Jorge Valens

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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:51:45 -0500

breakingnews: Missile launcher appears at Seattle gun buyback...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:42:18 -0500

Missile launcher appears at Seattle gun buyback event

AP: Seattle police worked with Army officials Monday to track down the history of a nonfunctional missile launcher that showed up at a weapons buyback program and determine whether it was legal or possibly stolen from the military.

A man standing outside the event Saturday bought the military weapon for $100 from another person there, according to Detective Mark Jamieson.

You can see more photos from this story here.

Photo: Seattle Police Department Sgt. Paul Gracy looks over a seized a missile launcher purchased outside a gun buyback event in Seattle, Wash., on Jan. 26. (Nick Adams / Reuters)

futurejournalismproject: Disaster Chic? Vogue pays tribute (we...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:29:32 -0500

futurejournalismproject:

Disaster Chic?

Vogue pays tribute (we think) to New York’s “other finest” with an Annie Leibovitz photo spread. A bit tacky, no?

Breaking News: Shakira is crazy about fruit. (at Jorge’s...

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:11:08 -0500

Breaking News: Shakira is crazy about fruit. (at Jorge’s Secret Volcano Lair)

wilwheaton: (via Reddit) Hockey burns burn the deepest.

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:43:14 -0500

wilwheaton:

(via Reddit)

Hockey burns burn the deepest.

buzzfeed: shortformblog: entertainmentweekly: candobetterthant...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:53:59 -0500

buzzfeed:

shortformblog:

entertainmentweekly:

candobetterthanthat:

perfuqed:

candobetterthanthat:

iamtheisabella:

I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS.

ALL THE ROAD TRIPS I WAS WAITING

Savour the moment. They’re never ever ever getting back together.

OH MY GOD ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I can’t even.

Congratulations, Internet!

Because sometimes a joke is so good that you just have to reblog it.

Wow, yeah, this is too incredible not to reblog. This is important.

smithsonianmag: Elusive Giant Squid Captured on Film A team...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:53:43 -0500

smithsonianmag:

Elusive Giant Squid Captured on Film

A team of scientists have finally photographed the creature thought to have inspired the myth of the “kraken.” The team went to depths greater than 3,000 feet and came face-to-face with the the giant squid. It is described as having eyes the size of dinner plates and razor sharp suckers. Footage of the massive predator will premiere on Discovery Channel’s “Monster Squid: The Giant Is Real” on January 27 at 8 p.m. ET. - Read Discovery’s press release for more information.

Photo by: AP Photo / NHK / NEP / Discovery Channel

Ed note: Why the giant squid is the dragon of the deep.

The world will finally know the giant squid.

"The FTC was right to call foul here. It wasn’t just that Google was using its monopoly power to make..."

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:40:59 -0500

“The FTC was right to call foul here. It wasn’t just that Google was using its monopoly power to make money. It was more serious: it was threatening the very incentive to be the next Yelp or Tripadvisor. If tech startups know that they’ll be both cloned and their goodwill purloined, why be a startup at all? And who would bother to buy out a startup if you simply take everything it has? There is some line between invitation and extortion, and Google crossed it.”

- Tim Wu on Why Does Everyone Think Google Beat The FTC? | The New Republic (via thisistheverge)

utnereader: Meet the companies behind Big Organic at Boston...

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:10:07 -0500

utnereader:

Meet the companies behind Big Organic at Boston Review.

brooklynmutt: “Clearly, the VP was having more fun than anyone...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:25:58 -0500

brooklynmutt:

“Clearly, the VP was having more fun than anyone in Washington today!” - @PatCallaghan6

(via TPMDC)

This guy…

retrotrash: gifhound: This is how Joe Biden greets...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:53:03 -0500

retrotrash:

gifhound:

This is how Joe Biden greets babies.

why is he the best?

Florida's Long Lines On Election Day Discouraged 49,000 People From Voting

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:48:10 -0500

Florida's Long Lines On Election Day Discouraged 49,000 People From Voting:

But a new study shows that tens of thousands of people were actually discouraged from voting because of the long lines.

According to an analysis by Theodore Allen, an associate professor of industrial engineering at Ohio State University, as many as 49,000 individuals in Central Florida did not vote because of the problems at the polls.

About 19,000 of those people would have backed former GOP nominee Mitt Romney, while the rest would have gone for President Barack Obama, according to Allen.

breakingnews: Video shows crash-landing of Russian airliner A...

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:11:36 -0500

breakingnews:

Video shows crash-landing of Russian airliner

A video posted by m24.ru shows the dramatic crash-landing of a Russian airliner in Moscow Saturday. The video taken from the dashboard of a passing car shows the plane sliding off the runway and crashing onto a nearby highway where it split into several pieces. At least 4 are dead.

More on the story from Reuters here.

parislemon: badbatz: How to have a successful...

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:40:34 -0500

parislemon:

badbatz:

How to have a successful vacation.

Pretty much.

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Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:24:40 -0500

Game of Thrones most pirated TV show

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:40:29 -0500

Game of Thrones most pirated TV show:

Game of Thrones was the most-pirated TV show of the year, with a single episode being illegally downloaded by more people than typically watch the hit programme in the US.

HBO’s Game of Thrones, which in the UK is aired on Sky Atlantic, knocked off last year’s “winner”, serial killer show Dexter to be named the most-pirated TV show of 2012.

The annual report, by news site TorrentFreak, found that one episode of Game of Thrones was downloaded 4.28m times.

The estimated US TV audience for an episode of the fantasy swords and sorcery show is 4.2 million, according to the survey.

Take notice, HBO. Winter has come for your business model.

brooklynmutt: The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police...

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:34:30 -0500

brooklynmutt:

The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department is investigating whether any city laws were violated when NBC’s David Gregory displayed what appeared to be a 30-round gun magazine on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, a spokesman confirmed to POLITICO.

‘Merica.

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:32:26 -0500

‘Merica.

thisistheverge: NASA ready to start building new rocket after...

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:08:54 -0500

thisistheverge:

NASA ready to start building new rocket after passing design review

The core stage of NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch System meant to eventually power a mission to Mars, has just passed its preliminary design review, a milestone that opens the door to building the rocket in time for a 2017 launch.

Space. The final frontier…

"A dentist acted legally when he fired an assistant that he found attractive simply because he and..."

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:24:28 -0500

“

A dentist acted legally when he fired an assistant that he found attractive simply because he and his wife viewed the woman as a threat to their marriage, the all-male Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.

The court ruled 7-0 that bosses can fire employees they see as an “irresistible attraction,” even if the employees have not engaged in flirtatious behavior or otherwise done anything wrong.

”

- Not The Onion: This is the legal reality of fireable hotness in America today. (via motherjones)