I thought I'd chime in too. Great work on the sift lucky, I hardly recognize it from nigh six years ago when I found it, then months later I made an actual account to get slightly involved. But, mostly I joined so that I could support VideoSift as it was a unique site and something I visited daily; I basically stopped going to youtube and various other video sites because the sift, voted on, and decided what were the videos to be seen. This process is still working great and helps us sort out the mediocre on the Internet and allow people that visit to find the best of the best in videos.

You of course lucky have made great strides in the interface and inner workings of the sift since those early days. Now, whether I use the sift on my PC, my cell, or my iPad--it works seamlessly and well. If it happens to be your birthday, then happy birthday as well!!!

To VideoSift and its future success and to @lucky760 !

P.S.- I don't know if you're responsible for setting it up or helping, but the "Dark" mode (which of course changes the background to black and makes it in general easier to see in different conditions) is an option that was created that I use all the time and if you created it, I want you to know how much I appreciate it--and I appreciate it in a way that you may not even suspect! I suffer from debilitating migraines that at one time were only present a few time in a week (easy enough to handle). Along with this I also have Cluster headaches (at that time I had them maybe once a month), which are...essentially extremely bad headaches (if anyone reading is interested, when they start they fire of in the brain and give the same indications that a seizure would give--neuroscientists literally have no idea what causes them), the Clusters can play games with your nervous system causing odd symptoms, like uncontrolled tearing of the eyes usually accompanied by a runny nose or up to the extreme of losing all the feeling on the left side of your body (I've seen both and many other things in between)--the Cluster headache is strong enough that it's even difficult to think while it's fully active, sometimes time is the only cure--narcotics tend to be like a drop of water in a well, they do nothing (the best relief comes from high-flow oxygen at around 12-14 LPM O₂). I ended up getting the Swine Flu (or Influenza Type A) back in 2006. It unfortunately got to my nervous system and beyond the other damage that it did that i now have problems with, it changed the nature of the headaches. The migraines became daily, sometimes they are unrelenting--they never leave, for days. Worse of all the Clusters became much more prevalent hitting twice a week on average.

Then VideoSift changed their setup, allowing for a "darkroom" environment. The headaches and their intensity are related by light in a room; for example if I want to help myself out going to a dark room with some cool air helps the most. To tell you the truth a small change, like the one VideoSift made, and it may not have been completely all your doing, but either way I wanted you to know this IN DETAIL so that when I thank you it means just that much more! So now you know just how much a small change to the environment and viewing area has had a profound change on me and my web-surfing experience. I can view VideoSift much easier now, as the previous pure white scheme literally hurt to look at. If you've ever wondered if the smaller features are worth it, this is a testimonial that explains why it is. So, once again @lucky760 thanks for everything you have done here at VideoSift and continue to do!

//I know that was a bit long and involved, but I hope it makes you realize how appreciated you are here!

>> ^snoozedoctor:

Sorry about your plight. Long term disability is a rare thing after recovery from influenza. You obviously ran into some bad luck and I hope that turns around for you. Actually, I don't think advocating personal responsibility is an interesting or unique position for a physician in the least. Promoting health and prevention of disease is part of our oath. With 1 out of 5 Americans still smoking and 1 out of 3 obese, we are clearly losing the battle. Sorry, but it's not my responsibility to hide the Twinkies, or the Camels and drag people to the gym. If citizens want better health outcomes from their health-care system, they should do their part. The quality of what comes out is only as good as what comes in.

>> ^kceaton1:
Yep I got hit with the same thing, the one-two punch. My side, it was sickness (swine flu, no joke), ending with long-term disability (plus surgery). That cost me my 40-50k job, but luckily I have parents that are helping me try to see through this. Otherwise, I would be a bankrupt statistic and most likely dead.
BTW, @snoozedoctor I understand your beef with "PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE'S OWN HEALTH", but that is a very interesting position to hold especially concerning what your oath has to say about that. I assume you're a professional in your field; perhaps you should take up that stance with doctors concerning those fields and see what you could flesh out other than: "throw'em under the bus".



Would you argue that regular check ups should be apart of your healthy life style? Perhaps a cholesterol check, yearly blood test for organ function and such?

My last blood work before insurance was over 300 dollars. Flu shot was 60 bucks at the doctor's office. Yes, people who don't insurance don't pay what they bill insurance at. Hell most of the time, the people providing these services don't know what they cost.

Now if a simple flu shot costs 60 bucks at the doctor's office, while Im there getting a check up no less. But costs 10 dollars at the drug store.......where's the disconnect?

As for exercising, Im frankly frightened that I might get hurt and it cost me more than a make in a year to get it fixed. Not to mention how long that recovery time would be and losing my job during that. At least doing stuff on the job and getting hurt means you have worker's compensation and you might be able to convince them to hold your job until you recover. But if you break your leg or pull loose a tendon while exercising you have only what you can afford to pay for. Which you don't know what it will cost until after they are done, insurance or not.

I suspect in other countries where healthcare is universal, people don't have to worry about this and they can push themselves a little. And it's in the countries best interest to make sure people exercise properly, stretch, don't over do it etc. So they probably take more care to make sure people are properly instructed on how to go about it and what they can do as they age to change up the routine and still get the needed results. You know, without having to be a professional athlete or hire a personal trainer. It's all too easy for family docs to recommend you to specialists for every last concern you have, plus they get a nice little referral kick back. It's a nice system the US has.......or not.


US workers work more hours than most countries, spend more time on the road commuting and generally have less time to live a health life as well. It's a useful thing to big businesses requiring those long hours that they provide your healthcare, because it'd be a shame if you lost your job due to not working the outrageous hours and lost that healthcare. If you untied health care from employment, people'd see how truly expensive it is and they'd be more inclined to have it reigned in and made universal. The premiums on health insurance alone would cover all of your general yearly checkups and tests and probably most of another person's for single people.

Sorry about your plight. Long term disability is a rare thing after recovery from influenza. You obviously ran into some bad luck and I hope that turns around for you. Actually, I don't think advocating personal responsibility is an interesting or unique position for a physician in the least. Promoting health and prevention of disease is part of our oath. With 1 out of 5 Americans still smoking and 1 out of 3 obese, we are clearly losing the battle. Sorry, but it's not my responsibility to hide the Twinkies, or the Camels and drag people to the gym. If citizens want better health outcomes from their health-care system, they should do their part. The quality of what comes out is only as good as what comes in.



>> ^kceaton1:

Yep I got hit with the same thing, the one-two punch. My side, it was sickness (swine flu, no joke), ending with long-term disability (plus surgery). That cost me my 40-50k job, but luckily I have parents that are helping me try to see through this. Otherwise, I would be a bankrupt statistic and most likely dead.
BTW, @snoozedoctor I understand your beef with "PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE'S OWN HEALTH", but that is a very interesting position to hold especially concerning what your oath has to say about that. I assume you're a professional in your field; perhaps you should take up that stance with doctors concerning those fields and see what you could flesh out other than: "throw'em under the bus".

Yep I got hit with the same thing, the one-two punch. My side, it was sickness (swine flu, no joke), ending with long-term disability (plus surgery). That cost me my 40-50k job, but luckily I have parents that are helping me try to see through this. Otherwise, I would be a bankrupt statistic and most likely dead.

BTW, @snoozedoctor I understand your beef with "PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE'S OWN HEALTH", but that is a very interesting position to hold especially concerning what your oath has to say about that. I assume you're a professional in your field; perhaps you should take up that stance with doctors concerning those fields and see what you could flesh out other than: "throw'em under the bus".

Here's some more articles from naturalnews.com covering the potential dangers of vaccines. The articles are sourced. I used Naturalnews because it's a website I personally trust and one that I read on a regular basis.

Re: infants
The hepatitis B vaccine is linked to infant death, multiple sclerosis and autoimmune disorders
New study: Nations requiring the most vaccines tend to have the worst infant mortality rates
More than 2,000 vaccinated babies died: The cost of doing business
Abortion stillbirth events from Gardasil far exceed all other vaccines
Are MMR vaccines dangerous for children? Dr Suzanne Humphries urges parents to get informed
Flu vaccine causing infant seizures; FDA to investigate
Babies given pneumococcal vaccination risk infection with serious drug resistant respiratory disease

Re: fraud
CDC vaccine scientist who downplayed links to autism indicted by DOJ in alleged fraud scheme
Dr. Jonas Salk, inventor of polio vaccine, exposed as criminal-minded scientist who conducted illicit medical experiments on mental patients
Medical 'experts' pushing HPV vaccines told what not to say about them, including their death toll
The FDA is a clearing house for Food and Drug Corruption
Hidden government papers expose lies about measles vaccines for infants
WHO list reveals flu advisors with financial ties to pharma, vaccine manufacturers
Flu Vaccines, pharma fraud, quack science, the CDC and WHO -- all exposed by Richard Gale and Gary Null
WHO scandal exposed: Advisors received kickbacks from H1N1 vaccine manufacturers
Central Figure in CDC Vaccine Safety Studies Investigated for Fraud
Vaccination Quackery Appears in Plain Sight

Re: autism
Sixth study in recent months links mercury in flu shots to brain damage, autism
Multiple studies link autism to mercury, which is still present in most flu vaccines
Government vaccine compensation payouts prove autism link
Latest research links autism to vaccines
Thimerosal-free childhood vaccines still suspect in autism

Re: other
Vaccines lower immunity
Swine flu vaccine linked to 900 percent increased risk of developing narcolepsy
Government Admits Link between H1N1 Vaccine and Deadly Nerve Disease
Japan halts vaccines from Pfizer, Sanofi after deaths of four children
Influenza vaccine sends children into convulsions
Australia bans flu vaccines in children after vomiting, fevers, seizures
Finland suspends H1N1 vaccines after children suffer narcolepsy from vaccinations
Flu vaccine push already underway; first batch causes seizures in children
Pig virus contaminates rotavirus vaccines, but FDA says no problem
India halts HPV vaccine trial after six girls die, US does nothing in response to 67 deaths and counting
Seasonal flu vaccines increase risk of pandemic H1N1 flu, stunned scientists discover

@kronosposeidon. I balk at your comparison that the theory of relativity is to a physicist what virology is to a obstetrician/gynecologist. That aside, your example above was pinpointing the Swine Flu "epidemic", and we know now that hasn't been a real threat at all. In fact, it has proved, so far, no more dangerous than the flu.

I understand you're a union man who hates concepts of free enterprise, and that's cool, but I don't think your arguments have any real merit. I mean, you're sexy as shit, but if you remove your sexiness then you're left with a union man with a protectionist agenda. Wiener rubs!

First of all, just because there haven't been a great number of deaths from H1N1 yet doesn't automatically mean were out of the woods. There is a good evolutionary potential for it to mutate to something worse.

Secondly, who says that H1N1 is the only potentially dangerous virus out there? Even if the H1N1 virus never mutates into something terrible, it doesn't mean that other viruses won't. So we need someone who has a better understanding of them at the helm, or at least someone who doesn't think his knowledge of virology he acquired 50 years ago is still completely true today.

Finally, if there is a deadly pandemic like the 1918 Spanish flu, you better believe there should be mandatory vaccinations. If hospitals everywhere are overflowing with flu patients, then public health is overwhelmingly more important than the rights of one person to say no to vaccinations. One person's liberty doesn't trump my right to live. Typhoid Mary would be the poster child for Ron Paul's approach to disease control.

Should we wait until a deadly pandemic breaks out before we let market forces do their supply/demand dance? Or can we encourage sensible approaches to serious public health issues? Time after time, when vaccination rates drop, disease morbidity and mortality go up. We can't let a political/economic theory dictate public health policy. >> ^GeeSussFreeK:

Being that we are all still alive from the swine flu epidemic, I would say that it was most likely completely overblown. If you have watched other videos from him on the matter, you will of learned that 20 years ago there was a similar fear endued rather than data endued pandemic. In that case, the cure killed more people than the illness. Furthermore, if you watched any of his stuff, you would learn that he isn't against vaccines, he is just against making them federally controlled. Saying everyone gets a flu shot doesn't mean it is actually possible as the MASSIVE shortages on H1N1 showed. It didn't matter that the government was mandating it for certain people as there simply wasn't enough. Once again, he isn't against vaccination, merely legal mandate of them.
But ya, age is pretty interesting. If you look at him though, he hardly seems at the end of his rope yet. Some people get those lucky genes, he seems to be one of those few. He was actually an Olympic level runner when he was much younger.

Being that we are all still alive from the swine flu epidemic, I would say that it was most likely completely overblown. If you have watched other videos from him on the matter, you will of learned that 20 years ago there was a similar fear endued rather than data endued pandemic. In that case, the cure killed more people than the illness. Furthermore, if you watched any of his stuff, you would learn that he isn't against vaccines, he is just against making them federally controlled. Saying everyone gets a flu shot doesn't mean it is actually possible as the MASSIVE shortages on H1N1 showed. It didn't matter that the government was mandating it for certain people as there simply wasn't enough. Once again, he isn't against vaccination, merely legal mandate of them.

But ya, age is pretty interesting. If you look at him though, he hardly seems at the end of his rope yet. Some people get those lucky genes, he seems to be one of those few. He was actually an Olympic level runner when he was much younger.

My problem with this is that he says he is unsure about the nature and extent of global warming.

He then compares this carbon tax to house insurance. Well everybody knows the benefits of house insurance and anybody can make a clear assessment about the chances of their houses being burned down.

Personally if I was unsure about the nature and extent of fire then I wouldn't be jumping on the train to throw money at it. My own comparison which I find much more suitable would be the last media craze, the swine flu. I think most people were unsure about the nature and extent of this "would be catastrophic disease", I also think it's blatantly obvious now the H1N1 is much less harmful then common influenza. And the money that was spent on vaccines is ridiculous when you take this into account.

Is this comparison fair, probably not as most people already either support anything with the words "green" attached to it, or have some conspiracy theory to wail on about. But personally I don't put much weight in anything the MSM has to say these days. Apparently they make too much money selling fear to report anything accurate.

I'm sceptical about global warming, just like Fareed, but there are ways to promote alternative energy without once again making people empty their pockets to turn the lights on. California seems to know how. I would look to them before I looked to newscasts like these, and oppourtunists like Al Gore.

It's really trendy to fear Google these days, isn't it?

In a world with companies directly and indirectly exploiting their customers, secretly collecting data and constantly reorganizing their business to maximize profit, the company that comes up front and tells you "we're gathering data" gets demonized for it.

Never mind that they're not specifically collecting data about you. Never mind that they make some of the best products out there, and they're usually free, with a few exceptions. Never mind that many other companies have identical services and collect the same data, and just neglect to tell you about it.

Never mind that they actually release their own data, free of charge, so for example, researchers can do things like track Swine Flu (H1N1) by using Google Trends.

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In my line of work I use Google products on a daily basis.

My company emails are on Gmail, which saves us absurd amounts of money not having to house a couple of Exchange servers in-house, be it physical server cost, electricity cost, Exchange and Windows Server costs, backup utility and storage costs and the list goes on. Free.

Every website we develop uses Google Analytics to track their statistics. It used to cost us in licensing, storage and server load with our old Analytics software. Now it's just a few lines of code and all the actual work is done on Google's servers. Videosift uses it as well, FYI. Just look through the source code and search for "ga.js". Free.

Most of our commercial websites have Google ads in them. They send us money, so Less than Free. It's not exactly a service they provide, but it does help pay those server-hosting bills.

I use Google maps whenever I need to go somewhere new, since it's hands down the best mapping service available to me. Free.

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I sort of went on and on there, but to me, this video is very very close to saying "Death Panels".

ocean got the swine flu!

Just end it now, if its swine flu you're basically dead already.

>> ^NetRunner:
^ Good point. H1N1 is all blankfist's fault.
Off to the FEMA camps with him!


See DFT, this is what a sense of humor looks like.

>> ^blankfist:
Obama says it's a national emergency. That's all some need to hear.


You always find a way to work in some kind of unsubtle 'big bad gub'ment' fear mongering, no matter what the subject. If you could take off the partisan blinders for half a second, you might come to the logical conclusion that combating persistent strains of the flu is generally considered a good thing. No president wants to be remembered as the guy who said the Spanish Flu was no big deal, except maybe Ron Paul.

You want some real interesting swine flu paranoid hypey stuff? Google Joseph Moshe.