Horror Report: Because it's a scary world: 2015-09-27

Drama drama drama.. As the desert turns

Such drama with the Art Bell show, all of the time.

It started with this:

It followed with Leo Ashcroft leaving the program and the network over whatever disagreements exist behind the scenes.. then the former newscaster went on Facebook to complain he wasn’t paid and lots of other things about Bell.

Then Bell said this,

The truth is Leo made lots of money. The real deal was he got paid by the commercial’s that ran in his newscast and it was a lot. On top of that he got 1% of total ad revenue which was about to be raised to 2 % but he quit because he said he could not get along with Keith. After I told the exact truth at the start of the show last night he now hates me I see. The guy is in total meltdown mode. I feel sorry for him. As for the offer he said he got from Coast, that was told first to Amy because he wanted to take her along with him but she refused. He also told Heather about it both on the phone and In print (which she has) and finally he told me as well. I am still not sure if it was real or he just made it up as a bluff, either way it’s bad. I was not going to say a word on the Friday show even as stressed out as I was about the situation but he started posting crazy stuff on his FB site asking people to email me or call in on open lines so I felt I had no choice as the messages started to roll in.

Art

Then someone posted this on BELLGAB:

Then..

Well..
The ‘then’ is still being written.

As the cactus turns.

LAUREN C. WILLIAMS: Silicon Valley’s Newest App Is Likely To Aid Bigots, Destroy Privacy

The Washington POST is equally terrified about the APP and what it may do to society ..

And now I am , too

The U.S. Coast Guard resumed its search early Saturday across Bahamian waters for a disabled cargo ship with 33 crewmembers, including 28 Americans, that lost contact during Hurricane Joaquin, which was moving away from the sprawling archipelago

The U.S. Coast Guard resumed its search early Saturday across Bahamian waters for a disabled cargo ship with 33 crewmembers, including 28 Americans, that lost contact during Hurricane Joaquin, which was moving away from the sprawling archipelago

From the AP:

Officials said the crew - 28 Americans and five Poles - earlier reported they had been able to contain the flooding. The Coast Guard said it had covered more than 850 square miles in its search so far.
“We’re going to go and try and save lives. We’re going to push it to the operational limits as far as we can,” Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor said of rescue efforts.
Fedor said there were 20- to 30-foot (up to 9-meter) waves in the area, and that heavy winds could have destroyed the ship’s communications equipment. The ship went missing when Joaquin was a Category 4 storm. The hurricane has since weakened to a Category 3.

This is a real image of the ‘Halloween’ version of the Whopper from Burger King.

There’s mixed reaction..

I somewhat think the colors accurately reflect the quality of product you’re consuming anyway.. perhaps even more shows the decay of flesh that takes place in your stomach as the rotting corpse of meat breaks apart before excretion..

Happy meatless Halloween.

Why Kindergarten in Finland Is All About Playtime (and Why That Could Be More Stimulating Than the Common Core) - The Atlantic

An amazing article from the ATLANTIC and how we are ruining our children in comparison to how other countries do their educating..
My son will be 5 soon.. I don’t want him ruined.
I want him to live the way Helsinki does.
Please leaders of the free world, stop ruining our kids.

Dinosaurs may have been wiped out by asteroid and volcano

Now, a team of Berkeley-based scientists are suggesting a sort of compromise, and one based on facts and data rather than attempts to smooth over tensions. According to a recent study that will soon be published in Science, researchers suggest that the asteroid impact may have accelerated the volcano explosions, and the combined fallout from both catastrophes may have been what ultimately drove the dinosaurs extinct. It’s even possible that the asteroid impact on its own would not have been powerful enough to wipe out the dinosaurs.

Edward Snowden didn’t turn off emails from Twitter and received 47GB of notifications

Saw this last night and loved it.. Had to rebroadcast it to the masses.

Disaster averted??
Newest computer models starting to push Joaquin out to sea more and more..

A woman who claimed to have a grandmother inside a writing class in Snyder Hall, where a portion the massacre unfolded, described the scene in a tweet. “The shooter was lining people up and asking if they were Christian,” she wrote. “If they said yes, then they were shot in the head. If they said no, or didn’t answer, they were shot in the legs. My grandma just got to my house, and she was in the room. She wasn’t shot, but she is very upset.

A woman who claimed to have a grandmother inside a writing class in Snyder Hall, where a portion the massacre unfolded, described the scene in a tweet. “The shooter was lining people up and asking if they were Christian,” she wrote. “If they said yes, then they were shot in the head. If they said no, or didn’t answer, they were shot in the legs. My grandma just got to my house, and she was in the room. She wasn’t shot, but she is very upset.

THE CONJURING 2 BEGINS PRODUCTIONS–AFTER A PRIEST BLESSES THE SET!

OREGON SHOOTING AT SCHOOL CAMPUS

Multiple reports vary on how many people killed or hurt.. Now information revealed that victims were in multiple classrooms.. Federal agencies responded....
More : http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/01/us/oregon-college-shooting/index.html

MORE..

A 20-year-old man opened fire on the campus at 10:38 a.m. Wednesday in Snyder hall. Kortney Moore was in a writing class when a shot came through the window. Her teacher was shot in the head. The shooter came inside and told people to get on the ground. He then told people to get up and state their religion, and opened fire, the local paper reports. »

A 20-year-old man opened fire on the campus at 10:38 a.m. Wednesday in Snyder hall. Kortney Moore was in a writing class when a shot came through the window. Her teacher was shot in the head. The shooter came inside and told people to get on the ground. He then told people to get up and state their religion, and opened fire, the local paper reports.

A 20-year-old man opened fire on the campus at 10:38 a.m. Wednesday in Snyder hall. Kortney Moore was in a writing class when a shot came through the window. Her teacher was shot in the head. The shooter came inside and told people to get on the ground. He then told people to get up and state their religion, and opened fire, the local paper reports.

Joaquin has strengthened significantly and continues to hover near the Bahamas on Thursday. This delay has altered the forecast track. Other weather systems impacting Joaquin will be in slightly different positions as a result.

Joaquin has strengthened significantly and continues to hover near the Bahamas on Thursday. This delay has altered the forecast track. Other weather systems impacting Joaquin will be in slightly different positions as a result.

Multiple reports vary on how many people killed or hurt.. Now information revealed that victims were in multiple classrooms.. Federal agencies repo song now..
More : http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/01/us/oregon-college-shooting/index.html

Assad allies, including Iranians, prepare ground attack in Syria

Reuters reporting, Hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria in the last 10 days and will soon join government forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies in a major ground offensive backed by Russian air strikes, two Lebanese sources told Reuters.

This is quickly escalating..
Remember when people thought the world would end September 28? Maybe that date was just the beginning of the end times..

active shooter incident reported at Oregon community college.. This is a developing situation..

The best island in the world just had to cancel this weekend’s chowderfest because of Joaquin ..

Joaquin now a Cat 4

Get serious. Now..
East coast time frame days away but preparations must begin immediately for anything that happens.

Robert Englund is Not Playing Freddy Krueger Again

And that is why the movie, in essence, is doomed ..

Startling viral video shows lake drying up in drought-ridden California

The videos and images within are scary and haunting.. Sad and foreboding for the future of the state as well.

This scenario, a EURO model projection, would be much better for lives and limbs along the east coast as opposed to the westward model of the GFS.. Days to go.
Time will tell..
But early prognostications that stated Joaquin would be Sandy part 2 were fear porn and irresponsible..

THE CONJURING 2 BEGINS PRODUCTIONS–AFTER A PRIEST BLESSES THE SET!

Could Hurricane Joaquin be another Superstorm Sandy? - CNN.com

Russian strikes again expose US disarray

He AFP reports:

As US Secretary of State John Kerry was in New York trying to coordinate with his Kremlin opposite number Sergei Lavrov, a Russian officer contacted the US embassy in Baghdad.
His message was simple: Russian jets are about to launch air strikes in Syria, please stay out of their way.
Kerry quickly protested to Lavrov that this was not in the spirit of Moscow’s promise to agree a “de-confliction” mechanism to ensure Russian flights do not interfere with US-led operations.
But the strikes were already underway, potentially altering the balance of power in Syria back in favor of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and Washington was looking at a fait accompli.

The Mars announcement revealed

Nasa scientists find evidence of flowing water on Mars!! »

Liquid water runs down canyons and crater walls over the summer months on Mars, according to researchers who say the discovery raises the odds of the planet being home to some form of life.

This is big big big big…
Big.

CANNIBAL FLOPS TO TRANSYLVANIA SLOP

Horror flop this weekend: Eli Roth's ode to cannibal horror called THE GREEN INFERNO averaged $955 per theater.. the film is graphic and has a 38 on Rotten Tomatoes.

Reviewers have not been kind, either, calling the film awful..

People with strong stomachs may enjoy the movie. Others may turn away--and it would appear they did if the numbers hold up.. INFERNO appears likely to finish even lower that THE VISIT in its second week in box offices..

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 is set for number 1 this weekend..

MARS NEWS CONFERENCE SET BY NASA

NASA has sent lots of people into a tizzy over the announcement thety say is coming that will 'solve' a mystery about Mars..

The space agency says a major announcement is coming Monday, a news conference is set for 11:30am ET adn will be broadcast on NASA TV and its website--hopefully it the news is big enough, people will ignore Donald Trump for five minutes and actually give the space agency some time on the major networks..

If it's HUGE enough, NBC should do the Chimes of Death and give us a special report on their affiliates. Of course it would have to be big news for the Chimes to play.

Perhaps water on Mars is.. or life.. or evidence, conclusive evidence, of either..

One common joke has emerged on the Twitters: NASA found astronaut Mark Watney. Watney is the name of the fictional astronaut stranded on Mars in the movie THE MARTIAN.

While people are in a frenzy with speculation, a part of me thinks this will be just be a ho-hum news conference with little information rendered.

I hope I'm wrong, but that seemingly has happened before with earth shattering news.

The most exciting space story of the year, minus the rodents on Mars images offbeat sites find, has been Pluto and the ever changing way we view that non planet planet. I think life on Mars or evidence of past life would far dominate Pluto..

We will see Monday.

Mars mystery: NASA will make a special announcement about the red planet on Monday.

Mars mystery: NASA will make a special announcement about the red planet on Monday.

Pea soup or CGI?

The power of Christ compels me to not like remakes.. but there is so much hype and hope over the EXORCIST remake that I will hope it's good, too.

The question for me: Will the vomit scene by CGI or will they rely on the old fashioned pea soup method..?

NIC CAGE on PAY THE GHOST and the 2% paranormal activity theory

Nic Cage interviewed on his new horror movie PAY THE GHOST .. the star also talked about the horror genre in general.

He said, 'I certainly would have participated more in what you call “straight-up horror” if I had been given the opportunities to participate in them earlier on in my career'..

Read more on this. I am with Cage, especially on the slasher body count idea..

Some more media interviews of Cage yielded this interesting factoid about his true thoughts of the paranormal in general: Esquire talked to him about PAY THE GHOST and also his own personal fears.. "I would say that I'm 98 percent skeptical, but the other 2 percent [is] open for the possibility of things." ..

On the question of whether he experienced the paranormal, Cage responded, "Nothing I would be able to discuss on public record. I'm not going there" ..

Sounds like he may not be doing any Celebrity Ghost Story show, but there may be a basis for the 2%.. I think there is a basis for the 2% with everyone, including me.

When that 2% type of event occurs to you, you're immediately placed into a mental location you've never expected to be. Sometimes you get the same feeling during a NIC CAGE movie (I kid Nic, I kid him) .. but his track record on films is often hit or miss.

Hopefully PAY THE GHOST scares up some cash based off of a strong story line. Often people cringe during Cage flicks. Hopefully if they do during PAY THE GHOST it will be for the right reasons..

When we elevate children to political stardom

A 13-year-old makes national headlines after he claimed he was blocked by the @POTUS Twitter account. CJ Pearson is an immediate success with conservatives for his youthful attacks on the President and Democrats.. He's a black teen who has been swelling in popularity.. But now it appears that the teen in stardom fever either punked his fans or was punked himself, with no evidence pointing at an unfollow conspiracy.. And more: This young intelligent (I will give him that) teen wants people to sign a petition to meet with Obama--this is the reason, Pearson says, he was banned...

SUPERMOON WEEKEND

It's the SUPERMOON weekend..here is a quick instructional story on how to take the best pictures of the red moon rising and shadowed by the earth..

The supermoon must see on Sunday: A celestial event that will not happen for another 18 years..

The Mormons are freaked..

Speaking of prophecy..
The Islamic propechies that don't jive with ISIS.. Makes me hum the tune in my head by John Lennon and sing aloud 'imagine no religion'...

The Pope's Excellent American Vacation comes to Philly. And then Francis met Marky Mark

The major story this week was the Papal visit.. covered here a bit too..

There remains a few last minute articles to contemplate regarding the Pope before he goes back to Rome..

Among them:
Did Philadelphia go *way* overboard with security? I know few things not mentioned in the USA TODAY article.. I would argue, based off of what I know, it was beyond overboard and almost paranoid.. Maybe they were listening to the prophecies about end times, or even the Mormons fretting about the Sunday blood moon. The pope has also showcased his energy during his excellent American adventure, but he is now weary and walking with a limp--and caught on camera stumbling up the steps..

I think people so often forget his age..

But there was one last Papal moment, at this point, that I need desreves some notes..

It's this: Actor Mark Wahlberg hosted an event attended by Pope Francis in Philly.. He also made a joke about the raunchy movie 'TED' in front of Francis..

After Bobby Hill, 14, of the Keystone State Boychoir performed an opera solo, he told Wahlberg that he liked his performance in the movie about an angry talking teddy bear. "He whispered in my ear that he liked the movie 'Ted,'" Wahlberg said. "I told him that was not appropriate for his age. Holy Father, please forgive me."

He also said "go Eagles"... tacky tacky tacky..

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