Saturday, May 26, 2012
A tropical storm has already formed off of the East Coast
The weather outside indeed will be frightful..
So are YOU ready for months worth of scary tornadoes, hurricanes, winds, and rain? … I don’t think I am.
A follower of mine, NotEntirely, (and you should follow the site) said:
weather’s been weird lately out here, looked a lot like this for the last two days.
A few Twitter followers have also updated me on their fears of this season.
Is it just something we are feeling? Because I am feeling it. I am not weather vane or predictor or prognosticator, and the wonderful folks at the National Hurricane Center, Accuweather, and the Weather Channel would mop the floor with me on my weather knowledge.. But something deep down just makes me think this year will be one we will want to remember but will not be able to. Hope I’m wrong. Maybe I am. But if I’m not, as always, better safe than sorry. Prepare for the worst, expect the best. The reality is somewhere in the middle.
A tropical storm has already formed off of the East Coast
Centralia 'still burns'
Here we go again. Another story from major media on the quaint little town of Centralia, population almost no one. Population once was Over a thousand.. a mine fire changed that, and destroyed a road or two in the process.
The fire started 50 years ago this weekend, a Memorial Day somewhere in time.
And this year, another news article portrays the town as “macabre.” It is not macabre. It is a tragic story, of course. However, the typical yearly media portrayal that occurs, or the occasional blip on the radar that it gets in AP news alerts due to constant court cases, always gets me irritated. No one ever really wanted the attention that they got, even today. No one really appreciates that their little home town is now home to explorers and travelers from around the world—people who seem shocked that zombies aren’t walking around the street and fires aren’t smoldering. Instead, now and then, smoke rises.
Nonetheless, it’s a story. News media come and go. And they did in the 1980s, when NIGHTLINE broadcasted live (complete with a smoke machine for the effect.) And they come and go yet again. 50 years of this.. interesting.
Friday, May 25, 2012
There has been a ton of criticism for the hosting style of John B. Wells on Coast to Coast AM. But I like him. Tonight he is taking the show into a strange direction: Palmistry. Yes it’s a real thing. And Vernon Mahabal will explain all about it. Worth the listen should you be awake at 1am on the East Coast.
Had enough..? I have.
The week was long. The weekend will be long, too. And hot. And in some places, fears of tropical season are already arriving.
Here are the dreary highlights of the latter portion of Friday:
Surprise, you’re a girl!!! Man admitted to the hospital for kidney stones finds out he is actually a woman!
North Korea used staged traffic accidents to kill..
There are plans being made right now of how to deal with a post-Euro collapse.. Work is “ongoing” to restrict European immigration if the Euro implodes..
After all these years.. A man has confessed to the murder of Etan Patz.. Mental illnesshas already been claimed as defense.. 33 years later .. but is the confession enough?
THE BUTLER DID IT!
A SCANDAL IN ROME HEATS UP.. Vatican police have arrested Pope Benedict XVI’s butler for allegedly leaking confidential documents and letters detailing claims of corruption..
Already the scandal has been dubbed Vatileaks .. Some documents involve the awarding of contracts in dubious ways.. some involve management of the Vatican bank.. The Pope said to be shocked. Maybe he is just afraid we’d be shocked too?
Revealed in the documents: Power struggles, corruption The Vatican had condemned the book as ‘criminal’ and the printing of the documents were a violation of the Pope’s privacy ..
The Pope’s privacy.. the hallowed holy halls aren’t private enough? .. No, we need to thicken that frock even more..
I've read the news today oh boy
40 tons of wreckage from Japanese tsunami washes up on Alaska island..
Up to 100,000 dead fish wash ashore in Maryland..
LAPD REQUESTS TAPE THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD.. COULD PROVIDE FRESH EVIDENCE IN MANSON FAMILY MURDERS
Arrest made in Etan Patz case — unsolved since 1979
New York senate bill poised to end anonymous internet posting..
Fear: The next 6 or 7 quake that hits near Fukushima reactor 4 could cause ‘global security issue’
How the blurry line between news and advertising messes with our minds..
Google removes 1.2 million search links a month!
Long hot Memorial Day weekend coming..
Heaven can be a place on earth for a former president.. Bill Clinton snapped surrounded by porn stars
Yet another occurrence of a young man drowning in the a few feet of water..
EXORCIST to be remade into TV miniseries..
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Developing
Investigators in New York have a man in custody who has implicated himself in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, Commissioner Ray Kelly of the New York Police Department said Thursday.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The hunt for planet X
An astronomer insists it is out there .. And says facts and observations back him up. What say you, all?
The hunt for planet X
Put this one in the "I don't want this as a gift for Christmas" category.. A vial of Ronald Reagan's "blood" went on sale.. A lot of people are outraged
This story is more than creepy.
Owning Ronald Reagan’s blood, for some, may be like having Christ’s himself. But .. alas..this is real life. And real blood, supposedly from Reagan.
I’m not buying any of it. Including the blood..
Put this one in the "I don't want this as a gift for Christmas" category.. A vial of Ronald Reagan's "blood" went on sale.. A lot of people are outraged
I bet some more airline workers may end up losing jobs
Indeed.. now there are going to be holograms to greet you at airports and guide you as opposed to real people.
Help me Obi Wan.. and all that stuff. Technology continues to outdo itself, doesn’t it?
The state of the union: Man passed out on a sidewalk, robbed of everything
Was it the liquor that caused the behavior.. or maybe the lack of …something… in our collective heart and soul?
The state of the union: Man passed out on a sidewalk, robbed of everything
Ruh roh
Shareholders sue Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, number of banks alleging information was concealed ahead of IPO.
Mark Zuckerberg has sold 30.2 million shares and director Peter Thiel has sold 16.8 million shares of the social-networking company, according to securities filings published late Tuesday.
Zuckerberg sold 30.2 million shares at a price of $37.58 for gross proceeds of $1.13 billion; Thiel sold 16.8 million shares for gross proceeds of $633 million
Mark Zuckerberg has sold 30.2 million shares and director Peter Thiel has sold 16.8 million shares of the social-networking company, according to securities filings published late Tuesday.
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