Train Derailment Leads to Oil Tanker Explosion in West Virginia

Image from source, NBC News

During the oddly partisan wrangling over the Keystone XL Pipeline in Congress (why they have such a woody for it, I have no idea), the specter of transit disasters via truck and train have been flogged quite a bit. Sure, they'll say, there's the occasional oil pipeline spill, but it's actually safer than transporting the stuff in any other way. Because trains, they go boom. And train just went boom. I don't have my tinfoil hat out of my storage pod yet, but it makes me go hmmmm.

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Fayette County, West Virginia, Train Derailment Sparks House Fire

A freight train carrying crude oil derailed Monday in southern West Virginia, causing an explosion that set at least one house on fire, according to authorities. Several of the train cars spilled oil into the Kanawha River, east of Montgomery, and caught fire, prompting an evacuation order for a mile-and-a-half around the area where the train skipped the tracks at about 1:30 p.m. ET, according to NBC affiliate WSAZ. Only one train car, of 109, actually fell into the river. . .

Read more at: NBC News

Major Explosion at Plant in West, Texas

Not western Texas, but the town of West, Texas. It looks bad, as this eyewitness video shows, and then it gets worse at about 30 seconds in. . .

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Deadly fertilizer plant blast levels homes in small Texas town
A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in the small Texas town of West left at least two people dead, leveled several homes and prompted a widescale evacuation in the community of 2,600 people. . .

Read more at (with more video): CNN.com

The Stupid Monkey Shares A Christmas Gift

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Whilst our Dear Editor is busy with married life & pagan rituals I have decided to provide the millions of our readers with a distraction.

Here is a link to a site that has an item that can be used by one & all at one point or another. For stress relief... for laughs... for revenge... for fantasy... for fun... for whatever moment you need it.

Makes for a safe non-felonious way of having felonious fun.

Once you open the page just push the red button & enjoy. (HINT: It get's better as you click.)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! (FUCK YEAH!)

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Amazing Story of An Explosion, Nobody Hurt

Photo from source, Boston.com

Don't say I never brought you any good news! This is a rather amazing story about an explosion and chain-reaction fire that should have--but didn't--hurt anybody. I heard about this on Air America's The Rachel Maddow Show, and her description was enough to make me post something on it. Check it out.

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Everett recovers after tanker truck explosion

It was an amazing fire: 9,400 gallons of gasoline turning into a wall of flame as it flowed from an overturned truck down a densely populated street. Dozens of people fleeing from their homes.

Even more amazing was the number of injuries: zero. . .

Read more at Boston.com