The two black & white cats look just like two of my own...even the reactions are similar.

*promote

My color/pseudo-genre comparison of Alien movies:

Alien: silver and gold / haunted house
Aliens: grey blue and green / vietnam
Alien 3: yellow (piss-soaked) / prison
Alien Resurrection: cyan and maroon (brown) / French farce

I might watch the trailer a couple more times, but aside from that I'm not watching any more footage of this movie before it comes out. These movies are my favourite. I'm thrilled to see Ridley swoop back in to elevate it after the drudging it's gone through over the past 20 years.

I wonder if pasting Gwiz' comment from the Alien trailer will work?

>> ^gwiz665:

James Cameron's Aliens: http://www.videosift.com/video/Aliens-Trailer
David Fincher's Alien 3: http://www.videosift.com/video/Alien-3-trailer
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Alien Resurrection: http://www.videosift.com/video/Alien-Resurrection-trailer
Color observations of the alien franchise
Alien - gray (black/white)
Aliens - blue
Alien 3 - brown
Alien Resurrection - green.
Will the new prequel by Ridley Scott be red, perhaps?

http://videosift.com/video/Wendy-McNeill-Black-White

Oh sweet monkey jebus, he is actually one of those young earth morons. Well, that's the end of that debate then. I can't even be bothered pointing out how wrong you are. This is not an issue for debate. There isn't some "controversy" you can engage in. You are calling black white and (once again in case you missed it) you are wrong.

Seriously, there is no hope for you. Go home. Stay there. Do not breed. Do not interact with the rest of civilisation. I'm not joking. You are what's wrong with the world today. Dumb-ass, ignorant, science denying morons that have confused being entitled to an opinion with being right.

>> ^Trancecoach:

let's hope the police arrest each and every person that was involved in the beating.


Fuck that...kill them. I have always been really strict and against police brutality in the past but this is an occasion where if it comes out that these people end up with 500 bullets in their bodies I'm gonna stand up and Fucking Applaud. Some people just don't deserve to live...and I am the soul arbiter of that.

1. An accusation of racism would be due to her behavior towards the black person, not because she is white. A black interviewer in the same situation would be subject to the same accusation. I'm not one who distorts the meanings of words. You calling one a racist for questioning whether behavior is racism is really absurd.

2. If you say she does this all the time, I believe you. The way it was presented made it seem like this was unusual.>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^longde:
Everything or every slight that happens to a black man is racism? Absolutely not.
I would think that every unprofessional, unwarranted slight that a black person experiences that he/she does not observe happening to a white person would be perceived as racism.
Given that, for this situation, some of the calculus would be: hmmmmm.....when was the last time this type of behavior was directed at a white professional in this setting. Is this unusual behavior?
>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^longde:
Why not? If you are someone who is on the receiving end of this behavior too often, I can't blame you for thinking this is part of the professional climate. On the other hand, people who are oblivious to those "micro-inequities" probably would think race has nothing to do with this.
>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^longde:
I know a few black professionals in the UK, and from what they tell me, disrespect like this is not uncommon in professional settings. Not saying the Brits are rabid racists, but crap does happen more than it should. >> ^dannym3141:
>> ^chilaxe:
Wow. I can't believe they interrupted him so many times, simply because of his skin color. And he's old too. They have no respect.

Ummm, what makes you think they interrupted him simply because of his skin colour? I'm the first person to jump down the throat of casual racism, but i saw nothing to suggest that here. If you're american, maybe that happens a lot over there, but i've never seen such a thing happen here. This was a standard report to my mind.


Happening once is happening more than it should for this sort of thing, but there is a big leap in the imagination to turn this video into racism if you ask me.


But that's a preposterous stance to take. In that way, everything that happens to a black man is racism. "Oh, you are simply not savvy enough with 'the way things are' to realise that this is racism."
If you think this is racism, i almost feel that you are being racist. This woman didn't treat him differently because he's black, this is how she'd treat any interviewee, she's a shit. I've seen these interviews before, black, white, everyone gets that.


To suggest that this reporter is racist based on this interview alone, that is a clear case of treating someone differently due to the colour of their skin.
That and the fact i've already told you, this was not unusual for this kind of interview.

Also, critiqing someone's motivations for crass behavior makes me a racist? That's a pretty obtuse definition of racism you're using.

In the states, this is actually a common tactic used by racists to deflect criticism. Any accusation, no matter how cut and dry, is given a kneejerk deflection by the accused or apologists. It's been taken to such an extreme that even a cross-burning klansman would call his critics racists.



>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^longde:
Why not? If you are someone who is on the receiving end of this behavior too often, I can't blame you for thinking this is part of the professional climate. On the other hand, people who are oblivious to those "micro-inequities" probably would think race has nothing to do with this.
>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^longde:
I know a few black professionals in the UK, and from what they tell me, disrespect like this is not uncommon in professional settings. Not saying the Brits are rabid racists, but crap does happen more than it should. >> ^dannym3141:
>> ^chilaxe:
Wow. I can't believe they interrupted him so many times, simply because of his skin color. And he's old too. They have no respect.

Ummm, what makes you think they interrupted him simply because of his skin colour? I'm the first person to jump down the throat of casual racism, but i saw nothing to suggest that here. If you're american, maybe that happens a lot over there, but i've never seen such a thing happen here. This was a standard report to my mind.


Happening once is happening more than it should for this sort of thing, but there is a big leap in the imagination to turn this video into racism if you ask me.


But that's a preposterous stance to take. In that way, everything that happens to a black man is racism. "Oh, you are simply not savvy enough with 'the way things are' to realise that this is racism."
If you think this is racism, i almost feel that you are being racist. This woman didn't treat him differently because he's black, this is how she'd treat any interviewee, she's a shit. I've seen these interviews before, black, white, everyone gets that.

>> ^longde:

Everything or every slight that happens to a black man is racism? Absolutely not.
I would think that every unprofessional, unwarranted slight that a black person experiences that he/she does not observe happening to a white person would be perceived as racism.
Given that, for this situation, some of the calculus would be: hmmmmm.....when was the last time this type of behavior was directed at a white professional in this setting. Is this unusual behavior?
>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^longde:
Why not? If you are someone who is on the receiving end of this behavior too often, I can't blame you for thinking this is part of the professional climate. On the other hand, people who are oblivious to those "micro-inequities" probably would think race has nothing to do with this.
>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^longde:
I know a few black professionals in the UK, and from what they tell me, disrespect like this is not uncommon in professional settings. Not saying the Brits are rabid racists, but crap does happen more than it should. >> ^dannym3141:
>> ^chilaxe:
Wow. I can't believe they interrupted him so many times, simply because of his skin color. And he's old too. They have no respect.

Ummm, what makes you think they interrupted him simply because of his skin colour? I'm the first person to jump down the throat of casual racism, but i saw nothing to suggest that here. If you're american, maybe that happens a lot over there, but i've never seen such a thing happen here. This was a standard report to my mind.


Happening once is happening more than it should for this sort of thing, but there is a big leap in the imagination to turn this video into racism if you ask me.


But that's a preposterous stance to take. In that way, everything that happens to a black man is racism. "Oh, you are simply not savvy enough with 'the way things are' to realise that this is racism."
If you think this is racism, i almost feel that you are being racist. This woman didn't treat him differently because he's black, this is how she'd treat any interviewee, she's a shit. I've seen these interviews before, black, white, everyone gets that.



To suggest that this reporter is racist based on this interview alone, that is a clear case of treating someone differently due to the colour of their skin.

That and the fact i've already told you, this was not unusual for this kind of interview.

Everything or every slight that happens to a black man is racism? Absolutely not.

I would think that every unprofessional, unwarranted slight that a black person experiences that he/she does not observe happening to a white person would be perceived as racism.

Given that, for this situation, some of the calculus would be: hmmmmm.....when was the last time this type of behavior was directed at a white professional in this setting. Is this unusual behavior?

>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^longde:
Why not? If you are someone who is on the receiving end of this behavior too often, I can't blame you for thinking this is part of the professional climate. On the other hand, people who are oblivious to those "micro-inequities" probably would think race has nothing to do with this.
>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^longde:
I know a few black professionals in the UK, and from what they tell me, disrespect like this is not uncommon in professional settings. Not saying the Brits are rabid racists, but crap does happen more than it should. >> ^dannym3141:
>> ^chilaxe:
Wow. I can't believe they interrupted him so many times, simply because of his skin color. And he's old too. They have no respect.

Ummm, what makes you think they interrupted him simply because of his skin colour? I'm the first person to jump down the throat of casual racism, but i saw nothing to suggest that here. If you're american, maybe that happens a lot over there, but i've never seen such a thing happen here. This was a standard report to my mind.


Happening once is happening more than it should for this sort of thing, but there is a big leap in the imagination to turn this video into racism if you ask me.


But that's a preposterous stance to take. In that way, everything that happens to a black man is racism. "Oh, you are simply not savvy enough with 'the way things are' to realise that this is racism."
If you think this is racism, i almost feel that you are being racist. This woman didn't treat him differently because he's black, this is how she'd treat any interviewee, she's a shit. I've seen these interviews before, black, white, everyone gets that.

>> ^longde:

Why not? If you are someone who is on the receiving end of this behavior too often, I can't blame you for thinking this is part of the professional climate. On the other hand, people who are oblivious to those "micro-inequities" probably would think race has nothing to do with this.
>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^longde:
I know a few black professionals in the UK, and from what they tell me, disrespect like this is not uncommon in professional settings. Not saying the Brits are rabid racists, but crap does happen more than it should. >> ^dannym3141:
>> ^chilaxe:
Wow. I can't believe they interrupted him so many times, simply because of his skin color. And he's old too. They have no respect.

Ummm, what makes you think they interrupted him simply because of his skin colour? I'm the first person to jump down the throat of casual racism, but i saw nothing to suggest that here. If you're american, maybe that happens a lot over there, but i've never seen such a thing happen here. This was a standard report to my mind.


Happening once is happening more than it should for this sort of thing, but there is a big leap in the imagination to turn this video into racism if you ask me.



But that's a preposterous stance to take. In that way, everything that happens to a black man is racism. "Oh, you are simply not savvy enough with 'the way things are' to realise that this is racism."

If you think this is racism, i almost feel that you are being racist. This woman didn't treat him differently because he's black, this is how she'd treat any interviewee, she's a shit. I've seen these interviews before, black, white, everyone gets that.

Makes me wonder if he ever played even older Zelda games. Going back to older titles and finding out they were actually better (or just as good) than their modern versions is pretty common, especially for Nintendo games. I've never played the newer Zeldas (don't own a Wii) but I doubt they can hold up to even the old Gameboy Zelda; with its black & white visuals and minimalist approach it had more depth and quality to it than most modern games, of any genre.

LOL. No, you're a racist if you actually intend to put one race over another, etc. If I joke about a friend of mine who can't dance and call him 'white', that's not racist. I don't believe that all white people suck at dancing. I'm sorry that's hard for you to understand. Plus, you also just contradicted yourself. Since he makes jokes about men, women, blacks, whites, I like him because he makes fun of people that I dislike? I have nothing against men, women, blacks, whites, etc. He's funny, and he's often insightful, even though I fundamentally disagree with him frequently. Did you not catch that I criticized him for characterizing all religious people as sexist?

BTW, I've laughed my butt off at Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi jokes. It's what grown ups are capable of doing - cognitive dissonance. I can fundamentally disagree with the point of the joke and still find the humor in it.

About Christians treating women with respect, it's sexist if you believe that women are delicate little flowers who must be treated with respect at all times, because their dainty little ears can't take but so much. Even if you don't beat them, cuss at them, etc., that's still sexist! If a women is supposed to always do as the husband says, that's sexist. Period. End of story. If you expect the wife to clean the house, cook the meals, etc. simply because she's the female of the couple, that's sexist.

Finally, Maher only takes shots at those least likely to fire back?! So taking shots at organized religion doesn't get immediate responses?! Taking shots at Palin doesn't get immediate responses?! Do you not pay attention at all?! I fundamentally disagree with Maher about organized religion, but I definitely would not call him a coward. He speaks his mind even when he knows he's gonna get blasted for saying it.

Your post, sir, is an example of what ideologues of your ilk do - fundamentally alter reality to fit your beliefs.

>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:

If you actually think he's a a sexist, you need your head examined. Does he make stereotypical jokes about women? Yes. Blacks? Yes. Men? Yes. Whites? Yes. He's not a racist, and he's not a sexist.
I see - so people who makes jokes about other races aren't racists. Unless - of course - you disagree with them politically. Then everything they say is racist, right? Maher is a racist. He is a sexist. He is a bigot. He openly mocks the disabled. He insults children. But since he confines his bigotry to people YOU dislike (such a Palin) then that cleanses him of his sin, doesn't it? What a bunch of typical liberal hypocrisy. If someone on the right 'joked' about Hillary Clinton deserving to be raped would that be funny? How about if they said that Nancy Pelosi's kids were a bunch of inbred retards?
The reason he's going after Palin and Bachmann is because they're up in the GOP polls, and they have TERRIBLE ideas.
You're half right. Up in polls, but not terrible ideas. That is a matter of personal opinion. I say Obama and the Democrats have terrible ideas, but I don't go around joking about how their children are inbred retards, or how they should be gay-raped like Maher and his supposedly 'progressive' guests do.
And I'm sorry, but those who take the bible that literally are sexists. "Make me a sandwich" is just as sexist as "Make me a sandwich, because god said so". Get mad all you want, but he's right on that.
I have never met this particular breed of mysoginist Christian cat that Maher and his ilk serve up as a strawman to represent all the religious world. Such a person may exist somewhere, but they are such an infinitesimally tiny fraction of Christianity that they really may as well not exist in the context that is being used here. The vast majority of the Christian world treats women with respect, and even reverance. There are other religions that are far more likely to treat women like dirt. And yet - strangely - Maher gives those kinds of religions a pass and continually harps on the one religion that is LEAST likely to manifest the behavior he supposedly purports to condemn.
But of course - he doesn't REALLY condemn that sort of mysoginy as long as it is applied to people he hates like Palin or Bachman. What a total wart of a man.
Nevermind historically what they did. They're doing it now. Period.
No they're not. Not so much in the Christian world anyway. The type of mysoginy you speak of is confined to a tiny minority of out there cults and branches on the fringe end of Judeo-Christianity. As I said - the real culprits are elsewhither. And yet I find it telling that Maher, his fans, and most other neolib don't care jack that women are mistreated all over the planet in non-Christian nations.
No - like most neolibs, Maher and his ilk dare not raise a critical voice where it is REALLY needed. Instead they will only take shots at the least offensive targets that they know are unlikely to shoot back. Hypocrites AND cowards. Typical of liberalism and leftism as a whole, really.

Dude, really, the positive experiences of some east Asian groups does not negate the negative experiences of other visible minorities, nor does it disqualify their claims for justice. There is no zero-sum, or black/white (no pun intended) on this issue.

I'm glad that those asian groups don't experience discrimination or prejudice despite the fact that some come to the table without the required language skills or adequate income. Bully for them. Some of us have fluent and native english skills, and have all the supposed advantages of being in the middle class, yet somehow get passed over.

I also love that fact that you lump all Asian groups together to muddy the issue again. Hmong and Japanese groups have vastly different household income, health outcomes, education levels, discriminatory experiences, and so on. They are not the same in any way, yet you can use extremes in either group to create a distorted picture of the "Asian" experience.

And this video is just ridiculous. Who cares about the fucking NBA/NCAA? Let it all be white and chinese for all I care. That's not what really matters in our society for most people. Aside from the fact that making a jump shot is a direct measure of performance in basketball; no way to manipulate it, either you can or you can't. SAT, GPA, and other measures of so-called "merit" are deeply flawed.

>> ^chilaxe:
Most of what's been said in the comments above this isn't true because Asian Americans outperform Whites, even though Asian Americans are a minority, were very recently more poor than any groups in the US, and had greater language disadvantages than anyone in the US.
All the people in the above comments who support racist discrimination against Asian Americans don't believe in personal accountability and are in favor of a permanently hyper-racialized society. http://videosift.com/poll/Is-discrimination-against-Asian-Americans-in-college-admissions-good-or-bad
This comment could be disproved if you can show that Asian Americans didn't have greater linguistic and financial barriers to overcome than any groups in the US, or that they don't outperform White people.

Really? - Sorry, I should say that louder: REALLY!


Turns out, since everything has an opposite - God exists. Really that's the proof?
Black > White
Dark > Light
Down > Up
Yup, I guess that's the definitive proof we've all been looking for.... and it was right there in front of us all along. (If God is in front of us, The devil must be behind us.)

Because they remember when your phone shared a line with everyone on your street.
Because they remember black & white tv's with no remote controls.
Because the world has changed a thousand times over in their lifetime and comparatively speaking, it's hardly changed in yours.>> ^GenjiKilpatrick:

OMGGGG!! it really is not that difficult to work technology.
why most people over 40, whyy?!