January 2015 – Page 4 – Horror Report

CHARLIE HEBDO SHOOTING ROCKS FRANCE, AND THE WORLD

This is a developing story and it has global ramifications ..

At least 12 now dead after what the nation of France is considering a terror attack..two of the dead are police officers..

The shooting took place at the offices of the magazine CHARLIE HEBDO..that magazine has been running satirical images mocking Mohammed recently..

Kim Hjelmgaard of USA TODAY writes,

Armed gunmen wearing black hoods stormed the offices of the publication in a suburb of the city before firing automatic weapons in a scene police described as “carnage,” local media reported. The attackers were heard shouting “Allahu Akbar,” an Islamic phrase that means “God is great.”

The masked men who went into the name and asked for specific names before the shooting began walked out and got away..

They were also armed with a rocket launcher along with their Kalashinkovs..

Minutes before the shooting, CHARLIE HEBDO tweeted a satirical image of Mohammed.. Moments later their office building was under siege and the murderous rampage took place..

There is also video of the attacks.. raw video showcasing the shootings.. Originally, the media reported that they had video but chose, initially,not to air footage. That self imposed embargo has been obliterated after the video streamed online millions of times over already.. in the footage, sounds of gunfire can be clearly heard, as can frequent shouts of Allahu Akbar..

Jean Cabut, a graphic artist known to readers by his pen name Cabu, and Stéphane Charbonnier, the magazine’s editor in chief known by his pseudonym Charb, were among the dead, the police said..

Since the attack, a car bombing has made news in Paris.. French media reports indicate that an explosion took place outside of a Synagogue in Sarcellas.. There is video of the aftermath of the car bombing here..

The killings also follow the official warning of attacks that were previously heralded..

Three terror suspects are on the loose..

Developing story..

Breaking: Car Bomb Reported at Paris Synagogue »

“The aim is to laugh. We want to laugh at the extremists — every extremist. They can be Muslim, Jewish, Catholic. Everyone can be religious, but extremist thoughts and acts we cannot accept.”

–

Charlie Hebdo journalist LAURENT LEGER, speaking after the firebombing of his publication’s offices in 2011; the controversial magazine had published caricatures of the prophet Muhammad.

(via Time Magazine)

And the events of today have led to anything but laughter..

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pYURQJh6xA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque]

Raw footage of the Paris terror attack..

FLASHBACK: White House slams French magazine Charlie Hebdo over Islam cartoons »

An interesting flasback via poorrichardsnews:

This is from 2012. Leave it to the Obama administration to take the side of the terrorists…

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Wednesday criticized the “judgment” of a French satirical magazine for publishing cartoons that are critical of the Islamist political movement, amid the routine threat of attacks by Islamists during President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign.

“We are aware that a French magazine published cartoons featuring a figure resembling the prophet Muhammad, and obviously we have questions about the judgment of publishing something like this,” Carney told reporters during a midday press briefing at the White House.

“We know these images will be deeply offensive to many and have the potential be be inflammatory,” Carney said in a prepared statement.

The French government reacted to the expected threats by temporarily shutting down embassies and schools in 20 countries with significant Muslim populations.

Certainly, in the perceptive of today’s events, this is interesting..

This is an image of a police offering begging for his life at the Charlie Hebdo building.. The media is opting to only show this still image and now the next scene in which the officer has his head blown off..

The TEXAS shaking

There has been nine earthquakes in under 24 hours in Texas.. the most recent and final was called a strong one. None are aftershocks, but this swarm has shocked researchers and residents..

This is from Tuesday January 6 through January 7 2015.. So far.
I suspect more will be happening..

7:37 a.m. 2.3 magnitude
3:10 p.m. 3.5 magnitude
6:52 p.m. 3.6 magnitude
8:11 p.m. 2.9 magnitude
8:12 p.m. 2.7 magnitude
9:54 p.m. 1.7 magnitude
10:05 p.m. 2.4 magnitude
11:02 p.m. 1.6 magnitude
12:59 a.m. 3.1 magnitude

~~9 in 24 hours..~~

Make that 11 in 27!

New information breaking shows a steady continuation of the quakes around Dallas..

The latest two ..

8:34 a.m. Wednesday 2.6 magnitude

9:57 a.m. Wednesday 2.7 magnitud

SEALED WITH A KISS. WELCOME BACK TO THE 20TH CENTURY

ing wrong.

This is the now. There is no more future..
To hear the debates in Congress, the tired old foolish whims of old men, is beyond frustrating. The lackluster performance isn’t a verdict on the system–the amazing part of our founding fathers is that devised something that could withstand war and rage and the tests of time. But what needs changed are the minds and attitudes of the ruling class.

There is a great unveiling occurring across the internet world.

This week, I was reminded of the 1990s again.. Bill Clinton was able to get away with quite a bit and leave office with a nation loving his presidency.. The Seinfeld era, a decade about nothing, was a success for Clinton.. His sexual tribulations didn’t matter but instead led to a more erect President in front of the American people.. Things may change now though in this century.. Clinton finds himself embroiled in a strange and lurid scandal involving a pedophile named Jeffrey Epstein.. And now thanks to the internet (and the British press) we are finding out quite a bit more than we ever though possible about Bubba. And his 20+ phone numbers. We also know that the houseman for Epstein cleaned his sex toys and was constantly afraid he would disappear. Matt Drudge was the lone wolf in the 1990s who cleared the way for the internet when he blazed a headline and siren on his page about Bill Clinton having sex with an intern in the White House. If it was sex, of course.. But these days, the DAILY BEAST is the one who is claiming other media sources dropped the ball on the Epstein scandal.. Vicky Ward wrote a piece titled “I tried to warn you about sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2002.” Among her interesting words,

Upon hearing of my assignment, Epstein had invited me to an off-the-record tea at his Upper East Side house (during which I distinctly remember he rudely ate all the finger food himself) and then had his assistant call to tell me he’d thought I was pretty.

Even more

Separately, Hoffenberg’s daughter has gotten in touch—and it’s gotten me thinking. There are some injustices that maybe only time can right. And perhaps now is the time. Things happened then that simply shouldn’t have, and if I don’t talk about them, then probably no one will.

Ward’s piece for VANITY FAIR on Epstein was scrubbed of any references to women claiming abuse. That was 2002. Eons ago in Internet language.

The future is now. The scandals of yesterday have a renewed place in the Internet of today, and a new generation is constantly judging the old one. Children not of age in the 1990s may wonder why Bill Clinton got away with it.. children not of age in the 1980s recently became shocked at the fall of Bill Cosby from the national applause sign..

Everything that’s old is new.
Except our Congress..

There the same debates still occur as they did in the late 1980s.. Many people still be in a mindset that there’s a Cold War.. that we are far away from others .. instead we’ve never been closer. With our modern technology, we have never known more about everything and everywhere in the world.

We are educated. We are understanding. And we are not young and dumb..

Some may be able to stop a few websites. But not a billion. Not a trillion.

There’s information beyond our wildest dreams. And quite frankly, LOTS of it is true. Even the ‘tin foil’ types have facts to back up their often lengthy diatribes about our modern world and news of the day..

The economy is changing drastically.. pop culture is evolving every 12 hours.. the weather is more fierce and the demographics of America are rapidly evolving.

But John Boehner is the speaker of the House. And Nancy Pelosi kissed him.

LARGE GEOMAGNETIC STORM UNEXPECTED HITS EARTH

UNEXPECTED Strong geomagnetic storm hits Earth »

The warning also said that the storm could push the area where the Aurora could be seen as far south as Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon.

The main intensity of the storm was supposed to have affected the planet just before 6:30 a.m. but the storm was reported to still be in progress at 9 a.m.

The storm was being called ‘unexpected’ .. This is how SPACE WEATHER documented today’s event:

UNEXPECTED GEOMAGNETIC STORM: A strong G3-class geomagnetic storm erupted during the early hours of Jan. 7th, sparking bright auroras around Earth’s poles. What happened? The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) near our planet tipped south, opening a crack in Earth’s magnetosphere. Solar wind poured in to fuel the strongest magnetic storm since Sept. 2014. NOAA analysts believe the fluctuation in IMF is related to the arrival of a CME originally expected to miss Earth. Browse the aurora gallery for pictures of the event.

The geomagnetic storm is the strongest to hit Earth since September..

The Tuesday morning terrors.. from around the world and beyond

Just a sampling of the strange activities taking place around the planet as we speak..

A new plan in Britain seems extra creepy: Toddlers will be spied on to see if they exhibit any early signs of being terror sympathizers.. The government calls it the ‘duty’ of nursery teachers to spot terrorists in the making..

More intrigue as various sources begin to report Bill Clinton’s connection with Florida pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.. As previously reported, Epstein had over 20 numbers for the former President and, in the past, Clinton took a number of trips to the same private island that Prince Andrew did–the same place where underage girls were reportedly held and given to men and powerful elite .. The SMOKING GUN website indicates that Clinton and Epstein traveled together even though police were investigating him at the time..

MORE: Prince Andrew accused of using underage sex slave..

Flashback Rand Paul: Bill Clinton is a sexual predator..

EXPLOSIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA.. these weird blasts have been taking place near Lancaster, PA// Residents have been both hearing and feeling explosions under their feet but law enforcement haven’t the clue as to what they could be..

Doctors have euthanized over 650 babies as part of assisted suicide law in the Netherlands.. People who argued that those with only terminal illnesses would face such a consequence are now being rattled by these numbers.. some are raising eyebrows and suspecting that babies with disabilities are facing the brunt of these deaths.. More coverage of this in the British press with the UK DAILY MAIL writing, bluntly, that parents who don’t want their children are killing them in Holland.. This is the very ‘slippery slope’ that many progressives said would not happen…

Now police want to be included in federal hate crimes law..

Welcome to the future of sex without partners: A vibrator that can sync to your iPhone..

WASHINGTON POST reporting a very blunt fact: In ten years, your job will not exist..

Cameras caught something bizarre along a highway in Arizona.. Some say an animal, others say bigfoot.. I saw people who knew a camera was there and wanted to cause a stir. And then they did–if it was people. The story has gone worldwide today..

Just as predicted ..

The HORROR REPORT said months ago that the WOMAN IN BLACK 2 would be a surprise hit in January–January is an exceptionally good time to release PG-13 horror movies..

And without fail, we were right on the prediction..

The WOMAN IN BLACK 2 did not have enough scare to surpass THE HOBBIT, which is continuing to get incredibly high numbers in the box office both domestic and international, but it did defy the odds and surpass its own estimates. It grossed an estimated $15mil or more, beating the distributor’s prediction of a $9 mil weekend–strongest nights were Friday and Saturday, undoubtedly date night crowds chomping for horror after the Christmas and New Years holidays wrapped up..

But according to estimates and indications, WOMAN IN BLACK 2 played very good with female and younger crowds as opposed to a male-centric audience.

This is what HORROR and other genres are going to have to play to now.. Horror’s broader appeal to women is going to change the face and shape of horror movies.. The gore may buckle under the pressure of deeper scares–the movie BABADOOK is a clear example of a movie playing to the deep fears within women..

It’s not just a man’s world anymore.

Father and son photographic reunion..

When I was 3 and a half, I was featured in a book. There was a full-spread page with a photo of me leaning up against a borehole in the town of Centralia, smoke was billowing from the background and a group of teenagers were running from the camera–one may have been my brother. The shot looked more like a scene from a third world nation .. But at that point, a mine fire had infected the underground nearest my home and the situation was getting dire.

The book was SLOW BURN. You can see that image here from photographer Renee Jacobs..

Yesterday there was a haunting moment when I saw my own past come back for a split second in vivid detail.. the black and white photo of my from 1983 suddenly was in color, standing on front of me.. My son Ayden, incidentally the same age as me when I was featured in SLOW BURN, was standing on front of empty SEARS store shelving in the Schuylkill Mall, Frackville PA.. Sears of closing after the corporate decision to make Frackville one of the many locations that would shudder in 2015. There were only a handful of items left, all marked with an ‘all sales final’ warning under the 70% off all merchandise signs. Business was brisk–people were even rudely clamoring for more money off.. Even the store shelves were being purchased. All things must go. Including history.

When Ayden was in front, I said “look at me and smile!” and snapped the photo with my iPhone. Instead of a smile, I caught him sort of in a wide-mouthed surprised look at what he was seeing. I think he realized that this store, once filled with items to the point where you could hardly walk, was vanishing. Now it’s becoming a giant open field of tiled floors..

As I watched Ayden walk around the soon to be closed Sears at the mall today I realized the importance of this simple photo. When he is 30 or so, retail will be a distant memory. The way we buy everything will have changed.. This picture captured a moment, just one moment, when it was in its final phase..

While he may not remember the day or time this picture was taken, the evidence of it will allow Ayden will impress his own children with tales of malls and how he once, as a child, walked in stores to buy products instead of purchasing them in his body chip implant and have same day drone delivery..

Of course Ayden’s picture is not being published in a book. But it is on his father’s website. And that’s the way things are now.. until something else comes around and makes websites so 2000 and late.

A moment in time.. As life shifts.

Late Sunday update

A Royal Scandal of epic proportions broke over night across the planet.. News circulated that Prince Andrew may have been secretly filmed having sex with an underage girl! The story revolves around the elite’s friend Jeffrey Epstein.. British media is also pointing out that Bill Clinton had a relationship with Epstein that included travels to his private island.. Along with Clinton: Highpriced celebrities from Hollywood, politics, science, and entertainment.. Another name, besides Prince Andrew, named in the lawsuit: Alan Dershowitz.

MORE:
BUCKINGHAM PALACE STRENGTHENS DEFENSE..
INDEPENDENT: Prince Andrew regret his friendship now..
Andrew steps up denials in sex slave case..

And the past is haunting in the UK, too: The UK TELEGRAPH is reporting that Margaret Thatcher’s confidant former conservative minister Sir Peter Morrison lured a 14-year-old into a guesthouse and abused him.. The police covered up the crime after..

Cuddly Kim Jong Un plays with children..

Two earthquakes hit Los Angeles within 20 minutes of each other..

Pope Francis names 15 new Cardinals–none from the United States..

Happy new fears: A complete list of the 12 disasters that could end the world!

The biggest threat to humanity: THE INTERNET!?

Monsanto’s earnings may nosedive, could drop by 50%..

Polar vortex (or winter?) set to return next week..
Brutal cold and clippers..

KFOR reporting: New proposal in Oklahoma City may make it a $500 fine to simply wear a hoodie..

Reviews continue to give high praise to BLACK MIRROR.. I recently began viewing this now somewhat old British series.. So far interesting results. Perhaps when I have the chance to finally finish the full episode listing I will write up a review..

Good advice from the mouths of bosses: How to stay cool under pressure..

A Sunday Morning Sidewalk in ’15

A 4.9 quake struck Idaho today.. no major damage, but rattled nerves.. also it caused rock slides that blocked several roads..

Alarm sounds on sugar: New effort underway to bring attention to chronic disease connection with over consumption of sugar..

Madonna edits images of civil rights icons and posts them on twitter.. now she is busy defending herself (And enjoying the public attention) ..

Happy new fear: Scores of giant asteroids to begin buzzing by earth in February.. This story has been around for some times–and vast conspiracy sites have warned over the earth destruction coming .. but there is real science to this, and it’s endlessly important that we monitor the stars and space to ensure if the pink stars begin falling we know about it prior..

Speaking of space..
NASA reveals a mystery on the sun.. coronal hole on the solar surface where winds reach 500 miles PER SECOND..

MORE from the sun: Only a few days ago, sunspot AR2253 did not exist. Now the fast-growing active region is wider than the planet Jupiter…On the latest NASA information, the sunspot seemingly is growing in size still.

If you are lucky enough not to be getting hit with a winter storm today: The annual Quadrantid meteor shower, caused by debris from shattered comet 2003 EH1, peaks on Sunday, January 4th…

What your Android knows about you: It can hear your conversations and it always knows where you are..

Pacific Coast sea bird dieoff is puzzling scientists.. They have been found dead in the hundreds along the Pacific coastline.. Mass die-offs of the small, white-bellied gray birds known as Cassin’s aucklets have been reported from British Columbia to San Luis Obispo, California..

66 grocery stores CLOSING in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia PA..

CIA admits to being behind UFO sightings of the 1950s and 60s..BUT!!!! It only means that HALF of the sightings are accounted to.. The truth is still out there.

Great video accounts for every day of a pregnancy..

BOKO HARAM now abducts 40 boys and young men ages 10 to 23..

The first weekend box office of 2015: HOBBIT number 1 again but WOMAN IN BLACK 2 a big surprise .. I have written before that January is one of the best months for horror. So this showing does not surprise me at all–especially given that this sequel maintained a PG-13 rating, an important thing for the success of a horror movie in January.

New research claims that creative thinking actually creates dishonesty… My response? DON’T HUG ME I’M SCARED part 1.

The year of the goat and sheep. And ram. Expect the horns

YEAR OF THE GOAT..

No, that’s not a famous song line, you’re thinking of the year of the cat..

This is the year of the goat–or at least will be in February when the Chinese new year ends the horse we have been living through and gives us a brand new theme with a brand new animal.. The goat..

I am about tired of the recycling of 2014 at this point.. the memories, the years in review. Sure, even I promulgated a year in review, but in my opinion did it early enough to let it exist without forcing it down anyone’s throat.

The ball has since dropped. Ryan Seacrest has since cleaned off at least some guyliner, and Taylor Swift hopefully put on some pants.. It’s 2015..

But as we enter into the goat’s time period under Saturn, it’s fair to take a quick look as to what it may or may not mean..

The sheep, or goat is among the calmest of animals in tradition.
This year has been called the year of the sheep.. it’s the year of the goat. And even more, in 2015, the Chinese animal sign for 2015 is ‘yang.’ That is the inclusive term for the sheep and goat together, which speaks of that conflict as to what animal this year in fact is going to be represented by. Since the Chinese calender can’t really decide, I will: It’s actually, really, the year of the ram.

Things seem good, too. At least according to the horoscopes so many take stock in.. This year will be more positive, we are told.. the sheep’s meekness, or the goat’s givingness will endure. Of course, with any animal, especially a ram, expect a fierce kick to the backside now and then from fate.

There is a chance, we are told by some experts, that we will be seeing an immediate change in the way we look at problems this Ram year..

Sheepish people may be pessimistic. The ram may use that to its advantage..

The last time we endured a year of a sheep or goat was 2003. While my nostalgic memory longs for the days when I was 23 years of age, world history wasn’t too nice. That was the year of war, when George W. Bush launched the Iraq attack in March and the United States began frying “Freedom fries” in honor..

The logic in China is that it’s best to have a child before February of this year, since a baby born during a ‘horse’ is more likely to be a leader in the future as opposed to one born during the sheepish months that are coming..

In Western culture, of course, the sheep may mean something far darker than the the honorable meekness is represents in Asia. In the United States, for example, leading the sheep to slaughter is a common term to showcase the stupidity of the sheep or goat, and how easily others can prey upon them..

As 2015 begins, so do predictions over what this year will bring. Last night, George Noory hosted a predictions Coast to Coast AM with Joseph Jacobs, Glynis McCants and her numbers, John Hogue and his quatrains, and Vincent Genna. Hogue had perhaps the more interesting take on what 2015 will bring: His point is that 2015 is going to be the time period that could be called the year of the spark, when something may light the explosion.. Additionally, the American dream is going to be refined and retuned, he said..

Clyde Lewis had similar thoughts last night on his own program GROUND ZERO.. Lewis worried that a black swan event will take place in 2015..

The HORROR REPORT has already made its predictions..
While the important events of the year that take place can never be prognosticated regardless of the ‘clairvoyant’ uttering the words, themes can be .. moods and collective consciousness, I argue, can sway the mood of the nation and planet.

But those surprises that come when you least expect them are the true life changing events..

Meek and mild mannered sheep we may be.. but a ram is coming. And that ram may have a field day with the year of the goat.