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Bookmark question

residue (http://wtf.videosift.com/member/residue) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:22:06 -0700

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Forgive me if this has been addressed, I've been gone for a while with some family business, but is there some reason why we can't bookmark a video anymore without actually entering that video's page? There used to be a button for bookmark under the video from the main page..

- residue

BANanarama - Cruel Autumnal Equinox

thinker247 (http://wtf.videosift.com/member/thinker247) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:07:44 -0700

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I say we should ban everyone and start over. Dag and Lucky can morph into one Borg-hybrid of Siftbot. Choggie can rule with an iron slate and a blank fist. KP can TP the Sift Chat. Ant can lord over us with his six phalanges of downvote doom.

Netrunner can vulcanize the rubber stamps and get things moving, but only to the left. Rottenseed can go fuck himself, and we can all upvote the video of it while making funny comments that give us 15 one-handed claps from a masturbatory gwiz.

Issy and DFT can scratch the catnip towers and watch the servers melt into Three-Eleven oblivion yet again, while civilizations and civilized discourse are marred and scarred by Captain Planet, or is it Picard?

Zif can nab another top spot on the chutes and ladders of successful upvotes, while Farhad finds 2000 obscure references to cop culture, or enough to bring MG back home from the clutter of Middle Eastern oil sputtering derricks a-plenty.

All the while, thinker can leave on his socialist left-turn blinker, long enough to make QM sardonic, don't you think? It's like raining men on your traditional wedding day.

Ban them all, I say! Ban them all and let Dag sort them out. Sayeth the Lard, I can haz Amenz?

- thinker247

Rick Rolled on you tube.

geo321 (http://wtf.videosift.com/member/geo321) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:47:10 -0700

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I have a bookmarked collection of music videos that I regularly venture to on youtube. I've noticed in the last week or so that I am sometimes redirected to be rick rolled. It was funny once, but now it's annoying. Is this a youtube initiative? From the comments on youtube it's happening to others as well. Does anyone know more about this?

- geo321

Obama won the Nobel Peace prize?

NetRunner (http://netrunner.videosift.com) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:24:28 -0700

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I'm not quite sure I understand what the thinking was behind the Nobel committee's decision, but as usual, I find it fascinating to watch the political sphere react en masse to this kind of political hand grenade being tossed into the mix.

Let's start with a snippet of the announcement itself from the Nobel committee:

Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play.

...snip...

For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama's appeal that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.

Sounds good, but they seem to be awarding the prize for simply starting down this path, not for having achieved any particular milestone.

The RNC reaction, is somewhat predictable:

The real question Americans are asking is, 'What has President Obama actually accomplished?' It is unfortunate that the president's star power has outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights. One thing is certain - President Obama won't be receiving any awards from Americans for job creation, fiscal responsibility, or backing up rhetoric with concrete action.

As is the response from the right-wing extremists who're part of the newspapers/Taliban.

Limbaugh says it's a sign that the world loves an emasculated US.

Shockingly, I think John McCain has the smartest thing for Republicans to say on the topic, politically speaking, which hasn't been true of him since he won the nomination last year.

The DNC is apparently equally combative in their response:

The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists — the Taliban and Hamas this morning — in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize. Republicans cheered when America failed to land the Olympics and now they are criticizing the President of the United States for receiving the Nobel Peace prize — an award he did not seek but that is nonetheless an honor in which every American can take great pride — unless of course you are the Republican Party. The 2009 version of the Republican Party has no boundaries, has no shame and has proved that they will put politics above patriotism at every turn. It’s no wonder only 20 percent of Americans admit to being Republicans anymore – it’s an embarrassing label to claim.

The reaction from the netroots is one of, well, confusion. We're not gonna go all crazy n' stuff and try and make this into some sign of how Obama's evil, but we generally agree that at best, this is premature.

DailyKos is scouring international news, in order to get some perspective. TPM, in my opinion, nails it exactly. According to Josh Marshall's reasoning, it's really about a return of the world's largest superpower returning to the international community as a law-abiding citizen generally on board with the goals of that same community.

Glenn Greenwald is, to say the least, less charitable than anyone from the right, mostly because he's coming at it from a, uhh, well, you know, human perspective. He's also pissed about the RNC/Taliban link the left is halfheartedly pushing, which is fair.

For what it's worth, Obama himself seems to be taking this as a call to action, rather than a recognition of anything he has done so far.

Mostly I'm just amazed that all the above ink was spilled before lunchtime.

- NetRunner

*Quality has got to go

PHJF (http://wtf.videosift.com/member/PHJF) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:05:09 -0700

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I think it was with the advent of Sift 4.0 that this nasty *quality function was added, and since then it's done nothing but clog up my front page with years-old videos. What is this, a retirement home for youtube? There already exists *promote along with a big old box at the top of the page, why was an alternative needed?

And for the record, if I select to sort by "newness"... the first five videos that greet me range in age from one to four months. That speaks for itself.

- PHJF

2 Girls, 1 Cup Essay Fail

yourhydra (http://wtf.videosift.com/member/yourhydra) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:23:41 -0700

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http://mirror.servut.us/kuvat/meinung/2girls1cup_film_review_1.jpg

- yourhydra

Comedy Central just got worse

rasch187 (http://rasch187.videosift.com) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:51:21 -0700

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Have anyone else noticed that CC have started blocking people outside America? I'm currently in England and I can't see any CC embeds. Anyone else?

This is the vid I was trying to watch btw: http://www.videosift.com/video/TDS-Jon-Stewart-Interviews-Bill-Clinton-9-18-09

- rasch187

Making Bush Look Like a Piker

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:40:13 -0700

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excerpt from the following article by Veronique de Rugy:

http://www.american.com/archive/2009/september/making-bush-look-like-a-piker

Based on Congressional Budget Office (CBO) data, the following chart shows a projection of deficit numbers for each year until fiscal 2018. Each color represents the difference between the projected deficits at different points in time. The purple bars represent the deficit numbers as they were projected back in September 2008; the black and red bars represent the difference between the projected deficits at other points in time. The black bars represent the growth in the projected deficit numbers between September 2008 and January 2009. The red bars represent the difference between the January 2009 projections and the new deficit numbers as projected in August 2009. Finally, the orange bars represent the actual deficit numbers during President Clinton’s last year in office (fiscal 2001) and President Bush’s two terms.

Here are a few interesting things about this data:

First, while President Obama is fond of promoting what he calls a "new ethic of responsibility"—in fact he named his first budget, for fiscal 2010, "A New Era of Responsibility"—that is a misrepresentation of his actual budget plan. For each of Obama’s years in office, the deficit is projected to be larger than any year during Bush’s terms.

Read entire article

- blankfist

I want to live with this guy

yourhydra (http://wtf.videosift.com/member/yourhydra) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:07:35 -0700

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Reply to: mailto:anon-66810688@craigslist.org?subject=$300 - Two bedroom share
Date: 2005-04-04, 1:20AM PDT

Hello, I am seeking out a roommate. I've had several the past three months that did not work out so well and am hoping to find "the perfect housemate." I think it can be done!

1) I am a plastic surgeon, single straight male, and am wealthy but rather lonely. I could keep this house to myself, and have for about a year, but I've realized that life is much better when it's shared with people who are conscious (as opposed to my clients and my nursing staff!). (This is not to say that my nursing staff is unconscious -- obviously they are not! It's just very difficult to become friends with a staff that is somewhat dubious of my methods. I'm no rogue, but I do have Eastern-influenced techniques that some find odd and/or disconcerting -- but I do have a 99% success rate! In any case, it doesn't make much sense to mix business and pleasure.)

2) I do have a dog, Basil Ironweed (yes that is his name, people seem to be confused that I have given him a full name like a person and some kind of laugh, but I assure you I take my dog very seriously and treat him with respect, and I ask that you do the same). It would actually be ideal if you have a female dog of pure pedigree (I'd need to see the papers though, for breeding purposes) and I'd prefer her to be a medium-sized dog (I will consider most breeds except absolutely no Austrailian Kelpies and no American Water Spaniels, please! The coloring of the mating dogs' possible kin would be horrendous if this were the case! Also, Basil is a Border Collie in case you were wondering!) If you do not have a dog, that is also fine. All other pets will be considered except: no cats unless they are of the outdoor variety, no arthropods, and all avians must be salmonella-free, clipped toenails, and tagged.

3) My house has only a one-car garage. It used to be a two-car one, but I decided to convert half of it into a micro-personal gym as I am rather health conscious. (I do have a gym membership, but my gym is not 24-hour, and sometimes at night I really need to get on the bowflex to burn off some of my energy since I have a lot of it! Also, after meals it's inconvenient for me to run off to the gym, and that is why I need one at my disposal. The gym membership is because they have a pool there, and swimming is really good for the joints. Just in case you were wondering.) That said, you'll have to use street parking, but I assure you that my neighborhood is quiet and safe, and there is usually a spot right out in front of my house! (The only time the spot is taken is when the lunch truck comes for the construction workers that are on the corner of my street. It only sits there for about 20 minutes between 1 and 2 pm during the week, depending on how chatty the boys are that day.)

Anyways, I have a few rules that need to be followed, but other than that, we should get along fine!

a) I request that you listen to all music via headphones. I have mild tinnitus and the sounds from most Hi-Fi equipment sans headphones really irriates me. I am open to discussing music, but sadly we cannot directly share it as my ears can't handle rapidly changing frequencies. (If you'd like to share lyrics, I'd be more than delighted to oblige!)

b) If you are going to cook, please do not use the following spices: curries, paprika, anything Cajun, and dill. The smells of these things turns my stomach. (If you have any scents that you'd like to avoid, by all means let me know and I'll do you the same honor.)

c) You must brush your teeth at least twice a day. If there is anything I cannot stand it's filthy teeth. (Believe me, I've had a couple roommates who just could not handle this simple routine -- your gingiva may not mind, but I certainly DO.)

d) If you are going to watch TV, please let me know in advance which programs you'd like to watch. I do have TiVo, by the by, and I have certain shows that I simply must watch when they originally air. I cannot be too flexible with this because I cannot stand to wait to see my programs. You have to understand that I simply have to watch them when they originally air or I will get a little batty. Most of my programs are on public broadcasting and do not tend to run during prime-time spots.

e) I do not appreciate unannounced house-guests. I need to know at least two days in advance that company is coming -- I need to know the duration of the stay, and the nature of the visit. But, I am open to any and all visitors, I just need to know the specifics involved.

f) I have reduced rent drastically because I realize that some of my requests might seem slightly stringent. I will pay the bulk of the rent in exchange for your understanding, your committment to the house, and your humoring of my quirks.

g) You must be ok with my upholstery hobby. On every third-Tuesday of the month I request that you vacate the house between the hours of 4 pm - 11:45 pm while I upholster various pieces of antique furniture. I am a perfectionist and require complete silence in the house. I've tried this with housemates who've promised to stay in their rooms, but this proved impossible as bathroom habits demand a regular schedule that interrupts my artisan work. That said, I will give you a small stipend on these days if it will assist you in finding something to do with that block of time.

h) No newspapers or magazines. The ink gets everywhere and the gloss irritates my eyes. Sorry! You are free to read them on the front porch, but they must be stored outside of the house (perhaps in your car?)

i) This is not to sound discriminating, but, if you speak either French, Urdu, or Afrikaans, I kindly request that you not speak them in my vicinity as the cadences used in these languages are grating to the ears and nerves, for me.

j) I have fresh produce delivered from an undisclosed location to my home every Wednesday afternoon. Please do not purchase fruits or vegetables and bring them home. You can request any that you desire and I will add them to my order queue. (I am fastidious about potential-GM produce and pesticide usage -- I will not tolerate either!) Also, if you insist on preparing red meat dishes in the home, do cook the meat thoroughly. IT MUST SIZZLE.

k) No cellphone tones in my home! Please use silent mode only!

l) You are not to use paints in the home. The noxious odors will aggravate my allergies!

That's the summary of my requests! I do actually have a handbook which I will provide for your perusal during our interview (yes, there will be an interview for final-stage candidates) that outlines all of my more particular requests.

If you are interested, please email me the following information:

1) Name

2) Occupation

3) Age

4) Allergies

5) Favorite author

Cheers!

Charleville Blvd. at S. Doheny Dr. google map yahoo map

* yes -- dogs are OK - wooof
* this is in or around Beverly Hills
* no -- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

66810688

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Brainz's 15 Weirdest Music Videos Of All Time List

ant (http://wtf.videosift.com/member/ant) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:50:03 -0700

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http://brainz.org/15-weirdest-music-videos-all-time/ (has embedded videos) from http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/17/the-15-weirdest-music-videos-of-all-time/ ...

"Music videos changed the music industry completely. Artists were finally given a "visual voice" and fans were able to put faces with names. Musicians are often a little quirky however, resulting in many truly bizarre videos. In honor of these 'out of this world' artists, we've put together a list of the 15 Weirdest Music Videos. Enjoy! ..."

- ant