NASA had said it suspected a sensor error and that astronauts were not thought to be in any danger.
Reported ammonia leak on the International Space Station proves to be false alarm
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Reported ammonia leak on the International Space Station proves to be false alarm
Reported ammonia leak on the International Space Station proves to be false alarm
As the NEW YORK TIMES reports,
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany was right there next to the president of France on Sunday, marching through the streets of Paris for all the world to see — all the world, that is, except the readers of an ultra-Orthodox newspaper in Israel.
The newspaper, HaMevaser, altered a front-page photograph of the march to remove Ms. Merkel and other female leaders, setting off snickers and satire on social media.
Ultra-Orthodox publications generally avoid pictures of women for reasons of modesty, and their intended audience has been known to scratch women’s faces out of bus advertisements and to bar them from running for public office in their parties. But some people saw the deletions from the Paris photograph as a more serious sin.
CBS News is just one media outlet choosing to show the defiant cover of the new, post-massacre issue of Charlie Hebdo, which features a caricature of the prophet Mohammed shedding a tear under the headline “All Is Forgiven” and holding a sign which says “I Am Charlie.”
They are just one.
And not enough others are..
If you get the chance, listen to this 11 minute episode from NPR about the plight and story of Martin Pistorius
I have so many emotions running through my head about this young man—an amazing story. He was trapped inside his body for years.. Could not move.. his parents taking care of him, in a monotonous way, for 12 years.. and yet he now is able to speak through technology and a computer, he wrote a book about his trapped soul inside this body and his encountering of those silent demons of the mind.
Of course some may say the scariest is having to listen to the BARNEY show for hours a day for years—that is horrific, don’t you think?
From NPR, a highlight worth reading:
He was trapped, with only his thoughts for company. And they weren’t particularly nice thoughts.
"No one will ever show me tenderness. No one will ever love me."
And of course there was no way to escape. He thought, “You are doomed.”
So he figured his only option was to leave his thoughts behind.
That was his first strategy — disengaging his thoughts — and he says he got really good at it.
"You don’t really think about anything," Martin says. "You simply exist. It’s a very dark place to find yourself because, in a sense, you are allowing yourself to vanish."
But occasionally there were things that elicited thoughts he could not ignore.
Like Barney.
"I cannot even express to you how much I hated Barney," Martin says.
Since all the world thought Martin was a vegetable, at the special care center where he spent his days he was often in front of the TV watching reruns of the children’s cartoon hour after hour, day after day.
Then one day, he decided he’d had enough. He wanted to gain some small measure of control over his day. So he figured out how to tell time by how the sun moved across a room. That was the start.
Eventually Martin found a way to reframe even the ugliest thoughts that haunted him. Like when his mother said, “I hope you die.”
I cannot even comprehend the magnitude of a child hearing his own mother tell him that she hopes he dies.. and yet she did because she felt he was living in an awful condition..
Yet he came out of it..
His parents are now emotional about the years they endured their trials and he is almost heroic in his description of outlasting his tribulation..
The story is inspiring, and it’s also seemingly one of luck.. not dumb luck, but perhaps a guided sense of purpose type of luck.
I would love to meet Martin and shake his hand and thank him for causing me to stop my own life for a while, slow down, and start re-thinking about a big picture I often forget.. the big picture of humanity.. and more than anything else, the big picture of respecting someone’s dignity and how, no matter what, we all deserve dignity..
This caused me to rethink some stuff and open some old wounds.. I am sure it will you, too, should you take the time to listen and contemplate..
Miracles do happen.
But why?
And why not to all?
Those are those unending questions that make me sleepless at night.
But for Martin, this amazing human, his words and inspiration may lead others to find a way out of their plight as well..
If you get the chance, listen to this 11 minute episode from NPR about the plight and story of Martin Pistorius
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
BPA alternative disrupts normal brain-cell growth, is tied to hyperactivity, study says
The chemical, BPS, is found in many products that bear the “BPA-free” label.
Great.. just great..
As hard as it is will be, the main goal in life suddenly seems to be: Just stay away from all plastic.
Good luck with that..
BPA alternative disrupts normal brain-cell growth, is tied to hyperactivity, study says
Michael Hoyt, John Boehner plot: FBI says Boehner's bartender at country club planned to poison him
Let me just say, if you thought 2014 was strange, this years beginning no different…
Now we have the speaker of the house’s bartender plotting to kill him because the devil’s making him do it? These headlines read like a strange spy novel, but they’re true
I just wonder what the speaker’s drink of choice was, I’m sure something tropical to go with his orange glow..
Michael Hoyt, John Boehner plot: FBI says Boehner's bartender at country club planned to poison him
Meet the man who spent 12 years trapped inside his body watching ‘Barney’ reruns
Martin Pistorius suffered from a rare condition called “locked-in syndrome”
I read at least a dozen different articles on this boy today.. I plan on coming up with some more coherent thoughts when In have some time.. there is so much I am thinking..
The most moving thing I heard was an NPR interview with this miracle named Martin and his parents..
Some very eye opening and moving moments..
For now, this Washington POST article sums up some good facts..
Meet the man who spent 12 years trapped inside his body watching ‘Barney’ reruns
Fort Hood soldier’s death prompts HAZMAT response
The soldier just returned from duty in the hotzone of Ebola in West Africa..
MORE:
Killeen Police told KXXV the cause of death is unknown and that the soldier’s body has been sent to Dallas for an autopsy.
The soldier returned from Liberia in early January. Soldiers returning from West Africa are supposed to be in quarantine for 21 days after returning to the U.S. However, Fort Hood Officials said this soldier was home on emergency leave and was “self-monitoring himself twice-a-day and report his status to medical officials.”
Fort Hood Officials told NBC News there is no indication had Ebola nor is there any danger to the community.
Tests ongoing..
Fort Hood soldier’s death prompts HAZMAT response
Monday, January 12, 2015
Finally news about a wrestler not tragically dying too young..
MACHO MAN Randy Savage is going to be inducted into the WWE hall of fame..
The announcement coming tonight on RAW.
And long overdo ..
Snap into a Slim Jim..
(AND BEFORE YOU TELL ME THAT WRESTLING IS FIXED, READ 'THE FIX IS IN' .. at least wrestling doesn’t pretend to be real like other sports)
The Obama administration acknowledged today that it erred by failing to send a higher-profile representative of the United States to the Paris unity march on Sunday.
To be fair, wasn’t it just about 11 years ago when Americans were renaming french fries “freedom fries”? We even accuse John Kerry of being French! I guess that scared him so much now he won’t even go to the country when he should..
Spotify Ltd., an Internet and mobile music-streaming service, now has more than 15 million paying subscribers, representing 25 percent of all users. Total active users exceed 60 million, according to Stockholm-based Spotify’s website. That number increased from 50 million two months ago
Yesterday it was revealed that the elderly are flocking to Facebook to tend to their Farmvilles.. meanwhile the young stream music and don’t own anything..
Take that Taylor..
Spotify Ltd., an Internet and mobile music-streaming service, now has more than 15 million paying subscribers, representing 25 percent of all users. Total active users exceed 60 million, according to Stockholm-based Spotify’s website. That number increased from 50 million two months ago
Five small earthquakes were recorded within a 5 1/2-hour span in eastern Connecticut on Monday, including a 3.1-magnitude quake that was felt in parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts
If you are a follower of DUTCHSINCE, this may not come as a surprise.. for days he has predicted a quake to strike along the East Coast..
Now we have five..
Five small earthquakes were recorded within a 5 1/2-hour span in eastern Connecticut on Monday, including a 3.1-magnitude quake that was felt in parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts
The Twitter account published a list of generals and addresses associated with them, titled "Army General Officer Public Roster (by rank) 2 January 2014// Subsequent posts read, "Pentagon Networks Hacked! China Scenarios" and "Pentagon Networks Hacked. Korean Scenarios."
This is how REUTERS is reporting the news of the day:
We can confirm that the CENTCOM Twitter and YouTube accounts were compromised earlier today. We are taking appropriate measures to address the matter,” Central Command said in a statement.
President Barack Obama is preparing to outline new proposals to protect the United States from cybersecurity threats.
After the hacking, the heading of the Central Command Twitter account showed a figure in a black-and-white headscarf and the words “CyberCaliphate” and “I love you ISIS,” using an acronym for the Islamic State group.
Central Command’s YouTube account featured videos posted by the U.S. military of air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq. It apparently was hacked to add two videos titled “Flames of War ISIS Video” and “O Soldiers of Truth Go Forth.”
The Twitter account published a list of generals and addresses associated with them, titled "Army General Officer Public Roster (by rank) 2 January 2014// Subsequent posts read, "Pentagon Networks Hacked! China Scenarios" and "Pentagon Networks Hacked. Korean Scenarios."
Social media accounts for the U.S. military's Central Command appeared to have been hacked on Monday, with the posting of messages on Twitter and YouTube threatening American troops.
Among the hacked: Central Command TWITTER, YOUTUBE Sites Compromised…
This screenshot of the hacking aftermath:
Along with it, a threatening message was left on the CENTCOM Twitter page:
And there was one irony that occurred with this event.. while the hacking news was being shared with the world, the President was in the midst of a briefing on cyber-security..
Social media accounts for the U.S. military's Central Command appeared to have been hacked on Monday, with the posting of messages on Twitter and YouTube threatening American troops.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Victims of the Church care home Dr Mengele: For Teresa and her children, the damage of drug experiments inflicted on girls in Church of England care homes 20 years ago can never be undone
This could be a must read-but at your own risk. It may challenge your foundational view of religious authority and also question why men and women of God—so they say—are so often seemingly more from the raw pits of hell than anywhere else..
So many examples can be cited in this article that would give someone chills of they fully contemplate them..
Victims of the Church care home Dr Mengele: For Teresa and her children, the damage of drug experiments inflicted on girls in Church of England care homes 20 years ago can never be undone
The movies of 2015 to anticipate..
A listing of the major movies in 2015 to look forward to.. Among those titles, blasts from the past like STAR WARS and JURASSIC PARK..MAD MAX and TERMINATOR.. It may be a big year for cinema.. And some other films I am looking forward to: M Night Shyamalan’s THE VISIT, the POLTERGEIST remake, and Stephen King’s CELL movie..AINT IT COOL has the epic list of the other amazing movies being released in ’15..
Indiana Couple Arrested for Filming Baby Playing With Handgun
Freedom of speech.. Gun rights. I am fine with both .
But idiot parents? Oh I dislike them so much..
And this is a prime example of idiot parents at their most deplorable and morally bankrupt.
And stupid.
Plain out stupid..
Indiana Couple Arrested for Filming Baby Playing With Handgun
Feel Free to Breastfeed Here, Pope Tells Mothers in Sistine Chapel
Holy milk, Francis!
This is a big deal. The act of breast feeding or the allowance of it may have gotten someone killed in old times! If this was 1500, we’d be putting the pope on that special chair to see if anything was dangling below.
Either way, this is an advanced form of thought and maturity that has the Pope thinking modern.
Now I suppose scores of Catholic school boys will suddenly want their religion teachers to plan a voyage to the Sistine Chapel during spring..
Feel Free to Breastfeed Here, Pope Tells Mothers in Sistine Chapel
Facebook: Not doomed as users’ engagement increases and more seniors are joining in last year
This is amazing.. Facebook begins as a social experiment in a college.. a way of picking up women and getting sex.. it turns into an underage delight, with people way too young being on there experimenting with posting nonsense their parents should not see.
And now, the elderly come in.. joining in huge numbers and becoming addicted to FARMVILLE and all of the other atrocious games that people play.
The social network.. aging and graying.. but strong still..
Facebook: Not doomed as users’ engagement increases and more seniors are joining in last year
Arsonists attack German paper that published French cartoons
Police in Germany have detained two men suspected of an arson attack early Sunday against a newspaper that republished the cartoons of French weekly Charlie Hebdo.
Meanwhile, a few other notes..
Latest: France terror suspect Hayat Boumeddiene ‘in Syria’
Big crowd–and lots of security–expected in Paris for ‘day of unity’..
Arsonists attack German paper that published French cartoons
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Apparently one of the French terrorists met with THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE (Sarkozy) in 2009..
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Fear and social networking in Paris
CNN reporting this in late Saturday night dispatches..
;French law enforcement officers have been told to erase their presence on social media and to carry their weapons at all times because terror sleeper cells have been activated over the last 24 hours in the country, a French police source who attended a briefing today told CNN Terror Analyst Samuel Laurent
Developing..
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There’s always time for Billy Joel, but after getting a 3am text from a friend saying that songs by him, especially this one, makes him think of me, I found the need to post this Saturday..
This song has been a very important song for me since 1993 when it came out. I find it to be the best song on the RIVER OF DREAMS album and, clearly, prophetic since it was the last time Joel actually crafted a pop album..
Another little secret of this song is that it reminds me of my birthday in September.. and my favorite time of year, the autumn.. and changes, and growing.. and aging.. And all the good and amazing things in life, but all of the troubling as well..
I recently was looking through some old art I drew in high school and found an image of a friend I drew around 1996 and I sent it to him. He and I had a long, meaningful, and nostalgic Facebook conversation that took us from our first Angelfire websites all the way to talking about those from our class of 1999 who have already tragically succumbed to their final fates of death..
This song, I think, can be a soundtrack to life in some way. An anthem—but you can pick what it is an anthem to. Either the goodness of that wedding cake, or sadness of seeing apples fall from trees in autumn.
We all find meaning in something, or at least attempt to..
My friend finds this song to mean something about me,
And at 3am, that can get you emotional.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Saturday morning cartoons
SATURDAY JANUARY 10 2015
Bizarre coverage on CNN of the Paris terror attack leads to this: Anderson Cooper has to correct colleague Chris Cuomo after Cuomo describes one of the terrorists as “AFRICAN AMERICAN”!
For the first time since World War I, a Synagogue is closed on Shabbat in Paris..
Update on the Boko Haram extermination: A town has been hit.. And hit hard.. as reported yesterday, some say hundreds are dead but other experts are standing by their number of 2,000 dead. Can you just contemplate that for a second? In our modern world–the 21st century–we are still seeing murderous maniacs kills .. and their success rate is getting better by the murder.. Amnesty International is calling this the deadliest in Haram’s history..
News from Venezuela .. shoppers throng grocery stores under the protection of the military.. note the news media reports “under the protection” of the military. That connotes a good feeling, doesn’t it? That the military is allowing people to safely get food.. But consider the real truth: There are massive food shortages that has forced the government to actually put food distribution UNDER THE CONTROL of the military, assuring that people will only receive the small rations the military deems is necessary.. there are long lines in many places, and people still cannot get the basic goods they need to live. And why the food shortages? Collapsing oil prices and 60+ percent inflation rates.
Anonymous now declares war no terrorist websites.
The next thing to fear: Chaos predicted as we add another second to the clock in the summer.. But hey, at least it won’t be cold and snowy when all technology and power system fail, right?
DAD SOUGHT BAPTISM OF CHILD BEFORE KILLING HER BY THROWING HER OFF OF A BRIDGE..
Father if six sacrifices child to ‘gain magical powers’..
Consider this: DRONE parenting on the rise.. Move over baby monitors.. drones are coming in for the landing on your baby’s crib. And while some may fear such change and, as so often said, claim it will be a ‘mark of the beast,’ I say good! technology that can keep tabs on a baby’s heart and pulse while they rest and you can comfortably count no a drone to keep tabs..? that’s not bad. And not for one second do I believe that it will eliminate any human emotion or interaction with a child, it will only compliment those nervous parents (like me) who constantly want to make sure their child is okay. Three cheers for technology. There will be so many good things that come with it. Oh, and the mark of the beast, as well..
More good technology: Light bulbs that will help your house catch thieves..
The time bomb waiting to go off? Ground sinking below Iceland volcano by up to a foot a day!
Earthquakes are increasing in North America.. As are weird booms and blasts. In Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Ohio, and Oklahoma.. These weird rumbles have occurred in various places for years. But suddenly they are all seemingly happening in a number of states at the same time–incidentally, the booms are coming all from states that allow underground fracking..
A Bill Murray movie that went unseen for 30 years just got a showing in the night owl hours on TURNER CLASSIC MOVIE.. It is called NOTHING LASTS FOREVER .. AND YES, it even included “Larry Bud Melman” of 1980s David Letterman fame..
AOL/TIME WARNER deal 15 years later. It is still considered the worst deal of the century..
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I am not making this up.. this helped me last night.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Theory: The Marvel Universe Explained: All of Stan Lee's Cameos Connected?!?!
He has appear in every Marvel movie from Iron Man to Guardians of the Galaxy, but are all of Stan Lee’s cameos connected?
I love Stan Lee theories..
Theory: The Marvel Universe Explained: All of Stan Lee's Cameos Connected?!?!
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Take this seriously.. it works well.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Friday, January 9, 2015
Daycare in Wyndmoor, Montgomery County shut down after child dies
State authorities have shut down a day care in Wyndmoor, Montgomery County has been shut down following the death of a child.
Apparently footage exists of a worker putting a sheet over a child’s face.
I have no words that describe my anger and disgust. I am sure you don’t either..
Daycare in Wyndmoor, Montgomery County shut down after child dies
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I bet you, or your child, or someone you know had to take a fever reducer before going to bed tonight. A short video reminding you why you get them.. Happy flu season America.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Boko Haram May Have Killed Thousands in Attack, Say Experts
2015 is shaping up to be a year of death..
Boko Haram May Have Killed Thousands in Attack, Say Experts
CNN reporting:
The Kouachi brothers have been killed in an operation by security forces, the mayor of Othis, France, Bernard Corneille, told CNN. Police have said Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34, were suspects in Wednesday’s Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris.
CHARLIE HEBDO TERROR LATEST: PARIS STANDOFFS
A DEVELOPING STORY..
THE ARTICLES THUS FAR..
- HEBDO SUSPECTS CORNERED
- HOLDING HOSTAGE
- WANT ‘TO DIE AS MARTYRS’
- Second Hostage Situation at Kosher Market in Paris…
- 2 intense standoffs in France
- French Police Surround Terrorist Suspects at Industrial Park
- Live: Hostage fears as Charlie Hebdo killing suspects holed up in building
- Fear, paranoia in wooded area where suspects hunted…
Hell breaking out in France
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told CNN affiliate BFM-TV that an operation was underway in the Dammartin-en-Goele area, as police hunt the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo attack.
Charlie Hebdo: 'major operation' north-east of Paris in hunt for suspects
A major operation is underway in Dammartin-en-Goele where police helicopters have been deployed.
Police are reported to have entered negotiations with the suspects amid still unconfirmed claims that they are holding at least one hostage.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Ghislaine Maxwell hits back amid a devastating sex scandal
New York socialite - pictured with Prince Andrew at Heidi Klum’s ‘Hookers and Pimps’ Halloween party - is fighting for her reputation after being dragged into an underage sex scandal.
This is not going away..
Ghislaine Maxwell hits back amid a devastating sex scandal
Dad's Strange Behavior Unsettled Some Before Child's Killing
Hours before John Jonchuck Jr. allegedly threw his 5-year-old daughter off a Florida bridge, he called his lawyer “God” and asked her to read from a Bible written in Swedish
Strange or not strnage, what Jonchuck did to his daughter is reprehensible.. NBC NEWS reports,
The 11 a.m. Wednesday encounter in Tampa was so disturbing that the attorney, Genevieve Torres, called police to report that Jonchuck was acting strangely and had just left her office — and she warned that he had his daughter with him.
He “started talking to me and saying I was the creator, I was God and then he wanted to read a Bible of his — I said, ‘I can’t, it’s in Swedish’ — he started being really … I mean, he’s nuts,” the attorney told a dispatcher, according to audio released by the sheriff’s office Thursday.
"What I’m saying is, he’s out of his mind, and he has a minor child with him."
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office sent a deputy specially trained to deal with the mentally ill to speak with Jonchuck, who at that point was at St. Paul’s Catholic Church with his daughter, Phoebe, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies, however, found no reason to detain him.
Phoebe “was smiling and appeared properly clothed and happy,” according to the police report. Jonchuck denied he intended to hurt her or himself, and said he had never been diagnosed with a mental illness.
The pastor of the church said Jonchuck’s behavior was odd — he would say “I am the Pope,” and then, “I know I am not,” but he also told deputies he didn’t think Jonchuck was a threat, the report said.
But Jonchuck, 25, allegedly threw Phoebe from the bridge just after midnight Thursday.The girl fell 60 feet into the cold waters of Tampa Bay and was found dead. Authorities aren’t sure whether the child was alive when she was thrown off the bridge.
It’s difficult to conjure in your mind.. It certainly sounds like things were being conjured in his .. despite whatever mental state he was in or still is in, I doubt there will be much understanding when this presses on to trial..
Dad's Strange Behavior Unsettled Some Before Child's Killing
Jonathan Laurence in SLATE: Marine Le Pen told a talk show host on Thursday morning she was “still waiting for her phone to ring” with an invitation from the prime minister to participate in Sunday’s national unity march. But Le Pen’s phone has remained silent. Government leaders are gambling that they don’t need her and can keep the National Front at a safe distance from its street-level display of strength and solidarity
The timing of the Paris attacks couldn’t be more interesting.. an election coming and a victory for an insurgent right wing candidate looks like a good chance.
Jonathan Laurence in SLATE: Marine Le Pen told a talk show host on Thursday morning she was “still waiting for her phone to ring” with an invitation from the prime minister to participate in Sunday’s national unity march. But Le Pen’s phone has remained silent. Government leaders are gambling that they don’t need her and can keep the National Front at a safe distance from its street-level display of strength and solidarity
America about to change
President Barack Obama says he’ll propose making two years of community college “free for everybody who’s willing to work for it.” CNN reporting. And everyone else will soon..
J.C. Penney, Macy's to shut stores, lay off scores
If anyone visited a mall this Christmas season, this should come as no surprise
J.C. Penney, Macy's to shut stores, lay off scores
Blast hits restaurant near mosque in France's east
Is this a continuation of yesterday’s terror attack?
Blast hits restaurant near mosque in France's east
The Complete Guide to Horror Movies in 2015
It is as complete I suppose as one could get..
It looks like a solid group of garbage in my opinion, with a few gems of exceptions..
But 2014 was an equally useless year for the genre.. So why not continue suckage well into ‘15..
The Complete Guide to Horror Movies in 2015
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Science says you might have psychopathic traits if you post a lot of selfies
Here is the gist of the study as reported by the UK INDEPENDENT:
Men who take more selfies have higher than average traits of narcissism and psychopathy, a study from academics at Ohio State University has found.
The research, published in the journal of Personality and Individual Differences, looked at 800 men between the ages of 18-40 who completed an online survey about how many photos they posted on social media, and another questionnaire looking at their personality traits.
It also found men who edited their selfies before posting them were more likely to have traits of narcissism but editing selfies was not linked to psychopathic traits.
I am a bit back and forth on this, quite frankly.
I am not a selfie kind of guy, and typically avoid cameras.. but at times I really enjoy having photographs of myself in certain situations. Nostalgia sets in quickly. I also appreciate that my wife snaps a number of photos of the family for posterity..
However, I also know people who take lots of snapshots of themselves to document, in a sense, their self importance. And yes, they put that colored hue on it courtesy of the iPhone effects of Instagram editing.. Virtually no photo taken anymore is actually of the scene. Instead colors are changed and the edits are done to make the fragmentation look better and the pixelation tanner.
I do not think, though, that every person who is a selfie fiend is also a self-aggrandizing psychopath in the works..
But a lot are.
I think that..
Think back to history, though. I would say this: If cell phones were around during Black Plague, the Middle Ages, the Civil War, the French Revolution, selfies would have been just as popular then as they are now.
Even during the 1800s, it was a major big deal to get a family portrait snapped.. It was historic for a person to get their image solidified in history.
Now there’s a billion selfies being posted every second of the day. And quite frankly, the more that get posted the less they matter.
Psychopaths maybe. But it’s a psychopathic world where no one gives a damn anymore about what you ate or where you went. You simply exist in your own small sheltered world of self importance.
Enjoy it.
Science says you might have psychopathic traits if you post a lot of selfies
Katie Couric, Woody Allen: Jeffrey Epstein's Society Friends Close Ranks
Despite the pedophile mogul’s conviction for soliciting underage prostitution, his circle is standing by their man. Scientists whose research Epstein funded also back the billionaire, writes Alexandra Wolfe.
Katie Couric, Woody Allen: Jeffrey Epstein's Society Friends Close Ranks
A new study from reputable sources claims that the SUN may actually predict how long a person lives
The lifespan of those born in periods of solar maximum — interludes marked by powerful flares and geomagnetic storms — was “5.2 years shorter” on average than those born during a solar minimum, they found. “Solar activity at birth decreased the probability of survival to adulthood,” thus truncating average lifespan, according to the paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Causation or correlation?
I am sure there are people who are surprised to see such astrology making the rounds in real news sources today.. but this study seems to confirm long held worship of the giant orange ball in the sky..
But think about the actual results. . In a way, they make perfect sense.
Everything is connected.. we all are, too..
Looks like I have five years less.. 1980 was a big year for solar flares.
A new study from reputable sources claims that the SUN may actually predict how long a person lives
Jeffrey Epstein And A Long History Of Slime
And some names may surprise you.
LIKE STEPHEN HAWKING!?
The SMOKING GUN reports:
Epstein refers to himself as a “science and education philanthropist” who sponsors “cutting edge science around the world.” In 2012, Epstein hosted Stephen Hawking at a science conference held on his private Caribbean island. The theoretical physicist joined the sex offender, three Nobel Prize winners, and other noted scientists like Lawrence Krauss for a discussion on gravity.
The sordid tale only gets weirder..
Jeffrey Epstein And A Long History Of Slime
Y2K-15?!
The International Earth Rotation Service will add a leap second on June 30 to sync up the atomic clock time to Earth’s rotational time.
And that is supposedly now going to cause a problem for the internet..
Here is a good summation of the summer’s upcoming computer problems from THE VERGE
Of course, not every website or company has the sort of engineering resources needed to implement something like a “leap smear,” and when June 30th rolls around in the summer, you can expect to see the odd outage or two. Beyond clever engineering though, there’s not much to be done. As The Telegraph reports, there are some factions in the US that would like to drop the leap second altogether, but doing so would mean unmooring our concept of time from one of the most fundamental timescales, the solar day, and setting civil time on a path forever diverging from time as measured by our planet. Would it be worth the trouble? We’ll get another chance to find out on June 30th.
Just something else to worry about.
As far as why the second is being added: The earth’s rotation has slowed..
While I have seen a multitude of theories as to why, let’s not forget the major earthquakes of the past ten years—and even how some speculated after the Japan quake in ‘11 that it caused an earth wobble and affected time itself.
Cue the DON’T HUG ME I’M SCARED VIDEO.
Y2K-15?!
I thoroughly disdain the term “polar vortex” .. I liked the 1990s term ‘Arctic Express” much better. It felt happier and more a reminder of winter as opposed to the deadly cold that is going to bite our faces away..
Just look at how cold it’s going to get.. The way it will fear as far as Florida.. this is a deep freeze.
It may not last long. But with temperatures that low who cares.. let it end fast..
UNEXPECTED Strong geomagnetic storm hits Earth
The warning also said that the storm could push the area where the Aurora could be seen as far south as Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon.
The main intensity of the storm was supposed to have affected the planet just before 6:30 a.m. but the storm was reported to still be in progress at 9 a.m.
The storm was being called ‘unexpected’ .. This is how SPACE WEATHER documented today’s event:
UNEXPECTED GEOMAGNETIC STORM: A strong G3-class geomagnetic storm erupted during the early hours of Jan. 7th, sparking bright auroras around Earth’s poles. What happened? The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) near our planet tipped south, opening a crack in Earth’s magnetosphere. Solar wind poured in to fuel the strongest magnetic storm since Sept. 2014. NOAA analysts believe the fluctuation in IMF is related to the arrival of a CME originally expected to miss Earth. Browse the aurora gallery for pictures of the event.
The geomagnetic storm is the strongest to hit Earth since September..
UNEXPECTED Strong geomagnetic storm hits Earth
This is an image of a police offering begging for his life at the Charlie Hebdo building.. The media is opting to only show this still image and now the next scene in which the officer has his head blown off..
FLASHBACK: White House slams French magazine Charlie Hebdo over Islam cartoons
An interesting flasback via poorrichardsnews:
This is from 2012. Leave it to the Obama administration to take the side of the terrorists…
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Wednesday criticized the “judgment” of a French satirical magazine for publishing cartoons that are critical of the Islamist political movement, amid the routine threat of attacks by Islamists during President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign.
“We are aware that a French magazine published cartoons featuring a figure resembling the prophet Muhammad, and obviously we have questions about the judgment of publishing something like this,” Carney told reporters during a midday press briefing at the White House.
“We know these images will be deeply offensive to many and have the potential be be inflammatory,” Carney said in a prepared statement.
The French government reacted to the expected threats by temporarily shutting down embassies and schools in 20 countries with significant Muslim populations.
Certainly, in the perceptive of today’s events, this is interesting..
FLASHBACK: White House slams French magazine Charlie Hebdo over Islam cartoons
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Raw footage of the Paris terror attack..
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
EARTHQUAKES CONTINUE IN TEXAS!
9 in 24 hours..
Make that 11 in 27!
New information breaking shows a steady continuation of the quakes around Dallas..
The latest two ..
8:34 a.m. Wednesday 2.6 magnitude
9:57 a.m. Wednesday 2.7 magnitude
The aim is to laugh. We want to laugh at the extremists — every extremist. They can be Muslim, Jewish, Catholic. Everyone can be religious, but extremist thoughts and acts we cannot accept.
Charlie Hebdo journalist LAURENT LEGER, speaking after the firebombing of his publication’s offices in 2011; the controversial magazine had published caricatures of the prophet Muhammad.
(via Time Magazine)
And the events of today have led to anything but laughter..
Alcohol poisoning kills 6 men a day
A report Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found six Americans die each day from alcohol poisoning.
This may rock the world you have been safely cocooned in for quite some time, but here ye go: The people who die from excessive drinking are not teens are college kids, but instead middle age males.. The deaths occur in ages between 35 and 64—the professional years when ‘happy hour’ consists of an entire night and beer inflated stomachs get even larger with rich foods, fancy cigars, and martinis. . the ‘classy male’ of stock photos is nothing like the real one in life.. The bulbous nose with red pours large enough to look like a crater on the moon.. This is the reality..
Throw into the mix, in a few dive bars in towns across America, those males who still wear their dimmed and faded high school varsity football jackets..
Also this.. the body changes after the age of 30. Anyone in their 30s could recognize that..
I have a personal tale about alcohol, one I will keep at a minimum but simply glaze over the top.. I have virtually quit drinking. The only lapse in judgement occurred just this Christmas when I had a bit too much wine, and then a stomach flu hit me causing me never to want to drink wine again. Ever..
I was a drinking expert in my 20s. . Looking at myself now, and photos of me then, I am not proud to admit I excessively drank.. It was a choice made after having a child, and realizing the pains that come with being drunk and hung over, and having a child with diapers to change.
While I don’t want to get preachy on a soap box, I contend that it’s a fine choice to make now to stop drinking, for anyone out there who is.. if you can handle alcohol and drink moderately, fine. But if you’re predisposed to have one too many, or ten too many, stop now. You may be a statistic ..
And even if you’re not, you will soon not be able to see your feet and when you go to the bathroom, the netherworld will be a mystery.
Of course you can argue the premise that wine has health benefits. Which is may. But so does grape juice and dark chocolate.. and those won’t kill you or cause binge deaths..
Okay.. perhaps I was on more of a soap box than I expected there..
My apologies for the lecture.
But………..
THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY YOU’LL LOOK LIKE:
….but this is reality:
Alcohol poisoning kills 6 men a day
Astronomers to Earth: You've got some newly found near-twins
We are getting closer and closer and closer to finding out something we deep down already know: There is life out there. We may never meet the life, but just knowing it exists will be enough to shatter all human perceptions of our own reality.. And that is why the Vatican would indeed baptize an alien..
Astronomers to Earth: You've got some newly found near-twins
Charlie Hebdo Shooting: 12 Killed at Magazine That Ran Muhammad Cartoons
This is a developing story and it has global ramifications ..
The news media possesses video of police also being shot on the street that they have so far opted to not show..
The masked men who went into the name and asked for specific names before the shooting began walked out and got away..
The death roll is expected to increase as news is released that at least 5 are critically injured.
Minutes before the shooting, CHARLIE HEBDO tweeted a satirical image of Mohammed.. Moments later their office building was under siege and the murderous rampage took place..
Developing story..
Charlie Hebdo Shooting: 12 Killed at Magazine That Ran Muhammad Cartoons
All the Dallas Texas earthquakes so far
This is from Tuesday January 6 through January 7 2015.. So far.
I suspect more will be happening..
7:37 a.m. 2.3 magnitude
3:10 p.m. 3.5 magnitude
6:52 p.m. 3.6 magnitude
8:11 p.m. 2.9 magnitude
8:12 p.m. 2.7 magnitude
9:54 p.m. 1.7 magnitude
10:05 p.m. 2.4 magnitude
11:02 p.m. 1.6 magnitude
12:59 a.m. 3.1 magnitude
When I was 3 and a half, I was featured in a book. There was a full-spread page with a photo of me leaning up against a borehole in the town of Centralia, smoke was billowing from the background and a group of teenagers were running from the camera–one may have been my brother. The shot looked more like a scene from a third world nation .. But at that point, a mine fire had infected the underground nearest my home and the situation was getting dire.
The book was SLOW BURN. You can see that image here from photographer Renee Jacobs..
Yesterday there was a haunting moment when I saw my own past come back for a split second in vivid detail.. the black and white photo of my from 1983 suddenly was in color, standing on front of me.. My son Ayden, incidentally the same age as me when I was featured in SLOW BURN, was standing on front of empty SEARS store shelving in the Schuylkill Mall, Frackville PA.. Sears of closing after the corporate decision to make Frackville one of the many locations that would shudder in 2015. There were only a handful of items left, all marked with an ‘all sales final’ warning under the 70% off all merchandise signs. Business was brisk–people were even rudely clamoring for more money off.. Even the store shelves were being purchased. All things must go. Including history.
When Ayden was in front, I said “look at me and smile!” and snapped the photo with my iPhone. Instead of a smile, I caught him sort of in a wide-mouthed surprised look at what he was seeing. I think he realized that this store, once filled with items to the point where you could hardly walk, was vanishing. Now it’s becoming a giant open field of tiled floors..
As I watched Ayden walk around the soon to be closed Sears at the mall today I realized the importance of this simple photo. When he is 30 or so, retail will be a distant memory. The way we buy everything will have changed.. This picture captured a moment, just one moment, when it was in its final phase..
While he may not remember the day or time this picture was taken, the evidence of it will allow Ayden will impress his own children with tales of malls and how he once, as a child, walked in stores to buy products instead of purchasing them in his body chip implant and have same day drone delivery..
Of course Ayden’s picture is not being published in a book. But it is on his father’s website. And that’s the way things are now.. until something else comes around and makes websites so 2000 and late.
A moment in time.. As life shifts.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Leap second to be added to the clock in June
Prepare yourself for one extra second of summer
The amount of time and influence that went into this 1 second decision is amazing..
Leap second to be added to the clock in June
JUST IN: Sony Pictures says ‘The Interview’ has taken in $31 million in online and digital sales. $5 million at the box office since release
This is big ..
A part of me believed that SONY staged this whole thing just to introduce a new form of movie promotion to America—and a test run to see if the online and streaming world would work.
And it did.
I think the days of movie theaters are numbered..
Streaming is king.
The INTERVIEW has showed that..
What strange explosions Lancaster PA is hearing
EXPLOSIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA.. these weird blasts have been taking place near Lancaster, PA//
Residents have been both hearing and feeling explosions under their feet but law enforcement haven’t the clue as to what they could be..
A feeling of vindication..
I am one of those tin foil hat wearing loons who loudly worried years ago that fracking would cause earthquakes. Like many others, I was laughed at.. now studies are concluding that the fears are true: They have caused earthquakes in Ohio..
Vindication is fine. But I just wish I would have remained ‘wrong’ on this one since fracking takes place within my own state.. a state with pristine waters and nuclear facilities..
Cameras caught something bizarre along a highway in Arizona.. Some say an animal, others say bigfoot.. I saw people who knew a camera was there and wanted to cause a stir. And then they did–if it was people. The story has gone worldwide today..
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