England’s slain King Richard III, exhumed from an undignified grave under a car park, was finally buried with honor today, 530 years after his death on the battlefield. In a ceremony filled with pageantry and poignancy, a coffin containing his bones were lowered into the ground at Leicester Cathedral in central England as thousands of well-wishers gathered outside. “We return … Read More
Deliberate Mass Murder
The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings Airbus A320 locked his captain out of the cockpit before deliberately crashing into a mountain to ‘destroy the plane’, it was sensationally revealed today. French prosecutor Brice Robin gave further chilling details of the final ten minutes in the cockpit before the Airbus A320 plunged into the French Alps killing 150 people. Revealing data extracted … Read More
Flightradar Is A Scary App
Actually, it is a cool app, but it scares the crap out of me sometimes. This is a live screenshot of Hawaiian Airlines Flight 47 from Oakland to Honolulu. What the hell is going on??? UPDATE: The Hawaiian Airlines website said it is being diverted back to Oakland, although it has just been circling in that same spot for over … Read More
The Muslim Terrorist Victims?
So here’s what happened: CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Three people were shot to death at a quiet condominium complex near the University of North Carolina, and the suspect was scheduled for a court appearance Wednesday — though police had not yet released a motive or given details of the crime. Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, was arrested and has been … Read More
Scary Dashcam of Taiwan TransAsia ATR-72 Plane Crash
The wing clips the car in front, then goes into Taipei River. Incredibly, 15 have survived. 28 dead; 18 still missing. This isn’t the one making the rounds. This is actually a more rare (but clearer) dashcam video taken from the car BEHIND the car whose dashcam video is making the rounds. UPDATE: The Guardian is reporting that the taxi driver … Read More
Breaking News: Romney Not Running In 2016 After All
Probably wise of him. You wouldn’t want to be a three-time loser. Also, income equality will be an issue this presidential cycle, and he just can’t address that without everyone falling out of their chairs laughing.
Blizzard ’05 SnowCams
You’re welcome: Cams no longer up. UPDATE: It missed New York City. That’s good for NYC but…. This #snowFail does not bode well for civilian cooperation with the terms of the next snow emergency in NYC. — Lisa B. (@politeracy) January 27, 2015 For the record, the GFS was right. Meteorologists largely depend on three major forecast models: the NAM … Read More
Paris Standoffs
Two intense standoffs with gunmen are underway in and around Paris now — one involving the two brothers wanted in the Charlie Hebdo massacre and the other a hostage situation at a kosher grocery store The two situations are apparently related to each other as well as Wednesday’s killing of 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The 12 victims … Read More
Virgin Plane With Landing Gear Problems
Probably by the time you read this, it will be all over, but I’m following a story out of England: Virgin Atlantic has confirmed there is a landing gear problem with a flight thought to be circling over the coast of Sussex. The Boeing 747 jumbo is preparing for a “non standard landing” at Gatwick because of a “technical issue … Read More
Live Feed Of Philae During Descent And Landing
European Space Agency is putting a probe on a comet. Pretty awesome. Background information on why this is awesome.
Breaking: Today’s School Shooting
Marysville-Pilchuck High School in the State of Washington: 3 shot, not including the dead shooter (a student). It’s happening now, but it’ll happen somewhere else soon. UPDATE: 2 dead, including the shooter. Looking at the shooter’s Twitter account, it looks like he was distraught over a relationship: It won’t last…. It’ll never last…. — Jaylen Fryberg (@frybergj) October 23, 2014
Shots Fired In Capital
All in lockdown. Capital police are responding — even though they are working without pay. UPDATE: Some women with a child in the car tried to ram White House gates, then she sped to Capital Hill. She was shot and killed by police.
Shooters in Washington Navy Yard
Terrible unfolding of events. First it was a lone gunman, and nobody wounded. WaPo is now saying it is three gunman and several are dead…. #BREAKINGNEWS: Police say 1 shooter down, 2 shooters remain in building http://t.co/jmWBtL7CmV #NavyYardShooting — Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 16, 2013 Hmmm… sounds like bad info. Nobody else is saying more than one shooter. And … Read More
Castro Found Dead In Cell
Not Fidel. The terrible one. Ariel. (CNN) – Ariel Castro, who was sentenced to life plus 1,000 years for kidnapping and raping three women, as well as murder, committed suicide in his prison cell Tuesday night, the Frankin County, Ohio, coroner's office said. Castro hanged himself with a bedsheet, Dr. Jan Gorniak of the Franklin County Coroner's Office told CNN Wednesday. Authorities found … Read More
An Uncomfortable Flight
Half an hour ago: A Newark-bound United Airlines flight is carrying a passenger who reportedly informed the crew that he "poisoned everyone on board." United Flight 116, from Hong Kong, is set to land at 2:05 p.m. The passenger is being restrained by other passengers. Law enforcement officials in New York and Washington, D.C., are aware of the incident and … Read More