an airplane shouting “God you’re my savior” in a repetitive fashion.. Are people over the edge? Has the borderline of sanity been reached and ..well, passed by? I don’t know.. I, for one, will not laugh at Reidy and her outburst..The Washington POST reported that House staffers are visibly shaken by the incident.She has been sent to the hospital for a mental ‘evaluation’.. ..
Let’s hope someone finds out just why she snapped and what took place to put her over the edge.
Imagine.. someone saying Congress is absent God. How dare she. ..
On to the news, even scarier than the Congressman who inhabit D.C. .. well, maybe..
Today at 10:17 AM, a magnitude 8 quake will strike.
Follow it live onTWITTER..
This is just a drill… For now.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
15-Year-Old Girl Attacked By Group of Teens In Delaware County
This is beyond disgusting..
Human beings often repel me.. Especially those in teenage years..
15-Year-Old Girl Attacked By Group of Teens In Delaware County
A New Dad Asks, If Male Violence Is the Biggest Threat to Women—How Do I Raise a Kind Son? by Christopher Zumski Finke
And a very interesting article…
I am raising a son myself.. My wife and I are attempting to ensure he lives his life with values and goodness, with kindness and manners. But we know, from experience and common sense, that there will be an endless amounts of paths he can take, and some we want him to take that he won’t.. Innocent little Ayden, now just under the age of three, is going to be faced with an abrasive world. We know that, too..
And even more troubling to me, the people he surrounds himself with will often lead him into barren and endless abysses, just because they can.
We may give him the every bit of knowledge to be wholesome and pure, but he will be up against so many who are not.
Parenting is difficult. I never expected some of the most difficult things about it, though, would be the unknown—those future times when we may get disappointed in a child we love so much. But it’s all apart of growing up and growing old.
My only prayer is that when my wife and I grow to a ripe old age, if God allows us to, we see our son grow to make us proud.
Isn’t that the dream of any parent?
A New Dad Asks, If Male Violence Is the Biggest Threat to Women—How Do I Raise a Kind Son? by Christopher Zumski Finke
Photo of couple engaging in public sex act actually picture of rape, female student says
The couple, described as being in their early 20s, is seen in several shots leaning against a Chase Bank window on Court Street - just a block from the Athens police station - as the man has oral sex with her.
It is oral sex.. Debate online is intense about this one already
In our Internet age I predict stories like this will become sadly more numerous…
Photo of couple engaging in public sex act actually picture of rape, female student says
Speaker John Boehner is considering letting the House take the initial vote Wednesday on a Senate-prepared bill to lift the debt ceiling and restart funding for the shuttered federal government—apparently even if House conservatives object.
Bill House of the NATIONAL JOURNAL reporting at this moment..
But today, the news will change by the moment.
Chaos in the halls of Congress.
Politics is weird and strange.. And on days like today potentially disastrous of the wrong choices get made..
China mocks U.S. as debt default looms
Tacky.
But that’s what you can do when you own a nation I guess.
China mocks U.S. as debt default looms
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
I honestly cannot believe just how close this nation is to defaulting
So many said, ‘they’ll never do it.’
Tonight, there’s still no deal in DC..
Unbelievable.
I honestly cannot believe just how close this nation is to defaulting
Ex dishes on sex life with Steve Jobs
But even more interesting to me…Jobs also thought he had a past life and a World War II pilot. Fascinating—and much more so than the sordid sex ..
Ex dishes on sex life with Steve Jobs
Monday, October 14, 2013
An "Old Jail" review
I feel I have done a great disservice to readers.. I had a wonderful experience this weekend at a ‘haunted’ attraction and failed to do any in depth posting about it.. My apologies..
I am relatively close to the beautiful town of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. If you are too, or willing to take a drive to get there, it’s worth the travels over the next few weeks until the end of the Halloween season.
The town itself is filled with culture, classy restaurants, cool stores, and one of the most interesting court houses you’ll ever be in: The Old Jail.
If you have a lack of knowledge of the coal region of Pennsylvania, know only this: Coal barons were in charge at one time. There were company stores.. there was slave labor.. child labor .. any kind of labor. Deaths in coal minds occurred regularly. Even the town of Ashland, PA, in Schuylkill County, had a hospital established that, at that time, served only the miners who succumbed to often life threatening injuries in their daily work. I have miners who were in my family.. A great grandfather that I sadly never met had a career in mining before his untimely death prior to my birth in 1980..
And also know this: Molly MaGuires became the first true labor union that organized and often fought their way to social justice. It’s worth your research or simple Google searches if you wanted to read anything further about the Mollys and their brand of unionization..
The ‘old jail’, then the Carbon County Prison, Molly Maguires who were convicted of murder (that they perhaps never committed) and met their fate: Public hangings.
The Old Jail Museum website explains the story of why their prison this way with emphasis added by me in bold:
"The building is best known as the site of the hanging of seven Irish coal miners known as Molly Maguires in the 1800s. On June 21, 1877, today known as the Day of the Rope, Alexander Campbell, Edward Kelly, Michael Doyle and John Donohue were hanged at the same time on gallows erected inside the Old Jail Museum cell block. On March 28, 1878, Thomas P. Fisher was hanged here, and on January 14, 1879, James McDonnell and Charles Sharp were hanged on the same gallows. Historians today feel the Molly Maguire trials were a surrender of state sovereignty. A private corporation (a coal/railroad company) initiated an investigation through a private detective agency (Pinkerton Detectives), a private police force (the Coal & Iron Police) arrested the alleged offenders, and private attorneys (employees of the coal companies) prosecuted these men. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided only the courtroom and the gallows. “
The site goes on to explain this, bringing in that strange paranormal element:
"Before their hanging, the men proclaimed their innocence and today historians believe many of the condemned men were falsely accused of murder. Before his hanging one of the man, thought to be Alexander Campbell, put his hand on the dirty floor of his cell and then placed it firmly on the wall proclaiming, " This handprint will remain as proof of my innocence." That handprint is visible today for everyone to view even though past wardens tried to eradicate it by washing it, painting it, and even taking down part of the wall and replastering it.”
Not mentioned in the description: Children of the rich, powerful, and important in then Mauch Chunk, were playing on the gallows the night before the hangings. The privileged few were reportedly mocking the men who would die the next day at the hands of injustice and wealthy coal barons being in charge of law..
I did see the hand print in cell block 17 when I was there.. You are not permitted to photograph the hand or touch it. No photos because, money talked and the current owners copyrighted the print.. Smart move, I suppose. So while you may not be able to have a photo proving you saw the hand, you can buy some sweat pants to prove it!
The overall atmosphere wasn’t filled with actors jumping from behind curtains, or groans in the dark with speakers.. No, this ambiance of the Old Jail Museum is just plain, maybe low key to some, and filled with dark history for others. The real paranormal story is the hand print—and a couple other little tales, probably tall, of whispers and pats on the back.. One of the tour guides told me after the show that he is aware of a female tour guide that, during one particular evening, had her hair not only touched but moved up into the air while she was conducting her presentation.. The website has a few photos of ‘ghosts’.. I personally did not see any this weekend when I was there, though I really didn’t want to. There is a certain amount of ‘ghost hunting’ that I find a little disingenuous. If there are truly spirits, I don’t think we should talk to them.. I am sure they’ll talk to us if they need something. Sometimes it’s better to let things be….without the EVPs …(A few folks did have recorders on my experience)..
The aspect of the Old Jail Museum that amazed me more was the history of it all: This old jail, filled with concrete windowless solitary confinement cells and a history of wrongful public hangings, was still used until 1995 after an inmate sued the county for'wretched housing' at the prison.. imagine! A cell in which prisoners were being injured on a regular basis just under 20 years ago.. My friend remarked to me, ‘imagine a guy being picked up for drunk driving, being put into a cell with a freaky hand print that never goes away?’ …too true.
Some researchers have tried their best to debunk the hand.. The very idea of the hand has been the talk of the town for decades.. Some still think it’s a fraud.. others think it’s a sign of innocence..
Other legends of the area are as profound.. For example, Molly Maguires were being called out during church services at Saint Ignatius in Centralia Pennsylvania (maybe you’ve heard of this town, the ‘hottest place on earth’?) .. a priest was reportedly taken to the back of the cemetery where he was beaten by activist Mollys.. The priest then, legend would say, condemned the town to misery. A mine fire later consumed it and now only a few people remain under imminent domain..
Tales like that are fun.. curses, hexes, and stories of mystery and intrigue.
And while the Old Jail Museum may not scare you as other attractions, it will allow you to get a glimpse into the past, examine your present, and wonder about your future. Did Alexander Campbell leave his mark for generations to come? …and the deeper question… did the Molly Maguires win the battle against unfair corporations, or are they still in charge?
The CW trims ‘Reign’ masturbation scene
Call me a prude.. but am I the only one who doesn’t really like what’s happening to network TV?
The CW trims ‘Reign’ masturbation scene
Walmart shelves in Springhill, Mansfield, cleared in EBT glitch
Saturday night chaos.
And you think that a post debt default world would be good? Take a peek at the human being with this story from KSLA..
A snippet:
Shelves in Walmart stores in Springhill and Mansfield, LA were reportedly cleared Saturday night, when the stores allowed purchases on EBT cards even though they were not showing limits.
The chaos that followed ultimately required intervention from local police, and left behind numerous carts filled to overflowing, apparently abandoned when the glitch-spurred shopping frenzy ended.
Springhill Police Chief Will Lynd confirms they were called in to help the employees at Walmart because there were so many people clearing off the shelves. He says Walmart was so packed, “It was worse than any black Friday” that he’s ever seen.
Lynd explained the cards weren’t showing limits and they called corporate Walmart, whose spokesman said to let the people use the cards anyway. From 7 to 9 p.m., people were loading up their carts, but when the cards began showing limits again around 9, one woman was detained because she rang up a bill of $700.00 and only had .49 on her card. She was held by police until corporate Walmart said they wouldn’t press charges if she left the food.
Lynd says at 9 p.m., when the cards came back online and it was announced over the loud speaker, people just left their carts full of food in the aisles and left."Just about everything is gone, I’ve never seen it in that condition," said Mansfield Walmart customer Anthony Fuller.
Walmart shelves in Springhill, Mansfield, cleared in EBT glitch
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Why you won't see me at Pennhurst..
HAPPY VISIONS THAT NEVER WERE
Every year I am approached by a friend who tells me they yearn to go to Pennhurst State hospital in Spring City, Pennsylvania.. and it seems, in turn, that I have to tell someone yearly of the true horror that happened at that location in the late 20th century, during our lifetime, and in modern history..
It’s a place where misery occurred. True horror happened.
And yes, it’s the site of a modern day ‘haunted house’.. and that truly upsets me beyond compare.
Here is my opinion, should you wish to read on…
Pennhurst is one of those places that maybe should just get demolished….burned to the ground..destroyed beyond repair. Actual events that took place nightly at that damned place are a hell of a lot more frightening than anything the current owners can create to scare paying customers.
Children were left to fend for themselves.. they fought for their own lives. The “mentally retarded” and “misfits” were often malnourished..beaten.. treated worse than a sick dog.. And the ratio of patient to staff was so undercut that it created a nightmare for patients who lived to remember it.
And that is why articles, like this appearing in the Tri-County RECORD, anger and repel me.. The author of the story, titled ‘PENNHURST ASYLUM IS ONE SCARY PLACE’ writes this gem:
Can you imagine being a child left in such a place? It must have been terrible to be taken away from your family (if you had the benefit of having one that cared) and basically dumped off at an institution that labeled and discarded you into one of their many buildings or cottages. Understaffed the ratio of care taker to residents was absurd and the institute was severely underfunded, having little ability to change anything. Children were basically left to fend for themselves or tied into beds, becoming often the victims of neglect, beatings and even rape. Children drew into themselves, failed to progress – some became silent. Thankfully, Pennhurst was closed down in 1987. New laws emerged.
"New laws emerged." That is the most that can be said? All of the years of misery and torture, pain and misguided government policy in the state of Pennsylvania, and that is all we can say?
AND NOW, folks, it’s a ‘haunted attraction.’ You can pay someone loads of cash to enter a facility that one facilitated abuse and mistreatment, heard the screams of innocent children on a daily basis, and became a living nightmare for countless people who were forced to experience the trauma of it all…
And not it’s a haunted house.
There may be no respect for the dead, but I don’t think there’s respect for the living either.
1987 isn’t that long ago.. Patients and employees are undoubtedly still living.
But now it’s a haunted house………….?
During this season of the witch, everyone is entitled to ‘one good scare.’ But raking in loads of money off of true suffering—suffering that happened during many of our lifetimes? Nah.. I find that tacky…disgusting.. maybe even reprehensible.
So get your tickets here and be a part of the agony that the children suffered.. laugh at their mistreatment.. Shriek at the fake horror..
And suffer the children,
Always the children.
..always the children..
SPIDERS GALORE
I received a message today from a reader who inhabits a home somewhere in my neck of the coal region woods.. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.. I was asked if I am seeing orange spiders. I am..
I have seen spiders this year that I quite honestly have never seen before.. White bodies with black legs.. hairy legs with yellow bodies.. And yes, now that it got warm this autumn, these giant orange ones.. They are all over. It’s bizarre.. and quite frankly I am a little scared of them..
I get snakes in my house about once a year. This year they were in the house four times—that I know of! But that’s no big deal to me.. Compare that to the little eight legged freaks? I’d rather the snake.. At least the snake would eat the spider.
Anyone out there seeing bugs and spiders you’ve never seen before??
A job engine sputters as hospitals cut staff.. and lots of them cuts lots of jobs..
Hospitals, a reliable source of employment growth in the recession and its aftermath, are cutting thousands jobs amid falling insurance payments and in-patient visits.
BOOM!
Another great week.
A job engine sputters as hospitals cut staff.. and lots of them cuts lots of jobs..
Miley Cyrus' back-up dancer reveals she was left 'shaking' after VMA's
Los Angeles-based performer Hollis Jane revealed on her blog: ‘I was a bear in Miley Cyrus’ VMA performance and for the first time I felt ashamed of being a little person.’
I don’t know what to think of this.. everything lately associated with Miley Cyrus is a big giant freak show. This latest story only amplifies that fact..
Not to be TwerkJerk, but I’d still venture to say this Hollis Jane knew what she was getting into before …right?
Miley Cyrus' back-up dancer reveals she was left 'shaking' after VMA's
The photo you’re looking at is an example of Victorian post-mortem photography.
Our modern world may call this creepy and weird. But think of the times it happened in.. kids weren’t living very long due to disease and other issues. A big family of 10 could be taken down to much less due to some type of medical ailment. The photos, though taken so long ago, still reverberate with some bit of ‘strange’ quality.. but I find it to be just an example of how we, the living, deal with death. Maybe this does not happen now, but for it’s time, it was a touching tradition that was meant to honor the people taken too soon from life. Perhaps these photos are not for the squeamish..
The EBT crash.. 'Was it a dry run?' someone asked. Nah, said me. Then my brain started to ponder..
….but how long would it take before social unrest if they never did?
I asked this question of myself a number of times yesterday. If you didn’t know, the EBT system was down in much of the United States. The technological glitch stopped people from using their food stamps to purchase items at grocery stories across the nation.
I heard one person asking, “Is this just a dry run?”
And that is a fascinating question, given the possibility that if our government can’t agree on anything, October 17 may be a very bad day in the markets, and the global economy. That’s the date we default.. on debt.. owned by lots of other nations.
China will be seeing red!
Nonetheless, the prospects of permanent inactive EBT cards—and social security checks that stop being sent—are possible Armageddon-like scenarios that the United States faces. About 49% of people live in a household that receives some type of government assistance. that can be minor, to major.
I have long held a belief that the people on welfare and other programs, though maligned and used as political fodder during election campaigns to divide voters, don’t pose much of a threat to anyone.. As a matter of fact, numbers back up my way of thinking: The government spends MORE on corporate welfare and programs than it does on the social end of it.. fat cats stay fat while stray cats pick at the garbage .. The same goes for humans, where big companies can achieve greatness with the held of a long arm of Uncle Sam, while social programs seem to simply keep people in the darkness of a permanent lower class ..
But all of that aside, the prospects of the food stamp program going down …right now.. are interesting.
That comment, ‘was it a dry run,’ keeps sticking in my mind like glue.
I don’t propose any form of conspiracy theory that the government would use some sort of weird experiment to see how people would react (now they’d never do such things, right?), but it’s surely interesting timing. The week coming up when the system may actually halt, and this weekend a little 17-state issue for people trying to use their cards..
Corporations that rely on government have their safety net already. They bought it—often with money from the government.. but those relying on a weekly check or a pittance of money to live? They don’t have a safety net.. Their net is tattered and filled with holes.. filled with pitfalls. What would happen if the social security checks stopped? The EBT cards? The rest of it that 49% of Americans rely on? Some others have speculated on what would happen.. I will let them do the speculation. I am just asking questions—questions based on what we saw yesterday with the system crash.
So was it a dry run?
Probably not.
But I sure bet the powers that be, whomever they be, are studying the outcome of just a few hours of a system crash to see what would happen if one of those seven disasters played out in a post October 17 world…
Great autumn nights in Jim Thorpe
I went to Jim Thorpe, PA, with a friend last night.. Coming up next week: I will be going there with my wife for our 6th wedding anniversary..
It’s a great place. Worthwhile if your visit, should you be inclined. This time of year, especially, is perfect for a visit to the OLD JAIL MUSEUM where Molly MaGuires were wrongfully hung in public for a murder they did not commit. The town is loaded with history, mystery, culture, great food, great spirits, and maybe some real ‘spirits’ too..
I feel lucky to be so close in proximity to the gem in the refuse pile.. Jim Thorpe is a downright cool place.
I envision other towns in the coal region to be future great places.. I really do. Maybe that’s the hope in me..there is so much history in other locations—but the changing area and diminishing importance of it solidifies the role of backwards nothing, unless someone comes along and wants to make the town they live in the next historically preserved JIm Thorpe.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Obama and the chilling of press freedom
In the good old days they chanted ‘yes we can’..
Now they can’t.
Obama and the chilling of press freedom
Is the internet making you (think you're) ill? You're a cyberchondriac
And I am.
It could be the worst part of having all this information at my fingertips.. And lots of incorrect diagnoses to prove it..
Is the internet making you (think you're) ill? You're a cyberchondriac
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Committing Miriam Carey..
This should not come as a shock to anyone who has any inkling of knowledge of the Miriam Carey killing in Washington DC, but it’s finally official revealed that she possessed no weapons and had “no motive” to do what she did.. Of course, her action and the lack of a weapon didn’t help stop her demise. Police shot her and killed her in front of her one-year-old child after a wild day of varied news reports ..
I ask you this, though.. Why the silence? An innocent African American woman gunned down at close range by an army of police officers in the Nation’s Capitol.. and what occurs? Congress gives a standing ovation … no civil rights leaders speak up.. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton don’t say a word any of this.. Who will weep for Miriam Carey? Her family, for one… perhaps one day her young child, a child who will luckily not remember seeing her mother be shot dead as the nation’s media happily cheered on the state’s actions in making sure she didn’t live any more seconds to tell why she was acting the way she was the day she died. enough, the family of Carey has not been permitted to view her body.. They haven’t seen the child.. few are asking how her car slammed security gates, but didn’t have air bags deploy, and didn’t have any hardcore visible damage when cops finally cornered her. And finally, the big one, why are no media organizations concerned with the reality of events and why she actually died that fateful day in Washington D.C. ??
Where the lonely people in New York City go after they die..
Hart Island is 131 acres and has been uninhabited for years..
It’s on the Western Part of Long Island.
And since 1869, the location has been used as a burial grounds for those who could not afford the luxuries of higher priced funerals and caskets..
According to the eerie report from SMITHSONIAN, 2,000 people a year are buried there, with about 850,000 in all over the past 100+ years..Even more: Dismembered body parts constitute a small minority of the burials. SMITHSONIAN REPORTS:
An estimated one-third of the burials are of very young children. With one exception—“special child baby 1 1985,” the first child to die of AIDS in New York City—the bodies are buried in mass graves..
McDonald’s worker arrested after telling company president she can’t afford shoes
You are reading that headline right. She was arrested—not told to stop, not removed—but arrested at the public event for heckling the President of McDonalds.
Even people who heckle the president don’t get arrested..that’s president of the United States.
McDonald’s worker arrested after telling company president she can’t afford shoes
Famous paintings are turning black.. and it’s being blamed on mercury..Apparently elemental mercury, which forms under exposure to light and chlorine ions in the air, degrades paintings.. and some famous images painted by famed men of the past, are turning black..
The Quiet Zone in West Virginia--where cell phones and WIFI are nonexistent for 13,000 square miles..
There are no physical signs you’ve entered the National Radio Quiet Zone, a 13,000-square-mile area that covers the eastern half of West Virginia.
Interesting..
There is a lot of ‘noise’ .. but real and white noise. Sometimes you can almost feel the electronic bursts of WIFI and cell towers flowing through your body like a cancerous disease.
But not in this location in West Virginia..
….though maybe some other things lurk in this same quiet zone..?
The Quiet Zone in West Virginia--where cell phones and WIFI are nonexistent for 13,000 square miles..
A lawsuit says that the United Nations not only caused an outbreak of cholera in Haiti but then covered up its role in the worst outbreak of the disease in modern history..
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
In regards to the article you posted, in high school all my classes started switching over to reading and math courses geared to doing well on the state tests. That's all we learned over and over. How to solve common questions on those tests. What we were learning bored me. It didn't make me think. It required no real skill or thought process. It was the same shit over and over every year. Now wonder we are so stupid. I used to love learning before it became all about the state tests.
Thanks for the message. I know what you mean..
Everything in education seems to be just “processed” anymore, like McDonalds food. The same education everywhere.. no matter the class size or background of the student. I cannot even imagine many schools teaching local history anymore.. nothing relating to things that matter to the area a child is growing up in..
I am not an education expert—though I have debated as of late whether I should go back to school for a certificate to teach—so until then I cannot really exclaim I know the problems and errors within our system.
But I can say this.. what we are doing is not working. We are raising a generation shaky on basics, and almost absent many fundamentals that other nations have—and our collective hind end is being handed to us with a big giant bow on it..
Again.. something needs to be done to alleviate the masses of the asses, and bring the herd up to speed on what really matters.
A 21st century style of teaching … something else needs to be done in the modern era..
And maybe it already started and I missed the beginning—perhaps others out there with a subject matter expertise on such things can enlighten me and give me hope. Until then… adults in the US of A will just be plain out dumber than the rest of the world..
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It’s a melancholy type of day..
This song is about John Lennon. But for some reason, especially this time of year, it reminds me of some very important people in my own personal life that passed away.. There are lots of empty gardens out there.. I know you know of some, too
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US adults are dumber than the average human
WASHINGTON — It’s long been known that America’s school kids haven’t measured well compared with international peers. Now, there’s a new twist: Adults don’t either.
US adults are dumber than the average human
An interesting video.. I actually was not aware that kids as young as 13 were subjected to solitary confinement as much as they apparently are.. this video explains and demonstrates that point through some hard hitting scenes..
And now the ACLU has called on the Justice Department to disallow the punishment
(MORE HERE)
Human Rights watch called for a ban a while back..
And really, there does not seem to be any overall public benefit to providing solitary torture for teenagers ..
In a nation that seems fine with disappearing people, giving drones the ability to decide who to kill, and using weapons to stop tourists from looking at Yellowstone, I don’t think this noble goal has much immediate traction..
But it should..
Again.. I never knew it was as prevalent as it is.
An interesting video.. I actually was not aware that kids as young as 13 were subjected to solitary confinement as much as they apparently are.. this video explains and demonstrates that point through some hard hitting scenes..
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