More than 90 million people are under winter weather alerts and more than 87 million are under wind chill alerts. The alerts stretch across 37 states, dipping as far south as the Texas/Mexico border.
The number of people under winter alerts and wind chill alerts has grown to over 100 million people, or roughly a third of the US population, according to the National Weather Service.
The cold will stick around for Christmas weekend, making this the coldest Christmas in roughly 40 years for portions of the Plains and Midwest.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2022/12/21/weather/christmas-arctic-winter-storm-wednesday-wxn/index.html
Month: December 2022
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Frightening Christmas weather: A ‘once in a generation’ winter storm will impact nearly every state and cripple travel
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Happy solstice .. the sun is set to rise again.
This is the solstice, the still point
of the sun, its cusp and midnight,
the year’s threshold
and unlocking, where the past
lets go of and becomes the future;
the place of caught breath, the door
of a vanished house left ajar…Margaret Atwood
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Man with WWI explosive lodged in his rectum sparks bomb scare, hospital evacuation
They reassured us by telling us that it was a collector’s item from the First World War, used by the French military,” the hospital stated.
Stunned doctors subsequently began the process of trying to remove the object — which measured almost 8 inches long and more than 2 inches wide — from the man’s rectum.
— Read on nypost.com/2022/12/20/man-with-wwi-explosive-lodged-in-his-rectum-sparks-bomb-scare-hospital-evacuation/It is surmised that the man inserted the explosive into his rectum for sexual gratification. And now the world knows his secrets..
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ELON MUSK: TAKE THIS TWEET AND SHOVE IT
The CEO has spoken.. days after his poll asking people if he should resign as CEO of Twitter, he shocked the world again with another Tweet> He will resign when he finds someone .. foolish enough to take the job!!
Musk may have had the laugh at the voters expense? Or was it never real to begin with.
After all .. it’s the socials.. IS ANYTHING REAL!?
Meanwhile Tom, our old best friend from Myspace, is waiting in the wings..
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Weinstein verdict in
Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of three of seven charges against him, including rape, Monday in a Los Angeles sexual assault trial in which prosecutors said he used his Hollywood influence to lure women into private meetings and assault them.
Jurors found Weinstein not guilty of one count of sexual battery by restraint against another woman. They were a hung jury on one count of sexual battery by restraint, one count of forcible oral copulation and one count of rape related to two other women – including Jennifer Siebel Newsom, first partner to California Governor Gavin Newsom.
The three charges he was convicted of – rape, sexual penetration by foreign object and forcible oral copulation – were all tied to one of his accusers, a model and actress who testified the movie mogul assaulted her in a Beverly Hills hotel room in February 2013.
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All eyes on Musk
All eyes on Twitter this morning as Elon musk, most likely, we assume, or somehow addressed the pole that he posted Sunday night.
Maybe many were spambots. But 17 million votes later, an overwhelming majority of people or users in this situation have told Musk to leave.
Developing..
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Box office working blue: Avatar not as strong as expected while the WHALE fails..
This news developing tonight.. “Avatar 2” has come up short. Disney was hoping for a blow out with upwards of $175 million this weekend. The total is more like $130 million, which is certainly a big number but not the one to crow about.
It is starting to look like a Blue Christmas for a movie that everyone waited for for 13 years and cost at least $300 million and maybe as much as a billion with a B..
And consider it: With previews you will be at a theater for 4 hours or so. Is that worth it for a movie on the weekend before Christmas while Shopping and Dropping still has to take place?
Meanwhile Roger Freidman holds nothing back in his description of the WHALE’s failure:
Why am I not surprised by the negative reaction to “The Whale”? When I saw the film at the Hamptons Film Festival, I thought it was emotionally manipulative and over hyped. Since then, a lot of audiences didn’t like its take on the morbidly obese.
This second weekend of release saw a roughly 50% drop from the debut week. This weighty movie is not going to get off the ground. Brendan Fraser is fine, but his 600 pound fat suit is turning people off. The incredible nostalgia for Fraser, who was never a great actor, is not going to carry this thing over any threshold. Fraser is lucky: this is a light year for Best Actor nominees. He will get the semi-final nod because of it, but he won’t win.
Fraser’s 90s nostalgia seems similar, by the way, to the sentimental clamor for Ke Huy Quan in “Everything Everywhere.” It’s nice to see the “Indiana Jones” kid back, but this is a martial arts sci fi movie that becomes repetitive very quickly. Again, a nom for Best Supporting Actor, but Judd Hirsch and Brendan Gleeson are the real candidates for the top honor.
Meanwhile back to AVATAR… they have a long way to go to a billion.
Visually stunning, they call it..
..unwatchable say others..
Just not enough time say the rest!x x x
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Musk Tweet Mayhem: Will he step down!!?
He may be a controversial billionaire.. but no one could call Elon Musk boring.
Just when the weekend before Christmas seemed short of big news, Elon Musk typed something and launched a poll: Should he step down!?
He is asking users on Twitter to vote. And he said he will abide by the results!
He went on to subsequently post a few more interesting tidbits and hints..
But he also said be careful what you wish for.. you may get it!
But get what?
Intrigue abounds..
The poll comes after he was spotted meeting with Jared Kushner at the World Cup Final in Qatar.
But.. another Tweet response has Musk saying there is no successor chosen ..
“Twitter CEO Elon Musk and former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner were spotted enjoying the 2022 FIFA World Cup final on Sunday at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar,” reported The Hill. “…Kushner was seen standing next to Musk at the game.”
“The former White House adviser, who is married to former President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, was seen at other World Cup matches as well, including the United States’ World Cup match against England with the Trump family.”
All of this after a day of live Tweeting videos of the World Cup as Argentina took the championship–and sustaining controversy after a new policy was announced that you cannot promote your other social media accounts on Twitter..
DEVELOPING–MAYBE WITHIN HOURS..
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Pope Francis Says He Has Written Resignation Letter—in Case of Incapacity
Pope Francis said he signed a letter of resignation in the first year of his reign to provide for the possibility that he would become incapable of fulfilling his duties.
“I signed it and said, ‘If I should become impaired for medical reasons or whatever, here is my resignation,’” the pope told the Spanish daily newspaper ABC in an interview published Sunday.
— Read on www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-says-he-has-written-resignation-letter-in-case-of-incapacity-11671372517Peter the Roman..
Developing..
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Matthew Lillard set for FNAF movie!
After all these years of speculation.. finally some hard news on a movie that has been talked about since 2014..
Deadline confirmed that the FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S movie is going to feature Scream icon Matthew Lillard and The Hunger Games’ Josh Hutcherson.
Jason Blum confirmed on Twitter earlier this year that filming for Five Nights at Freddy’s would start in February 2023, with Emma Tammi (The Wind, Into the Dark) directing and FNaF series creator Scott Cawthon writing and producing.
Jim Henson’s Creature Shop will be working alongside Blumhouse to bring the game’s animatronics to life..
Everything seriously sounds like it’s finally coming together .. crossing fingers for a watchable adaptation!!