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Would you guys want to do a vice.com containment thread? I swear that site has the best and most informative articles on the web

http://www.vice.com/read/chinas-one-...ource=vicefbus

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03-28-2013 , 10:28 PM

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tyler_cracker

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no i would just post articles from vice in the wikipedia thread

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03-29-2013 , 09:56 AM

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peterpjames

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Brinquedo

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Vídeo Brinquedo (Toyland Video) is a Brazilian company, located in São Paulo,[1] that produces direct-to-video animated Z movies. The company was founded in 1994 to distribute children's animation with intention of distributing it to Brazil and around the world.[2] The company has been accused by reviewers of creative media of distributing films with concepts blatantly plagiarized from films by Pixar, Disney, DreamWorks and other major studios in other countries.

Some of their titles:

Ratatoing
Little Cars
Little Panda Fighter
What's Up?

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03-29-2013 , 11:42 AM

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ninetynine99

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Originally Posted by JudgeHoldem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Plus_Two_Publishing

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Originally Posted by Riverdinho

Interesting..

Indeed. Particularly THIS:

"In addition, many of its titles are now being translated into many non-English languages."

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03-29-2013 , 12:43 PM

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blind squirrel

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Joaquín Guzmán Loera - head of the Sinaloa Cartel and according to Forbes the "biggest druglord of all time" and "world's most wanted man".

This led me to the 2011 San Fernando massacre which is such a gruesome read. Certainly beyond anything how ****ed up people can be to commit such crimes.

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03-29-2013 , 08:47 PM

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peterpjames

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Originally Posted by blind squirrel

This led me to the 2011 San Fernando massacre which is such a gruesome read. Certainly beyond anything how ****ed up people can be to commit such crimes.

really disturbing

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03-29-2013 , 09:57 PM

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Sugar Nut

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Brag. I'm Going after Mexico's billionare drug lord, Joaquin Guzman

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03-29-2013 , 10:09 PM

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JudgeHoldem

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You gotta wonder why those kinda people (the murderers) even find any logic or reason in continuing to live life. Money? Power? Family?

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03-30-2013 , 08:44 AM

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.isolated

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Originally Posted by JudgeHoldem

You gotta wonder why those kinda people (the murderers) even find any logic or reason in continuing to live life. Money? Power? Respect?

fyp. but yeah probably all three you mentioned.

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03-30-2013 , 08:53 AM

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JaredL

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That massacre talk reminded me of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. A Mormon militia killed a group traveling from Arkansas to California in the 1850s. I'm guessing it's been posted before but it's interesting re-reading.

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03-30-2013 , 11:38 AM

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rjoefish

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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain

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03-30-2013 , 04:29 PM

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peterpjames

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Br...otato_incident

Carved a potato to look like a baseball and faked out a player to get an out in a minor league baseball game

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03-30-2013 , 08:52 PM

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bbones31

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"Lou Gehrig had to play in 2,130 consecutive games and hit .340 for his number to be retired, and all I had to do was bat .140 and throw a potato"

Lol, awesome

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04-09-2013 , 01:10 PM

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Ponder

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction_insurance

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04-09-2013 , 09:36 PM

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Lagtastic

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Originally Posted by Ponder

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction_insurance

"The payment would double if the insured person was impregnated during the event. Men were also able to purchase the impregnation insurance for protection against the unknown capabilities of alien technology.[9]"

I mean, you really can't know, sound policy IMO

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04-09-2013 , 09:39 PM

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RippinHeads

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Originally Posted by blind squirrel

This led me to the 2011 San Fernando massacre which is such a gruesome read. Certainly beyond anything how ****ed up people can be to commit such crimes.

Kinda wish I hadn't read this.

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04-09-2013 , 09:50 PM

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heater

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leonard_Pickard

According to court testimony, they would produce a kilogram of LSD approximately every five weeks. The U.S. government contends that following their arrest there was a 90% drop in the availability of LSD worldwide.[1][2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7qliVpGEk0

Rolling Stone Article about Leonard

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04-10-2013 , 08:54 AM

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SooperFish24

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William (Shatner) Leonard (Nimoy) Pickard (Jean-Luc)

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04-11-2013 , 10:32 PM

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schu_22

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania

If you think the whole bitcoin bubble/crash is a trip, how about the great Dutch tulip crash of 1637? For example, during the bubble, one tulip could buy you all of this ****:

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04-13-2013 , 02:13 PM

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thethethe

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Easter eggs in Microsoft products

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04-17-2013 , 01:22 AM

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soah

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slugging

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In order to relieve traffic volume during the morning and evening rush hours, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes that require more than one person per automobile were built in many major American cities to encourage carpooling and greater use of public transport; the first were built in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area in 1975. The new lanes, and frustration over failures of public-transport systems and high fuel prices, led to the creation in the 1970s of "slugging", a form of hitchhiking between strangers that is beneficial to both parties, as drivers and passengers are able to use the HOV lane for a quicker trip .... Although slugging is informal, ad hoc, and free, in 30 years no violence or crime was reported from Washington D.C. slugging until October 2010, when former Sergeant Major of the Army Gene McKinney struck one of his passengers with his car after they threatened to report his reckless driving to the police.

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04-17-2013 , 01:43 AM

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Europa

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^^ in Jakarta they have similar road rules and you can "hire" kids to be your passenger for a couple of cents to be able to use those lanes.

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04-17-2013 , 06:39 PM

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Crysan

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-demolish.html

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Sitting atop a mountain like an abandoned flying saucer, this giant structure looks like it was created on another planet.
The House of the Bulgarian Communist Party was built in another era..

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04-17-2013 , 07:42 PM

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Lagtastic

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_onion

More of a light hearted suggestion for the thread but anyone who is a fan will get a kick out of a few things in there. Including how much it sold for, and a funny section of when notable people or media outlets took the satire to be reality.

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04-17-2013 , 11:28 PM

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NajdorfDefense

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Calvi

1) Steals hundreds of millions from the 'Vatican Bank'. And, also, the Mafia.
2) Flees Italy for London.
3) Sec'y kills herself.
4) Found hanging beneath Blackfriar's Bridge. With $15k on him.
5) UK police initially rule it a suicide.

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X) Heath Ledger's character in 'Dr. Parnassus' is found hanging beneath Blackfriar's Bridge, alive, in a direct homage to the case. Ledger then kills himself/ODs before the film is finished.

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