THE ULTIMATE FAIL; CHINA HOTEL CATCHES FIRE

A fire set off by fireworks to celebrate the Lunar New Year destroyed a five-star hotel in northeast China, state media reported Thursday.

The official Xinhua New Agency said the fire gutted the hotel in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, before dawn Thursday. No injuries were reported.
Xinhua said firefighters had trouble dealing with the fire because their fire engines shot water up only 165 feet, while the building was 720-feet tall.
The nearby Sheraton Lido hotel was also evacuated, Reuters reported.
New Year fires are common in China, with the Beijing News saying there were more than 160 small ones in the capital alone. The most famous in recent years destroyed a hotel under construction next to state broadcaster CCTV's iconic headquarters in Beijing in 2009.
Meanwhile, Chinese leaders celebrated the Year of the Rabbit with visits to the drought-stricken north while ordinary citizens rocked city streets with cacophonous fireworks.
They don't care the fireworks must go on.

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COOL VOLKSWAGEN COMMERCIAL

New Volkswagen commercial starring Darth Vader. He be killing them.

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THIS IS ONE BIG ASS SNOWMAN

A New York man enlists the help of 20 people to help create a giant snowman on the side of the road. They must have been very bored.

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RICK ROSS AND P DIDDY BLOW $1 MILLION ON STRIPPERS AT THE KING OF DIAMONDS CLUB

NSFW: Want to know how to waste one million dollars? Ask Rick Ross and P Diddy as they spend so much cash that the club runs out of change. This is ridiculous but it's their money. That's why I bootleg their shit.

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ONCE AGAIN I TOLD YOU FACEBOOK IS EVIL

A mother gets 50 years in jail for shaking her infant to death when he cried as she played a game on Facebook. Facebook is like a new cult.

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ANOTHER COOL TOY: JETLEV

 Jetlev Flyer ($99,500). This crazy, water-powered backpack uses a 250hp motor and fuel tank at the water's surface to send gallons of the wet stuff up to the seat, where it's blasted back down to the ground, providing a maximum top speed of 22 mph and a maximum height of 28 feet, limited by the hose.
Nice way to waste $99 thousand.

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AUDI AUTO UNION TYPE C

Audi Auto Union Type C E-Tron Study ($TBA). Inspired by Audi's classic racers and based on a limited-edition pedal car model, the rear wheel-drive Type C is powered by a small electric motor and a lithium-ion battery that propels one human — up to 5' 11" — at speeds of up to 18 mph, and as far as 15 miles. Sure, it's not a speedster by any means, but it's a much sportier way to get around the island than that golf cart you've been driving.  Why wasn't this out when I was young

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