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Roll out the beer guts

Study: Main Ingredient Found In Beer Can Help Improve Memory – CBS Seattle »

A compound found in hops helps younger mice improve their memory but had no effect on older animals.

I love these types of articles.

Whenever someone says wine is healthy, people go out and drink it by the bottles. Same with beer, when we get a study which ‘proves’ the benefits of beer, guts immediately increase in girth as livers get inflamed with the fatty tissue of alcohol and decay.

Let’s keep this in perspective, as the story goes on to say:

The researchers point out that they gave the mice huge quantities of xanthohumol as dietary supplements and caution people shouldn’t start drinking lots of beer to improve their memories.

“A human would have to drink 2000 liters of beer a day to reach the xanthohumol levels we used in this research,” warned Magnussun.

While I know some people who may be able to ingest 2000 liters of beer a day, this headline is very misleading (As most are.) Beer is not healthy.. does it have some good effects now and then? Yes.. But if you drink on a constant basis every day of your life, your living start to look like Freddy Krueger and you will not live very long. ..

October 1, 2014
DEATH OF A CLOWN

Floyd V. Creekmore, better known as Creeky the Clown, died last weekend after decades of making people laugh and helping sick children feel better.

Creekmore, of Billings, was 98.…

And he was the world’s oldest clown..

October 1, 2014
THE EBOLA GAME HAS CHANGED. Sort of

How seemingly apropos for Ebola to strike, deep in the heart of Texas, just as the season of the witch begins.. Halloween is a time for fear, costumes, and wild assertions that the veil between the here and there is thinning. In Texas, at a hospital, the veil is quite thin right now.. Undoubtedly protective Halloween costumes of a real sort are being used in connection with the unnamed man who returned home from Liberia. We don’t know what he was doing there, and we don’t know why he went, but we certainly know he was in a hotspot of death and the cruel nature of humanity.. Ebola has ripping parts of Liberia to shreds..

In America, we pride ourselves we rarity when it comes to disease outbreak.. we vaccine our children from the moment they are seconds old.. Some also do their finest to ostracize parents who don’t go down the same adventurous vaccine highway. That’s why when diseases pop up, like the latest respiratory virus and polio-like paralysis hitting kids, we get freaked.

I will be interested to see how we deal with Ebola.

Unless this goes airborne—we should all pray it does not mutate into a monster of that nature—we can control Ebola in the United States. Even Nigeria is able to end their outbreak, so we can too.. It will take common sense.

Now instead of immigration being front and center on Texas news stations, Ebola has taken over.. Today, a Houston radio station is giving listeners and readers online s om e safety tips.. everything from washing your hands to ending your practice of eating bush meat. Also avoid traveling to places that have an Ebola outbreak. Also steer clear of the bodily fluids of people who are suffering from the later stages of Ebola.

Let’s be clear: The doctors who returned to the United States with Ebola have now been immersed back into civilization without it. Healing is possible.. The death rate is often higher in countries that have less development.

Last night I heard about a village in Liberia that slaughtered aid workers because, when the workers showed up to inform people how to properly wash hands, the villagers assumed they were from satanic origins and coming with the disease to kill them.

That will not happen in the United States, or developed places in Africa.

It will take some faith in humanity—and luck, luck in the sense that, to repeat an earlier statement, this does not go airborne. If that should happen, the game changes again.

I will be fascinated to see how the public devours the latest news. There is no more talk of “when it happens here.” It did. Even Chris Matthews took an indirect shot at the man who once gave him shivers down his legs by saying ‘Obama Said It Was Unlikely. It Has Happened. It’s Here’. There are things that even the Presidents cannot control. Disease outbreak is one of them.

Will the populace panic?
With the citizens weep?
Will we wash our hands?
What company will we keep?

Will the news cause fear?
Will the events displace?
What else will we hear?
Hope no medical disgrace.

Ebola is on our shores,
It’s been over there before,
The world has gone on,
America’s an open door.

So now we join the world,
In disease and natural scars,
So don’t run and hide,
And least this isn’t SARS.

Happy hand washing, America.

October 1, 2014
The jumper got into the White House

When a quiet Friday night was ruined by a White House fence jumper named Omar Jose Gonzalez, I made the joke on the HORROR REPORT that perhaps someone in the Obama Administration’s security team needed to watch WHITE HOUSE DOWN to see how bad things could get.. Little did I realize how close to a scary accurate that joke was..

I was chilled tonight to read the latest information regarding Mr. Gonzalez’ jump into the White House. Initially we were all calmed down as a nation and told that, even though the President was boarding his helicopter only minutes before, his life was not in danger.. Officials said that the jumper was stopped at the front door of the White House—though they admitted he did step foot into the mansion, he was quickly apprehended.

We were lied to..
Big time.
The real news is much worse..

According to the latest information appearing tonight in an article by Carol Leonnig in the Washington POST , the jumper not only made it into the White House but actually sprinted through the front door, knife in hand..by the First Family’s living quarters..

Perhaps you should pause here and understand the consequences.. A knife in hand, Omar Gonzalez barreled past the front door (and whoever guarded it), ran into the 80-foot long East Room. With a knife…

And the best part, as Leonnig reports,

An alarm box near the front entrance of the White House designed to alert guards to an intruder had been muted at what officers believed was a request of the usher’s office, said a Secret Service official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

While no one has yet to call this an assassination attempt, what else could it be labeled? Call me zany, but.. when an intruder rushes across the South Lawn, all the guards, security boxes, and could have potentially made it where the President, First Lady, and children live and sleep—with a knife—that is an attempt to do something… that is something more than a simple “I wanted to talk to the President” type of insanity.. This is a much worse example of lax security..

….or something else?

I don’t want to create conspiracy theory where there is none, but when the initial event happened on September 19, someone who is immersed with theory of all political nature wondered aloud if someone permitted Gonzalez to enter the White House.. perhaps a message being sent to the President? Perhaps someone in the security detail attempting to infiltrate the nation with crisis? I don’t know. But I do know this: When I read this information tonight that the intruder not only got onto the lawn without anyone stopping him–including all of those snipers we are told famously wait on top of the White House for just this type of moment–and then got into the place where our President lives… that hit me like a ton of bricks..

Another comment I received tonight on the matter: “Before we know it, we will be told that this guy got into the Oval Office and smoke some of Clinton’s cigars still there.”

More from the POST:

After barreling past the guard immediately inside the door, Gonzalez, who was carrying a knife, dashed past the stairway leading a half-flight up to the first family’s living quarters. He then ran into the 80-foot-long East Room, an ornate space often used for receptions or presidential addresses.

Gonzalez was tackled by a counterassault agent at the far southern end of the East Room. The intruder reached the doorway to the Green Room, a parlor overlooking the South Lawn with artwork and antique furniture, according to three people familiar with the incident.

We also are being told this tonight by the National REVIEW (hardly a political friend of the President): The Secret Service has permitted 1,000 security breaches. The article claims that these lapses are the result of political correctness…

During a time when we are told of the endless dangers of ISIS–along with their knives–how can the Secret Service not stop an intruder? And one armed with a knife on top of that? I shudder at the prospects of what would have happened if President Obama and family had been there..

I was shocked when it first happened, and even more shocked when the news broke that the intruder got into the White House. But tonight, with the news of a madman on the loose in the White House brandishing a knife, I was floored.

Quite frankly, there is no excuse for this big of a security lapse.

Without any pun being intended, heads should roll and people who did not do their jobs should be fired immediately. The lives of the First Family cannot be at risk in the hallowed halls of America’s house.

September 29, 2014
NEW DAWN OF THE DEAD

Dawn of the dead

Things are truly getting bizarre. A few days ago I implored zombie hunters to get their twinkies ready as news broke that two Ebola patients in Africa reportedly rose from the dead..

The steady stream of people coming back to life has not abated. The latest is from Greece.. We’re being told by some of the lamestream media across the pond in the UK that a cancer patient—dead, mind you—began shouting from her casket in her grave.. This is what the LONDON TELEGRAPH reported:

Police said a cemetery worker and two people visitors heard a woman’s voice from inside the 49-year-old cancer patient’s grave on Thursday.

The sounds were reportedly heard by the passers-by shortly after the last relatives of the deceased had left her funeral in the northern town of Peraia.

They are believed to have dug up the grave to try to save her, but by the time they got her out of the ground she had suffocated inside the coffin, according to Greek media.

A doctor summoned to the cemetery pronounced her dead, but dismissed claims that she had revived and had called for help.

Of course a doctor would poo poo the claim that someone rose from the dead .. After all, real zombies don’t exist.

Except this week.
Three.. two with Ebola, one with cancer..

In this case, the ending was sad, times two.. After the family left the gravesite, the woman actually died again.. If she was dead to begin with, of course.

But at this point, there will be no proof to offer anyone that someone rose from the dead.. The story is complicated. Perhaps the first trauma didn’t kill, and a funeral home didn’t notice.. Maybe embalming did not happen. I don’t know. But I do know that the news has been freaky lately..

As to whether or not she rose from the dead? She’s dead now.. So…….

September 29, 2014
Taking the low road

DAILY MAIL reports: Online revenge: U.S. State Department tweets pics of dead ISIS jihadis »

After Tuesday night’s airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, the US government tweeted photos of four dead jihadis on an account that already distributed pics of airstrike gunsights and rocket launches.

The hashtag is #thinkagainturnaway.

I am thinking again. Someone else should be, too…

Couldn’t it be argued that United States is resorting to the same game that ISIS does: Tweeting images of the dead.. I am not sure how comfortable I am with this.. as a matter of fact, it makes me downright queasy to contemplate. Shouldn’t we be better than this?

September 24, 2014
Instagrabbing

The internet, simply being what it is, is still a wild west of sorts.. maybe now there are more names and less anonymity.. perhaps more privacy shedding has allowed for an interface of all seeing–or preying eyes–on our every movement.. But it is still filled with odd and sometimes downright frightening fads.

Enter the latest, as reported by Fastcompany.com: A new community on Instagram exists.. In it, users steal other users’ baby photos and children off of the net. And then they role play.. In one incident as reported in the article, this:

Sometimes they create entire fake families. Others then interact in the comments of each photo, role-playing as they virtually feed, burp, swaddle, and even reprimand these virtual children. Some Instagrammers even portray themselves as virtual adoption agencies, where followers can request specific babies and toddlers they’d like to adopt–“Looking for a two-year-old girl with blonde hair, green eyes, and who is feisty”–and the adoption agency then finds a photo, usually without permission. Role playing ensues.

This is weird, creepy.. and perverse in some deeply disturbing way.

The most precious cargo a parent can carry is their own child. Any other worldly concern falls to the bottom of the list when compared to the safety and happiness of their own kith and kin. And that is why this is so bizarre and harsh to contemplate.. someone stealing your child, in a virtual sense. The kidnapping of an identity.. role playing and creating a brand new world for the baby who simply wants to learn, discover, and laugh. That is chilling..

The world is scary, as are people..

Maybe a few things should be in order before you post.. As people can pry. For example, check your settings. Maybe not allowing just anyone to view your information would be a prime thing to think about. That or maybe even screening friends. .and finally, the fact of the matter is this: You are not a star. I am not a star.. I write on a website. But I can be clicked on and forgotten in seconds, I get that.. perhaps a few customers of my information will stick around. But I certainly will not. I am food for worms, as are you. And often, your photos and opinions does not matter regardless of how many times you bellow it out on the social media platform of your choice. Maybe there comes a time and place for a few photos of your child–I know I have done it. But for the most part, the pictures I take are private. I keep them safe, I don’t upload them to the cloud, and I have a grand plan to get them all printed out in an old fashioned 20th century way. Time is rarely on my side, though, and that has been a long delayed personal project.

Perhaps also the people who do these role playings should be evaluated for mental health. If you know someone who role plays, that’s fine. I have some friends who masquerade on weekends on Civil War and Medieval reenanactors, and zombies. Thus far they haven’t shown me signs that they really believe they are what they pretend they are. But we all need to be careful,.

Staying grounded in the real world–or as real as we perceive it being–is often tough. As nightly news issues its latest blood torn press releases, we often want to fly away into a pretend land where nothing is painful and life lives on forever. But it does not. The real world is now.. you are simply typing letters on a keyboard or reading words on a screen.. The photos of your dinner last night will not impress anyone beyond the second it will take for someone to ‘like it.’ And it does not matter how many followers you have, because there’s a good chance they really don’t follow anything you say.. The real world, my friends, is dark and dingy.

That being said, it’s still amazing to be alive.
Your own life..
Not the innocent life of a child who has parents and a family.. don’t steal that. That’s the most important thing someone owns. Don’t be an Instaphile, people.

September 23, 2014
Apparently people need to watch WHITE HOUSE DOWN again…

A man who jumped the fence at the White House late Friday made it through the North Portico doors into the building before he was captured, Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary told CNN.

Video Captures Man Sprinting Toward White House After Jumping Fence: ‘Everybody Out Right Now!’ »

The White House was temporarily locked down Friday evening after a man jumped over the fence and gained entry to the grounds. “Everybody out right now!” a Secret Service agent instructed individuals standing outside the White House perimeter. “Right now … Everybody, get back! Get back!” Video…

One comment I saw online tonight: Did he scream Alulah Akbar or was he late for the Beer Summit?

All kidding aside, why wasn’t this guy dropped the second his feet dropped to the ground? This was beyond a security lapse..

The AP reports this tonight:

The incident occurred just minutes after Obama and his daughters left the White House aboard Marine One on their way to Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland where Obama and his family were to spend the weekend. The White House did not respond to inquiries about whether first lady Michelle Obama was inside at the time.

That’s a little scary.. The video clearly shows the man nearly making it to the front door of the White House! And this from the AP too:

The Secret Service did not immediately say whether the jumper was in custody, but the fact that the evacuation was lifted indicated that agents had determined that the threat had been resolved.

What!? WE don’t know!? But we assume? I don’t frankly understand any of this .. Friday night absence of press releases or something?

A security lapse of near epic proportions..

September 20, 2014
Ebola destruction

A German Ebola expert is proclaiming that hope may be lost to save certain locations in Africa as the Ebola nightmare continues to unravel.. You can read the words of Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit for yourself in the publication DEUTSCHE WELLE. The money quote from the article by as chosen by the HORROR REPORT as follows:

“The right time to get this epidemic under control in these countries has been missed,” he said. That time was May and June. “Now it will be much more difficult.”

Schmidt-Chanasit expects the virus will “become endemic” in this part of the world, if no massive assistence arrives.

With other words: It could more or less infect everybody and many people could die.

That is troubling.. How could it now be troubling.

Meanwhile, on the Ebola front, more headlines are garnering attention from the masses, and us:

Ebola cases are rising rapidly in Congo..

West African health centers are unable to keep up with the demand of Ebola patients..

The WHO is pleading for more health workers..

The American doctor, the latest at least, who was brought back to the United States with Ebola: Dr. Rick Sacra continues to improve.. Something seems to be working. We need to find out why recovery is happening for him and others .. Perhaps the miracle is this simple: Sacra got a blood transfusion from the previous doctor who was brought back to Atlanta to recover..

And finally, some potentially disbursing food for thought from the New York TIMES.. read at your own discretion.. Michael Osterholm writes this is on OP-ED piece:

If certain mutations occurred, it would mean that just breathing would put one at risk of contracting Ebola. Infections could spread quickly to every part of the globe, as the H1N1 influenza virus did in 2009, after its birth in Mexico.

Why are public officials afraid to discuss this? They don’t want to be accused of screaming “Fire!” in a crowded theater — as I’m sure some will accuse me of doing. But the risk is real, and until we consider it, the world will not be prepared to do what is necessary to end the epidemic.

We are all at the mercy of nature…disease.. But sadly it would seem that so many chances to proclaim victory over this latest outbreak were lost to mismanagement and fear..

September 12, 2014
Horns on the hologram

I wrote a bit about this on my personal blog, but didn’t post on the HORROR REPORT as I should have..

When President Obama addressed the nation on September 10 about Syria, he looked odd. I thought it was too much makeup, as highlighted by this post on my other site sort of mocking the Commander in Chief’s appearance. But things took a weirder turn from there.

Conspiracy sites I follow immediately began posting similar photos wondering what’s up with the President. Then message board users began asking if the President was a hologram, with some saying they thought his hand suddenly went missing at one point and that his ear vanished while he was walking away.

I felt like I was in the midst of some weird obsession that borderlined on lunacy. A hologram? Fake? Come on..

Until Clyde Lewis asked on air if the President may have been in front of a green screen and actually was located in a safe place just in case a 9/11 anniversary attack happened—Interestingly enough Lewis was in the midst of dedicating his entire show last night to the hologram theory when he was suddenly rushed to the hospital with chest pains during an on the air crisis.

The ABOVE TOP SECRET BOARD lit up with theories.. some blamed the lightning, others say that President Obama was in front of a fake screen on a set..

A YouTube feed of the speech has been making the rounds too. In the first five seconds, it would seem that a digital mistake occurs and that the President suddenly appears. I have seen different versions of this same entrance and don’t recall network coverage showing the strange frequency. Reportedly, the YouTube user who posted the video claims to have made no edits on the footage.

But then came Drudge.. Yesterday he further lit up the Internet when he posted the image of the President from the speech where it appeared curtains behind him were forming horns of satan over his head.

It would appear that the lightning in front of Obama was extra bright, as evidenced by this photo.

However the whole thing still looked odd.
While it may be completely ridiculous to assume that the President’s address to the nation from the White House really didn’t happen from that location, I ask you: Is it? After all, holograms are much easier to do now when compared to years past. Michael Jackson can appear on stage.. Elvis can look like he’s alive in a commercial.. Anyone can be brought into your living room with ease.. you can experience it as though it’s perfectly assimilated with the real world.

President Obama at the least looked like he was in front of a false background. The edges of his suit looked too defined. His mannerisms were bizarre and strange.. He just looked … well.. “off” in some way.

Maybe that’s just because the world is sort of “off” right now in general. And America, fatigued from 13 anniversaries of thousands of deaths and 13 years of war, may just be a little confused by what we’re seeing.

The President and John Kerry say we will battle ISIL, IS, or ISIS (pick your favorite name I guess) in Syria, making way for the ‘real’ rebels to fight Assad. Meanwhile, we will do it with air strikes. No boots on the ground, except for those boots on the ground we are quietly sending and those already there. Oh and since this war isn’t a war no declaration of war is needed. We’re told.

No wonder we think the President is in front of a green screen with horns on his head.. smoke and mirrors are prevailing these days.. Smoke from the wide open gates of hell.

September 12, 2014