The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[rostasi]

Hey cool! An arc flash in New York.
Pretty rare event.

As for Kenner, that’s par when you have an aging infrastructure
that’s neglected due to lack of funds (and, sometimes, just plain laziness).

[OccultHawk]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wwl...1-83d27ea5a247

Dafuq

[grindy]

Originally Posted by [MERIT]

So, something strange is going on in the skies.

A mile-wide object was seen in the skies over Kenner, Louisiana. It caused insane electrical interference and phenomena. It exploded transformers and electrical devices. Multi-colored lights and beams were seen shooting down to the ground and frying electrical cables.



A similar thing happened in Long Island City and Astoria, New York, followed by widespread power outages in California. The power outages shut down airports and subways in New York.

Here is a video from Astoria, New York, showing strange light formations and flashes in the sky around the time of the event: https://www.facebook.com/bittersweet...27040134260456

Internet users also report this strange phenomena in Brooklyn, New York and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Either "these" or "phenomenon".

[Cuthbert]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8704081.html

The Italian parliament has approved the government’s 2019 budget days before the year-end deadline following a lengthy stand-off with the European Union over spending.

Leaders of the country’s ruling populist coalition had been forced to pledge to cut the deficit next year to 2.04 per cent of GDP after Brussels rejected an original target of 2.4 per cent, saying it broke EU fiscal rules.

[WWWP]

Welp, Warren has announced her candidacy to the surprise of no one. That's gonna be a nah from me.

[rostasi]

Actually, she's exploring the idea of it.
She hasn't officially announced that she's running.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by WWWP

Welp, Warren has announced her candidacy to the surprise of no one. That's gonna be a nah from me.

If she falls on her face even 25% as much as she did when she published her DNA results, this is gonna be good.

[WWWP]

@rostasi She announced the launch of an "exploratory committee" this morning, is that what you're referring to?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nyt...ement.amp.html

Sorry in advance if the link doesn't work - I'm on mobile and also an idiot.

[WWWP]

Holding out for Kamala personally

[rostasi]

Originally Posted by WWWP

@rostasi She announced the launch of an "exploratory committee" this morning, is that what you're referring to

Yeah, and that NYT headline is why some media outlets are such crap sometimes.
An exploratory committee is not necessarily politico-speak.
It means that you have shown real interest in the possibility
of being president. Now, it's time to find out how much of a
reality it may become. If enough of the money isn't flowing
your way (unfortunately) in order to make it worthwhile to run
or if, for instance, you find that the media bashing is not something
you could potentially put up with in the long run, then you don't
officially announce your run for President later.

"In the election politics of the United States, an exploratory committee is an organization established to help determine whether a potential candidate should run for an elected office. They are most often cited in reference to United States Presidential hopefuls prior to the primaries."