Westy, the trippy artifacts are the whole point! It looks like he is morphing between frames and doing things like morphing a tree + foliage + ground shadow as one element instead of tracing individual branches and leaves... which actually would have made for a more subtle / disturbing effect but too much work.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A766BF20EE489FE8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&v=fTv6ZDRyqe8
Playlist for http://www.videosift.com/video/BBC2-Execution-Of-A-Teenage-Girl

^ That's some interesting background. Good point about the spin on the "elite" Rabbis and images of assault rifles. It is easy to invoke fear in the audience by focusing on assault rifles and the differences in material culture and ritual. So maybe there is a flawed argument presented here but I think it came from a larger interest to question Israel's judgment in light of the injustices that are inflicted on the Palestinians.

I wish I knew where to look to find polls in the UK on this, it seems like there is a PR problem there.

^
Thanks for commenting. I can see how the BBC could be both justified in their public worrying but also overly eager in their searching / presentation of relevant stories. Two questions come to mind: how widespread is this program? How much of a departure is it from the past?

I think there is enough overtly Christian activity in the US Military that a very similar news piece could be constructed on us.

They are an ILLEGAL rock band!! I didn't know that was possible... so awesome.
From their web site:

Vagina Panther is illegal Rock Band from Brooklyn

The New VP Video, “Dave You are Killing Me” was conceived and directed by the reclusive New York directorial collective: Satan’s Pearl Horses (http://satanspearlhorses.com/). Shot over 2 months, in a magical closet at a Greenpoint Brooklyn Townhouse, the team used state of the art tron robots to animate the video. “Dave, You’re Killing Me”, finds the band frolicking in an enchanted forest and through using the power of film, magic, mirrors, awesome, peace, war, love, hate, and stop-motion –their alter-egos come to life, turning the members of Vagina Panther into juicy, pulsating, dancing, gyrating crotch monsters. This is some serious shit.

Nice. Wasn't expecting the Glenn Beck cameo at the end though.

The EXACT state of his bank balance! Such precision!

Wow, I thought I knew something about Uhmerica before I watched this.

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mythbusters did this and in their eyes confirmed it.

In college I spent my evening and half the night driving home and back just for an hour with my suddenly-ill dog. I could hear her tail smacking the wall from the kitchen as soon as I spoke in the entryway. She died of natural causes a few hours after I left.

Nnno I'm pretty sure this deserves to get *sifted.

This is so disgusting it is beyond words.

This isn't a fail, this is a phenomenal win!

Awesome. Glad to see NETFLIX doesn't think this was too risky to advertise on. That kid looked confused, is that bad?

I'm not the greatest lip reader but I can confirm that they are actually saying everything you just heard.