White House releases dubstep trailer for State of the Union
The White House is dropping more than the State of the Union on the American people tonight, it’s also dropping the bass. The official White House YouTube account on Tuesday afternoon published a short trailer for the President’s big speech and the soundtrack contains the unmistakable sounds of dubstep, the popular electronic dance music subgenre that includes Skrillex among its most famous practitioners.
The dark side of our first memetic president.
Man billed after father dies waiting for ambulance
(Photo: NBCWashington.com)
Durand Ford, Jr. says the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Service Department has sent him a $780.85 bill for an ambulance that he called for his father early on the morning of Jan. 1.
Ford tells News4 that his father died waiting for that ambulance, after it took more than 30 minutes to arrive.
This sounds like something that happens in D.C. It’s awful and it deserves to be called out by the press.
Located just 90 miles east of Los Angeles in the rugged San Bernardino National Forest, Big Bear Lake provides the perfect weekend refuge for folks fleeing the crowded, smelly streets and smoggy skies of the city for a quick winter weekend of alpine skiing. In the summer months, it offers a respite of boating and swimming in one of California’s most pristine alpine lakes. This week, however, the quiet resort with the picturesque lake and rugged snow-capped peaks may be providing the perfect hideout for a disgruntled ex-police officer authorities believe is holed up somewhere in its rugged backcountry after allegedly killing three people.An Associated Press piece on Big Bear Lake, the resort area where manifesto-writing former LAPD police officer Christopher Dorner is reported to possibly be hiding out this weekend. It’s kind of a weird piece — written halfway between flowery travel piece and update on a man currently on a murderous rampage — and the headline reflects this: “Big Bear Lake offers both a pleasant weekend getaway and a good place to hide.” Great headline, weird piece.
This is either the greatest or worst television interview that we’ve ever seen. An argument could probably be made for both. More importantly, while the victim described in Kai’s story was hospitalized, he is expected to make a full recovery. He’s also choosing to remain unidentified at this time. Thankfully, Kai didn’t make the same choice. (Note: NSFW language, but OMG … just watch it.) source
Update: Despite our earlier claim that the victim only sustained a broken leg, he actually needed surgery for a total of nine injuries. He is still expected to make a full recovery though. — Scott @ SFB
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On December 21, 1991, “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye To Yesterday” hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved. Coincidence? We think not.
Is your phone too big to comfortably hold? Instead of getting rid of the beast, have you considered buying a phone bundled with a second, smaller Bluetooth-enabled phone for your talking needs? If this idea sounds completely idiotic to you, nobody told HTC, who built a phone just like that for the Chinese market. (ht @DJBentley)
Important! There is an official White House petition to make the day after the Super Bowl a national holiday. You know what to do, America.
(via @noahchestnut)
Best part: A fantasy football site started it.
This rendition of “Losing My Religion” seems a lot more optimistic than usual, as if there was a major key change. (ht Gawker)
Trying to get over the flu? Skip the chicken soup and grab a pint of “influenza sorbet,” the bourbon-infused frozen treat from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams loaded with stuff designed to help clear your passages. And despite the name, it is not influenza-flavored. Though we’re sure the Maker’s Mark gives it a kick.
Shame, shame on the President. Tweeting during a church service! What kind of example is he setting for Sasha and Malia?
from Bloomberg:
The one this morning came from St. John’s, the church across Lafayette Park from the White House, where the first family went this morning on the chilly and overcast day of the public inauguration ceremonies:
“I’m honored and grateful that we have a chance to finish what we started. Our work begins today. Let’s go. -bo”
The president and his family arrived at St. John’s at 8:35 am EST.
The service ended at 9:39.
BO tweeted at 9:25.
The tweets that are supposedly from Obama (as opposed to a member of his team) are all signed “-bo.” So, he can’t blame this one on his staffers.
Today we learned that this is a thing for some people. You know people schedule tweets all the time, right?
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You may be familiar with bullfighting, but have you heard of camel fighting? This endeavor drew huge crowds in Selcuk, Turkey on Sunday. Pretty crazy, right? Above is the raw video, via AP.
(Source: youtube.com)
Worst lead ever?
Another of DiManno’s awful ledes from this week:
Who edits this woman’s stories?
The Daily Show investigates investigative reporters
Holy shit. This is the most biting and scathing thing I’ve seen in some time. Wow. Everyone in a journalism school needs to see this. The news industry is awful. This is depressing. Watch this.
Spot-on satire. Too spot-on, unfortunately.
Next Media Animation’s take on the Manti Te’o thing is somehow the perfect way to describe what went down.
(Source: youtube.com)
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