KTLA meteorologist told to put on a sweater during live weather...

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KTLA meteorologist told to put on a sweater during live weather forecast.. Really..

“We’re getting a lot of emails,” said someone behind the scenes as the meteorologist was given a sweater to put on over her dress.

And now for some Sunday evening conspiracy theory..Enjoy.

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And now for some Sunday evening conspiracy theory..

Enjoy.

Biting the dust. Time’s up. An antique store going as...

Biting the dust. Time’s up. An antique store going as brick and mortar shopping centers become antiques of today.. Reconcile the books while we may, old time is still a flyin. The same mall that opens today tomorrow will be dyin (at Schuylkill Mall)

Farmers sue Monsanto over alleged Roundup cancer link// MORE: Three Nebraska farmers and an agronomist, all diagnosed with cancer, have filed a lawsuit against Monsanto alleging the seed and chemical giant of purposely misleading the public about the dangers

Farmers sue Monsanto over alleged Roundup cancer link// MORE: Three Nebraska farmers and an agronomist, all diagnosed with cancer, have filed a lawsuit against Monsanto alleging the seed and chemical giant of purposely misleading the public about the dangers

With each new trailer and screen shot I see of the upcoming...

With each new trailer and screen shot I see of the upcoming TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2 movie, I get more excited. My son can’t wait either.

A full listing of all the previews and TV spots here..

A group of anti-Donald Trump Republicans is trying to lure Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire businessman Mark Cuban into the presidential race as a third-party candidate, according to a published report..

And accordingly Cuban denied the #NeverTrump movement its potential third party candidate..

PFIZER'S STAND ON LETHAL DRUGS COMPLICATES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

PFIZER'S STAND ON LETHAL DRUGS COMPLICATES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:

Winston Ross writes this in NEWSWEEK: 

The immediate effect of drug manufacturer Pfizer’s announcement Friday that it will no longer sell its drugs for use in executions is obvious: States are about to have a tougher time finding the necessary ingredients for a lethal injection cocktail. Pfizer and other drug makers have long expressed concern about products that are designed to be “life-saving” instead used for the opposite purpose, and the New York-based manufacturer has taken a clear stand.

“Pfizer makes its products to enhance and save the lives of the patients we serve,” the company said in a statement. “Consistent with these values, Pfizer strongly objects to the use of any of our products in the lethal injection process for capital punishment.”

MAY DAY!!This is not May weather.. Temperatures cold this...

MAY DAY!!

This is not May weather.. Temperatures cold this morning in the East.. it will be so all day.. the POLAR VORTEX, I suppose? Even in the early parts of when summer heat should be reigning?

A chain of earthquakes like the ones that hit Kumamoto Prefecture and neighboring areas could occur in other regions, given the numerous active faults in the nation. The Kumamoto Earthquake illustrated the fact that Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries. About 10 percent of the world’s earthquakes occur in the nation.

A chain of earthquakes like the ones that hit Kumamoto Prefecture and neighboring areas could occur in other regions, given the numerous active faults in the nation. The Kumamoto Earthquake illustrated the fact that Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries. About 10 percent of the world’s earthquakes occur in the nation.

IDAHO: NEW CONSTRUCTION. NEW JOBS. RENEWED CALLS FOR EXORCISM

There is a boom in calls for exorcisms in Idaho, apparently..
This report from KIVI-TV reporter Roland Beres, an ABC affiliate in the state:

BOISE, Idaho - As Idaho’s population grows, there has been an influx of new construction, new restaurants, and oddly enough, and increased amount calls for exorcisms.

“Many times we get calls because people are having activity in their homes or businesses,“ exorcism expert and founder of Apparitions Paranormal Investigations Jeff Mason explained. "We actually had the entity identify itself as a demon attached to a resident of one exorcism.”

Despite the doubt and sometimes laughable portrayals of exorcisms in Hollywood movies, Pastor Mike Freeman said that the issue is a reality for some people – especially those living in Third World countries.

“You step into the Third World and it’s definitely a ‘We’re not in Kansas’ anymore moment,” Freeman explained.

“To assume our way of viewing reality as the only way is to limit ourselves.“

There is an inundation of talk about exorcisms as of late throughout the world. Creepy stories of demon possession, house possession, and Pope Francis calling on more priests to battle evil.

And now it has moved to Idaho…

THE BERNIE SANDERS WICCAN FESTIVAL..They feel the Bern.Reporting...

THE BERNIE SANDERS WICCAN FESTIVAL..
They feel the Bern.

Reporting from the LA TIMES: 

Participants were “smudged,” meaning the smoke from the sweetgrass was wafted over them before they could enter the sacred circle and begin a Wiccan ritual to support Sanders ahead of Oregon’s primary on Tuesday.

“Welcome to the ‘Feeling the Bern ritual,’” Leigha Lafleur, 41, told the gathering  as she prepared to lead them in the “amplification of positive energy of Bernie Sanders and the progressive movement.”

CANNES FEAR: FALSE TERROR SCARE FREAKS HOTEL GUESTS!MORE.. FROM...

CANNES FEAR: FALSE TERROR SCARE FREAKS HOTEL GUESTS!

MORE.. FROM PAGE SIX: 

Wealthy guests at the exclusive Hotel du Cap in Antibes during the Cannes Film Festival were terrified when men wearing what looked like suicide vests arrived by boat bearing a black, ISIS-like flag.

The men, clad entirely in black, descended on the posh hotel while a helicopter hovered overhead as diners enjoyed a gourmet lunch on the terrace overlooking the Mediterranean on Friday.

Sources said some guests flew into a panic, fearing a terrorist attack, but were later told it was just a “joke.”

One witness said: “A helicopter and men with suicide vests and a fake ISIS flag pulled up by boat on the water in front of the Hotel du Cap’s Grill restaurant. Diners including [Vanity Fair editor in chief] Graydon Carter and his wife Anna, plus [Alice + Olivia designer] Stacey Bendet were sitting in shock. Hotel security got rid of the men but everyone was stunned.

MORE..

It was reported that former Israeli General Nitzan Nuriel was brought in to oversee security during the glamorous film festival. Cannes Mayor David Lisnard hired the counter-terrorism expert and former brigadier general to mount a security operation to preempt a “multi-terror event” like the one that left 130 victims dead in Paris. The beefed-up security includes over 200 armed police as well as hundreds of officers brought in from the National Police and Gendarmerie.

Hidden Microphones Exposed As Part of Government Surveillance Program In The Bay Area

Hidden Microphones Exposed As Part of Government Surveillance Program In The Bay Area:

Jeff Harp, a KPIX 5 security analyst and former FBI special agent said, “They put microphones under rocks, they put microphones in trees, they plant microphones in equipment. I mean, there’s microphones that are planted in places that people don’t think about, because that’s the intent!”

FBI agents hid microphones inside light fixtures and at a bus stop outside the Oakland Courthouse without a warrant to record conversations, between March 2010 and January 2011.

Federal authorities are trying to prove real estate investors in San Mateo and Alameda counties are guilty of bid rigging and fraud and used these recordings as evidence.

A dental freak out..

I have been experiencing some strange jaw pains lately.. stress induced TMJ is the prognosis. The dentist even agreed after a series of X rays were conducted late this evening. I don’t know yet if I will choose the mouth guard for sleep–seems unlikely–but I will surely attempt something. Maybe just yoga for stress relief, I don’t know yet. I would love to hear what YOU do if you have this condition..

Nonetheless, I had a little bit of a panic attack during the appointment.. I guess this is why my stress level is high and grinding of teeth is often.
Anyway, while sitting in the chair, I looked over at the X ray of my mouth before the dentist walked in to study it..

Here is A MOUTH, stock image.. Google. It’s not mine, but I guess it looks familiar besides those wisdom teeth. Mine are out.

The reason for the photo freakout: The skeletal view of my face.. I sat there in a motionless stare at the X ray.. thinking to myself: That is how my mouth will look long after I die. After I perish. After my mortal existence has extinguished and flesh and bones become just bones..
And it will happen to me.
And you.
And all of us.

Mortal thought is so often depressive, especially if you feel you have much more to accomplish. I feel like I do. I want to see more of the world, branch out and enjoy life. Watch my son play and learn and live to an old age with my wife…
…but the angel of mortality is lurking. Always.
That X ray, for all its miracle science, is a reminder of what lurks beneath the surface. What is under the skin.. what is deep beneath the muscle. The soul may be the final thing that cannot be measured—some say we have them. But the bones are there… within the bag containing them.

A slight reminder, in a dentist chair, of the fleeting moments of time. Enjoy them all and smile often. Your teeth are beautiful as are you.

A bit of debris chipped the International Space Station. That’s just one piece of a much bigger problem.

A bit of debris chipped the International Space Station. That’s just one piece of a much bigger problem.

San Andreas fault 'locked, loaded and ready to roll' with big earthquake, expert says - LA Times

San Andreas fault 'locked, loaded and ready to roll' with big earthquake, expert says - LA Times:

On a day when news stories pointed to a study showing parts of the southeast were falling into the planet causing tremors, this new article comes out..

I can only picture the response on LA to the TIMESAVER headline quoting an expert who says the first major quake since he 1800s will soon his the San Andreas and it will be big.. Either extreme fear or an over abundance of complacency ..

For a month now, relatively large quakes have taken place across the earth in the ring of fire (more than one thousand alone in Japan).. But few quakes have been striking the west coast. Nothing major.

That has given rise to the worry that when things do start moving, the strings will be wound so tight it’s going to be big.

These words of caution from an expert in the field are not encouraging.

Maybe the Rock doesn’t have to get his helicopter ready for the southeast.. But the San Andreas in real life could eventually be another story..

Giant chunks of Earth's mantle are FALLING OFF and causing quakes across southeastern US

Giant chunks of Earth's mantle are FALLING OFF and causing quakes across southeastern US :

While the headline from the UK DAILY MAIL sounds alarming, there’s no need to call in the Rock yet. The sky isn’t falling but over a long period of time the ground may fail..

The study concluded by the University of North Carolina suggests that a rash of quakes more than one thousand miles away from the North American plate is because chunks of the mantle are falling back into the earth.. The overall weakening can lead to shaking, explaining with at least one probably theory as to why the unexplained quakes occur..

Of course it’s conjecture at this time, bit if the theory has credibility more weird quakes may take place in the vicinity over coming years…

HOOSIER DADDY! Donald Pumps: Indiana the landslide state

HOOSIER DADDY! Donald Pumps: Indiana the landslide state :

Can anyone believe after all this time and punditry on Tee Vee……..Trump the NOM.

The Trump Pump. Hoosier Daddy

I guess Glenn Beck can end his hunger strike now?

50% of teens feel addicted to their phones

50% of teens feel addicted to their phones:

This should be no surprise to parents who often try to break their children from mindless staring into their smart devices..

Fifty percent of teens feel they are addicted to their mobile devices, according to the poll, which was conducted for Common Sense Media, a nonprofit focused on helping children, parents, teachers and policymakers negotiate media and technology.

A larger number of parents, 59%, said their teens were addicted. The poll involved 1,240 interviews with parents and their children, ages 12 to 18.

But where I think the study has not gone far enough: The adults who so often more are also addicted.. Maybe even in bigger numbers..

Your love is a drug. Turn it off for a while.
Unplug.
Addictions however are hard to break..