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Buford2k11 August 5th, 2016 at 11:58
Bpollen, this one is fer you…
bpollen August 7th, 2016 at 17:16
How did YOU get my family photos???
bpollen August 7th, 2016 at 23:23
Luckily I don’t have any particular negative reaction to bee stings. Well, except for the time a bee flew into my pop when I didn’t see it, and stung my tongue… I had to call into work sounding like Elmer Fudd.
oldfart August 5th, 2016 at 13:49
Sonnenburg Gardens Canandaigua, NY
whatthe46 August 5th, 2016 at 14:10
how old is that?
oldfart August 5th, 2016 at 20:49
That particular structure early 1900’s, the land was originally acquired at the time of the civil war…ish. ;)
Gina Bousquet August 5th, 2016 at 20:54
A thing of beauty…
oldfart August 6th, 2016 at 00:25
Here’s the entrance to the “rock gardens”
Hello Gina ! Good to hear from you.
How’s your continent holding up ? I hear the neighbors next door are having a rough go of it.
Gina Bousquet August 6th, 2016 at 12:22
Lovely picture! Hi, friend! Yes, Venezuela is in shambles, a country without a government and with a very uncertain future. Sad to see the people’s misfortune.
StoneyCurtisll August 6th, 2016 at 20:02
Beautiful~!
William August 5th, 2016 at 14:05
JUst sayin’
whatthe46 August 5th, 2016 at 14:10
stolen from you again.
Gary Parillo August 5th, 2016 at 20:08
Dont know where he finds those, but those are greatL
Gary Parillo August 5th, 2016 at 18:42
Breaking news:trump accuses clinton and obama of arming the romulans!
oldfart August 5th, 2016 at 20:42
I like it !!!
Larry Schmitt August 5th, 2016 at 22:20
He would never know it wasn’t real, and he would brag about it. That would be hilarious.
whatthe46 August 5th, 2016 at 22:24
read the exchanges above, mine and Stoney’s to that idiot bigkahuna…
Larry Schmitt August 6th, 2016 at 00:09
I just read those. That’s amazing. Where do those people come up with that crap?
whatthe46 August 6th, 2016 at 00:13
i have no idea.
dewired4u August 6th, 2016 at 01:06
‘Media contagion’ is factor in mass shootings
People who commit mass shootings in America
tend to share three traits: rampant depression, social isolation and
pathological narcissism, according to a paper presented at the American
Psychological Association’s annual convention that calls on the media to
deny such shooters the fame they seek.
“Mass shootings are on the rise and so is media coverage of them,”
said Jennifer B. Johnston, PhD, of Western New Mexico University. “At
this point, can we determine which came first? Is the relationship
merely unidirectional: More shootings lead to more coverage? Or is it
possible that more coverage leads to more shootings?”
Johnston and her coauthor, Andrew Joy, BS, also of Western New Mexico
University, reviewed data on mass shootings amassed by media outlets,
the FBI and advocacy organizations, as well as scholarly articles, to
conclude that “media contagion” is largely responsible for the increase
in these often deadly outbursts. They defined mass shootings as either
attempts to kill multiple people who are not relatives or those
resulting in injuries or fatalities in public places.
The prevalence of these crimes has risen in relation to the mass
media coverage of them and the proliferation of social media sites that
tend to glorify the shooters and downplay the victims, Johnston said.
“We suggest that the media cry to cling to ‘the public’s right to
know’ covers up a greedier agenda to keep eyeballs glued to screens,
since they know that frightening homicides are their No. 1 ratings and
advertising boosters,” she said.
The demographic profile of mass shooters is fairly consistent, she
said. Most are white, ostensibly heterosexual males, largely between the
ages of 20 and 50. They tend to see themselves as “victims of
injustice,” and share a belief that they have been cheated out of their
rightful dominant place as white, middle class males. “Unfortunately, we
find that a cross-cutting trait among many profiles of mass shooters is
desire for fame,” she said. This quest for fame among mass shooters
skyrocketed since the mid-1990s “in correspondence to the emergence of
widespread 24-hour news coverage on cable news programs, and the rise of
the internet during the same period.”
She cited several media contagion models, most notably one proposed
by Towers et al. (2015), which found the rate of mass shootings has
escalated to an average of one every 12.5 days, and one school shooting
on average every 31.6 days, compared to a pre-2000 level of about three
events per year. “A possibility is that news of shooting is spread
through social media in addition to mass media,” she said.
“If the mass media and social media enthusiasts make a pact to no
longer share, reproduce or retweet the names, faces, detailed histories
or long-winded statements of killers, we could see a dramatic reduction
in mass shootings in one to two years,” she said. “Even conservatively,
if the calculations of contagion modelers are correct, we should see at
least a one-third reduction in shootings if the contagion is removed.”
She said this approach could be adopted in much the same way as the
media stopped reporting celebrity suicides in the mid-1990s after it was
corroborated that suicide was contagious. Johnston noted that there was
“a clear decline” in suicide by 1997, a couple of years after the
Centers for Disease Control convened a working group of suicidologists,
researchers and the media, and then made recommendations to the media.
“The media has come together before to work for good, to incite
social change,” she said. “They have done, and they can do it. It is
time. It is enough.”
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160804172443.htm
Uncle Ralph August 6th, 2016 at 04:41
Are we sure the Merlin folks aren’t just throwing smoke grenades to cover up the fact that their predictions have turned out to be wrong? Vince Foster? Really? You guys are going to need chiropractic after reaching that far.
eyelashviper August 6th, 2016 at 18:21
Trump in a big snit that the opening ceremonies of the Olympics conflicted with his campaign bombast last night, so had a special ceremony today just to show how bigly he is:
http://www.truthdig.com/images/made/images/cartoonuploads/LuckovichCeremonialLighting_1000_590_429.jpg
StoneyCurtisll August 6th, 2016 at 20:00
Donald Trump’s campaign IS a dumpster fire~!
dewired4u August 7th, 2016 at 02:25
wrong one
StoneyCurtisll August 12th, 2016 at 16:14
Now thats a Clissic~!
whatthe46 August 7th, 2016 at 02:45
i agree.
Mike N. August 9th, 2016 at 15:38
So that crazy Kansas water slide… the creepiest thing is that the father of the kid who was decapitated (who is a state rep) took the opportunity to praise Jesus: “As we try to mend our home with him no longer with us, we are comforted knowing he believed in our Savior Jesus, and they are forever together now. We will see him another day,” Over the past few years Kansas has been taken over by creepy evangelical Christians, and (as @Obewon can surely point out) the state has been going down the toilet ever since.
Larry Schmitt August 10th, 2016 at 08:51
I thought that was very strange too. If my child had just been killed that way, I wouldn’t be talking about him being with Jesus. If I thought that, I would wonder why Jesus deserved my son more than me.
Clementine August 10th, 2016 at 09:01
Oh, wow. This is the first I’ve heard he was decapitated. That is just too horrible to even contemplate. As I was reading this, Larry below me commented with my next thoughts! I would not be able to wrap my head around “Jesus has a plan for all of us.” If decapitation is Jesus’ plan for a child – Holy Shit! That’s some sick old time religion.
StoneyCurtisll August 12th, 2016 at 16:11
I live in Kansas City and worked an overlay project right next to that water slide this week…
It creeped me out seeing all the national media satellite trucks there and knowing I was looking at the site of where a 10 year old kid was decapitated just a couple days earlier…
The 10 year old kids dad is a Republican Kansas state Representative..
And I’m sure is going to sue the hell out of the water park…
Sad thing is that the republican controlled legislature in Kansas has put a cap on wrongful death law suits at $300,000 dollars, unless they can show financial damages..(no loss of potential income with a 10 year old).
oldfart August 10th, 2016 at 00:36
Test, I have returned from electronic limbo.
Why cant i get in, without resorting to joining disqus ?
Help a guy out here please !
Hirightnow August 10th, 2016 at 15:00
How do you normally sign in?
oldfart August 11th, 2016 at 00:31
I click on login everything appears correct. I then try to comment and the “sign in with disqus” appears. I cant post a comment reply or up vote. What gives ?!? I’m getting the same problem using disqus as well if I leave and try to come back disqus doesnt recognize me again.
oldfart August 11th, 2016 at 00:42
You could close my “account” and i can try to sign up again under my same handle and email account (like new). I dont care so much about my comment and vote count BUT… this is a pain in the arse…
I need my Alan fix !!!!!! ;)
Hirightnow August 11th, 2016 at 08:32
I can’t do such things (sorry).
Try clearing your browser cache… your browser may be trying to log you in incorrectly. If your browser stores passwords for you, try deleting the one for alan.com and going through the login process again.
oldfart August 12th, 2016 at 00:23
It seems my problem has cured itself, sort of.
The gods of the internet have been satisfied.
Thanx to all…
Buford2k11 August 10th, 2016 at 12:29
woke up this morning, and needed to take a photo…
Gina Bousquet August 11th, 2016 at 00:53
Lovely sunrise! What a view!
oldfart August 11th, 2016 at 01:07
Just want to say hi Gina!
Having issues with posting and signing in…
The electronic karma fairy is not being kind to me. :(
Have a spledid evening !
Gina Bousquet August 11th, 2016 at 17:35
Hi friend! I’m having the same kind of issues I guess, having to sign in most of the time I want to post.
oldfart August 11th, 2016 at 01:10
That is some awesome Chi !
Hirightnow August 10th, 2016 at 14:59
Alan, on the front page, the part of the code that displays the number of comments for each article seems to be inoperative, with the exception of the middle row (“Post your thoughts”. and the poll).
StoneyCurtisll August 12th, 2016 at 16:02
been getting the same thing here for a couple of days…
William August 10th, 2016 at 16:00
Parenting, level epic. https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocrats/videos/1205990719493980/
whatthe46 August 10th, 2016 at 16:26
That’s AWESOME. This is such an inspirational family. This is what family values look like.
Budda August 10th, 2016 at 16:50
Alan, I don’t like having to sign in on Discus every other day. What happened?
Gina Bousquet August 11th, 2016 at 22:34
Why do all articles in the front page show 0 comments?
StoneyCurtisll August 12th, 2016 at 15:59
Same thing here sister….
WTF?
Gina Bousquet August 12th, 2016 at 16:35
No Idea…
robert August 11th, 2016 at 23:13
creepy clown sightings popping up in wisconsin One in waukesha another in greenbay. The 2 are said not to be related
http://fusion.net/story/238063/wisconsin-clown-haunting-waukesha/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3720601/Mysterious-creepy-clown-carrying-black-balloons-spotted-walking-night-Wisconsin-city.html
StoneyCurtisll August 12th, 2016 at 15:59
I hate clowns…
Creepy or not..
oldfart August 12th, 2016 at 11:15
Happy Friday everybody !
oldfart August 12th, 2016 at 11:23
Rock City Park Olean NY
the picture can’t show how massive that rock truely is.
The sign says “balancing rock over 1000 tons”
That rock is pearched on a rock, I stood on the ground and still couldnt reach it.
StoneyCurtisll August 12th, 2016 at 16:00
The power of glaciers….
Cool shot…:)
StoneyCurtisll August 12th, 2016 at 15:58
Am I the only one who is seeing zero comments on every story?
Until you click on the link…
StoneyCurtisll August 12th, 2016 at 21:40
I have a rare 3 days in a row off from work….
I hope everyone is having as much fun as I am…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5NX1FC-7-w