Carnival Cruise Ship Stranded

                                                                                    

  Many people have been affected by the Carnival cruise ship drifting in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship had a fire break out in an engine room. No people were injured due to the fire but their arrival time back home has been set back many days. The 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members are all being kept on the boat with no air conditioning, sketchy electricity, hardly enough food, busted toilets, and many angry people waiting to get off of that boat. Two tugboats have been towing the boat since Monday said they should arrive at Mobile, Alabama some time on Thursday. Keep in mind they are moving ONE mile per HOUR! Sources have said that sewage is running down hallways and countless wall aboard the ship.

  I feel for these poor people on the ship. I could not even think how terrible the past days have been for them. They are probably so fed up with one another and just can not wait to get to land. If I was part of the crew on the ship, I think that it would be a very hard task to stay calm and deal with many complaints. I am sure that there are plenty of them by now. These people have very little running water so that means no showers, little use of toilets and sinks. They also have limited electricity which means that they have all of their food dry, it is not cooked. It is more of a sandwich diet now until Thursday.

What if you were in this situation. What would you do? How would you react?

The Walt Files: Secrets of the Illuminati

Several days ago, I was sitting at my computer shuffling through the mess of Facebook posts, blindly monitoring the television to keep an eye on the Superbowl. Immediately after San Francisco lost (meaning my loss of a bet), I got a bit angry, and wanted to complain about it on Facebook. Halfway through a post, a picture came up that someone had liked, shared, or added (I cannot remember which one it was). It showed Beyonce displaying an Illuminati sign. I'm fond of reading "conspiracy theories" for laughs, so I googled it.
On three sites, visitors mentioned something about a guy named "Walt". After a bit more searching, I found a thread on the conspiracy website "Godlike Productions", where a man claimed to have been in the Illuminati for a number of years, and started telling secrets and plans of the Illuminati.
At first, with mentions of aliens, armageddon warfare, and several other outlandish things, much of the information was hard to believe. But his backstory was so solid, so grounding, that it was hard not to believe much of what he discussed. His posts describe him trying to use YouTube to get the message out and he would post the transcripts on the thread.
I read through all 151 pages of material, the reactions, the posts, the "BS" flags posted everywhere. It was only when I read an article on his blog that everything kinda made sense. You see, on the thread, he said his wife got into a car accident because the Illuminati was after him for telling his secrets, and when he was told to prove it, he said he wouldn't "play" their "games". But later, on his last post on his blog that he kept open for well over a year, he said he wanted a "new beginning". He claimed that the part about his wife getting into a car crash was just a diversion topic (used to persuade the Illuminati that he was lying) because the Illuminati had actually killed his entire family, so the group would think he was never really on the inside.
Some of the things he discussed were hard to swallow...
He claims that Barrack Obama will try to repeal the amendment that limits the number of terms a president can serve. He says that the Anti-Christ is no one man, but is actually the country of Israel ("a beast [bringer of destruction] that rises out of the sea [of turmoil] with many heads [leaders]"). He even claims that WWIII is just around the corner and will begin with a preemptive strike on Iran by Israel.
Scary to say the least...
Both the thread and the blog are very interesting, and I invite you to read them. Of course, shoveling through the entire mess to find the gold is a bit of a reach, but I suggest first going to the thread, and simply clicking the down arrow to move through ("Jump to Next Post by User"). Be warned, there is a heck of a lot of info there.

I really did enjoy what Walt had to say... I may not believe every bit of it, but it was nonetheless intriguing. If you read it all, Kudos. (:

The New Girl by Tracie Puckett

Steph is a 17-year-old girl who has been on the move all her life.  Her mom had her when she was 16 with a 40-year-old man who beat her mom, so they left.  Steph has been to 11 different schools because her mom is so paranoid that her dad will find them and beat her again.  Steph and her mom wind up in Webster Grove where her mom meets a boy named Calvin.  Steph finds herself falling in love with her English teacher after being set up on a double date with him.  Throughout the book you wonder if the English teacher has fallen in love with Steph as well.  You go with Steph through her journey of being a girl-on-the-move, and you will see that even though she has had a rough life, her and her mom are there for each other through it all. There are four books in the series, but I haven't read the rest of them yet.  I really want to read the rest because this book was so good!
My favorite part of the book is when her English teacher and Steph go teepee her friends house.  I didn't like the ending because I wanted to keep reading the other books.  I recommend this book to all girls that will love a good love story.  If you have read this book, what do you think of it?

MJ Turns 50

Michael Jordan, basketballs greatest, turned 50 years young yesterday. Michael Jordan was born in Brooklyn on February 17th 1963. He played in the NBA after playing three years of basketball at the University of North Carolina. He was drafted to the Chicago Bulls in 1984. Soon after he was drafted, he became famous from his dunks. He got the nickname "Air Jordan" from doing slam dunks from the free throw line. He won three NBA championships in a row. In his carear, he won the MVP award 5 times, and was on the NBA All Star team 14 times.  In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. During his first season n the NBA, Jordan averaged 28.2 ppg on 51.5% shooting.
Michael Jordan retired and took up a baseball carear like his father. Jordan played for the Birmingham Barons from 1994-1995 and the Scottsdale Scorpions in 1994. Jordan felt like there was still more game in him, so he went back into the NBA for the Bulls. He then retired once again, but came back and played for the Washington Wizzards.
After he was completly done with basketball and the NBA, he took up golfing. He has always golfed his whole life, and was also an amazing golfer. Michael Jordan is the greates athlete of all time.

Pope Benedict XVI To Resign

I recently read an article that told about how Pope Benedict XVI, the leader of the Catholic Church, is planning to resign in the next few months. The exact reason isn't for sure, but many think it's because of all the judgement he's had to face since he's been the Pope such as the issues about paedophelia with some of the priests, homosexuality and female priests.  Some people, however, think that the reason has nothing to do with the issues he's had to face.  Regardless of the reason, he will be the first pope in almost six hundred years to resign. The spokespersons for the Catholic Church have said they plan to elect the next Pope soon.
In my opinion, I think that Pope Benedict XVI should not resign because he's kind of letting down the church.  Either way, I think he has been a good pope but times have changed so maybe he is just not right for the job anymore.
Read the article here: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21427785

I Hear A Rhapsody

Recently I finished a book called Rhapsody. I would recommend it for anyone who likes books in the same category as The Lord Of The Rings. A magical, sword slinging world with odd hero choices and a few weird elements. The main character of the book is a girl called Emily, (although she goes by Rhapsody in her adult years) she is studying to be a Singer (think of it like a bard that tells historical tales) after breaking from her previous profession as a prostitute. She meets up with a 14 foot tall man creature called a Firbolg, and a smaller hooded man of a race called the Dhracian. To save her life they adopt her as a sister and take her on a fantastic journey that travels through time, and space (and the center of the earth's core) that brings Rhapsody into contact with her destiny, a horde of adopted grandchildren, and her own long lost love. altogether a great read and I would recommend it. Lots of fighting, comedy and even a bit of romance.All you need to do is go down to your public library, and ask your librarian if they have it or if they can get it. Not a book for strictly guys or girls a good read.
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Woman Dies From Coca-Cola

A 30-year-old woman died in February 2010 from lack of potassium in the blood.  She had been drinking 10 liters of Coca-Cola every day.  Her family said that she was addicted, and if she stopped drinking the Coca-Cola, she would go through withdrawal, or shaking.  She even had to get her teeth removed because the sugar had caused so much decay.  One of her eight children was actually born without enamel.  This was a cause of the mother's addiction to Coke.  Because of her addiction, her heart was beating too fast or too slow.  Drinking that much Coca-Cola is the same amount as 2 lbs of sugar and 970 mg of caffeine.  Doctors say that if she hadn't been addicted to Coca-Cola, she wouldn't have died at that age or that way.  The Coca-Cola company argues with the doctors and states that their soda isn't related to her death.  The company says that overconsumption of any food or drink can be harmful.  Doctors are wanting soda companies to have clear warnings about overconsumption of soda.  I think that Coca-Cola was the reason that she died.  Overconsumption of anything could have been harmful, but only the soda would have cause tooth decay and one of her children to be born without enamel.  What are your thoughts on the article?