Saturday, February 28, 2015
Virginia agrees to compensate victims of forced sterilization
I would say is this a little bit beyond overdue
Virginia agrees to compensate victims of forced sterilization
Friday, February 27, 2015
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For any Art Bell fans in the world, there’s a wild ride taking place in BELLGAB..
There may be some puffy clouds forming in the distance…
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IT FOLLOWS trailer lays out rules for upcoming horror film.
The movie is highly anticipated.. it’s a modern movie about the dangers of teenage sexual promiscuity. Instead of exchanging bodily fluids that lead to an STD, the couple involved will become victims of a sexually transmitted CURSE.. that follows.
I have read a number of accounts and early spoiler information about this movie–it looks to be one of the freshest and most creative horror movies that we will be getting in 2015.Some have even called it a ‘masterpiece‘!
Reviews like that often don’t happen in the mainstream world for this genre.. The UK INDEPENDENT’s Geoffrey Macnab reviewed the movie with a positive four out of five star conclusion.. Macnab wrote,
“The ingenious new teen horror film It Follows will intrigue, puzzle and trouble audiences by turns.”
And this:
“This may be a horror movie but it has some of the same feel as Larry Clark’s cautionary tales about mixed-up, laidback American kids. It is shot as artfully as Clark’s films and, like them, portrays a self-enclosed teen society in which parents and teachers don’t intrude.”
For many years, any watcher of horror either random or astute would know that films often play on the fears of the youth.. Jason Vorhees killed the immoral, in a sense he was the ultimate champion of religious fervor–slaughtering the promiscuous party animal teens that skipped foreplay and went right to the deed at Camp Crystal Lake.
Perhaps no one saw the irony in his kills, the idea that he was the biblical old testament God reigning judgement down on those who sinned.. This new film seems to keep with that same idea: Sin and sex.
In IT FOLLOWS, the predator and villain can only be seen by those who have been cursed with the sexual relations that spread it.. An keeping with my long held notion that horror movies, in any given time (and professional wrestling), perfectly symbolize the current state of modern pop culture for that generation, Macnab paints a similar picture in his INDEPENDENT review, writing:
“It Follows plays not just on the kids’ ambivalence about their own sexual desires, but also on their disgust at the idea of their parents’ sexual lives. The Freudian elements sit alongside action sequences (a car crashing in a cornfield, an explosive final-reel stand-off at the local swimming pool). This is also a love story of sorts. Paul (Keir Gilchrist) is besotted with Jay. He is just a little too geeky for her to consider as a suitor but he is persistent and loyal. His innocent devotion is in very stark contrast to the depravity that surrounds the teenagers..”
The LAZARUS EFFECT showcases the newfound popularity of reanimation horror.. WIRED’s Jordan Cruccihola examines this premise in an article posted today, saying
“Reanimation horror is not the most populated of sub-genres. We’ve surely had more cabins in the woods, unbeatable super killers, and haunted houses. But reanimation has a special place in our hearts thanks to its scientific roots. Sure, it’s all ridiculous science with little to no connection to reality, but there are still a lot more lab coats than in your standard-issue slasher. And if there’s one thing we wish there were more of in horror flicks, it’s lab coats..”
An the author is dead on right! The LAZARUS EFFECT, being released this weekend for public consumption, has an interesting premise: A group of medical students find a way to bring the dead back to life. It’s a horror classification, but easily travails into the science fiction category as you read more about the idea.. And really, we are living in this world.
This horror encapsulates perfectly our fears about future shock, the advancement of medical technology, and how we are on the verge of some amazing but possibly scary things.. The movie is getting intensely bad reviews, not only from the paid informants in entertainment rags, but also the masses who have already been privileged to see and write about it.
The common thread is that this is a rip-off of FLATLINERS. Maybe that’s true, but it’s also bringing to theaters the concept of the future and how it can be dangerous if in the wrong hands.. there’s a cultural allegory here if you pay attention. A commentary on society..
LAZARUS is not expected to rise to the top of the heap in the movie theaters over the next few days, but it is predicted to do fine for its genre for a winter weekend..
I tend to avoid pop culture.. When the story of ‘the dress’ came up, I figured it was some illumanti ploy to divert our attention from something. But I figured to myself, the pictures of the now famed ‘dress’ are just being manipulated to further cause debate online. I propose this very theory to my wife tonight.. I said, “Tara, the dresses being posted are all different colors.” I figured I was right.. then she asked me, “well what color is the dress,” as she showed me a photo. I said, “Black and blue!” … A fierce debate ensued. Even my four-year-old Ayden got involved—though he said it was purple, I chalked that up to him being much closer than what Tara thought, white and gold..
So 48 hours of trying to avoid this, and now like millions of others in the masses, I am fascinated by the dress debate.
Also even more fascinated that one dress, one little post on a rarely known TUMBLR site, can cause a debate the ENTIRE WORLD gets busy with.. (While the world burns) ..
Coming soon to a future near you: Human head transplants. I don’t think people quite realize the future shock that is about to hit them, the amount of changes that are going to quickly occur, and the medical technology that is going to change the world. Now whether human head transplants go mainstream is anyone’s guess.. I still can’t get the image from the 1990s classic movie (in my mind anyway) MARS ATTACKS out of my head.. It’s coming..
Gary Glitter sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually abusing three young girls in the 70s
Gary Glitter has received a 16-year prison sentence after being convicted of sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s
The singer was arrested in October 2012 under Operation Yewtree, the national investigation British police launched in the wake of a child abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile… the Saville hell on earth continues, even after the scumbag’s death..
Gary Glitter sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually abusing three young girls in the 70s
THE PORN WILL CONTINUE ON BLOGSPOT
PORN LOVERS WIN!! the big decision from Google Blogger that was going to block all of the blogspots including porn has been reversed.. An outcry ensued after the initial decision. PORN will now live on, on blogspot. With the ‘nudity’ tag as requested by Google.
But I still ask: Does anyone still use BLOGGER?
More warnings to the shoppers of America: Holder says malls should increase security.. I hate to say this aloud, but have you visited a mall lately? The security at my local nearly bankrupt and empty shopping plaza features security guards that make Paul Blart look like an FBI agent..
DC's Catwoman Comes Out as Bisexual
After 75 years, Selina Kyle is finally coming out of the closet.In the latest issue of the DC Comics’ Catwoman comic book series — No. 39, released this week — Kyle kisses another woman, ending decades of fan rumors and speculation by stating canonically that the character is, in fact, bisexual.
I am not shocked.
As a matter of fact, being a BATMAN fan since my early years of life, I always sensed something a little edgier about Catwoman when compared to the other villains.. Selina Kyle is not the quaint woman of Tim Burton’s imagination in the early 1990s..
And anyway, I always pictured Catwoman as Ertha Kitt, as she was probably the role model for any Catwoman to come.
This comic book coming out has generated a lot of controversy and attention—
This whole thing started when Genevieve Valentine wrote a blog about this. The explanation for this new role of the arch nemesis of BATMAN:
When I was first plotting out what I expected to be a six-issue arc, there were a few emotional beats I considered indispensable. One was Nick, around whom Selina’s moral axis pivoted and whose death would set up Antonia to be both guilt-trip and threat to Selina – a contestant for the throne, even if neither of them wanted to think of it that way. Another was finding time for a few key moments with Batman, particularly in the first issue to set up their connection even when at odds.
And one was establishing Selina as canon bisexual.
She’s flirted around it – often quite literally – for years now; for me, this wasn’t a revelation so much as a confirmation.
And boom. The Bible versus are now being quoted on news articles and comic book sites, and many people are suddenly condemning someone that doesn’t exist except on paper.
Now the question becomes: Who does the CAT want more? The BATman or the BATgirl?
So don’t fear, BATfans, Catwoman’s sudden burst of sexual creativity is not going to be ruining any childhood imaginations.. her proclivity for both genders is not going to incur the wrath of God on the comic book world.. And quite frankly, we will survive.
I think this is a fine move. Comic books are always and should be on the cutting edge of societal evolution. I think for some male oriented readers, this may challenge and rattle the core of their nerve endings for a bit. But they will grow used to it.. After all, why condemn a woman who is bisexual but be pefectly fine with a wealthy man, Bruce Wayne, who uses his money and influence to get attractive women to sleep with him?
And really, what BATMAN and CATWOMAN do in their bedrooms is nobody’s business. Well, unless it’s on a certain page in a comic book..
DC's Catwoman Comes Out as Bisexual
What is flashing us from CERES, the dwarf planet we are suddenly hearing a lot about?
MORE:
Ceres continues to baffle astronomers as the Dawn spacecraft gets closer to being captured into orbit around the dwarf planet.
The latest images, taken nearly 29,000 miles (46,000km) from Ceres, reveal that a bright ‘alien’ spot that stands out in previous images lies close to yet another bright area.
While Nasa has not provided an explanation, scientists suggest these spots may be frozen pools of ice at the bottom of a crater that reflect light.
I don’t think there’s a point
Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda, on why she is not questioning her father’s suicide ..
I saw some very mean spirited comments regarding her words.. People need to lay off.
This is what it's like to be dead
A Reddit AMA allowed a man who claimed to have died twice to entertain questions from the masses about what he felt, what he remembered, and how it felt..
Some of what he said may surprise some.. rattle others.. leave many without hope that anything at all happens after this life is over.
You can read the text of the full AMA here. A few highlights posted:
On what death felt like:
Both times I was just “not there”. It was just all black. I would describe it as when you take a nap. A short nap with no dream, you wake up and it feels like you’ve been sleeping a long time, when in reality it’s only been about 15 minutes
Was it emptiness:
It was definitely not just a gap. Much like a dreamless nap, you don’t just wake up and feel like time just jumped ahead. You know that you’ve been asleep for a while. At the same time, you can’t really remember experiencing anything at all, unless you had a dream
On afterlife beliefs:
I am still an atheist, and now I know that there is no such thing as God or Heaven. At least not for me. My reasoning behind that is no God would ever put a person and family through such a experience
I believe this man’s experience was exactly as he described.. I think that is what scares me the most. The idea that nothing exists after this, that this pitiful planet on earth is the last place we will be. That all the emotion and love, pain and joy, will all just vanish as we perish.
I have Raymond Moody’s stories, the tales of bright white lights that captivated me as a child when I read about his NDE research, is truer than the man on REDDIT who said that, for him, nothing existed in the blackness of death.
This is what it's like to be dead
Thursday, February 26, 2015
A screen shot from CNN is their reporting showing ISIS destroy priceless antiques—items of interest from ancient history that lasted for centuries. And now ruined in mere seconds with a sledgehammer..
This is not the first time such deeds have been reported.
Most likely will not be the last..
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