I just completed a first aid training certificate and the trainer advised that these are the only spiders that we actually consider deadly (which was a bit surprising). The other spiders like the red back etc are not really known to kill people. So now you know - if you die from any spider other than a funnel web your doin' it wrong!

by definition, the "job creators" spend money on themselves.
If you're a personal trainer, or a luxury car detailer, this is good news. for the rest of us, living in a country where everything is owned is not helpful.

Schiff is one of the few people in the whole world who don't like the Federal reserve, and like the 999 plan.

The rich should be glad they live on Earth with it's oxygen and water instead of Mars, because they are rich enough that investing in a trip there might be what's needed to keep their taxes low.

It must be pretty comforting being filthy rich and knowing that you could say "Fuck the world" one day and live like a king for the rest of your life (which is probably going to be longer than most due to that healthcare you can afford, and the nutritionist, and trainer, and having summer and winter homes, and a driver, and and and and..... and then on top of it all knowing that your kids, their kids, and their kids kids can probably do nothing and live off of your estate. And they'd even be considered poor, because they aren't working to earn...yet have so much more than those who have to go out and break their backs everyday.

If the rich want the poor to give up more to taxes, perhaps they should pay their employees better.

This is just some middle of the road, middle england mid-morning BBC presenter trying to stop unsubstantiated and potentially dangerous anti-police rhetoric going out to the country. The BBC are the most reliable mainstream news source in the UK except maybe for the Guardian but they do have a 'look after the country and include everyone' agenda. Hardly the worst problem to have with a news agency.

Darkus has been vociferously sharing his opinion with the BBC for my whole life. He's OK by me and he has a good point about black kids being pissed off with the cops, nothing new there.

But this guy Duggan *ALLEGEDLY* had a loaded 9mm in his hand when the armed police came to get him. IF that's true (and remember de Menezes before believing them) then its a very short step to getting shot from there. As an excuse for a horde of chav 14 year olds to pile out of the estates into sports shops and steal trainers and flatscreens it's off message enough to be irresponsible to broadcast.

The real problem, that the BBC will stay will clear of on the morning news, is 30 years of unregulated capitalism, training kids to build their self esteem around what they have and relying on the market to get it to them. The market isn't looking after these families any more, and that means no one is. No brains, no prospects, no jobs, no money and still a constant barrage of adverts telling them what to desire. More trouble to come..

Darkus Howe is and always has been a complete douche. Its not comparable to the Arab Spring. They fought for democracy while the UK rioters did it for trainers and TV's.

>> ^mxxcon:

>> ^Stu:
What are you the dog whisperer? It's statements like that, people will believe and their dog will never learn.>> ^mxxcon:
Cute video, but owner is doing a very bad thing by saying "No, Gus". She's associating his name with negative/correction commands, and that's a big no-no.
Your dog's name should only be associated with good/positive.

why don't you talk to ANY dog trainer and ask them.


It is more in tone then words. I can tell my dog to come to me in a lite tone and she will or she wont. Now if I deepen my tone she will come to me every time and roll over in submission.

Some still would say that the way to handle it would be to scold the pool.>> ^mxxcon:

>> ^Stu:
What are you the dog whisperer? It's statements like that, people will believe and their dog will never learn.>> ^mxxcon:
Cute video, but owner is doing a very bad thing by saying "No, Gus". She's associating his name with negative/correction commands, and that's a big no-no.
Your dog's name should only be associated with good/positive.

why don't you talk to ANY dog trainer and ask them.

>> ^Stu:

What are you the dog whisperer? It's statements like that, people will believe and their dog will never learn.>> ^mxxcon:
Cute video, but owner is doing a very bad thing by saying "No, Gus". She's associating his name with negative/correction commands, and that's a big no-no.
Your dog's name should only be associated with good/positive.

why don't you talk to ANY dog trainer and ask them.

See guys, not all pigs are pigs. Some are talented pig trainers.

Other downsides: personal vendettas, poor training caused disasters, criminals with a badge, etc, etc.

I understand the sentiment behind the idea, but it's putting way too much trust in the masses.

>> ^dgandhi:

>> ^hpqp:
@dgandhi and @GenjiKilpatrick
I don't know if it's because my faith in humanity is practically non-existent, but I have a hard time imagining a society which does not have some form of law enforcement, for when the preventive measures and education fail... The powerful (be that with brawn or dough) will always be tempted to prey on the weak, and some will heed that temptation. Then what?

I'm inclined to respond "Yes, obviously, look at how the police act.".
I'm not claiming that power vacuums will somehow remain vacant, I'm simply suggesting that there are probably better ways to fill them. I think that any number of radical departures could serve the need to reduce power abuse better than the current system.
My favorite option is going to lose me libertarian support, but I think conscription would work very well for law enforcement.
Lets say that everybody had to serve 21 days every 3 years, 7 weekends of training followed by 1 week of enforcement. We have some professional trainers, but the cops on the street are civilians for 99.3% of their lives. Since the number of officers would be very high in this case, most of them won't even have to take time off work, they just have a gun, badge and a radio with them at all times, and the closest officers are dispatched to do what is needed.
Down side: everybody has to do it.
Up side: more cops, nobody has to do it much, and nobody get in the habit of being above the law.

>> ^hpqp:

@dgandhi and @GenjiKilpatrick
I don't know if it's because my faith in humanity is practically non-existent, but I have a hard time imagining a society which does not have some form of law enforcement, for when the preventive measures and education fail... The powerful (be that with brawn or dough) will always be tempted to prey on the weak, and some will heed that temptation. Then what?


I'm inclined to respond "Yes, obviously, look at how the police act.".

I'm not claiming that power vacuums will somehow remain vacant, I'm simply suggesting that there are probably better ways to fill them. I think that any number of radical departures could serve the need to reduce power abuse better than the current system.

My favorite option is going to lose me libertarian support, but I think conscription would work very well for law enforcement.

Lets say that everybody had to serve 21 days every 3 years, 7 weekends of training followed by 1 week of enforcement. We have some professional trainers, but the cops on the street are civilians for 99.3% of their lives. Since the number of officers would be very high in this case, most of them won't even have to take time off work, they just have a gun, badge and a radio with them at all times, and the closest officers are dispatched to do what is needed.

Down side: everybody has to do it.
Up side: more cops, nobody has to do it much, and nobody get in the habit of being above the law.

@theali

I appreciate the response, but I didn't really post a bunch of links to have a debate about it. I don't mind being called out if I write a check that I can't cash. But you have to connect your own dots.

You're fooling yourself if you think the protests in Iran following the 2009 elections weren't a soft coup attempt. I was mistaken that a leaked State Department cable confirmed it.

Did you read the "Which Path to Persia" manual? Why didn't you respond to the "Bush sanctions 'black ops' against Iran" article. Those 2 are the smoking guns. Did you watch the "The Revolution Business - World" video? They briefly mention Iran at @5:12 Green "fist logo" (same logo as the other staged revolutions), @17:00 "revolution trainer" who "instructs the opposition movements in Iran", @22:42 clip from Iranian propaganda video depicting Gene Sharp, author of the revolution handbook being used. Iran is barely mentioned in the video because the operation was such a huge failure. And you're response to the Kissinger video is hilarious. How is sanctions working from the inside (opposed to working from the outside) to achieve regime change?

What part of one is a corresponding part of another?

Granted same ring/rink, same trainer, not same videos however.

Hence not a dupe.
>> ^Fusionaut:

Hmmm, I don't know about that. Would two videos of the same tornado be dupes? Or what about the same explosion or car accident?>> ^MarineGunrock:
Eh, I'd call this a content dupe. discuss

>> ^Shepppard:

@<a rel="nofollow" href="http://videosift.com/member/Xaielao" title="member since March 13th, 2009" class="profilelink">Xaielao
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're the only one who thinks the old battles were better. The old battles were slow.. and that MADE them unrealistic.
In a typical swordfight, I'm pretty sure you're not gonna hit 3 times in 5 seconds and stop. And I can probably back the rest of that up with Lore.
Despite being "The Chosen One", Luke was only trained when he was older. Yoda came close to showing off a jedi's true potential by lifting the X-wing out of the marsh, but at that point he was old, and likely hadn't used the force for ages since Luke had appeared.
The Jedi we see in the prequel trilogy had been raised since they were insanely young (Younger then the 9 year old Anakin, because someone even says "He's too old.") and whenever you see someone fighting they're not just a run-of-the-mill jedi, it's typically someone from the council, essentially, the cream of the crop.
And.. just on a last little rant about the swordplay.. they're Jedi. Again, people trained since they were extremely young to use the force as a guide. Qui gon Jin at one point even says something about "He can see glimpses of the future, it's a jedi trait." which again, is something that happens in battle making the fights faster and more epic. Jedi are essentially a partial ripoff of samurai anyway.. and if you don't think sword fighting can be that fast and action packed, watch a couple good Kendo matches.



I may be the only one (though I sometimes doubt that hehe, but I must disagree about the saber battles in the original. They were choreographed by Bob Anderson, one of the greatest holywood sword trainers ever. The guy is behind literally every major action movie with sword fighting in them from Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings, and Pirates of the Caribbean to Highlander. The saber fights are slow I'll give you that, but they were slow for a reason. As I said they were choreographed in such a way that you could almost feel the battle of wills behind the sabers themselves.

>> ^GDGD:

This has done more for my interest in this game than any promo/ad/article/g4show.

It's a really fun game, just so you know however a lot of this vid was achieved with a trainer.