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.
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.
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
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..
Robert Englund is Not Playing Freddy Krueger Again
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
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.
Russian strikes again expose US disarray
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..
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.
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.
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..?
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 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..
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..
Pope in a Fiat
The scenes have been historic: Pope Francis travailing the streets of the United States, first in D.C. and then in New York. The City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, is on the agenda for Saturday..
The famous Mojave Phone Booth gets re-famous
It's not an urban legend, but sure has the feel of one..
Call and ye shall answer
I called 760-733-9969 a few times since Clyde Lewis mentioned it on his show last night.. Though I had heard about the famed Mojave desert phone booth many times over, I had forgotten it returned a few years ago thanks to someone who bought the line and made a conference call bridge out of it..
A ZOMBIE AND A KUNIS
Mila Kunis and Rob Zombie have teamed up to executive produce a half-hour horror-comedy series written and created by Arrested Development co-producer Joey Slamon..
The summer of selfie over
8 people killed..
But news now has been revealed that SELFIES have cost more lives: 12 total have been attributed to people attempting to take dangerous shots of themselves in precarious positions.
ART BELL REVOLUTION: TALK SHOW LEGEND PICKING UP STATIONS
A few days ago, Art Bell announced the he was joining with Nexus to provide up to 4,000 stations the ability to 'flip the switch' and broadcast MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT to whatever program directors decide to pick up the show..
It looks like the nighttime revolution is beginning to pick up steam..
It looks like the nighttime revolution is beginning to pick up steam..
A horned beast before a Papal Feast?
DAWN IN THE DESERT: ART BELL’S UPDATE
For days, Art Bell has teased a major announcement for today.
That announcement hit–it also portends a major development in his program MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT and another enormous opportunity for him to change the night time air waves..
Bell in pop culture
Midnight in the Desert continues its growth in popularity.. So much so that the Gang has now found him..
Another day, another NASA moon conspiracy
The VERGE (and other media sources) try to debunk those who are trying to debunk the NASA moon GIF »
I get the reasoning from the VERGE article. I truly do.
But there is also a large part of my brain that still look at the NASA gif in quite an incredulous manner.
Anne Streiber passes away
Anne Streiber, the creator of UNKNOWNCOUNTRY.COM and Whitley Streiber’s wife, has died after a battle cancer..
More from Whitley at Unknowncountry..
Cemetery of fear
A cemetery in Chicago is going all the way.. They are going to HOST a screening of the horror movie SINISTER..
Of course they say alcohol will be prohibited.
But why ban something tacky when they are already being as tacky as ever.
Call me a precarious pundit but I think this is not clever at all but instead rather disrespectable.. Tacky perhaps, all around, is the best word to describe it..
Of course they say alcohol will be prohibited.
But why ban something tacky when they are already being as tacky as ever.
Call me a precarious pundit but I think this is not clever at all but instead rather disrespectable.. Tacky perhaps, all around, is the best word to describe it..
Houston horror
From s UK GUARDIAN report today on a particularly gruesome true crime in Texas:
So as a result he handcuffed them all together and shot them in the head..
He told media he loved them to death. And now they are dead.
He proclaimed they were becoming monsters, so he became an immoral and unforgivable monster himself and killed those he should have protected and loved the most...
A man charged in the deaths of a couple and six children at a Houston home has professed love for one of the victims – his son – but said he thought the children were “growing up to be monsters”.
David Conley, who was being held without bond Wednesday on capital murder counts, was formerly in a relationship with the children’s mother, Valerie Jackson. Authorities say the two had a 13-year-old son together.
So as a result he handcuffed them all together and shot them in the head..
He told media he loved them to death. And now they are dead.
He proclaimed they were becoming monsters, so he became an immoral and unforgivable monster himself and killed those he should have protected and loved the most...
THE PINK STARS ARE FALLING.. THE PINK ALIENS ARE CALLING?
NASA is not BUSY explaining this one.. but people are busy asking.
The UK MIRROR writes:
Genuine?
Real?
Pink at night.. an astronaut’s delight…
Pink in the morning? Aliens are warning..
NASA is hiding?
The truth is sliding..
Down the corridor of reality..
The pink stars are falling.
The UK MIRROR writes:
The strange UFO was spotted on a NASA live feed from the orbiting space stationand comes weeks after the space agency cut the feed after three glowing objects were spotted in the sky.
This new sighting has been uploaded to YouTube where it has amassed over 160,000 views.
“We need them to maybe start pointing the ISS cameras outward and stop treating people like children,” says YouTuber Streetcap1 who uploaded the footage.
Some of the comments on the video have accused Streetcap1 of doctoring the footage, but the YouTuber insists it’s genuine.
Genuine?
Real?
Pink at night.. an astronaut’s delight…
Pink in the morning? Aliens are warning..
NASA is hiding?
The truth is sliding..
Down the corridor of reality..
The pink stars are falling.
Roadside memorials to the dead and gone.
This past weekend while my wife and I were driving home from a peaceful family get-together, we saw something that seemingly shocked our normalcy for a bit. A group of people were gathered along side a major highway putting a makeshift memorial together near a tree.
A grown man was clutching a child, all the while he was weeping. Other people were gathered around the site in the same fashion, obviously moved to tears if not more. There was a large degree of emotion at that site, I can tell even though we were passing by at a fairly speedy clip.
Something awful had occurred there. A death, of course.
The last place that a human being inhabited a body on the planet earth..
The last place someone was breathing in mortal temple of the soul.
There are some important questions I will get to about these sites, some thoughts as well. But think for a second the meaning behind them when you drive by.. People not directly affected by the deaths of whomever passed at the countless sites are reminded of their own mortality, at least for a second. There may be a “it will never happen to me” feeling when we see wreathes and decorations, often clothing and flowers that are placed to memorialize the location where something undoubtedly died violently. We don’t know who else died with them, or was injured, however we should fully realize the ripple effect that the deaths had.
About ten Christmases ago—time goes so fast—my wife’s co-worker was talking to her son while he was driving home. He died in a car accident—while they were in conversation. I cannot imagine the prospects of living with hearing a death in such a way, and especially think about the concept of Christmas being stolen for the rest of my life because tragedy happened on the day we are supposed to be filled with cheer and happiness.
And likewise, I cannot conceive the grief that people are feeling when they adorn a site of tragedy with hopeful icons of someone’s life. I have mixed feelings myself. But not being a part of a family that did or, I don’t think I can judge.
People do judge, though.
And in some places, people want them banned.
I read a varied amount of opinions concerning the subject..
A few points that opiners make while opining on the decorated death scenes:
They violate the separation of church and state, because religious symbolism is used in a public place.. they also violate laws of people taking public property for private purposes.. And they are a distraction. One argument—this one perhaps is the weightiest to me—is that accidents occur in dangerous portions of highway. And since that is true, why decorate that already dangerous location with distracting flair and cause potentially further accidents at the same place. When my wife and I saw the decorators of death this weekend, we did take note of how endangered they were, closely standing near the edge of a busy 55mph but REALLY 70 mph highway with infants, children, and elderly persons. . . it takes only one second. They already know that most likely due to the unfortunate demise of a person in their own family or circle of friends.
There are schools of thought that consider these roadside reminders morbid. Others that think they are beautiful.
What is not debate is this: They are more frequent than ever before. Countless locations and obviously countless deaths…
I really don’t want to take any side on this argument, but I will simply convey concerns that the locations are so often in an already perilous location fraught with heavy traffic and careless drivers. Common sense should be shown by anyone who decides to initiate a roadside reminder of mortality.
And because it is personal, because someone did lose a life, I cannot dictate any opinion.. and I think it would be a difficult if not dumb thing to regulate. Regardless of any law, I feel they’d be as abundant then as they are now.
They are personal locations. Very personal churches for those who want to remember, mourn, and celebrate.
And who am I to write anything contrary to someone’s right to do that.
Who knows… perhaps one day I will have a location along a highway. Or maybe you. So perhaps now is the best time to limit commentary for the fact you’d be called a hypocrite beyond the grave..Or beyond the roadside location of your earthly providence.
Something awful had occurred there. A death, of course.
The last place that a human being inhabited a body on the planet earth..
The last place someone was breathing in mortal temple of the soul.
There are some important questions I will get to about these sites, some thoughts as well. But think for a second the meaning behind them when you drive by.. People not directly affected by the deaths of whomever passed at the countless sites are reminded of their own mortality, at least for a second. There may be a “it will never happen to me” feeling when we see wreathes and decorations, often clothing and flowers that are placed to memorialize the location where something undoubtedly died violently. We don’t know who else died with them, or was injured, however we should fully realize the ripple effect that the deaths had.
About ten Christmases ago—time goes so fast—my wife’s co-worker was talking to her son while he was driving home. He died in a car accident—while they were in conversation. I cannot imagine the prospects of living with hearing a death in such a way, and especially think about the concept of Christmas being stolen for the rest of my life because tragedy happened on the day we are supposed to be filled with cheer and happiness.
And likewise, I cannot conceive the grief that people are feeling when they adorn a site of tragedy with hopeful icons of someone’s life. I have mixed feelings myself. But not being a part of a family that did or, I don’t think I can judge.
People do judge, though.
And in some places, people want them banned.
I read a varied amount of opinions concerning the subject..
A few points that opiners make while opining on the decorated death scenes:
They violate the separation of church and state, because religious symbolism is used in a public place.. they also violate laws of people taking public property for private purposes.. And they are a distraction. One argument—this one perhaps is the weightiest to me—is that accidents occur in dangerous portions of highway. And since that is true, why decorate that already dangerous location with distracting flair and cause potentially further accidents at the same place. When my wife and I saw the decorators of death this weekend, we did take note of how endangered they were, closely standing near the edge of a busy 55mph but REALLY 70 mph highway with infants, children, and elderly persons. . . it takes only one second. They already know that most likely due to the unfortunate demise of a person in their own family or circle of friends.
There are schools of thought that consider these roadside reminders morbid. Others that think they are beautiful.
What is not debate is this: They are more frequent than ever before. Countless locations and obviously countless deaths…
I really don’t want to take any side on this argument, but I will simply convey concerns that the locations are so often in an already perilous location fraught with heavy traffic and careless drivers. Common sense should be shown by anyone who decides to initiate a roadside reminder of mortality.
And because it is personal, because someone did lose a life, I cannot dictate any opinion.. and I think it would be a difficult if not dumb thing to regulate. Regardless of any law, I feel they’d be as abundant then as they are now.
They are personal locations. Very personal churches for those who want to remember, mourn, and celebrate.
And who am I to write anything contrary to someone’s right to do that.
Who knows… perhaps one day I will have a location along a highway. Or maybe you. So perhaps now is the best time to limit commentary for the fact you’d be called a hypocrite beyond the grave..Or beyond the roadside location of your earthly providence.
THEY ALL FLOAT
And Donald Trump's polls rise.
No matter what.
The media declared him dead. Republicans hoped his candidacy was. Megyn Kelly figured she stuck the dagger through the political heart of his campaign for president.
And then ..
NBC news released a scientific poll showing that he is well in the lead AFTER the debates..
From NBC news:
They indeed all float.
No matter what.
The media declared him dead. Republicans hoped his candidacy was. Megyn Kelly figured she stuck the dagger through the political heart of his campaign for president.
And then ..
NBC news released a scientific poll showing that he is well in the lead AFTER the debates..
From NBC news:
The overnight poll was conducted for 24 hours from Friday evening into Saturday. During that period, Donald Trump stayed in the headlines due to his negative comments about Kelly and was dis-invited from a major conservative gathering in Atlanta.
None of that stopped Trump from coming in at the top of the poll with 23 percent. Sen. Ted Cruz was next on the list with 13 percent.
They indeed all float.
Tiny quake near Maryland
A 2.2, not anything worthwhile.. But the location is interesting. Maryland, along the edge of the North American Craton.
SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR LINKING
Some late Saturday night shenanigans making news from the planet and beyond..
Typhoon hits Taiwan with the same force of Katrina.. The storm went on to make landfall in China.. Soudelor was the strongest storm on the planet so far in 2015.. At this point, at least 1 million are without power..
The eye of the drone.. the way we view earth--and photography in general--is changing. Thanks to drones.. and here are some photos to prove it..
Islamic extremists attack and hack to death a Bangledeshi blogger in his home..
How FOX NEWS planned to take down Donald Trump..
How FOX NEWS planned to take down Donald Trump..
More Yellowstone fear--a bear attacked a hiker and killed him.. and that has given rise to the media's ability to bring out the fear.. DAILY MAIL interviews an expert who says a nuclear hell on earth will hit the United States if Yellowstone blows..
From ZERO HEDGE: Dropping the bomb was never justified.. despite history textbooks saying it was needed to end the war.. it really was not.
The risk of making horror based on real events
Horror movie inspired by real Isla Vista killings sparks outrage, and a petition to stop the release
Director Shaun Hart writes, "While I do admit there is the connection of Santa Barbara, this film is not about Elliot Rodger" /// MORE..
20,000 sign petition to stop release of DEL PLAYA..
This type of event should have been expected..
It is one thing to make a series of films decades after real events--when most of those who suffered the consequences of the reality of horror in life are either expired or too old to fight, or even know about the pop culture incarnation of realistic bloody scenes.. But this film by Shaun Hart hits hard, and soon after events it is based off of played out..
It is one thing to make a series of films decades after real events--when most of those who suffered the consequences of the reality of horror in life are either expired or too old to fight, or even know about the pop culture incarnation of realistic bloody scenes.. But this film by Shaun Hart hits hard, and soon after events it is based off of played out..
Hart's horror flick DEL PLAYA focuses on a troubled college male who murders after being rejected by a woman.
Then came a firestorm of controversy..
Then a petition to stop the release..
Then 20,000 + signatures.
And then this statement, in full, from Shaun Hart:
First and foremost, I would like to publicly apologize to everyone who has been offended in any way by our making of this film,” he wrote. “It was never our intent to monopolize on the tragic shootings in Isla Vista that took place last year. While I do admit there is the connection of Santa Barbara, this film is not about Elliot Rodger. The fictional character in the film is not meant to portray anyone in particular. It is meant to portray incidents that take place, not only in Santa Barbara, but across the country on a daily basis. Our intentions were not to make light of such a serious issue, but to engage our audience in an active discussion about bullying and violence.
“As a graduate of UCSB and a former resident of Del Playa, that day was a knife to my heart. For me, the actions of one individual tainted a lot of good memories of an innocent time and brought darkness to a place that should only be home to the hopes and dreams of the young. For all touched by the tragedy at DP, know this: I stand right there with you.
BLOODY MISTAKES AT BLOODY DISGUSTING
I have long believed that horror movies and professional wrestling are pop cultural examples of any given time or generation.. I have believed that, still do, and will always.
As an example, as quick as I can explain, Hulk Hogan was the hero of the 1980s. Pure. Americana.. vitamins. The secrets of the 80s era became known later, as did many secrets. But the bear was in the woods during the Reagan years, and flags were waving. All the while, Jason Vorhees was slashing his way through Camp Crystal Lake during the heyday of slasher flicks. But Jason wasn’t just a villain, he was commentary by filmmakers against the Christian Right. Jason was the ultimate judge and jury. Almost Godlike, some would say.. he killed those who had premarital sex and also teenagers who lost respect for adults. Fast forward to the 1990s, beer swigging Steve Austin became Stone Cold and the attitude of the Clinton years came into full swing.
After 9/11, the birth of the torture porn films took place. Torture was ripe in American society, with debates and Dick Cheney proclaiming the goodness of ‘techniques’ to inflict pain. In movie theaters, people watched torture in the SAW franchise films and many others, including just about any gut-wrenching (literally) flick from Rob Zombie involving houses and 1000s of corpses.
My actual interest in horror has been present since childhood. As a kid, Freddy Kreuger fascinated me as much as he scared me. The concept was genius. A dream killer.. Michael Myers and Halloween was one of my favorites, and still is. The thought of a silent killer in a William Shatner mask is horrifying alone, but add in John Carpenter’s cheap piano music that eventually became a classic and you have a match made in hell, or in this movie theater world, heaven.
While horror has evolved, I actually think it devolved. No, not just because of the remakes.. endless remakes.. and remakes of the remakes (New Line has announced that are re-re-making the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET film again, most likely since the 2010 incarnation was so awful).. I think horror has became a mockery of itself. Instead of scaring and carrying weighty issues, often societal commentary in Hitchcock or Romero style, we are treated to an endless supply of blood and gore. Without a point..
And sex.
Oh yes, the sex.
Before I get into the point of this post, I want to first say that if you really want to find creative horror—real creativity—look no further than independent filmmakers on YouTube who are busy offering up amazing short films that will scare the wits out of you. Some of them are 15 minutes.. others are two.. Either way they are amazing and fresh, not recycled nonsense like Hollywood shovels down our throats. But true scary little tales that will make you cringe if you watch them in the dark. As a matter of fact, queue a whole bunch up and play them on your SMART TV if you’re smart enough to have a SMART TV. Instead of a marathon of garbage and drivel, take an hour and watch a few short movies.. I recommend anything with Lotta Losten. Also films from SKYPEMARE.
Back to the point of the article (since I wrote over 500 words and have yet to get to it): Bloody Disgusting, the website I follow for horror news, did something awfully disgusting the other day.. so much so that I feel it deserves some attention.
In the interest of full disclosure, I am part time busy writing posts on NIGHT TERROR NEWS, what you see here, and also now and then updating a site called the HORROR REPORT. The HORROR REPORT has a long history, but it never quite made the fame charts in the horror world. While it focused on such film and entertainment, it also delved into the more realistic nature of the scary world. So it’s not a fan site.. Bloody-Disgusting.com is a far far far more popular site, perhaps one of the most popular in the horror website world. It’s unbeatable, even Mr. Dark at DREAD CENTRAL cannot hold a candle to the popularity of Bloody-Disgusting.
But that doesn’t mean Bloody-Disgusting is superior.
As a matter of fact, the site does a lot of the nonsense other sites do—turnoffs for me but clickbate for Facebook and Twitter. The lists. The ‘best ofs’ .. the top tens..
And a top ten they offered is exactly what I wanted to discuss.
The other day on BLOODY DISGUSTING posted August 4, a write at the site posted a story called “10 incredibly graphic sex scenes in horror movies (NSFW).Fair enough.. Sex and horror often go together, I suppose. But when you peruse the list, it’s not what you think.. Included with the list: The expected films like FRIDAY THE 13TH movies.. But so is the film ANTICHRIST, and SALO, OF THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM. And A SERBIAN FILM involving awful sex crimes to an infant. And LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, proclaiming that an “extended rape scene that is absolutely grueling.” And with that.. the floodgates of commentary on Facebook and the website opened.
People opined quickly that rape scenes being included with what was billed as a fun little list was icky… sickening.. over the top.. wrong.. One fan of the author, in the comments thread, lectured that it seemed as though the post celebrated rape. And even a few responses from the author, Trace Thurman, showed up. Like this statement,
“After reading the plethora of comments about the inclusion of the rapes, I take responsibility for not thinking about that aspect of rape vs sex. Those belong on a ‘most disturbing’ list.”
The thread and Facebook comments opened up a fierce argument, often nasty crude and cruel, between readers.. Is rape sex? By definition, perhaps, but it’s forced.. should it be included with ‘sex scenes,’ and for God sakes, why included the awful SERBIAN FILM on any list at all!?
The entire post seemed to blow up in all the wrong ways for BLOODY DISGUSTING. And it’s too late to just retract. The damage is done. Now it’s damage control time—with the author busy apologizing one by one to the commenters who seem most offended by the inclusion of such awful scenery in horror films.
I am not someone who proclaims any allegiance to the path of censorship. However I also think ethical standards should be adhered to for common sense reasons. The other day I saw someone going to work at a business location that deals with the public, and he was wearing a “Don’t Treat on me” shirt. While I believe he has the right to wear what he wants, I simply question the logic of someone who seems to want to pick a fight for no reason..
And in horror, as a viewer, I don’t want to see pets or babies abused. I don’t want to see the death of a child. I don’t even want to see graphic scenes. The R rated and X rated fans would call me a PG-13 wimp. I’m not completely a PG-13 fan either, but instead am more a horror of the most sort of person..
That or I am growing up. And as a parent and husband, simply take things a different way. Like the scene in the HILLS HAVE EYES remake when my wife and I literally wept at the scene where the father was crucified and burned in front of his family in an agonizing death sequence. I actually stopped watching horror for a while after that.
I feel somewhat bad for Trace Thurman, who now has to busily say sorry for his article and explain that often times sarcasm doesn’t come through very well. That being said, I think it was a mighty awful error to include scenes of graphic rape in a list that was advertised on Facebook with a photo featuring a pleasant looking women prior to the ‘deed being done.’
I also think it has led to some uncomfortable soul searching for horror fans who read the post, and responded in writing.
Once more, I don’t think censorship is an answer. Art needs to flourish and sometimes offend. That said, I think self-censorship is often intelligent. Especially when you’re writing a list about the top ten sex scenes in horror and somehow find it wise to include graphic rape.
The wild Donald Trump
The presidential race is amazingly entertaining .. 24 million people watching an early republican primary debate is almost unbelievable .. And now post debate commentary from Trump about Megyn Kelly saying blood was coming out her 'wherever' for him uninvited to a conservative event this weekend ...
Trump praise Drudge. He told CNN he wants 25% of their profits and that he won the debate..
This is much more entertaining than a reality show and as long as he's in the race ratings will continue to surge .. And the GOP will continue to live in a constant state of panic and fear with each poll showing Trump ahead that comes out..
Trump praise Drudge. He told CNN he wants 25% of their profits and that he won the debate..
This is much more entertaining than a reality show and as long as he's in the race ratings will continue to surge .. And the GOP will continue to live in a constant state of panic and fear with each poll showing Trump ahead that comes out..
A creepy weekend read: True crime and the people who clean up after it
Presented on CRACKED: Things you learn when cleaning a murder site..
There are some obvious horrid things in here--like the clean up after a body is found drained of blood in a bathtub.. and also some emotionally true things, like the fact those who find the body of someone who committed suicide are likely to do the same thing themselves..
This article is not presented with any form of glee.. instead it is a true and accurate portrayal of the rottenness and loathsomeness that life often has..
Read at your own mental risk..
And don't think for an instance that it's easy being someone who fights crime or discovers the victims of it..and especially that it's easy for someone to clean up after it.
It certainly is not.
Last nights guest on Art Bell professed that the earth is flat
He didn't give his full name but he was adamantly arguing that the round earth idea is misguided and false..
A flat earth..
Tell that to his beautiful sunset as it fades Westward and the night takes over ..
A flat earth..
Tell that to his beautiful sunset as it fades Westward and the night takes over ..
Sleepless in class
We all blame kids for not being alright.. Maybe they aren't getting enough sleep.
One new study claims that kids start school too early to get a good night of sleep and having s tough time in class..
Perhaps a reason among many others that a new growing generation of students need a whole new way of learning for the modern era.
One new study claims that kids start school too early to get a good night of sleep and having s tough time in class..
Perhaps a reason among many others that a new growing generation of students need a whole new way of learning for the modern era.
The Salem witch convulsions
A good article to read on what may have been behind the Salem witch hysteria.. things like people convulsing and barking like dogs .. Things like mass hysteria.
Give it a read.. And wonder aloud to yourself whether any of this hysteria could easily happen again. Because it can. And in some places, still does on a daily basis ..
Give it a read.. And wonder aloud to yourself whether any of this hysteria could easily happen again. Because it can. And in some places, still does on a daily basis ..
New Line lunacy
New Line Cinema is set to reboot the Nightmare on Elm Street series. Again. Five years after the failed attempt in 2010..
Details are scarce, but it appears that New Line is going back to the drawing board..
That in itself appears to be a veiled admission that the reboot from the second year of the Obama presidency didn't hit the mark..
Actually Freddy fans agree. The movie was a disaster, regardless of the stars who appeared..
I have no hope that the newest incarnation will be any different or better..
The original movie is 30 years old. And still, when you watch it, as good and creative as when it first appeared ..
Sometimes you should let classics be classics. Respect them and leave them alone.
I'm talking to you, POLTERGEIST remakers..
Details are scarce, but it appears that New Line is going back to the drawing board..
That in itself appears to be a veiled admission that the reboot from the second year of the Obama presidency didn't hit the mark..
Actually Freddy fans agree. The movie was a disaster, regardless of the stars who appeared..
I have no hope that the newest incarnation will be any different or better..
The original movie is 30 years old. And still, when you watch it, as good and creative as when it first appeared ..
Sometimes you should let classics be classics. Respect them and leave them alone.
I'm talking to you, POLTERGEIST remakers..
Epic view of the moon transiting the earth
The video was released by NASA..
Comments on the YOUTUBE video are disabled.
But that does not mean other places aren't littered with comments.. such as this: Why aren't the clouds moving...?
You be the judge.
Sex with robots will be the norm in 50, days experts. I tend to think it will happen sooner.. Or already is.
Barf bags being handed out for a horror movie? Apparently the film BITE is so awful, there have been ambulances called to a screening, people vomiting, and one person fainting.. All good press in the horror world.
BLOODY-DISGUSTING website includes rape scenes in its listing of 'graphic sex' in horror movies.. This has caused a highly charged comment thread on both Facebook and the website that offered up the story. I am actually thinking a bit about writing more on this topic, stepping into the waters. I have some opinions on what the site has published.. and I am extremely uncomfortable with how they included graphic and horrid rape scenes in their listing which was originally portrayed as a fun roundup.. More on that coming soon ..
Breasts on Mars
Forget about water, Mars enthusiasts, searching like heck for any sign of something on Mars photos released by NASA, found breasts.
We are being told by those who suspect strangeness on the red planet that a woman with large breasts and long hair was watching the Curiosity Rover when her image was captured..
MORE HERE..
We have now been treated to Mars crabs, squirrels, Obama's statue.. just about everything on that rocky red sphere..
And now a woman with flowing hair standing on a rock...
The truth perhaps is out there. As are theories about the odd things being seen on the planet Mars..
We are being told by those who suspect strangeness on the red planet that a woman with large breasts and long hair was watching the Curiosity Rover when her image was captured..
MORE HERE..
We have now been treated to Mars crabs, squirrels, Obama's statue.. just about everything on that rocky red sphere..
And now a woman with flowing hair standing on a rock...
The truth perhaps is out there. As are theories about the odd things being seen on the planet Mars..
Lucy wants XENA
Lucy Lawless is positive about a XENA reboot.. she'd love to see it happen..
MORE..
MORE..
“If there’s anything current going on, we’re not involved — we being me, Rob [Tapert and] Sam [Raimi],” she told EW.com on Friday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills. “But [NBC] could be doing it without us; they have the right to, don’t they? … I’d love to see it happen and I know that NBC wants to do it, but they’re just trying to find a way and a time.”
“I really couldn’t live that life,” she told the site. “I look back, I’ve got all sort of wear and tear from that lifestyle. That’s just what happens to human bodies when they get used a certain way a lot. I actually couldn’t do it. I’m 47, but there’s somebody great out there.”
CRUISE CONTROL
CRUISING: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE SET FOR $50MIL WEEKEND / / / BUT FALLS BELOW PAST 'IMPOSSIBLE' OPENINGS
Mission: Impossible - 1996 wknd: $45M - 2015 Adjusted $72.6M.
Mission: Impossible II - 2000 wknd: $57.8M - 2015 Adjusted - $92.4M
Mission: Impossible III - 2006 wknd: $47.7M - 2015 Adjusted - $62.8M
Cruise showing he can still rock the box office..
The 'head in a saucepan' serial killer granny
Tamara Samsonova murdered a 79-year-old companion for not washing tea cups. It gets worse.. she then cut up the body and dumped parts around town..
And worse: There is video of her dragging body parts from closed circuit TV--something police have enthusiastically embraced as the best evidence that the old woman did the crime.
And not just that crime.
RT followed the story and has an extensive report about the babushka wearing murderer.. This from the report:
And more:
While some may be having obvious fun with the age of the criminal, the murders seem as horrific as anything conducted by a killer less her age. Brutal and inescapable.
And now with a diary, police believe it's proove enough that she committed countless other crimes beyond the pale.
One neighbor told RT reporters that this entire scenario was even worse than a horror movie.
Funny she said that. The first thing I thought was that some creative movie maker out there was going to make a horror film based on this.
Which in itself seems tragic and gross just as much as the crime that may inspire it..
And not just that crime.
RT followed the story and has an extensive report about the babushka wearing murderer.. This from the report:
The search there produced evidence suggesting that this was not the first violent crime committed by Samsonova. Further investigation led to a discovery straight out of a horror movie.
The investigators found a detailed diary she had kept for some years in three languages, the report said, in which Samsonova accounted for a dozen murders since the late 1990s.
And more:
Neighbors have described Samsonova as an “misfit.” It was revealed that she had previously been treated by a mental health clinic on more than occasion, and been diagnosed with schizophrenia.Various other names are being used to describe the the killer--the media enjoys dubbing someone something, in this instance creativity is taking hold. Like this: The 'Granny Ripper.' The Babushka Yaga. Or this.. Granny the Ripper. And countless more.
Once detained for Valentina’s murder, she initially said that the victim set her up and that another neighbor, a health worker by trade, assisted her in the killing, which was proved to be a lie.
Samsonova also told police that she graduated from St. Petersburg ballet school, but in reality she used to be a bellhop in a hotel.
Police say that before killing her victims she used to sedate them with powerful drugs to immobilize them.
While some may be having obvious fun with the age of the criminal, the murders seem as horrific as anything conducted by a killer less her age. Brutal and inescapable.
And now with a diary, police believe it's proove enough that she committed countless other crimes beyond the pale.
One neighbor told RT reporters that this entire scenario was even worse than a horror movie.
Funny she said that. The first thing I thought was that some creative movie maker out there was going to make a horror film based on this.
Which in itself seems tragic and gross just as much as the crime that may inspire it..
DESTINATION DEMONS: Cable TV on October 30
The date: October 30, 2015. The time: 9pm.. The moment when, we are led to believe, the cable network will revisit the story and house that inspired the EXORCIST.
Lesley Goldberg writes this in the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:
Exorcism: Live! will feature the cast of Ghost Asylum, the Tennessee Wraith Chasers and psychic medium Chip Coffey. The team will explore the home, from the attic to the basement, to find "whatever or whomever has scared Americans to death for decades." The ghost-hunting team will use state-of-the-art technology to do daytime and nighttime investigations, documenting as much evidence as it can of these true-life demonic entities on live TV.
“As we step into one of the most haunted and well-known spirit destinations in America, Exorcism: Live! will show exactly what is inside this infamous, highly dangerous and possessed home,” said Marc Etkind, Destination America GM. “By actually exorcising this iconic house live, Destination America will do what it does best — bringing never-before-seen experiences to television.”
Are you taking this seriously?
Is Matt Drudge listening to Art Bell?
I think so..
While Matt Drudge didn’t link news on the much reach Drudge Report about Art Bell’s return to radio–he did in 2013 with the Sirius deal–a look at headlines being posted on the site makes one wonder if he’s been listening..
Just today.. Asteroids…blue moon…aliens and the Vatcian.. Cancer from cell phones… Exorcisms airing on live TV and being filmed I parks … And humans evolving a new way of walking.
While Drudge focused mainly on politics over the course of career, oddities and strangeness has been intertwined..
I have it on good source that Drudge is a Bell fan. Even when he hosted his own Sunday show in the early part of this century, he crack wisely about Bell taking over the night after him..
A peek at Drudge headlines makes me conclude that MIDNIGHT IN THR DESERT may be forcing him to think about other worldly things that matter often more than political intrigue.
Such as Donald Trump.
If you’re listening Drudge, you’re joining a big group of Midnight fans that Bell is developing.
Keep on linking the weird. We will keep reading.
ROWDY RODDY PIPER GONE TOO SOON: DEAD AT 61
Bagpipes will be greeting him in heaven.. He was a legend of his time and ahead of his time just the same.
Tonight TMZ is exclusively reporting that Roddy Piper died at 61 of cardiac arrest–news I don’t want to believe but information I believe is credible enough to pass along..
This year has seen a number of mighty stars of wrestling pass away, most recently Dusty Rhodes..
But Piper came as a shock–61 is young..
And his past medical battles, fights he won, made me think he’d be around a lot longer.
But instead he’s gone too soon..
As so many wrestlers before him..
x x x
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NEW YORK TIMES calls Piper a master villain..
The top of his game..
Pop culture icon..
WWE statement..
Roderick Toombs dead at 61
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NEW YORK TIMES calls Piper a master villain..
The top of his game..
Pop culture icon..
WWE statement..
Roderick Toombs dead at 61
Friday July 31 2015
This story is beyond comprehension.. true horror: Ohio man arrested after daughter's decomposing body found in crib.. The man also admitted putting bags of garbage in his young daughter’s room to mask the smell of her decomposing body was granted sole custody of the toddler during a divorce last year..
THURSDAY JULY 30 2015
Cecil the lion's hunter is being hunted.. Mia Farrow tweets out his home address.. He has become the most reviled dentist in the world--quite a feat of talent for dentists..
All tears for Cecil.. but..
The future is now: AP asks if the Internet will listen to private conversations.. At this point, I don't know who people are kidding. The internet has listened, including big tech companies and their email systems.. Refrigerators listening.. washing machines listen.. And lest we forget the words General Petraeus years ago in WIRED: We'll spy on you through your dishwasher.
The old joke gets a remake: Is your refrigerator running? No it's too busy listening to you talk to me..
The HORROR REPORT has worried aloud for many years about solar flares.. This doesn't help: If the earth in the crosshairs of a major solar event, it would only have 12 hours to prep..
And if a massive solar event hit in 2050, what would 9.7 billion people on earth do. You read that right: There are predictions that the planet's population will be nearing ten billion people in our lifetimes..
Bullies have confidence.. they have higher self-esteem.. their social status is higher.. and they have lower depression rates. Instead of fighting bullies, maybe we should just join them..
There is good food for thought from this FORBES article: ORGANIC food pesticides may be just as bad as the regular stuff..</> Henry Miller goes into detail on the 'colossal hoax of organic agriculture'..
Rumors yesterday said that missing flight 370 pieces may have been found.. Today officials are stating it's too early to conclude anything regarding the debris..
FOX developing horror based off of 80 year old article in the NEW YORKER.. The article by Carl Carmer was about a haunted house..
On-the-run fugutive caught--after being seen ni a low budget horror film! MORE: His appearance in the movie led to his arrest.. his name is Jason Strange and the movie MARLA MAE wrapped up filming just last week..
M NIGHT not so Wayward in new show
Director M. Night Shyamalan poses for portrait during the 2015 Comic-Con International Convention in San Diego, California July 9, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
For years, the legendary M Night Shyamalan has lost his luster.. gone were the hits and surprise endings.. And in were the critics who slammed him for lame story lines and hackneyed tales and fables.
WAYWARD PINES was different..
Since the inception of the show, ratings were strong.
THE BIG ONE COMING? Fear and loathing in the Bay Area
A few people who I read believed that the film SAN ANDREAS was just product placement for the real deal--that something big was going to happen in California. Getting the people prepped for natural calamity? That indeed is what some argued..
Early this morning there was a 4.0 quake felt far and wide around the city of San Francisco. It rattled nerves more than buildings or ground.. But even scarier than a little rattle would be a bigger shake.
That bigger shake, a geologist says, will happen any day now.
The fault line in question is the Hayward Fault.. Bay area residents, the geologist said, should be ready for a natural disaster that could change landscape and lives.
CBS in the Bay Area interviewed geologist Tom Brocher.. Among the words from the station that may be heeded:
Brocher urged residents to take steps to prepare for a major earthquake.
Does this sound imminent to you reading?
Could this just be conjecture? Maybe just a frightful message to stir the pot, keep people motivated to be prepped, and allow people to get a plan ready. Just in case it's any day or any year? Is that what this is?
Some, like Stan Deyo and the famed net quakeshaker DUTCHSINSE, believe that quakes can not only be predicted but also, perhaps, purposely manipulated..
The chorus of proclaimers who think predictions are likely and possible may have not grown larger--a US Geologist warning residents on a large California broadcast station to be prepared and that within only a few days, their world could be rocked and changed..
DEVELOPING..
Early this morning there was a 4.0 quake felt far and wide around the city of San Francisco. It rattled nerves more than buildings or ground.. But even scarier than a little rattle would be a bigger shake.
That bigger shake, a geologist says, will happen any day now.
The fault line in question is the Hayward Fault.. Bay area residents, the geologist said, should be ready for a natural disaster that could change landscape and lives.
CBS in the Bay Area interviewed geologist Tom Brocher.. Among the words from the station that may be heeded:
“We keep a close eye on the Hayward Fault because it does sit in the heart of the Bay Area and when we do get a big earthquake on it, it’s going to have a big impact on the entire Bay Area,” Brocher said.
While a 2008 report put the probability of a 6.7-magnitude or larger earthquake on the Hayward-Rodgers Creek Fault system over the next 30 years at 31 percent, Brocher said the reality is a major quake is expected on the fault “any day now.”
“The past five major earthquakes on the fault have been about 140 years apart, and now we’re 147 years from that 1868 earthquake, so we definitely feel that could happen any time,” Brocher said.
Brocher urged residents to take steps to prepare for a major earthquake.
Does this sound imminent to you reading?
Could this just be conjecture? Maybe just a frightful message to stir the pot, keep people motivated to be prepped, and allow people to get a plan ready. Just in case it's any day or any year? Is that what this is?
Some, like Stan Deyo and the famed net quakeshaker DUTCHSINSE, believe that quakes can not only be predicted but also, perhaps, purposely manipulated..
The chorus of proclaimers who think predictions are likely and possible may have not grown larger--a US Geologist warning residents on a large California broadcast station to be prepared and that within only a few days, their world could be rocked and changed..
DEVELOPING..
WEDNESDAY MAY 20 2015
Space probe picks up something mighty interesting on camera: Could this be a comet version of Stonehenge?Rosetta was able to capture an image of what appears to be standing stones on a comet moving through space.. One of the rocks – a huge boulder with a diameter of around 90 feet – appears to be balanced precariously on the comet’s surface. Scientists admit that the information is not yet clear as to how the stones formed in their positions but believe it was due to the transport process on the surface. But the scientific theory hasn’t quelled the most lively of speculators who are pondering the possibilities that the stones were purposely arranged there.. Admittedly, the on-purpose theory is much more fun than the other option..
A ‘pay per mile’ fee has been long speculated about by those with tightly worn tin foil hats. But as most ‘conspiracies’ go, they come to fruition eventually in our world of reality based science fiction.. Such as this: Oregon is considering ditching the gas tax and imposing a pay per mile idea instead.. Initially, though, it may actually work out quite well and be a tax break for many..
The hunt for the parallel universe: CERN boosts data intelligence.. It feels like something big is about to be discovered.. Something big.
HISTORY and disgusting: Over 1400 individuals are under investigation by British police as part of the ongoing inquiry into numerous alleged historic VIP sex abuse network thought to include celebrities and politicians. Information released by Operation Hydrant, the group of police officers tackling the alleged ring, said that the 1,433 suspected offenders included 76 politicians, 43 musicians, and 135 from film, television and radio…
CHINA plans mission to the dark side of the moon.. Cue the Pink Floyd soundtrack as they go where no nation (we are told at least) has gone before. Maybe they will get there and discover a treasure trove in abandoned moon bases! If so, we have time to clean up the evidence. The dark side moon launch doesn’t happen until 2020…
JARED LETO as the Joker fully revealed.. These are photos from the TORONTO set of the SUICIDE SQUAD filming. While the NET may have gone crazy when David Ayer revealed the cast of the SUICIDE SQUAD–minus LETO–it’s the JOKER attire that most have long awaited. And now the these photos may wet the appetite of fans who have been waiting patiently for any leaked (or purposely leaked) photos of the new JOKER of the modern age..
TIME magazine writes: David Letterman was the LAST pre-internet star.. And I agree with that premise. I wrote a special post last night concerning this very subject and why David Letterman mattered in my life, and why I think him leaving matters quite a bit for society and pop culture..
PEPPA PIG smashes records!! The kids love the hog..Smashes the billion dollar mark.. . My son, age 4, has seen the program, and while he doesn’t request it, he will quietly watch it when it’s on.. Five minute programs about a family with one pig that enjoys jumping in puddles? The makers didn’t know it would be this much of a success and quite frankly, how could they have? It was created in 2004 in the UK.. the same place that gave us quirky comedy with MONTY PYTHON and amazing DR WHO shows also gives us pigs with sidewalks snouts who have overly dull existences and never raise their voices.. And the kids, these days, just love it. If I have to theorize as to why, I would say this: We have complicated kids’ lives with technology and gadgets. Maybe this low key simple show that eliminates flashy animation is exactly what the child’s mind needs. Something kind and peaceful. Something that doesn’t inspire seizures, violence, rage, or hate. Just a pig that likes jumping in puddles.
WHY DAVE MATTERED TO ME
See, I was a bit of a class clown at times. I came up with some of my own stuff, my own jokes. By high school, there were times I even worked blue. But from around 1990 through the end of the 20th century, I was a hardcore David Letterman fan.
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