tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post5756192874291319613..comments2024-02-19T07:06:52.139-05:00Comments on Twilight Language: A Date to Watch: August 5, 2016Loren Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10705306131201565523noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-6898808137844901532016-08-08T13:24:02.938-04:002016-08-08T13:24:02.938-04:00One anniversary we overlooked is the death of Mari...One anniversary we overlooked is the death of Marilyn Monroe on August 5, 1962Tom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-54804992373889028262016-08-05T14:08:18.272-04:002016-08-05T14:08:18.272-04:00Loren,
So far on August 5 (though it's still ...Loren,<br /><br />So far on August 5 (though it's still morning in LA-LA-Land here), I think what is emerging today is not a terrorist attack, but rather a call for all of us writers and readers here to “pause and ponder” about those attacks, as you suggested we all do in the post about the Austin shooting.<br /><br />Maybe we could all go out to our local Starbucks and order croissants today and ponder the history and mysteries of Twilight Language!<br /><br />First of all, the movie <i>Suicide Squad</i> is getting uniformly terrible reviews and, dare I say it, the only terrorist attack on its August 5 premiere may be its metaphorical “suicide-bombing at the box office.” Pause and ponder about the bad reviews as a let-down phenomenon? Here director David Ayer defends his baby from the nasty critics<br />http://www.thewrap.com/suicide-squad-bad-reviews-director-david-ayer-reacts-the-joker-harley-quinn-jared-leto-margot-robbie/<br /><br />Secondly, what event of recent American history took place on this date in 1974? That's 42 years ago --- yes, there's that magic number 42. On August 5, 1974, President Richard Nixon was forced by the Supreme Court to release the actual tape recordings of his conversations with White House aides that proved his complicity in the Watergate break-in. That tape got to be called the “Smoking Gun Tape” and I believe that the now cliché term “smoking gun” entered out collective consciousness on that day.<br /><br />This “smoking gun” event certainly caused Nixon to pause and ponder his fate as he resigned from the Presidency just 3 days later on August 8, 1974. (Tomorrow, August 6, we commemorate the atom bombing of Hiroshima, followed 3 days later by the bombing of Nagasaki. Atomic smoking gun to resignation/surrender?)<br /><br />And finally --- though this note really belongs on the Croissant blogpost --- <br />http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/08/khizr-khan-allah-causing-trump-make-stupid-mistakes/<br /><br /><i>The father of martyred United States (US) soldier Captain Humayun Khan, Khizr Khan, has on Thursday said that the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is unacceptable to the US. He said that Allah makes people like Trump to make mistakes to discredit them in public eyes forever, reported Dunya News.</i><br /><br />Pause and ponder now about Donald Trump perhaps being inspired by Khan now to lead a New Crusade? Not to mention how strangely coincidental it is that the new mayor of London is also named Khan. <br /><br />Years ago in old Hollywood, a reporter once queried WC Fields about his religious affiliation:<br />“So what do you believe in, Mister Fields”<br />“I believe I'll have another drink.”<br /><br />On that note: “I believe I'll have another croissant.”Tom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-23545093807395417032016-07-30T16:50:10.737-04:002016-07-30T16:50:10.737-04:00My Texas friend Carolyn just noted this coincidenc...My Texas friend Carolyn just noted this coincidence.<br /><br />http://chronicle.com/article/Texas-Picked-an-Ominous-Date/237264/Tom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-25406481568254664782016-07-30T13:58:37.100-04:002016-07-30T13:58:37.100-04:00Loren,
I was just about to write up another remin...Loren,<br /><br />I was just about to write up another reminder of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Charles Whitman mass shooting from the University of Texas Tower in Austin that occurred on August 1, 1966 when I noticed the news story of a hot air balloon accident killing 16 people in central Texas, in a field near the town of Lockhart, just 30 miles due South of Austin.<br /><br />I found the coordinates of the crash site at the intersection of Jolly & Cistern Rds, between Maxwell and Lockhart = <br />+29.883242°, -97.763943°<br /><br />Coordinates of the University of Texas Tower<br />+30.286245°, -97.739369°<br /><br />Distance = 27.9 miles<br />Bearing = 3.02°<br /><br />Deviation from true N-S Longitude line = 3.02/180 = 1.68%<br /><br />-----------<br /><br />What about the latitude? Here is a much closer fit when the crash site latitude is compared to the death site latitude of Justice Antonin Scalia at the Cibolo Creek Ranch in West Texas.<br /><br />+29.861283°, -104.332934°<br /><br />Distance = 393.6 miles<br />Bearing = 269.78° <br /><br />Deviation from true E-W Latitude line = 0.22/90 = 0.24%<br /><br />=========<br /><br />Charles Whitman killed 16 people in 1966.<br />16 people just died in the hot air balloon crash in 2016.<br /><br />I don't need to write any more reminders.Tom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-6716178191785898032016-07-30T09:47:37.469-04:002016-07-30T09:47:37.469-04:00The Battle of Baton Rouge was launched at daybreak...The Battle of Baton Rouge was launched at daybreak of August 5, 1862<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baton_Rouge_(1862)<br /><br /><i>The Battle of Baton Rouge was a ground and naval battle in the American Civil War fought in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, on August 5, 1862. The Union victory halted Confederate attempts to recapture the capital city of Louisiana.</i>Tom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-40723775268199243182016-07-27T12:30:34.088-04:002016-07-27T12:30:34.088-04:00And DC also has the Justice League Dark animated f...And DC also has the <a href="http://io9.gizmodo.com/our-first-look-at-the-next-dc-animated-movie-justice-l-1784334097" rel="nofollow">Justice League Dark</a> animated film coming out some time later this year. That one looks more occult than deranged, but it's still something to keep an eye on once the official release date is available.Cory Panshinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04689225527768869110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-33741723664668452482016-07-19T16:57:03.549-04:002016-07-19T16:57:03.549-04:00There is actually a Batman flick being released be...There is actually a Batman flick being released before this one. It is the animated feature adaptation of 'The Killing Joke'.<br /><br />It was announced as a limited release in several theatres across the country, they began with one date but added more showtimes due to popularity. Will be playing July 25th and 26th.<br /><br />http://www.fathomevents.com/event/batman-the-killing-joke<br /><br />(Edited to add link)Necronominomnomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09003374891860083042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-87537901625590219062016-07-18T01:41:52.610-04:002016-07-18T01:41:52.610-04:00Loren,
Coming up close to the August 5th horizon ...Loren,<br /><br />Coming up close to the August 5th horizon is a strong “Anniversary Effect” on August 1, which marks the 50th anniversary of Charles Whitman (White Man) shooting from the U Texas Austin tower. <br /><br />3 months ago you posted:<br /><br /><b>What Will Happen On April 4th?</b><br />http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2016/04/4.4.16.html<br /><br />I copy a part of my comment from that thread, as it may be a harbinger of the impending anniversary:<br /><br /><i>A student at the University of Texas Austin went missing late Sunday night, April 3 and her body was discovered on campus Tuesday morning, April 5. <br /><br />The murder suspect has just been arrested.<br /><br />http://kxan.com/2016/04/08/suspect-in-ut-homicide-arrested/<br /><br />This marks the first on campus murder at UT Austin since the Charles Whitman shooting from the Texas Tower on August 1, 1966.</i>Tom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-65797506760275544112016-07-17T00:43:10.339-04:002016-07-17T00:43:10.339-04:00Regarding the date of July 20, connect the day in ...Regarding the date of July 20, connect the day in 2012 when Holmes shot up the Aurora Theater with the date in 1969, the first landing on the moon.<br /><br />Check out Halexandria for more about the synchromysticism of July 20<br /><br />http://www.halexandria.org/dward366.htmTom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-54399932389801903372016-07-16T20:51:52.063-04:002016-07-16T20:51:52.063-04:00And now look at this movie called "Bastille D...And now look at this movie called "Bastille Day" that was released a day BEFORE the Nice Attack. <br /><br />http://variety.com/2016/film/news/studiocanal-pulls-bastille-day-ads-in-wake-of-nice-attack-1201815381/Tom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-62159304133909879322016-07-16T20:47:22.772-04:002016-07-16T20:47:22.772-04:00Loren,
A reminder about the movie that will premi...Loren,<br /><br />A reminder about the movie that will premiere in 7 days on July 22, 2016 as you wrote about it here last month:<br /><br />https://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2016/06/Yelchin-obit.html<br /><br /><i>Yelchin died 33 days before the next, new Star Trek movie opens on July 22, 2016. Star Trek Beyond is the thirteenth film in the Star Trek film franchise and the third installment in the reboot series after Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).</i>Tom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-91189392791957624222016-07-16T15:28:26.920-04:002016-07-16T15:28:26.920-04:00Don't forget that the Summer Olympics are due ...Don't forget that the Summer Olympics are due to open in Rio on August 5.<br /><br />And precedent has already been set for mass shootings at a summer Olympics. Munich 1972 when the Palestinian terrorist group Black September killed the Israeli Wrestling team. <br /><br />Also consider that the Mark Essex sniper attack in New Orleans took place only 6 months after the massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.Tom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-32258440331898423812016-07-15T22:54:25.697-04:002016-07-15T22:54:25.697-04:00Suicide squad, demented/psychotic. Fun and games w...Suicide squad, demented/psychotic. Fun and games with mental illness. Why do these type of films get made? What good are they? 87 Dennis/87https://www.blogger.com/profile/03703473570098929681noreply@blogger.com