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1 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:18:30pm

A 5 minute video --what does it mean when I don't have the brain cells to watch a 5 minute video at 7pm at night?

Hey all!

2 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:19:35pm

And right now we were just treated to Bill O'Reilly defending Janet Napolitano against Ralph Peters saying she should be fired. And he was right about laying the blame on Napolitano not being fair.

3 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:20:53pm

re: #1 ggt

A 5 minute video --what does it mean when I don't have the brain cells to watch a 5 minute video at 7pm at night?

Hey all!

It means you've been slogging through the snow for hours. Just like anyone out and about here in Chicagoland today. Far West Suburbs or Near North Suburbs makes no difference.

4 jamesfirecat  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:21:28pm

It says the video is unavailable for me...

5 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:24:57pm

re: #3 Dark_Falcon

It means you've been slogging through the snow for hours. Just like anyone out and about here in Chicagoland today. Far West Suburbs or Near North Suburbs makes no difference.

I wondered why I was the only one that posted for a good while, then I realized, everyone else was watching the 5-minute video.

ugh!

6 windsagio  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:25:58pm

re: #5 ggt

haha~


Its a good video tho', really well put-together.


If I had a quibble, its that the message is actually a bit stale at this point >>

7 Charles Johnson  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:31:16pm

Since Patterico put up a big post today claiming that I "failed to correct a false statement about Glenn Reynolds" (even though I didn't even know about the Instapundit update that Patterico is linking to), I wonder how long I should wait before pointing out that I updated my post about Reynolds as soon as I learned about his update?

And I learned about his update because he Twittered "Charles Johnson owes me a correction" to the universe, without bothering to contact me about it first.

This kind of crap is really irritating. These people are playing gotcha and smearing me all over the web without even bothering to follow up.

8 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:33:14pm

Such a shame about Instapundit. I really enjoyed his podcasts with Mrs. Instapundit --but they were mostly book reviews/author interviews. I tend to like those.

Too bad about the whole PJmedia thing. Very disappointing.

9 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:33:58pm

I FREAKIN' LOVE THIS VIDEO!

10 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:34:19pm

re: #7 Charles

Since Patterico put up a big post today claiming that I "failed to correct a false statement about Glenn Reynolds" (even though I didn't even know about the Instapundit update that Patterico is linking to), I wonder how long I should wait before pointing out that I updated my post about Reynolds as soon as I learned about his update?

And I learned about his update because he Twittered "Charles Johnson owes me a correction" to the universe, without bothering to contact me about it first.

This kind of crap is really irritating. These people are playing gotcha and smearing me all over the web without even bothering to follow up.

Don't let it get to you. Haters like Glen Reynolds won't admit they're wrong, because that would mean giving up their hate and they validate themselves by hating you, pathetic though that is.

11 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:34:42pm

re: #3 Dark_Falcon

It means you've been slogging through the snow for hours. Just like anyone out and about here in Chicagoland today. Far West Suburbs or Near North Suburbs makes no difference.

It really isn't too bad in the Very Far Western Suburbs. Was worse before Christmas. But the temp hasn't gone down yet --there will be ice.

12 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:36:44pm

re: #1 ggt

A 5 minute video --what does it mean when I don't have the brain cells to watch a 5 minute video at 7pm at night?

Hey all!

Watch it! It's amazing!

13 jamesfirecat  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:37:00pm

Okay finally got it to work, nice video but I have a question, if stop sign guy seems to be depressed by his job because he can't dance whenever he wants to, why exactly is he so upset and so put out when he gets fired?

I mean I obviously there are plenty of us who have jobs we hate but want to keep because of the pay, but light guy evidently getting paid for his work or need food, so why is he so put out about not suddenly having red lights intrude on him every so often?

14 jaunte  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:38:03pm

re: #13 jamesfirecat

Stop sign guys are sometimes more emotional than logical.

15 windsagio  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:38:52pm

re: #13 jamesfirecat

He's jealous of the lady on the billboard. Thats my take anyways.

16 jamesfirecat  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:41:18pm

re: #15 windsagio

So in other words its not that he hates his job, its that he's a bit of an attention whore....

Sorry, just trying to reduce things to the lowest common denominator...

17 Charles Johnson  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:41:23pm

re: #13 jamesfirecat

Okay finally got it to work, nice video but I have a question, if stop sign guy seems to be depressed by his job because he can't dance whenever he wants to, why exactly is he so upset and so put out when he gets fired?

I mean I obviously there are plenty of us who have jobs we hate but want to keep because of the pay, but light guy evidently getting paid for his work or need food, so why is he so put out about not suddenly having red lights intrude on him every so often?

Dude. He wasn't just fired. He was picked up by a crane, tossed into a garbage truck, and dumped into a landfill. Just for making people happy.

I'd be pissed too.

18 windsagio  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:42:08pm

re: #16 jamesfirecat

He likes to make other people happy! Thats how I like to think about it >>


Also what charles said

19 jamesfirecat  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:43:24pm

re: #17 Charles

Fair enough, I'm mainly just being perverse because I did like the video but I like to pick holes in the things I love.

20 karmic_inquisitor  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:45:08pm

re: #7 Charles

Since Patterico put up a big post today claiming that I "failed to correct a false statement about Glenn Reynolds" (even though I didn't even know about the Instapundit update that Patterico is linking to), I wonder how long I should wait before pointing out that I updated my post about Reynolds as soon as I learned about his update?

And I learned about his update because he Twittered "Charles Johnson owes me a correction" to the universe, without bothering to contact me about it first.

This kind of crap is really irritating. These people are playing gotcha and smearing me all over the web without even bothering to follow up.

Well he now has an update quoting your update.

He is playing to the crowd on the spin while trying to split the difference on the facts. Pretty cheap.

21 windsagio  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:45:43pm

re: #19 jamesfirecat

That's humanity in a nutshell!

22 Sharmuta  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:47:00pm

re: #15 windsagio

He's jealous of the lady on the billboard. Thats my take anyways.

What religious connotations are there that Walk Man's followers danced at his resurrection? Or that he is himself a man of light resurrected?

23 karmic_inquisitor  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:47:33pm

re: #19 jamesfirecat

Fair enough, I'm mainly just being perverse because I did like the video but I like to pick holes in the things I love.

Are we married?

24 jamesfirecat  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:48:18pm

re: #21 windsagio

Yeah, especially when you're a democrat, and boy does my part give me a lot of good chances to pick holes with it...

Come to think of it shouldn't it be especially when you're a republican also since after all (in my opinion) the best thing a conservative can do is to try and find all the problems that might come up with any new idea so that the best aspects of it can then still be put into action with the bad ideas stripped away...


Which is probably why its the human condition in a nut shell....

25 windsagio  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:48:43pm

re: #22 Sharmuta

You have a good point!

The powers that be didn't like his message of Joy, and so had him executed. After a set amount of time (lets say 3 days), his followers went to his tomb, and "Behold! He Lives!"

26 Sharmuta  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:49:54pm

re: #25 windsagio

You have a good point!

The powers that be didn't like his message of Joy, and so had him executed. After a set amount of time (lets say 3 days), his followers went to his tomb, and "Behold! He Lives!"

I guess Electropolis was a better title than Passion of the Walk Man. :p

27 windsagio  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:52:26pm

re: #26 Sharmuta

hah that was brilliant, I'd ding ya again if I could :)

28 Charles Johnson  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:54:51pm

re: #20 karmic_inquisitor

Well he now has an update quoting your update.

He is playing to the crowd on the spin while trying to split the difference on the facts. Pretty cheap.

Nope, not my latest update.

29 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:55:45pm

Daily Show talking about what religion Tiger Woods should embrace:

Jon Stewart: Asif, I assume you're going to recommend, uh...

Asif: What, Islam? Because of the color of my skin? And because I'm now getting very angry with a Jew?

30 RealismRox  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:56:52pm

re: #7 Charles

There's no winning with people who are intellectually dishonest. People who are interested can see the facts, what he posted about that racist picture and what you said and hopefully they'll come to the conclusion that you're right. Instapundit has demonstrated what type of person he is with his blind support of tea parties and all of the promotion he's given to that movement.

31 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:56:55pm

re: #29 SanFranciscoZionist

Daily Show talking about what religion Tiger Woods should embrace:

Jon Stewart: Asif, I assume you're going to recommend, uh...

Asif: What, Islam? Because of the color of my skin? And because I'm now getting very angry with a Jew?

He'd probably be happier in a religion which sanctioned multiple wives. . .

32 Killgore Trout  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:57:42pm

Instapundit is still in a snit. I notice that his final update to the post in question was on Monday when he finally declared to the picture to be racist 4 days after his original post defending. I suspect his university was getting some calls about it and told him to back peddle. He got busted and wants to deflect by blaming Charles.

33 jaunte  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:58:11pm

re: #20 karmic_inquisitor
Reynolds says:

I said that I thought the pic was racist, but was trying to be fair to the Democrat who sent it around when someone (Tom Maguire, hardly some white supremacist) suggested things might be otherwise.


I still maintain that the italicized part is a bs attempt to hang blame on a Democrat while ignoring the bad behavior on the other side.

34 celticdragon  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:58:19pm

The overall look of it reminded me of Heavy Metal, somehow.

35 windsagio  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:59:10pm

re: #34 celticdragon

its the way its animated. It definitely has that 'late-70's art animation' feel. Its amazing how far they've come with computer-aided animation.

36 abolitionist  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 5:59:14pm

re: #9 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I FREAKIN' LOVE THIS VIDEO!

Ditto (Ghost reference)

In other news,

Four hundred years ago tonight, a man from Pisa, Italy took a newly-made telescope with a magnifying power of 33X, pointed it at one of the brighter lights in the sky, and changed mankind forever.

The man, of course, was Galileo, and the light he observed on January 7, 1610 was Jupiter. He spotted "three fixed stars" that were invisible to the eye near the planet, and a fourth a few days later.

Here is how he drew this, 400 years ago:

Ori. * * O * Occ.

37 reine.de.tout  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:00:07pm

re: #33 jaunte

Reynolds says:


I still maintain that the italicized part is a bs attempt to hang blame on a Democrat while ignoring the bad behavior on the other side.

And, being registered to vote as a Dem does not make one a left-wing Dem. The person may very well be a DINO (DEM in name only).

38 Charles Johnson  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:01:18pm

re: #33 jaunte

Reynolds says:

I said that I thought the pic was racist, but was trying to be fair to the Democrat who sent it around when someone (Tom Maguire, hardly some white supremacist) suggested things might be otherwise.

I still maintain that the italicized part is a bs attempt to hang blame on a Democrat while ignoring the bad behavior on the other side.

Yes, the sleaze factor is very noticeable. And Reynolds never acknowledges that the picture originated at right wing sites, either.

39 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:01:20pm

re: #37 reine.de.tout

And, being registered to vote as a Dem does not make one a left-wing Dem. The person may very well be a DINO (DEM in name only).

Or an average American who's family has been registered Democrats for generations and doesn't really think about it.

40 Charles Johnson  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:02:53pm

re: #37 reine.de.tout

And, being registered to vote as a Dem does not make one a left-wing Dem. The person may very well be a DINO (DEM in name only).

Exactly right. I was registered as a Democrat when I voted for George W. Bush in 2004. Party registration tells you very little about a person's actual opinions.

41 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:03:24pm

re: #31 ggt

He'd probably be happier in a religion which sanctioned multiple wives. . .

Asif goes on: "Nah, John, I'm ****ing with you, of course it's Islam. No other religion offers a manageable five-pillar plan for salvation. However, given Tiger's lifestyle, the fact that he frequently needs to carry luggage and bags on airplanes, I'm actually gonna suggest he hold off for the moment."

More wives just means more women to cheat on--of course, it also means more women mad as hell at you when they find out...

42 Interesting Times  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:03:38pm

Holy small world batman - I went to that school several years ago, and one of my teachers is on the "Special Thanks" list at the end (Pete Emslie - check out his awesome caricature of a certain twosome from the 2008 Dem primaries :))

43 windsagio  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:08:20pm

OT: another thing I always wondered. Why is the 'spy' censored whlie the actual threads aren't? Is it a feature of the software?

44 reine.de.tout  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:13:10pm

re: #43 windsagio

OT: another thing I always wondered. Why is the 'spy' censored whlie the actual threads aren't? Is it a feature of the software?

How do you mean, "censored"?
I haven't noticed anything missing

45 windsagio  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:16:27pm

re: #44 reine.de.tout

at least for me it turns profanity into ------.

46 reine.de.tout  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:17:13pm

re: #45 windsagio

at least for me it turns profanity into ---.

Oh. Maybe it does. I had not noticed.

47 Escaped Hillbilly  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:32:51pm

Hi all. Excellent video. Actually I read it as a "hang out and don't let the man tell you what to do" kinda thing. He was unhappy having to follow the rules and stand in one strict pose. He wanted the unadulterated joy of dance and he wanted to share his dance with the world. He felt constrained to follow the rules as did the people in the crosswalk, following a strict line, waiting for the light. Then he is inspired and a bit envious of the dancing lady on the billboard. He realizes he doesn't have to stand still. He rebels. For his rebellion he is punished, "arrested" and sent away as a dissident/defective. Then one person he inspired takes the power into his own hands. He and the others share the joy of the unconstrained dance.
Or maybe its just a cute video. Thanks for something I could share with the kid.

48 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:40:40pm

re: #31 ggt

He'd probably be happier in a religion which sanctioned multiple wives. . .

In some places bhuddism accepts multiple wives (and husbands).

[Link: www.encyclopedia.com...]

49 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:41:45pm

re: #34 celticdragon

The overall look of it reminded me of Heavy Metal, somehow.

The drawings of the hand on the semaphore button, esp.

50 blueraven  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:42:50pm

re: #47 Escaped Hillbilly

Maybe with a slight nod to the 1927 silent film classic "Metropolis".

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

51 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Jan 7, 2010 6:48:25pm

re: #34 celticdragon

Absolutely.


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