The problem with Politifact's analysis of Jon's comments is that they based the study on Fox viewers being ILL-informed as opposed to MIS-informed. Fox Viewers may be informed enough to know that the current president is Barack Obama, but they are also MISinformed into thinking he's a Muslim born in Kenya.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/jun/21/readers-sound-about-our-false-jon-stewart/

@messenger

1.
It was never possible for the Calfornia government to avoid becoming the least-skilled state in the country (#50 out of 50). Enron simply cost money, but our schools have always been well funded nonetheless --better funded than states that have better test scores than we do.

The reason for all this is that importing low-skill workers gives you a low-skill populace for the long-term. We might call it the "Call a Place Paradise and Kiss It Goodbye Effect," and someone thought California's decline was a good enough idea that it should be repeated on the national level, so you'll get a closer view of it yourself this century. However, you'll have to look for it yourself, because newspapers and academics aren't generally going to discuss it, probably for good reason (1, 2).

2. Yeah, your summary is a fair statement. I view the deposition in Spanish as the culture embracing anti-success habits.

Three words.

Werner. Fucking. Herzog.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/14/werner-herzog-potty-mouthed-bedtime-audiobook>> ^kymbos:

No one else could do justice to this story.

Paleontology Class Winces Whenever Fundamentalist Kid Raises Hand -MON, JUN 13 2011

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2011/jun/08/sarah-palin-michele-bachmann-republican

This is a fun read....

>> ^rottenseed:

>> ^mentality:
I think Jimmy Carr is great. The problem is, any comedian who puts out as much content as he does is bound to have some bad material from time to time. Carr pretty much has a new set every year, whereas other comedians like Chris Rock or Louis CK waits ~4 years between specials.

Louis CK starts from scratch every time he releases a special. And he opens every show with the strong stuff from previous shows and then work on the new material. This forces him to have sharp new material.
Plus he comes out with material every ~2 years:
- Jun 2007 - Dec 2008 ~ 1.5 years
- Dec 2008 - Jan 2011 ~ 2 years
That's on top of him writing and producing his own show.


Jimmy Carr:

Comedian 5 November 2007 Live at London's Bloomsbury Theatre
In Concert 3 November 2008 Live at London's Bloomsbury Theatre
Telling Jokes 2 November 2009 Live at London's Bloomsbury Theatre

All of which are new material, and all of which are fantastic. As much as I am a fan of CK, I have to say a few of Carr's shows were better. And while this particular sift is weak, you can find clips of CK's that are pretty weak also. And that goes for pretty much every comedian.

And IMO, while CK's shows contain hilarious bits, I don't think either of them were very good as a show.

>> ^mentality:

I think Jimmy Carr is great. The problem is, any comedian who puts out as much content as he does is bound to have some bad material from time to time. Carr pretty much has a new set every year, whereas other comedians like Chris Rock or Louis CK waits ~4 years between specials.


Louis CK starts from scratch every time he releases a special. And he opens every show with the strong stuff from previous shows and then work on the new material. This forces him to have sharp new material.

Plus he comes out with material every ~2 years:
- Jun 2007 - Dec 2008 ~ 1.5 years
- Dec 2008 - Jan 2011 ~ 2 years

That's on top of him writing and producing his own show.

The thumbnail image for this video has been updated - thumbnail added by geo321.

The thumbnail image for this video has been updated - thumbnail added by geo321.

http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/graphics/birthCertObama.jpg
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/jun/27/obamas-birth-certificate-part-ii/

The thumbnail image for this video has been updated - thumbnail added by campionidelmondo.

Conversations with Choggie
I promised below that if I got another abusive email from choggie, I would post the entirety of "conversation" we had after his ban, which was around may 5th. Here it is.

He is ignored and blocked from my email from now on.

No drama, no more conversation. It's over. That last repeating part was also in the emails, in case someone wonders.

choggie kendall <redacted> Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:29 AM
To: Nicki Thomas Hansen <gwiz665@gmail.com>
Yer post and jab at Texas....the drones???...Old news-happened 3 years ago-Why not do a follow-up? Where are hey now? You know...real information instead of pussy-whipped tones and jabs at shit you haven't a clue about?.....yer a fucking retard and one of the poster children of he VS's languorous demise.

am time. take a hard look inna mirror at all the things you hate about the world.And, all the things you cherish....not hard to be a human being...instead of a monkey doing.

Nicki Hansen <gwiz665@gmail.com> Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:59 AM
To: choggie kendall <redacted>
Hello Choggie.

I don't care about your opinions. Take them somewhere else.

choggie kendall <redacted> Sat, May 22, 2010 at 2:22 AM
To: Nicki Hansen <gwiz665@gmail.com>
Y'know dickweed?? Yer a fucking pussy who does not know HOW to have a conversation in real-time with a human being. You simply make comments on the VS and imagine yourself clever based on the little clique's response....You are unwilling, not incapable of understanding. I don't care about you lack of awareness either-I use putzs like yourself as a barometer for the world's social dysfunction-You fucking tit-grabbing, raised on porn little, shit talking faggot.

Good luck as a fucking software putz. You are bound to become fatter, more uncomely, and diseased in the profession of your choosing...that of sitting in a computer chair most of your fucking life.

I don't even know why I bother to try to help socially dysfunctional asshats.....You rate about a fucking 7.6 on the 1-10 scale.....Fucking douchebag-wannabee twit.


Nicki Hansen <gwiz665@gmail.com> Sat, May 22, 2010 at 9:57 AM
To: choggie kendall <redacted>
Hah, you must really miss the sift, so you can get your bile out there. I'm far better at holding a conversation than you are, as clearly evidenced in the diatribe below. YOU need to grow the fuck up. I am not unwilling to "understand" it's just that you have nothing worth understanding.

Now, go away. I don't care about your opinions, I don't care how you measure me, I don't care anymore that you only can get people to react to you, by insulting them. It's sad really, but it's not my problem, it's yours.

Good bye.

choggie kendall <redacted> Sun, May 23, 2010 at 2:20 AM
To: Nicki Hansen <gwiz665@gmail.com>
"This dickwad is still abusing me in emails, so I hope it's completely permanent. At least I will do my hardest to make it so.
If I receive any more emails from him, I will post the entirety here for all to see, just so you can get a measure of the man."

Let me oblige you, drama queen. First, here's your response-

"Hah, you must really miss the sift, so you can get your bile out there. I'm far better at holding a conversation than you are, as clearly evidenced in the diatribe below. YOU need to grow the fuck up. I am not unwilling to "understand" it's just that you have nothing worth understanding.
Now, go away. I don't care about your opinions, I don't care how you measure me, I don't care anymore that you only can get people to react to you, by insulting them. It's sad really, but it's not my problem, it's yours.

Good bye.-Nikki"

Now a point by point-First-Litter my dead account with grafitti-Tattle-tail, tattle tail, hang yer britches onna nail...It's indicative of the immature and vindictive to tell others of the invisible bully -Tell the big people so they will fight your battles for you-You can't seem to handle any confrontation, or observations that don't make you feel warm and fuzzy......Hard to experience acceptance i the real world, butyou internet buddies with nothing to lose, will rush to your defense.

You've never held a conversation with me Hanson, on the contrary...you tend to nut the fuck up when reading concepts foreign to you. A sign of developmental disability. Insulting you? Perception baby-Never desired to do so, every time I chose to enter into conversation with you, you ran the fuck away....(Quite the bith to have yer shit shoved up your ass-Dish out and unable to take? Perhaps.

No, dumb-ass, Unless you call "abuse" the one fucking e-mail....yer a drama sponge, it's understandable...you can't help it would seem. Maturity comes with wisdom. (Grow a pair, nancy)

And here...so you have the original email to post for all to see.....how bout do it inna blog that's not un-editable by me-In fact, I'll make it simple for ya-I shall request that the admins eliminate my entire account, dead as it is, so the very memory of someone you are incapable of responding to, can't upset your perfect, fantasy world.

Choggies one email to gwiz665-
"Y'know dickweed?? Yer a fucking pussy who does not know HOW to have a conversation in real-time with a human being. You simply make comments on the VS and imagine yourself clever based on the little clique's response....You are unwilling, not incapable of understanding. I don't care about you lack of awareness either-I use putzs like yourself as a barometer for the world's social dysfunction-You fucking tit-grabbing, raised on porn little, shit talking faggot.

Good luck as a fucking software putz. You are bound to become fatter, more uncomely, and diseased in the profession of your choosing...that of sitting in a computer chair most of your fucking life.

I don't even know why I bother to try to help socially dysfunctional asshats.....You rate about a fucking 7.6 on the 1-10 scale.....Fucking douchebag-wannabee twit."

Nicki Hansen <gwiz665@gmail.com> Sun, May 23, 2010 at 2:51 AM
To: choggie kendall <redacted>
I think you're the one living in a fantasy world, where you can say anything you want to anybody without consequence. My message on your profile was not aimed at you, but at the people who worship you as some sort of golden calf and who obviously haven't seen you being a cockmunch, like you are - yet again - in this reply.

The first real conversation we had was when you approached me on google chat about the peggedbea shit, and YOU were the one who ran away from the conversation. If you can't hold a conversation without dicking people around, it's not worth it to have a conversation with you. Ever since then, I've just not wanted to engage.

YOU are the one who keeps the conversation going, You are the one seeking the drama, I don't want it, I never wanted it. Me posting on your banned user's profile was a message to your legions, not you. I don't care about you.

"You are incapable of responding to" Hah, it's pathetic. You haven't made a single cogent argument. You just spout bile and nonsense and it's tiresome.

I don't care whether or not your user is on there anymore. Frankly, it's dead and gone either way.

If I end up posting these mails I will post them all and in their entirety, not just the one you want me to. I don't expect it to come to that though, since I hope our communication ends with this.

Get over yourself and move the hell on.

choggie kendall <redacted> Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:57 PM
To: Nicki Thomas Hansen <gwiz665@gmail.com>
Would you be so kind as to erase your graffiti from my dormant account's profile? Seems a shame that the last comment to date on my hi-jacked former profile for all to see is a snipish, ego-compromised, spoiled brat quip from a petty little douchebag in training-
Oh and, why not make good on your promise to be a good little fascist and post these "abusive" emails you are getting from dickwad for all your little dickless minions of similar simple minds to see?

Of course, you may want to edit it for content that does not offend your delicate fucking sensibilities-
Thank You in advance-


This dickwad is still abusing me in emails, so I hope it's completely permanent. At least I will do my hardest to make it so.

If I receive any more emails from him, I will post the entirety here for all to see, just so you can get a measure of the man.This dickwad is still abusing me in emails, so I hope it's completely permanent. At least I will do my hardest to make it so.

If I receive any more emails from him, I will post the entirety here for all to see, just so you can get a measure of the man.This dickwad is still abusing me in emails, so I hope it's completely permanent. At least I will do my hardest to make it so.

If I receive any more emails from him, I will post the entirety here for all to see, just so you can get a measure of the man.This dickwad is still abusing me in emails, so I hope it's completely permanent. At least I will do my hardest to make it so.

If I receive any more emails from him, I will post the entirety here for all to see, just so you can get a measure of the man.This dickwad is still abusing me in emails, so I hope it's completely permanent. At least I will do my hardest to make it so.

If I receive any more emails from him, I will post the entirety here for all to see, just so you can get a measure of the man.This dickwad is still abusing me in emails, so I hope it's completely permanent. At least I will do my hardest to make it so.

If I receive any more emails from him, I will post the entirety here for all to see, just so you can get a measure of the man.This dickwad is still abusing me in emails, so I hope it's completely permanent. At least I will do my hardest to make it so.

If I receive any more emails from him, I will post the entirety here for all to see, just so you can get a measure of the man.This dickwad is still abusing me in emails, so I hope it's completely permanent. At least I will do my hardest to make it so.

If I receive any more emails from him, I will post the entirety here for all to see, just so you can get a measure of the man.This dickwad is still abusing me in emails, so I hope it's completely permanent. At least I will do my hardest to make it so.

If I receive any more emails from him, I will post the entirety here for all to see, just so you can get a measure of the man.This dickwad is still abusing me in emails, so I hope it's completely permanent. At least I will do my hardest to make it so.

If I receive any more emails from him, I will post the entirety here for all to see, just so you can get a measure of the man.This dickwad is still abusing me in emails, so I hope it's completely permanent. At least I will do my hardest to make it so.

If I receive any more emails from him, I will post the entirety here for all to see, just so you can get a measure of the man.This dickwad is still abusing me in emails, so I hope it's completely permanent. At least I will do my hardest to make it so.

If I receive any more emails from him, I will post the entirety here for all to see, just so you can get a measure of the man.

Please put the date of the spill in the description.

This was comment was taken from the video that I sent to discussion over at here: http://videosift.com/video/Star-Wars-The-Force-Unleashed-Betrayal-Cinematic-Trailer

The comments below appear to hold true for this version of the video as well.

That's the second time that Game Trailers has asked me to authenticate.

A username and password are being requested by http://cms.gametrailers.com. The site says: "cms.gametrailers.com".

This was the first video to do this to me today. Internetz are saying this bug is 11 months old. I smell bullshit. Gonna black list game trailers.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/thread/game-trailers-authentication/860040
http://forums.gametrailers.com/thread/unusual-log-in-request/1081383?page=1

It's a continues bug that the forums show time stamped in 2009 as well as 2010 Jun 14. I'm just a bit paranoid, that a bug that has been "fixed" keeps coming back.
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The link below, is obfuscated it goes to the screen-shot of the pop-up box that I was shown.

http://tinypic.com/r/2cymbyu/6

[IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/2cymbyu.jpg[/IMG]

So I did some playin around with Fiddler2, routing my localhost traffic through a debugging proxy, and found that clicking on the video sends a GET /moses/ HTTP/1.1, which is something sitting behind the cms.gametrailers.com FQDN; which is why it asks for authentication. It doesn't look malicious, just suspiciously like a Phishing attack.

That's the second time that Game Trailers has asked me to authenticate.

A username and password are being requested by http://cms.gametrailers.com. The site says: "cms.gametrailers.com".

This was the first video to do this to me today. Internetz are saying this bug is 11 months old. I smell bullshit. Gonna black list game trailers.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/thread/game-trailers-authentication/860040
http://forums.gametrailers.com/thread/unusual-log-in-request/1081383?page=1

It's a continues bug that the forums show time stamped in 2009 as well as 2010 Jun 14. I'm just a bit paranoid, that a bug that has been "fixed" keeps coming back.