The Chinese rocket, out of control and in a collision course with the crust of the planet, has crashed.
Most likely somewhere in the Indian Ocean..
The chances were always great that the ocean would swallow up the debris.. but for a few hours tonight it got dicey as the rocket passed over several nations and island states..
Meanwhile this is a developing story..
You can sleep easy tonight.
The vaccine rush has left Johnson and Johnson grasping for air.. Pfizer’s profits have been wide.. In just the first four months of vaccines being administered, the company reportedly earned $3.5 billion with a B .. it is expected to have close to $30 bil in profits in 2021!
The roaring 20s for the roarings Pharms..
Meanwhile Pfizer will be heading to the federal government to get full final approval of its arm jabs, with the goal in mind of having the age 2 to 12 bracket in getting vaccinated in September for the 21/22 school year.
Pfizer is the first coronavirus vaccine maker in the U.S. to request full approval. Like Pfizer, the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines had been previously cleared for use under the agency’s emergency use authorization — a less rigorous approval method to aid a swifter response to the pandemic.
An FDA approval for a vaccine means the agency has decided that its benefits outweigh the known risks following a review of the manufacturer’s testing results.
If granted, Pfizer’s full stamp of approval would only apply to the vaccine for people who are 16 and older. Meanwhile, the vaccine maker is seeking emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine to include children between 12 and 15.
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The kids aren’t alright
Pfizer said it will seek emergency authorization for the COVID vaccine for kids ages 2-11 in September, The New York Times reported .. The news comes as the the FDA is expected to authorize the Pfizer vaccine for kids 12-15 in the next week, sources have said. In March, the pharmaceutical giant began testing the vaccine on kids aged 6 months to 11 years old.
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The other implication, Dr. Avula said, was possible governmental mandating of the vaccine. “When we’ve tackled this question over the last few months, it wasn’t even a consideration because the government couldn’t mandate a vaccine that was under EUA, Emergency Use Authorization. Now that we, you know, may be seeing this move to full licensure in a few months — that does open up the possibility,” said Dr. Avula.
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The original claimed it was banned in 48 countries! But that didn’t stop your friend but somehow getting a hold of the VHS and sneaking your classmates into his living room to get grossed out for 113 minutes. The childhood rite of passage of the 1980s, though disjointed and horrid, is making a strange comeback.
This is how Borys Kit from the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER pens it,
Legendary Entertainment, currently basking in the box office glow of hit Godzilla vs. Kong, has picked up the rights to the title with the goal of launching a new horror franchise. Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber, the team behind the 2018 psychological thriller Cam, will write and direct, respectively. Producing will be Susan Montford and Don Murphy of Angry Films, who are behind Legendary’s fast-tracked multiplatform Buck Rogers reboot, are producing. Cory Kaplan will co-produce while Rick Benattar of BT Productions will exec produce. John Burrud, the producer of the original movies, will also work on the new iteration.
The original version filmed in 1978 had the premise of traveling the world to see the most gruesome and detestable ways to perish. Death abounded in the film. .While many of the scenes of the movie were staged, it did not matter for the mostly young audience of kids in the Reagan era. And with each parental or adult warning to stay away from Faces of Death..
Much has changed since the 80s. While the revulsion of this film shocked parents who found out their kids saw it, the internet has opened the door to countless chances to see even worse. And real .. So how will the filmmakers create a new plotline that relates to our modern age of the 21st century? This is the possible plotline outlined by the Hollywood Reporter:
The new plot revolves around a female moderator of a YouTube-like website whose job is to weed out offensive and violent content and who herself is recovering from a serious trauma, who stumbles across a group that is re-creating the murders from the original film. But in the story primed for the digital age of online misinformation, the question is: Are the murders real or fake?
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Those who did not live through the last two decades of the 21st century may not realize how both magical and stunningly limited it was. Few who watched the Faces of Death actually knew the movie wasn’t real.. we all squirmed and closed our eyes thinking what we were seeing was some elicit footage of actual murder and death from the planet. Little did we know how amazing the marketing was even then.
At the time, the movie got awful reviews. Really, really bad reviews. But then the film made more than $35 mil in the box office and become a 30-year cult classic that most kids watched in groups secretly as they became a teenager.
The ‘banned in 40 countries’ claim probably was not true. Plus the idea that everything in the movie was real footage also was not true. But In their book Killing for Culture, authors David Kerekes and David Slater note that the movie had the inclusion of an extreme fatal accident; “the shattered remains of a cyclist are seen under a semi-tractor trailer. The camera pans long enough to capture paramedics scooping up blood clots, brain matter, and clumps of hair from the tarmac – this incident is authentic and culled from newsreels.”
The film was banned in the UK. It was banned in New Zealand. Australia refused to classify it.
One of the events that created a firestorm of controversy happened in November 1986, when a fourteen-year-old Rod Matthews bludgeoned his classmate Shaun Ouilette to death with a baseball bat. The idea to kill Ouilette was supposedly conceived after Matthews viewed Faces of Death, curious what it would be like if he were to actually kill someone..
And the rest.. was history..
The 1980s were a run time, mostly filled with antsy feelings from adults over the Satanic Panic and movies like this.
This newspaper article from 1986 shows how people were worried about teenagers being infatuated with some of the more horrendous sides of life.. An ‘expert’ quoted in the article summarized it by saying that since we live in a violent time, this is just another example of symptom of that.
Compared to our time now, some may consider this film to be tame.
But it sure wasn’t then…
And to this date, debate about the film and its legacy live on….
Mattel has released images of new He-Man Power-Con exclusives for 2021..
Now, if the latest hunt across American toy aisles for He-Man toys is any lesson, getting these newer editions for 2021 will be just as rough if not worse..
Pre-orders begin next Saturday, May 15th 2021.. The Power-Con website is going to continue posting updates about the pre-sale..
Here are some of the newer expensive toys:
MOTU Origins: Faker 2-PackPower-Con is being held September 11 & 12 in Anaheim, California.
THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY..
A cyberattack forced the shutdown of one of the largest pipelines in the United States, in what appeared to be a significant attempt to disrupt vulnerable energy infrastructure. The pipeline carries refined gasoline and jet fuel up the East Coast from Texas to New York.
ALL OPERATIONS WERE HALTED FRIDAY
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The operator of the system, Colonial Pipeline, said in a statement late Friday that it had shut down its 5,500 miles of pipeline, which it says carries 45 percent of the East Coast’s fuel supplies, in an effort to contain the attack on its computer networks. Earlier Friday, there were disruptions along the pipeline, but it was unclear whether that was a direct result of the attack.
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In the statement, the company said that it learned on Friday that it “was the victim of a cybersecurity attack,” but it provided no details. Such an attack could involve malware that shut down its operations or ransomware demanding payment to unlock computer files or systems.
45% of the East Coast’s fuel supply is carried through one delivery system, operated by Colonial Pipeline, the victim of a cyberattack Friday. The shutdown was precautionary; company says attack did not impact delivery. But, that’s a lot of dependency on one company…
Again, this is supplies half of the East Coast’s gas and plane fuel..
The radio legend died on Friday the 13th in April 2018, but his name is living on. Not just because of an online networks of fans still trading and listening to all of his past shows, but because of a court case–about his past shows!
The subject of all of this is the Dark Matter Radio Network. This was the little network that could that was able to broadcast out Bell’s final program, DARK MATTER, to the masses.
There is an ongoing lawsuit in the state of New Jersey about the final 100 programs that Art Bell did for the network.. It’s Michael Marshalek of Hoboken vs David Rubini of Texas.. The crux of the suit: Rubini claims that Marshalek invested in his online radio venture and then stole Bell’s archives. He aims to get them back..
In court documents, Rubini declares himself the company’s rightful owner, saying he agreed to buy the network with Marshalek’s help. But the deal went south, with Marshalek seizing the company and archives of Bell’s last 100 shows, according to the suit.
Rubini is based in Dallas. But the battle for Bell’s former company will play out inside a courtroom in Hudson County, where Marshalek lives and Rubini is suing him.
Rubini’s demands: the company and its master recordings, plus $5 million in damages. It’s a steep number, but if you ask Rubini, the legal fuss is all about ensuring that Bell’s legacy — in all its mad glory — remains in the right hands.
According to Rubini, the two struck a handshake agreement in March 2020 for Marshalek to buy the service at $80,000 and then sign it over Rubini, who would pay back the loan with no interest. Marshalek would be a silent lender who just wanted Dark Matter to flourish, Rubini says he thought. But his opinions have changed.
The report goes on to say that a lengthly legal battle is about to begin..
More from the report on Marshalek:
In October, Marshalek was arrested at his Garden Street home after allegedly barricading himself inside the apartment with his son. Hudson County’s SWAT team put the neighborhood on lockdown. After four hours, they breached the brownstone and removed the child, according to a police affidavit.
In October, Marshalek was arrested at his Garden Street home after allegedly barricading himself inside the apartment with his son. Hudson County’s SWAT team put the neighborhood on lockdown. After four hours, they breached the brownstone and removed the child, according to a police affidavit.
The incident stemmed from a dispute over whether his disabled son would have to wear a mask at school, Marshalek told the Hudson County View in January. He’s filed a notice of his intent to sue the city for wrongful arrest and property damage, the paper said.
We will continue following this newer story the best we can.. It may play out in a fashion that is not always in the public eye. Perhaps mysterious and reassuring?
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