New fallen snow on a Spring morning

There is a fresh blanket of snowing consuming the ground this morning.. it won’t last, I can hear the sounds of spring birds chirping away, perhaps in disbelief that their return home was greeted with a winter blast.. The cold is waning, though. . And the sky is a beautiful shade of pinkish purple the darker clouds lift..

It was a beautiful morning. Even though it was spring, it was amazing to see the snow thick on tree limbs. It will be over soon.. gone.. And forgotten.

Spring will turn to summer.. And summer will also wane away eventually.
Years go by fast anymore.. 

I don’t know if you agree, or perhaps if I am just beginning to fear the middle ages of life as I quickly progress in my 30s, but life is going fast. 

‘Just how we roll’: Bristol Palin’s fiance pictured playing with baby next to unsecured handgun

Yemen mosque bombings: 'Blood was running like a river', say survivors after attack kills 120

Yemen mosque bombings: 'Blood was running like a river', say survivors after attack kills 120

N. Korea prepared to use nukes ‘any time’ it feels threated by US – DPRK Ambassador to UK

Maybe by the time you read this it will be happening…

N. Korea prepared to use nukes ‘any time’ it feels threated by US – DPRK Ambassador to UK

BEST IMAGES OF TODAY’S SOLAR ECLIPSE

Monica Lewinsky gave a really, really important TED talk on bullying

ok.. ok.. ok.. I get it.

But yet, there is a part of me that wants to discredit this and completely ignore the bullying aspect. She was a part of history. As was her dress. The 1990s was the Seinfeld era, the decade about nothing. 

Bullied? I don’t know about that.. I just don’t..

Monica Lewinsky gave a really, really important TED talk on bullying

Twas the night before a St Patrick’s day parade in Girardville PA.. a mess of snow. A quick attempt to clear the parade route. Guntown will go green but not until they clean the white…

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The final snow day?

Let the Heavens Fall: The Rites of Destruction

Tracy Trtyman is Clyde Lewis’ producer.. her latest article is interesting..

Let the Heavens Fall: The Rites of Destruction

sixpenceee:

It took about a year to get the iconic shot in where blood pours out of the elevator in The Shining right, but only three days to film.

Funny.. this is probably, to me, one of the dumnest scenes in any movie. I mean that.. But three days to film? Sad..

Scientology Takes Aim at 'Going Clear' Documentary

As they should, this docu OBLITERATES them..

Scientology Takes Aim at 'Going Clear' Documentary

mothernaturenetwork:

Believe it or not, you can still rent movies at Blockbuster
The well-known movie-rental business closed its stores and ended its DVD-distribution program in January, but about 50 stores remain open — and one man owns half of them.

Wow..

I have no words except wow.

YES… IT’S SPRING.. DESPITE THIS.

Kaia Bonshock, left, Brooke Hovenstine, Kelsee Dunn and Mackenzie Hasuga, freshmen members of the Shamokin Area High School girls’ softball team, decided to practice on their own in a parking lot for Kemp Memorial Stadium on Friday, despite an early dismissal from school because of snow. The team’s first regular season game is tentatively set for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and will be played in Kemp Memorial Stadium, instead of the team’s field because it is not ready for play.

The happy Art Bell dance

For those who don’t know, radio great Art Bell is planning a return this summer. Either online, or perhaps a little online and a little AM. Undisclosed information at this time.. But my son, age four now, is happy. Perhaps by force.. He has been a captive audience member since infancy when he’d hear Art’s reruns on the FINE ART STREAM and U7 Radio .. Now he fully endorses the return with his own version of a celebratory dance. I suspect if Art can muster up another ten years, Ayden will be 14 years of age. And he will have a full experience of what Art Bell was .. Amazing.

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And for perspective, Ayden at 1 year:

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Vanuatu Official: Nation Will ‘Run Out Of Food In Less Than A Week’

think-progress:

Late last week, a Category 5 tropical cyclone ripped through the island nation of Vanuatu, killing at least 24 people and displacing 3,300 more. In statement to the Associated Press, Vanuatu’s president
Baldwin Lonsdale said that 90 percent of the island’s buildings had been
destroyed or damaged by the storm.

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“Chilling” is now the word for this.. this category 5 storm was immense, and the world, sadly, isn’t paying attention to the plight of those affected. 

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SCORES DEAD IN YEMEN..
ISIS takes credit for suicide bombs..
Noon prayers rocked by car bomb..

ECLIPSE ATTACK: ISIS STRIKES YEMEN 

This photo was posted to REDDIT on Thursday and shows, at least according to the description, an ER doctor stepping outside after losing a 19-year-old patient..

An EMT worker posted the photo. According to the report, the EMT had permission to share it and wanted to shed light on what it is like to work in the industry..

According to the report, moments after the photo was taken, the doctor went back into the ER to continue his work. But he obviously took a time out to contemplate and become privately emotional about not being able to save a life.

This is a moving picture—a showcase that doctors are good and that the medical profession, though flawed and often littered with bureaucracy and lawsuit fevers, can still be morally just and amazing in professionalism.. 

The picture can also be and instrument of attraction to get more people into the field.. or a turnoff to some who know, seeing this, they couldn’t handle the emotion of seeing young and old human beings perish in front of them.. 

There is a deeper meaning to life. A bigger picture. Perhaps that bigger picture is that earth is simply a stepping stone in life and our souls move on.. Maybe the bigger picture is that this brief life is the beginning and the end of our computer systems.. That there’s nothing else, that we are alone in this galaxy and that life just happened without the help of divine love.

To me, that is what this picture symbolizes.. not just the emotion of a doctor losing a patient, but the true and unadulterated humanity that shows itself during intense moments of birth and death. 

This doctor, despite his high education and established career, is moved to tears by the same thing humanity itself is.. We don’t know anything. We say we do. We go to Churches with pastors who tell us what to know.. we read self help books about how to know. We listen to vague pluralities that are supposed to define the known.

But we don’t know.
Instead, we wail and cry when we face the end. We are confused by the process.. We are are succumbing, each day, to death. And this doctor couldn’t save a 19-year-old from expiring before his time..

There indeed is a lot of emotion in this photo snapped during a second in time.

But it’s a testament to the goodness that can exist in the hearts of men.

SUGAR WINS!? MAKING THE HEART GROW OLD

Just when Katie Couric’s documentary on sugar begins sinking in, this woman comes along at 104 and she’s healthy and been religiously drinking Dr Pepper since the 1960s.

So there!

Katie Couric 1.
Sugar industry 104.

SUGAR WINS!? MAKING THE HEART GROW OLD

NEW DETAILS EMERGE IN CRAIGSLIST HORROR..

Shocking information coming to light on this crime.. something worse than any horror movie of recent memory. 

Reality is like this—scarier than anything of fiction on movie or TV screens. This matter is revolting ..

And a cautionary tale about CRAIGSLIST, perhaps..

NEW DETAILS EMERGE IN CRAIGSLIST HORROR..

Penn State frat KDR had warning about social media before posting lewd photos

PICTURES ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS..
WARNINGS WERE NOT HEEDED.
THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS OF WORDS WERE POSTED

Penn State frat KDR had warning about social media before posting lewd photos

Spring time comes later today.. Right now as I write this post, a snowstorm (yes, snow) is falling outside on my Pennsylvania USA sidewalk.. Meanwhile, there’s a celestial event of epic proportions taking place in the NORTH ATLANTIC, the total eclipse of the sun is in progress at press time..

8000 visitors have voyaged to the Faroe islands to witness the amazing event..

CBC news reported it this way for the historical accounts:

People shouted, cheered and applauded as Longyearbyen, the main town in Svalbard, plunged into darkness. The skies were clear, offering a full view of the sun’s corona — a faint ring of rays surrounding the moon — that is only visible during a total solar eclipse.
A few hundred people had gathered on a flat frozen valley overlooking the mountains, and people shouted and yelled as the sudden darkness came. A group of people opened bottles of champagne, saying it was in keeping with a total solar eclipse tradition.

People are ‘blown away’ by the event.. As the darkness shrouded the existence, eyes on the sky were perplexed and fixated on the rare event–so many times in history, human beings had the same reaction. Despite the time and place, we are always amazed when the source of life and light vanishes behind a cloak of darkness.. Many people, as we know, see it as a harbinger.. a time when darkness invades the land. That belief goes back a long way. But it still exists today as much as it did then, despite scientific explanations as to why and how solar eclipses happen in the first place. I think we are programmed through evolution and the development of the brain to be apprehensive of darkness.. and when our senses see dark skies on what should be a sunny day, it throws the mind for a loop.

Coming later on top of the darkness, a blood moon at night. Spring, too.. the equinox to remember.

A few weeks ago, I had a dream that was bizarre.. In the night terror, it was 4am and it was sunny. People were confused as to why the sun had risen so early, and it was as bright as noon at 4am.. People were waking early to come out from their comfort zone and look to the a frightening sky..  It reminded me a bit of the MIDNIGHT SUN Twilight Zone episode..

And that is why eclipses rattle us. They make the unexpected occur.. They turn off the lights.. they let the darkness enter. And the fear begins..

Happy viewing to those who see it.
Happy shoveling to anyone else getting the snow today.
Happy spring to all who are reading.

ECLIPSE..

Breathtaking solar eclipse witnessed by millions..
Looking to the sky..
Solar energy tested..
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News to not lose..

Bardo Museum in Tunisia attacked.. tourists killed, hostages taken..

The near death science.. Gideon Lichfield  on empirically investigating brushes with the afterlife..

Catholic viewpoint: An open letter to bloggers..

KRAFT food recalls major load of Mac N Cheese.. containing metal!

MORE STRANGE LIGHTS, THIS TIME IN RUSSIA..

Major quake in Oklahoma possible as new fault lines discovered..

Vanuatu islands getting more aid after Cyclone Pam..

Cyanide sent to the White House..

University of Houston  suspends frat for hazing incident..

MILKY WAY may have BILLIONS of planets in habitable zone.. And they say we’re alone..
A galaxy teeming with life..

A mysterious dust cloud around MARS..

HUBBLE’S GREATEST HITS: Transforming our knowledge of SPACE in photographs.. How small do you feel now?

The future is now: Designer babies and genetically edited human beings.. This changes everything.. imagine the baby shower of the future.

Coming this Friday to a sky near you: A solar occurrence that never happened in history

DIET Soda leading to fat stomachs in adults..

Avian Cholera kills 2000 birds in Idaho..

EPA takes on conspiracy theories: Attempts to debunk chemtrails

Worth thinking: What if inanimate objects have feelings.. I think the first thing they would do is laugh at us every time we stubbed our toe on them..

Milky way may have billions of planets in habitable zone

Milky way may have billions of planets in habitable zone

Shake your shamrocks but be safe.

It’s Green Beer time across America..

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, world.

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With the energy of a Metallica song, I wish you all a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, 2015..

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My daily doodle… Staying awake

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jtotheizzoe:

NEW VIDEOOOOO!

What color is the universe? 

(Hint: It’s not “black”)

Good video..

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Coke as a sensible snack? Coca-Cola works with dietitians who suggest cola as snack

NEW YORK — Coca-Cola is working with fitness and nutrition experts who suggest its soda as a treat at a time when the world’s biggest beverage maker is being blamed for helping to fuel obesity rates

I just gulped a bit when I read this..

In the 1950s, doctors advertised smoking.
In the 2000teens, doctors will harp on the benefits of sugary drinks?

Sorry Coke, but THIS:

Coke as a sensible snack? Coca-Cola works with dietitians who suggest cola as snack

Move over, Reddit: Tumblr is the new front page of the Internet.

It’s the site that launched a thousand memes, including the dress — and it’s only getting started.

I have been telling my friend who loves the poorly designed REDDIT that Tumblr is the new social media of record.

But I still think all the memes and worthwhile Facebook nonsense comes from 4CHAN. That’s not changing any time soon..

Move over, Reddit: Tumblr is the new front page of the Internet.

More than 45,000 Russian troops as well as war planes and submarines started military exercises across much of the country on Monday in one of the Kremlin's biggest shows of force since its ties with the West plunged to Cold War-lows.

Looks like while Vlad was gone, some plans were put into motion..

More than 45,000 Russian troops as well as war planes and submarines started military exercises across much of the country on Monday in one of the Kremlin's biggest shows of force since its ties with the West plunged to Cold War-lows.

Sirius founder envisions world of cyber clones, tech med

The founder of Sirius satellite radio is eager for a future where many of our chores are handled by sentient robots

Oh but there’s so much more than just robots taking out the trash.. try this:

At the keynote, Rothblatt described how the inevitable emergence of cyber consciousness – when machines act with a sophistication and thought level equal to that of humans – will not be overnight but a more subtle evolution.
"Every company will try to out-Siri Siri until we have consciousness," she said, referring to the Apple/iOS application that works as a personal assistant and navigator. "It will be like water that rises and rises and rises and, before we know it, we’re in an ocean of cyber consciousness."

And then what?
Lots of choices are coming for humanity. Lots of choices will not have to be made—and actually a lot of misery and heartache may occur as advancements become cruel to people trying to live out out their lives.

Progress.. The future. It’s all good. Until it goes bad.. Until one of those thinking machines thinks too much..

And I wonder, sometime about 1000 years from now, will robots ponder ‘who created me? Why am I here? What happens when I turn off?”   We do. And we think. Or so we are told we think..

Rick Jervis in USA TODAY goes on to report: 

Artificial intelligence and robotics have been key – and controversial – themes at this year’s SXSW. A slew of panel discussions and keynote speeches on the topic have drawn thousands of attendees, while films screening at the film festival portion of SXSW, such as Ex Machina and Creative Control, have addressed it in their plot lines.
The themes have also prompted protests outside the conference warning of an over-reliance on artificial intelligence to the detriment of humans. In one, a group of protestors held signs reading “Stop the Robots” while chanting “A-I Say Goodbye!”
Rothblatt said robots and humans don’t have to choose sides – such as in the plotlines seen in popular Hollywood movies – but will live in a peaceful co-existence that will make them virtually indistinguishable from one another.
"It’s not us versus cyberspace," she said. "We’re merging together."
She added: “We don’t want to create a new slave-versus-free motif. I’m all for merging everyone together. On the level of consciousness, we’re all one.”

We are all one.
Skin and bones. Gear and bytes.. We are the world. 

We are the future..

Sirius founder envisions world of cyber clones, tech med

DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS: Claim: ISIS fighters dress as women in desperate attempt to flee battlefield‏

Underneath the robes and veils, the men put on makeup, wore dresses and some even wore women’s bras; Others put on makeup but chose not to shave their facial hair.

Drudge picked up the story. Expect it to be the talk of your respective town by dinner hour..

Devils in blue dresses..

DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS: Claim: ISIS fighters dress as women in desperate attempt to flee battlefield‏

The ghosts--literally--of 9/11?

For obvious reasons, I am careful when reporting ‘ghosts’ at Ground Zero, the site of the World Trade Center attacks so many years ago.. 

But there is an article appearing in the NEW YORK POST about the subject of paranormal activity in relation to the infamous terror attack site.. Gary Busio writes about a number of workers at the Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island who were sifting the rubble from the 9/11 attacks reported seeing a female ghost holding a tray of sandwiches, a new book ­reveals.. 

Other police officers witnessed things, too, like large black masses and shadows. Some comments are mocking the story, others are accepting of it. 

I did a bit more research on the book that the NY POST was talking about. 

It’s called From Landfill to Hallowed Ground, by Frank Marra. Marra is a retired police officer. He also worked at the Staten Island Landfill World Trade Center Recovery Site from September 2001 until February 2002. The inspiration to write the book obviously came from the work he performed.. It does not seem that the entire book is dedicated to paranormal affairs, but instead offers an historic account of what it was like on the ground during the aftermath of the biggest crime scene in American history..

There are only two reviews at press time on AMAZON.. I think that number will increase with attention. 

I am a firm believer that the paranormal is NOT real until it happens to you. 

And it would appear many police officers now consider the paranormal to be very real..

HEY WORLD: #PutinIsNOTdead

All the world’s a stage> And I think Pootie Poot just played the world..

Vlad lives to impale another day.

Philadelphia-area residents see dollar signs in visit by Pope Francis

PAPAL FEVER in the city of brotherly love.. and as only Philly faces can do, people are taking advantage of the unique chance to see a Pope by inflating prices, gouging customers, and having a field day of unfairness when it comes to legally taking lots of cash from tourists who want the chance to see Francis..

What would Jesus do?
I think he’d order ‘wit’..

Philadelphia-area residents see dollar signs in visit by Pope Francis

Russia's Vladimir Putin makes first public appearance in 10 days

Russia's Vladimir Putin makes first public appearance in 10 days

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This is the video of the long lasting blue meteor over Austria and Switzerland.. 

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A Blue 'Meteor' Over Switzerland and Austria

A Blue 'Meteor' Over Switzerland and Austria

Broadcasting again: The UVB-76 Live Stream Blog

UVB-76 Station Live Internet Stream and Blog about The Buzzer, Number Stations, Shortwave Listening and Software Radio.

I think the buzzer is buzzing again. I am able to hear UVB-76 again on the live feed page.. It’s back to ‘normal,’ whatever that normal may be.

Meanwhile, I am on the Earthcam Moscow site. Traffic is moving as normal. I think.. “normal,” again..

I got a message earlier from someone asking why it would even matter if UVB-76 was down, or up, or broadcasting eerie messages. You can read some background from this January story on the HUFFINGTON POST UK page..

I also wrote a few bits about the numbers station and my intrigue and love for them during the history of this site.. one four months ago, another here showcasing one of the creepier numbers stations broadcasts I have ever heard, one a year ago when I celebrated the Clyde Lewis show where he played recordings of creepy media hijacks.. 

However, the best article I may have ever read on the UVB-76 story was by James Cook in THE KERNEL.. 

Lots of reading to do.. Lots of weird beeps and buzzing, oddities and frequencies.. Strange frequencies during the night. While you sleep, the numbers stations don’t.. And isn’t that the creepy part? Trying to relax while these strange messages beam around the planet?

Broadcasting again: The UVB-76 Live Stream Blog

Confirmed: The live stream of UVB-76 is offline..

If someone can confirm that UVB-76 is down or operational please contact me

The best way is on Twitter coalspeaker or on my Open Lines page..

I have a report that UVB-76 number station is currently down.

Amazing news.. anyone who follows knows this could be a big deal. There’s something big happening in Russia. Or some major international influences and propaganda are at work … but a numbers station like this being down is a little chilling .

Cinderella takes the top box spot.. but a horror 'Follows'

The family film secured $70 mil this weekend.. the audiences were primary women and primary families–66% for each category, respectively..

The horror film IT FOLLOWS got $40,000 or so per theater.. the tiny release will expand experts don’t see it expanding past 200 theaters but with this little film that could, who knows

Families and horror fans both happy with a weekend box..
Notbbad, Hollywood.. March madness.

Vatican backs using force against IS

Something seems very significant for the world with this turn of events..

Vatican backs using force against IS

Footage of Vladimir Putin raises speculation of whereabouts

The events in the Kremlin are being explained this way: A big concert on the anniversary of Crimea’s annexation.. 

Meanwhile, the Kremlin is getting angry at REUTERS reporting calling asking where Vladimir Putin is. One comment said it wasn’t funny anymore to be asked so many times.

The next public appearance is set for Monday. Although Russian state TV already said on Friday what happened on Monday, I suppose time is going to be on someone’s side here.

The wild rumors .. the facts. 

In propaganda wars, there are no facts. Always remember that. The victors of war and battle simply write the history book..

Footage of Vladimir Putin raises speculation of whereabouts

Much-needed aid arrives in cyclone-devastated Vanuatu

The situation on the island is dire—food and water and shelter are all gone for a population quickly ravaged by the storm.  Ten are reported dead.. there are hints and suggestions that the number will rise as time goes on.  One pilot who was forced to land in Tanna described pure devastation, with entire communities simply flattened.

Many officials and also world citizens are relying heavily on social media to see just how bad things are—the world has been reading Tweets and other citizen reporting from the ground where the storm struck.. One Tweet described a 21-year-old sheltering a 1 week old baby even as the roof was ripped off by Cyclone PAM.. 

And that is how natural disasters work. They come quick, they leave fast. They leave misery in the wake.. And deaths. Injuries, but also little quips and anecdotes of miracles that seem to keep humanity hopeful just enough to clean up until the next disaster..

Much-needed aid arrives in cyclone-devastated Vanuatu

Ohio has a problem. This man you see here, is the phantom pooper.. the night owl defectator.. the silent shitter.. You pick your own term. Either way, he’s going around various parts of the city of Akron, Ohio. It’s been going on for years, the suspicion now is that the Bowel Movement Bandit has defecated on over 19 cars.  The poopetrator even hit one woman’s car 7 times..

He’s been getting busy with his business. But now cops want him to cut the crap. This story is just asking for bad puns, and regardless of the source, people are making them. But just imagine waking up one day to find a large load on the cook of your car.. The horror of that scene would be unimaginable.. 

Either way, with his image now blasting across the internet–the image of him in action–there may be ‘movement’ on the case.. For the sake of Akron, we certainly hope so.

another daily doodle . “the Perfect Selfie”

Vladimir Putin has been 'neutralised' by a stealthy coup as rumours about his health and well-being continue to flourish'

It’s going to be a wild night of news, as this UK DAILY MAIL headline showcases..

There are some interesting developments in Moscow even as US media blackout on it continues.. Reports of tanks rolling into the city and power being out in several places..

Propaganda on all sides is evident in the a Tweets and news reports coming from Russia.. Only rumors at this point and no hard reporting.. Few facts. Only a deepening mystery in the nation .. And for that matter , the world.

Vladimir Putin has been 'neutralised' by a stealthy coup as rumours about his health and well-being continue to flourish'

The Russian embassy in London may be or MAY NOT BE emptying of personnel

The something big is happening in Russia storyline intensyfing ..

The Russian embassy in London may be or MAY NOT BE emptying of personnel

Putin’s next public appearance is scheduled for Monday, when he is due to meet Almazbek Atambayev, the President of Kyrgyzstan, in Saint Petersburg. But that encounter was thrown into confusion on Friday night as announcers on state television, apparently reading from an incorrect script, described the meeting in the past tense.

Intrigue and oddities as the world watches Russia tonight..

Putin’s next public appearance is scheduled for Monday, when he is due to meet Almazbek Atambayev, the President of Kyrgyzstan, in Saint Petersburg.

But that encounter was thrown into confusion on Friday night as announcers on state television, apparently reading from an incorrect script, described the meeting in the past tense.

Something bizarre is happening at the Kremlin

Beware the ides of March.. this is a creepy story..

Something bizarre is happening at the Kremlin

My Daily doodle. No clue OF any meaning

At least 10 Americans possibly exposed to the deadly Ebola virus were being flown to the United States from Sierra Leone for observation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.

At least 10 Americans possibly exposed to the deadly Ebola virus were being flown to the United States from Sierra Leone for observation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.

Tonight: Fog with a chance of fear.

Rainy days and Saturdays..

Well… I just posted that I would have bought the entire case of He-Man nostaligia.. I my son ended up getting three characters to add to the broken and dwindling collection he inherited from me.. first time since 1990 that Hordak was in the family..

McDonald's brawl proves we are a self absorbed nation of observers

Just like the plot line of White Bear from the Black Mirror series.. reality is now just that .. drones on cell phones and no fire in the belly to live anymore

McDonald's brawl proves we are a self absorbed nation of observers

My wife and I have quite the opposite tastes in music sometimes. And now Ayden has a bit of both of us.. But at least we agree on a few things.

BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS: CINDERELLA is expected to haul in $70 mil or more by the end of the three day weekend..

The movie opens in 3,845 theaters, 358 equipped with Imax and 337 premium large format. A wide international opening includes China, Russia, Mexico, Italy and Germany.

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This is not a meteor.. I know it seems like that’s the common belief among those in this video.. but check the way the light movies. It just does not make sense if it is a meteor..

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Ted Cruz looks awkward.. but when he’s saying his typical campaign pick up lines but getting no love, he looks like the desperate guy at a bar at 2am.. Creepy and going home alone in his van with curtains on the window.

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California only has one year’s worth of its water supply left, NASA scientist warns

California only has one year’s worth of its water supply left, NASA scientist warns

IT FOLLOWS review roundup and theater locations

IT FOLLOWS review roundup and theater locations

THE LINES ARE OPEN! ASK ME ANYTHING! TELL ME ANYTHING! I may, or may not respond accordingly.

THE LINES ARE OPEN! ASK ME ANYTHING! TELL ME ANYTHING! I may, or may not respond accordingly.

The first photographs of earth’s new island off of Tonga emerge..taken by three men who climbed it..

Someone told me recently that ‘with all the disasters last year, clearly we are in the end times.’

But a fact complicates that flawed thinking.. a fact like this: FEMA saw the FEWEST disasters in more than a decade..

Of course even the BIBLE says that God rested on the 7th day.. so I suppose Armageddon also takes breaks now and that for relaxation..?

This was an image of Cyclone Pam before as it slammed into Vanuatu.. category 4 winds.. monster storm. Untold destruction.. those on the scene report pure devastation.. 

MORE HERE ..

Inspired by Obama on Jimmy Kimmel.. The daily doodle as if Obama invaded another planet…

Darkness during wartime..

83% of electricity in Syria has been wiped out due to war..

The before and after is like day and night..

That’s why you will not be president.

Barack Obama, in a joking response to Jimmy Kimmel last night after Kimmel said the first thing he’d do as president is open the files on AREA 51, Roswell, and UFOs.. 

And another UFO related quip from the show:

On President Clinton’s claim that he went through the secret files on extraterrestrials and found nothing:
"That’s what we’re instructed to say."

Obama went on to read ‘mean tweets’ . . his comments about UFOs are considered, of course, jokes.

But let’s not forget.. for a joke to truly work, there’s always a shed of truth behind it.. Perhaps it is why people like KIMMEL, who always seem to ask Presidents about UFOs, will not be President..

Kimmel had previously made some waves after asking former President Clinton about aliens.. at that time, Clinton was analyzed to have had ‘stressed’ behavior during his response.. I can’t find any analysis yet of Obama’s reaction..

Jokes.. Jokes.. laughable moments. Teachable moments?

Am I overreaching here?

Red Cross workers report "unbelievable destruction" after Tropical Cyclone Pam hit Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu.

Horrible.. Absolutely horrible

Pope Francis Expects Short Papacy, Leaves Open Possibility of Retirement

So this pope could borrow a card from the Naztinger deck.. perhaps an early out.. 

Or the fulfillment of the prophecy of the POPES?

Pope Francis Expects Short Papacy, Leaves Open Possibility of Retirement

Severed Goat Head Discovered Again in Brooklyn Park - Prospect Heights - DNAinfo.com New York

This very thing happened one year ago. In the very same spot..

….the year of the goat.

Severed Goat Head Discovered Again in Brooklyn Park - Prospect Heights - DNAinfo.com New York

Obsessing over the perfect social media post is ruining your life, study says

We are a social media obsessed nation. World. ETC.

And now there is scientific evidence that maybe all of this is ruining our life..

The money quote:

About 58% of people surveyed said “posting the perfect picture has prevented them from enjoying life experiences.” Sound familiar? Trying to get that perfect concert photo, or just the right sunset pic sometimes interferes with enjoying the experience itself.

I know a few folks who do this.. I will keep them nameless.. But there’s one intriguing facet of 20/20 vision on this. Even though I roll my eyes at a few people I know and love when they insist on getting the perfect picture, I do, years later, love going back and seeing that perfect picture existing.

Ahh.. the yin and yang of life..

Obsessing over the perfect social media post is ruining your life, study says

Pretty sure this is the grossest thing I’ve seen this year: A condom that looks and SMELLS like pizza. No need to insert your own joke. No pun intended. 

ISIS Video: Islamic State Uses Sign Language to Recruit Deaf, Mute Fighters

ISIS Video: Islamic State Uses Sign Language to Recruit Deaf, Mute Fighters

Malaysia’s transport minister has vowed to take stern action against an air traffic control supervisor if it is confirmed that he was asleep on the job when Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared a year ago. An interim investigation report released on Sunday contained transcripts of conversations between air traffic controllers and the airline that revealed confusion after the Boeing 777 dropped off radar with 239 people aboard while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

The plot thickens indeed.

This would also mean that during that last ‘good night’ message that came from Flight 370, the person listening could have been tucked away for a long night’s nap..

Malaysia’s transport minister has vowed to take stern action against an air traffic control supervisor if it is confirmed that he was asleep on the job when Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared a year ago. An interim investigation report released on Sunday contained transcripts of conversations between air traffic controllers and the airline that revealed confusion after the Boeing 777 dropped off radar with 239 people aboard while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Confirmed: Jupiter's moon Ganymede has a salty, underground ocean

Astronomers have found the most conclusive evidence yet that a large watery ocean lies beneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede.

SET SAIL FOR Ganymede!

Take a deep breath.. read the headline a few times until the true power of it sinks in. Jupiter’s moon.. a salty ocean.. 

Though it may seem like eons for my, it wasn’t too long ago that I learned in school how Earth was the only planet with life and water. And there were only 9. Boom. Done.

Now there’s trillions with untoldillions to be discovered. And maybe multiverses.. and Pluto is NOT a planet. But CERES has glowing balls of light emitting from it. And we are landing on asteroids.. and there’s a ROVER on MARS watching the sunset from the distant planet.. and TITAN may have water.. And MARS may have HAD water..

And we are stardust.
And there may be aliens..
And we are not alone.

This is an amazing time to be alive. It also makes me ponder if ‘disclosure’ is going to drip out slowly .. with each new story about water on some distant body in space, are we being primed for the ultimate: Not only water is abundant, but life is too?

From the LA TIMES STORY, a money quote:

"The solar system is now looking like a pretty soggy place," said Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA. "The more we look at individual moons, the more we see that water is really in enormous abundance."

A soggy place. 
Much different than those 1980s and 90s grade school textbooks in science. And even much more different than those 2013 textbooks.

Throw them all away.

Next up?
LIFE.

Confirmed: Jupiter's moon Ganymede has a salty, underground ocean

Photos That Are 'Too Hard to Keep' | VICE | United States

Jason Lazarus asked for photos that people couldn’t bear to hold on to, and this is what he received from anonymous donors.

There are some emotional photos included.. Even if we don’t know the story behind them, the untold words are monumental. Everyone has a story..Everyone has deep emotional scars, secrets of their existence.

I will not send mine to VICE but instead just publish it here.
This photo, for me, is too hard to keep. Goodbye to it.

Photos That Are 'Too Hard to Keep' | VICE | United States

A pilot either knowingly, or unknowingly, made a very phallic flight path in the sky over FLORIDA..

I suppose men never grow up..

Anghus Houvouras writes: It's a Trap: Why 'The First Gay Star Wars Character' is a war on common sense

Interesting article.. Worth the read.

The money quote:

Up to this announcement, any of the characters could have been gay. Admiral Akbar. Boba Fett. Hell, even, Lando Calrissian. Would it matter if Lando Calrissian was gay? Not at all. His role in the story wasn’t impacted by his sexual orientation. If I had read the headline ‘Lando Calrissian revealed as gay’, all I would have thought was ‘that makes sense: those overtures to Leia were overcompensation.’ Lando ran Cloud City, betrayed Han and friends, and redeemed himself by blowing up Death Star 2.0. Gay… straight… it didn’t matter.

And:

We live in a time where everyone is desperate to label everything. To define what something is or isn’t because saying nothing somehow implies intolerance. To me, the Star WarsUniverse feels far more intolerant because they’ve flat out told me there’s been no gay characters in canon until now. I liked it better when there was ambiguity to it, because it had no impact on the story I was watching or comics I was reading.

Anghus Houvouras writes: It's a Trap: Why 'The First Gay Star Wars Character' is a war on common sense

Colorado fireball identified as 'Earthgrazer' meteor

NASA confirmed a fireball reported in the sky over Colorado and nearby states was an “Earthgrazer” meteor hitting the “atmosphere at a very shallow angle.”

Now we know..

There have been lots of fireballs lately.. But this COLORADO one may have been the biggest and brightest I have seen in some time..

Colorado fireball identified as 'Earthgrazer' meteor

Spring night lights

A number of people reported bright lights over various part of Pennsylvania last night.. There were even reports closeby my home base of a number of blinking and floating lights in the air behind a church—I wrote a brief bit of info on that, explaining that both autumn and early spring are some of the more paranormal times of the year (http://horrorreport.com/2015/03/12/lights-and-nights/) .. 

But now someone in my own family, more than 40 miles from the place I described in last night’s post, said he also say bright flashes of light outside of his house around 10pm ..

 I checked the AMS site, and there were scattered reports around PA and NY (http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2015/656) .. can’t find anything that would concretely explain any of the weird lights being seen around Eastern Pennsylvania on Friday the 13th’s eve..

Yesterday, after seeing the newest cover of TIME magazine, I noted that Hillary Clinton is the latest in a long line of people to get the dreaded devil horns. 

Seems that, while few ready my site and I have little importance, I was on to something that will not trend and become a story. Because today, TIME MAGAZINE is investigating why it keeps putting devil horns on people. Really.

Maybe it’s time that insiders start reading COAL SPEAKER on a regular basis.. We’re ahead of the curve as usual, with very few noting it.

FRIDAY THE 13TH IN RUSSIA: Putin, Said to Be ‘Perfectly Healthy,’ Is Also Nowhere to Be Seen

There are rumors online that Vladimir Putin is either sick, or even  dead!

The NYT says,

The last confirmed public sighting was at a meeting with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy on March 5 — although the Kremlin would have citizens think otherwise.
Given that the Kremlin borrows all manner of items from the Soviet playbook these days, there appeared to be an attempt to doctor the president’s timetable to show that all was well.

The KREMLIN is busy doing damage control..

The mystery deepens: Where’s VLAD the IMPALER…

FRIDAY THE 13TH IN RUSSIA: Putin, Said to Be ‘Perfectly Healthy,’ Is Also Nowhere to Be Seen

NASA LAUNCHES 4 SPACECRAFT TO SOLVE MAGNETIC MYSTERY

This is how the ASSOCIATED PRESS dispatch reports it for the official record:

NASA launched four identical spacecraft Thursday on a billion-dollar mission to study the explosive give-and-take of the Earth and sun’s magnetic fields.
The unmanned Atlas rocket - and NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft - soared into a clear late-night sky, right on time. Within two hours, all four observatories were flying free.

A billion bucks to study, as the AP also reports, this:

Magnetic reconnection is what happens when magnetic fields like those around Earth and the sun come together, break apart, then come together again, releasing vast energy. This repeated process drives the aurora, as well as solar storms that can disrupt communications and power on Earth. Data from this two-year mission should help scientists better understand so-called space weather.

While I am not trying to induce mass hysteria or concoct some elaborate conspiracy, the timing is amazing—to some, most likely, even suspect.  CERN is back with a vengeance this weekend, as the large Hadron Collider is going to fire with DOUBLE the power as previously done.. With the restart, scientists are hoping to unravel the secrets of dark matter and the universe..  Clyde Lewis had a couple of shows and guests this past week that may raise eyebrows and speculative questions, including Anthony Patch, someone who clearly, not in the mainstream has been sounding an online alarm over the CERN restart..

Since CERN was just being planned, people feared it would create a gaping black hole or alternate reality for everyone living on earth.  Some even argue that it did just that, thinning the veil in a sense and giving us a whole new vibration.. 

And now with NASA satellites traveling to the sky to study magnetic reconnection, and some CERN magnetic happenings, all eyes are on the multiverse this weekend. Let’s see how things go..

NASA LAUNCHES 4 SPACECRAFT TO SOLVE MAGNETIC MYSTERY

Cyclone Pam Hits Vanuatu: Nationwide Red Alert Issued, Officials Fear the Worst

A red alert has been issued for Vanuatu as a massive cyclone begins to lash the South Pacific island nation.

The WEATHER CHANNEL has this:

With Cyclone Pam expected to deal a major blow to the island nation of Vanuatu, officials were pleading with the population to get to safety, or risk their lives.
The country spent Thursday stocking up and fortifying buildings for the cyclone’s strong winds, torrential rain and devastating storm surge, but experts fear the worst will happen if Pam hits Vanuatu’s population centers directly, especially the coastal capital, Port Vila.
The country’s government issued a red alert for all six provinces as Pam closed in, BBC said. The alert orders all of the South Pacific nation’s 250,000 residents to get to shelter immediately, the report added.

And even more intense, a tweet posted by a user Humans of Vanuatu says a few things about the storm, right now, as it hits:

Folks, I’ll be honest. It’s really bad out there. The wind is howling with a deep roar that just doesn’t let up. Anyone not in shelter now is in mortal danger. Frankly, I don’t think our country will make it through this without some deep scars.

And

The shutters are groaning like ghouls, but the power is still on, and my internet is still running full bore. Not sure how I’d be feeling if not for that….

More:

Just got a text from some of the skeleton crew on the Tina 1, one of those ships opposite our house that you saw in the video. They’d love to get off the ship now, but they can’t. They’re stuck there for the duration.

This is PAM as she starts the terror on land:

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Cyclone Pam Hits Vanuatu: Nationwide Red Alert Issued, Officials Fear the Worst

Van transporting radioactive material crashes in Bosnia

A van carrying radioactive isotope Iridium-192 has crashed in north Bosnia, local media reported. The vehicle ran off the road after colliding with a car.

And more:

Iridium-192 is a radioactive isotope with a half-life of 73.83 days. It is also a strong gamma ray emitter and is commonly used as a gamma ray source in radiography and radiotherapy as a radiation source.
According to the UN, Iridium-192 is the isotope that most frequently goes missing when radioactive materials are used to make a dirty bomb.

See what happens on Friday the 13th?

Van transporting radioactive material crashes in Bosnia

Today IS Friday the 13th. Good luck with ladders and cats.

A rebirth of horror?

For anyone who is a horror movie genre, I have a story on my other website about how I hope it’s coming back again..  I can be best described as the most incredulous anti-horror movie horror fan, usually being overly critical of junk and garbage I wish was never made. But the real horror fan in my celebrates the films of the genre that were game changers—those that contained the social commentary and hidden messages only a more intelligent viewer could pick up on..

I have also long believed that professional wrestling and horror movies are both the best ways, at any given time, to see what a ‘generation’ is all about.. You can also cleanly, it seems, chop that up into decades and it makes sense. 

I’ll be a foodie tonight.. chick pea cakes with peppers over greens with a homemade barbecue sauce. Brussel sprouts and brown rice. Ultimate dinner ..amazing taste. Homemade apple pie baked in a cast iron skillet for dessert.. all still a part of the one ingredient lifestyle.m

This was eventual.. TIME MAGAZINE gave her the devil horns M curse.. many have receieved.. Hillary is the latest
Whether implied or not, a sillouette with a set of devil ears makes the newsstands..

Would you be comfortable with an interactive Barbie that not only records your child’s voice but also uploads them to a cloud? It’s exists . And now child advocates want the toy production to be halted… Good luck fighting this.. my guess is even if the Barbie is banned now another one will come along soon..

If our washing machines will record us in our homes our Barbies will too..

At what point will we allow our old fashioned antiquated and wrong believes about the age and size of the universe dir? And when will we begin to think of the multiverse theory is a way that goes beyond just poking fun at the those who believe it..

Let’s not forget the news just released last week: We found a black hole that, if we are right about how black holes forn, is older than the time frame of the big bang..

Can we sometime soon just admit we practically don’t anything!?

Nothing but blue skies! Good morning from a sunny spring morning in Harrisburg PA

There is no such thing as left and right brain differences

So stop buying books claiming it and assuming it in your daily life.. you’ll be better off once you banish that nonsensical scientific fallacy from your full brain.

Pre-crime software recruited to track gang of thieves - 11 March 2015

Anyone who thought the Department of pre crime was just some figment of some nineties movie’s imagination should have known better. This is how it will be, you will be watched and arrested before you commit a crime. The question will be how right or wrong the technology maybis..

Pre-crime software recruited to track gang of thieves - 11 March 2015