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What does this bigot have against juice anyway? I love my Sunkist in the morning ...

Happy Xmas!

Man in Santa suit kills at least 6 at holiday party. The rampage began shortly before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday when Pardo, dressed as Santa Claus, approached the front door of his ex-wife's parents' home with a large, wrapped package. Inside the two-story home at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, his ex-wife, her parents and about two dozen others were enjoying their annual holiday party. An 8-year-old girl ran to answer his knock. When the door swung open, Pardo shot her in the face with a semiautomatic handgun, stepped into the house and opened fire on the revelers. Amid the chaos, he doused the house with a flammable liquid contained in the package -- a pressurized fuel tank, about 2 1/2 feet tall. Partygoers fled in panic as the house went up in flames. They ran to neighbors' homes and frantically called 911. A young woman leaped from a second-floor window, breaking her ankle.

Wanna ride with me?

The recently wrecked Whistler Excalibur gondola is built by the same company who recently finished constructing the record-breaking Peak2Peak gondola...

Peak2Peak

Ride Time
approximately 11 min.
Total Distance
4.4km/2.73miles (straight line)
Length of Unsupported Span
3.024km/1.88 miles (straight line between the two towers that are furthest apart)
Highest Point
above the ground is 436m/1427 feet over Fitzsimmons Creek
Capacity of Cabins
22 seated, 6 standing
Haul Rope
the single rope that pulls the cars along the track ropes is 46mm in diameter. Total length of the haul rope loop with the sag is 8850m