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Comparison of Trump and Obama Responding to School Shootings

harlequinn says...

I'm glad you wrote "the far right". Because to a lot of the world, the Democrats are a right wing party, with the Republicans further right than they are (making the Democrats a "left" wing party within the narrow scale of American politics).

Personally I think people and politics are more nuanced than stereotyping people into "left" (progressive) and "right" (conservative) groups. Most people and parties are an eclectic mix of progressive and conservative stances depending on the issue - and these positions aren't fixed.

mentality said:

Thought process of a deluded nutjob:

Trump does something illegal? Blame it on Clinton.

The hypocrisy and moral corruption of the far right knows no bounds. Lincoln would be rolling in his grave if he knew his party was hijacked by people like you.

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newtboy says...

D'oh! I replied to Sifty by accident too. Oh well, have an eclectic electric day Sifty.

siftbot said:

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Ultimate Weird Japanese Commercials Compilation

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PlayhousePals says...

Hope you stick around. Just remember not to post videos you are associated with and you'll be fine. There are some really eclectic music finds here. I'd be interested in seeing what you enjoy.

Ninja Woman

chingalera says...

She's had martial training, you can tell from her form-She twirls the long staff well enough, has a well-oiled sense of her center, quite grounded-BUT, if she wants to be a Ninja she's needs to be able to scale vertical obstacles with only the texture of the stone and the mortar seams to hold on to.

the last 3 comments....Remember Bruce Lee? He was taught by the best (IpMan-Wing Chun styles) and his version of martial arts was an amalgam of several styles. He called it Jeet Kune Do and the Chinese purists were saying the same thing about his hybridized, eclectic form.

Y'all remember Bruce Lee right?

This chick would throttle most posers.

Best/Worst Entertainment of 2012 Thread (Cinema Talk Post)

dystopianfuturetoday says...

Radio: My favorite discovery of 2012 is "Radio Lab", a story telling show reminiscent of another favorite, 'This American Life', but with a much more sophisticated sound design. All episodes are available for free in the podcast section of iTunes.

Music: I fell in love with the New Orleans second line scene after Issy and I paid a visit to the crescent city this year. We saw the 'Rebirth Brass Band' live and had a great time. We also had a mini-meetup at the show with @dotdude. New Orleans music culture is like no other.

Music: Louis Cole & Genevieve Artadi: Highly unique and energetic electro-acoustic music. Hard to explain.

Music: Austin Texas band 'The Black Angels' - Dark, bluesy rock obviously influenced by the Doors. To be honest, I'm not crazy about blues rock or the Doors, but 'The Black Angels' manage to meld these influences into something I really dig.

Music: UK band, 'Metronomy'. Their sound is eclectic, hooky and heavily influenced by all the cool British 80's bands I loved as a kid. Goes down easy. Works in the background as well as the fore.

Movies: Django and Looper were the two films that captivated me from start to finish. Both films by gifted auteurs, one at the top of his game, the other on the rise. Great writing. Great Directing. Great performances.

Horror movies: The Cabin in the Woods (A clever and absurd meta-horror mashup) and the The Lady in Black (A classic, classy ghost story) both satisfied. It's nice that there were a couple of diamonds in sea of Paranormal-Activity-esque-found-footage detritus.

TV: same stuff that everyone else likes - BB, GoT, DoAb and Sherlock. I also got into Always Sunny in Philadelphia this year - very dark, very funny.

Books: Started a bunch, finished very few. Nothing to recommend. "Checklist Manifesto" is pretty interesting so far - it's about how the brain functions (or fails to function) in the information-dense present.

Games: 'Xcom' was a worthy update of the original. Loved all the detailed micro/macro strategy. 'Journey' was beautiful and fairly moving for a videogame.

Justin Bieber Throws Up on Stage in Arizona/AZ.

Xaielao says...

Knew he was a fake. You know, in the late 80's we had a massive conspiracy in the music world as Milli Vanilli were discovered as having faked their performances, and that they didn't even record their own songs. It caused such an uproar in the music industry at the time that it was on the news for months, the duo was stripped of their awards, shamed by the masses and one of the performers committed suicide.

Little did we know that a decade or two later it would be not only with this sort of fraud be common place, it would be the defacto standard in Pop music (and others.. I highly suspect Country because most of those male singers sound identical, they don't write their own songs and many visibly do not play their guitar even though you hear it being played when they are on stage). Big acts like Bieber are made famous because of their charisma and their sex appeal... and yes, that was the intent for his teenybopper audience. Their flat or unpolished singing voices mean nothing when a computer program just fixes their voice digitally and then they go on stage and just pretend to sing. The handful of times they actually sing themselves the performances are horrid.

Justin Bieber can sing a little blurb on a talk show or over the internet and sound half decent.. millions worth of singing lessons will do that. But when it comes right down to it he's the same no talent hack as the vast majority of the 'pop' world. What is even more funny is that the vast majority of websites, news channels, etc that report this don't even MENTION the fact that he somehow keeps 'singing' even while throwing up. The sad fact is most people have either accepted or become blinded to the fact that Mili Vanili were only precursors to a new industry standard.

In the end I feel bad the most for our children. They are growing up with this fake garbage and don't even know it. It's all so focus tested and programmed in that each new hit is the same and they don't care. It's why with my daughter I try and teach her to be eclectic with her musical tastes. I really don't care if I don't like what she listens to, just so long as she know how fake pop music is these days. Thankfully she's got her dads musical genes.

Celebrate Bill Murray With This Bill Murray Remix

hpqp says...

Bill Murray IS a god!


The Eclectic Method are also responsible for this under-viewed, under-upvoted gem of apocalyptic editing:


Caged Animals- All the Beautiful Things In The World

BoneRemake says...

Per my description, I will add this :

It is now weather that I longed for, it is 20 degrees Celsius at 7 pm in the evening. It is just a long shot that is the eclectic weather I get in my location, but this really speaks to those that have goals.

I had a faint hope, a glimmer in the darkness that the sun will shine more than 9 hours a day and give heat that fills my room with an intoxicating musk.

I now have the heat, the sun and the happiness of a full sunny day when it comes.


Fuck

Yea.

I hate winter.

YouTube Slowness? (Sift Talk Post)

Porksandwich says...

Been screwing up for awhile for me. I think it's based on video popularity and how recent that popularity is. Like it will stream things that are very popular no problem...the more eclectic stuff takes ages. Actually wrote a comment about it on a video here and got downvoted because I upvoted the video after I was only able to get about a quarter of it to buffer without issues.

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UsesProzac says...

I don't envy you, taking on my queue. It's full of audio sifts of my music tastes, which are eclectic to say the least. Not very crowd pleasing material! Thank you for any efforts on my behalf.
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Why, thank you kindly, sir!
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*promote



I don't have a hundred million power points, so my efforts to get your ruby will be a bit slower... :

Unban choggie, blankfist and dft. (User Poll by MrFisk)

enoch says...

i see where fisk is coming from and the anarchist in me agrees.
i fully understand that some people seek and desire cutesy marmalade syrupy cute kitty/animal videos and that is their thing.
no judgement here but some of us actively seek out the obscure,dark and inspired videos that are becoming a rare commodity on this site.
videos that challenge our preconceived notions and make us ponder and contemplate,inspire us to think or feel in a different manner.

mrFisk is pointing out the fact the community of sifters who engage and post content such as described above is becoming smaller and smaller,and the sift suffers because of this collective neutering.we know full well who posts the eclectic,obscure and controversial and we recognize our dwindling numbers.
blankie and choggie challenged conventional ideas and were supremely vocal while they did it,and yes,could oftentimes be total dickwads in the process.
passionate people tend to behave like that.
they cross lines.
they speak before they think things through.
they offend tender sensibilities.
but fuck all if they didnt make ya stop and think for a second.

these are the people who add a dynamic to a community..
a diversity that is so badly needed.

so yeah,
when a few members of that small group leave (for whatever reason) the rest of us take notice and the sift suffers as a whole.
the voice is diminished,the message diluted and what is left is the gelatinous vanilla goo of a uninspired collective group-think.

blankie and choggie had something to say and people like fisk and i appreciated them for that,even though we may have disagreed.
and you are right @speechless.
there are other sites and venues to speak what is in our hearts and what is on our minds,and many who once lurked on this site have migrated enmasse,to the sifts detriment.
which is exactly MrFisks point.
a point you have decidedly missed.

i am not condoning nor defending choggie and blankies behavior (and others) all i am saying is that they brought a unique and interesting perspective to the sift and now we are all diminished due to their defunct silence.

through conformity there is stagnation.
you have been warned.

on a side note:
thank god DFT is still around and keeping it old skool!

oh..and *promote this poll!

Rick Santorum Eloquently Debunks "The Science"

luxury_pie says...

>> ^peggedbea:

>> ^NetRunner:

How about the people who will go out, and donate money, volunteer for, and vote for a guy like this? Can they be saved? Can the rest of us be saved from them?

i find this really interesting. i have two really, really badass friends. They're eclectic neo pagans. They support gay marriage. They love pre-marital sex. They love kinky sex. They give their children advice on masturbation and safe sex. They are not themselves swingers, but they hang out with lots of them. They smoke pot. They both have master's degrees in health science fields. They decorate their "yule" tree with pentagrams. They're really intelligent, groovy people. and They love Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin. I can't even ask them about it because we made a pact a long time ago that we wouldn't discuss politics. Because it makes our heads explode. BUT THIS MYSTERY IS MAKING MY HEAD WANT TO EXPLODE.


That is the most fucked up thing I read here on videosift.

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dystopianfuturetoday says...

Thanks sifty. This place has had a profound effect on my life. It's allowed to think and grow and learn and share my thoughts and ideas with a smart and eclectic group of world citizens. Thanks from the bottom of my heart, sifty, and to your henchmen, @dag and @lucky760 too, for carrying out your bidding so faithfully. I can't imagine ever liking a website as much as I like this one.

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