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Everything Wrong With Cinema Sins In 3 Minutes Or Less
Pissing off Damon Lindelof? That's not a sin, that's redemption.
(Check out Lindelof's lame dis at 1:58. That's rhetorical fallacy a 12 year old could see through.)
The first rock star ever to come out
*beg for the Rock legend that could have been.
Songs featured in the video:
Jobriath - I'maman
Jobriath - Inside
And a bonus, my favourite;
Jobriath - World Without End
If 'Game of Thrones' Was Made in the '90s
*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Game-of-Thrones-1995-Style
Stephen T. Colbert's Farewell to Jon
Filed under "I thought that was already on The Sift."
Measles Virus Treatment Eradicates Incurable Cancer
I initially wanted to provide a link to Ars Technica, since pop-science is a bit their thing, but they had no article up yet. This now fixed;
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/measles-is-the-latest-virus-to-be-turned-into-a-weapon-against-cancer/
Measles Virus Treatment Eradicates Incurable Cancer
Important context: this was the first trial, and it only worked on one of the two volunteers. Granted, a 50% survival rate is waaaay better than 0%, but this is not a definitive solution yet. The common view from the medical world on this research for the time being seems to be: "cautiously optimistic".
More info @ The Washington Post.
Insane Idaho Gubernatorial Debate 2014
No, no, no! You don't get to run for governor, or anything else, until you're done with the Song Of Ice And Fire.
That's right, we're onto you, "Harvey".
Glorious Leader! -- The Video Game
Our Glorious Leader does not *beg, he Commands!
Munk Debate on State Surveillance
Summary on Ars Technica.
A Way Through Autism
PSA:
"hola.org, it just works."
*blocked in Canada
Ellen Page Interview on The Colbert Report
That man is known to carry a copy of W Strunk and E B White's The Elements of Style with him (if only for dramatic effect.) Source.
Your word of the day: Malapropism. I know Colbert is a comedian to the core, but to be able to just throw that out mid interview is amazing.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Climate Change Debate
HA HA HA!
Congrats, even climate deniers who get millions in funding stopped claiming that a long time ago. Denying basic physics is a bit harder, you see.
Also, I love how The Telegraph (a.k.a. the-evil-media-are-all-liars-except-when-it-suits-you) is somehow a credible source, but the NASA is not. You know. The NASA. That organization that put people on the Moon, somehow would know less science than some journo.
You seem to be one special kind of genius, we're really interested in your views, could you please fill in this quick poll?
Which number is bigger:
* 5
* 15
There is really no consensus (..), and whether greenhouse gasses are the cause (if indeed it is happening).
Steve Carrell and Stephen Colbert Sing The National Anthem
WTF, how did this not get sifted instantly?
"Whitening" a black family in France
Context:
After looking up the title on Youtube ("Dans la peau d'un Noir"), it turned out to be a documentary from 2007 where two French families, one black one white, "switched" their skin colors to experiment with discrimination (or its sudden absence, as the case may be). Its Wikipedia page mention John Howard Griffin's "Black Like Me" as an inspiration.
Additional note which I feel obliged to mention for American viewers: there were no minstrel shows, and so there is no concept of "blackface", in Europe. Of course disguising yourself into some sort of racial stereotype would bring the same type of reaction as anywhere else (or so I hope), but just changing your skin tone would not be considered offensive in itself.
A Husky Grooming a Cat ..... and then there's the Pomeranian
It's *dead Jim!