NEWS ROUNDUP: SPRING 2024

MONDAY MAY 27 2024 MEMORIAL DAY

MR NIGHTMARE offers up some Memorial Day horror stories..

DESPERATE FOR ATTENTION: North Korea’s latest satellite launch ended in a mid-air explosion on Monday night, Pyongyang said, hours after its announcement of the planned projectile was criticised by Seoul and Tokyo.

BIBI ADMITS RAFAH WAS A MISTAKE!

SNOOZEFEST AT THEATERS: FURIOSA AND GARFIELD LEAD THE SLOWEST MEMORIAL DAY BOX IN DECADES..

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America’s premier pronatalists from Valley Forge PA on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’

Thinking of a summer vacation to Mt Rushmore? These reviews may make you reconsider..

Libertarians pick their candidate: Chase Oliver — an openly gay former Democrat who in 2022 forced a runoff in a race for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia 

The Donald does Nascar..

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P Diddy’s eyeglasses have been removed..

At least 18 lives in four states reportedly succumbed to the harrowing onslaught of tornadoes and storms hitting the central United States hard. Imminent weather threats consumed the Memorial Day weekend as fierce winds erupted Sunday, targeting the mid-Mississippi, Ohio and Tennesse River valleys.

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New BEETLEJUICE will showcase old fashioned movie effects..

Nostalgia is in.. these 80s style cartoon figures of HE-MAN are becoming popular.. but like the origins line, just as hard to find in stores.. COME ON MATTEL.. get better.

DECORATION DAY

SUNDAY MAY 26 2024

ISRAEL STRIKES RAFAH.. horrific images are being spread on social media of people being burned alive and beheaded children.. **GRAPHIC IMAGES**

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AMERICA IS MOVING!! A record was broken ahead of the Memorial Day weekend for the number of airline travelers screened at U.S. airports, the Transportation Security Administration said Saturday.

MORE.. More than 2.9 million travelers were screened at U.S. airports on Friday, surpassing a previous record set last year on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, according to the transportation security agency.

DEADLY WEATHER SPREADING..
Major East Coast tornado threat on Memorial Day ..

It’s not just shrinkflation.. but not hot dogs don’t even have resealable packaging..

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THE SAD DEMISE OF ICQ!! AFTER 30 YEARS.. IT’S OVER. More evidence that the internet is dying..
One of the oldest of the instant messengers..
The silent demise..

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Asian youth are withdrawing–completely–from society..

The FDA announced on May 23 that Natural Waters of Viti Limited is voluntarily recalling more than 78,000 cases of “Fiji Natural Artesian Water” due to manganese and three bacterial genera. The water was sent to the state of Washington before distribution nationally to customers through online retailers like Amazon.com, according to a company social media post on X.

Libertarians reject RFK..
A squeaky chicken steals the show when Trump addresses the libertarians..
“I’d like to propose that we go tell Donald Trump to go fuck himself” Someone at the Libertarian convention voiced opposition to Donald Trump speaking.
Ron Paul gets amazing reception..
Alex Jones going all in on Trump part 2?

Great Britain! Great scott!? Eighteen year olds would be forced to carry out a form of national service if the Tories are voted back in at the July 4 General Election, Rishi Sunak has announced. Young people would be given a choice between a full-time placement in the armed forces for 12 months or spending one weekend a month for a year “volunteering,” in their community, the Tories said.

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Hollywood hitting the panic button: The worst Memorial Day box office in decades… Furiosa up in smoke at theaters..

FURIOSA .. A BOX OFFICE DUD..
More bad news: Revenue in total box office the worst in 25 years..
Flashback: FURIOSA was one of the ‘most anticipated movies of summer’ .. so much for that?

So just a thought.. WHAT IF the demise is malls is why movies are also facing their demise? Theaters were always attached to a mall. Malls are dead and gone.. so this weekend when FURIOSA hits a brick wall of nothingness, is it just because malls died long before theaters? Blaming COVID is 2000 and late. Malls are dead. Theaters are too..

THIS CNN ARTICLE.. oh boy.. are they saying that kids should not use water guns because they are playing senior assassin? Or … did they just discover that kids play with water guns?

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The man shot and killed during an attempted catalytic converter theft in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday has been identified as actor Johnny Wactor, his family confirmed.

PRO GOLFER GRAYSON MURRAYDIED BY SUICIDE, PARENTS SAY

Jesse Eisenberg Applies for Polish Citizenship: ‘I Would Love to Create Better Relationships Between Jews and Polish People’

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HOW TO CREATE NIGHTMARES..

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FLASH: SCREAM VII’ will reportedly have a big time jump for Sidney’s kids to play a role. It’s intended to be the start of a new trilogy.

FLASH: The Black Phone 2 will be released on October 17th, 2025..The first movie’s main cast will be reprising their roles in the sequel – including Ethan Hawke as The Grabber.

THE BEETLEJUICE TRAILER..

SATURDAY MAY 25 2024

The libertarians go wild on the Donald: Booed and heckled.. Trump appeal for votes but they blame him for COVID vaccine mandates.. Reuters reporting that one even said, “Donald Trump should have taken a bullet!”
Tough crowd..
Saying it’s time to be winners.. the Donald promises libertarians a cabinet spot..
RFK slammed Trump at convention..

SUPER CELLS: RYAN HALL Y’ALL COVERING YET ANOTHER TORNADO OUTBREAK MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND..

Mid Atlantic weather mayhem expected on Memorial Day..

FLASH: Nicki Minaj’s show in Manchester, England, was postponed after the singer was arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on suspicion of carrying marijuana. Minaj was scheduled to stop at the Co-op Live arena for her Pink Friday 2 World Tour..

Living on a prayer: Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi Are Married!

Sean “Diddy” Combs accused of sexually abusing and drugging NYC college student in 1990s, lawsuit says

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Pearl Jam asked Bill Clinton to take on Ticketmaster 30 years ago!

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The mystery investment company that attempted a foreclosure sale of Elvis Presley’s Graceland isn’t listed in state databases or FINRA records

Professional golfer Grayson Murray has died. He was 30 years old. Murray’s death comes after he withdrew Friday during the second round of the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge, citing an “illness.”

COVID-19 pandemic reversed decade of progress in global life expectancy

How a global seafood giant broke Red Lobster..

At least 24 dead, mostly children, in India amusement park fire, say officials

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Paranormal experts are warning that a portal in Cannock Chase, a spooky English forest in Staffordshire, may allow werewolves and other beasts from another world to enter our reality. The area is a well-known hotspot for supernatural sightings, with dozens of reported encounters with creatures like werewolves, ghosts, and the infamous “black-eyed child.”

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Just days after the announcement of the Jason Universe, which promised upcoming video games and more as part of a whole new era for the Jason Voorhees character, a new trailer for the relaunch of MultiVersus this morning has confirmed Jason is coming to the game.

MUNSTERS 2.0: Less fun. More grim. UCP is developing 1313, which has been described as a horror series that plays on the Universal Monsterverse, aka a reimagining of the classic 1964-66 CBS sitcom The Munsters.Lindsey Anderson Beer is set to showrun the drama. The project is being developed by James Wan, Beer and Ingrid Bisu for UCP. Atomic Monster and LAB Brew are the production companies.

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Looking Back on the Two ‘Lost Boys’ Sequels That Time Forgot

WEDNESDAY APRIL 10 2024

Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94–he died on April 8, the same day as an eclipse and the same day that the Hadron Collider fired up again..
CERN pays tribute..

FIRST TIME IN SINCE THOMAS JEFFERSON: CUE THE CICADAS!

STDs among adults surging..

Mass shooting in Philadelphia..

VELMA season 2 coming to Max..

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S sequel coming in 2025..

TUESDAY APRIL 9 2024: The earth still exists

Who needs Vince McMahon!? Wrestlemania XL Sets Record On Peacock As Most-Streamed Entertainment Event Ever

PROSECUTORS SAY ALEC BALDWIN MADE ‘RUST’ SET UNSAFE

Earthquake: Virginia..

Parts of California’s scenic highway has been collapsing into the Pacific ocean..

Feeling like 1865 again: Arizona enters the abortion fight..

Could this be a first of many more? Michigan school shooter’s parents sentenced to 10-15 years in prison

The kids aren’t alright.. and won’t be: Lunchables have LEAD..

The real battle for privacy occurs.. when you die!

THE MIGHTY BOX OFFICE OF GODZILLA X KONG..

End of a 20 year reign: Larry David Tried So Hard to Avoid All Emotion on the Last Day of Filming ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
How the End of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Flipped the ‘Seinfeld’ Finale on Its Head

Jay Leno has officially been named the conservator for his wife, Mavis, amid her battle with dementia..

Songs of the summer: Beyonce tops COUNTRY charts!

Patrick Swayze’s widow Lisa Niemi says he came to her in a dream, gave his ‘blessing’ for her to remarry

Ricky Martin a ‘hard sell’ at Grandma Madonna concert..
Crotch watch..

A headline that would have made no sense 20 years ago: Epic Games assures Fortnite’s Item Shop changes won’t impact skin pricing

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Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis: Will $20 minimum wage solidify robot worker take over?

The Mouse ain’t playin: Disneyland threatens lifetime ban for disability cheats

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Best photos of the total eclipse.. Bookmark this for review 21 years from now during the great solar eclipse of 2045.. Think of it.. People born NOW will be old enough to drink in time for the next one. Puts time into perspective, doesn’t it?

The amazing moment when Niagara Falls went dark..

The Devil’s Comet as seen in Oregon..

MONDAY APRIL 8 2024

THE GREAT AMERICAN NO-CLIPSE: CLOUDY WEATHER

NASA LIVE..

Eclipse becoming the big let down!!

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Apes overtake the box office as Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire tramples Monkey Man with $31 million

SUNDAY APRIL 7 2024

All over social media, people are freaking out about the solar eclipse..

There will not be another American eclipse for 21 years.. and weather may ruin this one..

Erie PA set to have 200,000 extra people in town in cloudy conditions..
Gloomy for upstate New York..
Cloudy in Texas..
But.. the normally gray Maine and Vermont are the BEST in the nation!?
Path of totality obscured..
FBI warned last week about large gatherings..
7 planets will align during eclipse..

“Death to America!” chant at pro-Palestinian rally in Michigan. “American is the rottonest country on earth.”

Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, is delighting tourists and locals by blowing almost perfect circles of smoke into the blue skies over Sicily. The smoke circles, known as volcanic vortex rings, are actually made of condensed gases and water vapor. They form when gases rise up from deep below the earth and escape inside the crater of a volcano.

‘Virologist’ warns of huge coming event that could end civilization…

Sometimes it is just how life works out..

SATURDAY APRIL 6 2024

CDC ISSUES BIRD FLU HEALTH ALERT

Rep. Tim Burchett said someone at Capitol Hill told him “there would be riots” if details on what the US really knows about UFOs were disclosed.

WEIRD SIGHTS.. SOUNDS.. AND FEELINGS DURING THE GREAT ECLIPSE OF 2024

ECLIPSE WEEKEND: LARGE SCALE MOVEMENT OF MILITARY HELICOPTERS OVER NORTHEAST

WEEKEND BOX: ‘Godzilla x Kong’ Weekend Champ With $25M+; ‘Monkey Man’ Sees $10M, ‘First Omen’ Does $8M+ .. DEVELOPING..

WATERLOO at 50..

The 35th earthquake to hit NJ since yesterday AM struck at 7:16pm today. USGS says more are on the way ..

Marjorie Taylor Greene Urges Americans to ‘Repent!’ in Earthquake Prophecy post..

Eclipse weather: The Northeast and New England are cloudiest in this part of April. This year for the eclipse they may the place to be while the spring sun belt clouds over for the eclipse..

The 4D phantom: The Ghost Particle at CERN..

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Barron the giant: Trump’s son goes viral after new photo..

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The Wheels stop spinning: Pat Sajak will be done on June 7..

Rebel Wilson breaks her silence hours after Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher split amid reports the actress’ claims ‘WERE the catalyst for his break-up’

Jake Gyllenhaal likes to film intimate scenes totally nude and thinks ‘sex is essential’

Brace yourself: Avian Flu may skyrocket your egg prices..

FRIDAY APRIL 5 2024

As of midnight, New Jersey was up to 21 earthquakes for the day. 20 of them are probably aftershocks of the first, a potent 4.8, but we won’t be certain until the sequence ends. USGS says more earthquakes are likely over the next 30 days. They have updated their aftershock forecast once again:

TRI-SHAKE REGION: QUAKE HITS NEW JERSEY AND FELT FAR AND WIDE

Hours before the big quake, the Statue of Liberty was struck by lightning during a storm..

THE SET IS GETTING LOUDER! ‘Quiet on Set’ Directors Deny Marc Summers’ Claim of Being “Ambushed” by Nickelodeon Doc

CDC taking bird flu spread very seriously..
Bird flu dairy cow outbreak widens in Ohio, Kansas, New Mexico

THE GREAT AMERICAN NO-CLIPSE: Cloud cover may ruin long anticipated April 8 solar event..

This photo from the set of Seinfeld puts everything into perspective..