Detroit files for bankruptcy

The city of Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history Thursday afternoon, culminating a decades-long slide that transformed the nation’s iconic industrial town into a model of urban decline crippled by population loss, a dwindling tax base and financial problems.

This is rather unprecedented..

From all those images of a vacant and deteriorating Detroit to this basic admission: They are broke..

I trust that the spirit of the city strong.. I’ve never been there. But I would sure love to hear from people in Detroit about this. Answer this post or send me a message on my open lines page.

I am not from Detroit.. but if you’ve driven through the coal region of PA, you may see that we have some stuff in common.

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Detroit files for bankruptcy

Cancer news that you should know

Some cancer news that you need to know:

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  Cancer cells thrive on processed sugar, new MRI reserach shows..
  
  
  The CDC removed *but a cached copy still exists* of a website admitting 98 million Americans received Polio vaccines contaminated with cancer virus!
  
  


• A new surgical knife detects cancer..


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  A cancer-free woman received extensive chemotherapy after a false diagnosis..
  
  
  
  

The current conditions as of 3pm July 18 2013.

Take a peek at this come January and see which you’d prefer..

The NSA Admits It Analyzes More People's Data Than Previously Revealed

As an aside during testimony on Capitol Hill today, a National Security Agency representative rather casually indicated that the government looks at data from a universe of far, far more people than previously indicated.

A friend of a friend of a friend of a friend…heard it from a friend who heard it friend who heard it from a friend you were snooping around..

The NSA Admits It Analyzes More People's Data Than Previously Revealed

The jurors going OUTBACK tonight

Lifestyles of the sequestered.. For some reason, I always would like to think that a jury goes behind doors to deliberate in a hot, sweaty room without an air conditioner working, like in 12 ANGRY MEN. In the case of the George Zimmerman trial, there were no men, and not even 12 people, instead six as Florida allows for a jury trial. Now information has been released about their sequestration .. While in confinement, they enjoyed pedicures, they were permitted to go bowling, shop at the mall, go to the Ripley’s Believe it or Not museum.. and had some dinners at the Outback Steakhouse. Now I don’t decry them for their luxuries.. this was a long trial and they did not get to see their family.. But could they at least have chosen the Texas Roadhouse over Outback? Outback does not even rate! And finally.. I trust that they ….did not see any newspapers while they were out and about, when they used to go out…?

Terrible news.. tragic news.. and potentially criminal issue..

Update: 23 dead children in India simply for eating a school lunch.. This is such a horrible story.. That is their only crime in life.. eating a school lunch . And now of course the 'government will investigate'.. And I am sure find allllll the ‘answers’.. There are already some answers, at least some bits of information, being released: The food was laced with pesticides..

Troubling news..

Syrians are fleeing from war at a rate not seen since the Rwandan genocide.. 

That comes to us from the United Nations..

According to the UN, the number of people fleeing the conflict in Syria has escalated to an average of 6,000 a day during 2013 - a rate not seen since the genocide in Rwanda nearly two decades ago, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday… And if anyone remembers those dark days in Rwanda, go back through amnesia lane and treat yourself to some horrid history from the mid 90s..

NASSER al-AWLAKI writes a New York TIMES op ed: The Drone That Killed My Grandson

This is a monumentally important editorial.. You need to read it.

NASSER al-AWLAKI writes a New York TIMES op ed: The Drone That Killed My Grandson

The news that does not matter udpate

ROLLING STONE magazine is defending its placement of a handsome looking Tsarnaev on the cover of its new issue.. I wrote about this yesterday, in part saying the outrage is nonsense and we are further arguing in this nation about things that don’t matter. This ROLLING STONE issue makes that point—with even CVS an other retailers saying it is going to ban the magazine from being sold in its stores! We continue to be victims of some pretty high rolling mind games. Take a peek outside your box, America.. there’s more to every story.

Speaking of debating about things that do not matter:

Jenny McCarthy tapped to co-host THE VIEW.. outrage now due to her critical comments about vaccines causing autism.. Yet again, proof Americans get outraged and angry about things that do not matter one hill of beans. At all.. No matter WHAT she thinks about anything.. that is the purpose. She is supposed to be controversial. This is for ratings. Americans who are outraged by this: YOU ARE BEING PLAYED, good.

How to be a bad talk show host as exemplified by George Noory.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCkCjODOxwk]

This guy is such a stooge. 

Unfortunately every stooge gets his day. Or his decade. Premiere Radio Networks just extended his contract—and Noory says in the press release he will be on the air long enough to see NASA put a man on the Mars.

Knowing that, NASA may fast-track their mission.

For your reading without my commentary. This letter does indeed speak for itself, and it’s very well-stated..

CVS won't sell Rolling Stone issue with Boston Marathon bombing suspect on cover

This is a little crazy..
Censorship simply because of a cover image..?? Too much, America.
What is not about the first amendment that gives everyone such sh&t fits?

CVS won't sell Rolling Stone issue with Boston Marathon bombing suspect on cover

collegehumor:

The Worst Way To tell Someone They’re Fired

Damn autocorrect! I’m trying to fire someone here.

Why you should not fire someone via text message..

The man with no memory: Navy vet wakes up, speaks only Swedish

Stories like this always blow my mind. Imagine this: A Navy vet goes unconscious, wakes up without a memory, and speaks Swedish. That frightening concept is exactly what happened in the case of Michael Thomas of Florida, who was found in a Motel 6 in Southern California by police.. He now believes he is Johan Elk of Sweden..

Bizarre stuff, isn’t it? 

What secrets lurk in the minds of men—especially when they lose all memory and allow their brains to work without stopping..

The man with no memory: Navy vet wakes up, speaks only Swedish

Looking forward to the CONJURING

The CONJURING is being released this weekend.. Advanced screenings had some flare, with Warner Bros warning people that the effects of the film may be rough.. Also at the screening: A priest.. Not bad marketing and PR from the film—though websites like SPIRITDAILY.COM linked the DREAD CENTRAL article on the CONJURING screening with a headline “a movie to stay clear of”..

Praise for the CONJURING from the Chicago TRIBUNE..

A horror movie with a faith-based marketing ploy.. Smart move, Warner, smart move.

Director James Wan now plans a break from horror in the post-CONJURING world..

This just in.. Jar Jar Binks condemns the Tsarnaev Rolling Stone.
Like other reptilians, Jar Jar is highly offended..

newsweek:

Rolling Stone has a released a statement on its controversial ‘The Bomber’ cover. 

[h/t @buzzfeednews.]

This is America right? Now news organizations have to explain that their reporting was not meant to offend anyone?!

Ugh.
Maybe the folks who want to ban the Tsarnaev cover from their stores would be happier if the editors of the magazine sent them this one instead:

I live 45 minutes from Boston and let me tell you everyone is livid. I applaud Rolling Stone for this gutsy move. It was a risk man. I think they are trying to paint the picture of before and after to show the contrast between the reportedly happy American (because he was a citizen) teen and the "monster" he became. I applaud Rolling Stone for the balls to publish this knowing people would be angry. I think the contrast and the publicity was the point. Not to glorify him as a "rock star."

Amen! Thanks for your perspective. And I agree with it..

I recall both NEWSWEEK and TIME putting nice happy photos of the Columbine killers on their respective covers back last century..

I personally consider this ROLLING STONE controversy beyond ridiculous (CVS will actually censor the magazine …) .. I also think collectively everyone needs to take a deep breath, eat some fruit or something, and realize what actually matters..

And besides, that image of Tsarnaev actually tells a story all by itself.

Study: Government Tracking Movement of Every Vehicle with License Plate

Well how about that then!

Study: Government Tracking Movement of Every Vehicle with License Plate

So these are the things Americans get mad about now? Magazine covers? Do people buy magazines anymore!? There is “controversy,” “anger,” and “rage” after ROLLING STONE placed Tsarnaev on its cover.. some have complained that the cover is ‘tasteless’ and offensive. Some say the picture, self-taken by the would be terrorist when he snapped it, makes him look like a rock star instead of a bomber. .

When people get past the fake controversy of a simple cover image, the actual ROLLING STONE story features some revelations you may not have heard of before, including the fact a plea from his former wrestling coach may have been enough to get him to surrender from the boat he was hiding in..