Month: October 2025

Cue the pun: Monkeys business

Yet again monkeys with viruses are on the loose

LoRemember a couple of years ago in Danville, Pennsylvania, when that truck full of monkeys crashed and they got loose for several days? Those monkeys were supposedly carrying some kind of virus, and the whole town was on edge while they ran around before finally being caught. Wild times.

Well, it’s happening again, this time in Mississippi.

Authorities there say several monkeys “have been destroyed,” but three are still on the loose after a truck carrying them crashed on Tuesday.

At first, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department posted on Facebook that the rhesus monkeys were carrying Hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID, and were considered aggressive toward humans … meaning anyone handling them needed to wear protective gear.

But later, the sheriff’s office clarified those comments with a statement from Tulane University, confirming the monkeys were not infected after all.

Tulane University says they’ll be sending a team tomorrow to collect the remaining monkeys still in cages.

As of right now, police say three monkeys are still on the loose.

Jamaica struggles as hurricane Melissa decimates

This is what Public Accounts are saying is happening right now on the lost island of Jamaica.

Hospitals across Jamaica have been devastated as Hurricane Melissa tears through the island with Category 5 strength. First responders are calling the situation “beyond critical.”

In St. Elizabeth Parish, the Black River Hospital suffered roof collapses and power loss, forcing staff to evacuate patients as floodwaters rose. Health Minister Christopher Tufton confirmed that at least four major hospitals have sustained severe structural damage, while others operate on emergency power.

Doctors and nurses are working in darkness, using flashlights to treat patients as fuel, oxygen, and supplies run low. Rescue efforts remain stalled by blocked roads and widespread power outages that have left more than half a million Jamaicans without electricity. Officials warn that the country’s health system is nearing collapse as Hurricane Melissa continues to unleash catastrophic winds and flooding across the island.

This is a developing situation

May God have mercy on Jamaica

Jamaica is now feeling the full fury of Hurricane Melissa. This is one of the most powerful storms the island has ever faced—and very likely the strongest of 2025. The eye has crossed onto land, and what is unfolding will be etched into the record books.

Wind-speeds have surged into the 175 mph range, with reconnaissance aircraft recording values near 185 mph and a central pressure dropping to 892 millibars—figures that place Melissa among the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever documented.

What happens now is waiting — and enduring. The eye has taken hold: the damage is being done right now. This is a long-duration event. The storm’s force, its rains, surge, and winds will leave a mark long after its passage. Homes will be flattened, people displaced, infrastructure gutted. Many lives will be forever changed.

If you’re reading this while the storm is underway: stop what you’re doing, offer a prayer for Jamaica. The island is going through a life-changing event. It will never be the same.

Politics and pop culture collide again as Halo memes being used for recruitment



📣 When the White House Borrows from Halo: A Recruitment Gambit That’s Both Brilliant and Unnerving

So here’s a wild one for you. Imagine this: the powers that be in the White House, or at least whoever’s running their social media playbook , decide to roll out a recruitment campaign for ICE and Homeland Security. And what do they use to get people’s attention? An image straight out of Halo…the Flood, that creepy parasitic alien menace.

Now, let’s break this down a bit, because there’s a lot going on here. On one level, it’s actually a pretty clever piece of marketing if you think about who they’re targeting. They’re obviously aiming at a certain demographic.. people who grew up on Halo, who understand the reference, and who might feel a little secret thrill of recognition. It’s like a hidden message just for them: “Hey, you know what the Flood is? Then you get what we’re talking about.”

But on the flip side, and this is where it gets shaky, it’s also a little unnerving. They’re turning a fictional alien invasion that consumes everything in its path into a metaphor for real human beings. And let’s be honest, it’s not exactly a flattering metaphor. It kind of puts a militarized target on people, and that’s where it gets ethically murky.

It also tells you a lot about the Trump-era approach to media and marketing. They took what Obama did with social media back in 2008 and cranked it up to eleven. They know how to dominate the internet game and how to get attention.. good press, bad press, it all keeps them in the spotlight. And this is just another example of that: using a piece of pop culture that resonates with a certain group to send a message that only they’ll fully get.

In the end, it’s a fascinating, if kind of eyebrow-raising, tactic. It shows just how much of a double-edged sword this kind of marketing can be both effective and a little unsettling. And hey, maybe that’s the point. It’s 2025, and this is just another chapter in the ongoing saga of how politics and pop culture keep colliding in the wildest ways.

Houston bayou deaths: With bodies pulled from waterways, officials are convinced it’s not the work of a serial killer

“Enough is enough of wild speculation.”

Houston Mayor John Whitmire was frustrated as he stood in front of the cameras alongside the police chief last month, trying to dispel the rumors that have cast a veil of anxiety over the vast network of bayous that crisscross his city.

“There is no evidence that there is a serial killer loose on the streets of Houston,” Whitmire said at the news conference..

There’s been a rash of bodies found in the body count actually doubled previous years. People have been speculating that there’s a serial killer on the loose and that’s the reason behind all of this tragedy. Officials are down playing that and saying there’s no evidence of any coordinated or serial killer behavior at this time.

CNN has a good story about this situation you can read here.

Melissa goes nuclear

This is developing: MELISSA IS NOW ONE OF THE STRONGEST HURRICANES EVER RECORDED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN.

The new 2PM update now has sustained winds of 175 mph and gusts approaching 220 mph. Pressure now down to 906 mb.

Catastrophic impacts coming to the Island of Jamaica later tonight.

May God have mercy on Jamaica

More .. updated..

…241 MPH WIND GUST! One of the strongest wind gusts ever recorded in a hurricane was just measured by hurricane hunters who continue to fly through Melissa tonight. This extreme wind gust was recorded approximately 700 feet above the ocean’s surface; this phenomenon is absolutely terrifying…

Halo to the Chief


The White House just posted an AI-generated image of Donald Trump as Master Chief — the armored hero from Halo — standing before the White House with the caption “Power to the Players.”

It’s officially on the White House social media feeds And eagle-eyed viewers noticed something else: the flag behind him is missing ten stars. Forty instead of fifty. A small maybe?

Because here’s the real-world plot twist,  the same week that picture dropped, tariffs tied to Trump’s trade policies sent console prices climbing. Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, all hit. The “power to the players” message rings a bit hollow when many of those players are suddenly priced out of the game.

What used to be an ongoing console war between gaming giants has now become something bigger: a war over affordability. A digital divide wrapped in a meme.





Now, the White House is sharing AI fan-fiction of the Commander-in-Chief while gamers struggle to afford the very consoles that image celebrates.

What a weird time to be alive ..

This is a message to the Academy: Are you still afraid of the dark?

The Academy Awards hates horror.. it’s going to be amazing if they nominate ‘Sinners’

Apparently they are despite the fact that we’ve never seen the movies they tell us to..

If Ryan Coogler’s Sinners or Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein make the cut this year, it’ll mark the first time in the Academy Awards’ 97-year history that a horror film has been nominated in consecutive contests.

And honestly—maybe that’s one of the main reasons people have stopped caring about the Oscars.

Sure, we’ll talk about who wins, we’ll share the highlights, we’ll glance at the “Best Picture” list. But let’s be real—most people haven’t even seen these movies. A lot of them are the kind of films critics love and audiences sleep through. Pretentious, overly symbolic, and sometimes just flat-out unwatchable.

Meanwhile, the movies that actually get people talking? They’re the ones with life, adrenaline, and imagination. The action blockbusters of summer. The horror movies that get under your skin.

Take The Black Phone 2 — we just reviewed it, and it was epic. Masterfully done, deeply unsettling, and emotionally sharp. Even Weapons — which wasn’t our pick for the best of the year — had a cinematic energy that felt alive. And yes, Sinners was powerful too. It brought real weight to the horror genre this year.

But that’s the thing: horror has been delivering for decades, and the Academy just refuses to acknowledge it. From Hereditary to The Conjuring, from Get Out to The Black Phone, horror consistently gives us stories that are bold, imaginative, and yes—crowd favorites.

Yet when award season rolls around, horror is treated like the weird cousin who showed up uninvited.

So, if Sinners or Frankenstein manage to claw their way into the Best Picture category, kudos to the Academy for finally giving the genre a little respect.

But don’t hold your breath for the next one. History tells us it might be a long, dark wait before the Oscars dare to honor horror again.

“The Oscars claim to celebrate cinema. But when’s the last time they celebrated fear?”

Maybe this year. For the last time of course.

Enigma: The Program Logging 30,000 UFO Sightings — And Many of Them Love Water





Enigma, the program that’s quietly been collecting data since its 2022 launch, has now logged over 30,000 UFO sightings — billing itself as the largest verifiable UFO database on the planet.

Remember the movie Signs? In that story, aliens couldn’t stand water. But according to Enigma’s growing database, the truth about anomalous creatures might be far more aquatic than we ever imagined. In fact, if these reports are to be believed, they seem to love water quite a bit.

A recent New York Post article sheds some light on the phenomenon: thousands of mysterious sightings — not in the skies, but underwater — have been reported across U.S. coastlines. These are being called USOs, or Unidentified Submersible Objects, and even some former Navy officials are saying they may pose a national security concern.

One video submitted to the Enigma app shows two bright green lights moving beneath the surface off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Pentagon-reviewed footage has already confirmed similar incidents of craft diving into or emerging from the ocean without so much as a splash.

As of this past August, Enigma had logged:

9,000 mysterious sightings within 10 miles of U.S. shorelines

500 of those within 5 miles

And 150+ reports describing objects hovering over or plunging into the water.


California and Florida lead the list, which makes sense — both have long coastlines and deep UFO lore. But what’s really getting people’s attention are the maps being released that show clusters of activity around major water bodies.

Some members of Congress — those brave enough to even mention it publicly — have hinted that aliens may be using water as a cloaking mechanism, or perhaps even living beneath it.

If true, it flips the Signs script entirely. Maybe they’ve been here all along… just under the surface.

Interesting times indeed.

Maybe they just want saltwater for their taffy..

Frightening weather warning issued as Melissa strengthens

We are about (again) to witness weather history..

The National Hurricane Center warned on Saturday, “Melissa is still expected to make landfall in Jamaica as an upper-end Category 4 hurricane, which could be the strongest direct landfall for the island since tropical cyclone record keeping has been made in the Atlantic Basin.”

While Melissa could make landfall as a high-end Category 4 storm or even a Category 5, the practical difference between the two is minimal.

There will be catastrophic winds, rainfall, mudslides and impacts from Melissa, regardless of whether the storm strikes as a Category 4 or 5.

Anyone who did not leave Jamaica now cannot.. the window has closed..

Just look at this nightmare as it spins..

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Earlier Sunday, Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie urged residents in low-lying and flood-prone areas to evacuate immediately.

Speaking ahead of the storm, he warned that many communities may not survive the expected flooding. “It is going to be impossible for us, after all the attempts that we have been making…for us to say to our first responders ‘go out and risk your life,’” McKenzie said.

We are praying and hoping.. but we are fearing we will see some really awful news events coming out of Jamaica in the next several hours and upcoming days and weeks..

Especially when you see a story like this: ONE SOLE PERSON leaving an Port Royal as the residents chose to stay back and weather the storm.. May God have mercy on their souls..

More..

Strong wording from the National Hurricane Center for Jamaica ahead of Hurricane Melissa:

“Do not venture out of your safe shelter. Catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and numerous landslides are likely today through Tuesday. Destructive winds, especially in the mountains, will begin by this evening, leading to extensive infrastructural damage, long-lasting power and communication outages, and isolated communities. Life-threatening storm surge and
damaging waves are expected along the southern coast through Tuesday.”