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Series of strong quakes rocking Japan..

Man arrested in Thailand after being found with six roasted human fetuses..

Facebook continues to have bumpy ride on Stock Market..

Robin Gibb dead at 62..

New theory: Columbus was Jewish?
And you thought INCEPTION was just fiction.. think again: Reality .. art.. it’s all the same.. Dream with control: New mask sets to create sleep your way..
Ron Paul: out of the race but still winning delegates..

No more freedom of speech? A teacher asserts that student can be arrested for speaking badly about President Obama..

This is a conference, POST GSA scandal? Yoga classes.. fishing.. Zumba.. $1 million tab..


Beautiful images from around the world as the ring of fire solar eclipse was visible..

If the highway won't kill you, the heart disease will

If it’s not one thing it is the other. 

Yes, highway deaths are declining because cars are becoming safer.

And men are closing the longevity gap

BUT….

Diabetes and heart disease are increasing among kids in the US of big A..

RED DAWN: CHINA FIRM BUYS AMC TO CREATE WORLD’S LARGEST CINEMA CHAIN

Does it seem like a little bit of Americana is lost today? No shame on the Chinese billionaire who just bought AMC for a cool $2.6 bil, it’s business. But .. something seems awry when the biggest theater company in the United States is based out of another country.. another part of the world.. Yes, indeed. Something vintage is gone.. Something real is out the door. History. AMC .. ABC.. easy as 1 2 3..

Quick Chicago update

Welcome to Chicago, 2012..

NATO goes to the police state, Chicago ‘12: Mayor Emanuel authorizes ‘new normal’ of social control in Windy City..

Police van rolls through protesters..

Death in a steel town goes unpunished:

Nick Revetta’s death was one of 4,551 people killed on the job in America in 2009. He had a wife and two children. And his death made no national headlines but this article about his story is a must read and a microcosm of what is occurring all throughout the nation..

Death in a steel town goes unpunished:

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Occupy livestreamers detained at gunpoint by police in Chicago

But..

The police never explained why the men were being detained but handcuffed and interrogated them, searched their car, repeatedly slammed one of their computer hard drives against the car floor, and attempted to delete their footage of the incident before it could be archived at Ustream

But it was too late. The attempt to delete the footage … well, it appears it did not work.

Occupy livestreamers detained at gunpoint by police in Chicago

Solar Sunday: Enter the ring of fire eclipse

Three have been charged in Chicago .. police say the three NATO protesters planned to “commit terrorists acts” on Obama, police, and mayor’s home.

Yes, indeed. As mentioned earlier on this site.. it’s going to be a long NATO summit indeed.

NBC CHICAGO IS LIVE BLOGGING THE NATO PROTESTS GOING ON TODAY

I assume they will be live blogging more this week, too.

Worth bookmarking the link. 

NBC CHICAGO IS LIVE BLOGGING THE NATO PROTESTS GOING ON TODAY

It’s going to be a rough week…

More on the big Italy quake: Historic buildings hit with a lot of damage

Reuters reports on one man who died because he was at the right place.. at the wrong time:

A 57-year-old Italian was killed when part of an ironworks in Sant’ Agostino collapsed, and two men were killed in the same town when part of a ceramics factory collapsed. “He wasn’t supposed to be there. He changed shifts with a friend who wanted to go to the beach,” the mother of one of the victims said.

More on the big Italy quake: Historic buildings hit with a lot of damage

Excellent point and video from the website DutchSinse: Have a plan and be ready

Some mighty large quakes recently.

It’s not a bad idea to just have some notion of what you’d do in case of a dire emergency.. one that say, hasn’t hit since the 1300s….. Italy..

Excellent point and video from the website DutchSinse: Have a plan and be ready

This Reuters image showcases the amount of damage that took place in Italy—as a quake stronger than any in hundreds of years hit ..

The official summary of the photo:

The old tower is damaged after an earthquake in Finale Emilia May 20, 2012. A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least three people and causing serious damage to the area’s cultural heritage. The epicentre of the 6.0 magnitude quake, the strongest to hit Italy in three years, was in the plains near Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of the Po River Valley. REUTERS/Paolo Bona  

The magnitude was a 6.0. 

The earth is moving in Italy

Actually it seems lately that the unstable crust that houses our feet is moving everywhere.. But today,  one of the worst quakes to hit northeast Italy in hundreds of years rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday.  

A civil defense official told the AP that it was the worst earthquake since the 1300s..

More here..

The quickening just got quicker..

And it begins.

This image shows a NATO protester being arrested in Chicago .. Outright crackdown on protesters is set to begin by police, who have been warning for months that security was going to be tight.

Reports a few days back on local Chicago news indicated that a no fly zone will be in effect in Chicago for the duration of the NATO meeting.

A large demonstration in set for Chicago today.. police vs. protesters Match 1 set to begin some time during the next several hours..

An AP report illustrates the amount of tension that is already existent between both sides in Chicago.

And meanwhile, when the NATO summit begins, world leaders will be dealing with a potential breakup of the EU, war, and all that happy go lucky stuff…

Readers in Chicago: Keep in touch with me about what is going on. It’s going to be a long summit for many..