Interesting. Side note- it's 34 years ago today (March 8 ) that The Hitchhiker's Guide premiered on BBC radio.

The non-profit theater that I been a long time volunteer at, The Cinefamily (in Los Angeles), will be showing this film again on 17th of March. The theater held the L.A. premier this past weekend. Details here for the next show: http://www.cinefamily.org/films/special-events-march-2012/#the-fp-317-castcrew-in-person.

I read a recent review (on HP?) of a midnight premier of this movie in NY. The reviewer said many/most of the 50 or so people that showed up were either reviewers or hecklers. George Lucas clearly lives in a bubble, but it's difficult to believe that at least SOMEONE close to him hasn't told him that his head is up his ass. Then again, JarJar, as well as this 3D release, just may be evidence that he surrounds himself completely with unfailing, spineless sycophants.

The problem is also that we as humans believe in a moral code that doesn't conform to natural law. With our moral code, only good people should get sick or hurt. People who work hard, regardless of who their parents are, etc., should have an equal chance of success. Etc.

But natural law and the social structures we institute don't enforce moral law, and often fly in the face of it. People don't need welfare just because they're lazy. They often need it because the system did screw them even though they did what they were supposed to.

I was on unemployment for three months back in 2004. Why? I was a public school teacher, and my wife got sick. We couldn't pay the medical bills and went into massive debt. So I busted by butt getting into IT for a few years while refusing to let my quality of work as a teacher suffer. After a few years of getting certifications and side work on top of teaching, in 2004 I got my first full time IT job at Microsoft Premier Product Support for Exchange. After being there for 2.5 months, MS axed every contractor support professional in that call center as they outsourced many of these support jobs overseas. I don't see how that's karma to me. I had no savings because I was in debt paying for medical bills for my wife, who certainly didn't deserve the medical problems she had.

This kind of thing happens frequently. To ignore that the system we've fashioned, or natural law for that matter, flies in the face of our moral code, is a selective view of reality. No one could possibly deserve being born with a genetic disorder - they hadn't done anything yet to deserve it!

That's the problem I have with honestly both harcore liberals and conservatives - neither side is right 100% of the time, so being ideologically rigid is insane. People do game for example welfare; others truly need more assistance than welfare currently provides, too. The answer isn't to infinitely expand welfare benefits nor to abolish it completely. We should improve on it. Same for other similar programs. The sooner people would accept that, the sooner we can actually accomplish something instead of having insane conversations that lead nowhere.

>> ^quantumushroom:

JONATHAN HAIDT: So karma, karma's a Sanskrit word, for, literally for work, or fruit. That is, if you do some work, you should get the fruit of it. If I help you, I will eventually get the fruit of it. Even if you don't help me, something will happen. It's just a law of the universe. So, Hindus traditionally believed it's, that the universe will balance itself, right itself. It's like gravity. If I am lazy, good-for-nothing lying scoundrel, the universe will right that and I will suffer. But then along comes liberal do-gooders and the federal government to bail them out.
So I think the conservative view, for social conservatives this is, is that basically liberals are trying to revoke the law of karma. Almost as though, imagine somebody trying to revoke the law of gravity, and everything's going to float away into chaos.

That's fair enough @ctrlaltbleach, I don't have a big problem with this prank. It's dickish, but life goes on and no one will really be worse off for it. What pisses me off is @lurgee's reaction, the idea that people are passionate about something he (presumably) isn't, therefore they are sheep, they are morons. Sod off mate, what should they do? Not care about sports because you deem it unworthy of your interest? That would make them sheep.

I don't like the implication that they only enjoy football because they've been told by the TV networks to enjoy football, which is what I see the word sheeple as implying. I'd like to say I enjoy association football despite the TV networks pimping it, but that's probably naive of me and Sky Sports pushing the Premier League probably has led me to watch more football. However, I still enjoy football because I enjoy football, not because Sky Sports tells me that I enjoy football. I resent the implication that I lack free will because I don't agree with someone.

>> ^Drachen_Jager:

For those who care, Christie Clark (Premier of BC) has a new chief of staff. An Enbridge lobbyist.
If she is still in office when the decision is made, the outcome of the hearings is irrelevant. She will greenlight the project.


Tragic. The Government of BC, bought and paid for by the same people who purchased Stephen Harper back in 2004.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/clarks-new-chief-of-staff-advised-harper-lobbied-for-enbridge/article2301027
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For those who care, Christie Clark (Premier of BC) has a new chief of staff. An Enbridge lobbyist.

If she is still in office when the decision is made, the outcome of the hearings is irrelevant. She will greenlight the project.

I've decided that as awesome as Lightworks is, it's a little too heavyweight and time consuming to use for just my home projects.

I'm leaning towards something like PowerDirector or Premiere Elements. Things like that give me the ease of dragging and dropping photos/videos on, and yet the flexibility to control everything I want... and have all the fun bells and whistles like titles and being able to output to a DVD/BluRay with menus etc.

hmm.. @eric3579 here's another version of the lyrics. i'm not sure which is more correct.

Hey
I can be the answer
i'm ready to dance when the vamp up
and when i hit that dip get ya camera
you could see i been that bitch since the pamper
and that i am that young sis
the beacon. the bitch who wants to compete and i could freak a ‘fit
that pump w/ the peep &
you know what ya bitch become when her weave in
i just wanna sip that punch with ya peeps &
sit in that lunch if ya treatin
kick it with ya bitch who come from parisian
she know where i get mine from and the season
now she wanna lick my plum in the evening
and fit that ton-tongue d-deep in
i guess that kunt gettin eaten (2x)
i was in the 212 on the uptown A nigga you know what's up
or don't you? word to who made ya
i'm a rude bitch nigga
what are you made up of? i'ma eat ya food up boo
i could bust your 8
i'ma do one too
fuck ya gon do?
when ya do make bucks
i'ma look right nigga bet ya do want to fuck…..
fuck him like ya do want to cum
ya gay to get discovered in my two-one-deuce
cock-a-likkin in the water by the blue bayou
caught the warm goo
in ya du-rag too son? nigga you're a kool-aid dude
plus your bitch might lick it
wonder who let you come to one-two
with ya doodoo crew son…. fuck are you into
huh? niggas better oooh-run-run
you could get shot homie
if ya do want to
put ya guns up
tell your crew don't front
i'm a hoodlum nigga you know you were too once.
Bitch i'm ‘bout to blew up too
i'm the one today
i'm the new shit boo
young rapunzel
who are you bitch
new lunch? - i'ma ruin you kunt (3x) AYO
I HEARD YOU RIDING WITH THE SAME TALL
TALL TALE
TELLING THEM YA MADE SOME
SAYING YOU GRIDING BUT YA AIN'T GOING
NOWHERE WHY PROCRASTINATE GIRL? YOU GOT ALOT BUT YOU JUST WASTE ALL YOURS AND
THEY'LL FORGET YOUR NAME SOON
AND WONT NOBODY BE TO BLAME BUT YOURSELF (YEA) -WHAT YOU GON DO WHEN I APPEAR?
W-WHEN-WHEN I PREMIERE? BITCH THE END OF YOUR LIVES ARE NEAR
THIS SHIT BEEN MINE MINE. (2X) bitch i'm in the 212 with the fif' cocked nigga its the TWO-ONE-ZOO
fuck ya gon do
when ya goon sprayed up
bet his bitch wont get him
bet ya you wont do much. see even if ya do want to bust
ya bitch'll get ya cut and touch ya crew up too pop
ya playing with ya butter like ya boo won't true cock the gun to where ya do eat poom hun?
i'm fucking with ya cutie-q
what's your dick like homie? what are you into? what's the run dude? where do you wake up?
tell ya bitch keep hatin'
i'm the new one two huh…. cuz i remember you when you were the young new face but ya do like to slumber don't you?
now ya boo up too hun.
I'M A RUIN YOU KUNT. -WHAT YOU GON DO WHEN I APPEAR? W-WHEN-WHEN I PREMIERE? BITCH THE END OF YOUR LIVES ARE NEAR
THIS SHIT BEEN MINE MINE. (2X)

Somebody bought a new adobe premier plugin?

Hey, I can be the answer
I’m ready to dance when they vamp up
And when they hit that dip get your camera
You can see when that bitch sets the pamper
And get in that young sister beacon
The bitch who wants to compete and
I can freakin fit that pump with the peep in
And you know what your bitch become when her weaved in
I just wanna sip that punch with your peeps and
Sit in that lunch if your treating
Kick it with your bitch who come from...
You knows where to get mine from in the season
Unless you wanna lick my plum in the evening
And flick that tongue, tongue d-deep in
I guess that cunt getting eaten
I guess that cunt getting eaten
I guess that cunt getting eaten
I guess that cunt getting eaten
I guess that cunt getting eaten

I was in the 212 on the uptown
Hey nigga nigger, you know what's up or don’t you?
Wonder who made ya
I’ma rude bitch nigga, what are you made up of
I’ma eat your food up, boo
I could bust your 8, I’ma do one too
Fuck it
When you do make bucks
I’ma look right, nigga, I bet you do want to fuck
Fuck 'em like you do want to come
...you discovered I'm a 212
Cock-a-licking in the water...
Caught the warm goo and you do right too son
Nigga Nigger, you’re a cooler dude
Plus your bitch might lick it
Wonder who let you come 212, what do you...son
Fuck are you in to, huh?
Niggas better do run run
You could get shot homie if you do want to
Put your guns up
Tell your crew don't front
I'm a hoodlum nigga
You know you were too once
Bitch about to blew up to
I’m the one today
I’m the new shit too
Yeah I’m Rapunzel
Who are you bitch, new lunch?
I’ma ruin you cunt!
I’ma ruin you cunt!
I’ma ruin you cunt!
I’ma ruin you cunt!

Ayo, ayo
I heard you’re riding with the same tall, tall tale
Tell him I made some, made some
Saying you’re grinding but you ain’t going nowhere, nowhere!
Why procrastinate girl?
You gotta lie, but you just waste all yourself
They'll forget your name soon, name soon
And want nobody be the same as yourself, yeah

What you gonna do when I ain't up there
W-when I premier
Bitch the end of their lives are there
This ship ain’t mine, mine!
What you gonna do when I ain't up there
W-when I premier
Bitch the end of their lives are there
This ship ain’t mine, mine!

Bitch I’m in the 212
With the fifth cock nigga
Its the 212
Fuck your gun, dude!
When your goons sprayed up
Bet his bitch won't get him
Betcha you won't do much
See, even if you do want to bust
Your bitch ... and touch your crew up to pop
You’re playing with your butter like you do want to cock the gun too
Where did you eat too, hun?
And fuck him with your cutie-cue ...
What’s your dick like homie?
What are you into?
What’s the run dude?
Where do you wake up?
Tell your bitch, "Keep hating"
I'm a new one too, huh
See I remember you when you were the young new face
But you do like to slumber don't you
Now you blew up too hun
I’ma ruin you cunt!
I’ma ruin you cunt!
I’ma ruin you cunt!

What you gonna do when I ain't up there
W-when I premier
Bitch the end of their lives are there
This ship ain’t mine, mine!
What you gonna do when I ain't up there
W-when I premier
Bitch the end of their lives are there
This ship ain’t mine, mine!

Yes, Animatrix is essential Matrix viewing. The Second Renaissance pt 1&2 is what Matrix Reloaded should have been.

I saw Dreamcatcher in theatres back in 2003 because they showed the premiere of Final Flight of the Osiris (Animatrix segment 3) as an accompanying short. Was totally worth it, even if I had to sit through Dreamcatcher afterwards. If you haven't seen Dreamcatcher, there is a large focus on aliens that come out your asshole and you know you have an alien in your ass because you can't stop farting powerfully. Not joking, there are full scenes which are meant to be serious in which actors are grimacing in medium close-up while loud farting noises are laid on top.

ha!

well, let's just put this in perspective then...
26 of our 50 states took the obama healthcare initiative to our highest court.
wouldn't this be the same conflict of interest if any state funds were used to host any activity to which our supreme court justices were invited and attended? (by any measure, they are the plaintiffs in this case.)

answer: yes, by your very myopic and obtuse assessment... it would.

take a deep breath, pull your heads out of your behinds, and realize A. that this is one-sided reporting of a bipartisan pasttime, and B. that the members of our SCOTUS are selected because they are the premier interpreters of our nation's constitution, and therefore given the benefit of the doubt because of the long road and fractious appointment process that has brought them to their positions.

frankly, i don't care which way they vote on this issue - i live overseas. but if i were a betting man, i'd wager that we see a 5-4 / 6-3 split, both against the constitutionality of the current plan. this will clearly disrupt your shortsighted view of political partisanism.

seriously, don't bother to respond to my comments if you don't understand the issue, or are too lazy to do your homework.

rachel maddow is figuratively the unwanted offspring of a beck / limbaugh coupling, where they then pissed on the infant and put her up for adoption.

simply put: she inherited their style but has an axe to grind with their politics.

The restoration of Washington's White Salmon River begins on October 26, when a hole will be blasted at the base of Condit Dam. Removing the outdated 125-foot tall dam will restore the health of the river and habitat for salmon and steelhead. It will also create new recreation opportunities on this river that is already a premier whitewater destination.

http://vimeo.com/29983985

Buildup to the blast.

http://vimeo.com/29512588