Horror Report

Day: December 31, 2018

  • 1919 was then. 2019 is now. 100 years later and the same fears and human emotions persist

    1919 was then. 2019 is now. 100 years later and the same fears and human emotions persist


    New years 1919.. 100 years back.. The temperature went down to 25 degrees and remained below 31 all day. 

    Sleet fell sporadically, mixed with rain. A blizzard loomed on the Panhandle and threatened Central Texas..

    Also in the war’s aftermath, labor unions began a series of strikes for higher pay and better benefits. Unions had stalled negotiations because of the war; now times were different, but management refused to bargain. 

    The Santa Fe Railway’s telegraphers went on strike just before New Year’s. Other unions joined in solidarity.

    “The fire department was called out twice Tuesday night (New Year’s Eve) to answer false alarms, presumably turned in by New Year’s celebrants,” the Telegram reported. 

    “The New Year was otherwise ushered in very quietly. At midnight, many guns were fired, but the whistles and bells joined in the noise very weakly.”

    Victories in Europe allowed the United States, once considered a backward uncouth nation, to emerge victorious as a 20th century superpower…

    That was then.

    2019 is now.

  • BIRDBOX with 45 mil?

    BIRDBOX with 45 mil?

    NO…
    Maybe?

    Netflix doesn’t give ratings.. but BIRD BOX is so popular it decided to come out of the ratings closet and tell some potentially tall tales…

    The streaming service on Friday said more than 45 million “accounts” have watched the Sandra Bullock-led film in its first week of release, the “best first 7 days ever for a Netflix film,” the company boasted in a Tweet….
    Rebecca Keegan of The Hollywood Reporter questioned the value of Netflix’s data in the absence of further context.
    “Does Susanne Bier’s agent use this data as leverage on her next film? How does a traditional studio considering her for a project view it?” Keegan asked on Twitter.

    Bier directed “Bird Box.”

    Exactly how Netflix qualifies what counts as a viewing is another question. Does the figure account for those who accidentally play the film from an auto-play option? Does it log “viewers” who only watch a few seconds or the entire film?

    NETFLIX has taken away their ratings grid.. people cannot bully some shows anymore into non-existence.. 
    And social media–word of mouth that is either true and original or contrived by intelligent brokers of Twitterverse behind the scenes–is better for the streaming service than any ad they could buy.
    But 45 million? …
    Bird Box?
    Those are some big numbers.
    And if true, it proves they know what we are watching.. streaming.. but does it know what you’re turning off midway through while you chill?
  • THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST OF TIMES! PREDICTIONS FOR 2019!

    THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST OF TIMES! PREDICTIONS FOR 2019!


    Every year I attempt to give me thoughts about the upcoming year and events that will occur..

    But first a breeze back in time. HOW DID I DO!?

    FROM 2017, WHAT I SAID WOULD BE THE STORIES OF 2018. My comments afterwards in bold. 

    1. Donald Trump is going to have a much more difficult time than expected. At least initially.  He will be besieged by protests and also by people within his own party. By the middle of the year, he will realize that by going directly to people above party leaders can motivate the electorate to accept some if his policies. I expect rallies by the end of the year to be a normal course of White House business.  There were rallies and yes, indeed, a lot of them.. Politics were business as usual as opposed to business as usual. I will give myself credit on this. 
    2. The stock market will hit 20,000 and stay within that range. By August we will be speculating when the market will hit 25,000. YES! Right .. .but the market dropped after. I would chalk this up as yet another victory in my predictions. 
    3. Vladimir Putin will either visit the United States or Donald Trump will visit Russia. Either way a more united front will emerge. They met. But not the visits I expected. HALF RIGHT.
    4. The weather in 2017 will be hot. As hot as 2016.. there may be slick spots of winter that emerge from time to time sporadically throughout the world, but the majority of the months to come will feature hotter than normal temperatures. Yep. As so it goes… Another point. 
    5. The British Royal family will have to decide how to move forward after a tragic scenario.. there may be a new queen before 2018. I will try again next year. No point.
    6. Stephen Colbert may be facing cancellation in 2017. There is going to be a dramatic realignment of late night TV. People are tired of an obsessive amount of politics during the daytime hours. The nighttime should be sacred for comedy. People may turn on political version of such by rebelling against the Colbert program on CBS. Wow how wrong could I be!! Trump helped him. No chance of this …
    7. BREXIT. Trump. I think France and Germany will have upheaval in 2017. The world is shaking like a post-earthquake atmosphere from the changes in 2016. Transitions something are sloppy. And we have somehow transitioned into something very different than we were in 16.. Yes.. but not being specific, I will not give myself a point.
    8. Major hacking will reveal something in 2017. Either from Wikileaks, or a source not yet to be named. Secrets will become revealed in 2017 to make us question what type of reality we live in. Nope..
    9. Though everyone seems to predict it, Donald Trump will be aggressive in NOT declaring war or bombing other nations. (This is a prediction, but also a prayer) Right.
    10. Virtual reality! All the rage in 2016! …..but just wait. I predict the opposite for 2017. Nope.

    And now without further ado some predictions for 2019…….

    1. Economic uncertainly! Will we collapse!? Will we fail?! All of this is on the table as markets go up and down with high momentum.. Big changes and shifts. We will end the year mostly strong, but 2020 remains the enigma.. Election year recession? It’s possible by the end of ’19
    2. Donald Trump investigations galore! But what to see!? Everyone around him will be in trouble trouble.. him> …. he will make it to 2020 …
    3. Democrats in Congress MAY impeach Trump but the Senate will not convict…
    4. Most high ranking officials around Trump will continue to resign or go to jail. It’s mayhem at the highest levels!
    5. Weather!? Yep. Another big story. Few snow events but much more in the rain and flooding and tsunamis category… it’s going to be a brutal year.
    6. Robots will begin to take over parts of many industries.. people will start seeing the end of their careers thanks to tech.
    7. SEARS will be gone, as will many other major retailers that have been around for 200 years. I guess that’s called progress…..
    8. Big big celestial events will cause chaos and fright as blood moons and eclipses reign supreme..  These space events will coincide with strange anomalies on this planet. We live in strange times. 
    9. TECH OVERLOAD!!! We will start doing yoga.. seeking out peace.. and anything NOT associated with computers and smartphones…
    10. Ruth Bader Ginsberg will .. well… there will be a new nomination for the Supreme Court.. and the rest of the year of politics will be hell………………….