Musingsinhtx is referring to this just posted tonight..
And to answer: Indeed I did hear Clyde Lewis—I also sent him the link tonight through Twitter of the most recent two deaths, and he spoke about it on his show only moments ago..
The ‘brain drain’ he is talking about is interesting.. He compared it to the way the Dirty War was fought in Argentina.
There’s one thing about Clyde Lewis that I love.. he makes me think differently than any other host or program out there.
Yesterday Bob Simon of CBS was killed in a car crash..
Ned Colt, NBC News Journalist, Dies in Boston at 58
David Carr, Media Columnist for The Times, Is Dead at 58
Bob Hager, the man you may know very well for commentary on aviation on NBC NEWS, was unhurt after a head-on crash today..
For the first time, Facebook has become NSFW..
A few other thoughts from the news world on the movie:
A FIFTY SHADES OF INSANITY weekend:
FIFTY SHADES OF GRAY described as ‘domestic violence dressed up as erotica’
Family groups fury..
SUPERMAN with sex..
It is really, really, really hard being an Art Bell fan on days like today..
This is Craig Stephen Hicks, 46.. He surrendered to police after allegedly killing 23-year-old Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, in their home..
Disgusting to say the least..
One fact worth noting:
Some reports point to a possible parking dispute as the catalyst, although Hicks also appeared to harbor vehemently anti-religious views, not only toward Islam but toward all faiths. His Facebook page includes a post denouncing both Christianity and Islam. In January, Hicks posted a photo of what he claimed was his .38-caliber revolver.
Parking anger.. And hatred of all religions..
I suppose another killing in the name of no god.
This gives the chance for me to tell my readers this: Follow snlbound, she may be profiled on the 60th anniversary special.
Injuries involving sex toys has doubled in the US since 2007, according to new figures, with a particular jump since the release of Fifty Shades of Grey
I can only imagine ER visits after the newest film is released..
This is a story from my local area—but worthy of some attention from fans of the macabre or slightly paranormal..
In Auburn, PA, a tiny little hamlet in Schuylkill County, a secret existed behind the walls of a quaint house..
FOX 43 ran a story about the Bretzius and their discovery of a disturbing secret behind their walls: It was insulated with dead animals..
WNEP interviewed the family .. as expected, Kaiji Bretzius was a little shocked and horrified by what was hidden in their home..
We were shocked, horrified, and disgusted
Fair to say that would be the emotional of us would experience if faced with the same circumstances, no?
WNEP’s Jackie de Tore goes on to report more:
The mother of four said they first found animals in the walls back in 2012 and have been removing the items ever since.
The dead animals were all wrapped in old newspapers from the 1930s and 40s.
She said when they got a home inspection before they bought the place in Auburn, the inspector didn’t find a thing.
“We got the radon inspection. We looked for everything. We didn’t know to look for chickens.”
The family said when they bought the house in 2011, it was their dream home because they weren’t going to have to do any work, but now that’s all they’ve been doing.
Insurance isn’t covering the situation since the corpses of the animals were there long before this family bought what they thought would be their dream house.
A dream became a nightmare according to their account. They aren’t sure if all the dead animals are out..
Various reports indicate that the animals were most likely placed there because of the old Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of pow-wowing—an American folk and magic belief held by the Dutch in the Keystone state decades ago, taking from even older traditions that link back to Germany..
So what a tale! Witch doctors and powwows.. the Dutch. Home ownership. Undoubtedly a perogie and sausage sandwich will show up sooner or later..
But there are some not buying it.
The family has chosen to begin a GO FUND ME campaign to raise more money to get more dead animals from out behind the walls.. but at least a few viewers of WNEP and readers of the article aren’t believing the tale..
A few snippets from a few commentators on the WNEP article:
Get freakin real! Mold? There is NO WAY, NO HOW in the WORLD, mold will be caused from a dried up old carcass from the 1930s-1940s. There’s no moisture there. There wouldn’t even be a smell. Creepy? Yeah. Insurance claim? Come on. Welcome to home ownership. Inspectors can’t find everything. They don’t have x-ray vision.
Another:
GoFundMe? How about this: go after whatever home inspector who didn’t do his job, or the previous owners who didn’t disclose the Dead Animal Insulation. Asking for handouts is so damned cocky.
This:
Someone should do a fundraiser to help remove the bones and spices. Maybe a few of the hunting clubs, wait, wait, I know……….THEY COULD SELL T-SHIRTS………
This one from ‘neighbor’ is interesting:
This was actually my aunt and uncle’s house. They lived there for close to 50 years before it was sold, but they did move in it after the critters would have been put in the walls and I can honestly say that they had no clue that any of this was there. I visited there many times growing up and they raised 4 boys and we never were sick or noticed odd smells. It must have been exposed when the walls were ripped out in construction.
Regardless of a few ‘spicy’ comments—powwow pun certainly intended there—the Go Fund Me campaign is already raising some cash.. The story is also making some national news now that various other ABC and FOX affiliates are picking it up.
One comment the Go Fund Me account perhaps said it best.
Look on the bright side… It’s not haunted
As long as the powwow inspired Dutch medicine man in Pennsylvania got his ancient potions and magic right of course.
This story from THE NATION sort of compliments another one I read in the WASHINGTON POST today by Chris Cilliza about how no secrets from past stay secrets these days..
Amazingly good point, thank you for making it. People will now, because of all of these revelations about what SAMSUNG’s products (and others too) can do, they will be a little more fearful walking in their homes.. a little more self-censored. A little less themselves.. Even if people go by that awfully annoying motto “if you have nothing to fear you won’t be worried” nonsense, they will still act different knowing what their living room friend can hear.
I also think this: Red light cameras have led to less people picking their noses at red lights.. Think about it.
Also street light cams have led to quieter streets..
People, when they are being watched, act different.
I try to be myself no matter where.. But I certainly don’t want a third party knowing me THAT well..
Of course, I have a PHILLIPS. But I didn’t read their legal agreement .. I assume I’m being listened to as well.
Self-censorship is dangerous. Marching to the beat of ‘their’ drum, regardless of who ‘they’ are, is an insult to your character and your own personality. And it’s going to be more commonplace as our technology tracks our every move.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With executions in Oklahoma on hold amid a constitutional review of its lethal injection formula, Republican legislators are pushing to make Oklahoma the first state in the nation to allow the use of nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates
Oh.. so AMERICA is bringing back the gas chambers..
I see..
You’re used to ads in regular TV programming, but what would you say if your smart TV started inserting ads into videos you own?
If people are creeped out by this, they must have missed last week’s big news that SAMSUNG is warning purchasers of smart TVs that they should not have personal conversations in front of the device for fear that third party advertisers will get a hold of it..
It should all be creepy..
I can foresee one day coming soon—very soon since it seems to be going so fast lately—when you’ll be watching a home video of you in your private setting.. and your “SMART” device will note a product in the house. Perhaps a beer can, Pepsi bottle, or particular cereal.. suddenly you’ll be beamed an advertising lallapalooza ..
Until then, people will lament their smart TEEVEES..
Physicists have found a new model that could explain the origin of the universe without needing the Big Bang theory.
Try to contemplate that one. Try..
I dare you.
BUZZFEED offers a list of things that kids of today don’t have to experience like me and other kids of my day.. God I’m 34.. and each one of these things that made the list is something I also experienced in my own life as I grew up..
Pretty strange time for a typhoon to form..
During amazing earth changes I suppose anything can happen..
