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Oops. Great minds think alike, eh?
(via @andymboyle)
Source: twitter.com
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Anyone notice something special about today’s Des Moines Register online front page? Possibly some pressing … ethical issues? Oh yeah … the “Paid for by Obama for America” notes only came AFTER the ads went online.
(via shortformblog)
Source: desmoinesregister.com
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The perfect antidote to Iowa caucus coverage: This video
As you might have noticed, we’ve been somewhat light on the Iowa caucus coverage today in part because it’s gotten so overwhelming. (We’re leaving the good stuff for tomorrow, when it ACTUALLY HAPPENS.) But Scott Siepker, this guy … This guy. He offers a progressive defense to the perception that Iowa is full of conservatives that don’t represent the country at large. And wow, it just makes you like you’ve been translated to Iowa for three minutes. You get it, with lines like: “Next time you ‘fly over’? Give us a wave. We’ll wave back. We’re nice. That’s right. We’re nice. @(&!%!^.” It’s profane, but there’s a PG-rated version over here. Must watch. (h/t Buzzfeed)
Source: shortformblog
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My favorite frame from Presidential Photographer Pete Souza’s 2011 Year in Photos. Each photo in the set is excellent. Click the above link to view the full gallery.
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Nigeria: A man covers his hands in crude oil during an anti-Shell protest after a spill at the Bonga oilfield. (EPA via Guardian)
That is a fascinating story told in a single photo. Here’s a Reuters story on the topic.
(via shortformblog)
Source: newsflick
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ProPublica’s newest news app uses education data to get more social →
Can’t stop comparing schools. #datanerd
Source: stltomorrow
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Whole Foods Parking Lot (by FogandSmogFilms)
Source: youtube.com
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Boy dies in fire yelling from window: 'Let me out!' →
Samuel McClain, 33, left, comforts his friend Ira Ward, 28, Sunday afternoon in front of the burned out home where Ward and other family members lived on 70th Street in E. St. Louis. Ward’s cousin, Darius Addison, 11, was killed in the fire. Ward, who lost two cousins in a fire about ten years ago, said he tried to save Addison but the flames drove him back. “He just told me yesterday that he wanted to spend more time with me,” said Ward.“I’ve lost everything,” said Ward. Photo by: J.B. Forbes
Heartbreaking story. Articles get me teary-eyed on occasion, and this was one of them.
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Bride-to-be Li-Wan was so devastated when her fiance Wang Lu called off their wedding, that she climbed out on a window ledge 80 feet in the air in Changchun, China. Still in her wedding dress, she sobbed there as a crowd gathered to try to stop her from jumping. Unfortunately, jump she did — but not before an aid worker could rush up close. The worker, Guo Zhongfan, caught her in mid-air by the neck. Pinning her to the building, he managed to save her life with the help of others on a lower floor. He also managed to create the most intense photo op of the day.
(via Somehow, This Turned Out Okay)
Source: New York Magazine
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The hazards of multiple Twitter accounts. This tweet, posted on the Secret Service’s Twitter account, was deleted seconds later.
Source: twitter.com
