Lego Spill Shuts Down Section Of West Virginia Highway
A mysterious Lego spill shut down traffic on a section of Highway I-79 in Harrison County, West Virginia, on Sunday.
According to the local fire department, it took a few hours to clean up the lane, pushing traffic on that section of the highway to one lane.
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Considering they hurt so bad when you step on them, imagine what they do to tires.
I watched the producer actually talk to the lady and tell her exactly how he wanted her to come off on film. I guess they thought that we were all uneducated.Melissa Whitman, a woman who lives down the street from where the cast of “Buckwild” was filmed. “Buckwild,” the newest “authentic comedic series” from MTV, premiered on Jan. 3. It details the lives of nine young adults who live in West Virginia. Umm … it might exaggerate some things.
Last night, a guy from Tennessee named John Wolfe Jr. scored 42 percent of the vote against Barack Obama in the Arkansas Democratic primary. Who? Exactly. (If you’re curious, read up over here.) But that said, it’s not the first time that’s happened in this election. This map, thrown together by Wikipedia, shows Obama’s victories by county in the 2012 primary season. A very interesting story being told here — “uncommitted” did very well in Kentucky, anti-abortion activist Randall Terry got a solid number of votes in Oklahoma, and prison inmate Keith Judd did well in West Virginia. But Wolfe, a serious but long-shot candidate, actually did better in Arkansas in 2012 than Hillary Clinton (who, remember, is from that state) did in 2008. To be clear — Obama has this in the bag, and these are states he doesn’t need to win in November, so Wolfe doing well is symbolic at best. But still: A bizarre but fascinating phenomenon.
» 41 percent of the vote in the WV Democratic primary: Keith Judd, who has been in prison on extortion charges for over a decade, found himself scoring an unlikely level of support against President Obama last night — in what was likely intended more as a statement against Obama rather than one in favor of a guy who has run in every presidential campaign since 1996. Judd’s expected to be released in 2013, so if he did beat Obama, he might be out of prison in time to take office.
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“I don’t want government telling me what I can do.” Republican Senate candidate John Raese started strong during a campaign appearance in Hurricane, West Virginia, but things took a turn for the worse when the Holocaust metaphors began. Raese spent a few seconds comparing required “No Smoking” signage on restaurants to Hitler forcing people to wear a yellow Star of David, before going on a tirade against the policies of “Fidel Roosevelt”. source
» The mine blast killed 29 miners: One of the first things that became clear after last year’s deadly West Virginia mine blast was that the company in charge of the mine, Massey Energy, did a very poor job of following regulatory standards. This is their punishment. While the company will avoid getting prosecuted as a result of this settlement, individual Massey executives could face prosecution as part of the agreement. Does the punishment reflect the crime?
I don’t know how you could have assembled a worse record than the record they have assembled in the last few years. It does not appear the culture has changed at Massey. That is most unfortunate.Davitt McAteer, chair of the West Virginia Governor’s Independent Investigation Panel • Speaking on his examination and report about the deadly explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine, under the ownership of Massey Energy. The full report, available here, is pretty damning — the subtitle of the report is, simply, “a failure of basic coal mine safety practices.” Said Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia: “This report tragically reinforces that the disaster that took the lives of 29 men at Upper Big Branch last year was absolutely preventable. That will always be one of the most painful facts about this explosion.” source (via • follow)
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Why are we doing all this when the most powerful person in these negotiations, our president, has failed to lead this debate or offer a serious proposal for spending and cuts that he would be willing to fight for?Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin • Calling out President Obama’s leadership on the floor of the Senate today. That this criticism came from freshman Senator Manchin shouldn’t come as a big surprise, as he’s a very conservative Democrat (you may remember him shooting the cap-and-trade bill with a rifle). With the looming departure of Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman in 2012, the West Virginia senator seems primed to hoist the title of “Democrat who most antagonizes his own party” going forward. source (via • follow)
It’s funny. All you have to do to make a basic statement of fact, like West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall’s mention that he helped get out the vote to Arab-Americans for Obama, into an attack ad is to add some dark music, deep voices and foreboding fades. In other news, holy crap. Can you believe how blatantly racist this ad is? source
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