A lot of people used to say, 'if you can watch TV a TV can watch you.' That was long before TV's could watch, listen, record, and admittedly analyze you..

SAMSUNG has been in the hot seat over just how invasive their smart TVs are.. Now people are wondering just what the creepy friend in our living room is doing with our images and private conversations..

Greenland’s lakes are vanishing, worried scientists say

Greenland’s lakes are vanishing, worried scientists say

The planet is amazing.. the planet is scary. This is the scene in the Pacific in Tonga… a volcano has been erupting for about a month.. And suddenly a new island has appeared. Tonga now has 177 islands. Update your maps accordingly..

The Yemen factor..

Dateline Yemen: Yemen’s president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has expressed readiness to accept demands for constitutional change and powersharing with Houthi rebels who took up positions outside his home after defeating his guards in two days of battle. 

This could start getting very dicey very quickly..

Even more, it was announced today that Boehner bringing BIBI to the House to address Congress.

Obama said he didn’t know.. a surprise for The Commander in Chief after a raucous State of the Union..

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Winter is really hitting me hard today..

The state of the union.. the state of a presidency.. a President, once unpopular, now becomes a populist.. ....he rants against the wealth and proclaims his pain for the poor–he begs a Republican majority to pass Middle Class reforms they will never consider.

But standing ovations were common on the left, eye rolls on the right. But he was dead on accurate.. no Keystone Pipeline when a bigger project could prevail.. no little ideas. Big ideas–but why does he cut NASA? Why doesn’t he stand in the way of intrusive spying and corporate giveaways? Because.. I suppose, he’s a politician..  I have a feeling that some of the KoolAid left over from 2008 will be back on the shelves by tomorrow morning’s news run.. Though there’s only two years left.. Two years that will feature no minimum wage increase.. no sick pay for nursing mothers.. no big jobs program.. no reforms for the Middle Class. However it will make a hell of a few issues for 2016. And that’s the point.. politics is always getting in the way of real reforms. The standing ovations are all for show. Theater at its finest. Or worst.

2015 State of the Union address: A slideshow of a sideshow.. Washington is the Hollywood for ugly people, indeed..

2015 State of the Union address: A slideshow of a sideshow.. Washington is the Hollywood for ugly people, indeed..

This photo just about sums up the night quite well, don’t you think?

And if you want some more words, rely on Andrew Sullivan to provide him in a very good live blogging session of the 2015 State of the Union address..

The FUTURE is NOW.. A Chinese firm 3D-printed a 5-story house using construction waste ‘ink’ ..  

3D printing is going to change everything..

3D printing is going to take on industries one at a time..

Construction will never be the same, nor will medicine.. 

And the building is quite beautiful, at that..

Justin Bieber Will Be Roasted on Comedy Central

Justin Bieber is going to be roasted on COMEDY CENTRAL..  There is not a man, woman, or child alive (or even manchild) who does not look forward to every second of this..

But sadly, deep down, we know that this only inflates the already massive ego that Biebs possesses..

Justin Bieber Will Be Roasted on Comedy Central

Mario like you’ve never played him..
Emotions like he never had..

The new MARIO.. he can learn as he plays.. he can venture through a game according to his ‘feelings.’ But is he really self-aware?

Stress makes you behave a TODDLER, study claims

This explains why people in jobs across America resort to day-care-like behavior with the going gets tough..

Stress makes you behave a TODDLER, study claims

Horny Ghosts Are Prowling Remote Highway And Seducing Drivers, According To Paranormal Investigator

A highway to hell, or heaven. Depending on your predilection.. 

Horny Ghosts Are Prowling Remote Highway And Seducing Drivers, According To Paranormal Investigator

The Houthis of Yemen suddenly seeing victories.. they have been fighting the government of Yemen since 2004..The New York TIMES has more on their background and history..

The Houthis of Yemen suddenly seeing victories.. they have been fighting the government of Yemen since 2004..The New York TIMES has more on their background and history..

McCain urges 'boots on the ground' to combat ISIS

McCain urges 'boots on the ground' to combat ISIS

Quite possibly some of the best ‘stock photo’ photo bombs ever seen..

I really wish Bob Ross was still around. And I wish he was a weather forecaster..

Too soon to know.. but very timely to prepare. There may be not one but two major snowstorms hitting the East Coast this weekend into next week.. If that occurs, we will be having heart pains and shoveling. If it does not, I will be grateful..

I am getting a little sick of the hazy shade of winter..

This was a scene today in Japan.. if you had any doubts that the future was going to look very different from the past and present, read about this news conference..

Japanese androids not only held this news conference, but they also chatted with baby droids..

TECHWORLD reprots,

If you find lifelike robots unnerving, try attending a news conference held by a pair of androids.

That was the scene on Tuesday in Tokyo when the androids Kodomoroid and Otonaroid introduced a new pair of communication robots developed by an Osaka-based company, Vstone, and its partners.

Sota and CommU, each about 30cm tall, engaged in dialog with their full-sized counterparts at the Miraikan technology museum as journalists looked on, entranced. The smaller, tabletop droids can only move their arms and upper bodies, but spoke in cute Japanese resembling the speech of a toddler.

Also they may be hitting the market around April..
Real feeling and emotions next?

If you think it’s creepy, get used to it.. This is the future. The future is obviously now..

This somewhat reminded me of the episode BE RIGHT BACK of the BLACK MIRROR series, where a woman was able to purchase an android version of her deceased lover..

That, or the movie HALLOWEEN 3..
Pick your poison.
And get ready to get a little roboto in the future..

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On YOUTUBE, user MrLegolize writes,

I was blocked by two trucks on south bound I-95 at exit 9 in NJ (New Brunswick exit). I only wanted to take a picture while i was awaiting for them to clear up… And then I heard a noise from behind…I was barely missed. 
UPDATE (moved from the bottom of the description, since no one bothers to read it): Once I turned off camera, I called in 911 and reported the accident. After that I came to the truck and the rest of the cars to verify they were alright. After arrival of NJ State Trooper and his dismissal confirming that he does not require my presence, I left the scene.

Well.. that video is horrific, no?
I am perplexed more than anything as to why the video recorder is not freaked and screaming.. 

Seriously may be one of the scariest real videos I have ever seen showcasing the unnerving power of black ice..

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