Friday, March 7, 2014
Apparently young conservative women love Rand Paul.
Maybe it’s that tussle of Confederate Soldier style hair.. perhaps it’s how he looks in a doctor’s coat.. Maybe it’s the hot filibuster.
Or maybe it’s because he’s more attractive than this:
Irony? I don't know ...
Newsweek ran a big cover story on Bitcoin and they outed the founder.
Newsweek has been digital for 15 months—like Bitcoin. But they picked their Bitcoin cover and story to appear in the first issue that they are back in print on newstands again.
I am confused..
Bitcoin.. crypto-currency. Virtual money..
Newsweek.. virtual paper and now real paper.
The world is back asswards sometimes.
Obama flubs Aretha Franklin hit ‘Respect’
He spelled it wrong.
This guy is starting to act like Bush more everyday.
Obama flubs Aretha Franklin hit ‘Respect’
Schuylkill County man accused of beating dog to death with frying pan
Nixon kept Checkers.
This Tower City man did not keep Patches…
Schuylkill County man accused of beating dog to death with frying pan
Mall at Steamtown Going into Foreclosure
Call it the Fall at Steamtown..
Malls are dying quick deaths.
Even the big ones.
Incidentally Staples said it’s going to close 225 stores this year… I pick Cressona PA as a prime candidate..
Mall at Steamtown Going into Foreclosure
The forecasters who cried snow
Winter weary.. Weather changing. This weekend will be just fine, with clocks being set ahead and a taste of spring reportedly on the way.. What else could go wrong!? Winter is over, if you want it. OR.. not. For days now, the weather forums I frequent have been talking about an impressive and large storm coming around the middle of March. And just in time for that, models are now picking up a big event for next week.. However, we’ve recently been down this path. Just last week, forecasters were confident and scary by saying 20 inches or more of snow was set to fall on millions—so a grain of road salt may be in order watching this forecast evolve.
What models are showing, at this hour, is an impressive Nor’Easter like storm hitting the East Coast.
Other reputable weather forecasters don’t believe it..
So weather is like politics now. Take a side..
The models are running cold—which means that opposed to spring like Southern air dominating the storm, there will be an onset of cold Arctic air to turn precipitation frozen. If it happens.
If any of this happens.
As mentioned, there were frightening days leading up to the big storm that never was last week—bread and milk sold out for no reason.
But the trouble is, even if a storm was set to strike it’s like the forecaster who cried wolf!
The sky didn’t fall last week. Neither did snow.
So people may be hit hard and they won’t even have bread and milk to feast on..
We’ll be watching this one since we are in the target area for blizzard like conditions.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
NASA's Hubble Telescope Witnesses Asteroid's Mysterious Disintegration
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has recorded the never-before-seen break-up of an asteroid into as many as 10 smaller pieces.
Very cool.
Very weird.
Very spacey.
NASA's Hubble Telescope Witnesses Asteroid's Mysterious Disintegration
Why Did "The Ukraine" Become Just "Ukraine"?
This from Mental Floss.. and it’s a truly amazing story of how the nation of Ukraine has evolved.
The America.
The Russia?
The Britain?
no..
Ukrainians didn’t like “the” Ukraine was bit. No “the” Ukrainians didn’t.
I guess we’re all guilty of saying it…now and then. The crisis in “the” Crimea has certainly led to people thinking about the word they say before ‘Ukraine.’
Why Did "The Ukraine" Become Just "Ukraine"?
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A friend of mine reminded me tonight some of the greatest and freakiest horror characters in history: The Gentlemen.
They starred in a BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER episode in 1999 before the turn of the century.
They were a group of demons that roamed from town to town and needed human hearts to stay alive.
I always wondered with Joss Whedon based the GENTLEMEN on.. Perhaps Slenderman? Maybe the men in black.. Not the Black Eyed Children, since the BEKs are more of a new found group of paranormal entities..
If you don’t remember the episode HUSH here’s a clip of the gentlemen and the creepy song that accompanied them.
Sleep well..
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
U.S. Moves Six Fighter Jets to Baltics, More Airmen to Poland
The U.S. military is increasing its presence in Poland and the Baltics in response to the crisis in Ukraine, officials said Wednesday….
So much for not ratcheting up tensions, I guess…
Russia firing off ICBMs.. The United States reestablishing its Cold War footing.
Secretary of Defense Hagel also said supplying additional arms to Ukraine would be a joint NATO or presidential decision.
But another bit of Russia related news making big news is the news business itself. The LA TIMES reports it this way:
An American journalist said she was quitting a Russian-backed TV station in an on-air protest Wednesday, telling viewers “I cannot be part of a network funded by the Russian government, that whitewashes the actions of [President Vladimir] Putin.”
Her name is Liz Wahl. I’d imagine she is taking extra precautions since her decision and her video quitting has gone beyond viral ..
No word from RT on the Wahl decision. I am sure Vlad the Impaler will get over it.
U.S. Moves Six Fighter Jets to Baltics, More Airmen to Poland
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