Weird Wednesday

The midweek meltdown is beginning. I am particularly tired this early morning, not sure if it’s due to increased travel or perhaps increased radiation from Fukushima. I have a tin foil hat but it doesn’t seem to fit any longer.. Maybe an upgrade needs to be made to the deluxe version.
Until that..
News and more news.. better and worse and even worse than that. Presented for your reading displeasure..

A space rock craze hits South Korea after a meteor shower.. The hunt is on for valuable souvenirs in a corner of the country.. There seems to be lots of meteors and asteroids these days..

The world seems to be talking a lot more about war–more than we should. And Washington’s BLOG writes a great piece on how the media’s reporting on Russia and Ukraine is just as bad it was about Iraq.. I completely concur with that premise..

On Ukraine/Crimea/Russia, a wrap:
Fear over war as a Ukrainian officer was killed at a military base in Simferopol..
Ukraine on armed alert as war fears grow..
Biden goes to Poland to ‘reassure allies’..
Russia warns the west over Crimea sanctions..
Putin reclaims Crimea..

The newest NSA revelations say this: The surveillance program is able to go back in time replay your phone calls–recorded in a database for all snoops to hear..

People hold Snowden masks in Brasilia
The revelations about the NSA are on our newsfeeds because of Edward Snowden. On Tuesday, Snowden remote controlled a robot from his undisclosed location and spoke to a TED audience. He said some more information–perhaps the most tantalizing yet–is coming..

Giant dust storms swallow part of Texas..

TIME (and lots of other sources) is laughing at ‘conspiracy theories’ that claim African Americans were injected with HIV.. While the HIV issue may be untrue, let’s remember some facts about the past: The United States government injected people with plutonium. The United States injected African Americans with syphilis.. So why is TIME magazine laughing at something–though perhaps untrue–that could be a logical conclusion given other famed injections from the past?

Greenland’s glaciers are melting faster than anyone feared they would..

A sad end to a strange story.. you may recall a few weeks ago, the story of Walter Williams, 78, who woke up alive in a body bag in a morgue? Williams has now passed away–again.. This time, according to news reports on the death of Williams, his family is handling the death well, given the near death experience that made national headlines two weeks ago..

China: A worm lives in girl’s throat for two months..

What we know so far about the newest STAR WARS movie..
Episode VII will feature some very familiar faces..
Timeline revealed..

School’s out! Duke porn star hits the stage in New York City.. Belle Knox wiggles her way across the stage at the famed Hell’s Kitchen strip club.. She chose the song CHERRY PIE. I am sorry Ms. Foxy Knox, but I cannot hear CHERRY PIE now without thinking of the final scene of BAD GRANDPA.. Just ruins the moment now with laughter.. But good luck. No doubt you’ll be the richest DUKE student ever..