Chyna dead

Joanie Laurer, the wrestling star and entertainer, has been found dead in her bed.. She was 46..

The speculation about her expiration so young has already turned to drugs.. Tmz is reporting that their sources report to them it was an overdose..

Chyna .. A star of the ages and a character and iconic star who changed the role of females in professional wrestling.. Dead at a young age..

Another proven example of the curse of the wrestling star.. He hardcore lives end suddenly and rapidly..

I’ll tune into the next Ric Flair podcast to see if he brings anything about this.

DORIS ROBERTS DEAD AT 90

DORIS ROBERTS DEAD AT 90

Trump erupts as Cruz sweeps Colorado without votes

Trump erupts as Cruz sweeps Colorado without votes:

Now it’s official.. Elections CAN BE canceled.. No more conspiracy theory but conspiracy fact..

Colorado just did a wink and nod to Ted Cruz. The former anti establishment candidate picked up all the delegates .. But due to a ‘rule change,’ the party decided that there would be no election or caucus and awarded all of the delegates to Cruz over Trump. Trump erupted in anger. As you’d expect, on Twitter.

Oh, this weekend, Bernie Sanders handedly won another state but regardless a whole bunch of the Democratic delegates went to Hillary anyway..

It would appear now, in the strangest election of modern history, that the Empire on both sides is Striking back. But will the Jedis return? Or are they going to be grounded by the Emperors of Donkey and Elephant attire?

The Hidden Power In Trusting Your Gut Instincts

The Hidden Power In Trusting Your Gut Instincts:

Why is trusting your gut so powerful? Because your gut has been cataloging a whole lot of information for as long as you’ve been alive. “Trusting your gut is trusting the collection of all your subconscious experiences,” says Melody Wilding, a licensed therapist and professor of human behavior at Hunter College.

Ask most successful people who actually took a chance .. and made it..? It was their gut. And yes some luck–but luck comes when the universe comes together for you.

Now as for me? Time to start learning how to trust my gut more than second and third and fourth guessing all of my hunches..

Ribose, a basic ingredient for life, can arise in comets, say scientists

Ribose, a basic ingredient for life, can arise in comets, say scientists:

WE WERE SEEDED!
THE PLANET WAS SEEDED!

I actually think there is quite the chance life did get seeded from distant comets striking it.. And now these new studies confirm some old thoughts.. 

An experiment mimicking our early solar system reveals that the complex sugar ribose, the ‘R’ in 'RNA,’ can form in the icy grains of comets.

This is the cover of the SUNDAY Boston Globe.. it features some...

This is the cover of the SUNDAY Boston Globe.. it features some fake news about President Trump deporting people, market chaos, and global turmoil.. It’s all fake and representative of what some may have deemed comical and protest satire against the candidate..

The editorial board unleashed the front page dated April 9, 2017, and its lead story is about Trump calling for deportations. Another article mentions work being halted on a wall at the Mexico border.

Well thanks TIME magazine.. before this week’s cover story was...

Well thanks TIME magazine.. before this week’s cover story was unleashed into my mailbox, my son actually was beginning to look at it with some interest.. He’s only 5. A tender age.. 
But now with the new Ted Cruz cover photo, he became resulted and disgusted at the sight. This could have seriously set me back three years in his development..

MTV MOVIE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

In case you’re not free at 8pm or just cannot stomach the show.. Winners here:

Movie of the Year
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Creed
Deadpool
Jurassic World
WINNER: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Straight Outta Compton

Best Female Performance
Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)
Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect 2)
WINNER: Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)
Morena Baccarin (Deadpool)

Best Male Performance
Chris Pratt (Jurassic World)
WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Matt Damon (The Martian)
Michael B. Jordan (Creed)
Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)
Will Smith (Concussion)

Breakthrough Performance
Amy Schumer (Trainwreck)
Brie Larson (Room)
WINNER: Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey)
John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Outta Compton)

Best Comedic Performance
Amy Schumer (Trainwreck)
Kevin Hart (Ride Along 2)
Melissa McCarthy (Spy)
Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect 2)
WINNER: Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)
Will Ferrell (Get Hard)

Best Action Performance
WINNER: Chris Pratt (Jurassic World)
Dwayne Johnson (San Andreas)
Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2)
John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)
Vin Diesel (Furious 7)

Best Hero
Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Chris Evans (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Dwayne Johnson (San Andreas)
WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2)
Paul Rudd (Ant-Man)

Best Villain
WINNER: Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Ed Skrein (Deadpool)
Hugh Keays-Byrne (Mad Max: Fury Road)
James Spader (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
Samuel L. Jackson (Kingsman: The Secret Service)
Tom Hardy (The Revenant)

Best Virtual Performance
WINNER: Amy Poehler (Inside Out)
Andy Serkis (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda 3)
James Spader (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
Lupita Nyong’o (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Seth MacFarlane (Ted 2)

True Story
Concussion
Joy
Steve Jobs
WINNER: Straight Outta Compton
The Big Short
The Revenant

Documentary
WINNER: Amy
Cartel Land
He Named Me Malala
The Hunting Ground
The Wolfpack
What Happened, Miss Simone?

Ensemble Cast
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Furious 7
WINNER: Pitch Perfect 2
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2
Trainwreck

Best Kiss
Amy Schumer & Bill Hader (Trainwreck)
Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey)
Leslie Mann & Chris Hemsworth (Vacation)
Margot Robbie & Will Smith (Focus)
Morena Baccarin & Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)
WINNER: Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine (Pitch Perfect 2)

Best Fight
WINNER: Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) vs. Ajax (Ed Skrein) — Deadpool
Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) vs. The Bear — The Revenant
Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) vs. Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) — Mad Max: Fury Road
Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) vs. Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) — Avengers: Age of Ultron
Rey (Daisy Ridley) vs. Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) — Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) vs. Lia (Nargis Fakhri) — Spy

MTV Generation Award
Will Smith

Comedic Genius Award
Melissa McCarthy

NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler telescope in emergency mode

NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler telescope in emergency mode :

The Kepler telescope has gone into emergency mode 75 million miles from home. NASA is working tirelessly to correct the problem.

Were Baby Chicks Killed to Make Your Mayo?

Were Baby Chicks Killed to Make Your Mayo?:

I hate mayo anyway.. More reason to avoid .. Eat death and you’ll be death..

The box on your pole is watching you?

And this is how electronic surveillance in the modern age can work.. Take a read of this story.. Some highlighted important text contained..

A box on a pole.
A camera.
Allegations that someone is being watched..
And the company name on the box not showing up on any Google results.
Welcome to the age of no privacy.

Risk of Collapse at Jesus’ Tomb Unites Rival Christians

Risk of Collapse at Jesus’ Tomb Unites Rival Christians:

History.. Anger.. Money. And big slabs of marble that need to be fixed..

Internet hyperlinks do not infringe copyright, EU court advised

Internet hyperlinks do not infringe copyright, EU court advised:

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A link to a website which publishes photos without authorisation of the author does not in itself constitute a copyright infringement, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Thursday.

A good ruling.
Sound.. Hope it extends globally.
Drudge should be happy too

California Blackouts Up to 14 Days Long Possible This Summer Because of Aliso Canyon Methane Leak, Officials Say

California Blackouts Up to 14 Days Long Possible This Summer Because of Aliso Canyon Methane Leak, Officials Say :

Here’s he story

A massive methane leak in Southern California was expected to have lasting impacts, but a new announcement by energy officials suggests prolonged blackouts – as long as 14 days – could also be coming as temperatures soar this summer.

State agencies studied the effects of the Aliso Canyon gas storage field’s partial shutdown after a natural gas blowout last year that crippled a major energy supply for the region. These officials proposed a plan to prevent power outages but concluded they "will reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of gas shortages this summer that are large enough to cause electricity interruptions for the region’s residents and businesses.“

The fear of nothingness

I have written countless times about near death experiences.. Even today my main headline is an article about comedian Tracy Morgan claiming he had a near death experience after his near fatal accident on a tour bus..

But I have a fear.. As I am sure you do too.. The fear of nothing.

The fear that maybe the afterlife is a bleak pit of nothing. Just a dark cavern of empty space accompanied by silence. Hellish silence.

This is the portrayal from someone on REDDIT. You can read the account and the news article and subsequent media story highlight the twice deceased person’s testimony of the afterlife or lack thereof..

So what scares you more? Devils and ghouls… Or the lack of them?

The balancing baby: Spooky video or special effects ?

News of the weird gets weirder.. It seems like everyday a new paranormal story is gracing major organizations’ headlines..

There is a video getting more than 2 million views showing a baby doing superhuman things and being shoved by what looks to be invisible forces..

Some have alleged it’s CGI special edge at.. Others say it may be a real life footage of a demonic entity..

A few feel it’s the brewing of an upcoming horror movie..

Time will tell. But the uploaders coyly claim that no infants were harmed in the making of the video..

You be the judge ..

Advice for the day..

Ignore headlines and news articles.. Wait until April 2. The fool may be you for believing something traveling on the news wires that ends up being a global con job..

I never liked April fools day.. The occult mean Aside and ..all of that stuff.

As a matter of fact, I may just got party like it’s 1492 and celebrate New Years today. I’ll be the fool.

Coffee and phantom killers.. All night reading and sleepless...

Coffee and phantom killers.. All night reading and sleepless filler. What phantoms emerge from the darkened halls? What silent threats will cause your fall?

Tumblr brings back Replies, revamps Notes to encourage more conversations on its service!

Tumblr brings back Replies, revamps Notes to encourage more conversations on its service!:

Amen!!! Prayers answered .. I know @notentirely will be ecstatic as well.

3-year-old girl shot, killed on Detroit's west side

3-year-old girl shot, killed on Detroit's west side:

Sgt. Michael Woody said the shooting happened around 2:10 a.m. in the 16800 block of Riverview Street, near W. McNichols Road and Telegraph.
Woody said officers believe a man, possibly armed with a 40 caliber handgun, entered the home and began shooting.

Stories like this any day are rotten. On Easter Sunday they become even more tragic..
A nation of warring people..
A nation of crime.
‘Twas always thus and always thus will be.

Mother Angelica, the founder of EWTN, dead on Easter Sunday.....

Mother Angelica, the founder of EWTN, dead on Easter Sunday..

http://ift.tt/1XX2c7t

Why Was 1976 Such an Amazing Year for Horror Movies?

Why Was 1976 Such an Amazing Year for Horror Movies?:

A great story..
The horror movies of this time period were really good. The nation was a mess.. There was chaos and strangeness .. And ABBA. But the collection of horror movies mentioned in this article are timeless.

Sometimes periods of time and creativity just ..click.

Why Was 1976 Such an Amazing Year for Horror Movies?

Why Was 1976 Such an Amazing Year for Horror Movies?:

A great story..
The horror movies of this time period were really good. The nation was a mess.. There was chaos and strangeness .. And ABBA. But the collection of horror movies mentioned in this article are timeless.

Sometimes periods of time and creativity just ..click.

Yellowstone supervolcano eruptions were even bigger than we thought

Yellowstone supervolcano eruptions were even bigger than we thought :

Hopefully whenever the next eventual one occurs it will be much smaller than we fear..

Good Easterish pun on Drudge today..Sanders swept the Easter...

Good Easterish pun on Drudge today..

Sanders swept the Easter primaries.. 

The bird–whether a finch or not–was certainly a good omen for the Bern.. 

Hill got some delegates.. but he has the big MO.. 

Can he keep it?

Easter snap!A refugee snaps an impressive selfie for his social...

Easter snap!

A refugee snaps an impressive selfie for his social media accounts. 

The Pope has one too of course. Maybe it will be on Instagram later.

The White House lawn. Easter 1921 on the first picture, 1929 on...

The White House lawn. Easter 1921 on the first picture, 1929 on the second.

The famed White House Easter Egg roll..

The annual White House Easter Egg Roll goes back a very long time. The playful game, which involves pushing an egg through the grass with a spoon, officially started on the White House grounds in 1878 when President Hayes moved the event from the Capitol and hosted all of Washington for the occasion. 

Through the years, there were different variations on the original activity like egg croquet and egg picking. In fact, the actual egg race wasn’t instituted until the Nixon administration in 1974.

 Since then, it’s become the largest annual public White House event of the year.  Regardless of party affiliation, presidents have it. We assume Trump would still? 

EASTER MAYHEM!!It has to happen somewhere every year.....

EASTER MAYHEM!!

It has to happen somewhere every year.. Congratulations to Orange, Connecticut, for making the list in ‘16..

FROM REPORTS on the chaos:

An Easter egg hunt descended into chaos on Saturday after parents in Orange, Connecticut, stormed the field.

Children as young as four were trampled by adults in a rampage to steal buckets and grab as many of the 9,000 hidden eggs as possible from the third annual free event at the PEZ headquarters.

One four-year-old son was left ‘bloody’ on the sports field and a two-year-old girl was shoved into the mud, witnesses claimed.

Are Your Easter Lilies Poisoning A California Town?

Are Your Easter Lilies Poisoning A California Town?:

Evidence mounts that the intense pesticide use required to cultivate the delicate bulbs is causing health problems for residents and harming populations of endangered species. ..

MORE:

When the wind is right, the Camerons can smell what Tim calls a “garlicky” odor blowing across the neighborhood. The first time it happened, they jumped in the car and followed the odor to a tractor spraying in a nearby field. After witnessing this several times, they went to a government agricultural office in town and were told a pesticide, fungicide, or nematicide was being applied.

The Camerons both soon developed severe allergies. When Cindy went to a doctor to get a prescription-strength remedy, Tim says, “the doctor mentioned to her, ‘Do you live out in Smith River, where all those lily fields are?’ ” After a talk with the doctor about pesticide exposure, the couple began to worry. They shared their concern with neighbors, who told the Camerons bluntly that the spraying didn’t bother them.

The Camerons are “not activists,” Tim says, and he doesn’t want to raise any fuss. They don’t necessarily attribute the miscarriages to the pesticides, but now his wife wants to move away from Smith River, and he’ll say only, “At this point, I am concerned,” particularly for their young children. Tim feels authorities are not doing enough. He went and talked to the farmer, who apologized. But the spraying continues.

An Easter tradition on the Coal Speaker..Jesus. Horus....

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An Easter tradition on the Coal Speaker..

Jesus. Horus. Whichever.

coalspeaker: An interesting sunrise today in a cemetery in...

coalspeaker:

An interesting sunrise today in a cemetery in Centralia PA

Taken in Centralia in 2014.. 2016 is a cloudier Easter than that one now.. but the cross still remains.

HAPPY EASTER 2016

HAPPY EASTER 2016

Did parallel universe open? Fears of 'ALIEN PORTAL' after ANOTHER floating city appears

Did parallel universe open? Fears of 'ALIEN PORTAL' after ANOTHER floating city appears :

But the unusual event is thought to have been caused by heavy fog obscuring the lower half of the buildings, or a phenomena known as Fata Morgana, which is a natural mirage that causes visions of cities or moutons in the sky or ships floating above the sea.

CCTV News said of the video: “A stunning mirage depicting a group of buildings was seen above the sea along the port of Dalian in northeast China’s Liaoning Province on Friday.

"Seen from the land, it appeared as though the buildings were looming in the fog, resembling a fairy city on the sea. Take a look at this splendid scene.”

Other viewers wanted more explanation.

Bird lands on Sanders' podium during Portland rally

Bird lands on Sanders' podium during Portland rally :

I watched this a few times today.. The bird landing came before his victories in tonight’s caucuses …

If it’s a sparrow it’s a good sign. If it’s a finch it’s even better..

And when things like this happen–these seemingly strange coincidences surrounding seemingly mundane events–it reminds me of how the bigger picture exists.. How there seems to be a dramatically bigger affair that takes place around us..

How maybe… No coincidences really do exist and a higher order is in power.

Or…. It was just a bird. Just a moment. Just a strange event that will be forgotten by tomorrow.

The DOVE IN DISGUISE joins Bernie on the podium..

The DOVE IN DISGUISE joins Bernie on the podium..

'The 100' Showrunner Apologizes for Character Death

'The 100' Showrunner Apologizes for Character Death:

The LGBT community went mad when a main character–a gay character at that–on the show was killed off in dramatic fashion.

The part that was perhaps most unbelievable was how  Jason Rothenberg and others billed the show as a must watch on social media, persuading people to halt their plans and tune into the program for a special episode. When they did, they saw  Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey), the lesbian commander of the Grounders and the love interest of main character Clarke (Eliza Taylor), was killed by a stray bullet meant for Clarke..

He broke his silence on a MEDIUM story..

And the fan reaction–even on the Medium article–continue to be harsh..

The WRAP reports,

Rothenberg retreated into silence on social media in the days and weeks following the episode, while a large sector of the show’s LGBT fanbase channeled their anger and social media power into collecting more than $45,000 — and counting — for the anti-discrimination Trevor Project. Rothenberg also defended his story choices, saying, “The things that divide us as global citizens today don’t matter in this show. And that’s the beauty of science-fiction. We can make a point without preaching. We can say that race, sexuality, gender and disability should not divide us. We can elevate our thinking and take you on a helluva ride at the same time.”

If nothing else, this displays the risks for people using social media to advance something.. especially if that something is going to make a lot of people very very angry..

Socially media at your own social risk…

Belgian nuclear guard shot and security access badge stolen

Belgian nuclear guard shot and security access badge stolen:

THIS DEVELOPING NOW.. 

Two days after bomb attacks at Brussels airport and on a packed metro killed 31 people and injured hundreds, a security guard who worked at a Belgian nuclear plant was murdered and his pass was stolen, Belgian media reported on Saturday. 

And some more links on the matter:   Brussels Attacks: Nuclear Officer Found Dead, Pass Stolen

Belgium’s nuclear plants ‘face cyber-attack threat’

Brussels attacks: Nuclear alert after security officer 'found dead with his pass missing’

:Guard at 'terror target’ Belgian nuclear site killed, access badge stolen

Belgium Fears Nuclear Plants Are Vulnerable

There were fears the day Belgium occurred–a nuke plant was evacuated and there were threats since.. This news will cause more fear and loathing in Brussels and other locations..

NO STOPPING IT NOW: BATMAN FIGHTS SUPERMAN IN EPIC BORE

The verdicts are coming in.. those of the people I now who saw BATMAN VS SUPERMAN are highly upset.. one person’s reaction was shock when she learned that the film cost almost a billion bucks *($800 mil to be exact)* to create.. a monstrosity of a borefest..

BUT BUT BUT.. stop the presses, here’s the latest bat news: Easter weekend take moneywise for the flick is going to be wide and big. $171 predicted for BATMAN VS SUPERMAN, despite the bad reviews. Despite the bad reactions. Despite Ben Affleck. The $171 mil will be minus Affleck’s children, as well..

The movie’s release is pre-summer. The spring Cherry Blossoms are not even done blooming. The genius of Warner Bros was to release a film like this – comic book, bombs, fights, explosions, Wonder Woman in a skimpy outfit – when kids were home from school. During a three day weekend when teens had nothing to do but go to the movies.. The marketing was also amazing with product placement everywhere, including in the cereal aisle for my five year old to have the choice of BATMAN or SUPERMAN flavor..

And finally, despite the misgivings and criticism, Affleck is scoring some points for his role as Wayne. Maybe not from me. But from enough people.

All that said, the movie is getting 30% at Rotten Tomatoes. The movie is also most likely going to drop next week after this initial trial run in over 4000 theaters as the Easter Bunny hops along..

Oh…..second place this weekend? Take a guess. The mighty ZOOTOPIA…

scarystoriestouploadinthedark: AN EASTER POEM. Easter feeling...

scarystoriestouploadinthedark:

AN EASTER POEM.

Easter feeling upon us.. The cherry blossoms bloom.

Grass is getting greener.. The April dangers loom.

Bunnies hop all over, dropping off their treats.

The powers pick up weapons, often nondescript.

It is the Easter season, it should be filled with hope.

But with war and bombs and threats all over,

we can hardly cope.

Two propaganda videos, one day.

scarystoriestouploadinthedark:

North Korea showing a nuclear strike on Washington.. 

The four-minute video clip, titled “Last Chance,” uses computer animation to show what looks like an intercontinental ballistic missile flying through the earth’s atmosphere before slamming into Washington, near what appears to be the Lincoln Memorial. A nuclear explosion follows

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ISIS released a video showing an attack and exploding Eiffel Tower in France, 

The video is titled “A message to the Western Kafir [Disbelievers] from the Supporters of the Caliphate.” It’s narrated in English and subtitled in Arabic, and was posted on YouTube and other file-sharing sites.

BATMAN VS SUPERMAN may make a lot of money, but not enough to break even

BATMAN VS SUPERMAN may make a lot of money, but not enough to break even:

This seems to be a recipe for disaster..
Bad reviews. Ben Affleck. A strange and unfitting appearance of Wonder Woman.

Oh, and not to mention, a highly expensive movie that will need about $800 MILLION just to break even.

The movie will be in a lot of theaters this weekend.

The 81st annual Easter Egg Hunt in Asbury Park..Wish I was...

The 81st annual Easter Egg Hunt in Asbury Park..

Wish I was there.. 

Good to see the spirit continuing..

Man says he was arrested for not returning VHS rental from 2002!

Man says he was arrested for not returning VHS rental from 2002!:

A North Carolina man says he was arrested for failing to return a VHS tape that he rented in 2002.

James Meyers says he was driving his daughter to school Tuesday when a police officer pulled him over for a defective tail light.

He says the officer told him there was a warrant out for his arrest from 2002, because Meyers had rented the movie “Freddy Got Fingered” starring Tom Green and never returned it.

Meyers says the officer let him take his daughter to school and go to work, as long as he promised to turn himself in to the police department later that day.

Garry Shandling, the writer, actor, producer and comedian best...

Garry Shandling, the writer, actor, producer and comedian best known for his long-running and influential HBO series The Larry Sanders Show and his groundbreaking sitcom It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, died today at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 66

The cause of death was not released..

The NET is buzzing with tributes and sadness over the death of an iconic comedian too early..

Researchers Find Fish That Walks the Way Land Vertebrates Do - NYTimes.com

Researchers Find Fish That Walks the Way Land Vertebrates Do - NYTimes.com:

The missing link has been found?!
A remarkable story..

But now a team of researchers has found a remarkable parallel to one of evolution’s signature events. In a cave in Thailand, they’ve discovered that a blind fish walks the way land vertebrates do.

The waterfall-climbing cave fish, Cryptotora thamicola, has even evolved many of the skeletal features that our ancestors did for walking, including a full-blown pelvis.

“It’s really weird,” said John R. Hutchinson, a biologist at the Royal Veterinary College at the University of London who was not involved in the new study. “It’s a good example of how much fish diversity there’s left to be discovered.”

Obama dances while Brussels burns: President ignores calls to come home in wake of terror attacks as he and Michelle take to the floor to TANGO during glitzy state dinner in Buenos Aires | Daily Mail Online

Obama dances while Brussels burns: President ignores calls to come home in wake of terror attacks as he and Michelle take to the floor to TANGO during glitzy state dinner in Buenos Aires | Daily Mail Online:

Everything is PR.. And in the aftermath of Brussels the UK MEDIA is slamming the dancing commander in chief of the United States ..

Brussels attacks bombers DID plan to attack nuclear power station

Brussels attacks bombers DID plan to attack nuclear power station :

Terrorists were preparing an attack on a nuclear power plant and had recorded 12 hours of reconnaissance footage, it has been reported.

The ISIS cell were spying on Belgium’s nuclear power chief, possibly as part of a kidnap plan to force him to let them into an atomic facility, according to newspaper Derniere Heure.

Hours of film of the home of the Research and Development Director of the Belgian Nuclear Programme were discovered in an apartment in Brussels raided by anti-terrorist police following the attack in Paris.

Ceres' Puzzling Bright Spots, Giant Mountain Feature in New Close-Up Photos

Ceres' Puzzling Bright Spots, Giant Mountain Feature in New Close-Up Photos:

Newly released images captured by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft reveal a close-up look at Ceres’ odd bright spots and giant mountain, and hint at the existence of ice sheets at the dwarf planet’s poles.

It’s a body that had s body of water that froze.. And entire ocean of ice..amazing..
But this bright spot? That’s the perplexing thing.

The 'hell house party' bust in Pennsylvania

The 'hell house party' bust in Pennsylvania :

UPPER DARBY >> A day after police broke up an underage drinking party involving several hundreds of teens at his Mary Street residence, a 54-year-old father was arrested Sunday on charges including corruption of minors, furnishing alcohol to minors and disorderly conduct.

When Abdul Ahmaddiya’s wife, 45-year-old Nichelle Davis-Ahmaddiya, arrived at police headquarters Monday to post his 10 percent of $1,500 bail, she also was arrested on similar offenses, Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said. Their 17-year-old daughter, who apparently promoted the Saturday night soiree on social media, was cited for alleged consumption and possession of alcohol.

Leave it to Social media to change everything..

Secret Cable: Belgium Thought It Was Slowing ISIS Tide

Secret Cable: Belgium Thought It Was Slowing ISIS Tide :

A government document obtained by NBC News shows that just four months before Tuesday’s Brussels attacks, Belgian officials believed they were making progress in defusing the threat posed by ISIS terrorists in Belgium.

A confidential U.S. cable describes how the Belgian officials outlined the nuts and bolts of their aggressive new counter-terrorism program in meetings with U.S. counterparts.

All evidence points to a long spring..

All evidence points to a long spring..

Hareetz: Belgian Intelligence Had Precise Warning That Airport Targeted for Bombing

Hareetz: Belgian Intelligence Had Precise Warning That Airport Targeted for Bombing :

Attack in subway likely also known in advance by Belgian and Western agencies; attack plan was formulated at de-facto ISIS capital of Raqqa, in Syria.

400 trained by ISIS to attack EUROPE, according to the AP

400 trained by ISIS to attack EUROPE, according to the AP:

The ides of March are over..the cruel month of April coming.. This story will have big play across the wires..

Rob Ford, Who Admitted Drug Abuse in Stormy Toronto Mayoralty, Dies at 46

Rob Ford, Who Admitted Drug Abuse in Stormy Toronto Mayoralty, Dies at 46:

A sad day.

FLASHBACK: Brussels Ridiculed Idea Of Islamic Violence In Ad

FLASHBACK: Brussels Ridiculed Idea Of Islamic Violence In Ad

"I saw blood everywhere where was a man whose chest was completely open. He had no more legs. Next to..."

“I saw blood everywhere where was a man whose chest was completely open. He had no more legs. Next to him a second man with no head whose body was shaking. Glass everywhere.”

-

Kallouchi Mohammed, 28, works at cafe inside the Brussels airport

Eyewitnesses to Brussels terror, in their own words

Terrorists strike the European Quarter and the main Brussels airport, killing at least 31 people. Read more here

(via politico)

A harrowing day..

A wild day in newsrooms across the world.. This image is being...

A wild day in newsrooms across the world.. This image is being shown on various agencies of the purported terrorists from the vantage point of leaked CCTV..

http://ift.tt/1XJFrny

This disturbing news on a nuke plant in Belgium being evacuated...

This disturbing news on a nuke plant in Belgium being evacuated now developing..

Belgium 'beefs up security' at nuclear plants

Belgium 'beefs up security' at nuclear plants :

Surveillance is stepped up with added security measures at nuclear plants,“ the agency reported.

"Vehicles are being checked with police and army on site,” the agency added.

Most news agencies thus far have hidden this boy’s face in...

Most news agencies thus far have hidden this boy’s face in the photo above.. CNN chose to display the image without disguising the clearly underage child involved in the carnage in Brussels..
A journalistic decision

Brussels Phone Users Urged to Text Not Call as Networks Jammed

Brussels Phone Users Urged to Text Not Call as Networks Jammed

Firsthand report of terror in Brussels

Firsthand report of terror in Brussels :

‘I heard a man shout some Arabic words then an explosion… then a second explosion, a massive explosion, much bigger.’

Speaking with blood on his hands and struggling to hold back tears, he added: 'It was a horror. I saw at least seven people dead. There was blood. People had lost legs. You could see there bodies but no legs.’

He added: 'I saw two men face down with blood pouring out of their heads. The injuries were so awful. You cannot imagine. People were so injured.

'I did not see the man who shouted in Arabic as he was behind me. I just heard the words. I don’t speak Arabic so I don’t know what he said.' 

In the aftermath, thousands of people waiting for flights this morning were penned inside the terminal as police sealed off the shattered arrivals hall.

People already checked in were then slowly evacuated through emergency exits – but were told to leave all their hand luggage as police checked bags for more explosives.

Brussels Airport explosions leave many dead and second ‘attack’ hits Metro station

Brussels Airport explosions leave many dead and second ‘attack’ hits Metro station :

The latest:

people killed after two explosions struck near the American Airlines check-in desk at 8am (7am GMT)

Reports of a firefight between police and attackers seconds before they shouted ‘in Arabic’ and detonated bombs

Terrified passengers covered in blood ran for their lives after explosion sent 'shockwaves’ through terminal building

Another blast killed 20 at a Metro station near EU headquarters in Maelbeek area of centralBrussels just after 9am

Two suspects arrested a mile from train station at around 11am as hundreds of troops and police flood the streets

Comes a day after Belgium minister warned of revenge strikes after arrest of Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam

Soft target terror

The images from Belgium are harrowing.. The nation feared terror for since and especially since Paris.. The arrest of the Paris attack mastermind didn’t help alleviate anything. And now today’s 8am morning rush hour double bombings of a subway system and airport in Brussels is being viewed by some as a response to the Friday arrest..

Clear at this point: Belgium and other European cities and nations are on lockdown.. People are being warned to avoid public gatherings.. The train connecting nation shut down..

The story and situation is developing.. With every passing moment more complications on the geo political sphere and in the world of open borders..

Brussels airport: 2 Explosions, airport evacuated

Brussels airport: 2 Explosions, airport evacuated :

Injury numbers and death toll continues risings

scarystoriestouploadinthedark: Mystery of Pulsing Pink Beam...

scarystoriestouploadinthedark:

Mystery of Pulsing Pink Beam in Pedricktown, NJ.

Linda Moulton Howe reporting on the EARTHFILES page about this:

A Pedricktown resident sent the following email with his image of a mysterious, pulsing pink beam that lasted for at least ten minutes before the strange beam kept contracting on itself half a dozen times getting smaller and smaller until it disappeared.

The light is bizarre to say the least.. in the description Linda received, the tipster wrote,

At 6:45 am, the beam disappeared. The way it disappeared was it contracted to about 2/3 of the size that was visible towards its center, disappeared,reappeared at its original size and repeated the contraction and disappearance-reappearance about five or six times.

This was not a spotlight, as the brightest spot was in the middle of the beam. Spotlights would be brighter at the power source. It wasn’t a laser pointer as known laser pointers are handheld and couldn’t produce a beam that strong.

There may be a very normal (?) explanation for this light.. but I certainly cannot think of something that would make it seem that way..

Could Lexa’s Death On ‘The 100’ Be Viewed Positively By The LGBT Community?

Could Lexa’s Death On ‘The 100’ Be Viewed Positively By The LGBT Community?:

The INQUISITIR writes,

Is it possible that Lexa’s death on The 100 could actually be viewed in a positive way by the LGBT community? At the moment, there are thousands of people angry and frustrated at the removal of a lesbian character, but there could be another way to look at this.

There were valid points when The 100 decided to suddenly kill off Lexa. It showed that Jason Rothenberg was going in the same direction as so many other shows: bringing in gay characters just to get rid of them. There are very few shows on TV that support gay and lesbian characters, and most of them will kill them off in some way. Supernatural faced backlash for killing off Charlie during Season 10 for no reason.

Meanwhile, on the controversy:

• ‘The 100’: Alycia Debnam-Carey Reflects on “Passionate Response …
  
• The 100: Alycia Debnam-Carey on Fan Reaction to Lexa’s Fate
  
• 'The 100’ Season 3: Titles For Episodes 10-14 Revealed
  
• Alycia Debnam-Carey reflects on that Lexa twist and the 'incredible …
  

From IGN:

As for her own reaction when she heard how Lexa’s story would go in Season 3, Debnam-Carey said, “I was just like, ‘Oh, I’ve got to do this really well! I’ve got to make sure I work really hard and do the character justice.’ Which is hard because that show, we run so quickly and we work really fast, so you’re never quite able to perfect anything, I think. But which also makes it so alive, because it’s constantly moving and developing as you’re filming.”

Spoiler warning for future events of The 100 follow…

Debnam-Carey was seen on the set of the Season 3 finale of The 100, but when I asked her what she could say about that appearance, she laughed and coyly replied, “What was the question? Can I talk about it? No.”

Madonna exposes 17 YEAR OLD fan's breast onstage

Madonna exposes 17 YEAR OLD fan's breast onstage:

MORE.. 

Madonna invited a 17-year-old fan onstage during her concert Thursday night in Brisbane, Australia, and then pulled down the teen’s corset top to briefly reveal her left breast…

There is a silver lining: The 17 YEAR OLD underage girl called it the best moment of her life. ET ONLINE reports on the moment it occurred:

The Material Girl ended up in a bit of hot water when she – seemingly accidentally – exposed a 17-year-old fan’s breast during her Rebel Heart Tour in Brisbane, Australia on Thursday.

“She’s the kind of girl you just want to slap…on the a**. And pull–” Madge said as she yanked the teen’s corset down and flashed her boob. “Oh, sh*t! I’m sorry. Sexual harassment. You can do the same to me.”

I am hesitant linking to the video.. there are some YOUTUBE accounts permitting the underage nudity.. even some showing it in SLO MO.

The conventional wisdom: MADGE should cancel her tour immediately.. go back home.. eat some applesauce and ponder her life’s existence..

.

Hikers find skull near Hollywood sign in Los Angeles

Hikers find skull near Hollywood sign in Los Angeles:

Hikers found a human skull in rough terrain near the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, authorities said. ..

The skull was close to where authorities discovered a decapitated head in 2012.

Gabriel Campos-Martinez was charged with murder in 2014 in relation to that case. He wasfound guilty last year.

"I never had the book,” he said. “I never read the book. I don’t care about the book."

“I never had the book,” he said. “I never read the book. I don’t care about the book.”

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Donald Trump to Maureen Dowd of the NEW YORK TIMES about allegations that he owned and read 

Mein Kampf in the 1990s.

A U.S. Marine was killed in a skirmish with Islamic State in northern Iraq on Saturday, making him the first American combat casualty in an attack by the extremist group in that country, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

A U.S. Marine was killed in a skirmish with Islamic State in northern Iraq on Saturday, making him the first American combat casualty in an attack by the extremist group in that country, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

Fasting Diets Are Gaining Acceptance

Fasting Diets Are Gaining Acceptance

A recommended site

Every now and then if I find a gem online that is worth noting and re-posting I do so.. found such today. This one is called ONCE UPON A TOWN, and showcases old photographs of some famous and not so famous places prior to urban sprawl.. Amazing site. Great work. Check it out..

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LUCY JONES IS LEAVING HER JOB..**Those who know earthquakes know...

LUCY JONES IS LEAVING HER JOB..*

*Those who know earthquakes know her..

From the LA TIMES dispatch:

In a city defined by celebrity, Jones has a unique kind of fame. She’s been called the Beyoncé of earthquakes, the Meryl Streep of government service, a woman breaking barriers in a man’s world.

Her son, now 25, recently texted her: “You’re on Jeopardy!” with a photo of the clue.

Authoritative yet nurturing, the “earthquake lady” has a knack for making a complicated point so simple it seems obvious. Along the way, she has dramatically changed the way the Southland prepares for earthquakes. Buildings are safer, first responders are better equipped and millions of residents have learned that the worst thing to do in an earthquake is to run outside.

“When the big one hits, people will be living because of the work that she has done,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said.

Now Jones hopes to leverage her earthquake credentials to tackle even more ambitious projects. She’s retiring from the USGS this month to help officials develop science-based policies related to climate change, tsunamis and other kinds of natural disasters.

But we still have Dutchsinse..

February was the warmest month in recorded history, climate experts say.. MORE: From Alaska to Australia, an unprecedented heating of planet Earth is underway with rising temperatures across huge swaths of land mass and oceans

February was the warmest month in recorded history, climate experts say.. MORE: From Alaska to Australia, an unprecedented heating of planet Earth is underway with rising temperatures across huge swaths of land mass and oceans

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dougherty was hospitalized after being assaulted Friday night in Philadelphia's center city by a homeless man

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dougherty was hospitalized after being assaulted Friday night in Philadelphia's center city by a homeless man

Trump Catches Fire In Depressed Coal Region

Trump Catches Fire In Depressed Coal Region:

The war on coal… the battle lines drawn. Particular states may be of interest to the Trump campaign this fall..

In rustic Buchanan County, 94 percent of residents are white and pickup trucks are the vehicle of choice – many carry bumper stickers declaring the primacy of the region’s main industry through slogans like “Can’t Keep The Lights On in America Without Coal From Virginia” or “Stop The War On Coal.”

For generations, coal has been the lifeblood in the region known as Appalachia, which includes southwestern Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and parts of Pennsylvania.

That’s changed drastically in the past 20 years. A major consumer of coal, the U.S. steel industry, has struggled against cheaper imports, closing down smelters from Pennsylvania to Ohio and cutting the demand for metallurgical coal, the higher-grade coal found in Buchanan and surrounding areas.

In the past five years, a global supply glut has driven down coal prices drastically. The company that operates Buchanan County’s largest functioning coal mine reported a steep fall in fourth-quarter prices, from $68.58 per ton in 2014 to $48.41 in 2015.

MIKE MYERS AGES! HAIR GOES WHITE! TMZ HAS THE ‘SCOOP’

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MIKE MYERS AGES! HAIR GOES WHITE! TMZ HAS THE ‘SCOOP’

DREADFUL WEEKEND IN DRUGLAND: A strong form of heroin being sold in Camden led to more than a dozen overdoses in less than 24 hours. Now police and emergency responders are worried that there may be more to come

DREADFUL WEEKEND IN DRUGLAND: A strong form of heroin being sold in Camden led to more than a dozen overdoses in less than 24 hours. Now police and emergency responders are worried that there may be more to come:

MORE.. 

“Right now we know that there is something out there that’s putting people in near death situations,” said Camden Metro Police Chief Scott Thompson.

Thompson says heroin at its purest form being sold in Camden caused 15 overdoses in several surrounding towns since Tuesday, 14 of those cases being young people.

“Generally young 20’s,” Thompson said. “We’re talking Washington Township, Cherry Hill and Haddonfield. Heroin doesn’t discriminate who it hooks into.”

did you ever see a UFO?

As a matter of fact, I did.. thanks for the question.

I detailed the UFO sighting I had back in October or so of 2010 – I remember it fondly. It was a beautiful autumn night before my son was born. My now deceased dog Bailey was finding a spot outside during a walk.. and I looked up and saw a hovering cigar shaped light which, after seeing it, sped away out of sight..

It remember it like it was yesterday.

Shocking moment Flydubai passenger jet explodes into fireball...

Shocking moment Flydubai passenger jet explodes into fireball killing 62 people

Atlantic Ocean off of the U.S. East Coast Rising 3–4 Times Higher than the Global Average.. beachfront property coming my way?

Atlantic Ocean off of the U.S. East Coast Rising 3–4 Times Higher than the Global Average.. beachfront property coming my way?:

The summary: 

This “hotspot” is due to the faster turnover of water through the Atlantic’s currents as compared to the Pacific, where water can take 200-300 years to make a full circuit from one end of the Atlantic to the other, as compared to the 600-900 years it might take for water to get around the Pacific.

In this case, warm waters from the Caribbean Sea that would normally be circulated northeast across the Atlantic Ocean are instead pooling off of the U.S. East Coast, due to the interruption of the North Atlantic Current. As water warms it expands, causing the ocean level to be higher wherever this expansion is experienced. NASA currently uses this effect to track ocean temperatures via satellite, using radar to record regional sea level changes to determine their temperatures.

Another recent study has shown that this has already happened, when a 4-inch sea level rise was recorded in a region of ocean between New York and Newfoundland that occurred in 2009 and 2010, due to a sudden change in the North Atlantic current.

Radar scans of King Tut’s tomb have revealed two spaces...

Radar scans of King Tut’s tomb have revealed two spaces on the north and east chambers of the pharaonic mausoleum that could contain the “discovery of the century,” Egypt’s antiquities ministry said

“It could be the discovery of the century. It’s very important for Egyptian history and the history of the world,” he said, adding that the chambers may well have belonged to a king or queen. Further tests will be done on March 31 to discover more about the newly-discovered spaces, he added.

One comet to swerve closer to Earth than any other comet in centuries: An emerald-green comet will brush the Earth Monday, followed one day later by a kissing cousin that will swerve closer to the planet than any other comet in nearly 250 years.

One comet to swerve closer to Earth than any other comet in centuries: An emerald-green comet will brush the Earth Monday, followed one day later by a kissing cousin that will swerve closer to the planet than any other comet in nearly 250 years.:

THIS IS ONE ‘FOR THE RECORD BOOKS,’ experts say..

An emerald-green comet will brush the Earth Monday, followed one day later by a kissing cousin that will swerve closer to the planet than any other comet in nearly 250 years.

The first and bigger of the two comets will be visible Monday to the naked eye in the southern hemisphere, as long as city lights are far away. Stargazers in the United States will probably need only binoculars to see the bigger comet in late March. Scientists, however, are bringing out the big guns. The Hubble Space Telescope, the powerful ground-based Gemini telescopes and others will be trained on the celestial visitors, which will provide an extraordinary close-up of objects usually glimpsed only at a distance.

It’s about to feel like 2000 all over again.John Titor–the...

It’s about to feel like 2000 all over again.
John Titor–the real time traveler!?–set for MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT with Heather Wade!? 

Remember, TITOR never appeared on BELL’s COAST TO COAST AM, but was active in the AOL chat rooms of the early 20th century.. now 16 years later–and lots of time gone on–Heather Wade is able to brag up the fact that she may just have done the extraordinary: Contact made with the time traveler among us.. 

Fun times ahead .. ‘stay tuned’ appears to be the words..

HOGAN WINS!

The retired wrestler Hulk Hogan was awarded $115 million in damages Friday by a Florida jury in an invasion of privacy case against Gawker.com over its publication of a sex tape.

The wrestler, known in court by his legal name, Terry G. Bollea, sobbed as the verdict was announced in late afternoon, according to people in the courtroom. The jury had considered the case for about six hours.

Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker and a defendant in the case, was found personally liable, as was Albert J. Daulerio, the site’s former editor in chief.

VIDEO: Unidentified object hovers in downtown Cleveland Friday afternoon, March 18 2016

VIDEO: Unidentified object hovers in downtown Cleveland Friday afternoon, March 18 2016

And you thought selfies were only a thing of the modern age.....

And you thought selfies were only a thing of the modern  age.. this one is from the 1800s. It probably took a while.

Nothing like a clown at a birthday party…

Nothing like a clown at a birthday party…

Google Maps has a street view of some amazing stuff.. including...

Google Maps has a street view of some amazing stuff.. including this:

Hashima Island, commonly called Gunkanjima, is an abandoned island lying about 15 kilometers from the city of Nagasaki, in southern Japan. It is one of 505 uninhabited islands in Nagasaki Prefecture

Check it out..

SCIENTISTS are one step closer to cloning dinosaurs after the discovering the remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex that was pregnant when it died.

SCIENTISTS are one step closer to cloning dinosaurs after the discovering the remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex that was pregnant when it died.:

Soo…..welcome to Jurassic Park?

Happy spring.This is the SNOWSTORM potential for this weekend..

Happy spring.
This is the SNOWSTORM potential for this weekend..

A very large fireball was observed over London, UK at 03:16 UTC...

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A very large fireball was observed over London, UK at 03:16 UTC on March 17, 2016. The event was first observed by UKMON’s Church Crookham station, northeast Hampshire, England.

According to the United Kingdom Meteor Observation Network (UKMON), the fireball momentarily overloaded the camera with light.

“Preliminary calculations estimate the brightens to be around -7 mag and explosion -14 mag. An estimated terminal altitude was just 30 - 34 km (18.6 - 21 miles),” UKMON’s Richard Kacerek said.

“With the second video we will be able to triangulate and calculate the orbit,” he added.

Photographing the Real Bodies of Incorrupt SaintsGREAT read.. A...

Photographing the Real Bodies of Incorrupt Saints

GREAT read.. 

A few highlights:

It’s tempting to find these lapses in realism and historical provenance and find satisfaction in that detective work. But the preservation of the incorrupt is often meant to be noticed. The sacristan, an officer in charge of overseeing Anna Maria’s sacred relics (what he sweetly called her “little old lady things”) explained that the wax on her isn’t designed to trick people. It’s to preserve an honest impression of her the moment she was discovered in her grave.

Yet the mystery is part of how the incorrupt draw us in with their uncanny sleeping faces, as if the twins Hypnos and Thanatos were playing tricks by switching places. They are somehow both a memento mori and the opposite of the anonymous grinning skull. We will all die, but maybe, if we’re very good, we can linger in this world

Hacker Group "Anonymous" Releases Trump's Social Security and Phone Numbers

Hacker Group "Anonymous" Releases Trump's Social Security and Phone Numbers:

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The group said they would declare war on Trump.
Now we see the results..

Fukushima Five Years Later: "The Fuel Rods Melted Through Containment And Nobody Knows Where They Are Now"

Fukushima Five Years Later: "The Fuel Rods Melted Through Containment And Nobody Knows Where They Are Now"

With the energy of a Metallica song, I wish you all a Happy...

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With the energy of a Metallica song, I wish you all a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, 2016..

Shake your shamrocks but be safe.It’s Green Beer time across the...

Shake your shamrocks but be safe.

It’s Green Beer time across the world..

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, world.

The year of overload

I just watched THE THREAD, a pretty good documentary on how the internet completely helped or ruined the Boston bombing investigation, depending on your point of view.. You should really give it a watch..

It forced me into a strange place.. contemplation over what this whole NET thing is doing to the world. To us. To news.. to everything.

I turned 21 a week before 9/11 happened. When that terror attack took place, I went online and immediately began updating –in HTML mind you–my website about the terror attack.. There is still a record of it somewhere on Archive.org. So in that regard, I was immersed in the NET world at 21 before REDDIT and Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. Back then it was AOL Chat rooms and Drudge, along with very basic chats..

But now? Twitter? REDDIT.. The REAL error of citizen journalism is here. And it’s fast, sloppy, messy, and amazing. 

But to what end?

The funny thing is after watching THE THREAD, I feel out of the loop. Even though I was a NET kid, it was new then.. it was all new. Now it’s ‘always been’ to the generation born since 2000. Think about that.. Kids of today have no idea what a boring Sunday afternoon watching NICK meant.. Now it’s constant life online. Nothing boring but yet everything is. Kids of today? You don’t KNOW boring..

And even though I was somewhat on the ‘cutting edge’ of media evolution with my VERY OWN DOT COM in the early part of the century, it’s rudimentary when compared to the fast paced information overload of today’s age.

Fast news.
Loose rules..
What you see isn’t what you get.
And the best chance of real factual information may come when the book is written years later.

But we are all experimenting with this old media murder. The journalists of yesterday who are still paying their school loans are watching the carpet pulled from them. YOU. Me. EVERYONE can be a reporter.

Is it too much/ Too much Trump? Too much of a good thing?
Live streaming until it gets dull?

Periscope…And all of the rest of the social networks popping up hourly.

Yes it is changing everything.
Everything.

What's the point?

Why have a blog?
Why have a tumblr?
So many voices….
All I hear is a mumblr..