Yeah!! I like how you think! *writes new name repeatedly to admire it*

Glad to hear that you are doing well - and being badass while doing it...so of course you need horns! Errands just won't be the same without such precious gear.

I'm also...completely beyond flattered by your kind words. You are an absolute darling, thank you so much! I now need to cram my giant head through doorways.

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I think you should totally change your name legally to Adrian Death sounds amazing
I been good,here and there, I like to be a mysterious person and disappear and appear ( I am badass chick I know ha ha ha ) Well nice pictures of yourself I could totally wear those horns for my next grocery shopping . And I love the dress,seriously Miss you could be a model.

In reply to this comment by AdrianBlack:
That's me! Let's get hitched, Miss Death! I've always been in love over your name.
Adrian Death...How could I not love that?

I've been fantabulous, thank you for asking...how about yourself? It's always nice to see you pop into the siftworld!

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That's you in your avatar, I am in love How you been Ms Black?

>> ^NetRunner:
>> ^Lawdeedaw:
My problem is more that both sides pretend they hate each other while maintaining the status so that both sides are employed. What is the loss of one seat for one politician? Nothing, not when that pol can just sign a million dollar book deal or get a job somewhere else with "help..."
I guess I think status-quo bias is mostly just baked into the way Congress was set up in the Constitution. More recently, it's baked into the idea that the Senate can't pass a damn thing without a 3/5ths majority, which is really pretty much something new as of 2009.
To the degree that politicians themselves work to maintain the status quo, I say that's usually lobbyist pressure talking. Businesses don't want the environment fixed, they want the freedom to make a profit polluting the world. Businesses don't want health care universal and inexpensive, they want it to be a huge profit-making industry.
Businesses also have wealth that makes the government's budget look like a triviality, and certainly have more wealth than any individual politician does. Bribery can be a strong motivator, and it's effectively legal now.
>> ^Lawdeedaw:
For example; Charlie Christ ran against Marco Rubio. By himself, he would have won as a non-party candidate. However, Kendrick Meek (Democrat), a jackass with no chance in hell, not even Ralph Nadar close, kept in the race declaring he would be the victor. Either the man is mildly brain-damaged, or the quo was kept by two opposing allies. That's not paronia, that's simple math. Rubio won with Meek's full support, otherwise, the threat of someone who got tired of his party's bullshit would have threatened his precious "R"

In this case, I just don't think you have your facts right. Charlie Crist was the Republican governor of Florida, who stepped down to run for Senate as a Republican. Democratic party officials didn't really think they stood much of a chance against Crist, so they didn't really try to recruit a strong candidate, or devote much money to the race. Essentially, the Senate seat was going to be Crist's.
But, Crist made the fatal error of publicly endorsing the Obama stimulus package, and the rabid crazies that run the Republican party demanded he be primaried. In comes Marco Rubio to challenge Crist for the Republican nomination for Senate. This turns into a big, ugly battle, and both Crist and Rubio spend boatloads of cash on the primary. Rubio ultimately wins in a landslide -- 20 points, and gets endorsed by all the bigwigs, i.e. Boehner, McConnell, the NRSC, Michael Steele, etc.
Instead of taking the defeat and walking off the stage, Crist vowed to keep campaigning. At that point there was a ton of talk about whether Crist would run as an Independent, or a Democrat. A bunch of Democratic bigwigs, including Bill Clinton, personally approached Crist about running as a Democrat, even though Meek had already won the Democratic nomination.
Crist rejected that offer, and immediately started running ads slamming both Meek and Rubio. He burned his bridges with both parties.
So the election was a big three-way clusterfuck. Rubio was the Republican nominee, Meek was the Democratic nominee, and Crist chose to try to fight both parties. Even so, Democrats asked Meek to drop out and endorse Crist, but Meek thought that was a bridge too far -- Crist had not made any commitment to the Democratic party, and he was a Congressman and a full-fledged candidate for Senate in his own right, why should he drop out to help someone who wasn't a Democrat?
In the end, Rubio came out on top, but that was because he was the only one with any serious backing to his campaign, both monetarily and in terms of grassroots support (Rubio was a Tea Party darling). Meek had no money, and no grassroots support, and neither did Crist at the end of the day.
I remember it vividly because I was tantalized by the possibility of flipping Crist to the Democratic party and turning a sure Republican hold (due to Crist) into a situation where it became a likely Democratic pickup (due to Crist!). That kinda thing doesn't happen too often. <IMG class=smiley src="http://cdn.videosift.com/cdm/emoticon/smile.gif">


Christ to me will always have lost because he was tag-teamed. Meek was asked to drop out because he was a loser that siphoned votes. He intentionally stayed for what purpose? I can't think of one besides pride, and that doesn't motivate politicians often enough to be valid.

Crist had a huge grassroots, and large support even if it wasn't tea party fanatics. He should have never been the one to walk off stage. He did the right thing, but right typically loses to the wrongs. I think Crist would never have been happy being a slave to either party--and that's why he left the insanity that is Florida's republicans.

He supported the Obama stimulus and that's fine. He went on attacks but even then kept a positive attitude. And this is why winners cannot be politicians.

>> ^Lawdeedaw:


My problem is more that both sides pretend they hate each other while maintaining the status so that both sides are employed. What is the loss of one seat for one politician? Nothing, not when that pol can just sign a million dollar book deal or get a job somewhere else with "help..."

I guess I think status-quo bias is mostly just baked into the way Congress was set up in the Constitution. More recently, it's baked into the idea that the Senate can't pass a damn thing without a 3/5ths majority, which is really pretty much something new as of 2009.

To the degree that politicians themselves work to maintain the status quo, I say that's usually lobbyist pressure talking. Businesses don't want the environment fixed, they want the freedom to make a profit polluting the world. Businesses don't want health care universal and inexpensive, they want it to be a huge profit-making industry.

Businesses also have wealth that makes the government's budget look like a triviality, and certainly have more wealth than any individual politician does. Bribery can be a strong motivator, and it's effectively legal now.

>> ^Lawdeedaw:

For example; Charlie Christ ran against Marco Rubio. By himself, he would have won as a non-party candidate. However, Kendrick Meek (Democrat), a jackass with no chance in hell, not even Ralph Nadar close, kept in the race declaring he would be the victor. Either the man is mildly brain-damaged, or the quo was kept by two opposing allies. That's not paronia, that's simple math. Rubio won with Meek's full support, otherwise, the threat of someone who got tired of his party's bullshit would have threatened his precious "R"


In this case, I just don't think you have your facts right. Charlie Crist was the Republican governor of Florida, who stepped down to run for Senate as a Republican. Democratic party officials didn't really think they stood much of a chance against Crist, so they didn't really try to recruit a strong candidate, or devote much money to the race. Essentially, the Senate seat was going to be Crist's.

But, Crist made the fatal error of publicly endorsing the Obama stimulus package, and the rabid crazies that run the Republican party demanded he be primaried. In comes Marco Rubio to challenge Crist for the Republican nomination for Senate. This turns into a big, ugly battle, and both Crist and Rubio spend boatloads of cash on the primary. Rubio ultimately wins in a landslide -- 20 points, and gets endorsed by all the bigwigs, i.e. Boehner, McConnell, the NRSC, Michael Steele, etc.

Instead of taking the defeat and walking off the stage, Crist vowed to keep campaigning. At that point there was a ton of talk about whether Crist would run as an Independent, or a Democrat. A bunch of Democratic bigwigs, including Bill Clinton, personally approached Crist about running as a Democrat, even though Meek had already won the Democratic nomination.

Crist rejected that offer, and immediately started running ads slamming both Meek and Rubio. He burned his bridges with both parties.

So the election was a big three-way clusterfuck. Rubio was the Republican nominee, Meek was the Democratic nominee, and Crist chose to try to fight both parties. Even so, Democrats asked Meek to drop out and endorse Crist, but Meek thought that was a bridge too far -- Crist had not made any commitment to the Democratic party, and he was a Congressman and a full-fledged candidate for Senate in his own right, why should he drop out to help someone who wasn't a Democrat?

In the end, Rubio came out on top, but that was because he was the only one with any serious backing to his campaign, both monetarily and in terms of grassroots support (Rubio was a Tea Party darling). Meek had no money, and no grassroots support, and neither did Crist at the end of the day.

I remember it vividly because I was tantalized by the possibility of flipping Crist to the Democratic party and turning a sure Republican hold (due to Crist) into a situation where it became a likely Democratic pickup (due to Crist!). That kinda thing doesn't happen too often.

Fine, my android won't upload/email the video, or it'll take forever. Still, here's my darling puppy helping me make another entry using another device

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtjAb3IcTEI

Okies, here we go:
My darling puppy (well, she's not a puppy any more, she's 3 and a half, but we still call her puppy, because she acts like one ) wanted to model a 'Marshmallow Man' napkin. The 'man' part is a bit torn, because she wanted to step on it.

Hope the link works. I also took a video of her and the text, but it seems to uplead VERY slowly. I'll post more later in case I get it working

http://i.imgur.com/1x9nK.jpg

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That's a good point about the deputy dad. I have a feeling that his expanded role might be on the edit-room floor. The pacing was very tight, and I bet they chopped a fair bit out to keep the momentum.

>> ^blankfist:

I'm adding some spoilers to the mix. You've been forewarned.
I agree, excellent homage to the kid ensemble films of the 80s. Each scene with the five or so boys never felt as if they were waiting for their line reading. Each of them were given things to dwell on that differed from the overarching through line of each scene. During important scenes the kids took time to be kids, called each other names, have their own conversation objectives, etc. Those scenes were rich. And I really wish nearly every blockbuster movie was made like that.
The story itself didn't live up to what the film delivered in tone and pacing. If you disagree, then let me ask you a question. What exactly did the deputy father do the latter half of the movie? During the first half, he sets himself up as a major player when he starts sleuthing around the train wreckage, goes against the sheriff's wishes to investigate further and ultimately gets arrested by the Air Force.
And then what did he do to advance the story forward? Virtually nothing. He contributes nearly zilch outside of freeing the little girl's father, and at that point they have a little "them" time to heal their rift. He was set up as a major role that advanced the plot in the beginning, then he was given busywork to finish out the movie while the children picked up where he left off.
I'm not sure yet if I like or dislike the scene where the alien picks up the protagonist kid, does some psychic exchange, then when the boy tells him "bad things happen, but you can live," the alien thinks, "yeah, that's sound advice," then gets the hell out of dodge. I don't know, am I just too cynical now? Maybe I am, because...
The movie was rated PG-13 even though it had cigarette smoking, pot smoking and hard liquor drinking in it. I don't think those things are deserving of an R rating, but the MPAA sure as shit does, but only when it's an industry darling's movie. If you're an indie filmmaker and put a cigarette in your movie you're pretty much guaranteed to get an R. Spielberg and Abrams do it, add some hard drinking, a couple shits, a fuck, guts splattering and a hell of a lot of focus on getting high, and the MPAA bends at the knees.
Also did you notice when the stoned guy passes out cold and the kids leave him, it appeared that they had to ADR in a new line for one of the kids: "Drugs are bad!"
But other than that, the film was great.

I'm adding some spoilers to the mix. You've been forewarned.

I agree, excellent homage to the kid ensemble films of the 80s. Each scene with the five or so boys never felt as if they were waiting for their line reading. Each of them were given things to dwell on that differed from the overarching through line of each scene. During important scenes the kids took time to be kids, called each other names, have their own conversation objectives, etc. Those scenes were rich. And I really wish nearly every blockbuster movie was made like that.

The story itself didn't live up to what the film delivered in tone and pacing. If you disagree, then let me ask you a question. What exactly did the deputy father do the latter half of the movie? During the first half, he sets himself up as a major player when he starts sleuthing around the train wreckage, goes against the sheriff's wishes to investigate further and ultimately gets arrested by the Air Force.

And then what did he do to advance the story forward? Virtually nothing. He contributes nearly zilch outside of freeing the little girl's father, and at that point they have a little "them" time to heal their rift. He was set up as a major role that advanced the plot in the beginning, then he was given busywork to finish out the movie while the children picked up where he left off.

I'm not sure yet if I like or dislike the scene where the alien picks up the protagonist kid, does some psychic exchange, then when the boy tells him "bad things happen, but you can live," the alien thinks, "yeah, that's sound advice," then gets the hell out of dodge. I don't know, am I just too cynical now? Maybe I am, because...

The movie was rated PG-13 even though it had cigarette smoking, pot smoking and hard liquor drinking in it. I don't think those things are deserving of an R rating, but the MPAA sure as shit does, but only when it's [edit] NOT an industry darling's movie. If you're an indie filmmaker and put a cigarette in your movie you're pretty much guaranteed to get an R. Spielberg and Abrams do it, add some hard drinking, a couple shits, a fuck, guts splattering and a hell of a lot of focus on getting high, and the MPAA bends at the knees.

Also did you notice when the stoned guy passes out cold and the kids leave him, it appeared that they had to ADR in a new line for one of the kids: "Drugs are bad!"

But other than that, the film was great.

The brilliance of the US government/big bizness is that they realize that humans are still psychologically more primal than cognitive. And they use that fact to control the workforce. Politics is theater designed to create emotional reactions, not thought.

Sarah Palin might be a bad candidate, but she's a media darling, and a wonderful distraction to the simple fact that you're going to get fucked in the ass no matter who's in office.

@blankfist - Everyone else on this site knows you are conservative. Everyone else but you. Come out of the closet already. Don't you notice how JesusFreak and QM fawn over your comments and posts. It's no coincidence. It's cool. Let your inner confederate flag fly.

Back to the topic. Hayek is the poster child for right wing economics. He was the darling of right wingers like Reagan, Thatcher, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Augusto Pinochet. He believed in deregulation, privatization and austerity, and he wasn't opposed to shedding a little blood to make it all happen.

>> ^dag:

I think you're right about that. There have been so many sites that make a big splash and then burn out. I remember a few years ago, Dabble was such a press darling, and a real alternative to the Sift and its community aspects - the site has been in its current state for about a year.>> ^rottenseed:
That is pretty awesome. I think the secret to the relative success here, is the natural rate with which we grew. There was nothing gimmicky that'd turn this place into an overnight success, only to die out a few months later. People come, they lurk, they join, or they don't.



that...and then there were those weirdos at videocu.lt

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I think you're right about that. There have been so many sites that make a big splash and then burn out. I remember a few years ago, Dabble was such a press darling, and a real alternative to the Sift and its community aspects - the site has been in its current state for about a year.>> ^rottenseed:

That is pretty awesome. I think the secret to the relative success here, is the natural rate with which we grew. There was nothing gimmicky that'd turn this place into an overnight success, only to die out a few months later. People come, they lurk, they join, or they don't.

Setlist (from YT post):

Paul's Piano Intro 0:34
Don't Let Me Down (rehearsal) 1:55
Maxwell's Silver Hammer (rehearsal) 2:16
Two Of Us (rehearsal) 6:27
I've Got A Feeling (rehearsal) 8:04
I've Got A Feeling (second take) 9:03
Oh, Darling! (intro) 11:17
One After 909 (rehearsal) 12:35
Jazz Piano 13:41
Two Of Us (second take) 14:48
Across The Universe (rehearsal) 17:02
Dig A Pony (rehearsal) 18:23
Suzy Parker (rehearsal) 19:22
I Me Mine (rehearsal) 20:25
For You Blue (rehearsal) 23:02
Besame Mucho (rehearsal) 27:19
Octopus's Garden (rehearsal) 29:21
You Got A Hold On Me (rehearsal) 33:29
The Long And Winding Road (rehearsal) 36:01
Shake, Rattle, and Roll (rehearsal) 37:22
Kansas City (rehearsal) 39:21
Dig It 41:53
Two of Us 47:10
Let It Be 50:40
The Long and Winding Road 54:41
ROOFTOP (intro) 58:15
Get Back 59:18
Don't Let Me Down 1:02:33
I've Got a Feeling 1:06:07
One After 909 1:09:50
Danny Boy 1:16:33
Dig A Pony 1:12:45
Get Back 1:16:45
Credits 1:20:01

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Tales og mere existence, my darling, levni yilmaz' to 'Tales of mere existence, my darling, levni yilmaz' - edited by Fusionaut

You're so kind, thank you Mr. C! (Love your portmanteau 'avincarnation', by the way.)

A genuine picture of myself?...hmmm...
...maybe there should be a ' De Facto Pic Day' on the sift? Heh.
In reply to this comment by chicchorea:
Thank you. What a sweet and wonderful greeting to my day this was. You are a darling.

May I extend the same to you?

I missed commenting on your last avincarnation. I really liked it...as have I all previous and the new one.

One of these days I suspect you will slip in one(or more) of you. If, that is, you have not already.

In reply to this comment by AdrianBlack:
Happy, groovy keen weekend to you and yours!

Thank you. What a sweet and wonderful greeting to my day this was. You are a darling.

May I extend the same to you?

I missed commenting on your last avincarnation. I really liked it...as have I all previous and the new one.

One of these days I suspect you will slip in one(or more) of you. If, that is, you have not already.

In reply to this comment by AdrianBlack:
Happy, groovy keen weekend to you and yours!