Brian Zwiener: ASTRONAUTS HOLD FIRST EXTRATERRESTRIAL GOOGLE+ ‘HA...

Brian Zwiener: ASTRONAUTS HOLD FIRST EXTRATERRESTRIAL GOOGLE+ ‘HA...: Ever wanted to chat with an astronaut on board the International Space Station? They’re always down to hang out. On Friday, ISS astro...

ASTRONAUTS HOLD FIRST EXTRATERRESTRIAL GOOGLE+ ‘HANGOUT’

Ever wanted to chat with an astronaut on board the International Space Station? They’re always down to hang out.

On Friday, ISS astronauts Kevin Ford, Chris Hadfield and Tom Marshburn participated in NASA’s first Google+ Hangout from outer space. For approximately 20 minutes, the astronauts answered a number of questions ranging from their favorite scientist (Marshburn likes Isaac Newton) to exercise in outer space to the type of research that they’re working on. Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut who has become an Internet celebrity after his extensive tweeting and an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit, explained to viewers about how the astronauts handled the recent communications snafu with ground control.

John Yembrick, NASA’s social media manager, moderated questions from Twitter, Google+, and Youtube. Participants included many teachers and science buffs, as well as students from classrooms in the United States, Mexico and Chile.  Astronauts Ronald Garan and Nicole Stott also participated in the hangout, giving insights into how they joined the program, and recommendations on what to study in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. 

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Blondie / Devo

The "Whip It To Shreds" co-headlining tour puts together two pioneers of New Wave punk and synth pop. The Debbie Harry-fronted Blondie (which still includes original members Clem Burke and Chris Stein along with fresher players Leigh Foxx, Tommy Kessler and Matt Katz-Bohen) performs cuts off ninth studio album, 2011's Panic of Girls, along with all the singles you’d expect ("Heart of Glass," "Call Me," "Rapture," "One Way or Another"). Devo (Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh, Gerald and Bob Casale, and Jeff Friedl) has also put out a new(ish) album, 2010's highly praised Something for Everybody (their first in two decades), and is likely to mix up their set with newer material and classics like "Whip It," "Jocko Homo" and the like, along with their trademark covers of the Stones' "I Can't Get No Satisfaction," Alan Touissant's "Working in the Coal Mine" and "Secret Agent Man.”" The Bay area date is presented as part of a ‘70s/’80s Music Fest.

Brian Zwiener: Best UFO Hoax Ever? Cop Vaporized during Traffic ...

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Best UFO Hoax Ever? Cop Vaporized during Traffic ...: Best UFO Hoax Ever? Cop Vaporized during Traffic Stop (Video) UFO true believers hate hoax videos because they weaken support for th...

Best UFO Hoax Ever? Cop Vaporized during Traffic Stop (Video)

UFO true believers hate hoax videos because they weaken support for the cause. Most hoax videos are amateurish at best, barely elevated beyond the pie-tin on a string variety.

And, with video editing tools increasing in sophistication while lowering in cost, even the casual hobbyist is capable of making fake videos that would have turned a 1980s Steven Spielberg green with envy. So laziness is barely tolerated.

Making an alien visitor video go viral is getting harder all the time because the paranormal community doesn't suffer lazy fools gladly.

Flashing orbs, folding triangles, and unidentified flying objects caught zooming past jumbo jet windows are so 2000-late. In other words, there has to be some creativity involved to make believers click and engage debate.

That's why this UFO video is bound to go, literally, out of this world viral.

Technically, it's not even a UFO video. It only implies a visiting spacecraft has already landed and an alien is using an automobile to blend in better.

In it, a cop is making a traffic stop along a dark and desolate highway. Warily approaching the car, he seems to be observing all the rules for keeping himself safe from a potentially desperate criminal willing to do anything to get away.

But what if the driver is from another world with access to a weapon there is no defense against?

It's best not to spoil the effect. Suffice to say that this is (hopefully) a hoax video.

And it's the best one to come down the turnpike in a long time.

Have a look:

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Vintage Elle: MASSIVE Style Crush on Debbie Harry!: Debbie Harry is quite possibly the coolest woman to have ever graced this planet. She has the ultimate rock chick style down, better tha...