Monday, October 5, 2015
Multiple Firings After Racially Charged Facebook Remarks Mocking a Black Child Go Viral
Perhaps there are two lessons learned here.
First, Facebook is not private. Even if you think it is.. even if you set it to private.. even if you believe you’re getting away with untoward comments.. you will be seen.
And secondly? Don’t be stupid, racist, and ignorant. If you’re stupid, racist, and ignorant, then stop being you.
It will save you the agony of such things as this article describes after the viral dust settles..
Multiple Firings After Racially Charged Facebook Remarks Mocking a Black Child Go Viral
Sunday, October 4, 2015
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Childhood’s End trailer..
Looking good
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Philadelphia universities on alert: FBI warning of 'unspecified' threat on Monday October 5 2015 // The University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Drexel University sent out alerts. Authorities said they had no knowledge of specific threat to students or to a particular university
MORE FROM PHILLY.COM:
The threat indicated that the violence would take place Monday at 2 p.m., according to statements posted on several school websites.
The statement on Drexel’s site indicated that the threat came via social media.
“Since the shooting last week at a community college in Oregon, the FBI has seen similar social media postings throughout the country,” the Drexel posting reads.
The statement posted on Penn’s website reads: “In an abundance of caution we are working closely with Federal and local Law Enforcement Agencies to monitor this unspecified threat The Division of Public Safety has increased our police, security officer and CCTV patrols.”
The schools also said in their statements that security patrols would increase on campus Monday.
The schools will be operating normally on Monday, but the statements urge students to report any suspicious activity.
Philadelphia universities on alert: FBI warning of 'unspecified' threat on Monday October 5 2015 // The University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Drexel University sent out alerts. Authorities said they had no knowledge of specific threat to students or to a particular university
UCC student narrowly avoided massacre thanks to 'gut feeling'
More from the NY POST story:
Bre Larson, 19, who is studying psychology at Umpqua Community College, in Roseburg, had planned to do her homework in the school library at 10 am Thursday, when she was struck by a powerful premonition.
“I had planned go to there to make a Power Point presentation for my speech class. It’s my favorite place to study. I set my alarm for 9 am but I got this weird feeling,” the second-year student said.
“I was talking to myself, thinking, should I go? Something didn’t feel right. It was sort of an instinct, ” she said, adding she went to a gym to work out instead.
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UCC student narrowly avoided massacre thanks to 'gut feeling'
THE CHURCH OF JUSTIN BIEBER'S FIRST FORAY INTO THE MYSTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RATIONAL FOR GOD
He clearly opposes the big bang theory:
“I’m the type of dude who always wants to figure it out. Science makes a lot of sense. Then I start thinking — wait, the ‘big bang’. For a ‘big bang’ to create all this is more wild to think about than thinking about there being a God. Imagine putting a bunch of gold into a box, shaking up the box, and out comes a Rolex. It’s so preposterous once people start saying it.”
THE CHURCH OF JUSTIN BIEBER'S FIRST FORAY INTO THE MYSTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RATIONAL FOR GOD
WASHINGTON POST reports how Eli Roth plots a new way ahead for horror films..
Good article. My thoughts:
I may not always appreciate the actual type of horror given to us by Eli Roth, but it’s creative and new.. it’s also, as the WASHINGTON POST says, paving the way for horror films of the future..
There are two points of the POST article I’d like to give emphasis to..
First:
Another year later, “The Green Inferno” is finally hitting theaters through an arrangement with Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions, which has stamped its imprimatur on franchise hits including “Paranormal Activity,” “Insidious,” “The Purge” and “Sinister.” Released under Blum’s new BH Tilt label, the film opened in wide release without an expensive marketing campaign, relying instead on a viral push that taps into Roth’s considerable fan base while eking the most out of modest returns at the box office. (It earned $3.5 million in its opening weekend.) The online strategy seems entirely in keeping with a film that includes the Twitter handle of every cast and crew member in the closing credits. And it also minimizes expectations for the type of extreme horror movie that has fallen out of fashion but has long been Roth’s stock-in-trade.
That is pretty amazing if you consider it.. the Twitter names of all of the stars. That is brilliant and new, in this modern age, it also gives people a reason to stick around for the credit and get their smart phones out..
The other point is about the GREEN INFERNO itself:
How edgy and dangerous exactly? “The Green Inferno” is Roth’s attack on what he calls “slacktivists,” those socially conscious collegians who opine about the issues-of-the-day on social media but approach them with minimal commitment or depth. As punishment, Roth sends a group of them to the Amazon rainforest, where a mission intended to protect an indigenous tribe from developers ends with the same tribe killing most of them and serving at least one for dinner.
“People get involved in a cause in ‘The Green Inferno’ not because they care about saving the Amazon but because they want credit for saving the Amazon,” says Roth, who likens it to the hashtag activism of #Kony2012, #FreePussyRiot and #BringBackOurGirls. “They’re not happiest when they shut down the developers. They’re happiest when they’re trending on Twitter and when they make the front page of Reddit. That’s what I see is going on right now. Everyone’s tweeting the hashtag of the week because they want to look like they care.”
Now that is cutting edge. Pun intended. It is a mockery of our times, an edgy masterpiece of horror that inflicts the pain of social status, creates the burn of unfollowing.. and yes, becomes another example of how horror imitates reality.
I have said many times over, horror movies of any given era will showcase the culture of that time.. (as does pro wrestling) .. in this case, the GREEN INFERNO will be a lesson on the ‘activism’ of our age, the computer wielding folks who quite honestly don’t do anything except type on a screen or phone…thus not changing anything, but just are trying to get followers..
WASHINGTON POST reports how Eli Roth plots a new way ahead for horror films..
Tis the season
Have you ever wondered what the most popular horror movies were in your state and zip code?
Now you can find out.. with the help of the Halloween Express website, a complete summation and scientific (I assume) study has been listed to show what’s what around you, and if you’re in the mainstream of horror movie watchers ..
The big surprise for me: ALIENS is the most popular horror movie in the entire nation except for the states of Rhode Island and Delaware. Those states like PSYCHO.
Americans may be out of harm’s way when it comes to Hurricane Joaquin, but the folks across the pond may not be..
Take a look at some of these weather models and forecasts of where the track for Joaquin may take it..
Looks likely that the storm impacts the British Isles at some point later this week or the weekend.. Most likely with strong ferocious winds and rains.. Stay tuned in that part of the world..
Matt Moore, (
@WGALMattMoore ) a weather forecaster for WGAL in Harrisburg, posted this image Sunday October 4 2015 of the erosion that is taking place along some New Jersey beaches..
This looks more like the cliffs of Maine than the quaint sandy getaways of the Garden State..
This image was published by
MarylandWeather4cast .. it shows the scene in Ocean City, where the sand has forgotten its place and taken over the boardwalk thanks to ocean help..
CATASTROPHIC FLOODING ALONG PARTS OF THE EAST COAST TODAY..
Flash flooding has spread to South Carolina, residents are stranded in water in some locations..
There continues to be the ‘once in 200 years’ title added to the flooding in that state..
I have seen a number of videos this morning showcasing moments when the ocean is coming onto the land and gobbling up parts of properties build dangerously close to the Atlantic ..
This is NOT because of Hurricane Joaquin–that storm is racing to Bermuda and will cause all sorts of hell and havoc . This instead is because of a coastal storm
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