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For Fanta, Nazi Germany Was Apparently In The “Good Old Times”
Coca-Cola celebrated the 75th anniversary of Fanta with a video, in which they call Nazi Germany “good old times.” Now the company is disassociating itself from the video.
1. The video starts with an unassuming line: “75 years ago, resources for our beloved Coke in Germany were scarce.”
Coca-Cola / Via youtube.com
2. But why exactly were resources scarce in Germany at that time? Coca-Cola doesn’t mention that.
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3. Here’s a hint: From 1939 on, Germany was waging war in Europe.
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4. The workaround that Coca-Cola’s German branch had to that resource scarcity was a “fantastic idea,” as the video explains, hence why it’s called “Fanta.”
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5. So Fanta was a direct result of the war. But Coca-Cola still thinks it was a fantastic idea and say so in the video: “To celebrate Fanta, we want to give you the feeling of the Good Old Times back.”
Coca-Cola / Via youtube.com
6. This is Hitler in Paris after he occupied France in 1940. You know, the “good old times” Coca-Cola wants to bring back to us.
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7. Here are just a few of pictures that the Internet has put together that could also help Coca-Cola remember the “good old times.”
9. This is the complete video that Coca-Cola produced for the 75th anniversary of Fanta.
Coca-Cola has not answered BuzzFeed Germany’s request for comment and the video has been taken down.
update
Fanta has confirmed the authenticity of the video in a call with BuzzFeed. They said they took it offline because of the “misleading part.” A spokesperson said the video will get updated. “We had no intention to call Nazi Germany ‘the good old times.’ We wanted to remind our customers of their childhood, like when we display the Coca-Cola bottle from the 1960s. Coca Cola disassociates itself in every from Nazi times.” BF_STATIC.timequeue.push(function () { document.getElementById(“update_article_update_time_5099744”).innerHTML = UI.dateFormat.get_formatted_date(‘2015-02-26 12:34:06 -0500’, ‘update’); });
13. HT @bjoerngrau
This post originally appeared in German on BuzzFeed Germany.
Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/sebastianfiebrig/fanta-feiert-und-verharmlost-nazi-zeit-70
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Sally Kohn schooled after endorsing ‘ignorant’ claim about Kermit Gosnell
http://twitter.com/#!/OHCONSERVATISM/status/464572139925147648
CNN contributor Sally Kohn has doubled down on her claims that keeping abortion “affordable and legal” is the best way to prevent more Kermit Gosnells.
Kohn labeled as “#Truth” a statement she attributed to the president of NARAL that horrors like those perpetrated by convicted Pennsylvania abortionist are the result of too many restrictions on abortion access:
http://twitter.com/#!/sallykohn/status/464567598282461184Restricted access?
Kohn was schooled on some Kermit Gosnell background:
http://twitter.com/#!/crousselle/status/464571870692782083Um, yeah, well there’s that.
Kohn was also reminded that Gosnell wasn’t exactly working “under ground”:
http://twitter.com/#!/BethanyBowra/status/464568533813579776 http://twitter.com/#!/caseykim12/status/464573887934922753 http://twitter.com/#!/Melvin_Udall_/status/464583983335239681Hopefully somebody can convince Ms. Kohn to watch #GosnellMovie after it’s finished, because the fundraising goal has been met.
Kohn was questioned about her pro-abortion position:
http://twitter.com/#!/sallykohn/status/464575466536701953 http://twitter.com/#!/sallykohn/status/464735379103703040 http://twitter.com/#!/johnnyfriegas/status/464736845675253760Very good question.
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This Is What An Upside-Down Iceberg Looks Like
Belly up! Here’s what the icy behemoths look like when they’ve had a few too many.
1. On a recent excursion to Antarctica, San Francisco-based filmmaker and designer Alex Cornell, 30, caught a rare glimpse of an iceberg’s underside.
Alex Cornell / Via alexcornell.com
Most icebergs’ hefty bodies are submerged under water, but occasionally they roll over, according to ScienceNews. Compared to the comprehensively white Antarctic, from a distance on their fast bouncy boat, the iceberg just looked like a piece of rock, Cornell wrote in an email to BuzzFeed.
As we got closer, it became clear that it was a pure jade iceberg. We had a naturalist onboard the zodiac boat with us, and he explained what we were seeing and why it was so exciting. To us, everything we came across was exciting (penguins! icebergs!), but this certainly stood out as a rare sight — something I had never seen before in real life, or even subsequently in photos.
3. Where do icebergs come from, anyway?
Alex Cornell / Via alexcornell.com
The ice giants break off from glaciers or massive ice sheets and meander along with ocean currents, according to the National Snow & Ice Data Center. So the flip occurs after the iceberg detaches from its parent, or when its ice melts unevenly and it keels over, oceanographer Louise Biddle told ScienceNews.
In a video he made about the shoot, Cornell said capturing images amid blindingly reflective surfaces is the biggest obstacle, especially because the mandatory sunglasses make it hard to review your work as you do on dry land. Of all of his projects, he never imagined a natural photo he took of ice in water would be so widely covered, he wrote on his company’s site.
4. Here’s another view of the spectacularly aquamarine ice, which steadily becomes coated with the flotsam of environmental elements.
Alex Cornell / Via alexcornell.com
“We were very lucky to come upon it during the short window of time before it blended back into white, after enough air, sun, and snow exposure,” said Cornell.
5. You can see even more footage of Cornell’s Antarctic shoot in his illustrative video.
Alex Cornell / Via alexcornell.com
Or catch more of his work (like this furry little guy) on his site or Instagram.
6. H/T ScienceNews
Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/kasiagalazka/flipped-iceberg
President Doing-just-fine assails Romney for being ‘out of touch’
http://twitter.com/#!/BarackObama/status/213005297764147200
The Obama campaign has a remarkable penchant for attacking its rivals in precisely the wrong areas. Whether it’s underdelivering on big promises, adding to the public debt, or dealing with unemployment and job creation, Obama and the DNC constantly seem to be going after the speck in their opponents’ eyes while ignoring the logs in their own.
Now, the president who claimed just last week that the U.S. economy’s private sector is “doing just fine” is trying to paint his opponent as being “out of touch” with the American people. Such a claim was bound to be noticed and forcefully responded to.
Wait. @BarackObama says private sector is "doing fine" and forgets that we're in a recession… but @MittRomney is out of touch?
— Tabitha Hale (@TabithaHale) June 13, 2012
It takes real chutzpah to say that the private sector is 'doing fine,' and then accuse someone else of being 'out of touch.' @BarackObama
— Kevin Eder (@keder) June 13, 2012
Right, and the private sector is #DoingFine… RT @BarackObama: Yes, Mitt Romney really is that out of touch: http://t.co/jt1F4KAk
— Taylor Kjar (@taylorkjar) June 13, 2012
@ObamaNews Obama was the one thinking the private sector was ok. Not Romney. Nothing more out of touch than that.
— Ross Gwin (@rggrrggr) June 13, 2012
Well for once, I agree with Carville. Obama looks like an out of touch ignorant fool every time he discusses economy: http://t.co/l1qjYdYv
— Wayne Allyn Root (@WayneRoot) June 13, 2012
Folks were quick to note other ways in which the 100-rounds-of-golf president is out of touch with the American people, including flying his personal barber from Chicago to Washington, D.C., twice monthly for haircuts, hobnobbing with celebrities at an endless parade of fundraisers, and enjoying one luxury vacation after another:
@BarackObama Mr. president, did you realize that on the golf course or at one of the many fundraisers you've attended? Who's out of touch?
— Lawrence Olsen (@Chvyrs90) June 13, 2012
Flashback: Axelrod called Bush ‘out of touch’ for playing golf in bad economy http://t.co/xbwlhvE7
— Bill Clay III (@Clay8191) June 13, 2012
Dear @BarackObama you are out of touch with reality. And you still haven't visited this one of the 57 states. #truth #Arkansas
— Jennifer Cleveland (@JenCleveland) June 13, 2012
Shorter @BarackObama: "Mitt Romney is out of touch. Anna Wintour said so."
— jon gabriel (@exjon) June 13, 2012
Pleads the man who flies his barber from Chicago to DC: RT @BarackObama: Yes, Romney really is that out of touch: http://t.co/qXTG11ms
— One Who Remembers (@lheal) June 13, 2012
FLOTUS 2010 Spain vacation cost taxpayers over $450,000. As of last Feb, she's gone on 16 vacations. Tell me again who's #outoftouch ? #tcot
— Sarah Kala Crandall (@sarahkcrandall) June 13, 2012
Hi @TruthTeam2012, what its like to have a boss who has an out of touch moment every single day?
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) June 13, 2012
Once again, the Obama campaign is trying to go after its adversary in an area of its own weakness, and once again, it isn’t working.
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/06/13/president-doing-just-fine-assails-romney-for-being-out-of-touch/
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