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08/14/11 08:34 - ID#54943

Violent Flash Mobs?

I can't even believe this is real. There is now a 9PM curfew in Philladelphia for teens under age 18 after a series of violent and crime driven flashmobs fueled by social media?!!

Part of me wants to side with it being ridiculous to force curfews on all teens because of some bad ones and to blame the media for sensationalizing this as flashmobs when really its just organized crime. I mean I used to hate it when the police would harass us for being outside at night when we were teens. On the other hand, we didn't rob stores, well at least not as an organized mobs - we may have mis-weighed bulk food a little here or there.

All joking aside, the media is making this seem slightly terrifying. Its hard to tell what's real and what's not as you can cut facts and video any way you want. I wish I knew someone there.






Here is some actual footage from that. While it looks like a robbery, it doesn't look particularly violent


Yet, the mayor seems to believe it now.


Here are some mobile videos from the evening that seem to be a little more balanced. Strangely, there is barely anything violent in the video which makes me question if the media is sensationalizing the issue. You could easily recut these into a news story that was totally against excessive police force. It just depends how you want to spin it.

Part 1 - I love the long haired white kid at 8:00 who sings about the police treating people like shit.


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4


Here it is cut up to make those video's seem way more crazy violent on Fox News.



At the end of vide one some surely white guy comments and says "Show me one video of a white flash mob" The thing is there are hundreds if not thousands of them but they are dancing. I hope the action here and in Britain doesn't replace the term flash mob in our cultural vocabulary to mean some scary and violent.

This korean news is hillarious, holy crap

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Category: accidents

08/14/11 08:17 - ID#54942

Vodka Blimp Crashes

I think the vodka blimp from (e:tinypliny,54868) just crashed into a 94 year old woman's house. I hope they gave her a free lifetime supply.

The blimp advertises Hangar 1 Vodka and is on a tour of about 20 cities under the direction of an Orlando, Fla.-based airship advertiser called The Lightship Group, said Toby Page, the group's marketing director. The blimp won't make its next planned stop in Detroit on Thursday.... Asked whether she might try the vodka, Bernhagen joked that she might need a drink after such a ruckus.



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Category: beer

08/14/11 10:53 - ID#54938 pmobl

Beer pong in the dance floor at wemf

Maybe it was pill pong. I didn't look in their cups.

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Category: music

08/13/11 08:35 - ID#54936 pmobl

In the tent

Well after a splendid night of dancing alone, tonight we have a thunderstorm. The music is off and half my bed is soaked. Yipee.

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08/12/11 10:50 - ID#54932 pmobl

this stage is ridiculous

as in totally awesome

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Category: music

08/12/11 10:47 - ID#54931 pmobl

Live at wemf 2011

It's freaking awesome.

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08/12/11 05:13 - ID#54930 pmobl

The juiciest Litchis and sim cards

And dragonfruits were only 2.99 instead of 9.99 at Wegmans.

I wish I got the dragonfruit but I was in a rush to get my SIM card at the Rogers wireless store.

Its kind of a rip off. I got a similar card at best buy for $10. I was able to activate it over the phone but they has no way to charge it with an American visa or MasterCard, only American express unless you go instore and purchase vouchers. I don't understand why the brick and mortar store can take American visa cards. In the end I got 500MB of data, a bunch of phone minutes and 250 international text messages for $50. Its good for a month so it should work for (e:Terry)'s birthday at the quarry too. In general the process was so complicated and expensive. I wish they could make it easier. After Sept 11th they will have a prepaid 500mb topup plan for $25.

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Category: shoes

08/12/11 09:27 - ID#54925 pmobl

My Shoe Collection

Here they all are. Each pair has a different purpose except for the near duplicate brown leather low top ones.

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Category: shopping

08/10/11 11:08 - ID#54920

Trip To Ikea

(e:libertad), (e:terry), (e:mike) and I went to IKEA on Saturday. I like the stainless steal microwave but the best part was the sweedish meatballs with currant sauce and elderflower juice. I am not sure I would ever buy any of their furniture, its really not my style.

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Category: books

08/10/11 11:00 - ID#54919

Borders Closes - The end of an era

Borders was probably the single most contributing factor to my credit card debt in the late 1990s - early 2000s. I spent hundreds if not thousands of dollars on computer programming books. Then in 2004 I remember shopping one day with my brand new smartphone, a sidekick. I wanted to buy Make Magazine but I decided to try looking up the price online and it was way cheaper. I ordered the magazine right there from my phone. It remember because it was the first time I ever bought something online and I was real sketched out about entering my credit card number in. Shortly thereafter I bought all of my computer books on amazon. Now border is out of business. I guess it all makes sense. Now I shop from my phone all the time.

I will miss the experience of going to the bookstore (e:paul,32098)

Its so funny to see genres broken down by different percentages off. If you want magazine you should go now, they are going quick but they are 50% off.
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