GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! When we’re together it’s like hot coals in a fire (oh baby). My body’s burning, so come on, heat my desire (come on come on). LET’S GO TO PRESS.
As we reported yesterday, a semi-truck hauling fuel crashed into an oil tanker train near the St. Johns Bridge catching on fire and killing one.
A Washington County Sheriff’s deputy has been fired and booked on coercion charges (and more) after allegedly choking a co-worker, and forcing her to continue a sexual relationship with him.
To commemorate the third anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, Portland officials, activists, and concerned citizens marched in an Orange Walk yesterday in an effort to stop gun violence.
Today, we remember the lives lost & the families & friends who have to live with that loss every day. #SandyHook pic.twitter.com/dMfl5vkB8a
— Mark OckerbloomFox25 (@ocktalks) December 14, 2015
A man has been arrested in the hit and run death of a Northeast Portland cyclist, and has been charged with manslaughter in the second degree, criminally negligent homicide, reckless driving, and driving under the influence of marijuana.
According to police, the man repeatedly shot by LA cops on Saturday continued to hold a gun even as he lay dying on the ground. And yet? He was shot 33 times.
Ummm… I’m just going to leave this paragraph right here:
About a dozen gun rights activists staged an open carry march and mock mass shooting Saturday near the University of Texas, only to be outnumbered by counter-demonstrators who waived sex toys and tried to drown them out with chants.
Also, a man walked into a Pennsylvania Walmart this weekend carrying two handguns, and was shot dead by police.
Democrats are taking advantage of Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the country, saying that while other Republicans say they disagree, they’re actually just “Trump Lite.”
Speaking of Trump, in Iowa he calls competitor Ted Cruz “a little bit of a maniac.” Well, he would know, wouldn’t he?
Why the sudden vitriol against Cruz? Turns out that Ted is now leading Trump in the polls which means the Republicans have a “nightmare scenario” on their hands. (Heh heh hehhhh.)
Planned Parenthood is striking back against all this debunked “selling of fetal tissue” nonsense by suing the state of Ohio.
Amazon is pulling hoverboards (which I totally want because I saw them on a couple of episodes of Empire, and think they’re awesome) because they might explode or something? I DON’T CARE I WANT MY HOVERBOARD.
Now let’s check out what’s happening in WEATHER town: What’s this? A brief halt to the rain this afternoon and tomorrow, with highs in the mid-40s. Don’t worry, the wet will be returning with a vengeance.
And finally, check out this orangutan getting his mind BLOWN by a pretty terrible magic trick. (Don’t quit your day job, zoo keeper!)
Wait, isn’t a ‘oil tanker’ by definition, carrying oil or fuel?
I wouldn’t classify a train carrying asphalt as an ‘oil tanker’.
I know you guys are trying to heighten fear of oil carrying train cars, but if anything, this situation calls for exploiting fear of oil carrying semi-trucks.
Get your Fear Exploitation correct.
Maybe fill in Caleb about what Fears to exploit too, while you are at it.
Trump has Fear of Muslims to Exploit, while you guys are seemingly exploiting Fear of Oil Carrying Rail Cars.
Neither one is based on facts, or safety statistics.
@Frankieb: Asphalt; also known as bitumen,[3][4] is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum