In reply to this comment by MINK:
that's one of those observations i hadn't quite made, but you put into words perfectly.

In reply to this comment by rougy:
All the cons are rooting for Osama now.

The America-haters.

Thanks, Mink.

I haven't forgotten being called a terrorist and I haven't forgotten being told to "just move away" because I disagreed with Bush's policies.

See you around the Sift.

See my reply in the video (in short, you're right, and it's been fixed).

In reply to this comment by MINK:
they're speaking russian in iran? *confused

Your recent top15 video http://www.videosift.com/video/Kid-gets-worst-stagefright-ever is a dupe of http://www.videosift.com/video/Nervous-Kid-Almost-Blows-Chunks-on-TV. The original is dead, found it when I was going through the deadpool.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Catnapping-in-a-Japanese-park#comment-573940

http://parody.videosift.com/talk/Roast-List-Refresh

I believe Palin had/has more experience as a governor than Obama's 153 days.

It's basic things like knowing higher taxes = less productivity that she understood and he doesn't, or doesn't care about.

I would call the Obama win a disaster, but as we will quickly see, if he starts angering the people, he'll be marginalized.


In reply to this comment by MINK:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Palin-Did-NOT-Know-Africa-a-Continent

You actually said she was more qualified than Obama, didn't you?

Congratulations on reaching new heights on VideoSift. You have earned yourself 116 stars, earning you status of Gold-100 Star member. You have been awarded 1 Power Point for achieving this level. Thanks for all your contributions.

Do you see him checking to see if the kid is okay after the guy goes down? I sure don't. He's too busy standing over the guy and arguing with the mom.

Amazed at your inability to see things right in front of your eyes.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
amazed at your powers of assumption from a low res silent clip of total strangers with unknown mental problems.

In reply to this comment by SDGundamX:
I believe all people have the responsibility to act calmly under pressure and not resort to immediate violence, regardless of profession. The dad didn't even check to see if the kid was okay--he was much more concerned with teaching the guy a lesson and standing over him even after he was KO'd. For that, he earns nothing but contempt from me.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
>> ^SDGundamX:
I'm willing to bet my life savings that if it were a cop throwing the punch in this vid.....


Oh, you mean a trained professional who knows how to deal with these situations, can act calmy under pressure, is not related to the victim of the attack, and is paid to serve the community...

I see the comparison.

I believe all people have the responsibility to act calmly under pressure and not resort to immediate violence, regardless of profession. The dad didn't even check to see if the kid was okay--he was much more concerned with teaching the guy a lesson and standing over him even after he was KO'd. For that, he earns nothing but contempt from me.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
>> ^SDGundamX:
I'm willing to bet my life savings that if it were a cop throwing the punch in this vid.....


Oh, you mean a trained professional who knows how to deal with these situations, can act calmy under pressure, is not related to the victim of the attack, and is paid to serve the community...

I see the comparison.

Don't look at it!!! You will become Wolf's slave!

In reply to this comment by MINK:
awesome tie.

Fair enough. I appreciate your explanation. Thanks for taking the time.

In reply to this comment by MINK:
ok i will explain in a way you can understand:

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circles and crosses are used as symbols

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the number 12 blah blah therefore all connected

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you see how simple it is when you don't have to use facts all the time?

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no conclusion, just conjecture and clever editing

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citation needed

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LOL. I've got a fever, and the only cure is more cowbell!

In reply to this comment by MINK:
by the way, your avatar inspired me to put more cowbell in a tune i was writing, and it really worked!!! so thanks

I would agree - except to say that it may not be economically viable for everyone to consistently spend an extra $8.50 on meat pizzas all the time, and in that case there would be an issue of access to healthier foods (as far as pizza is concerned, I suppose it's relative). I know people who say they would eat more organic foods if they were cheaper, which may or may not be bullshit, but we'll never really know.

It's easy enough and addicting enough to eat fats and carbs, and if people out there are willing to shell out their savings to eat that way, then there should be no need to subsidize those things. On the other hand, access to broccoli et. al. is a health issue, and something that more people should be able to consider without consulting their checkbooks.

In the end we can't force feed veggies to people, but at least we won't be forcing them to opt for the dollar menu because they are trying to make ends meet.


In reply to this comment by MINK:
Are you saying that if fat and carbs weren't subsidised, people would eat healthier?

Because somehow, i really really doubt that. I think people like eating shit. It's called temptation and gluttony, it's written about in many books thousands of years old.

I am vegetarian. If i go to a pizzeria, my friends happily spend 50% extra to get meat on their pizza. I am quite sure that if the meat pizzas were $10 and the vegetarian pizzas were $1.50 they would still buy the meat pizza.



In reply to this comment by blahpook:
>> ^MINK:
nah man, let's just ask the marketplace what it thinks and then do that.


The fact that an over-processed candy bar is cheaper compared to something relatively fresh from the ground - cauliflower for example - doesn't seem to make much sense when taking into consideration labor and processing and packaging, and Pollan's argument is that the best way to account for this difference is by looking at what the government subsidizes.

When the Farm Bill subsidizes resources mainly concerned in fat and carb production (corn, soy, wheat - and, indirectly, meat and milk), naturally, more farmers will move in that direction, flooding the market with more of these cheap goods, typically making them even more affordable. The end result is a fat America, sadly enough.

Affordability combined with the addictive qualities of a lot of these foods (sugars from corn, fats from soy) makes the market choice work in favor of the subsidies and the lobbyists who support them. Until that changes, there's always going to be more people at the Fatburger than the Farmer's Market.

Lol

In reply to this comment by MINK:
In reply to this comment by chilaxe:
If Austrian school economists are unable to figure out how to make their viewpoint mainstream in the marketplace of ideas, does that mean the marketplace is right to keep them on the fringe?


I just wanted to say that was AWESOME.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Britain

In reply to this comment by MINK:
hey red, what's that symbol in your avatar?