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After all that.. SONY will show THE INTERVIEW in ‘select theaters’ Christmas..

Call me a kooky conspiracy nut, but I offer up the following premise, only based on hunches and a windy tale of a spider web of oddities..

THE INTERVIEW was getting really bad press.. and awful reviews. Most who saw it said it was not funny. It looked disastrous..
The State Department helped write the ending. Along with someone from the RAND Corp, that was reported in the DAILY BEAST..

Sony got hacked—either an inside job or a group called the GOP. I don’t believe North Korea did it.. not that they wouldn’t want to. But SONY figured out a great PR way to make America hate North Korea, force headlines about racist and sordid emails OFF the front pages, and cancel a movie, only to create a demand to release it.

President Obama got in on the action.
And suddenly it seems to be a patriotic duty to go see THE INTERVIEW..

It reads like a spy novel.. or a badly written HOLLYWOOD film.
And really, isn’t all the world a stage?

Maybe we saw some players for who they are?

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

The Next Big Social Idea: Unconditional Basic Income

The fundamental theory behind this new social idea:

Unconditional Basic Income.

The UBI is a monthly monetary income granted every month, unconditionally, by a political community to each of its members from birth. Depending on the nation, in Europe and the U.S. it would probably be $2,500 per adult and $1,500 per child. It must secure a minimum livelihood and enable a participation in society. It is unconditional because it constitutes a human, civil and legal right and shall be provided without proof of need and without obligation to work, search for work, or performing any services in return. Yes, you’re being paid to live, work and participate as you please.

Some may immediately decry this as a socialist experiment on crack.. But there’s something to be said for one point of this: I often wonder about the future, especially about jobs.. as they dry and whither, does this UBI become more possible? Does time may it almost necessary to feed and clothe a population that has succumbed to the machine and lost out to the monotony that only robots can perform well?

Would this promote a new age of art and literature, perhaps people leaving jobs they hate and filling their newfound safety net with good things. Just very good things?

Or does all of this get wrecked with the lack of monetary value? 

I have a suspicious mind about UBI .. but I also have a belief that if we do not address the reorganization taking place within our economy, the vast majority of people who are going to lose their jobs in the next ten due to technology and progress are going to be in a very bad spot. 

But the 1% will still be fine..

The Next Big Social Idea: Unconditional Basic Income

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I have written a bit about the Schuylkill Mall during the history of this website.. It’s my local shopping center, one that is now becoming more and more vacant by the day..

I offered some suggestions to mall management several weeks ago. Some weird, some a little outlandish, and some sort of in the realm of complete common sense to attempt to keep the mall open for some sort of business…

These two newspaper clippings are from the Reading EAGLE in September 1980. It’s amazing to see the article showcasing the excitement and hope.. Also interesting to see the full list of stores that were once at the mall.

I recall fond memories of being there, buying HE-MAN action figures, and going to eat with family..
I am sure you have the same memories of your local shopping center.

Thought you’d enjoy some history with some old newspaper screen shots..

The world of panic shopping starts..

The gray days are here.. 
Rainy Christmas over the white version.. no snow but cheer on the way. I hope.

Days before Christmas
And all through my town,
No smiles are found,
Only deep frowns .

The nation has weathered a tide of hate,
Rage and the like,
Demons left gates.

The moral compass is cracked and gone,
The heathens of hell are clever and strong.

The nation’s at war,
Bit our secrets came out,
Torture and weapons,
Now there’s no doubt.

Movies were canceled,
Due to a hack,
But that’s the least concern,
Of things in the stack.

It’s been a long year but it seems to fly by,
As the month turns, no doubt some will cry.

Because despite the ill will and moments of rage,
We are all still nostalgic for our place in this cage.

Christmas is here,
All through the land.
But we’ll never improve,
That’s the part I can’t stand.

Did historical Jesus really exist? The evidence just doesn’t add up.

…well at least we still have Santa.

Did historical Jesus really exist? The evidence just doesn’t add up.

The CIA Didn’t Just Torture, It Experimented on Human Beings

Human experimentation was a core feature of the CIA’s torture program.

The NATION magazine reports the full bit of details—at least the fullest we know.

I just want to say, regardless of your opinion or perspective, everything that “loons” like Alex Jones or Cynthia McKinney have been saying for 12 years all is true.

And then some.

THE NATION details the rest of the CIA’s human experimentation history. And then the newest stuff.

Makes you surely wonder.. what is the NEWEST stuff we don’t know about yet?

The CIA Didn’t Just Torture, It Experimented on Human Beings

Ayden met Santa for the second time last night. He announced his list, but this time shortened it down to two things. I think he panicked a bit and clammed up once he was face to face with the big guy..

Although afterwards he asked a good question: What is Santa doing here right now instead of the North Pole? He knew how busy a time it was.. how did Santa have a chance to come to Ashland, PA? I reassured him .. he was not as persistent as he will be at four, or even five. 

I recall my ‘moment’ of realization came around four. So if that happens with my son, I’m just loving getting this one magical Christmas with the amazing innocence of believing in something.

Funny enough, our moment with Santa has been recorded for posterity by the POTTSVILLE REPUBLICAN. A reporter even got a quote from both of us.. John Usalis writes,

Inside the Legion post, members sold hot food while people came in to warm up. Santa Claus was also inside, ringing bells as children came to tell him their Christmas wishes.

Ayden Smolock, 3 1/2, of Ashland, was attending his first Old Fashioned Christmas and told Santa that he wanted a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sewer lair play set. He was also excited to get a candy cane from Santa. His father, Brian Smolock, enjoys coming to the event.

“The event has a very nice feel, like a mini Jim Thorpe,” Smolock said. “It’s a good atmosphere. I was over at the historical building across the street and they’re doing a good job there.”

So it is written.
SANTA, now you know. Even the media is reporting Ayden’s wish list!

The year Santa Claus was safe

The year Santa Claus was safe

As usual, Skeletor wins.

Organic Fish May Soon be Coming and it is a HORRIBLE Idea

Good honest read from a proponent of organic who is horrified by what USDA organic fish may mean..

Organic Fish May Soon be Coming and it is a HORRIBLE Idea

North Korea Didn’t Do It: Expert Hacker Believes Sony Hack Was An Inside Job

This makes a lot more sense to me than a repressive nation state—though of never put any insanity outside the realm for Kim Jong Un..

Either way, and no matter how unfunny this movie may be, there are good chances it will be a hit no matter the venue it’s eventually seen..

North Korea Didn’t Do It: Expert Hacker Believes Sony Hack Was An Inside Job

Phobias may be memories passed down in genes from ancestors

This makes some true sense to me and is one step closer to what I feel the real truth is; Our reincarnated selves are being motivated in fear because of trauma in past existences.

Phobias may be memories passed down in genes from ancestors

Twas (less than) a week before Christmas..
And all through the town,
Not a person was smiling,
It’s littered with frowns

MONEY, INSURANCE, SECURITY..

WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN A JOB?

Some food porn.. Bison and fried kale with raw pecans for crunch..

THE SHOW'S OVER: CHRISTMAS CANCELED FOR SONY!

This is major.. This is unprecedented. The Guardians of Peace have won this battle..

THE SHOW'S OVER: CHRISTMAS CANCELED FOR SONY!

Shock new SONY leak: State Department OK'd the ending of THE INTERVIEW

Shock new SONY leak: State Department OK'd the ending of THE INTERVIEW

Pakistan has begun three days of mourning in the aftermath of one of the most disgusting attacks on children that has taken place in humanity’s recent history.. The Taliban attack on the government school yesterday in Peshawar ended with 145 dead. Most of those brutal killings including shots in the head and beheadings were suffered by children..

Today the Taliban is attempting to provide justification for the senseless atrocities committed on the most innocent.. They said that the children murdered ‘aspired to follow their fathers’ footsteps’ and join into the army to target militants..  Even more, they say that the killings were to avenge the deaths that children in tribal areas suffered at the hands of other fighters.

Others believe that it may be a sign of desperation.. attackers targeting the most vulnerable and easily able to prey on isn’t brave or courageous, but instead horrendous in theory.

Others believe that the attack could very well be a response to Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Peace Prize..
Speaking of Malala, one piece of text that she said to the United Nations on her 16th birthday is July 2013 has truth:

We realise the importance of our voice when we are silenced. In the same way, when we were in Swat, the north of Pakistan, we realised the importance of pens and books when we saw the guns. The wise saying, ‘The pen is mightier than the sword.’ It is true. The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them

Books and pens. And children reading and writing, developing common sense and a higher sense of being. That does scare people with an alternative view of reality—one stuck in prehistoric times of bloodshed and tribalism that has no place in the modern world..

But this is the world we live in..
The gates of hell wide open. the demons abound to prey on the souls of the innocent.

So often I stare into the blazing stars of the night sky and ask if there is a God.. I also cry out to him and hope my prayers and words are heard.. Now and then I wonder if aliens are watching, too.

Either way, God or extraterrestrials, I hope someone makes an appearance soon to remind us of how we need to act in our ant farm called Earth. Bloodshed has becoming stifling to growth.. in the 21st century, the barbarism of the 15th has no place.

Imagine no religion?
How about this: Imagine aliens landing on the lawn of the White House. Maybe we’d start to think twice before killing our fellow human beings..

Or maybe not.

Peshawar: At a hospital near the school, blood stained the floors. Crying relatives roamed the wards and searched operating rooms, desperately searching for their sons and daughters. The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack, which Pakistani officials said appeared to be aimed at the children of senior military personnel.

Peshawar: At a hospital near the school, blood stained the floors. Crying relatives roamed the wards and searched operating rooms, desperately searching for their sons and daughters. The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack, which Pakistani officials said appeared to be aimed at the children of senior military personnel.