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Predictions that I see for the next 12 months or after.
1. This year there will be a big explosion at the corner of a building, seem like a financial institution. This will be in-house our people will do this. Not terrorist from the outside. Death toll 9-11 people. This takes place in New York or someplace very close by.
WEATHER –
1. Somewhere on this planet a “Volcano” will explode and be heard around the world. Yes it will be so intense, it will speed up the axes once again. It will remind scientist of the volcano “Krakatoa” from the past.
2. There will be flooding in 2012, in lots of areas across the nation, more than usual predictions. There is one that stands out and the catalyst will be the Mississippi River. We have never experience anything like this as a nation.
3. Alaska will experience a very strong 7.5 to 8 earthquake. The funny thing is, it will be man-made by Black Ops, not from the earth naturally. Also a lot of UFO testing go on in this same area or location of earthquakes. Earthquakes this year to be remembered and discussed, talked about are: Japan, Chile, Singapore (could be catastrophic).
TECHNOLOGY -
1. Good news! I believe this year you will be able to communicate with your 5×7 tablet as a phone communicator, and webcam. In other words the new phone with it all in one.
2. Strides in the field of Cancer (skin), Bionic (parts more mobile, bendable, breathable), Stem Cell (regenerating organs), Brain Modification (healing mental disease with electrode nanos, in the sleeping state).
POLITICS –
1. President Barack Obama will get a 2nd term.
2. Pharmaceutical companies will finally get their dues. They have been ripping the American consumer off for years, even with Generic brands. Under the table, bribes, donations to charities all in the name of some good or bad doctor to make money. Well this year a whistle-blower with defining proof what is really going, will have their story finally told, even to the expense of death. There is also a few Congressmen employed in this.
3. In less than 10 years the Federal Reserve will no longer exist, which is a good thing. Run by the rich and famous. Was set up by millionaires.
4. Look for U.S. Senators to come up missing in 2012, or to come up dead. Either through assassination, poisoning, vehicle accident, drowning, it going to happen.
ENTERTAINMENT –
Look for actors/actresses to get paid less for their jobs. WHY? you say, lol because of Comcast, Infinity, Dish, Direct etc. i.e. By the time you go to the theatre and spend about $80.00. You can sit at home in the comfort of your Media Room, Living Room, Family Room. Food is right there and drinks. Doesn’t matter how small or large the crowd, you only pay once price for the movie and that’s it! There is already a program of $60 in place to watch (opening day, block busters, first run) movies in the comfort of your home then to go to the theatre. Most cable or dish companies charge $4.99 to $9.99 for first time release. Which states movie theaters will become a thing of the past very soon. Remember the old “drive in theaters”.
by Lennis
1/7/12
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Friday, October 21st is the day we get to see the twin babies of Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon. Son Moroccan and daughter Monroe will be introduced to the world with Barbara Walters on 20/20. The babies were born in late April. Carey tried to sell the first photos, but she wasn’t offered the millions she hoped. This will be the first time we will see the twins.
SIDEBAR: So by now we have all seen the twins, what do you think? Do you think they Pimped
their children out? Seriously, what do you think???
Hank Williams Jr. and his iconic theme song “All My Rowdy Friends” will no longer be used to open ESPN’s “Monday Night Football,” the network announced today.
The parting of ways follows an analogy Williams used involving Adolf Hitler and President Barack Obama to make a political point on the Fox News Channel.
“We have decided to part ways with Hank Williams, Jr,” ESPN said in a statement. “We appreciate his contributions over the past years. The success of Monday Night Football has always been about the games and that will continue.”
On his own website, Williams said he was the one who made the decision.
“After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision,” he wrote. “By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It’s been a great run.”
In an interview Monday on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” Williams, unprompted, said of Obama’s outing on the links with House Speaker John Boehner: “It’d be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu.”
Asked to clarify, Williams said, “They’re the enemy,” adding that by “they” he meant Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
ESPN pulled Williams’ opening to Monday night’s Indianapolis-Tampa Bay game and issued a statement saying: “While Hank Williams, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight’s telecast.”
Williams, through his publicist, said on Monday: “Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme — but it was to make a point. I was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me — how ludicrous that pairing was. They’re polar opposites and it made no sense. They don’t see eye-to-eye and never will. I have always respected the office of the president.”
As previously reported, former “American Idol” judges Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul are together again at the judges’ table, joined by record executive Antonio L.A. Reid and singer Nicole Scherzinger, a former judge on NBC’s “The Sing Off.”
How it’s Different from “American Idol”:
“X-Factor” is open to both solo acts and groups. The minimum age is 12 and there is no upper age limit. Contestants will be divided into four categories: girls between 12 and 25, boys between 12 and 25, solo artists over 30 and groups. Also, some groups may be formed by rejected solo acts following the auditions.
Below, Cowell says he wouldn’t have gone through the effort of mounting a US version of the UK series unless he thought it would offer something different.
How “The X Factor” is Similar to NBC’s “The Voice”:
Each judge is assigned as a mentor in one of the four categories, assisting in song choices, styling and staging. Through the live shows, the judges will mentor the singers in their category while judging contestants from the other categories. Ultimately, the judges are competing to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning judge.
How it’s Unlike Any Competition Show on Television
The winner will pocket a $5 million recording contract with Epic Records and a starring spot in a Pepsi Commercial to air during the next Super Bowl.
Also, “The X Factor” is more competitive than other talent shows, according to Abdul. When the judges met with TV critics in Beverly Hills last month, Abdul said many of the singers who auditioned ran circles around acts on the radio today.
“They are much more prepared,” she said. “They are students that have watched every different artist, and they understand the savvy business of the record business, of having to have something special that is not a copycat of other artists. And they come in, and it’s that feeling that I’ve wanted to feel as a judge even through all of the years of ‘American Idol’ that I’m discovering something I have never seen before. And it’s not just about having that brilliant voice. It’s about all of the other parts that fill the gap, and that’s that special, unique, bold, and daring style.
Reid, a Grammy-winning record producer and current Chairman & CEO of the Epic Label Group, notes how all of the TV singing competition shows churn out artists who have gone through the grooming process a bit backwards.
“Most of the talent in the traditional recording industry, they don’t get their recording contracts on by performing on stage. The stage performance comes after,” he said. “So it’s a very different platform because they are being judged as stage performers in the beginning of their career where there are many who have hit records, who only learned to perform after they’ve sold millions of records.”
One aspect of “The X Factor” that will spill over from “American Idol” is the histrionic relationship between Paula and Simon, which viewers will experience yet again beginning with Wednesday night’s 8 to 10 p.m. premiere on Fox.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned heads will “explode” in Washington with tomorrow’s release of his new memoir “In My Time” – and so it began on Sunday, with former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who dismissed as “cheap shots” the criticism leveled at him, Condoleezza Rice and others in the book It was the latest volley in a clash that stretches back to their first years in the George W. Bush administration, reports the AP. Cheney told NBC News last week, “There are going to be heads exploding all over Washington” after people read the book. “My head isn’t exploding. I haven’t noticed any other heads exploding in Washington,” Powell said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “From what I’ve read in the newspapers and seen on television it’s essentially a rehash of events of seven or eight years ago.” Cheney and Powell had numerous disagreements in the administration, particularly over policy toward Iraq and the run-up to the 2003 invasion by U.S.-led forces. In his book, Cheney says he believes Powell tried to undermine Bush by expressing his worry about the Iraq War in private conversations. “It was as though he thought the proper way to express his views was by criticizing administration policy to people outside the government,” Cheney writes. Cheney says he pushed for Powell to be removed from the administration after the 2004 election, writing Powell’s resignation “was for the best.” On Sunday, Powell termed “nonsense” Cheney’s description of how Powell went outside with his criticism of administration policies. Powell also suggested that Cheney wrongly took credit for Powell’s resignation from the State Department in 2004; Powell said he had always planned to serve only four years. “Mr. Cheney has had a long and distinguished career and I hope in his book that’s what he will focus on, not these cheap shots that he’s taking at me and other members of the administration who served to the best of our ability for President Bush,” Powell said.
Also in the book, Cheney goes after former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for her “naivete” in her efforts to negotiate a nuclear weapons agreement with North Korea. The book also details Cheney’s view that “he saw no need to apologize” for the controversial words included in Bush’s 2003 State of the Union about Iraq’s supposed search for uranium in Niger that helped justify the war in Iraq. Cheney’s writes that Rice eventually agreed with him, and she “tearfully admitted I had been right.” On “Face the Nation,” Powell labeled as “almost condescending” the tone of Cheney’s criticism of Rice, who succeeded him as secretary of state. Regarding the current president, Powell, who famously crossed party lines to vote for President Obama in 2008, said Sunday that he’s not necessarily supporting him for reelection in 2012. “I haven’t decided who I’m going to vote for,” Powell said. “Just as was the case in 2008, I am going to watch the campaign unfold. In the course of my life I have voted for Democrats, I have voted for Republicans, I have changed from one four-year cycle to another. “I’ve always felt it my responsibility as a citizen to take a look at the issues, examine the candidates, and pick the person that I think is best qualified for the office of the president in that year. And not just solely on the basis of party affiliation,” he said. Asked about the Republican field, Powell said there are some “interesting candidates,” but no one who has “emerged into the leading position.” “So let’s see if anybody else is going to join, and we’ve got a long way to go,” he added.
”Alpha Man: The Brotherhood of Martin Luther King” reveals the little-known story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s fraternity days as a member of the country’s first black fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, when he was a 23-year-old divinity student in Boston. Produced by Rainforest Films for Bl ack Entertainment Television (BET), the half-hour special, to be broadcast at 7 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, Aug. 28, was supposed to coincide with the much-anticipated official dedication of the Martin Luther King Memorial statue on the National Mall. But because of Hurricane Irene the dedication ceremonies have been postponed. The statue was scheduled to be dedicated on the 48th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. King’s “Dream” speech.
Dr. King’s APA frat brothers were instrumental in making the $120 million, 30 feet tall King Memorial a reality. The special, co-executive produced by Rob Hardy and Will Packer, will feature never before seen footage and first-hand accounts about a part of King’s early life that few people know about. “We did a lot of research and asked a lot of questions about this period in King’s life,” said Hardy. “We got first hand accounts of what happened during those times. We included information to show people what a fraternity is and information about Alpha Phi Alpha in case they didn’t know. This special will give an account of what Dr. King did when he was in the fraternity.”
Pausing, Hardy added, “King was drawn to Alpha Phi Alpha because a lot of people who were influential in that day, including Paul Robeson, Thurgood Marshall, and Duke Ellington, were all Alphas.” Hardy said that the special will include first hand accounts from King associates who knew King during the burgeoning civil rights movement, including when King was arrested in Montgomery and how other Alpha members raised the bail money to get him released from jail. “We also have King speaking at the 50th anniversary of the fraternity, and that was the first and only time he spoke at an Alpha convention,” said Hardy. We have broadcast footage of that speech which has never been heard.” Although Hardy said that King pledged Alpha Phi Alpha in 1952 and was proud to be a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, he said that the future civil rights leader downplayed his association in the fraternity.
“There’s not a lot of detail about King’s life in the fraternity and we spoke with Ambassador (Andrew) Young who said that that was deliberate. King never publicized that he was an Alpha man because at that time he didn’t want to create any more divisions between black people. He felt we were all in the same struggle so he didn’t want to create any more divisions where people viewed him as separate because he is in a fraternity or he’s an Alpha. He just wanted everybody to view him as, ‘We’re all common people on a mission for civil rights’…he was more about solidarity.” Hardy said King’s fight for social justice greatly influenced his fraternity brothers. “The Alphas began launching student sit-ins because they saw King speak at this convention. Because King spoke to the brotherhood, he inspired other brothers to do the same thing and to take a nonviolent approach towards civil rights.” Actor and author Hill Harper serves as host and narrator of the production. “Hill traveled to Boston, Atlanta, D. C. and Dayton to meet some of the people who actually knew Dr. King,” said Hardy, who also told us that Harper and Dianne Ashford served as producers on the project.
Was it a political power grab or a fairer way to assure all citizens have equal representation?
Voting district boundaries are poised to be redrawn following a controversial decision in Nassau County on Tuesday, reports CBS 2’s Jennifer McLogan.
It was standing room only inside the Nassau Legislature as hundreds of workers came to rally for a new Nassau Coliseum hub — with questions about the $400 million bond referendum facing taxpayers — when suddenly there was an abrupt and unexpected schedule change.
Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt announced a vote on the controversial redistricting plan. Yet many who came to voice objections couldn’t get in due to the overflow Coliseum crowd.
“If you’re not here to discuss redistricting, we ask you to stand up and let those people come in because that’s the item that they’re now calling,” was the order from the Legislature.
When the 2010 census confirmed a population shift, Nassau’s Republican majority began remapping boundaries, resulting in sweeping changes through Hempstead, the North Shore, and the Five Towns.
Democrats argued it was hastily drawn and a political power grab.
“It’s a desperate chance to retain their majority and they control redistricting again next year,” Democratic Legislator David Denenberg said.
Those who did get to speak against let it all hang out.
“It’s completely racist. It’s wrong and everybody up there knows it,” one person said.
“We are taxpayers and we shouldn’t have to go through this abuse that we hear here,” another said.
“Why are they so fearful? Why are they insistent upon pushing it through now?” wondered another.
Republicans explained they are mandated to make changes — that this will give all residents a greater voice. They said they are trying to assure one person, one vote.
MARISKA HARGITAY has paid tribute to her longtime LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT co-star CHRISTOPHER MELONI as he prepares to leave the TV show after 12 years.
Meloni recently confirmed he won’t be returning to the hit cop drama for the upcoming 13th season, leaving his onscreen partner Hargitay to continue without him.
The pair’s co-star Ice-T recently spoke of his “surprise” and sadness following news of Meloni’s departure, and Hargitay has now revealed she will miss her pal “terribly”.
She tells TVLine, “For the past 12 years Chris has been my partner and friend, both on screen and off. He inspired me every day with his integrity, his extraordinary talent and his commitment to the truth. I love him deeply and will miss him terribly – I’m so excited to see what he’ll do next.”
Hargitay, who recently adopted a baby girl, is expected to cut back her role in upcoming episodes so she can spend more time with her family.
One game is a grudge match between teams that know each other all too well. The other is a rare rematch between virtual strangers.
The Final Four is set. In one game Saturday, Kentucky will play Louisville in an intrastate rivalry that puts Cardinals coach Rick Pitino against the school he once coached, then later alienated by returning to the Bluegrass to lead its archrival.
In the other semifinal, it will be Ohio State and Kansas, meeting for only the ninth time in their history but for the second time this season. The Jayhawks won the first game 78-67 in Lawrence, Kan., back on Dec. 10. Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger sat out of that game with back spasms. It was the first time the teams had met since 1999-2000.
The winners will play for the national title April 2. Kentucky already has seven national titles but none since 1998, the year after Pitino left. Kansas has three championships, Louisville has two and Ohio State, better known as a football power, won its lone title in 1960 and is making its third trip to the Final Four since 1999.
Absent from this year’s ultimate hoops weekend, taking place at the Superdome in New Orleans, are the longshots and little guys who have made March Madness so special over the years. Although there are no Butlers, VCUs or George Masons, there are plenty of good stories to tell. That list starts with Pitino vs. his old school.
It was Pitino who restored Kentucky to its former greatness when he arrived there in 1989 and the Wildcat program was coming off the sting of NCAA violations. Pitino took the program to three Final Fours and won one championship, but left in 1997 to take a second shot at the NBA, where he had previously coached the New York Knicks.
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