A Pakistani teenager tells US how his grandmother was killed by strike

The story that 13-year-old Zubair ur Rehman told was so moving, the moved the translator to tears.. She told the story of Momina Bibi, 67, her grandmother.. she was out picking okra when a drone fired several missiles at an unknown targets near his compound. 

Eventually the drone strike killed Bibi…

The child testifying said this,

"Now I prefer cloudy days when the drones don’t fly. When the sky brightens and becomes blue, the drones return and so does the fear. Children don’t play so often now, and have stopped going to school. Education isn’t possible as long as the drones circle overhead"

Still not concerned about collateral damage? Perhaps then you lost your humanity. 

A Pakistani teenager tells US how his grandmother was killed by strike

Ayden got dressed in his finest Donetello attire and braved a horrendously busy mall for trick or treat night.. It was brutal. He was too tired to even eat French fries.
Kawabunga.

A woman believes that she was healed by a ghost, and also goes on to claim that she has a photo to prove it..She said that the ‘White Lady’ in a church during a family summer holiday.. Does this photo prove that a ghostly angel may have assisted in healing someone, or is it proof that ‘mind over matter’ is stronger than we think?

She got better AFTER she was shown the image.. perhaps her mind filled with joy and wonderment .. maybe a spirit did it. OR maybe her brain simply got a jump charge of positive reinforcement…

And maybe, as some would argue, science and God would go hand in hand, that there was a spirit and her brain did jump start, but that they both worked together.

I am undecided. This did not occur to me, so I cannot judge her situation or predicament. I can only wonder.. and question.. constantly.

GET READY: All thumbs: New CALL OF DUTY ad will feature Megan Fox..

Halloween safety worries lead to 'trunk-or-treating'

The latest scares of the world have led to this: “Trunk or treating.” People are getting candy ‘off the streets’ and instead putting them in trunks of cars in church parking lots.. to make things safer.. although children may not be safer around certain church leaders, I suppose this is all just eventual.

Nevermind the stories that I have been posting in which there have not been these ‘razor blades in apples’ that people always though.. Blame those rumors and decades-long scares on pure rumor and speculation. They didn’t happen.

Nonetheless, let’s go get dressed up in an expensive costume and go to the trunk of one car. Sounds fun.

Yeah.

Halloween safety worries lead to 'trunk-or-treating'

Monsanto and Pepsi trying to stop GMO labeling law in Washington state

A food fight is brewing, with the weapons being chemically enhanced cocktails of mystery. 

Monsanto and Pepsi want it to stay that way.

Monsanto and Pepsi trying to stop GMO labeling law in Washington state

The monsters of Jedwabne

The film is called AFTERMATH. The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER is reporting about the film today.. It perhaps may be one of the most important movies ever made, and since it is about actual events that some have chosen to forget, will be controversial too..

It details some horrible series of events that happened on July 10 1941.. It premiers in the United States this week.. 

If you want to know how controversial this movie may be, consider just the opening paragraph of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER story:

On July 10, 1941, half the residents of Jedwabne, a Polish village 85 miles northeast of Warsaw, murdered the other half. The mob, led by the mayor, were Catholics; their 1,600 victims were Jewish, slaughtered over several nightmarish hours with bats, knives, rifles and other improvised weapons. Those who survived the massacre were then rounded up in a barn donated by a local farmer, which was then set ablaze. A plaque erected at the site blamed Nazis for the massacre, but, in fact, Nazis had only authorized it. Locals walked by the plaque for half a century, knowing the truth, but saying nothing 

The story of Jedwabne is not the typical one taught in American high schools. As a matter of fact, most people may not even know of the dreadful story.. They will this week, at least those who hear of the movie.. 

In 2001, a book called NEIGHBORS explores the death of the 1,600 people.. While I never read it, this may be as good a time as any to reflect on history that mostly has gone unnoticed in the United States.

God fearing Catholics..armed with weapons of little destruction, killed their neighbors … 

One part of the story, also that may come as a surprise to those who are not aware, the Poles actually asked their new rulers, the Nazis, if it was permitted they kill the Jews. When they got the greenlight, they went overboard—so much so that the Nazis actually told the Poles to keep one family of Jews from every profession.. the Poles said no thanks, as they continued their bloody rampage..

There are still a few resources online that re-tell the story and offer images from the atrocity.

Those resources and information sources are set to increase with the movie AFTERMATH.

Consider this review from the VILLAGE VOICE.

This movie is important to understand, watch..and ponder.

Like the MONSTERS OF MULLBERRY STREET of fiction, this movie based on reality can teach a lesson. A lesson that, as sadly timeless as it may be, atrocities can happen where and when you least expect them… 

Why Cut Processed Food - 100 Days of Real Food

This article sort of goes without saying. Or does it??

CUT THEM OUT.

ONE INGREDIENT UP YOUR LIFE.

Why Cut Processed Food - 100 Days of Real Food

People biologically take pleasure in the pain of others

At one time we watched people get hanged in town squares.. Before that we put people on the rack.. Burned witches… So on and so on…

But now we have proof that we like watching people get soaked by taxis …

Did we really need a study to prove the deepest and darkest secrets about the human mind?

People biologically take pleasure in the pain of others

Samhain set: Witches are the most popular costume in 2013, princesses for kids. Not making the list: The TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. I frankly think they were the most popular this year, since we could not find any for my son in a 100 mile square radius. I guess the best gauge for that will be so see if any heroes in a half shell end up joining Ayden in night life trick or treating..

Facebook knows when you’re going to break up |

Mark knows more about you than you do about him.

But does Facebook know when you’ll break up with Facebook?

Facebook knows when you’re going to break up |

21-Year-Old Man Killed Execution-Style Inside North Philadelphia Grocery Store

Welcome to the city of brotherly hate.

21-Year-Old Man Killed Execution-Style Inside North Philadelphia Grocery Store

Government mining Social Media for Information on Health Behavior

Does this bother you?

Government mining Social Media for Information on Health Behavior

Now this is scary: Chubby American military personnel are getting liposuction to pass Pentagon's body fat test

Now this is scary: Chubby American military personnel are getting liposuction to pass Pentagon's body fat test

Tonight's DARK MATTER with Art Bell should be quite interesting.. Bell interviews John McAfee

Tonight's DARK MATTER with Art Bell should be quite interesting.. Bell interviews John McAfee

The best book covers ever—-and some of the best books ever, too. I remember being frightened of these imaginative stories as a child—some have stuck with me ever since. 

There was a yearly ‘book fair’ that would show up in my grade school. I went to a Catholic school, so nice child-friendly books were proudly on display. But if you looked hard enough, you can find these books there.. I bought it sneakily, as though I was doing something bad, and tucked it away in my bookbag until I got home. I’d read it at night, and covered myself with blankets when I heard the house squeak….

They were scary stories to tell in the dark…

And if I’m not mistaken, they still exist somewhere in my house. I just have to find them…

When I do my son will inherit the treasure..

The Obama administration was given stark warnings just one month before launch that the federal health care website was not ready to go live, according to a confidential report obtained by CNN.

A news alert from CNN just in..
The plot thickens. And …
Healthcare.gov still works worse than Tumblr.

The mystery of yeast

I pride myself in being a decent cook.. someone who can put a little love into something and end up with something tasty..

So in my “one ingredient diet"  recently, I planned the big one: Baking my own homemade bread. The concept itself was beautiful in my mind.. in practice? Well..

I’ve not reached three homemade loaves of bread that were crusty, heavy, and didn’t quite ‘rise’ the way I wanted. I have never really used yeast before, and figure my misunderstanding of yeast is my roadblock..

This bread thing? It’s like a science project.. I actually feared that my yeast would rise too much and my house would suddenly take on the appearance of a 1950s rerun of I LOVE LUCY. But alas, it was not meant to be.

The loaves had decent flavors.. but once they got cool, they turned into rock hard entities, things that look like they’d look better as a garden decoration than a food product..

I need more fluff.

More yeast? Less?

A house of bread would be better than a rock hard insult.

I will persevere, though! This dough ain’t got me down.

INCOMING!

breakingnews:

Asteroid due to fly in between Earth and the moon

SPACE.com: NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program says a small asteroid will fly in between Earth and the moon on Tuesday, with its closest pass to our planet occurring around 5:45 p.m. ET.

The asteroid was first discovered on Oct. 25. During its closest pass, the space rock will fly by Earth at a distance of about 176,000 miles. It’s estimated to be between 39 and 89 feet wide. 

Photo: This illustration shows the trajectory of asteroid 2013 UV3, in blue, as it flies by Earth. (NASA/JPL)

There sure have been lots of weird anomalies in the sky in recent days. 

Good thing FEMA REGION 3 is ready for anything.. right?

A haunted history of Halloween..