Where were you when you heard the news?

[Liberal_in_LA]

I was getting into my car. Heard the news talking about scalia in the past tense

[Takket]

1. reading this forum lol

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. Best place to be

[randys1]

2. My daily walk in the park with a friend, another friend PM thru FB about it, we started dancing...

[LiberalElite]

3. On DU nt

[GP6971]

5. Right here n/t

[Califonz]

6. I learned about it on Reddit at 2:30 PM Pacific time

In a thread in the Sanders for President subreddit.

[tanyev]

7. Standing in line at MOOYAH'S.

They had one of the TVs on MSNBC w/ closed captioning. Saw it out of the corner of my eye and said, "Holy crap!"

[L. Coyote]

8. At Voodoo Doughnut ordering an Ammon Bundy

How the San Antonio Express-News broke news of Scalia’s death
By Benjamin Mullin • February 13, 2016

Gary Martin, the government and political editor for the San Antonio Express-News, was working the weekend shift this afternoon when he got a tip from a federal source bearing big news.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who had been a conservative fixture on the high court since his appointment in 1986, was dead, according to the source. As Martin would later report, Scalia had died of "apparent natural causes" at a luxury resort in West Texas.

Martin, who spent 23 years in Washington as the paper's D.C. correspondent, instantly knew it was big news. A vacancy on the Supreme Court during an election year was sure to send reverberations far beyond San Antonio. ....

[Xyzse]

9. Just ordered a tasting menu in a fancy restaurant

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. at a game shop

guardian app went off, then followed by Reuters and BBC... so we drove home to write a news story

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. Taking a dump.

I felt much better afterward, for two reasons.

[kimbutgar]

12. Just got home from the mall with my husband and son

I was updating my computer and saw the headline. I screamed so loud my husband asked me if was ok. Gave him the news and he also let out a big whoop!

Ding dong the a hole is dead.

[backscatter712]

13. Just got home from canvassing for Bernie.

Overall, I'd say it was a very good day!

[malaise]

14. Picking up flowers

from my usual spot.

[valerief]

15. On DU. This was the post.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7606071

[JudyM]

16. At Bernie HQ in VA. It was otherworldly.

[scarletwoman]

17. I had just logged on to DU, it was the top post in LBN - with maybe 8 replies.

The news was so new, most weren't sure it was real because no major news source had anything about it.

[ebayfool]

18. GD:P

Just want to add to Scalia - Vaffanculo!

[BigDemVoter]

19. I was standing at the nurses station at the hospital

. . .on the phone, and a colleague showed me his iphone with the news. I involuntarily laughed a little burst before I caught myself.

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. Here in Texas (SE not West though), but they felt they needed to

break in with our dumb Fed judge down here making a statement. I'm sure I'll forget by tomorrow.

[Maru Kitteh]

21. On a trail in Fernie Provincial Park, British Columbia

An already awesome day - became one of the best days EVAH.

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. Beautiful