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Many photos and video being circulated of what people believe to be the fertilizer plant explosion near Waco, Texas.
Some of them, however, are NOT ACCURATE.
This video, for example, says it’s of the plant in question.
In reality, it’s video of the PEPCON disaster in 1988. [VIDEO]
This photo:
Is also NOT of the fertilizer plant explosion.
It’s actually a photo of the 2008 Big Spring refinery explosion.
So again, BEWARE.
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This was recorded by Matthew Trevithick and Jayden Rogers on March 13/14, 2013 for a college assignment where we had to write our own radio show.
Took a while to edit and compile sound effects, so please have a listen! It would be greatly appreciated!
The awards were slated as a tribute to music in the movies, which led to a series of song-and-dance routines to open, including a satirical parody sung by MacFarlane called, “I Saw Your Boobs.”
The song referenced what many Oscar-winning actresses are forced to do for the movies: show their breasts, regardless of the circumstances of their roles. Among the actresses mentioned were Jodie Foster in The Accused and Hilary Swank in Boys Don’t Cry, two films in which the characters are brutally raped.
Even though the women shown during the song were in on the joke (their reaction shots were obviously pre-recorded) this song became the focal point of the day-after attacks on MacFarlane. Missing, we thought, the entire point of the song: that in Hollywood, women — even when playing victims of violent crime — are reduced to the sum of their body parts, not the sum of their movie parts. But a man singing about “boobs” just had to be bad and sexist and wrong. There couldn’t have been a satirical point being made.
Surveillance video captures gas explosion in Kansas City. Video provided by Shelton Travel Service.
Video: Associated Press
Tumblr’s getting a dashboard redesign today, which will allow people to post straight from the dashboard rather than a separate interface. You know, like Twitter. ”Now you’re making posts the same way you’re reading them,” the company says. Thoughts?
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his ‘I Have A Dream’ speech.
August 28, 1963
Photograph: AFP/Central Press/Getty Images
A moment 14 years in the making
The Daily Dot wins the fastest-GIF-in-the-land award for the evening.
- “I have to say, I never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that, unlike myself, my kids would someday have the opportunity to re-enact America’s slave trade the way my great-grandfather did! How exciting for them! Never mind those silly dolls showing racial equality and putting ‘black Americans’ (hah! is that the word we want to really use here?) in a positive light — no! With this, my kids can experience first-hand what it might have been like to own their very own slave!”
The Django Unchained action figures are receiving a lot of backlash
From the A.V. Club:
Of course, like nearly all NECA figures, the Django Unchained line isn’t technically meant to be played with: It’s intended for ages 15 and up, and the prohibitive cost of around $30 per figure suggests that theselittle people just aren’t meant to be free. No, they’re made to be kept penned up in their boxes, where you can look upon them every day and feel like a big man.
David Bowie Announces First Album in 10 Years
First single available for purchase on iTunes. The album is available for pre-order and will be released in March.
“The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” claims the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre.If you missed his speech, here’s a rundown of what happened, and how people are reacting.
Rest In Peace
Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)
You’re the reason I got into jazz music.
Photo: De Warande (Photographed 2004)
Police arrest a man, identified by the New York Post as 30-year-old Nieem Davis, in connection with the shoving death of a Queens resident on Monday. (Photo: WNBC TV via The New York Daily News)
The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record about the deal, also said two BP employees face manslaughter charges over the death of 11 people in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that triggered the massive spill.
The person said BP will plead guilty to obstruction for lying to Congress about how much oil was pouring out of the ruptured well. The person declined to say exactly how much the fine in the billions of dollars would be.
BP Oil Spill: Employees Reportedly To Face Manslaughter Charges
The Israeli military has launched a major assault on Gaza. And they’re live-tweeting it.
