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Clean Up Of MH17 Wreckage Begins In Eastern Ukraine

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Armed pro-Russian rebels were on hand to supervise the start of the clean up operation, four months after the jet was brought down. A new video of the immediate aftermath of the crash has also emerged.

Work has finally begun to clean up the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, according to Dutch air crash inspectors tasked with investigating the jet’s downing.

Work has finally begun to clean up the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, according to Dutch air crash inspectors tasked with investigating the jet’s downing.

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Four months after the plane was shot down while travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, cranes were brought in to lift parts of the twisted, scorched wreckage onto the back of trucks.

Four months after the plane was shot down while travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, cranes were brought in to lift parts of the twisted, scorched wreckage onto the back of trucks.

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All 298 passengers and crew were killed in the incident, which Kiev has blamed on pro-Russian separatists.

All 298 passengers and crew were killed in the incident, which Kiev has blamed on pro-Russian separatists.

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9 Kinds Of People Who Will Love The BuzzFeed DIY Newsletter

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Get crafty.

Craft Fanatics

Craft Fanatics

No matter how hard you try, you can't imagine a greater thrill than making things. From sweaters and scarves to bookshelves, holiday decorations, and beyond, nothing makes you happier than looking around your home and seeing things you've crafted yourself — except giving them away to the people you love.

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Neat Freaks

Neat Freaks

You’re a container-stacking, Ikea-hacking, clutter-busting knight in spotlessly shining armor, and coming across ingenious storage and organization solutions gives you an endorphin rush every time. Life is messy, sure. But you love learning new ways to make sure your house isn't.

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Self-Improvers

Self-Improvers

For you, every single day is an opportunity to grow, whether you’re trying to make your work habits more efficient, get into better shape, or figure out ways to make the most of your mornings. You know that you're capable of being a high-performance machine, so you're always looking for smart ways to upgrade.

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Design Junkies

Design Junkies

Your walls are covered in gorgeous prints, your shelves and coffee table are strewn with vintage finds, and your Instagram feed is a lovingly curated work of art. Nothing makes your heart sing quite like being surrounded by pretty things, and finding new ones — plus new ways to get or to make them — always makes your day.

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23 Struggles All Flat-Chested Ladies Know To Be True

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Chairperson of the Itty Bitty Titty Committee.

Asking this question since you were little.

Asking this question since you were little.

And never getting the answer.

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Hoping that buying the right bra will change things.

Hoping that buying the right bra will change things.

Spoiler alert: It doesn't.

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Being jealous of friends who are way more blessed than you.

Being jealous of friends who are way more blessed than you.

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Waking up every morning and realizing there's NOTHING THERE.

Waking up every morning and realizing there's NOTHING THERE.

Lit'rally nothing.

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Sweden Is Launching A New Rating For Sexist Video Games

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Like “Rated M for maturity,” but for misogyny. Last year, the country similarly introduced a “feminist rating” for movies that passed the Bechdel test.

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It has come to the attention of the Swedish government that sometimes video games do not promote gender equality.

The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, Vinnova, is attempting to draw attention to this by developing a new rating system that will warn users about misogyny in video games, the Local reported.

The agency will work with a number of game developers to determine how Swedish video games portray women. So far Vinnova has provided the Swedish video-game trade group Dataspelsbranschen with a grant of approximately $36,672 (U.S.) to develop the new rating, which will be inspired by the Bechdel test.

The new rating system is only in the very early stages of development.

The project manager for Dataspelsbranschen, Anton Albiin, has said that it's not yet clear if all Swedish-made video games will get a label regarding their portrayal of female characters, or if companies that make games promoting equality will get a special certification to use for marketing their product. Either way, he says, it will be a good step forward.

"I do not know of any other project in the world asking this question and of course we want Sweden to be a beacon in this area," Albiin said.

When asked by the Local if the new rating will hinder creative expression, Albiin replied:

Of course games can be about fantasy but they can be so much more than this. They can also be a form of cultural expression — reflecting society or the society we are hoping for. Games can help us to create more diverse workplaces and can even change the way we think about things."


According to Dataspelsbranchen, only 16 percent of people working in the gaming industry in Sweden are women.

Last November Sweden announced that it would be introducing a new "feminist rating" for movies passed the Bechdel test.

h/t Daily Dot

LINK: Sweden Launched A Feminist Movie Rating

We're Launching The Brand-New BuzzFeed TV & Movies Newsletter On Monday!

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Find your next obsession.

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Want to stay ahead of the curve on new movies and TV shows?

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19 Ways To Rock Androgynous Style Like No Other

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It’s yours. Own it.

Experiment with a longer coat.

Experiment with a longer coat.

You'll look good AND keep hella warm.

"The perfect length would hit somewhere between your knee and the middle of your calf," fashion blogger Isabell Decker of Dressing Outside The Box told BuzzFeed Life. "The length can elongate the silhouette and hide bigger thighs, if that's what your looking for."

Isabell Decker

Try a boat neck.

Try a boat neck.

"The boat neck is great if you want to minimize the bust line a bit," says fashion blogger Lydia Okello of Style Is Style.

Lydia Okello

Find a button-up that fits comfortably across your chest, and pair it with a contrasting blazer.

Find a button-up that fits comfortably across your chest, and pair it with a contrasting blazer.

"I'm a 38 DDD, so its really hard to find shirts that allow for my boobs and are still fitted on my arms," says The Haute Girl fashion blogger and photographer Alea Lovely. "I love wearing button-ups under blazers and cardigans because you can't tell that the shirt is baggy elsewhere."

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Don't be afraid to leave your shirt untucked under your sweater.

Don't be afraid to leave your shirt untucked under your sweater.

It adds a little boyish flare.

"With the collar and shirt tail sticking out, you create a more rectangular silhouette," says Avant Blargh fashion blogger Bianca deBardelaben. "This can be ideal for people who want to avoid the hourglass look."

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People Are Mad At "Hypocritical" Sainsbury’s For Planning To Demolish A WWI Memorial Site

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The backlash comes after their winter campaign this year commemorates the Christmas Day truce between German and English soldiers in WWI.

Sainsbury's Christmas campaign this year depicts the famous Christmas day truce between German and English soldiers 100 years ago.

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However, Sainsbury's are being accused of hypocrisy because of their plans to demolish a rugby stadium built in memory of rugby players who died in WWI.

However, Sainsbury's are being accused of hypocrisy because of their plans to demolish a rugby stadium built in memory of rugby players who died in WWI.

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In a statement given the to The Sunday Times (paywall link), Diana Scrafton, the organiser of TRASHorfield, the group fighting against the proposed superstore, said:

While the nation watches the emotion-packed advert, the days are numbered for Bristol's largest war memorial."

This inspiring and poignant sports-ground tribute to 300 soldier-sportsmen who played the 'Greater Game' is to be demolished by Sainsbury's and replaced by a giant superstore

How can Sainsbury's do this in the centenary years of the Great War while exploiting the pathos of the Christmas Truce in 1914? Are the trenches of the western front to be memorialised as chilled food aisles? Will the tills fall silent on Remembrance Day?

A petition has been started to stop development on the ground.

A petition has been started to stop development on the ground.

Comments below the petition included:

"Sainsbury's should be utterly ashamed of themselves! I am repulsed at their audacity and will never spend another penny at their stores!!"

"Because I think it is the wrong place for a large store and respect will be lost for those who lost their lives."

"Firstly, there are so many Sainsbury's outlets, I can't see why they need another one, particularly bearing in mind what they are going to demolish a war memorial, which is completely unacceptable."

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29 Thanksgiving Sides So Good You Might Not Need A Turkey

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Let’s focus on what really matters.

Cornbread Dressing with Sausage and Fennel

Cornbread Dressing with Sausage and Fennel

If you use Jiffy instead of making your own cornbread, your secret will be safe with me. Get the recipe.

bonappetit.com

Parmesan-Crusted Butternut Squash Galette

Parmesan-Crusted Butternut Squash Galette

There's no reason to wait until after dinner for pie. Get the recipe.

howsweeteats.com

Autumn Salad with Horseradish Vinaigrette

Autumn Salad with Horseradish Vinaigrette

A beautiful mess of cauliflower, squash, beans, Brussels, pomegranate seeds over a pile of arugula. Get the recipe.

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Almost Everyone In Ferguson Thinks Officer Darren Wilson Will Get Off

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FERGUSON, Missouri — At long last, virtually all Ferguson residents — black and white, young and old, rich and poor — have come to agree on something: Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown this August, will not be indicted.

That consensus — remarkable in a town that was split on whether it even had any racial tension — can be seen in preparations that seem better suited for an impending war: boarded-up stores, daily non-violent training sessions across town, law enforcement agencies stockpiling riot gear and tear gas, and a governor who has said the National Guard will be on standby.

To be sure, the St. Louis County grand jury could decide to indict Wilson. The jurors — nine white and three black — have heard testimony for three months, part of prosecuting attorney Bob McCullouch’s promise to present “absolutely everything.” As the New York Times reported, McCullouch has chosen a highly irregular process that more resembles a jury trial, perhaps in an effort to shift responsibility for the decision to the jury instead of his office.

But whatever eventually happens to Wilson, the current collective belief about his fate exposes a deeper resignation: The rift between public officials and the black community here has not healed since the protests in August, and few expect that to change.

Maybe even more than the killing of Brown, many people here say, the undiminished hostility between police and black citizens has fueled a volatile mix of emotions.

“I just get the feeling that it’s going to get worse,” said Alma Morrow, a black clerk at a boarded-up beauty supply store on West Florissant Avenue, the site of the most violent clashes between protesters and police following Brown’s death in August.

“It goes beyond Mike Brown now. People over here are really mad,” Morrow said.

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In the days following Brown’s death, police fired tear gas, pepper spray, and rubber bullets at protesters — and faced criticism for their militarized approach.

“What we’ve seen so far is that if there’s a little bit of violence, a real violent reaction to that can be worse,” said Peter Joy, a professor of criminal justice at Washington University in St. Louis. “I hope [police] respond in a way that doesn’t escalate things. I hope they’ve learned from the last time.”

But while law enforcement agencies have met with several groups of protesters and undergone additional training in recent months, they’ve also primed themselves for conflict.

The Missouri Highway Patrol has bought more shields and equipment, St. Louis metro police has spent nearly $100,000 on riot gear and repairs to damaged police vehicles, and St. Louis city police recently spent $325,000 upgrading helmets, sticks, and other “civil disobedience equipment,” Police Chief Sam Dotson told the Associated Press.

“We want the public to know that we are fully committed to preventing law breakers from threatening public safety,” St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said at the news conference with Nixon.

“These measures are not being taken because we expect problems,” said Nixon, who nonetheless said that he was prepared to call on the National Guard in the event of what he called an “uprising.”

“To all Missourians, to people around the country and around the world, we are going to keep this region safe,” Nixon said. “As I’ve said before: Violence will not be tolerated.”

The authorities are hardly the only ones girding for conflict. Near where the worst violence was this summer, many businesses began boarding up windows weeks ago.

“It’s going to be chaos,” said Mike Jacob, a clerk at Sam’s Meat Market and More on West Florissant Avenue, a major thoroughfare where protests took place nightly and several stores were looted in the weeks after Brown’s death. At Sam’s, they earned their skepticism the hard way: The store was ransacked twice during riots in August.

Six local school district superintendents are so concerned about potential violence that they sent a letter to McCulloch asking him to announce the grand jury decision after 5 p.m. or on a weekend, preferably a Sunday when schools typically don’t host events or activities. Fear has also driven up business at gun stores across the area.

“Sales are off the charts,” said Steven King, a white owner of Metro Shooting Supplies in Bridgeton, a mostly white suburb about 10 miles from Ferguson. He held up a stack of about 100 new applications for the federal background check needed to buy a weapon. “People are in fear of their lives. They’re just scared to death. The rumors are that every single area is a threat.”

St. Louis routinely has one of the nation’s highest violent crime rates, but Brown’s death was the only homicide in Ferguson this year.

At least a few locals worry that all of these very public preparations for violent protests could be a self-fulling prophecy. “I don’t think the reaction would have been as violent as what everyone is thinking,” said Hubert H. Hoosman Jr., who is black and owns a real estate consulting firm a few blocks from Ferguson's police station. “But I do worry what it says that everyone keeps talking about it as if it’s a given.”

Not far from Hoosman’s business is a store bearing an “I Love Ferguson” sign. The signs are part of a larger movement — mostly supported by white residents — within the town to push back against protesters and black residents’ allegations of entrenched racial problems in Ferguson. Inside, the store’s volunteers — all of them Ferguson residents — could barely contain their frustration.

“I feel like we’re being held hostage” by the protests, said Dorothy Kaiser, a white 78-year-old Ferguson native. “We shouldn’t have to board up our windows.”

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With Brown's killing, Ferguson joined a list of cities including Jasper, Texas; Jena, Louisiana; and Sanford, Florida, where racially charged incidents have shattered the illusion of racial harmony, exposing stark disparities and long-simmering resentments.

In Ferguson, whites comprise only 29% of the population, but they make up five of the six city council members, six of the seven school board members, and 50 of the 53 police officers. In the heat of the protests this summer, many black residents hoped for change. But now, with virtually everyone girding for more conflict, that hope has regressed to something more familiar: resignation.

Among many of Ferguson’s black citizens, there’s a pessimism born of years of grievances routinely ignored by most of Ferguson’s white residents and by the town’s predominantly white government. Those grievances include an off-year election calendar found to depress black voter turnout, a criminal justice system often used to prop up the town’s budget by overpolicing traffic infractions (and then imposing late fees and interest), and a police force that has developed a reputation for using excessive force, according to a report compiled by the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund.

“We have a very corrupt system,” said Reggie Rounds, a former resident of the Canfield Green apartment complex where Brown was killed.

After Brown’s death, and even at his funeral, community leaders pushed voter registration efforts. But on Election Day, Ferguson came up short: CNN found that only 204 residents registered to vote between Aug. 11, the Monday after Brown was shot, and Oct. 8, the registration deadline for the November election. Overall, only 42% of Ferguson’s registered voters cast a ballot in the Nov. 4 election, which lagged behind the county’s overall turnout rate of 44%.

Right now, much of the community organizing in Ferguson is focused not on hopes for long-term change but on fears of imminent violence. On Tuesday night, in a clammy church basement near Ferguson, Lisa Fithian took about 75 volunteers through three hours of exercises meant to prevent a violent conflict with police.

Fithian, who has organized non-violent protests around the country for more than 40 years, emphasized staying calm if officers meet them in the streets with riot gear, batons, and tear gas.

“We know they’re trying to set us up,” Fithian said, “and we can’t take the bait.”

18 Vegetarian Versions Of Your Favorite Fast Foods

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Because everyone, no matter their eating restrictions, should be able to participate in the grand American tradition of fast food.

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Vegan McDonald's McChicken Sandwich

Vegan McDonald's McChicken Sandwich

Yes making your own seitan, breading and sauce is a bit time consuming. But you know what's way more time consuming? Raising your own chicken. Recipe here.

theedgyveg.com

Vegetarian Taco Bell Crunch Wrap Supreme

Vegetarian Taco Bell Crunch Wrap Supreme

This one involves minimal actual cooking — it's mostly smushing, spreading and wrapping.Recipe here.

abeautifulmess.com

Vegan KFC Double Down

Vegan KFC Double Down

For any vegan really committed to living the fast food dream: Make a sandwich out of fried seitan, vegan cheese, and obvs vegan bacon. Recipe here.

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What Do You Do With Your Life Once You’ve Admitted To Killing Bin Laden?

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When he was younger, Rob O’Neill used to joke with his mother that he was put on Earth to do something special. “I would say that to her when I joined the Navy, when I was going through training,” he said. “Then when we started going through combat I would say that to her again, just more to ease her mind. Not really believing it.”

“But then when this happened,” he said, “when I was able to be put in a position, because of my team, to do something that would have a big impact on everything, it did hit me that maybe somehow it wasn’t tongue in cheek. But it’s not like I was seeing the future. It was just something that happened.”

O’Neill is the first to admit his place in history hinges on a single-second moment when his Navy SEAL instinct and training kicked in, and he fired the fatal shots that killed Osama bin Laden. The moment was the culmination of years of painstaking intelligence work and extensive military planning. It seemed to bookend the first decade of the 21st century, when the Western world had learned words like “jihad” and “al-Qaeda,” and had become accustomed to airport security body scanners and pat downs. It has also irreparably changed O’Neill’s life — although faced with a lifetime of fame, security threats, and criticism from his peers, he can’t decide if it’s for better or worse.

Photograph by Jason Bergman for BuzzFeed News

Moments after he first met with BuzzFeed News in a dimly lit café attached to the lobby of his upmarket hotel on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, O’Neill had to excuse himself, head upstairs to his suite, and make sure the place was presentable before we joined him. The café was quiet but full of travelers having breakfast, stocking up for a day on their feet in Central Park or the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which were a stone’s throw away.

O’Neill, though, didn’t have time for sightseeing on this trip to New York; he was in the middle of a media blitz. He had finished with Fox News and the Washington Post, but he was still prepping for the Today show,the New York Times, and CNN.

He came back down to fetch us and settle the bill. The coffees were on the house. Such are the perks of being the man who killed the world’s most wanted terrorist.

“I think that they did a good job with the interview,” he said up in his suite, sitting on a plush sofa in front of the flat-screen television where during the previous evening he had watched the second installment of his interview on Fox. “I think it remained positive. At first it was weird to see myself on television, but I’m starting to get used to it now. Obviously it’s been on quite a bit.”

Pinned to the lapel of his suit was an American flag pin so large it would make a politician blush. Stripped of the heavy makeup he wore during the Fox interview, he looked considerably less tanned, unsurprisingly, with a ruddy complexion and translucent eyebrows.

In the aftermath of the May 2011 raid on the al-Qaeda leader’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Americans were quick to embrace as heroes the faceless commandos behind the raid. Vendors selling unauthorized Seal Team 6 merchandise quickly sprung up. Hollywood followed swiftly behind with Zero Dark Thirty, the film that dramatized the CIA hunt to find bin Laden, opening to both acclaim and controversy.

O’Neill, profiled anonymously by Phil Bronstein for Esquire in February 2013, is now stepping into the spotlight, shedding what Bronstein described as the “thick blanket” of secrecy that inelegantly covers special operations forces troops. Perhaps ironically, he is coming forward at a time that al-Qaeda seems to be fading from the foremost fears of most Americans, replaced by a group somehow even more malevolent: the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, the militant group that emerged from the chaos of the Syrian civil war, before seizing large amounts of territory in neighboring Iraq as well.

O’Neill said he was forced out, worried his name was about to be leaked — although he wouldn’t say who was set to expose his identity. “It seems like [my name] was already out there,” he said. “In certain places where I’ve lived and some places where I would go some people would know already. I would get asked about it by strangers. It was kind of an untold secret.”

Photograph by Jason Bergman for BuzzFeed News

O’Neill’s decision to come forward, and in such a public manner, has prompted criticism in military circles. When word of the planned Fox interview leaked, SOFREP, a website run by former special forces members, decided to publish O’Neill’s name, critical of his decision to “seek notoriety.”

“There’s a reason they are upset,” Brandon Webb, a former SEAL and editor of SpecialOperations.com (a sister website to SOFREP), told BuzzFeed News.

“He was read on to a special access program,” Webb said, referring to security missions containing highly classified information. “You don’t talk about it, period. If you’re going to mention anything, you have to get clearance. People are disturbed because these guys signed agreements and they have to hold people accountable that read into these programs.”

Marine Corps veteran and executive editor of military blog We Are the Mighty Paul Szoldra also believes there is something to be said for the “quiet professional.”

“I can understand this is a big story the public wants to know about, but the reason our special operations forces are often successful is because we are good at keeping those missions, and our tactics, secret,” Szoldra said.

In an Oct. 31 letter to Naval Special Warfare “teammates,” the senior leadership of the Navy SEALs, Rear Adm. Brian Losey and Force Master Chief Michael Magaraci, reminded them to avoid the limelight. “A critical tenant of our ethos is 'I do not advertise the nature of my work, nor seek recognition for my actions,’” the letter read. “We will not abide willful or selfish disregard for our core values in return for public notoriety and financial gain, which only diminishes otherwise honorable service, courage and sacrifice.”

O’Neill bluntly rejects the suggestion he is seeking fame or fortune, and his media team are adamant that he hasn’t accepted payment for any of his interviews. “My response is that they had to respond,” he said of the leadership's letter. “While I respect the opinions of others that weren’t there, I think that it’s a big story and it’s historic and I just want to tell my part of it.”

O’Neill is not the first of his teammates to come forward. In his September 2012 account of the raid, No Easy Day, Mark Bissonnette — writing under the pen name Mark Owen — recounted being part of the unit that entered the third-floor bedroom of bin Laden. An unseemly debate of sorts has since played out in the press about who fired the fatal shots: O’Neill or an unnamed "point man" who led the unit into the room, but who O’Neill says tackled two of the women hiding in the bedroom, allowing him to take aim at bin Laden and fire. Of course, the point man himself is the one person who may be able to settle the issue, but O’Neill wouldn’t say whether the two have been in conversation.

“I think that it’s a fog of war,” he said of the conflicting version of events. “Combat is foggy. For people that were there, they may have their own story. All I can talk about is what I did and what I saw and tell my part of the story.”

In his Esquire interview, O’Neill had acknowledged the fury in the SEAL community when Bissonnette released his book. “There’s a shitstorm around this,” he told Bronstein. When questioned what it’s like to now be on the other side of the storm, O’Neill wouldn’t say whether his former comrades are justified in their anger.

“I can’t speak on their behalf,” he said. “One of the things that we do these missions for and fight for is freedom, and I hope they have their own opinions. That’s a great thing. If they disagree with me, that’s fine.”

Paul Szoldra believes that by coming forward O’Neill has placed the entire mission’s success “on his own shoulders.” “He may not be trying to portray it that way,” Szoldra said, “but that's the perception among the public, and if I were his teammate, I would be angry with him for taking credit for something that was a massive team effort.”

But in addition to the care, O’Neill says that he takes not to discuss classified information in order — he hopes — to avoid prosecution; he was at pains during our interview to make sure he stressed his role as part of a team, lest he be seen to buy in to the moniker the media has given him as "the man who killed bin Laden."

“It’s bigger than me because I’m sharing a portion of a great story,” he said. “I’m telling people what I saw. There were so many people who put so much more effort into this one effort than I did. It’s the intelligence people that found him. It’s the pilots that flew us in, that risked their lives. It’s the aircrew that opened the doors so we could get out. It’s the other Navy SEALs that did their jobs all the way up the stairs. I was brought there because of them.

“Then it’s the 9/11 families. It’s the people who died on 9/11. It’s the entire story that’s bigger than me, and it’s not a story about me. It’s about my part in a greater effort.”

Other individuals involved in the manhunt or raid may never come forward. Certainly, if they do, there won’t be the same level of media interest that is reserved for the one who pulled the trigger. O’Neill said he is determined to use his place in history — his “platform,” as he describes it — to benefit as many of his former colleagues as he can.

O’Neill spoke openly of his troubles in transitioning from the battlefield, the uncertainty he felt in leaving the Navy, unsure of how desirable his combat skills would be in the private sector. He has now helped to start a foundation that assists combat veterans return to civilian life. “Hopefully, the [members of the SEAL community] that do disagree with me, when they see what we’re doing with this platform and helping the Vets transition from where they are to where they can be, hopefully we can win over the people that disagree,” he said.

Photograph by Jason Bergman for BuzzFeed News

Throughout the interview, O’Neill was careful and deliberate in his responses. While he posed for photos, his publicist joked that O’Neill’s media onslaught is akin to transitioning to a “whole different battlefield, where the bullets are questions.” When conversation turned to the controversial name of his favorite football team, the Redskins, his media training vanished for a moment and he was caught off guard. Ever the military man, he quickly found his footing.

“It’s not my area of expertise,” he said. “I personally am not offended by it. I’d like to see it stay what it is, and that’s probably because I grew up with it. That’s obviously a hot debate for somebody else.”

So what do you do with your life once you admit to killing bin Laden? To start, O’Neill wasn’t sure whether he’ll be followed by a security detail for the remainder of his days, but said that, as a family man, safety is a concern for him. As we spoke, outside his suite were two burly but polite security guards wearing buttons emblazoned with the Fox network logo. “It’s funny,” O’Neill said of the men’s job guarding him. “I know how to do some of that stuff.”

As for what comes next, in addition to continuing working as a motivational speaker, he again reiterated that he wants to use his platform in positive ways.

“I don’t think I’ll ever have a normal job,” he said, “but I think I’ve been given a platform where I can use that to help others that are in the situation that I was in. It won’t be a normal 9-to-5 job. But, like I said, with the platform I have I’ll be able to help others, which is what I’m doing now.”

At one point, the muted TV behind him suddenly flashed an iconic image of bin Laden, before O’Neill himself appeared on screen as a talking head.

“I’d seen myself on a few internet videos before but never my entire face taking up the screen on television,” he said of the Fox interview. “I feel like my message was the way I’d like it to be told. The whole thing is bigger than me. It’s just a great story.”

Police Actually Cordoned Off A Swan In Bath

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Only in Britain…

The police were called in to cordon off a swan that decided to nap in the middle of the road in Bath this week.

The police were called in to cordon off a swan that decided to nap in the middle of the road in Bath this week.

Anthony Grimley / SWNS.com

Police Community Support Officers Ashley Bintcliffe and Mike Symonds were at hand to rescue the swan.

Police Community Support Officers Ashley Bintcliffe and Mike Symonds were at hand to rescue the swan.

Worried residents called up the police after two cygnets started wandering across streets in Widcome, Bath on Thursday.

They were being chased down by police community support officers when one decided to take a nap in the middle of a busy street.

Concerned for their safety, the two PCSOs cordoned off the bird to prevent drivers from hurting them.

Bintcliffe said: “They were young birds but pretty big and strong. Luckily they stayed quite calm, although one tried to give me a good pecking and the other left Mike needing a change of trousers."

SWNS.com

So, nothing at all like Hot Fuzz then?

So, nothing at all like Hot Fuzz then?

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21 Moments Every Midwesterner Experiences In Autumn

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When it snows in November and everyone drives four miles per hour.

Realizing summer road construction is about to end.

Realizing summer road construction is about to end.

There's still going to be traffic, but WHATEVZ.

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When the leaves start changing.

When the leaves start changing.

I NEED TO SCOOP THESE UP AND TAPE THEM ON MY WALLS.

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When you get another Snapchat of someone's pumpkin flavored food.

When you get another Snapchat of someone's pumpkin flavored food.

You're allowed to eat other things during this season.

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When your clothes barely match but you're determined to stay warm.

When your clothes barely match but you're determined to stay warm.

If you don't like what I look like, close your eyes.

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Meet The Woman Who's On Her Way To Stopping Julien Blanc From Entering The UK

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She is remaining anonymous to avoid death threats – but has spoken to BuzzFeed News about the petition that has sparked a national campaign.

Pick up artist Julien Blanc has made headlines across the world for teaching men to harass, manipulate, and degrade women.

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Now, politicians have taken notice and have also called for his visa to be rejected.

Her husband is the only one who knows that she is behind the petition on Change.org, but she told BuzzFeed News that it doesn't matter she is unknown: She is now helping amplify the voices of women and men across the country who are taking a stand against Blanc.

BuzzFeed News asked her about what inspired her to take action.

I think it was on Twitter; only very recently – I'd read about him assaulting/choking girls in Japan, boasting about being able to get away with it through being a white male. I couldn't really take in that this kind of racist, sexist bullshit was not only being considered acceptable, but that he was holding seminars and proposing to teach other men to do this. It was simultaneously massively enraging, and truly heartbreaking. Women everywhere deal constantly with everything from low-grade everyday 'smile love' sexism through to physical assault and are told in turns to 'ignore it' , 'don't overreact', 'are you sure you didn't do something to provoke him'? So I decided I'd had enough.

I was sitting on the sofa with my husband last Saturday, reading Twitter and I starting ranting about him, then realising I could stop being angry and do something more productive. I checked and there wasn't a UK-focused petition – he'd been kicked out of Australia, and Canada was getting its act together, so I thought we should too. It's generated a lot of press, and I'm hoping eventually the powers-that-be will have to take notice.


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8 Weird Animal Penises

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All you’ve ever wanted to know about weird animal weiners!!!

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67 Thoughts You Have While Walking Through Michaels

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Because Michaels is synonymous with magic. And crack.

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1. Ooooh, this shopping center has a Michaels! Maybe I'll just pop in for a minute.
2. Look at all of these different-sized jars, how cute.
3. I should get one in each size just for...you know, just 'cause.
4. Omgosh, 30% off card stock?!
5. It's so messy in this section.
6. Okay, I need to go back and get a basket.
7. Wow, mustache duct tape.
8. Need it.
9. Look at all of the designs, wowwwwww.

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10. I really want to scrapbook that trip to Mexico I took with the girls.
11. These embellishments are so cute!
12. Margarita stickers, hayyyy.
13. This paper is so perfect for those sunset pictures.
14. Oh my gosh, how sweet are these baby shower scrapbook papers?!
15. Is anyone having a baby soon?
16. Hmm, I'll just get them and save them for another time.
17. 20 cents each?!
18. What a damn bargain!


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19 Grueling Stages Of Waiting For A New Pixar Film To Be Released

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“Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.”

It's been well over a year since Pixar released Monsters University. It's safe to say we've all had some serious withdrawals.

It's been well over a year since Pixar released Monsters University . It's safe to say we've all had some serious withdrawals.

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After the recent teaser trailer launched from the studio for their 15th feature film Inside Out, we're now very excited for what's in store come the summertime.

After the recent teaser trailer launched from the studio for their 15th feature film Inside Out , we're now very excited for what's in store come the summertime.

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And now come the inevitable stages of waiting for Pixar's new film to be released.

And now come the inevitable stages of waiting for Pixar's new film to be released.

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The first time you hear about the new slate of upcoming Pixar films during a big press event.

The first time you hear about the new slate of upcoming Pixar films during a big press event.

The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs? OK, I don't care what the title is going to be, color me excited!

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This Hedgehog Will Inspire You To Live Fall To The Max

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Excuse me, coming through.

Blustery cold weather, eat it: Fall isn't over! Not if Marutaro the Hedgehog has anything to say about it.

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Let's see that one more time.

Let's see that one more time.

Nothing to see here, folks. Just a hedgie loving some leaves.

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A Guy Wore An "IT Crowd" T-Shirt On "Countdown" And People Called Him A Hero

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This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for.

On Monday, Danny Davies, an asset manger from Atherton in Manchester, appeared on Channel 4's Countdown wearing this T-shirt:

On Monday, Danny Davies, an asset manger from Atherton in Manchester, appeared on Channel 4's Countdown wearing this T-shirt:

The quote is from an episode of the comedy show IT Crowd in which one of the main characters, Moss – played by Richard Ayoade – appears on Countdown.

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Here is the scene in all its glory:

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Today, Countdown host Nick Hewer seemed a little confused and asked Davies what he had written on his chest.

Today, Countdown host Nick Hewer seemed a little confused and asked Davies what he had written on his chest.

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To which Davies replied: "It’s Tnetennba."

To which Davies replied: "It’s Tnetennba."

Well obviously.

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