It Is Raining In Los Angeles

I live in the desert, the Northeast part of Los Angeles County. It is freezing and it is raining. It has rained very hard and people have been evacuated from some of the mountain areas. There is a lot of rain and even more coming.

If you are homeless, Los Angeles isn't a bad place to be as it goes. I lived in Boston and that is bad place to be homeless. I used to watch the homeless put cardboard boxes above the vents for the subway. That is how they stayed warm. Or at least as warm as they stayed. I got frostbite in Massachusetts. I didn't much care for it.

I like the heat. I don't mind it over a 100 although I find anything over 115 to be too hot. I hate the cold and I hate being cold. I would really hate being homeless in Boston. I don't like the snow either.

I spent about a week on the streets a long time ago. I was not alone; but, we had no place to stay. It sucked. It is hard to understand what it means to not have a place to stay if you never been there. It can lead to anxiety and desperation. Worse than that is that after awhile people just accept that they are going to be homeless and they stop trying and focus on surviving.

I work downtown and am not infrequently asked for money. Sometimes I give it. I have had people tell me that the person getting the money will only use it for alcohol or drugs. I neither know nor care how they use it. Homeless people frequently ask me for a cigarette, I often give them two.

There are times when I will not give anything. I will not give to people begging by the freeway entrance as it endangers people. I will not give to anyone who stops me while I am in my car unless it is parked. I will not give to anyone who interrupts me while I am speaking to someone else.

I think at this time of year (and I don't mean Christmas), the winter, it is good time to give a buck or two. It is cold out there and wet. If the money is used to buy some alcohol, at least they will feel the cold a little less.

The Odd Stuff

I attempt to read as much alternate news as possible. I begin my days reading newspapers and the Drudge Report. After having read traditional news sources I like to read alternative news sources. I don't agree with much of what I read but I like to know what is on people's minds. As a consequence I cannot recommend any of the news sources I am listing. The vast majority of them are news aggregates rather than the actual publishers.

Fortean Times I like this news source, they collect strange articles and hit a wide variety of things while never taking any position.

The Anomalist. This one tends to focus on ufo's, cryptozoology and ghosts. Updated daily.

David Icke. I don't know what to say about this one. The guy believes that reptillian aliens have interbred with humans and that their offspring run the world. He also has a fear of a Zionist world conspiracy. What he does do is follow the news and that he does well.

Alex Jones. If you don't know who this guy is I strongly recommend you watch him at least once. He has a big presence on the internet and many followers. Personally I find him a alarmist and a promoter of violence. I disagree with both. His website does track many news stories and catches patterns. He is friends with David Icke apparently now.

Rense. I find this one real hard to post. The guy makes a lot of stuff about jews and zionists. The useful part of his site is that he is updating during the day about international news.

Wired Magazine. Great technology stories. I highly recommend this one.

The Daily Beast. Well put together with little apparent agenda.

The Daily Grail. Low production value, good news catches.

Rapture Ready News. Good news catches.

Above Top Secret. Love this one. All over the place with good commentary.

I still read more than just these and the newspapers listed on the side of my blog; but, a listing you might find amusing. It is important to read beyond the norm. The internet allows us the opportunity to share beliefs with people we would never associate with or even want to be around. It allows us to hear why people believe things that appear crazy to us.

I try and read as many things a day as I can. I have found overtime that the same article will be in half or better of the things I read. It is therefore a lot less reading than one would imagine. I used to read the foreign papers more often but pretty much just the London Times and the Sydney Morning Herald at present. I am being lazy.

It has been my experience that the alternate news sources are often all over the place and everything in their mind can be a conspiracy. Yet, paranoia is your friend and these news sources watch things that the others do not report. I go to the original sources to check them. Sometimes they are very correct.

I will give an example because it came up today. I was viewing Above Top Secret and it had a video by an engineer showing that thermite could be used to take out steel beams. This may not make sense to you immediately. Thermite is a powder that burns very hot, some have claimed it was used to take down the twin towers. Now, I don't care if you believe 9/11 was an inside job or not, it is not the issue right now. Mythbusters and NIST both claimed that Thermite could not cut through steel. This engineer proved it could and with very little.

Why is the story important. Because the NIST and Mythbusters lied. Fewer people read Above Top Secret than watch Mythbusters. NIST is the "official government story" and both lied. This engineer proved that thermite could cut through steel. He didn't prove that was what happened at the twin towers; but, he did prove that their explanation was faulty. Nobody other than the alternates are even checking.

NEVER believe experts or the official story. Check them first. Look for other perspectives and check them. The government and the people in power own the media. This is just a fact. Average people don't own or control television stations. They have an agenda, everyone does.

And now for a musical interlude.

Peter Wolf - Lights Out

Flash & The Pan - Hey St. Peter

Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid


My boy Bach - Fugue and toccata in D minor

Saint Saens - Danse Macabre


Donald Fagen - New Frontier

Linda Ronstadt - Down So Low

Sabrina Parker

I don't often post about human interest stories. Having said that, I read this story and feel a need to share it. There was a lovely young lady named Sabrina Parker and a young man named Matt Scozzari. They went to school together and fell in love. He asked her out at the same time that she learned she was dying.

The most horrific love story I personally know involved one of my cousins. His father died on his wedding day and for a lot of reasons the wedding could not be delayed. My cousin and his wife have done well and are strong people. Still that is a tough wedding day.

I am not going to explain what happened to Miss Parker, I would prefer that you read the story. I found the story heart wrenching but not sad. I do not think the young lady would like us to feel sad, she didn't live that way. I see the story about the courage of a young lady and the strength of her boyfriend. I see the story showing what we are capable of if we try.

Stuff We Should Know About

There are things in this world that most people don't know about. It is not hidden, just rarely discussed. I want to throw a few links to you.

Coral Castle

Oak Island

Pyramids in China

Just some fun stuff for you to watch.

Slow news day

I couldn't really find anything worth writing about. It is cold and raining very hard. Hope you had a good weekend. Be well.

Something my father taught me

In one of my previous iterations of this blog I spoke about this. It came upon my mind again. My father was in the Korean War and was decorated. He save lots of lives. He should have died in that war but he didn't. He attended some ceremonies in honor of him and his co-patriots. Everyone said what their experience in war was. He taught me a truth. There is no war, everyone's war is an individual experience. Life is the same way. Be well.

What a great day

Having too much fun today. Good friends and a good time. A birthday party for a ten year old boy and we get to participate. It is nice to see children smile. Making someone smile or laugh is the best blessing in the world. Be well.