Huge asteroid is on near-collision course with Earth..but it will miss.

If the 2014-YB35 asteroid hit Earth it could wipe out a country

Even more troulbing: This fire in the sky is about to skim past Earth this FRIDAY—THIS FRIDAY—at 23,000 MPH..

It will not hit us.. But it’s relatively close and will be viewed by professional and amateur astronomers alike..

It’s also a huge reminder—in size and meaning—of how much is beyond us that can endanger this planet.

While we argue about useless memes and toil away with trouble, the danger lurks in our galaxy. It can strike at any time. So far we’ve been lucky.. But you sure would think by now we would have found a way to find these threats and do something about them …

Huge asteroid is on near-collision course with Earth..but it will miss.

Germanwings plane crash: New information suggests that the descent took 18 minutes, not 8

A lot of initial reporting on the Germanwings flight crash in the French Alps has been discredited as more information has surfaced.. The initial report yesterday that a mayday distress call was placed was wrong.. And then another issue was reported, that the descent of Flight 9525 took 8 minutes. Instead, new information suggests, it took 18!

John Lichfield with the UK INDEPENDENT reports this for history:

The French environment and transport minister, Ségolène Royal,  said that the crew of the Airbus A320 had stopped responding on radio at 10.30am yesterday when the aircraft was over the Mediterranean.
The aircraft slammed into the sheer side of a mountain in the French Alps soon after 10.48am. For those 18 minutes, it gradually shed height from 28,000 feet to less than 2,000 feet without transmitting any form of distress signal.

This information is also being reported: The French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said that so-called “black box” had been damaged in the crash but was “usable”. .. For some reason, I hesitate buying into this at this point. With the number of times official stories have already changed, I wouldn’t doubt a change in this factoid either.

At this point, the results from yesterday’s crash are horrific.. one family last three generations of people. A school lost 16 of its best and brightest children.. The heartache extends to the United States with news that two passengers on the doomed flight were from here..

And a few more things of note as well:

Three generations of one family dead in plane crash..
Mystery: What happened on Flight 9525?
Two people from the United States were on flight..
Weather an issue in search ..

Germanwings plane crash: New information suggests that the descent took 18 minutes, not 8

Three generations of a family die in Alps plane crash

Three generations of one family — a schoolgirl, her mother and grandmother — were on the Germanwings plane that crashed, according to a town outside Barcelona.
A statement from Sant Cugat del Valles town hall didn’t provide their names.
The girl was a student of a middle school for children aged 10 to 11 at Santa Isabel school in Sant Cugat.
"The students are very affected. The teachers are trying to help them any way they can," said a woman who answered the phone at the school. She refused to give her name or comment further.
—By Associated Press writer Jorge Sainz in Madrid.

Three generations of a family die in Alps plane crash

The Big Bang glitch: A shirt circuit at CERN

The Big Bang glitch: A shirt circuit at CERN

Two stories to make you feel very very small

Just when you think your plight in the grand scheme of things matters a bit, news comes along to give perspective to just how tiny we all are. Today, two examples exist in science news, presented for your review:

Maybe JUPITER is planet x!? There is new information to suggest that the early solar system was made up of giant super earths. And then Jupiter came along to smash things into pieces.. A theory for now, but certainly amazing when considering the mighty explosion something like this could have made..

And this other tale, a little closer to home: The huge Australian impact of an asteroid was so large that it caused cracks to the earth’s core..

When considering the history of our universe, and the ever-changing space around us, it’s pretty amazing that we are even here. That somehow we evolved into the creatures of habit we have.. and somehow still survive in a very hostile existence.. 

We are somehow alive..

No matter how big of planets of the past crashed and asteroids smashed.

Of course all of that could easily happen again..

A rescue helicopter flies over wreckage of a Germanwings Airbus A320 plane that crashed between the towns of Barcelonnette and Digne in the French Alps.

There is nothing left.. The plane, according to all reports, has been obliterated..

The US executed 20 Molly Maguires in biggest federal executions ever

Irish miners hanged for fighting back against horrific working conditions.

This is a good read about worthwhile history of the coal region.. The area I am from is going downhill fast.. Vacant streets and empty storefronts. We are a mere dilapidated replica of the wealthy area we once were decades ago. But there is still reason to be proud .. even if I move from this area soon—and for my family and me, it will be the best choice when I do it—there will still be these proud roots in my heritage. A place where workers rights began in the United States. Where the government’s injustices were seen in black and white.. with coal soot on top.. 

The US executed 20 Molly Maguires in biggest federal executions ever

Parts of California only have one year of water left

MEANWHILE..

NESTLE keeps taking California water.. 

Parts of California only have one year of water left

Cruzing to a bruising

I don’t put much stock in the chances of Ted Cruz becoming our next president.. But his candidacy will lead to lots of fun and jokes.. Already has.. 

But there is one thing that makes a bigger difference to me than him even being from Canada: 

After 9/11, he stopped listening to rock music.

Hunter Schwartz with the Washington POST reports,

In an interview with CBS News Tuesday, Cruz said he grew up listening to classic rock, but became a country fan after 9/11 because of how musicians responded to the attacks.
"I actually find this intellectually curious, but on 9/11, I didn’t like how rock music responded, and country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me, and I just have to say just at a gut level, I had an emotional reaction that said these are my people," he said.
Country music was very patriotic following 9/11. Songs like “Only in America” by Brooks & Dunn, “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” by Alan Jackson, and “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” by Toby Keith were all hits on Billboard’s Country chart.

The POST article goes on to point out the rock songs that became popular after 9/11, like Bruce Springsteen’s THE RISING, Wu Tang Clan’s RULES, and Neil Young’s LET’S ROLL..

It’s not being said, but I think this whole Cruz quote is based off of what happened to the Dixie Chicks. Remember that fiasco? Freedom fries eating American burned their albums to protest their protesting of the Iraq war? Let’s be honest… there were two periods after 9/11: 1) The initial unification of America and chance to change the world. 2) The Iraq war run-up.. Which America is Cruz talking about?

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10,000 US troops will be remaining in Afghanistan through the end of this year, clearly no drawdown will take place as earlier promised

President Obama said this is not a return to combat..
He also said that he will bring troops home by the end of 2016..

The troops were slated to leave Afghanistan very soon, but now that Afghan president asked for troops to stay longer, the United States has agreed.. 

The war goes on. We just stopped it war.

At a press conference, the airline said the plane was last inspected yesterday and that the pilot was very experienced, with years of service and thousands of hours of flying time.

Another intriguing part of this crash.
Inspections are thorough.. no company wants a crash on their record.. And this plane was inspected one day before this tragedy…

At a press conference, the airline said the plane was last inspected yesterday and that the pilot was very experienced, with years of service and thousands of hours of flying time.

IT’S CONFIRMED: THE X FILES ARE COMING BACK..

6 episodes.. 

Original stars are back, as is Chris Carter..

But only 6 episodes? That part is a little disappointing..

The truth is out there. But only for a few short weeks.

Monsanto chief admits ‘hubris’ is to blame for public fears over GM

I get the sense that Monsanto is about to change its tune.. Get ready for a stunningly amazing PR campaign for complete public acceptance of GMO food.

The FOOD BABE army vs the chemical companies.. the fight is on..

Monsanto chief admits ‘hubris’ is to blame for public fears over GM

Check the date on this foreign news source reporting the Germanwings crash.. yes that says 2 days ago. I have seen a number of people beginning to link this cached page as evidence that conspiracy has occurred here..

We know this:
We don’t know.

Already today, the news surrounding the flight crash has changed substantially.

When it was first reported, there were news accounts that a mayday distress call was made. Now it has turned out, according to official statements, that no mayday was made. And then the plane descended for 8 minutes before the final crash into the mountains of the French Alps..

This is a part of why, until the dust clears, I attempt to steer clear of reporting breaking news, as no news source seems to get anything correct in the initial hours. Or maybe they do. And the official narrative just changes.

As for the events of this Germanwings crash: The theories are abounding.. This is the latest in a series of high profile crashes that have seemingly been dominating headlines over the past 14 months..
But crashes happen too, remember.

I don’t want to authoritatively state any theory on why this crash occurred. To the best of our knowledge, if you believe the reporting of NBC NEWS at least, there is at least one black box recovered from the scene.   In that light, the world hopefully will find out the truth as to why the plane crashed, why no mayday was called out, and why the entire event took 8 minutes… just imagine the horror of those 8 minutes.

I think it’s fair and proper to question all accounts, all theories, and try to ascertain what events took place. That goes for any events that occur.. But it’s premature to conclude a conspiracy.

Sometimes accidents do happen. Just as every crash accident is not a conspiracy, every plane crash is not either.

I have my personal thoughts about Fligth 800 in 1996. I also have my own doubts about Flight 370.. I also think a missile took down the flight in late 2014..

As far as this one? Time will tell.
But there is one thing to note.. If this is not a conspiracy, not terrorism, not inflicted on humans by other humans, then it becomes scarier.. Why? Because it shows how out of luck we can be on this planet.. how cursed we often times are without knowing it.. And how at risk we all are to the dangers that pop up when least expected.

Yes, indeed.. Just as reality is scarier than fiction, ‘chance’ is much more frightening than conspiracy. Because there’s no rhyme or reason or sympathy when you speak about ‘chance.’

German official: High school group on crashed Germanwings plane; Spanish school says 16 students involved

German official: High school group on crashed plane; Spanish school says 16 students involved.

I remember the crash of TWA Flight 800.. I was 16 at the time (and all conspiracy and missile theories aside) that result from that crash was traumatic to my area in Pennsylvania. On Flight 800:  The town of Montoursville PA was ‘in a daze’ after a number of high school kids died on that plane (Source: USA TODAY, 1996)

I would imagine the same ‘daze’ will be happening in whatever school these kids were from—teenagers who were lucky enough to get a chance to see some new parts of the world and now after this tragedy, have perished from our earth..

German official: High school group on crashed Germanwings plane; Spanish school says 16 students involved

Germanwings Flight 4U9525: Airbus A320 plane crashes in French Alps en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf

There was NO mayday..
The plane dived for 8 minutes
NBC news is reporting that at least on black box has been recovered..

Germanwings Flight 4U9525: Airbus A320 plane crashes in French Alps en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf

Big Bang theory could be debunked by Large Hadron Collider

She bang. Or she don’t. Science may be turned on its head as CERN could disprove something accepted and assumed to be true for a long time..

And when CERN powers up to its full blast, anything may be possible..

Big Bang theory could be debunked by Large Hadron Collider

This is how CNN looks this morning… the plane crash in the French Alps taking center stage

Germanwings Airbus A320 Crashes in France, 150 Feared Dead

All are lost…

Germanwings Airbus A320 Crashes in France, 150 Feared Dead

Morning serial

Last night before bed, I made a little mistake in listening to a DARKNESS RADIO true crime show with Dave Schrader featuring the owner of Serial Killer Magazine. The show was great and interesting. True crime fascinates me … actually scares me. The intense reality that exists beyond the safety of our locked doors and closed windows is abhorrent, often.  There is much to be written and told of true crime—too much to start now. But I’m curious how many others out there are interested in true crime.. How many people are both fascinated and horrified by the macabre.. and how many fear reality more than fiction?