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Re: When reality reflects The Onion (redux)
« Reply #240 on: January 31, 2014, 03:41:44 pm »
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/mitt-romney-is-the-2016-republican-front-runner-20140130

Aside from the WTF-ness of these survey results, I love that the writer went with "This is not an 'Onion' story," as the sub-headline.
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Re: When reality reflects The Onion (redux)
« Reply #242 on: February 08, 2014, 08:10:18 pm »
The case against Wub Wub and for Manowar

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140208/logan-square/dubstep-concert-canceled-after-ceiling-collapse

Concord Music Hall Ceiling Collapses, Injuring Three

Cellphone footage shows a small amount debris falling from the ceiling as the bass hits. Seconds later a large chunk of the ceiling is dislodged unleashing a large amount of debris along with parts of the ceiling. The concert was canceled shortly after.

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Re: When reality reflects The Onion (redux)
« Reply #243 on: February 18, 2014, 06:12:33 pm »
Billy Corgan to Perform Eight-Hour Ambient Jam Inspired by Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha
http://m.pitchfork.com/news/54028-billy-corgan-to-perform-eight-hour-ambient-jam-inspired-by-hermann-hesses-siddhartha/

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Re: When reality reflects The Onion (redux)
« Reply #244 on: February 18, 2014, 08:57:25 pm »
That would be so cool... Road trip anyone?

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Re: When reality reflects The Onion (redux)
« Reply #245 on: February 19, 2014, 08:54:27 am »
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/so-what-do-mumford-sons-do-with-their-spare-time

So What Do Mumford & Sons Do With Their Spare Time?

Chilling out and forming "rubbish" supergroups, seemingly...

Meanwhile, the band's banjo player Winston Marshall formed a one-night-only supergroup named Salvidor Dali Parton - featuring members of The Vaccines, JEFF the Brotherhood, Apache Relay and Old Crow Medicine Show.

Not that Marcus Mumford was impressed... "Winston went to Nashville and set up a band, played six gigs, recorded a live show and then they broke up, citing artistic differences at the end of the night, after playing six gigs in one night," the singer said.

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Re: When reality reflects The Onion (redux)
« Reply #246 on: February 19, 2014, 11:05:53 am »
that's a very generous use of the term "supergroup"...
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Re: When reality reflects The Onion (redux)
« Reply #250 on: February 26, 2014, 09:23:22 am »
hoax news websites should be banned.  im tired of what people have assumed the masses enjoy as entertainment at the expense of a real effort at journalism.

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Re: When reality reflects The Onion (redux)
« Reply #251 on: February 26, 2014, 12:03:25 pm »
hoax news websites should be banned.  im tired of what people have assumed the masses enjoy as entertainment at the expense of a real effort at journalism.

i think they're great because they show how lazy and/or gullible people are when they are presented with a story that reaffirms their beliefs.  this man is a cop, a detective - how hard is it to google "colorado marijuana 37 overdoses"?  if he read a story titled "heroine cures cancer" i'm pretty damn sure he would have either a) ignored it, or b) tried looking for corroboration or counter-proof. 

ya can't - and shouldn't - believe everything you read...
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Re: When reality reflects The Onion (redux)
« Reply #252 on: February 26, 2014, 08:26:53 pm »
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