Monthly Archives: October 2012
The Little Shop of Horrors
And what would Halloween be without Roger Corman’s The Little Shop of Horrors? This comical classic spawned a recent musical.
Werewolf of Washington
For the election season, we present the 1973 movie Werewolf of Washington starring Dean Stockwell.
The House on Haunted Hill
This 1959 William Castle classic introduced his “Emergo” gimmick in which he placed pulleys in some theaters to cause plastic skeletons to flow over the audience in certain scenes. John Goodman played a William Castle type producer in the 1993 film Matinee. This film stars Vincent Price.
Part two of our double feature is Vincent Price in the 1946 thriller Shock.
Candidates for November 6th election.
FLAGSTAFF—You might be aware through the negative ad campaigns that Barrack Hussein Obama is defending his office against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, Ann Kirkpatrick is trying to get back into office despite the efforts of Jonathan Paton, and Jeff Flake is trying to stave off Richard Carmona. You may not know about the two Independent candidates for U.S. Senator who might actually be the best choice since there are no negative ad campaigns against them.
On the county level you have very little choice even though Proposition 121 — the no choice initiative — has yet to pass. In the county supervisor race for District 1, Democrat Art Babbot will face Change Status Quo challenger Gail Dent. Incumbent Matt Ryan will defend his county supervisor seat against Independent Jack Darum of Flagstaff in District 3.
Democratic Patty Hansen is facing off with Independent Troy Troutman of Parks for the office of County Recorder.
For Judge of Superior Court for Division 5, Cathleen Nichols is running against Republican Gary Robbins. There is also a list of judges up for retention.
All other candidates for county office are running unopposed.
Write-in candidates for the November 6th election include presidential electors, two Independents for Senator and one candidate for council member of the Town of Tusayan—Robert Evans. The two Independents running as write-in for U.A. Senator are Don Manspeaker and Steven Watts.
The full text of countywide propositions and questions can be found here.
Let the burning begin…
WILLIAMS—The City Southeast Prescribed Fire three-miles southeast of Williams obviously received approval. A plum of smoke rose into the sky about 1 p.m. today and, as predicted, most of the smoke drifted toward Garland Prairie.
Crews plan to backline up to 500-acres over four days to establish and reinforce containment lines for a broadcast burn at a later date.
Smoke will be visible in Williams and along portions of I-40 and County Road 73. Managers expect smoke to drift toward Garland Prairie during the day and down Sycamore Canyon at night.
Crews will implement, monitor, and patrol the burn to ensure it meets the goals and objectives outlined in the prescribed fire plan. Prescribed burns are used to improve forest health, reduce hazardous fuels, and return fire to a fire-adapted ecosystem.
Halloween in Williams
WILLIAMS—While trick-or-treating in Williams will be business as usual, most forget that the businesses downtown usually participate as well.
The hundred year old St. John’s Episcopal-Luthern Church is conducting Day of the Dead celebrations at 202 W. Grant Avenue through Sunday, November 4. Call (928) 635-2781 for times.
The Community United Methodist Church in Williams, 127 West Sherman Avenue, will be hosting their annual Trunk-or-Treat beginning at dusk.
Both churches can be accessed on 2nd Avenue.
Halloween Safety
How to keep your pet safe and happy on Halloween
14 rescued from movie ship HMS Bounty; 2 missing
12:03PM EDT October 29. 2012 – U.S. Coast Guard helicopters battling Hurricane Sandy rescued 14 of 16 crewmembers who abandoned the movie ship HMS Bounty before it sank off North Carolina early Monday, but officials said two people were still missing at sea.
The 180-foot, three-masted ship was built for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty and was also featured in a Pirates of the Caribbean movie, according to the The HMS Bounty Organization website, the Associated Press reported.
The Coast Guard said Monday that all 16 members of the HMS Bounty crew had made it onto life rafts before the three-masted ship sank, but only 14 people were hoisted to safety by the two Jayhawk helicopters dispatched from North Carolina.
It was not immediately clear why the two missing crewmembers were not among those rescued 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C.
Read more at USA Today
Follow Hurricane Sandy Coverage on the Weather Channel
Health insurance CEOs nervous over prospect of Romney victory, repeal of Obamacare
WASHINGTON — You’d think health insurance CEOs would be chilling the bubbly with Republican Mitt Romney’s improved election prospects, but instead they’re in a quandary.
Although the industry hates parts of President Barack Obama’s health care law, major outfits such as UnitedHealth Group and BlueCross Blue Shield also stand to rake in billions of dollars from new customers who’ll get health insurance under the law. The companies already have invested tens of millions to carry it out.
Were Romney elected, insurers would be in for months of uncertainty as his administration gets used to Washington and tries to make good on his promise repeal Obama’s law. Simultaneously, federal and state bureaucrats and the health care industry would face a rush of legal deadlines for putting into place the major pieces of what Republicans deride as “Obamacare.”
Would they follow the law on the books or the one in the works? What would federal courts tell them to do?
The answers probably would hinge on an always unwieldy Congress.
Read more at Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Mitt Romney web site
Read the Health Care Law. Nancy Pelosi didn’t.
Halloween: Third Highest Day on Satanic Calendar says Anton LaVey
Does this calendar look familiar to you? It should.
In a couple of days from now, Christians around the world will join hands with satanists, pagans, occultists and the like in an attempt of one of the most insane, bizarre unions to ever hit the planet: Christianizing satanism. Which, by the way, is impossible. But true, blood bought, born again Christians understand this.
Then we have this other group of folks. A group of people who would define themselves as Christians, yet rationalize the mingling of darkness with light.
So, in the quest to uncover the pagan day of Samhain (pronounced sow-en), which celebrates death, demons, ghosts, goblins, witches, werewolves, vampires, sacrifices, and all other things ungodly, I thought to look no further than Anton LaVey.
Read more at the Christian Post
SEE ALSO: Satanic holidays, as viewed by conservative Christian authors (Religious Tolerance)
Satanic Calendar (The Forbidden Knowledge)
THE SATANIC /LUCIFERIAN CALENDER (The Rumor Mill)