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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Internet freaked over CCTV showing ‘ghost’ getting into taxi

Internet freaked over CCTV showing ‘ghost’ getting into taxi :

It is creepy..

Monday, July 25, 2016

At least 15 people were killed and dozens hurt in a knife attack at a facility for disabled people in Sagamihara, Japan, NHK reports, citing police.

This is disgusting

SUMMER HEAT..

Monday, July 18, 2016

Protests break out on convention floor after anti-Trump effort fails

Sunday, July 17, 2016

"To me, this is not so much about gun control as it is about what’s in men’s hearts...."

““To me, this is not so much about gun control as it is about what’s in men’s hearts. Until we come together as a nation, as a people, to heal as a people we will surely perish as a people””

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East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux

Dead Baton Rouge shooter attacked police on his birthday

Dead Baton Rouge shooter attacked police on his birthday :

MORE..

The suspect has been identified as a black male named Gavin Eugene Long of Kansas City, Missouri, sources tell CBS News. He was born on July 17, 1987.

One suspect was killed and two others might still be at large, Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, previously said. However, Louisiana state police said Sunday afternoon there is “no active shooter” in Baton Rouge.

Cops shot in Baton Rouge

CNN reporting:

man with a gun opened fire on police officers in Baton Rouge on Sunday, injuring at least seven – including three who are feared dead, an official said.
Police received a call of “suspicious person walking down Airline Highway with an assault rifle,” a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN. When police arrived, the man opened fire.
The remaining officers are hospitalized in critical condition, the source said.
The victims were from Baton Rouge Police Department as well as East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, another official said.

Fears today that events of this nature will continue..
Fears on the eve of the Republican convention in Cleveland..

Developing..

scarystoriestouploadinthedark: One of the greatest things I...

scarystoriestouploadinthedark:

One of the greatest things I have ever seen (and I have only seen of of the 8 episodes so far) is the original NETFLIX show STRANGER THINGS..

There are so many things to speak of.. the 1980s nostalgic feel (especially for people like me who were incarnated in then Reagan era) .. The throwback quality to a Speilberg or Stephen King story.. the mystery of Will Byers and the town of Hawkins, Indiana coupled with some amazing acting and character development..

The music of the series, besides featuring some pop hits of the 80s, also sounds a lot like the score from IT FOLLOWS. The set designs and color is true to the 80s and is similar to the movie HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, which was also set in the 1980s but made in the modern era..

Thus far, only one show into the season, I have nothing but praise for STRANGER THINGS and honestly can’t wait until my next free hour to continue the ‘binge.’ A binge on shows between work, parenting, and soccer practice can get rough.

Spoilers will abound if you read certain reviews.. I will not spoil anything, but instead just argue that you need to join in the fun and get watching this series.. I implored friends and family. And now you, my readers..

Watch Stranger Things.

A tremendously sad story from the greatest place on Earth

Knoebels announced that an 8-year-old child was found unresponsive in the park pool yesterday and died later Saturday at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville Pennsylania..

The media reports on the matter shed little light on details..
The entire thing is just tragic.

Knoebels itself went on Facebook and described the event like this:

Update (8:28 p.m.): A tragedy occurred on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Knoebels Crystal Pool. A young boy was found unresponsive by a lifeguard who immediately initiated emergency care. Additional care was provided and he was transported to Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. The Knoebel family and team members had been hoping and praying for the best possible outcome, but are saddened to have learned from local authorities that the young boy has passed away. Please join us in keeping the boy’s family in your prayers.
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Original Post (6:26 p.m.): Today, at approximately 3:00 p.m., a young boy was found to be unresponsive in Knoebels’ Crystal Pool. Emergency care was immediately administered by Knoebels’ lifeguards and first aid team until he was transported by ambulance to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Please join the Knoebel family and Knoebels team in keeping the young boy and his family in your prayers.

I have long enjoyed Knoebels. Even this year, I wrote a post about just how cool of a place it was and how, after 90 years in existence, it should be on your summer bucket list if it is not already..

If my memory serves me right, another child died in that same pool in 2011..

The emotions of sadness were expressed by most of the commenters on the Facebook post. Some of them were actually there, feet away, when the child was pulled from the water. They describe a sad and chaotic scene.. Some, of course, blame the lifeguards and parents..

But I am going to refrain from blame. Facts will work themselves out.

And no Facebook comments with blaming anyone will bring back a child who tragically died in a park that brings fun food and fantasy.

Saturday, July 16, 2016

A Pakistani model, who was known for her provocative appearances on social media, was allegedly killed by her brother, who had been forcing her to quit modeling and stop posting photos and videos on Facebook. Police said Saturday that 26-year-old Qandeel Baloch was "strangled to death" at her residence in Multan, a city located in the Punjab province of Pakistan, on Friday night in what is suspected to be an “honor killing.” According to police, her brother fled after killing Baloch, whose real name is Fauzia Azeem.

A Pakistani model, who was known for her provocative appearances on social media, was allegedly killed by her brother, who had been forcing her to quit modeling and stop posting photos and videos on Facebook. Police said Saturday that 26-year-old Qandeel Baloch was "strangled to death" at her residence in Multan, a city located in the Punjab province of Pakistan, on Friday night in what is suspected to be an “honor killing.” According to police, her brother fled after killing Baloch, whose real name is Fauzia Azeem.:

Steven Tyler, horror movie star..He is going to be included with...

Steven Tyler, horror movie star..

He is going to be included with a horror flick called HAPPY BIRTHDAY.. he is going to play a hard-partying cowboy named Kasape Suka in horror-thriller Happy Birthday. The film’s campy trailer finds Tyler’s character at a Mexican bar, where he boozes, gulps down pills and watches a cock fight.

Looks .. ‘good.’

I may wait a few years, however, to see it.

THE CURSE OF THE GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK STONES! The...

THE CURSE OF THE GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK STONES!

The letter pictures is an example of what so often comes into the Gettysburg National Military Park.. People who takes rocks from the fame Civil War battle town in Pennsylvania send back letters of remorse.. people who claim that ever since they took those ‘cursed’ rocks, there have been a series of unfortunate events plaguing their existence..

And yes, people are returning the rocks with them.

A blog from the Gettysburg National Military park explains that not only it is a federal offense to take the stones, but you may be sorry..

It is important to remember that removing rocks from the park is a violation of Chapter 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Section 2.1(a)(1)(iv) prohibits “Possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging or disturbing from its natural state a mineral resource or cave formation or the parts thereof.” If these individuals had been caught in the act, they would have been cited and fined $100, plus a $30 processing fee. All in all, they may have preferred that.

So no matter how pretty that rock is, or how small it might be, or how much you really want something to remind you of how much you love Gettysburg, please remember that it needs to remain right where it is.
Unless, of course, you want to be cursed.

Turkey Coup: Erdogan Says Army Plot Has Failed

Turkey Coup: Erdogan Says Army Plot Has Failed :

The end of a wild week..
The coup failed. But the world is not at peace.

Ghostbusters gals weak in at weekend box

Ghostbusters slowed in its weekend estimates from some of the hyper projections we saw on Friday, now heading toward a $45M weekend opening after winning Friday with a $17.1M gross..

Now it would appear the final tally will be well below any previous projections ..

Sony is claiming publicly to Deadline and other box office reporting outlets that the newest incarnation of the film isn’t a bomb.. But s domestic $45 mil puts pressure on overseas markets–one market that was taken out of the running was China, which banned the film..

Ladies weekend..
But how much will they make?

The final victor: The Secret Life of Pets

The Mike Pence pick: The time Donald Trump didn't go with his gut

The Mike Pence pick: The time Donald Trump didn't go with his gut :

CNN has some great information about the Mike Pence Veep spot..

Trump wanted Christie, it would seem.. Advisors didn’t. The kids wanted Newt. In the end, the Pence push became substantial from advisors. Especially one..

Pence was hesitant to fly to New York, knowing that events did not unfold as he expected, it could be a humiliating trip and cost him the governor’s office. But he boarded the plane.
Trump was frustrated by reports that he had picked Pence while he was “six hours and three time zones away,” one senior adviser said. He was still troubled by his conversations with Christie – wrestling with the instinct to go with his advisers’ guidance or his gut.

The fact this has been the first decision not made naturally by Trump could also show it was his worst..

It’s extremely similar to the way Reagan was forced by …the same campaign advisor Manafort!…to put Bush Sr on the 1980 ticket. It may have solidified a certain branch of he party but it wasn’t who Reagan wanted either..

If this Trump choice fails it would be mostly due to the fact that it wasn’t his choice..

It was he safe route. A pale white male with white hair and someone who, as CNN pointed out, will turn bright red as soon as Trump tells an off color joke.

Friday, July 15, 2016

This is a heartbreaking photo of the aftermath of the Bastille...

This is a heartbreaking photo of the aftermath of the Bastille Day attack in France yesterday..

A photographer for the AFP describes the scene

Nice is a tourist magnet, not just for foreigners, but for the French as well. There were huge crowds here for the July 14th celebrations.
I am a journalist and we journalists knew there was a risk of this. It was in the back of our minds throughout the weeks of the Euro tournament. But the Euro went off without a hitch and now I found myself in Nice – touristy, beachy, laid-back Nice! – and there were bodies everywhere.
Some were tiny bodies. Kids. Their parents must have been so happy to give their kids a treat and bring them to see the fireworks on July 14th. And that’s the heartbreak of it all…“

ANOTHER NIGHT ON PLANET HELL: MILITARY COUP ATTEMPT IN TURKEY.. and was a Pennsylvania man responsible for it?

Turkish Military Says It Has Taken Over Country:

As if the world wasn’t wild enough already.. This happens.

Turkish army officers said they seized power in the country as warplanes flew over the capital and tanks blocked roads in Istanbul.

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said his government is still in control and will resist.

The military said in an e-mailed statement that it took power to restore freedom and democracy. It said all international agreements will be honored.

It wasn’t clear whether the whole army was involved.

Martial law has been declared.. Developing..

MILITARY HAS TAKEN MEDIA HOSTAGES // CNN// URGENT

‘We have taken control’: Turkish military open fire on civilians as they launch coup to depose Islamist government – while President Erdogan ‘hides in a hotel room’ and Facetimes a TV station to urge his supporters to fight for him

Turkish troops have launched a military coup according to the government with helicopters firing on capital Ankara
Turkish PM Binali Yildirim told reporters: ‘We will not allow this attempt’ although the military said they are in control
Explosions and gunfire have been reported in several locations with fast attack jets patrolling over the skies
The Turkish military claimed they have taken power in order to protect the civil rights of the population
President Recep Erdogan has used ‘FaceTime’ to call on the population to take to the streets to oppose the coup