Conspiracy Theorist Decries Dinosaur Statue Outside McDonald’s in Arizona

A McDonald’s restaurant in Arizona found itself the target of an agitated conspiracy theorist who took issue with them having a massive dinosaur statue in front of the building because, he contends, such creatures never existed! The bizarre dispute reportedly began last month when a man named Josh Brown took to the Facebook group Christians Against Dinosaurs to express his concern about the huge Tyrannosaurus Rex which sits outside the establishment in Tuscon. “Please help! This McDonald’s has this dinosaur and refuses to remove it,” he declared, urging group members to “call the manager and demand the removal of this blasphemy!”

Brown, it would appear, is a believer in the fairly obscure, but still very real conspiracy theory that dinosaurs did not exist and that the creatures are actually a creation of nefarious forces intent on misleading the public about the ‘true’ history of the planet. While some suspected that the Facebook post was some kind of clever satirical message, it turns out that was not the case as a local media outlet tracked down the man behind the post and he confirmed that it was genuine.

“It seems to me that every dinosaur story and display or dinosaur-themed event is furthering the myth that the Earth is much older than the Bible says it is,” he explained, “the dinosaur should go unless they’re willing to compromise with a plaque of some kind stating that it’s a fictional character.” For their part, the McDonald’s at the center of the ‘controversy’ say that, despite Brown’s best efforts, they have yet to receive any complaints about the dinosaur statue other than his Facebook post and have no plans to remove it.

Ironically, it would seem that Brown’s post backfired in a big way for him as he now claims that it caused him to become the target of all manner of online harassment from people who “spew insults and threats.” Adding insult to injury, the conspiracy theorist also revealed that he has been ousted from the Facebook group where the kerfuffle all began, suggesting that the administrators of the page did not take too kindly to his unique form of ‘activism.’

These idiots who take the old testament literally really bother me.

Skyquakes

This a very very strange phenomena.

Skyquakes are unexplained reports of a phenomenon that sounds like a cannon, trumpet or a sonic boom coming from the sky. The sound produces shock wave that can vibrate a building or a particular area. They have been heard in several locations around the world. Such locations include the banks of the river Ganges, Marwari village in Himachal Pradesh, the East Coast and inland Finger Lakes of the United States, the Magic Valley in South Central Idaho of the United States, Colombia, Southern Canada, as well as areas of the North Sea, Japan, Australia, Italy, Drogheda, Bettystown, Slane, Dundalk, Ireland, Pune, Ambala, The Netherlands, Norway, Bengaluru, Tierra del Fuego Argentina, United Kingdom and recently (11 April 2020) in Jakarta, West Java, Brazil, Uruguay, (23 April 2020) in Tampico, Mexico, on May 11 2020 in Central Java and on May 21 2020 in Bandung, West Java.

They have been reported from an Adriatic island in 1824; Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria in Australia; Belgium; frequently on calm summer days in the Bay of Fundy, Canada; Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland; Scotland; Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick; Cedar Keys, Florida; Franklinville, New York in 1896; and northern Georgia in the United States.

Their sound has been described as being like distant but inordinately loud thunder while no clouds are in the sky large enough to generate lightning. Those familiar with the sound of cannon fire say the sound is nearly identical. The booms occasionally cause shock waves that rattle plates. Early white settlers in North America were told by the native Haudenosaunee Iroquois that the booms were the sound of the Great Spirit continuing his work of shaping the earth.

The terms “mistpouffers” and “Seneca guns” both originate in Seneca Lake, NY, and refer to the rumble of artillery fire. James Fenimore Cooper, author of The Last of the Mohicans, wrote “The Lake Gun” in 1850, a short story describing the phenomenon heard at Seneca Lake, which seems to have popularized the terms.

Hypotheses
Their origin has not been positively identified. They have been explained as:

Coronal mass ejection CMEs often generate shock waves similar to what happens when an aircraft flies at a speed higher than the speed of sound in Earth’s atmosphere (sonic boom). The solar wind’s equivalent of a sonic boom can accelerate protons up to millions of miles per minute—as much as 40 percent of the speed of light.
Meteors entering the atmosphere causing sonic booms.
Gas:
Gas escaping from vents in the Earth’s surface.
With lakes, bio gas from decaying vegetation trapped beneath the lake bottoms suddenly bursting forth. This is plausible, since Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake are two large and deep lakes.
Explosive release of less volatile gases generated as limestone decays in underwater caves.
Military aircraft (though it cannot explain occurrences before supersonic flight started).
In some cases, they have been associated with earthquakes. Earthquakes may not hold as a general cause because these sounds are often unaccompanied by seismic activity, other than the vibrations induced by sound.
In North Carolina, one speculation is that they are the sound of pieces of the continental shelf falling off into the Atlantic abyss. However, the Atlantic abyss is too far away from the east coast, and the Atlantic ridge is the result of very slow-moving tectonics and could not produce such sounds, given how often they occur.
Underwater caves collapsing, and the air rapidly rising to the surface.
Possible resonance from solar and/or earth magnetic activity inducing sounds.
Volcanic eruptions
Avalanches, either natural or human-made for avalanche control.
A recent explanation is that the noise is very distant thunder which has been focused anomalously as it travelled through the upper atmosphere.

Winnipeg Shots

The river walk is finally above water. The walk was submerged for most of the summer as river levels were higher than normal due to excessive rainfall.

 

 

 

 

 

Homelessness is a problem throughout North America. Winnipeg is no exception. This homeless camp popped on the riverbank.

 

No leash dog park along the river. The surface the hounds romp around on is artificial turf.

 

 

 

Giant mural 7 stories high on the Union Centre building.

Notable movie posters

When I was growing up in a small prairie town as a little kid, one of my favourite things to do was bicycle to the movie theatre and check out the movie posters on the front of the building.  I would analyze every corner and detail of the poster.  Especially if there were scantily clad women illustrated in the poster.  Horror and Science Fiction movie posters were also some of my favourites. 

The posters would make you imagine what the movie was about and what the visuals would instill in your head.  The posters would create the curiosity that would motivate you to see the film or not.

Below are some of the more engaging posters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rosemary’s Baby

 

 

This poster REALLY caught my attention.  Great scary movie.

 

 

Life: Quick, Intriguing, Random and quite Absurd

I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.
Carl Sandburg

 

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Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Mark Twain

 

 

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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

George Burns
When we talk to God, we’re praying. When God talks to us, we’re schizophrenic.
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Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?

Robin Williams
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There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
Josh Billings
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Socrates

 

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Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering – and it’s all over much too soon.

Woody Allen

 

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Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn’t mean the circus has left town.

George Carlin

 

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