The DRESS went viral last week. Is it black? Blue? Yellow? Or white..

So many debates took place in living rooms across America. While President Obama was mum on NET NEUTRALITY, and the real for the new Internet still had yet to be revealed (AND STILL HAS YET TO BE REVEALED), the debate over a dress color went viral and cruel. It even divided my family..

No better time like now to capitalize on the event..
Which is exactly what The SALVATION ARMY is doing with a new advertising featuring a battered woman wearing the very dress that caused so much pointless division among the millions debating it..

The ad says this: “Is it so hard 2 see black & blue? 1 in 6 women are victims’ … Along with those words: An image of a woman, clearly with the makeup of abuse on her body, in the dress–clearly this time a dress that is gold and white.

The campaign showcases how marketing is now done: Cheap and efficient. And effective all around.

At one time, the question was: Does art imitate life or does life imitate art?
Now the real mystery may be: Is life a meme or are memes just life? And amazing fodder for viral marketing techniques..

The overall response from Facebook and Twitter users seeing the marketing campaign has been positive–the dress is ad is powerful and now puts important colors into perspective–things that really matter..

Midnight in the Desert: Why Art Bell picked the name

Not in the ARTBELL.COM description is the other side of the coin: The power of Bellgab. The world has yet to find out how much influence they have with the night time voice of the night owls..

Midnight in the Desert: Why Art Bell picked the name

COMING THIS JULY: MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT

It’s official.. ART BELL picked a name

COMING THIS JULY: MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT

Evidence now shows that this is what Mars once looked like..

Not because of Taylor Swift.. but just because..

Considering a move to WORDPRESS.. any thoughts?

Amazing set of headlines.. “Sex-horror’ film? Yeesh..

Now, the chapter is closed with the sentencing today of Sheila Kearns.. One I still don’t get completely.

But no one else seems to be a little queasy with an African American teacher being thrown into jail for showing a horror movie–a legal horror movie–to a class.

AS a matter of fact, media sources are busy playing up the ‘horror’ of her crime, as evidenced by insane headlines running across the NET:

ISIS Attacks a Major Archaeological Site in Iraq

Anne Barnard in the NEW YORK TIMES has the best report online tonight regarding what ISIS has just to the ancient site of NIMRUD in Northern Iraq..

Barnard writes,

It was the latest in a series of attacks on ancient structures and artifacts in Syria and Iraq that the group has destroyed in the name of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law. Last week, Islamic State militants videotaped themselves destroying statues and artifacts in the Mosul Museum and at the Nergal Gate entryway to ancient Nineveh. The militants captured the city during its offensive blitz through much of Iraq last June. “The terrorist gangs of ISIS are continuing to defy the will of the world and the feelings of humanity after they committed a new crime that belongs to its idiotic series,” the ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page, referring to the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh.

And more:

Nimrud is the sprawling site of a city founded by the Assyrian King Shalamansar I, who died in 1245 B.C. Among the most impressive objects at Nimrud are the colossal statues known as “lamassu,” mythological creatures that depict either lions or winged bulls with bearded human heads. Pairs of the 17-ton statues are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum.

More on the breaking news today from NBC NEWS dispatches:

A statement from Iraq’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities didn’t elaborate on the extent of the damage, saying only that the group continues to “defy the will of the world and the feelings of humanity” with this latest act.

Nimrud was the site of what has been called one of the greatest archaeological sites ever discovered in history..

ISIS Attacks a Major Archaeological Site in Iraq

Astronomers find star speeding out of the galaxy

Astronomers find star speeding out of the galaxy

VIDEO: MOMENTS BEFORE HARRISON FORD'S PLANE CRASH

VIDEO: MOMENTS BEFORE HARRISON FORD'S PLANE CRASH

It’s a high tangled web.. I’d rather not get involved or I’ll quit too.

More here.. http://www.refinery29.com/2015/03/83204/taylor-swift-tumblr-bully

Incidentally back in the summer of 2010, I also quit Tumblr after a band of neo Nazis started to hate me after posting a historic quote about Adolf hitler.. I soon reentered the fray.. haven’t quit since. but u always could. .

Amid brazen, deadly attacks, gay Syrians tell of fear of ISIS persecution

CNN is reporting this as though it’s new.. anyone paying attention to alternative news, such as Shoebot.com, will find this news as no shock. ISIS is murdering gays by throwing them off of buildings.. I think it’s about time a number of groups who have been outraged as the slow progress of LGBT rights in places like Russia—and even sometimes America—begin to educate them on the crimes against humanity taking place daily in places controlled by ISIS…

Amid brazen, deadly attacks, gay Syrians tell of fear of ISIS persecution

Harrison Ford has been seriously injured in a plane crash.. this is a developing story

Quite possibly one of the most bizarre and nonsensical online ads I’ve ever seen.. it sort of reminds me of when I use ginger root as a hand and do the voice that Chris Elliott did in Scary Movie 2 to freak out my son..
And I’ll now never look at a carrot the same again..

Just When You Thought driverless Cars Were A Far Way Away.. You’re Wrong. . They are coming next year..
So get ready the grave new road of technology..

http://observer.com/2015/03/self-driving-cars-will-be-in-30-u-s-cities-by-the-end-of-next-year/

Visa on internet-connected fridges will instantly buy your groceries

The future is bright..and fresh and cold. But if you’re like me you’re both anticipating the amazing ability of a just in time future of groceries but also completely creeped out by the logical and negative conclusions of the brave new world. Get ready for your future. GMO automatically delivered when your smart fridge decides….

Visa on internet-connected fridges will instantly buy your groceries

THE ABCs OF DEATH case settled..

AP:

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former substitute teacher convicted of showing a movie including graphic sex and violence to a high school class was sentenced on Wednesday to 90 days in jail.
Sheila Kearns, who was convicted in January of four felony counts, apologized in court, saying she hadn’t watched the movie before showing it to her Spanish classes at Columbus’ East High School in April 2013. The movie, “The ABCs of Death,” consists of 26 chapters, each depicting some form of grisly death and representing a letter of the alphabet, such as “E is for Exterminate,” ”O is for Orgasm” and “T is for Toilet.”

She faced a greater amount of prison time than this..
I still don’t even understand how she is getting prison time for showing a movie that released in various venues and one that most people in the class probably already saw in some form or another at home.. A firing justified? Yes. Prison time? I still don’t get that..

These Are The 30 Most Influential People on the Internet

I agree with the list..

These Are The 30 Most Influential People on the Internet

Americans Love K-Cups, but Their Creator Regrets Inventing Them

Americans Love K-Cups, but Their Creator Regrets Inventing Them

This was my life in the 1990s. 
Those were the days…

Who owns Art Bell?

A fun little debate is soaring on the BELLGAB website and also on my other site// the HORROR REPORT is covering the situation of Ellen from iHeartRadio asserting a copyright claim over not only Coast to Coast AM programs that U7RADIO.ORG is playing, but also SIRIUS XM Dark Matter shows.. 

If you’re interested read in full here..