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She is 78, remember.

I ended up staying up almost to the end of this, and wasn't sure what to think.

I had been under the impression that the reliance of law enforcement on psychics is over-exaggerated, often by psychics themselves. But now I'm not sure what to think, but think she's probably telling the truth about one thing--that they only go to psychics as a last resort.

Most of us remember Sylvia Browne's screw-ups with regards to missing youngsters Amanda Berry and Shawn Hornbeck.  She claimed that both were dead, when they both turned out to be alive. Even Peter Hurkos, the Dutch psychic, remote viewer, or whatever, didn't actually help solve the Boston strangler case.  He had interesting information, some of it right, some of wrong, as I remember.  It's been a long time since I've read the book The Boston Strangler.  Maybe I need to re-read it. He did correctly ascertain that one of the cops had just returned from a tryst with his mistress, and embarrassed him with a crude comment.  There's a similar scene in Twin Peaks when Agent Cooper correctly guesses that the Sheriff is having an affair with Josie even though nobody is supposed to know. Naturally Cooper expresses himself in a more gentlemanly way. I think the psychic character in Deathtrap by Ira Levin was based on Hurkos, even though I think it was a woman.  I need to see Deathtrap again, too.  I had a friend who played the Christopher Reeve part in a stage production.  He had a little trouble with the kissing scene.
I think Maj. Ed Dames also embarrassed himself  with regards to Steve Fawcett, too.  Most psychics and remote viewers do well  to avoid missing person cases, it seems to me.

Now I'll read the other comments.

The latest updates last week:

A nurse said that the baby was 24 hours from death when found.

The father used proceeds from stolen property to pay his bail.

Quote from: jazmunda on February 26, 2015, 09:48:05 PM
When I saw the thread title I was secretly hoping it was a thread about Monica Lewinsky.

Me, too.

Does this have something to do with Net Neutrality?

Quote from: Georgie For President 2216 on February 28, 2015, 06:56:25 PM
I believe a caller from either Port Angeles or Victoria reported booms to LMH several months ago.  I found an article about the mysterious booms in a local paper and, if memory serves, they had been traced to blasting for an infrastructure or mining project in Port Angeles.

OK, thanks.

When I said Vancouver I also should have specified Vancouver Island.  I just read a book set in and around Salt Spring so had a occasion to get out a map.

There's always been something about Wilcock that rubbed my fur the wrong way, and the combination of him and Noory is toxic. Remember the night when they were talking about the elementary school girl revealed to be a slut, or something?  Some guests(and host) just have asshole written all over them, you strongly suspect that they wouldn't be nice to work for , live with or whatever.  Some give off a schoolyard bully vibe.

Speaking of Edgar Cayce, I was really hopping that they would touch on Cayce when Shermer was on the show.  Shermer was pretty hard on Cayce in his book Why People Believe Weird Things and George, of course, idolizes Cayce.

He doesn't need to, he doesn't want to, he's old, he's retired, he's deserved a rest, he wants to spend time with this wife and little girl.  In his place, would you feel obligated to host Coast "once in awhile"?

Quote from: Paper*Boy on February 18, 2015, 07:34:27 PM
There are groups - in Mexico and in the US, including elements within the Mexican government if not the government itself - telling Mexicans they are the rightful owners of California, Texas and the Southwest.  Which of course is meant to get people riled up, which gives power to these shitheel groups like La Raza (the Race).  They call it Aztlan, and want it 'back'

Angry frustrated manipulated teens and young men then go out and throw rocks at our border patrol.  I wonder if this is related.

I don't condone violence.  Or police over-reaction.  And I like the Mexican people I've met - including my relatives, my neighbors, people who work in the local markets I shop at, and so on.  But I also don't have sympathy for criminals out looking for trouble either, zero.  As far as I'm concerned, they get what they get.  The guy was 35, not exactly some clueless kid.  Fuck him.  Another case of good riddance - really, who is out throwing rocks at cops?  What else does he do in his spare time?

Just reading the article and seeing that short clip, it's hard to know what happened - as we learned from watching just a small clip of the Rodney King beating, then seeing the whole thing later.  After throwing rocks, the guy runs, then turns around and takes a step towards the cops - who the hell knows if he's carrying or not?  This certainly should be looked into, but anyone attacking cops... I just don't know what to tell them, other than 'I wouldn't do that if I were you'.  Pretty fucking stupid.

Yes, it needs to be investigated, but to me it doesn't look as cut and dry against the cop as some have posted


We need to control our border, control who comes into our country and who stays.  And deport troublemakers. 

Next up:  10's of thousands of 'refugees' from Syria, yay.

The kid who's prime suspect in that awful murder case on Casino Road here in Everett is from Iraq! His street name is Ali Baghdad, real name Ali Ramadhan, I guess.  I can't make this stuff up. I didn't post about it before because I post so many Puget Sound -centric stories that I'm afraid people will get tired of it. His accomplice was a 17 y/o prostitute who's now 18. It sounds like a deal where the victim was probably baited with intent to rob. People here are pretty angry and I hope this kid hangs, but of course our current governor wants no more death penalty. I don't know why Casino Road has always been so nasty. I go out there to go to Fred Meyer but try to avoid it after dark.
heraldnet.com/article/20150228/NEWS01/150229209/Teens-charged-in-killing-of-Everett-man

www.heraldnet.com/article/20150227/NEWS03/150229251

Linda Moulton Howe needs to get on this case, unless she already has, and I missed it.

Port Angeles is a one of the parts of WA closest to Vancouver and Victoria, as the crow(or more likely, seagull) flies so in these situations, I tend to just blame the Canadians. Maybe its payback for acid rain.

If you like Night Gallery or Twilight Zone, you might like Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected.

Quote from: Treading Water on February 18, 2015, 06:44:49 AM
Barney Miller and WKRP in Cincinnati.
I had a soft spot for Adam 12 and Dragnet.  I always thought they were comedies.
(And I was kinda' Jonesing for that hunky Kent McCord.)
Northern Exposure, Laugh In, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
And since I grew up in Pittsburgh, I loved Hill Street Blues.

Oh, WKRP in Cincinatti, definitely.  I forgot that one.

Quote from: cweb on February 18, 2015, 07:42:05 AM
The Prisoner (the one with McGoohan) and Twin Peaks immediately come to mind. Both can be quite cerebral. Twin Peaks kinda sputters a bit as you get nearer to the end of Season 2.

Yes, I loved Twin Peaks at the time, but it might not translate well in syndicated reruns. (Same may be true for Miami Vice) It's hard  to stretch one murder mystery into more than one season! But you have to hand it to David Lynch for bringing magical realism to TV.  I will never forget the scene where Josie, the sheriff's girlfriend, turns into a knot in the woodwork.

You have to hand it to David Lynch, period.

Quote from: ManiacMatt on February 18, 2015, 03:36:00 PM
For British sitcoms, I always enjoyed One Foot in the Grave.  I would laugh out loud at that old man.  Keeping Up Appearances is funny too.  My mom is like Mrs. Bucket in a lot of ways, so that adds a different level of funny for me.
Monty Python goes without saying.  If you don't like MP at all, you're wrong.

I liked Keeping Up Appearances and the Good Life(I think that was what it was called).  Anyway, it had Felicity Kendall. There was another Britcom, very like Molly Dodd, with Felicity Kendall that may have been called Gemma.  I don't remember, but that was the major character's name. There was an Australian sitcom, somewhat like a harder-edged Frasier, called Mother and Son, that I liked.

Seinfeld, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, MASH, My Little Margie, Love That Bob, The Wonder Years, Arrested Development, Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Get a Life, Action, those are a few that spring to mind.  Those are sitcoms.

I will have to think harder about dramas and things like that, but..
Peter Gunn, Alfred Hitchcock, thirtysomething, Hill Street Blues.  I know there's others.

Now I'll read the other posts.

Every time I hear "Texas Super Food" ads, I think how much better the raspberries, spinach, blueberries, etc., sound than the Superfood.  But to each his own, I guess.

Quote from: wr250 on February 16, 2015, 07:41:59 AM
a knapp night spoiled by the mafia is still far far better  than the noory garr accident , or the trainwreck that was last night.

I agree. They redeemed themselves after Sat. night's travesty. These unsolved mysteries type of shows are the kind of thing I would like to see more of, unless it's really way-out, crackpot stuff or people clearly doing it for the money(I mean everybody's doing it for the money to some extent and that's OK, but some do it with a lot less integrity). The guy claiming to be the Lindbergh baby comes to mind.

I don't think I heard that, unless that was the one with the velociraptor hoax, and one caller who actually fell for it.

Sorry about the link.  The story is pretty easy to find, though.

mynorthwest.com/11/2711981/Hispanic-group-seeks-federal-investigation-of-Pasco-police-shooting

I don't want a federal investigation.  I'm tired of the federal government meddling in WA state law enforcement matters.  Seattle still hasn't recovered from what Eric Holder's DOJ did to them.

I don't think that the police can do no wrong, but I don't think that this merits a federal investigation.

I would be very curious to know how many of these protesters came in from Seattle, Olympia, Eugene, Missoula, etc., too.

Do all these shaving commercials put anybody in mind of the "Butter Shave" on Seinfeld?

Quote from: cweb on February 17, 2015, 07:57:27 AM
Maybe Connie saw a marketing opportunity in all this.

From the makers of the Wishing Machine, it's... Erotic Orb!

Heck, that would also be a great name for an extremely obese porn star.

Maybe it's like that thing in the movie "Phantasm".

And yes, he definitely said "I'm no homo."

Quote from: bateman on February 15, 2015, 06:41:24 PM
Sounds like this was a hoot.

One of the 10 worst Coast shows I've ever heard, and that includes John B. suggesting Sandy Hook was a hoax.

Quote from: Major Ed Damien on February 15, 2015, 03:25:43 AM
When drunks talk about reality, it's hard not to chuckle.

When 75% of Coast guests talk about reality, it's hard not to chuckle.

Quote from: Major Ed Damien on February 15, 2015, 03:00:14 AM
Still amazed that Preston claimed he mixed "Street Fighting Man" in the underground facility.

Me, too.

You guys all know who Wilhelm Reich was, right?

Quote from: yumyumtree on February 15, 2015, 05:20:14 PM
I haven't read all the comments on this yet, but here are some of my thoughts.

Was anybody struck by how cavalier these people, including Connie Willis herself, were about kids and young people being kidnapped, tortured, made to do bad things and possibly killed?  If they really believe this, they should at least pretend to be more indignant and horrified.  Instead they're tittering about a masturbation story involving glowing orbs and a chair that sounds "pretty cool." Has Coast to Coast reached a new level of moral bankruptcy?  You know, the lost Boys of the Sudan really had something like that happen to them, and I think it's fairly well documented.  They were captured and made by these warlords to do awful things, but they eventually escaped. I'm not sure what my point is with that.

Why do these people have to put a negative spin on everything?  Why does it have to be sinister if a kid is in a fast-track or gifted program at school? Besides, I thought that they were supposed to be runaways, orphans or other throwaway children, or is it both? Anyway, their contention is that assassins like Hinckley were part of the Montauk project.  But I think that most of these people had parents and families.

Imagine if the prude Noory had been the guy to hear that masturbation story.  He would have had a calf.  I was going to say wet his pants, but that didn't sound right.

Now I'll read the other comments.

Nuts.  I missed the Lolita plane.

I haven't read all the comments on this yet, but here are some of my thoughts.

Was anybody struck by how cavalier these people, including Connie Willis herself, were about kids and young people being kidnapped, tortured, made to do bad things and possibly killed?  If they really believe this, they should at least pretend to be more indignant and horrified.  Instead they're tittering about a masturbation story involving glowing orbs and a chair that sounds "pretty cool." Has Coast to Coast reached a new level of moral bankruptcy?  You know, the lost Boys of the Sudan really had something like that happen to them, and I think it's fairly well documented.  They were captured and made by these warlords to do awful things, but they eventually escaped. I'm not sure what my point is with that.

Why do these people have to put a negative spin on everything?  Why does it have to be sinister if a kid is in a fast-track or gifted program at school? Besides, I thought that they were supposed to be runaways, orphans or other throwaway children, or is it both? Anyway, their contention is that assassins like Hinckley were part of the Montauk project.  But I think that most of these people had parents and families.

Imagine if the prude Noory had been the guy to hear that masturbation story.  He would have had a calf.  I was going to say wet his pants, but that didn't sound right.

Now I'll read the other comments.

Well, they are anticipating that Michael will be well enough to come back in March now. Yesterday, Boze conveyed a message from the Medveds thanking people for their prayers and stuff.

Meanwhile David Boze has been doing a wonderful job. He did almost as good a job discussing 50 Shades of Grey as Medved himself would have.  Mark Davis is OK, but a little hacky for my taste sometimes.

If my husband or boyfriend wanted to take me to 50 Shades of Grey for Valentines, I would say, "Could we see Imitation Game or something instead?" But then they would probably say, "I'm paying, we'll see what I want to see."

On a somewhat related topic, the Herald did a survey and was fairly surprised to learn that 68% of respondents supported involuntary sterilization.

www.heraldnet.com/article/20150213/BLOG37/150219640

I think that it's important to point out something that a lot of people seems to be missing.  Sterilizing somebody like this woman, who has a proven track record of extremely bad parenting is different than the eugenicist schemes of sterilizing young people deemed defective who have not even had the chance to reproduce. In the first case, we are dealing with things that have already happened and specific people, in the second it's a whole segment of the population and hypotheticals.

Here in Snohomish County another horrific child neglect case on the Tulalip Reservation a couple of years ago is probably still fresh in peoples' minds. In that one, two little girls were strapped in car seats and left in a car for days.  One died of dehydration and exposure.  The mother's text messages indicated she'd been trying to score heroin while her daughters were in distress. I think she had some older children she'd lost custody of. Plus, there's been recent news that Snohomish Co., in particular , Everett and in particular, one neighborhood in Everett, have disproportionate heroin use. (I realize the case we're talking about is Lake Stevens,)

I thought it was interesting that this case was in the news the same time as the Jordanian airman who was set on fire.  you might say, "What have these got in common?"  But they were both stories that caused people to get fed up and say "We've had it up to here." Like the Herald piece said, the high percentage favoring sterilization reflects the terrible frustration that people feel over these awful stories.

Too bad there aren't Igs for things other than science.

Just how old is Biden, anyway?  It seems kind of a double standard for people to tsk-tsk about Hillary's age, when he must be as old.