Horror Report: Because it's a scary world

Seriously..

I heard about a study the other day concluding–YES, CONCLUDING the talking head on the news said–that people who drink their coffee black are more likely to be psychopaths..

I like my coffee with cream but on occasion have consumed it black.
I suppose those days, more than others, I was likely to have psychopathic tendencies that would not rear their heads when I drank with cream?

Anyway..
I found the “news” article about this scientific research.

Then I actually read the research paper itself.

Get this, if you like radishes and celery, along with black coffee, than you are most likely a psychopath!

From the abstract:

Two US American community samples (total N = 953; mean age = 35.65
35 years; 48% females) self-reported their taste preferences using two complementary preference
36 measures and answered a number of personality questionnaires assessing Machiavellianism,
37 psychopathy, narcissism, everyday sadism, trait aggression, and the Big Five factors of
38 personality.

The study goes on 45 more pages.

And lots of people are suddenly FREAKED, especially those who either drink their coffee black or are dating or married to someone who does. What secrets.. what scary plot twists await us..

Beca Grim wrote this in BUSTLE in August:

As you’ve probably guessed by now, I clearly drink only black coffee myself, as I believe all quality humans should. And if you think that’s a bit of a strong statement, consider this: There are a number of proven benefits to taking your coffee black — the way the gods intended it to be.

She goes on to say that people who drink their coffee black are more efficient at their time, in better health, thrifty, have wisdom, and don’t take part in useless social rituals.

Is Beca Grim a psychopath?
Am I one 50% of the time when I grind my beans black?
Are you?

Either this study one of the dumbest ever *I think* or I am in denial and .. well you may be too.

Be scared.
Once you go black, a psychopath will never go back.

This is a good video.. 100 years of Halloween costumes that women have worn.

Yes, the 1980s were scary because of the style.

But in my opinion, the 1925 edition of Halloween may be the creepiest and more frightening of all.. it was intended to be fun. But as time beats on, the look has become sinister and mentally disturbing..

The Shenandoah PA Herald May 21 1897..

More archives here

Sort of funny, isn’t it?

A debate about vaccines in athe news. In 1897.

And the beat goes on.

100 years of Halloween costumes

This is a good video.. 100 years of Halloween costumes that women have worn.

Yes, the 1980s were scary because of the style.

But in my opinion, the 1925 edition of Halloween may be the creepiest and more frightening of all.. it was intended to be fun. But as time beats on, the look has become sinister and mentally disturbing..

Black coffee with a side of psychopathy

I heard about a study the other day concluding–YES, CONCLUDING the talking head on the news said–that people who drink their coffee black are more likely to be psychopaths..

I like my coffee with cream but on occasion have consumed it black.
I suppose those days, more than others, I was likely to have psychopathic tendencies that would not rear their heads when I drank with cream?

Anyway..
I found the “news” article about this scientific research.

Then I actually read the research paper itself.

Get this, if you like radishes and celery, along with black coffee, than you are most likely a psychopath!

From the abstract:

Two US American community samples (total N = 953; mean age = 35.65 35 years; 48% females) self-reported their taste preferences using two complementary preference 36 measures and answered a number of personality questionnaires assessing Machiavellianism, 37 psychopathy, narcissism, everyday sadism, trait aggression, and the Big Five factors of 38 personality.

The study goes on 45 more pages.

And lots of people are suddenly FREAKED, especially those who either drink their coffee black or are dating or married to someone who does. What secrets.. what scary plot twists await us..

Beca Grim wrote this in BUSTLE in August:

As you’ve probably guessed by now, I clearly drink only black coffee myself, as I believe all quality humans should. And if you think that’s a bit of a strong statement, consider this: There are a number of proven benefits to taking your coffee black — the way the gods intended it to be.

She goes on to say that people who drink their coffee black are more efficient at their time, in better health, thrifty, have wisdom, and don’t take part in useless social rituals.

Is Beca Grim a psychopath?
Am I one 50% of the time when I grind my beans black?
Are you?

Either this study one of the dumbest ever *I think* or I am in denial and .. well you may be too.

Be scared.
Once you go black, a psychopath will never go back.

Chances are, if you're drinking ground coffee, you're also drinking dirt and twigs

This is a stock photo someone actually BOUGHT just to photoshop a Storm Trooper into it.

Can you find him?

Jimmy Kimmel’s debate coverage..

Shades of gray gone: The past alive in color

THE PAST IN COLOR!

1928 AS IT WAS.. PHOTOGRAPHED BY A CLIFTON R. ADAMS FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IN AUTOCHROME..

And seen now.

IN the 21st century..

The past is amazing when you see it as it was..

History is funny like that. It does not seem real until you see it more like it was.. in real ways.. in color. As it was to people then.
Then it seems real.
Very real..

The magnets on your mind

Scientists claim they can change your belief on immigrants and God – with MAGNETS »

Billy Joel sang that he once believed in causes too and had a pointless point of view..

And then magnets came along.

If we are to believe this study that even a British rag called ‘bizarre’ then we will have to conclude this:

Using a technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), researchers safely shut down certain groups of neurones in the brains of volunteers.

TMS, which is used to treat depression, involves placing a large electromagnetic coil against the scalp which creates electric currents that stimulate nerve cells in the region of the brain involved in mood control.

Researchers found the technique radically altered religious perceptions and prejudice.

Belief in God was reduced almost by a third, while participants became 28.5 per cent less bothered by immigration numbers.

How long until the Republican and Democratic campaign committees begin employing magnet power at conventions or rallies?

Art Bell to talk the Mandella Effect, the Berenstain(?ein) Bears, and Time Slips on MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT

CYNTHIA SUE LARSON will speak about Mandela Effect, Berenstein Bears, Thanksgiving Thursday and quantum jumps from 9pm to midnight tonight, October 15..

My hope is that she also talks about the now famed King Henry VIII picture that never existed..

Give it a listen should you have the chance.

Art Bell has given this topic air time before, without fail it proved to be amazing programming.

I had some of my own very personal issues with time slips. Of anything 'paranormal,' these are the most likely things to exist in my opinion..

Stephen Colbert lampoons the Democratic debate..

Seth Meyers with CNN debate lampooning.

In a study of 93 men in Sierra Leone, scientists found the Ebola virus in semen samples from about half of them. The risk seemed to decline over time. Ebola was detected in all nine men tested at two to three months after their illness began but in only 11 of the 43 survivors tested at seven to nine months

In a study of 93 men in Sierra Leone, scientists found the Ebola virus in semen samples from about half of them. The risk seemed to decline over time. Ebola was detected in all nine men tested at two to three months after their illness began but in only 11 of the 43 survivors tested at seven to nine months

coalspeaker:

I am a relatively new fan of your videos, plus those of your significant other.. I am also attempting to get off the toxic once and for all, a five year event so far with me to the point now where I am only eating fish now and then, but phasing everything out. Fish is next to go. But question, did you ever fall off the wagon during your adventures so far?

highcarbhannah:

I think when everyone first goes vegan they screw up a few times for sure during the transition period. The time that I messed up were when I was drinking alcohol, which led me to quit drinking altogether but my advice would be look up how much methyl mercury and other toxic crap there is in fish and you won’t ever want to eat it again.

A little conversation between me and @highcarbhannah this morning..

If you want to eat and drink healthy and consume what you should, give her site look-see. Also go through some of her videos on Youtube.. very good stuff.

I have been on a long quest starting about five years ago for the ‘one ingredient lifestyle,’ something I have perfected..

Now comes the next stage: Phasing out the consumption of things that are just toxic in nature due to the environment, pollution, and natural origin.

HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO TALK TO EVIEBOT, AN ARTIFICIALLY 'INTELLIGENT' COMPANION

It took me about three questions before this artificial intelligence computer program insulted me. I insulted back.

I may never talk to artificial intelligence again.

Scientists claim they can change your belief on immigrants and God – with MAGNETS

Billy Joel sang that he once believed in causes too and had a pointless point of view..

And then magnets came along.

If we are to believe this study that even a British rag called ‘bizarre’ then we will have to conclude this:

Using a technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), researchers safely shut down certain groups of neurones in the brains of volunteers.
TMS, which is used to treat depression, involves placing a large electromagnetic coil against the scalp which creates electric currents that stimulate nerve cells in the region of the brain involved in mood control.
Researchers found the technique radically altered religious perceptions and prejudice.
Belief in God was reduced almost by a third, while participants became 28.5 per cent less bothered by immigration numbers.

How long until the Republican and Democratic campaign committees begin employing magnet power at conventions or rallies?

How's this for a headline from a reputable mainstream source of science information: "Has Kepler Discovered an Alien Megastructure? "

All of this from DISCOVERY:

A star, named KIC 8462852, has been found with a highly curious transit signal. In a paper submitted to the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, astronomers, including citizen scientists from the Planet Hunters crowdsourcing program, report: “Over the duration of the Kepler mission, KIC 8462852 was observed to undergo irregularly shaped, aperiodic dips in flux down to below the 20 percent level.”
The research paper is thorough, describing the phenomenon, pointing out that this star is unique - we’ve seen nothing like it. Kepler has collected data on this star steadily for four years. It’s not instrumental error. Kepler isn’t seeing things; the signal is real.
“We’d never seen anything like this star,” Tabetha Boyajian, a postdoctorate researcher at Yale University and lead author, told The Atlantic. “It was really weird. We thought it might be bad data or movement on the spacecraft, but everything checked out.”

‘Alien megastructure’ sounds like a headline purely meant to stir up interest.. And I am interested.

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Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

And Tyson’s cool STAR TALK tie..

Bernie won all the focus groups and online polls — so why is the media saying Hillary won the debate?

The same reason that Ron Paul won all of the Republican debates in 08 and 12 but was never credited for it.

People who have true passions and beliefs are so often .. well.. ignored.

The mainstream wants who they want.

And they don’t want Bernie, the same as they didn’t want Ron Paul.

The true match made in heaven for America would actually be the libertarian free wheeling Paul vs the man of the people socialist Sanders. That, really, would be a ‘choice’ ..

Great, great video..

This is one of the best lessons I have seen if someone wants to understand quantum physics or quantum mechanics.

A watch worth watching..

A brutal ritual where girls as young as 10 are forced to have their breasts pounded and burned with hot stones to disguise signs of pubescent development could be on the rise in Britain, campaigners warn.

Breast ironing, a process which involves using stones, hammers or hot spatulas to mutilate breast tissue, is often performed by mothers intending to prevent their daughters from being sexually harassed or raped.

THE PAST IN COLOR!

1928 AS IT WAS.. PHOTOGRAPHED BY A CLIFTON R. ADAMS FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IN AUTOCHROME..

And seen now.

IN the 21st century..

The past is amazing when you see it as it was..

History is funny like that. It does not seem real until you see it more like it was.. in real ways.. in color. As it was to people then.
Then it seems real.
Very real..

DEVELOPING TONIGHT//

http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/lamar-odom-had-drugs-system-suffered-brain-damage-sources-n444651

Former NBA and reality TV star Lamar Odom suffered brain damage and at least one stroke and is on a ventilator after having been found unconscious at a Nevada brothel where he had been partying all weekend, according to sources close to the athlete.

MORE…//

Fuming Bernie supporters: Why is CNN deleting our comments?! Hundreds on Facebook complain about network’s pro-Hillary coverage

THE SCANDAL!

THE INTRIGUE!

THE ANDERSON POOPER COOPER!

Phubbed the wrong way

'Phubbing' is ruining American relationships »

According to a survey of more than 400 individuals by Baylor University, 46.3% of respondents said their partners snubbed them by taking to their phones, or “phubbed” them. And 22.6% said it “caused issues” in their relationship.

I never heard this term until today.
I’ve been phubbed before and may have phubbed back..

It hasn’t ruined my relationships but it apparently can be a killer of them.

Unless you’re in love with your phone.
Phub away

'Phubbing' is ruining American relationships

I never heard this term until today.
I’ve been phubbed before and may have phubbed back..

It hasn’t ruined my relationships but it apparently can be a killer of them.

Unless you’re in love with your phone.
Phub away.

The smiling statue

These stories come up now and then. Today the now.. This time dateline Malaysia.. The story of the smiling Virgin Mary statue can be read in its entirety here.. The highlighted portion I paid attention to: Her eyes were moving very slowly, all of us were there and we saw it. “The father (the priest) was saying, ‘Look at her, she’s looking at us. She was full of life, she had a lot of tears…

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The smiling statue

These stories come up now and then. Today the now.. This time dateline Malaysia..

The story of the smiling Virgin Mary statue can be read in its entirety here..

The highlighted portion I paid attention to:

Her eyes were moving very slowly, all of us were there and we saw it.

“The father (the priest) was saying, ‘Look at her, she’s looking at us. She was full of life, she had a lot of tears in her eyes’.

“When we started singing ‘Ave Maria’, she started smiling and her lips were moving. It has touched all of us.

- See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/citynews/greater-kl/article/weeping-growing-virgin-mary-statue-inspire-subang-jaya-church-parishioners/weeping-growing-virgin-mary-statue-inspire-subang-jaya-church-parishioners#sthash.9DjSKifJ.dpuf

Up close with Art Bell

Fans of Art Bell may enjoy listening to this very listenable interview Michael Harrison conducted with the Midnight in the Desert host.. The full audio of the podcast can be found here.. Topics ranged from the story behind Bell’s retirement(s) all the way to quantum entanglement and dark matter.. The show was recorded about a week ago just as the program started being beamed I stereo to 4000…

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Up close with Art Bell

Fans of Art Bell may enjoy listening to this very listenable interview Michael Harrison conducted with the Midnight in the Desert host..

The full audio of the podcast can be found here..

Topics ranged from the story behind Bell's retirement(s) all the way to quantum entanglement and dark matter..

The show was recorded about a week ago just as the program started being beamed I stereo to 4000 stations..

PLAYBOY with less play

Big news from the magazine today..
The print editions of PLAYBOY is no longer going to feature nude models..
Instead fully clothed..
Old is new.
Wonder if the print copies will surge? Perhaps more than meets the eye will sell better than all that the eye can see ..

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PLAYBOY with less play

Big news from the magazine today..

The print editions of PLAYBOY is no longer going to feature nude models..

Instead fully clothed..

Old is new.

Wonder if the print copies will surge? Perhaps more than meets the eye will sell better than all that the eye can see ..

ONE NIGHT ON GROUND ZERO

Clyde Lewis gave attention to the video game SAD SATAN–and presumablly made it/more popular than it was.. Last night he gave the same type of attention to another game that has been around for some time: FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S.. The show was a must listen, not only if you are interested in the latest array of pop culture items that comes with games of this nature, but also if you have kids.. It…

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ONE NIGHT ON GROUND ZERO

Clyde Lewis gave attention to the video game SAD SATAN--and presumablly made it more popular than it was prior.

Last night he gave the same type of attention to another game that has been around for some time: FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S..

The show was a must listen, not only if you are interested in the latest array of pop culture items that comes with games of this nature, but also if you have kids.. Lewis even interviewed his girlfriend's 9-year-old son about his emotional reaction to playing the demo version of the game.. Fright, to sum it up.

It is because of being a watcher of horror and a father as well that I was aware of this game.

In April of this year, entertainment sites reported that it was going to be made into a feature length film. And being familiar with the subject matter and imagery of animitronic demons, I have been doing my YouTube watching 4-year-old a parental and moral favor and keeping an eye on what he views...

The game is set in a pizza parlor that has a lot of reminders of CHUCK E CHEESE. The big difference is at night the happy animals come alive, attempt to kill you.. you are a security guard that has to survive 5 nights. You discover children have been killed there.. you get scared.. and you are greeted with an array of images that hit you and your subconcious alike..

While I never played it, I viewed gameplay on Youtube and decided, at that time, to attempt by best skills in shielding my innocent son from it.

But that is difficult in the modern age.

Clyde Lewis correctly pointed out last night that many of the players of the game are kids--not teenagers, but elementary students.

It's notable and interesting that the maker of the game, Scott Cawthon, is a Christian who devoted much of life to using media to spread the word of his beliefs..

Recently he took to the web to defend himself..

Among his words:

Did you know that last year I was working at Dollar General? I worked as a cashier. I had three bosses who were all still in high school. Before that I worked at Target in the backroom freezer, unloading frozen foods. I haven’t had a successful life; and now that God has blessed me with some success, I’m doing my best to be responsible with that success. I don’t party on weekends, I don’t get drunk or sip martinis. I spend my evenings playing Megaman 3, buster only, with my kids. And I try to good with what's been given to me.

The increased attention on the game from Grouhd Zero last night will only move it further up in the popculure sphere..

Adding to the mix: the amount of horror fans and gamers who call this one of the most effective and frightening games to have come out in some time. That is evidenced by Hollywood plans to make a film about it..

I am not a moral crusader who wants games like this banned or panned. But being a parent is the most important job a parent has.. Watchin to ensure yourminor's eyes are not seeing something before they should is a part of that role..

As a child I saw horror and grew to love the genre. It is only as I get older that I have grown to really dislike it most of the ti.e

But that is because the ideas are vacant plots and stories, and real scares.

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S seems different. This game, and eventual movie, appears likely to hit deep in your core, you mind, and your existence..

The rise of Satan in the UK? Or the Satanic Panic comeback?

History repeats itself. Is it now? This article appearing in RUSSIA TODAY and quoted throughout the world reminds me of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s.. Headline: WITCHCRAFT AND EXORCISM ABUSE RISING IN THE UK.. They attribute their findings to the police. The source of information is a watchdog group called Project Violet, a group of Metropolitan Police attempting to stop faith-based abuse.. RT…

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The rise of Satan in the UK? Or the Satanic Panic comeback?

History repeats itself. Is it now?
This article appearing in RUSSIA TODAY and quoted throughout the world reminds me of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s.. Headline: WITCHCRAFT AND EXORCISM ABUSE RISING IN THE UK..

They attribute their findings to the police.

The source of information is a watchdog group called Project Violet, a group of Metropolitan Police attempting to stop faith-based abuse..

RT writes,

The UK is experiencing an alarming rise in children suffering from accusations of witchcraft and exorcism, which are being reported to the police. A watchdog says there has been “a significant increase” with 60 cases reported so far in 2015.

One incident saw a young boy’s parents throwing him out of their home because they believed he was a “devil child,” while another child had his face bitten by his mother, who believed he was a “witch possessed by evil spirits.”

The claims were made by Project Violet, which is trying to stop faith-based abuse. The operation is being run by London’s Metropolitan Police. They say that 60 cases have already been recorded so far this year and is part of a worrying trend, which has seen a rapid rise in the number of cases that have been reported.

And this..

Another high-profile case of abuse linked to religious ritual involved the murder of Kristy Bamu, who was savagely beaten by his sister’s partner, Eric Bikubi, in 2010. Bamu, who was 15 at the time, was accused by Bikubi of being possessed by“evil spirits,” and subsequently hit with hammers, floor tiles and broken glass, before being drowned in a bathtub.

And finally,

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) urged Britain to do more to stop this brutal form of people trafficking.

Let me say this, first: People who believe in the paranormal or strange will get a fair shake from the HORROR REPORT. We wonder and ponder the same subject matter as well.. we don't judge because, as said many times over, the paranormal seems unlikely until it happens to you.

But we also like to deal with facts.

So do the facts back up the hype over exorcisms and satanic ritual abuse? Do the numbers tell the same story that media attention creates?

Here is a good story about the Satanic Panic of the 80s.

We need to be watchful that we aren't falling victim to over-hyped numbers that add up to less than a drop in the bucket.

All the while recognize the moments and actual events that need attention. In the 80s, the hype was overdone. But the media ignored the Franklin Credit Union cover up.

Now? In the UK? are the numbers overdone to ignore the Royal Family sex abuse allegations?

Just when you thought it was Armageddon, someone comes around and ruins it for you

Call them the anti Debbie Downers.. a group has released findings that they say conclusively shows natural disasters are at a 10-year-low. But South Carolina flooding? But California drought? But.. But … The executive summary from AON said that 2014 was a below average year for catastrophe.. That doesn’t mean awful stuff did not happen, but on a pure number, it was less than other years when…

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Just when you thought it was Armageddon, someone comes around and ruins it for you

Call them the anti Debbie Downers.. a group has released findings that they say conclusively shows natural disasters are at a 10-year-low.

But South Carolina flooding?
But California drought?
But..

But ...

The executive summary from AON said that 2014 was a below average year for catastrophe..

That doesn't mean awful stuff did not happen, but on a pure number, it was less than other years when compared..

When United States citizens armed with Bibles proclaim that the end times are near because of US disasters, it's interesting to look at the most high profile and expensive 2014 events: The US only made two of the ten, with May storms and a yearlong drought being the costliest..

Another fact the report points out on page 10: The population of the world is soaring.. and with it, a migration of people to locations that see natural disasters on a more regular basis. Or at least bad weather..

Get this: 44% of the world's citizens (that's a lot, 3.2 billion) live within 95 miles of a coastline. That's more than the entire population of the world in 1950.

I noticed something that happened when this report was issued. Numerous anti-global warming sites like Climate Depot and others began linking news about this report and focused squarely on the ten-year-low 2014 saw, disaster wise. But there's more news they should have paid attention to--important facts that they chose to ignore because, as usual, people see headlines and neglect to read actual reports. Imagine! the information age! and we only read headlines..

Page 12 of the report details that 2014 was a continuation of the trend of much above normal global temperatures .. As a matter of fact, 2014 was the warmest year on record!

The rest of the report is a good read.

The old fashioned me actually printed it out and will study it through. IT was prepared a bit ago, but as said before, other anti-global warming sites alerted me to it by only writing up quick posts about it now.

The devil is always in the details.

So while Armageddon may look a bit off because of the lower than average disasters, it's hard to imagine further problems aren't in the future when you see warming like we are and the endless barrage of temperature increases--coupled with 3.2 billion people within 95 miles of a coastline that may vanish eventually..

Abandoned places.. strange images of cars never purchased

I have posted a number of things on the HORROR REPORT about Seph Lawless over the past few years--I love his work..

Tonight I came across another link, photos NOT taken by the famed abandoned places photographer, but they very well could have..

A warning, the site linked is your typical Facebook clickporn--links and ads will pop up, so click at your own risk. But it's pictures of car dealerships frozen in time, with cars often still in them:

http://www.gleems.com/655611/amazing-pictures-of-abandoned-ghost-car-dealerships/

https://c3.staticflickr.com/3/2569/4081875176_9d4da23db5_b.jpg

As said, you'll have to maneuver through your normal "next" style setup with ads making Gleems some pennies on the dollar. But a quick glance through is worth it if you're into things like this.

As I am.

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A BEAUTIFUL OCTOBER WEEKEND IN TIME, 2015

May your day be filled with pumpkins and joy.

Sunshine and warmth..

It's the season of the witch. Life can be a bitch.
So sit back and enjoy the show.
October is the best month of the year. Single handedly the best month of the year.
So get out.

And enjoy the show.

My family and I enjoyed a few shows this weekend, a covered bridge festival at the greatest park in the world, Knoebels, and a fall foliage festival in one of the best towns in the world, Jim Thorpe..

Enjoyed it. My wife and son did as well.
It was a great moment in time, coupled with sunny skies and fire-colored leaves.

I wish moments like these could last forever.. stay forever.. never go and never whither..

But whither they will. As will the leaves.
Cold winds will blow.

Until they do, I am going to enjoy each and every moment I can.

PAN burned in weekend box office

There’s two things big blockbuster flicks hate: Bad reviews and bad income. PAN had both, ending the weekend with only $15 mil from 3500 theaters.. Strong. Or weak.. And with that.. Pan is the unofficial biggest bomb of 2015, recovering just 10.3% of its production cost in its home debut… MARTIAN dominated the Columbus Day weekend with big dollars.. PAN had some of the most annoying ads and…

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PAN burned in weekend box office

There's two things big blockbuster flicks hate: Bad reviews and bad income. PAN had both, ending the weekend with only $15 mil from 3500 theaters.. Strong. Or weak..

And with that.. Pan is the unofficial biggest bomb of 2015, recovering just 10.3% of its production cost in its home debut...

MARTIAN dominated the Columbus Day weekend with big dollars..

PAN had some of the most annoying ads and trailers in cinematic history..

Critics pounced on it for using tired cliches.. People who saw it went on social media to say how much they hated it..

And with that, PAN made only s slight percentage of its $250 mil budget..

Iraq claimed Sunday to have struck a convoy carrying Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air raid near the Syrian border but said his fate was unknown.

Developing..

Extreme Phone Pinching - Probably the Most Nerve-Racking Internet Trend of 2015

Of course anyone who has a toddler that uses their smart phone figured out the fright of phone pinching long before it became trendy

I hate fish tanks, except this one

I dislike the work and hardships that come with fish tanks. Not only the dead fish who wash up to the top, but the endless cleaning.. endless power eating.. endless work. But I would make a sacrifice, as would my wife and son, if we could get this amazing fish tank: The work they put into it was tough. So tough I wouldn’t do it. But I’d buy it.. The video here:…

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I hate fish tanks, except this one

I dislike the work and hardships that come with fish tanks. Not only the dead fish who wash up to the top, but the endless cleaning.. endless power eating.. endless work.

But I would make a sacrifice, as would my wife and son, if we could get this amazing fish tank:

The work they put into it was tough.
So tough I wouldn't do it.
But I'd buy it..

The video here:

So you think it's worth the effort to keep clean?

TACKY HALLOWEEN DECOR CREATES GLOBAL STIR

Some people have inflatable monsters that annoy neighbors for seasonal decor.. others showcase brutal scenes of torture and death and get worldwide news attention. Such is the case at two venues in the United States, one in Ohio and one in New Jersey. Both have attracted worldwide media, a UK DAILY MAIL pictorial, and days worth of attention on the Drudge Report. The front yard of a house in…

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TACKY HALLOWEEN DECOR CREATES GLOBAL STIR

Some people have inflatable monsters that annoy neighbors for seasonal decor.. others showcase brutal scenes of torture and death and get worldwide news attention. Such is the case at two venues in the United States, one in Ohio and one in New Jersey. Both have attracted worldwide media, a UK DAILY MAIL pictorial, and days worth of attention on the Drudge Report.

The front yard of a house in Butler New Jersey features an 'anti-ISIS' Halloween theme. Complete with blood, gore, images of torture, and the President with a bloody machete.. From the DAILY MAIL report,

A family in New Jersey have upset some in the community of Butler for decorating their home with what they say is an 'anti-ISIS' theme, using a hanging mannequin representing a United States soldier and a terrorist standing nearby wearing a mask of President Obama and brandishing a machete.

Behind the scene is a depiction of Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kasaesbeh in a cage. He was horrifically burned alive by ISIS after being captured following the shooting down of his jet fighter earlier this year.

And yes there are pictures:

Too much?: This front yard in Butler, New Jersey, is using Halloween to take a stand against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and it's upsetting the community

The most intense part of the gruesome display is what appears to be a US soldier, wrapped in an American flag, hanging from the front tree with a plastic bag around the head

Not to be outdone!!
In comes Ohio with more dramatic blood.

Again from the DAILY MAIL:

A front yard in Ohio is upsetting just as many for the gruesome fake corpses strewn all over.

Even though Halloween is more than three weeks away, the yard - in Parma - already contains a cocooned corpse hanging from a tree, a body impaled on a stake and a cadaver upside down on a cross.

Undoubtedly Halloween is the time for scares and horror... other worldly ambitions, too.
But tacky, tacky tacky is the only way to describe the scenes of macabre murder in front yards.

Gone too far?
Or just art being art. Freedom of expression indeed. But should you self-regulate your senses before dropping scenery like this?

There's stories like this every year.
And every town has one of "those neighbors."

Oregon shooting detailed by 'lucky' student

Oregon shooting detailed by ‘lucky’ student

The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports, The 18-year-old college student singled out by the shooter as the “lucky one” to survive and deliver a package to law enforcement has told his story for the first time about the massacre in Roseburg, Ore. In a written statement that was the most detailed account thus far of the Oct. 1 shooting, Mathew Downing said Friday that when Christopher Harper-Mercer entered…

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Oregon shooting detailed by 'lucky' student

The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports,

The 18-year-old college student singled out by the shooter as the "lucky one" to survive and deliver a package to law enforcement has told his story for the first time about the massacre in Roseburg, Ore.

In a written statement that was the most detailed account thus far of the Oct. 1 shooting, Mathew Downing said Friday that when Christopher Harper-Mercer entered the Umpqua Community College classroom, Downing's ears were ringing from shots already fired, and he thought what was happening "couldn't be real."

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He said the first thing the shooter did was put his backpack on the front desk and pull out an envelope, saying: "There is a flash drive in this and whoever survives this should give it to the police."

Downing's account of what came next coincides with relatives of survivors who previously reported that Harper-Mercer looked at Downing and said, "Hey, kid with the glasses, you are the lucky one. I will not shoot you if you give this to the cops."

Downing said he stood up then, and the shooter pointed a gun at him. "This is the moment I thought I was going to die," Downing said.

Instead, the shooter paused for a moment, Downing said, and handed him the envelope. Next, the shooter told Downing to sit in the very back seat and face him.

Downing did so and said at that point Harper-Mercer fired into the center of the room and began asking students one by one if they were religious. The shooter fired at one student who said he was Christian and another who said she was Catholic.

The report goes on,

The shooter reloaded two handguns with ammunition from his backpack during the killings, Downing said. Harper-Mercer was "firing on people who were just lying there," Downing said.

Downing also said the shooter seemed to lose interest when a woman told him she couldn't move her legs to stand up because of the pain.

He turned to another woman, telling her to stand, and she picked up a desk to defend herself, Downing said. Harper-Mercer fired at her anyway, hitting her in the leg.

When the shooter noticed police, he leaned out a window and fired at them. Downing also wrote that after Harper-Mercer was hit by police gunfire, he lay down on the floor and shot himself in the head.

MONSANTO job slash: GMO vault drying

The AP wire reports, Monsanto Co. said last week it will eliminate 2,600 jobs as part of a cost-saving plan designed to deal with falling sales of its biotech seeds and herbicides, which pushed its quarterly losses deeper into the red. The job cuts will reduce the company’s 22,500-employee workforce of by about 12 percent over the next two years. That news was greeted with mixed reaction in…

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MONSANTO job slash: GMO vault drying

The AP wire reports,

Monsanto Co. said last week it will eliminate 2,600 jobs as part of a cost-saving plan designed to deal with falling sales of its biotech seeds and herbicides, which pushed its quarterly losses deeper into the red.

The job cuts will reduce the company's 22,500-employee workforce of by about 12 percent over the next two years.

That news was greeted with mixed reaction in media, but stocks sunk lower on the news before American markets closed last week.

According to analysts, the stock price for Monsanto has dropped 25% since the spring growing season.

Negative reviews. People who studied Vietnam's history and chemical warfare makers.. And a sudden burst of anti-GMO into the marketplace have created the perfect storm. Not to mention other countries where farmers are angrily voting against Monsanto products.

Pesticides too..

Is Monsanto Roundup-ready?

Bette Midler suddenly becomes the anti-Bieber 'hero'

Bette Midler suddenly becomes the anti-Bieber ‘hero’

The house of pop culture insanity is being blown wide open by none other than advanced star Bette Midler.. Her words have come on the heels of a strange tweet that Justin Bieber’s father–for some reason–decided to post about his own son’s penis picture flap, not fap, that took place this week.. Background first: Beeb’s DAD, presumably now infected with the fever, Tweeted, “”@justinbieber what do…

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Bette Midler suddenly becomes the anti-Bieber 'hero'

The house of pop culture insanity is being blown wide open by none other than advanced star Bette Midler.. Her words have come on the heels of a strange tweet that Justin Bieber's father--for some reason--decided to post about his own son's penis picture flap, not fap, that took place this week..

Background first: Beeb's DAD, presumably now infected with the fever, Tweeted,

""@justinbieber what do you feed that thing, #proud daddy" ..

As sickening as it is..he did it. Afterwards, even gossip rags shuttered in a collective grossed out sigh.

Enter Bette:

@justinbieber dad tweeted he's proud of his son's penis size. I think the biggest dick in this situation is the dad who abandoned his son."

Ouch.
So sayseth the Midler, so she becomes the hero.

And the wind beneath's Justin's genitalia ..

'Horror' with a realistic twist: The villain is something that hurts us all

I read a headline this morning with some interest.. CNN put a story about a new ‘horror’ movie, with horror in quotes, on their main page. The entire article was political in nature, though.. the meat of the subject, a few paragraphs in, got to the movie they were speaking of.. FROM CNN: For a primer on what this looks like on the ground, politicians should see the powerful new film, “99 Homes”,…

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'Horror' with a realistic twist: The villain is something that hurts us all

I read a headline this morning with some interest.. CNN put a story about a new 'horror' movie, with horror in quotes, on their main page. The entire article was political in nature, though.. the meat of the subject, a few paragraphs in, got to the movie they were speaking of.. FROM CNN:

For a primer on what this looks like on the ground, politicians should see the powerful new film, "99 Homes", directed by Ramin Bahrani. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern and Noah Lomax, follows the traumatic experience of a family when the bank forecloses on their modest house. Dennis Nash (played by Garfield) is a construction worker and single father who is having trouble finding a job and unable to make mortgage payments.

No sooner does the bank foreclose than a ruthless real estate broker named Rick appears at the door to inform Dennis' family that they need to get out. Dennis, his widowed mother (Dern) and son leave their home, and all their possessions are thrown on the curb like trash. It happens that quickly. In this film, the monster in this horror is the economy itself. "I didn't kick you out, the bank did," Rick explains.

The movie winds through the maelstrom that results from the foreclosure. The father ends up going to work for Rick, making a deal with the devil. "America does not bail out the losers," Rick explains. The story gets darker as Dennis, desperate for money, finds himself in league with the businessman who ruthlessly uprooted his family.

No blood, no gore. No monsters on Maple Street. Instead the villain that haunts us to our core: The economy. The chance that our lives, if calm today, won't be tomorrow.. that jobs will dry up and robots will take whatever services are left to perform.

This is the modern day horror that few want to talk about it.. Julian Zelizer makes an amazing point by using the movie description in the light of a horror flick.

In the end, it really is, in a way.

There was a certain genius in the film IT FOLLOWS that somewhat correlates to 99 HOMES. The most amazing pieces of cinematography in that film were images of Detroit, broken and barren, coupled with the haunting music that played loudly in the background. What was following? Sure, a monster who is exchanged with sex. But what could have been following the youths easily was a troubled economic future where they would be jobless and soulless.

Now.. to make it into a "REAL" horror, 99 HOMES would need Eli Roth. Picture a bank foreclosure and when the show up to put a sign on the door, they are zombies. Unless they really already are...?

George Bush Sr may not think Americans can handle the truth about UFOs. But he sure did not say that regardless of what websites told you so

A popular conspiracy website (http://yournewswire.com/george-bush-senior-on-ufos-americans-cant-handle-the-truth/) rolled out an article days ago reporting a quote from George Bush Sr. The site reported,

An activist/journalist asked when the US government would tell the truth about UFOs, but the answer George Bush Snr gave took the crowd and reporters completely by surprise

He replied: “Americans can’t handle the truth” before the questioning was briefly halted by the event organizers.

While Your News Wire seemingly is getting most of the attention regarding the story, the real article that began it all is here on World news Daily Report. You know, the website that reports strange pieces of un-funny satire that when you see your friends link on Facebook you squirm because they think it's real.

The other day, this site was linked on one person's Facebook page. The story was about a vaccine making a girl pregnant. My friend was angry, stating that "why isn't anyone realizing this girl is lying about having sex?"

Sigh..Out loud.

The Bush story would be interesting. It may also be real in the sense that he could harbor such feelings about aliens, and UFOs. After all, the long held belief is that Bush Sr., a CIA man himself, knows the secrets..and where the aliens are buried, crafts are crashed, and bodies are counted. Of course, the very idea that a former president and living statesman would loudly state that Americans can't handle the truth about aliens, should be front page news!

It's not.. Because it didn't happen.

This is how the report from World News Daily Report went,

In hope of helping his son’s Jeb Bush struggling presidential campaign, George Bush Sr and former president George W. Bush have been campaigning behind the presidential candidate in hopes of bringing the Bush family’s name once again behind the Oval office, but some experts believe this kind of incident could cost him the race.

During the fundraiser, a man in the crowd raised a strange question which led to an even more surprising response by the former president and CIA director. The man asked George Bush Sr when the US government would tell Americans the truth about UFOs, to which he responded: “Americans can’t handle the truth” before the questioning was briefly halted by organizers of the event.

But take a breather.. and check out the 'ABOUT US' disclaimer on the site..

Information contained in this World News Daily Report website is for information and entertainment purposes only.

I would assume that this is an indicator of something.. no?

Well then believers, take off the tin foil hat and read this further:

WNDR assumes however all responsibility for the satirical nature of its articles and for the fictional nature of their content. All characters appearing in the articles in this website – even those based on real people – are entirely fictional and any resemblance between them and any persons, living, dead, or undead is purely a miracle.

It's not real.
It's fake.
It's fun.

But in internet land, the beams are out and people are up. George Bush Sr. may know the truth. Maybe he thinks we can't handle it. But regardless of his mental condition or health, he would never say such things.

Unless he's in private. Or in satire..

Always fact check what you read. And please, if a website is satirical and has a disclaimer saying such, stop regurgitating the falsities..

The asteroid that won't

Just when you wanted to relax on a Friday night.. this news is revealed: 2km-wide asteroid approaching Earth, NASA warns »

An asteroid big enough to kill millions of people is on its way to Earth but is expected to brush past, missing by a mere 25 million kilometers – a narrow distance by space standards, NASA said.

If all goes well death and destruction will stay safely away from earth..
But boy is that close..

A shave that close is even more startling when you realize how recent we found out about this..

I heard an expert say a few weeks ago on Art Bell's show that giant asteroids would most likely be known if they were close to earth.

I guess not all of them, eh?

Donald Trump: From horror movie photoshop star to campaign moment

Two pieces of Donald Trump news worth mentioning today..

First: An amazing set of photographs were posted showcasing Donald Trump as horror movie icons. Some interesting work from fun people across the net have led to hilarious and epic pictures just in time for Halloween. Lots of talent.. and absolutely hilarious pictures..

See them all here. And here.. And a few of my favorites here:

Some of the most creative and amazing photoshopped images ever: Donald Trump as horror movie characters..See them all!

Photoshop Design (Design #7361926) submitted to Photoshop Donald Trump into famous horror movie scenes (Closed)

The other story was political in nature. A completely original and organic campaign moment happened during a Trump event.. See it in its entirety here:

Some of the most creative and amazing photoshopped images ever: Donald Trump as horror movie characters..

See them all!

2km-wide asteroid approaching Earth, NASA warns

An asteroid big enough to kill millions of people is on its way to Earth but is expected to brush past, missing by a mere 25 million kilometers – a narrow distance by space standards, NASA said.

If all goes well death and destruction will stay safely away from earth..
But boy is that close..

Midnight miracle: Art Bell's very organic show has become a must listen-to program

Midnight miracle: Art Bell’s very organic show has become a must listen-to program

I read a Talkers.com article yesterday, one also posted by Art Bell, about fans of the talk radio show host joining together through social networking to do advertising on his behalf.The way that Bell has regained his notoriety and fame has become quite an organic and real process. A few years ago, a post was entered onto Bellgab.com, then Coastgab. The poster said “Art Bell Quits Coast” on the…

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Midnight miracle: Art Bell's very organic show has become a must listen-to program

I read a Talkers.com article yesterday, one also posted by Art Bell, about fans of the talk radio show host joining together through social networking to do advertising on his behalf.The way that Bell has regained his notoriety and fame has become quite an organic and real process.

A few years ago, a post was entered onto Bellgab.com, then Coastgab. The poster said “Art Bell Quits Coast” on the forum, and the thread became a multi-year drama.

Bell quit Coast to Coast AM and Premiere. This website, the HORROR REPORT, has documented the long process from George Noory telling Bell fans that “he’s done folks” to Bell’s return to Sirius and then quit exit. And now speedy return (2 years delayed because of the Sirius non compete) to the netwaves and airwaves.

And now, what exists after all of this time, is a nightly-must-listen.

Bell keeps listeners’ attention with his style of broadcasting. Listening to him gives you the feeling that nothing much has changed since the 1990s—Bell is as good as ever.

If you’re not listening to Midnight in the Desert, you’re missing out not only on great radio but also enlightening conversation. Unscripted as well.. No cue cards. No product placements.. no corporate-style broadcasts with multi-commercials purposely placed to dissuade deep conversation over the air.

Just this week, a series of amazing shows were broadcast, including last night with Kevin Mitnick, a famed hacker who brushed with the FBI multiple times, Tess Gerritsen, the REAL author of GRAVITY, a person claiming to having a recording of Bigfoot, a professor speaking about the potential scientific realities of time travel, and an open lines forum with a special phone number for people claiming they married an alien. All in a week.. all on streamed and saved for paying ‘time travelers.’

I have written before and will say it again: The Sirius stint seemed to feature a touchy Art Bell. Who can forget his long friendship with Nostradamus expert John Hogue going sour over the air during one of his Dark Matter programs?

This time, Bell is having fun. He’s being natural, he’s calm and collective, and he’s letting it all just happen.

Sure, there was the recent exit of his newsman in dramatic fashion—Facebook becomes a source of gossip not only for high schoolers but also radio employees, as we saw with Leo Ashcraft.

Midnight in the Desert is just fun.

Upcoming will be a Halloween show.

The last two times Bell left the air was after a Halloween show, in 2010 and 2013.

If we make it through October, Midnight will survive.

So three cheers for an amazing show!

And with the amazing nature of the Midnight show, let’s all sit back and listen, and hope there’s many more Halloween shows to come.

Pale blue dot number 2?

Shocking news from the outer limits of space.. As though we couldn’t be more shocked by Pluto, we are. The news this time: The distant non planet planet dwarf planet has skies and icecaps that are similar to earth itself.. NASA’s own website showcased the amazing photos beamed back to planet Earth by NEW HORIZONS. In the attached article, NASA writes, “Who would have expected a blue sky in the…

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Pale blue dot number 2?

Shocking news from the outer limits of space..

As though we couldn't be more shocked by Pluto, we are. The news this time: The distant non planet planet dwarf planet has skies and icecaps that are similar to earth itself..

NASA's own website showcased the amazing photos beamed back to planet Earth by NEW HORIZONS. In the attached article, NASA writes,

“Who would have expected a blue sky in the Kuiper Belt? It’s gorgeous,” said Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Boulder, Colorado.

The haze particles themselves are likely gray or red, but the way they scatter blue light has gotten the attention of the New Horizons science team. “That striking blue tint tells us about the size and composition of the haze particles,” said science team researcher Carly Howett, also of SwRI. “A blue sky often results from scattering of sunlight by very small particles. On Earth, those particles are very tiny nitrogen molecules. On Pluto they appear to be larger — but still relatively small — soot-like particles we call tholins.”

Blue skies.
Barfy burgers.
Planets..

Water isn't as limited as we once thought.

While many have said water is either flowing or frozen on Mars, NASA finally came out this month at a press conference to confirm what many others believed for decades: Water flows on Mars.

This new information about Pluto gives rise to places like Saturn's moon Titan. It also gives hope that other planets close to us (close in space miles) may have the building blocks of life.

We don't much know anything. Do we?
But while we learn how little we know, we open the door to something amazing with each new discovery of flowing water..

Destitute and dumbed down

At a time when the world should shine we seemingly have grown to be locked in darkness.. The loudest voices seem to say nothing, just a constant flow of drivel that amounts to a collection of uselessness.. The quietest in the crowds make a choice in the Internet age.. Dare to be different or dare to be square–the bankers and conglomerates that give us start ups and social networks have a…

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Destitute and dumbed down

At a time when the world should shine we seemingly have grown to be locked in darkness..

The loudest voices seem to say nothing, just a constant flow of drivel that amounts to a collection of uselessness..

The quietest in the crowds make a choice in the Internet age.. Dare to be different or dare to be square--the bankers and conglomerates that give us start ups and social networks have a secret. That secret? They all own them, no matter how different they look.

A visit to any website dot com any day dot net will reveal that the org is all goofed up. It's the same news regardless of the writer

If there is a writer. Often it's a robot that picks the 'content' (not information anymore, that's so 20th century)..

I go to countless horror sites that advertise on behalf of these companies. They praise the gorefests and drum up interest in the useless remakes and trivial pursuit of mental vacancy..

They praise drill bit rape scenes in American Horror Story. I suppose since the Lady who plays the countess who should actually be called Gagme does it, it gets a seal of approval.

But what is pop culture now? What is the net? A bastion of freedom and independent thought or instead a massive array of groupthink coupled with Gifs and social networking bytes that have characters but no character..

Is this getting old to anyone else too?

Because it sure is to me.

Housekeeping. Bieber's manhood. And AMERICAN HORROR STORY's brutal violence

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There have been yet again some strange errors on this page. I have gone back and forth battling my hosting provider and Wordpress coding..

But that's water under the bridge.

THE HORROR REPORT lives on..

Strong since 2000. Fifteen years young. 20 if you count an Angelfire page.

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Does Bieber fever end with a dose of nudity?
They have finally dun-it.. the papps with the razzi have been able to catch Biebs like no one else could. His nude genitals are suddenly swinging proud on the Twitters.. Twits around the world are adding junk to the NET about his Junk..

Isn't this a moment in time we'll be ashamed of? A time when genitals were the focal point of the multi-corporate Internet?

At one time the net was free.. amazing.. New and fresh.
Now it's old. Contrived.. Fake and Facebooked..

We are all controlled if we play in their playground.
If you build your own, at least your world will be what you make it.

Unless you're fine seeing Justin Bieber nude in your sphere of reality..

But it's unreal.

Lately all of it is.
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When people were done creepily searching for Bieber's member, they watched another modern day pop culture icon shock them in the horror world.. The long anticipated HOTEL version of AMERICAN HORROR STORY premiered.. with gore, blood, and an orgy. Nothing less would be expected by LADY GAGA..

It was on TEE VEE, courtesy the fine people at AMERICAN HORROR STORY, that we were able to now see a man's penis superglued inside a woman's vagina during sex.. and a sexual orgy that ended with GAGA slitting throats...

If that doesn't interest you, perhaps children snacking on a tourist would...

No?

Okay.. certainly you'd think this is the most shocking: The 'Addiction Demon,' which attacks a woman and brutally rapes her with a dildo made from drill bits..

Perhaps if that doesn't shock you, then Hollywood has effectively done their job: Killed your sense of emotions and morality.

If it does shock you there is some hope..
Rape during prime time.
That's our culture now, I suppose.
That's entertainment.
That H O L L Y W O O D.

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Doctors Without Borders airstrike: US alters story for fourth time in four days

The UK GUARDIAN reports all of this: //

US special operations forces – not their Afghan allies – called in the deadly airstrike on the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, the US commander has conceded.

Shortly before General John Campbell, the commander of the US and Nato war in Afghanistan, testified to a Senate panel, the president of Doctors Without Borders – also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) – said the US and Afghanistan had made an “admission of a war crime”.

Doctors Without Borders airstrike: US alters story for fourth time in four days

The UK GUARDIAN reports all of this: //

US special operations forces – not their Afghan allies – called in the deadly airstrike on the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, the US commander has conceded.

Doctors Without Borders airstrike: US alters story for fourth time in four days

The UK GUARDIAN reports all of this: //

US special operations forces – not their Afghan allies – called in the deadly airstrike on the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, the US commander has conceded.

South Texas Girl Sneezes 12,000 Times A Day

Before you call this story ‘interesting’ thing of it from the perspective of the parents or the young girl afflicted.. Anyone who sneezes 12,000 times a day for unknown reasons probably thinks is cursed ..

Kenney Bui, Evergreen High School Football Player, Dies From Game Injury

Highline Public Schools said in a statement that Kenney Bui, a senior at Evergreen High School, was “critically injured” during Friday night’s game. He underwent surgery at Harborview Medical Center but died late Monday morning, the school district said.

I’ve said some anti football commentary on here before and got some not so positive feedback after doing so.

But I’m going to do it again.
If you’re the parent of a player you need to evaluate what you’re getting your child into.. And if you’re a player you equally need to know what you’re signing up for..
Sometimes your big game could be your last.

UN delay could open door to robot wars, say experts

The future is filled with death by remote control..

Oregon shooter's mom wrote about loaded guns, Asperger's

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Online posts linked to Laurel Harper, the mother of the gunman, are limited and incomplete, but they seem to indicate two things: that her son, Chris Harper-Mercer, had a developmental disorder, and that the family had a familiarity with firearms and gun laws.

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Florida Senate candidate admits to sacrificing goat, drinking its blood

The SUN SENTINELS in Florida reports: “Two years ago, Augustus Sol Invictus walked from central Florida to the Mojave Desert and spent a week fasting and praying, at times thinking he wouldn’t survive. In a pagan ritual to give thanks when he returned home, he killed a goat and drank its blood. Now that he’s a candidate for U.S. Senate, the story is coming back to bite him.”

Oh my.
It’s a strange season indeed.

Coffins Surface Because Of Flooding in South Carolina

WIBF: ORANGEBURG, S.C.- A cemetery is flooded causing coffins to rise up out of the ground in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

This is a particularly horrid situation and to think of caskets with corpses rising from the ground is macabre and somehow perfectly timed for the Halloween season..

Knowing people in South Carolina, I can attest second hand to the ongoing nightmare on streets and in towns… The waters will recede but the heartache will remain..

And now the unexpected task of reburying those long in the ground previously… That’s perhaps the more morose of all..

Top of the morning

Nature thrives in Chernobyl, site of worst nuclear disaster

South Carolina flooding: State not out of the woods yet

Multiple Firings After Racially Charged Facebook Remarks Mocking a Black Child Go Viral

Perhaps there are two lessons learned here.

First, Facebook is not private. Even if you think it is.. even if you set it to private.. even if you believe you’re getting away with untoward comments.. you will be seen.

And secondly? Don’t be stupid, racist, and ignorant. If you’re stupid, racist, and ignorant, then stop being you.

It will save you the agony of such things as this article describes after the viral dust settles..

ISIS terrorists blow up iconic 2,000 year old Arch of Triumph in Palmyra

Childhood’s End trailer..

Looking good

Philadelphia universities on alert: FBI warning of 'unspecified' threat on Monday October 5 2015 // The University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Drexel University sent out alerts. Authorities said they had no knowledge of specific threat to students or to a particular university

Philadelphia universities on alert: FBI warning of 'unspecified' threat on Monday October 5 2015 // The University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Drexel University sent out alerts. Authorities said they had no knowledge of specific threat to students or to a particular university

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The threat indicated that the violence would take place Monday at 2 p.m., according to statements posted on several school websites.
The statement on Drexel’s site indicated that the threat came via social media.
“Since the shooting last week at a community college in Oregon, the FBI has seen similar social media postings throughout the country,” the Drexel posting reads.
The statement posted on Penn’s website reads: “In an abundance of caution we are working closely with Federal and local Law Enforcement Agencies to monitor this unspecified threat The Division of Public Safety has increased our police, security officer and CCTV patrols.”
The schools also said in their statements that security patrols would increase on campus Monday.
The schools will be operating normally on Monday, but the statements urge students to report any suspicious activity.

Today was Sunday squash slicing day..
It turned out well.
A pumpkin to represent each member of the family except the dog. We forgot that one..
But the human are all accounted for in squash form.

UCC student narrowly avoided massacre thanks to 'gut feeling'

Autism's Gut-Brain Connection: Autism is one of medicine's most perplexing mysteries, but Elaine Hsiao's study suggests a treatment - a probiotic.

Princess Leia’s bikini from STAR WARS goes for just under $100,000 at auction..

900 Foot Megatsunami? Scientists Discover Tsunami Evidence in Africa.. A new study reveals evidence how an ancient 900 foot megatsunami wave caused widespread destruction in Cape Verde. It happened around 78,000 years ago

900 Foot Megatsunami? Scientists Discover Tsunami Evidence in Africa.. A new study reveals evidence how an ancient 900 foot megatsunami wave caused widespread destruction in Cape Verde. It happened around 78,000 years ago

THE CHURCH OF JUSTIN BIEBER'S FIRST FORAY INTO THE MYSTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RATIONAL FOR GOD

He clearly opposes the big bang theory:

“I’m the type of dude who always wants to figure it out. Science makes a lot of sense. Then I start thinking — wait, the ‘big bang’. For a ‘big bang’ to create all this is more wild to think about than thinking about there being a God. Imagine putting a bunch of gold into a box, shaking up the box, and out comes a Rolex. It’s so preposterous once people start saying it.”

Just when you wanted to relax on a Friday night.. this news is revealed: 2km-wide asteroid approaching Earth, NASA warns »

See them all here. And here.. And a few of my favorites here:

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