Month: December 2014
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Case of the week before Christmas week Mondays
Ten days until Christmas. Yeah.. how did that happen?
A collection of news you can use and news you can do without making headlines this Monday December 15, 2014..
Read and weep:THE HORROR REPORT IS WATCHING THE DEVELOPMENTS IN SYDNEY..
WE ARE ALSO CLOSELY WATCHING THESE EVENTS: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania shootings leave 5 shot and a suspect now barricaded from police.. Police indicate that the shooter and suspect is a male military veteran..
A case of the glowing Monday: A water leak confirmed at Berwick nuclear plant in Pennsylvania.. About 40 minutes up river from me.. how quaint.
President Obama and CIA’s Brennan have a uniquely close relationship.. An interesting read from the NEW YORK TIMES..
Holy wood: Yet another “Mary” appears in a tree as hundreds flock..A Catholic take on something that I think we all feel during Winter: Dark nights.
White House suffers power outage..
21st Century Man: Just a soulless accomplice of machines?
Researchers have now teleported light 15 miles..the furthest length yet..
Climate change is destroying the Outer Banks..
The top oddest medical mysteries of 2014..
Celeb worship: Babs names Mrs. Clooney as the most fascinating of 2014??Newtown CT families sue gun maker over Sandy Hook..
The SONY hack intensifies.. now the FBI is warning about Iranian hackers..
Mabe SONY is upset more at the fact that the CEO looks to have a failed vision..
JAMES BOND and SPIDER-MAN compromised by new SONY leaks..
Michael Keaton on Ben Affleck’s role as BATMAN: “I am Batman. I am very secure in that.” To my generation, maybe Mike. The newest movie goers see Christian Bale as the DARK KNIGHT. My mom and dad thought it was Adam West. But at least Keaton is secure in knowing he is a fictitious character–one he played in 1989 and 1992 mind you..Scientist discover: Birds lost their teeth 116 million years ago.. (and thank God for that)
Share a ghost story this Christmas..
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ALL EYES DOWN UNDER
The world is paying close attention to the breaking news events taking place in Sydney Australia today.. Several hours ago, a hostage situation developed at a cafe in the city.. A gunman has at least 10 hostages–several have escaped since the high tension began .. Police are said to know the name of the suspect–as do various media sources, but officials are asking the free press to keep a lid on some information for the time being..
The location of crisis: The Lindt Chocolate Shop..
At this point, some word has escaped the cafe.. The hostage taker, we have learned, is of Middle Eastern background and has apparently asking for an ISIS flag in exchange for a hostage.. Even more, the man is forcing hostages to stand with their faces and bodies pressed against a glass window of the cafe for several hours at a time.
As nightfall descends on Australia, the gunman and hostages are not in the dark–a hostage reportedly turned off the lights. No doubt by order of the captor..
The White House is updating President Obama on the situation and the United States is offering any help to Australia that may be afforded as this crisis continues into the dark of night..
At this time the situation has been ongoing for 12 hours .. While some ‘in the know’ do in fact know, very little has been disclosed to the masses of people across the planet waiting for something to occur to end this nightmare for those inside..
Though the Sydney siege has been ongoing for several hours, Americans waking up from a day of typical Sunday football and recreation are once again witnessing how the world can crash down during Monday morning headline runs in the West..
The crisis will develop and end. The world prays in a peaceful manner. But we are fully aware that the gates of hell are open wide, so how this finishes may only be known by the ancient demons roaming our reality.. We do know this, however: Several questions will need to be answered. Some soon, some others not.. First off, if police are fully aware of the hostage taker, why no action against him prior? Was he being monitored? Were his whereabouts known? And what is his past history ..? Criminal history.. While no one has officially said his name on world news outlets yet, some wires have reported the possibility of who it is, including RUSSIA TODAY.. They report,
Sheik Man Haron Monis, an Islamic ‘spiritual healer’ who is facing charges of sexual assault and being an accessory to murder, has been identified as the man who has taken civilians hostage in a Sydney café, according to local media citing police sources.
“There’s no operational reason for that name to be held back by us now,” an anonymous police source told Reuters.
The Iranian-born 50-year-old fled to Australia in 1996, but came to prominence after 2007, when he began sending “hate mail” to families of soldiers, who died while fighting in Iraq.
If the named man is the suspect in this situation, then he comes with a record of ‘peace’ but a reality of problems. He made news back in April of this year as well..
RT goes on,
In December last year, Monis was accused of helping his current partner, Amirah Droudis, to murder his ex-wife, Noleen Hayson Pal. The woman had been stabbed several times and set alight in a Sydney apartment in April 2013
Expect to get the full rap-sheet and expose on his past soon from outlets around the world.
Also: the media glare has a spotlight on Syndey–even a news station exists right across the street from Lindt.. And the hostage taker is using it to his delight, knowing that social media will report his every move and take cues from his demands.. And according to what we know, the gunman has been asking hostages to publicize his demands by trying to force them into speaking with broadcasters and radio show hosts..
The social media world is following, as would be obvious. Since 9:45 am in Sydney, a campaign on social media has emerged quickly called “illridewithyou”.. The notion is that people in the city will peacefully ride with Muslims on transportation as a show of moral support and tolerance..
This is a crisis with about as many different tentacles as you can imagine.
They are playing out on live TV. They are playing out online.. They are playing out before the world’s eyes..And even more, if this gunman has an affiliation, no matter how loose it could be, with ISIS, the game gets more intense..
Every year, it seems we have a nightmare before Christmas. This year’s drama is taking place now in Australia.
One of the hostages who escaped after seven hours of was Elly Chen. Her Facebook page became the virtual billboard for fear and expressions of prayer. Now the image of her escapes has became an iconic piece of journalism. The shot was taken by Jason Reed of Reuters. And it is being seen around the world.
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The Kent state: Seeing horror through the eyes of a new scream queen
BABADOOK is being marketed with a keen eye.. viral is king. Slow paced and low key.. It’s working quite well. Media source after source, horror sites, and general entertainment icons are all praising this film..
The way you know it’s working: People talked about it before it was out. And when it came out. And… People are STILL talking about the BABADOOK, the horror movie of the year according to many.. the WASHINGTON POST interviewed the director of the film, Jennifer Kent.
A few noteworthy comments from Kent include,
“A lot of people, when I spoke to them, as a woman, and said, ‘Oh, I’m directing a horror film,’ it was like I was directing a snuff film or porno or something terrible,” she says. “The view on horror is that bad”. And “Women do love watching scary films. It’s been proven, and they’ve done all the tests. The demographics are half men, half women. And we know fear. It’s not like we can’t explore the subject.”
The movies making the biggest impression on KENT were HALLOWEEN and THE THING. Kent also makes his superb point about horror itself:
“I feel like a lot of the people who make horror actually don’t understand its depth and its power,” she says. “Unbeknownst to themselves, they’re looking down on the genre. I also think a lot of horror is made cynically, and by that I mean that it’s made to make money.”
Absolutely agree! Horror has a few elements that can be done very wrong. But when right, it can change cinema for a decade.. A few films which did so include FRANKENSTEIN, DAWN OF THE DEAD, HALLOWEEN, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, SAW, and now quite possibly BABADOOK. When horror is done in the way it should be, it gives us a morality play of our time. A pop culture judgment, and a realistic portrayal of who we are as a people at any given moment in history. . I think Kent understands how horror can do this, and how so many times it’s done wrong..
To further that point, the WASHINGTON POST interview delved more into violence itself..
And on violence in horror–the gorefest and torture porn of recent years–Kent says that.
“the worst of them — the most violent and degrading and debasing versions of the form — probably are geared toward people who maybe identify with the killer, who maybe are getting off in some way.”
Yet again, agree.. I often recount my story of how uncomfortable I was sitting in a theater years ago during HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES when people wildly cheered for each murder scene.. It disturbed me and wasn’t how I thought horror should be done. The problem with the film was how well-shot and effective it was–making matters even scarier.
I would love the chance to sit down and talk to Jennifer Kent in some detail.. I think her points on horror and her thoughts on the genre are spot on.. There is a good chance that Jennifer Kent has become the new queen of scream, as some have dubbed her.
From the land down under, she took over the world of horror..
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Warm Sunday mornning sidewalk good tidings: Holiday fear
The HORROR REPORT went back to black. We left the white background after a number of user complaints and reader gripes.. They didn’t like the new design we had for about three weeks. While I did, I decided that the readers’ happiness is worth more than mine.
So back to black we go.
Welcome to the new old new old HORROR REPORT on a Sunday morning.Speaking of Sunday morning, here’s your sidewalk.. complete with noteworthy headlines and things that matter.
A sleeping city sidewalk.. and Sunday morning coming down.What is ruining Christmas this year? Creepy targeted advertisements, popping up on computers and giving away secrets .. We already know the secrets of advertisers: They spy and pry into every portion of our lives. But now they are stealing Christmas. I think Bill O’Reilly should write a book about them..
2014 has been the year of the paranormal in mainstream news.. Another story adds to the flavor: A ”possessed” Argentine singer claims that she has been healed of her mental ills after swapping her medicine for an exorcism. Her name is Sabrina Sabrok, and she says she turned to a faith healer to exorcise her demons. Concerning her image, I assume the things on the picture are real?A spy drone listens to calls, and hacks into WIFI networks. And reads text messages to. And that’s just what they are telling us this does.. Always remember: Real technology is about 15 to 20 years more advanced than what the public knows of or gets to use..
Speaking of the future, it’s coming fast.. Here’s an AFP article to wet your appetite for tomorrow: The drone revolution hovers on the horizon. In the spirit of progress, I am fine with the future. As long as human rights don’t continue to be trashed and governments don’t continue to forcibly stomp on the faces of the free.. I simply fear that robots and drones will allow bad things to be much easier to perpetrate.. But getting grocery drone deliveries? That is cool.
Science fiction of the future is becoming reality of today. Here’s a video that showcases a few technologies that could give humans the ability to live a lot longer. If not forever.. And before you balk at the chances of living forever, think of this: IF you could be healthy, IF you could be secure, IF you can have a wage floor? What’s not to like about life?
Of course something could come along and make us not want to life forever.. like a MAMA JUNE sex tape. Yes indeed..
Getting back off the Satan theme and moving back to the Pagan theme, Christmas is coming soon. So the question emerges, do you live to eat or eat to live? Gluttony is king on Christmas..But that’s the problem in the US of super-sized A’s.
And some more choice headlines from the Ethically Deprived Highway.. The Senate torture report is still resounding across the nation. But the nation chooses to look away, averting their eyes to the previous decade of life in which we went lower than low.. in the torture report is this: Spokane psychologists were paid $80 mi for torture program work.. Their job was to help the nation with the new mission of ”enhanced” interrogation.. Doctors and medical workers, those swearing to do right in the world, were a part of something very problematic and often contrary to their oath. Doctors help anally hydrate subjects. CIA were helped by doctors. By nurses. By specialists of all sorts and sizes.. Among some highlighted issues: Doctors found prisoners with broken feet and yet STILL approved them to be in standing positions for 52 hours.. And psychologists actually also served often as interrogators.. So now the question: Will medical professionals face any consequences?There is most likely some sort of symbolism in this: Kary Perry was hit by a lollipop on stage.. video records her reacting.. Though her reaction itself was priceless ..
People are STILL talking about the BABADOOK, the horror movie of the year according to many.. the WASHINGTON POST interviewed the director of the film, Jennifer Kent. A few noteworthy comments from Kent include, “A lot of people, when I spoke to them, as a woman, and said, ‘Oh, I’m directing a horror film,’ it was like I was directing a snuff film or porno or something terrible,” she says. “The view on horror is that bad”. And “Women do love watching scary films. It’s been proven, and they’ve done all the tests. The demographics are half men, half women. And we know fear. It’s not like we can’t explore the subject.” The movies making the biggest impression on KENT were HALLOWEEN and THE THING. Kent also makes his superb point about horror itself: “I feel like a lot of the people who make horror actually don’t understand its depth and its power,” she says. “Unbeknownst to themselves, they’re looking down on the genre. I also think a lot of horror is made cynically, and by that I mean that it’s made to make money.” Absolutely agree! And on violence in horror–the gorefest and torture porn of recent years–Kent says that “the worst of them — the most violent and degrading and debasing versions of the form — probably are geared toward people who maybe identify with the killer, who maybe are getting off in some way.” Yet again, agree.. I would love the chance to sit down and talk to Jennifer Kent in some detail.. I think her points on horror and her thoughts on the genre are spot on.. There is a good chance that Jennifer Kent has become the new queen of scream, as some have dubbed her. From the land down under, she took over the world of horror..
Did European scientists just find dark-matter signals buried in X-Rays!?
Sony fallout: Pascal likely to be fired, according to insiders.. Racist emails came back to bite in Tinseltown. What other hidden gems await? Only the Guardians of Peace–and Sony–know that now..
NIGHT TERRORS OF 1927 announce new album set for January 2015 release..
Paranormal events that inspired horror movies are often much scarier than the movies themselves..
New ”sexy” Bollywood horror film ALONE gets attention..
Keeping the creepy in Christmas.. A Tennessee attraction giving horror films what they want, even during the Christmas season.. The Death Yard Horror Attraction features a zombie Santa and undead elves.. They say that instead of Christmas cheer, it’s holiday fear. And it’s for charity’s sake.Yesterday was 12/13/14. A calender day that will not occur again until 2114. I hope you enjoyed it. As much as you’ll enjoy the rest of your Sunday morning… coming down.
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Predictive programming, or reaching high into the sky?
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Here is some cool conspiracy for your Sunday..
The theory behind this video: Predictive programming in BACK TO THE FUTURE.
The YOUTUBE video is well done, it gives us in depth coverage of Marty’s “Twin Pines” mall warnings about terrorists, and constant 9/11’s appearing in the movie.. of course numbers had to be inverted for that to be true.. There’s also the all seeing Illuminati eye.
The one part that got me a bit was the flames of the time traveling car looking like an 11 while a symbol for a fake store looked like a 9.
But for this video to be truly predictive programming screaming to viewers that a terrorist attack would occur on September 11 almost 20 years later, a lot of other things would have to be true, too.. Not to downplay those interesting numeric idiosyncrasies..
The filmmakers of BACK TO THE FUTURE would have had to be in the know. Robert Zemeckis, the writer and director, was apart of this conspiracy. So .. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT. THE POLAR EXPRESS, and other BACK TO THE FUTURE films would have the same little Easter Eggs of predictive programming as well?
While I never underestimate the chances that people are ‘in the know’ and that big groups behind the scenes are deplorable in their evil, some people see symbols and oddities in places where they may not be.
But that scene of the blazing 11 .. that one gets me. Not to say I buy into the full idea that Zemeckis wanted to warn us about something that would happen two decades later, but in hindsight lots of scenes are creepy. When pieced together..
But why didn’t anyone warn us of the 1993 attack. Or the bombing of the USS Cole. Or did they?
One of my favorite websites in the world is the 9/11 oddities and coincidences page on KILLTOWN. This is one of those website gems I have printed, saved, bookmarked and in a safe place in case the site ever ceases to exist.. On that page, there are years’ worth of strange occurrences in relation to 9/11, including just the strange idea that the Pentagon construction began on a 9/11 in 1941–months before another ‘day of infamy’ attack on America.. Another little point of interest is how Jim Jones wanted to fly a commercial airliner into San Francisco.. and how he didn’t care to tell the pilot how to land, only how to fly. The KILLTOWN page goes on in epic detail .. and we have the LONE GUNMAN episode.. and weird references in the SIMPSONS. And so much more.
Included with that pop culture listing: BACK TO THE FUTURE…
We can believe what we want to. We can see what we need to.
Just use as much careful and concrete common sense you can muster up. Use discernment. See the forest from the trees..
And don’t stretch it.
Truth is weirder than fiction, of course..still don’t stretch the truth.But that blazing 11.. and that 9. I see it.
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A proud moment
My wife, a proud graduate. Me, a proud husband. Ayden, a perfect angel during graduation (with the help of ear buds and an iPad.) A good day.
Tara had years of educational challenges. It was worth it.
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Autism and preeclampsia: A new study examines
The studies are endless.. While causes have yet to be found, lots of data may start sook pointing in the right direction..
The latest possibility of why autism happens comes from a study appearing in JAMA pediatrics .. .. it gives evidence that preeclampsia is the cause and that the events taking place in the womb at 20 months holds the key.. In essence, people on the spectrum were more than twice as likely to have been exposed in utero to preeclampsia..
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NORTH KOREAN CHRISTMAS GIFT? MORE SONY UPHEAVAL AS MORE SATURDAY HACKS CONTINUE
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER IS SPLASHING MORE LATE NIGHT SATURDAY BREAKING NEWS REGARDING SONY.. HOLLYWOOD WAS NOT ONLY ROCKED BY A TORNADO FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1983 BUT NOW ADDITIONAL GUARDIANS OF PEACE THREATS ARE BEING MADE..
From Ryan Gajewski at THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:
Hackers released a seventh cache of files leaked from Sony Pictures Entertainment on Saturday, along with a promise of more to come.
Someone claiming to be a member of hacking group Guardians of Peace sent an email to journalists that listed two web addresses where new Sony information could be found.
The email also said that a “Christmas gift” would be arriving soon that will “put Sony Pictures into the worst state.” Countless Sony files, revealing everything from embarrassing email threads to salary details, have been released online following a Nov. 24 cyberattack on the studio.
According to Recode, the newest batch of files includes a PowerPoint presentation given about Sony-backed video site Crackle.
Clearly the GOP realizes one thing: The media has eaten up the treasure trove of racist and juicy emails from Pascal and Rudin..
This site, and others, having been covering the SONY hack in depth.. There have been a number of twists..turns.. moments of shock. Emails of scorn.
Jolie got chicken pox..
Leo is ‘despicable.’
Will Smith? Jayden? No kind words..
Pascal got Sharpton’s rocks..THE TRUTH ROCKS.. IT’S A BRUTAL WORLD AFTER THE HACKS ATTACK HACKS..
But HOLLYWOOD hacks at Sony are going to have a very brutal Christmas season..
Just as their movie THE INTERVIEW gets set for Christmas, it appears this GOP group will wage even more cyber terror on investors and egos before the mistletoe gets hung..
So .. back to the question I keep asking.. an act of war??
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THE HACK ATTACK: IMPLICATIONS AND CYBER WAR AS SONY SUSPENDS FILMING
Sony suspends filming. And lots of other sordid truths now streaming out after hack attack »
Sony Pictures, which made the James Bond and Spider-Man films has abandoned shoots after hackers crippled its computers and leaked four films
This is huge..
The news is being submitted to the masses by THE TIMES in the UK.. The reason, so the story goes, is because all of the hacking implications have now led SONY unable to process payments..There are some other bits of news that join this headline about Sony today, including the news that Angelina Jolie cannot attend an UNBROKEN premiere because she has developed Chicken Pox!..
The brutal hack attack is doing a lot more hurt to credibility of not only SONY but other power players too.. Like Maureen Dowd, who according to leaked documents now being seen promised to show her column to Amy Pascal’s husband before publication.. Perhaps no ethical boundary was crossed, though? Dowd denies she did this. Sure the documents show she was going to, but now Maureen is in damage control..
With all of this information now becoming public—and more and more every day—SONY employees just got a message on their computers. From the hackers! According to an article appearing in THE WRAP, a new warning message was sent to computers.. the article dubbed it ‘ominous’. Several staffers who got the message, the WRAP says, felt disturbed after reading it..
Just to think back for a bit. This entire news cycle of hacking mania began when the Guardians of Peace delivered movies not released yet to the public after their hack job.. It wasn’t until days later that more of the drips and drabs of info was spilled. Racist emails between execs.. Dowd’s denials.. most of SONY pictures computers now offline to the point where payments cannot be processed. Social security numbers released. Families of employees getting threatening messages.. All because of THE INTERVIEW?
North Korea?
Still so many unanswered questions..And investors have just got to be watching this.
I have asked many times over since this story developed that, if North Korea is linked and proof is evident that the nation state was behind the hack job and subsequent further hackings and warnings, then what? Is this an act of war? Cyber war is how the future’s games are going to be played.. does America respond? Did we already?
Clandestine efforts may be made in the aftermath of the PR and criminal disaster now hitting SONY.
But follow up responses may not matter when payments aren’t made, the talent cast trust the employers, and the public sees the true secrets of Tinseltown’s most ugly players.This SONY hack attack has more implications than anyone could have imagined last month. Then it made a blip on the evening news.. A few movies released by hackers.
Today… so much more is happening. So much more of cyber war..
I have a feeling we are only seeing the opening credits in this long movie.
